PageProTM 1350W User's Guide 1800715-001A(1) 4136-7745-02A Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 2 Printer Parts 2 Front View 2 Rear View 2 About the Indicator Functions 3 Indicator Functions 3 Continuing a Print Job after an Error Message 3 Cancelling a Print Job 3 Status Message 4 Software Installation ......................................................................................... 7 Installing the USB Device Driver 8 Installing the USB Device Driver under Windows Me and 98SE 8 Installing the Printer Driver 9 Installing from the CD-ROM 9 2 Contents i 3 Working with the Printer Driver ......................................................................11 Displaying Printer Driver Settings 12 Displaying Settings under Windows XP 12 Displaying Settings under Windows 2000/Me/98SE 12 Using the Printer Driver 13 Common Buttons 13 OK 13 Cancel 13 Apply 13 Help 13 Easy Set 13 Page Layout 13 Printer Figure 13 Setup Tab 14 Paper Tab 14 Quality Tab 14 Device Options Setting Tab 14 Working with the Status Display ....................................................................15 Working with the Status Display 16 Introduction 16 Environment 16 Opening the Status Display and Showing the Supplies Status 16 Altering the Size of the Status Display Window 16 Using the Status Display 16 Recognizing Status Display Alerts 17 Recovering from a Status Display Alert 17 Closing the Status Display 18 Using Media .....................................................................................................19 About Media 20 What sizes/weights of media can I use? 20 What type and amount of media can I load? 21 Media Storage 21 Media Not Suitable for Printing 22 What Is the guaranteed imageable (printable) area? 23 Page Margins 23 Loading Media 24 How do I refill Tray 1? 24 Printing on Media 25 How do I load and print custom media? 25 How do I load and print envelopes? 25 How do I load and print labels? 27 How do I load and print postcards? 28 How do I load and print thick stock? 29 How do I load and print transparencies? 30 4 5 ii Contents Manual Duplexing 31 How do I manually duplex? 6 31 Replacing Consumables ................................................................................ 33 Replacing the Toner Cartridge 34 Replacing the Drum Cartridge 38 Maintaining the Printer ................................................................................... 43 Cleaning the Printer 44 Exterior 44 Pick-up Roller 45 Troubleshooting .............................................................................................. 47 Indicator Messages 48 Error Messages 48 Service Messages 49 Clearing Jams 50 Solving Problems-Printing Quality 53 7 8 A Appendix .......................................................................................................... 57 Safety Specifications 58 Technical Specifications 58 Printer 58 Parallel Interface Connectors and Cable 60 USB Interface Connectors and Cable 60 Consumables Life Expectancies Chart 60 Our Concern for Environmental Protection 61 What is an ENERGY STAR product? 61 Interference-Causing Equipment Standard (ICES-003 ISSUE 3) 61 For Canadian Users 61 FCC Part 15 - Radio Frequency Devices 62 For United States Users 62 CE Marking (Declaration of Conformity) 63 For European Users 63 CISPR 22 and Local Rules 63 Acoustic Noise 63 Safety Information 64 Warning and Precaution Symbols 64 Meaning of Symbols 64 WARNING 65 CAUTION 67 Working Safely with your Laser Printer 68 Notes on your Safety and Operating Safety 68 Laser Safety 70 Internal Laser Radiation 70 Laser Safety Label 71 Contents iii For United States Users 71 For Users in All Countries 72 For Denmark Users 72 For Norway Users 72 For Finland, Sweden Users 72 iv Contents Introduction 1 Getting Acquainted with Your Printer Printer Parts The following drawings illustrate the parts of your printer referred to throughout this guide, so please take some time to become familiar with them. Front View 1--Top cover 2--Output tray 3--Control panel 4--Imaging cartridge (Toner cartridge plus Drum cartridge) 5--Front cover 6--Tray 1 7--Front cover grip 8--Paper guide stopper 9--Paper guides 10--Ventilation grilles 11--Power switch 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 10 9 8 7 Drum cartridge Imaging cartridge Toner cartridge Rear View 1--AC power connection 2--Parallel port 3--USB port 3 1 2 2 Getting Acquainted with Your Printer About the Indicator Functions Indicator Functions The control panel has two indicators and one button. The control panel indicators provide information on the status of the printer. 1--Ready indicator 2--Error indicator 3--Cancel button The Cancel button allows you to: 3 1 2 ! Continue a print job after an error message ! Cancel a print job Continuing a Print Job after an Error Message You can continue the print job after correcting the following types of errors: ! When the print job is too complex and the memory capacity of the printer is inadequate ! When there is no more paper in the tray ! When paper of a different format than that set in the printer driver was fed 1 2 3 into the printer Check that one of the above errors has occurred. Perform the remedial action according to the error. Press the Cancel button to operate the media feed. The print job continues. For details on the error messages, refer to chapter 8, "Troubleshooting" on page 47. Cancelling a Print Job You can cancel a print job that is currently being processed. 1 2 While data is being processed or printed (the green "Ready" indicator is blinking), hold down the Cancel button for more than 5 seconds. Release the Cancel button after both indicators light up. The current print job has now been cancelled. About the Indicator Functions 3 The indicators may show five types of signals: ! Off ! On ! Slow blinking--1 blink every 2 seconds ! Blinking--1 blink per second ! Rapid blinking--2 blink per second Status Message Status messages indicate the current condition of the printer. The printer status also can be checked on the Status Display. (Refer to the "Working with the Status Display" on page 16.) Ready indicator (green) Off On Rapid blinking Blinking On Error indicator (orange) Off Off Off Off On Condition Action Power off Ready to print Warming up Processing data Printing Initializing (power on) Canceling a print job Power save mode None None None None None None Slow blinking Off 4 About the Indicator Functions Ready indicator (green) On On On Error