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magicolor ® 2550
User’s Guide
A00V-9570-00A 1800821-001A
Trademarks
KONICA MINOLTA, the KONICA MINOLTA logo and PageScope are trademarks or registered trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
magicolor is a trademark or registered trademark of KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Copyright Notice
Copyright © 2006 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Marunouchi Center Building, 1-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan. All Rights Reserved. This document may not be copied, in whole or part, nor transferred to any other media or language, without written permission of KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Notice
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. reserves the right to make changes to this guide and to the equipment described herein without notice. Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this guide is free of inaccuracies and omissions. However, KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. makes no warranty of any kind including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to this guide.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. assumes no responsibility for, or liability for, errors contained in this guide or for incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of the furnishing of this guide, or the use of this guide in operating the equipment, or in connection with the performance of the equipment when so operated.
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
This package contains the following materials provided by Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. (KMBT): software included as part of the printing system, the digitally-encoded machine-readable outline data encoded in the special format and in the encrypted form (“Font Programs”), other software which runs on a computer system for use in conjunction with the Printing Software (“Host Software”), and related explanatory written materials (“Documentation”). The term “Software” shall be used to describe Printing Software, Font Programs and/or Host Software and also include any upgrades, modified versions, additions, and copies of the Software.
The Software is being licensed to you under the terms of this Agreement.
KMBT grants to you a non-exclusive sublicense to use the Software and Documentation, provided that you agree to the following:
1.You may use the Printing Software and accompanying Font Programs for imaging to the licensed output device(s), solely for your own internal business purposes.
2.In addition to the license for Font Programs set forth in Section 1 (“Printing Software”) above, you may use Roman Font Programs to reproduce weights, styles, and versions of letters, numerals, characters and symbols (“Typefaces”) on the display or monitor for your own internal business purposes.
3.You may make one backup copy of the Host Software, provided your backup copy is not installed or used on any computer. Notwithstanding the above restrictions, you may install the Host Software on any number of computers solely for use with one or more printing systems running the Printing Software.
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About Adobe Color Profile
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
COLOR PROFILE LICENSE AGREEMENT
NOTICE TO USER: PLEASE READ THIS CONTRACT CAREFULLY. BY USING ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.
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2.LICENSE Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Adobe hereby grants you the worldwide, non-exclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce and publicly display the Software. Adobe also grants you the rights to distribute the Software only (a) as embedded within digital image files and (b) on a standalone basis. No other distribution of the Software is allowed; including, without limitation, distribution of the Software when incorporated into or bundled with any application software. All individual profiles must be referenced by their ICC Profile description string. You may not modify the Software. Adobe is under no obligation to provide any support under this Agreement, including upgrades or future versions of the Software or other items. No title to the intellectual property in the Software is transferred to you under the terms of this Agreement. You do not acquire any rights to the Software except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
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ICC Profile for TOYO INK Standard Color on Coated paper (TOYO Offset Coated 2.0)
This ICC Profile (TOYO Offset Coated 2.0) characterizes Japanese offset press on Coated paper and is fully compatible with ICC profile format.
About “TOYO INK Standard Color on Coated paper”
This is the standard for color reproduction of sheet-fed offset press on Coated paper made by TOYO INK MFG.CO., LTD. (“TOYO INK”).
This standard is made from printing test with using TOYO INK’s sheet-fed offset printing inks and TOYO INK’s own printing conditions.
“TOYO INK Standard Color on Coated paper” is compatible with “JAPAN COLOR”.
Agreement
1.The reproduction of images on a printer or a monitor using this ICC Profile do not completely match the TOYO INK Standard Color on Coated paper.
2.Any and all copyrights of this ICC Profile shall remain in TOYO INK; therefore you shall not transfer, provide, rent, distribute, disclose, or grant any rights in this ICC Profile to any third party without the prior written consent of TOYO INK.
3.In no event will TOYO INK its directors, officers, employees or agents be liable to you for any consequential or incidential, either direct or indirect, damages(including damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, and the like)arising out of the use or inability to use this ICC Profile.