indicator (orange) Condition Action Slow blinking Toner near empty Blinking Rapid blinking Toner empty Toner out No toner cartridge is installed. Prepare the toner cartridge. Replace the toner cartridge. Replace the toner cartridge. Install the toner cartridge. A toner cartridge other Install a genuine than a genuine KONICA MINOLTA KONICA MINOLTA toner cartridge. toner cartridge has been detected. Note If the toner cartridge that is used is not genuine, cleaning will be performed after each page printed, which will reduce the printing speed. About the Indicator Functions 5 6 About the Indicator Functions Software Installation 2 Installing the USB Device Driver When connecting the printer to your computer with a USB cable, install the USB device driver according to the following instructions before installing the printer driver. Note In Windows 2000/XP, you do not have to install the USB device driver. When the "Found New Hardware" wizard dialog box appears, cancel it. Installing the USB Device Driver under Windows Me and 98SE 1 2 3 4 Turn on your computer. Turn on the printer. When Windows and the printer are both ready, insert the CD-ROM, included with your printer, into your computer's CD-ROM drive. Connect the printer to the computer with the USB cable. The Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Follow the instructions on the screen. " # 5 6 Browse the printer driver CD-ROM and navigate to: "drivers\English\Win9x" (for Windows Me and 98SE). Click Finish. This completes the installation of the USB device driver. When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears after clicking Finish, click Cancel. 8 Installing the USB Device Driver Installing the Printer Driver Note Do not use the "Found New Hardware" or "Add New Hardware" wizard to install the PagePro 1350W driver and utilities. Installing from the CD-ROM 1 Insert the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The CD-ROM installer automatically starts. If not , browse with the Windows Explorer to the CD-ROM and double-click on setup.exe. 2Follow the instructions on the screen. " # For a USB connection, select "USBxxx" as the printer port. For a Parallel connection, select "LPTx" as the printer port. Installing the Printer Driver 9 10 Installing the Printer Driver Working with the Printer Driver 3 Displaying Printer Driver Settings Displaying Settings under Windows XP 1 2 3 4 5 From the Start menu, click Control Panel. In Pick a category, click Printers and Other Hardware. In Pick a task..., click View installed printers or fax printers. In the Printers and Faxes directory, select the KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W printer icon. To display the printer driver settings, from the File menu, click Printing Preferences.... Displaying Settings under Windows 2000/Me/98SE 1 2 3 From the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Printers to display the Printers directory. Select the KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W printer icon. Display the printer driver settings: ! Windows 2000--From the File menu, click Printing Preferences.... ! Windows Me/98SE--From the File menu, click Properties, and then click the Printer Properties tab. 12 Displaying Printer Driver Settings Using the Printer Driver " # Refer to the printer drivers online help for information on all of the functions. Common Buttons The buttons described below appear on each tab. OK Click to exit the Properties dialog box, saving any changes made. Cancel Click to exit the Properties dialog box without saving any changes made. Apply Click to save all changes without exiting the Properties dialog box. Help Click to view online help. Easy Set To save the current settings, click Save.... Afterward, the saved settings can be selected from the drop-down list. Select Default from the drop-down list to reset the functions of the tab to their original values. Page Layout Check this option button to display a sample of the page layout in the figure area. Printer Figure Check this option button to display an image of the printer in the figure area. Using the Printer Driver 13 Setup Tab The Setup tab allows you to ! Print several pages of a document on the same page (n-up printing) ! Provide a watermark on printed documents ! Design custom watermarks ! Specify manual duplex printing ! Specify the paper source ! Define the type of media ! Print using a form overlay ! Create/edit a form overlay Paper Tab The Paper tab allows you to ! Specify the size of the original document ! Define custom media sizes ! Fit printed documents to a specified media size ! Select the output media size ! Scale (enlarge/reduce) documents ! Adjust the printing position ! Specify the number of copies ! Turn on/off the printer's sorting function ! Turn on/off the Proof Print function ! Specify the orientation of the media ! Rotate the print image 180° to the media orientation Quality Tab The Quality tab allows you to ! Specify the resolution ! Adjust the contrast and brightness of the printed document ! Turn on/off Toner Save mode Device Options Setting Tab The Device Options Setting tab allows you to ! View version and copyright information about the printer driver 14 Using the Printer Driver Working with the Status Display 4 Working with the Status Display Introduction The Status Monitor shows information about the current status of the computer's local printer. Environment The Status Display can be used with Windows XP, 2000, Me, and 98SE connected via a parallel cable or USB cable. Opening the Status Display and Showing the Supplies Status Use one of the following steps to open the Status Display. ! Windows XP--Choose Start, All Programs, then KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Utilities, and then KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Status. ! Windows Me/2000/98SE--From the Start menu, choose Programs, then KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Utilities, and then KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Status. Altering the Size of the Status Display Window ! From the Display menu, choose Status (Reduce) to decrease the size of the window, or ! From the Display menu, choose Status (Expand) to increase the size of the window. Using the Status Display ! When the background of the right-hand printer graphic is green, the printer is in standby mode or a job is printing normally. ! When the background of the right-hand printer graphic is red, ...