4.TOYO INK shall not be responsible for answering any question related to this ICC Profile.
5.All company names and product names used in this document is the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder.
This ICC Profile made by GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker and granted TOYO INK certain license to distribute by GretagMacbeth AG.
TOYO Offset Coated 2.0 © TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD. 2004
For EU member states only
This symbol means: Do not dispose of this product together with your household waste!
Please contact the Local Authority for appropriate disposal instructions. In the case of a new device being purchased, the used one can also be given to our dealer for appropriate disposal. Recycling of this product will help to conserve natural resources and prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health caused by inappropriate waste handling.
Contents
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... |
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Getting Acquainted with Your Printer |
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Space Requirements 2 |
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Front View with Options 4 |
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Rear View with Options 4 |
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Utilities 7 |
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System Requirements |
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Windows XP/Server 2003/2000/NT 4.0 10
Windows Me/98SE (KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6) 11
Windows Me/98SE (KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PPD) 12
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Uninstalling the Printer Driver (for Windows) |
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OK 14 |
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Apply 14 |
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Help 14 |
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Easy Set 15 |
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Paper View 15 |
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Watermark View 15 |
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Quality View 15 |
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Default 15 |
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Advanced Tab (PostScript Printer Driver Only) |
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Layout Tab |
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Cover Page Tab |
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Using the Windows Me/98SE PPD File 19 |
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OK 19 |
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3Using the Status Monitor (Windows Only) ....................................................21 Working with the Status Monitor 22
Introduction 22 |
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Operating Environment |
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Opening the Status Monitor 22 |
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Using the Status Monitor |
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Recognizing Status Monitor Alerts 23
Recovering from a Status Monitor Alert 23
Closing the Status Monitor 23
4Printer Control Panel and Configuration Menu ............................................25 About the Control Panel 26
Control Panel Indicators and Keys 26
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Toner Supply Indicators |
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Letterhead |
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Loading Media |
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Output Tray 74 |
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Replacing Consumables |
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Maintaining the Printer |
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Exterior |
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Interior |
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Introduction 108 |
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Printing a Configuration Page |
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Understanding the Media Path |
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Clearing Media Misfeeds |
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Solving Problems with Printing Quality |
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Antistatic Protection |
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Hard Disk |
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Installing a Hard Disk |
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Installing the Duplex Option |
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Installing Tray 2 |
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A Appendix ........................................................................................................ |
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Safety Specifications 154 |
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Technical Specifications 154 |
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Printer 154 |
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Consumable Life Expectancy Chart 157 |
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Our Concern for Environmental Protection |
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What is an ENERGY STAR product? 158 |
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Contents |
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Introduction 1
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer
Space Requirements
854 mm (33.6")
100 mm (3.9")
To ensure easy operation, consumable replacement and maintenance, adhere to the recommended space requirements detailed below.
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970 mm (38.2") |
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349 mm (13.7") 753.8 mm (29.7") |
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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
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1—Output tray |
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5—Power switch |
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6—Top cover |
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8—Fuser unit |
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10—Drum cartridge |
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Rear View
1—USB port
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Front View with Options
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Rear View with Options
1—Duplex option
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Software |
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Software Utilities CD-ROM
PostScript Drivers
Operating System |
Use/Benefit |
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!" When using Windows Me/98SE, use the PPD file for Windows Me/ 98SE. See also “Displaying Printer Driver Settings (for Windows)” on page 13.
!" A specific PPD file has been prepared for applications (such as PageMaker and Corel Draw) that require that a PPD file be specified when printing.
When specifying a PPD file while printing on Windows XP, Server 2003, 2000 and NT 4.0, use the specific PPD file provided on the Software Utilities CD-ROM in drivers\<operating_system>\PPD.
PCL Drivers
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Software Utilities CD-ROM |
PPD Files
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!" For details on the installation of the Windows printer drivers, refer to the magicolor 2550 Installation Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM.
Utilities
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Download Manager |
This utility, which can be used only if |
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the optional hard disk is installed, |
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Managers online help for all of the |
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Crown Print Monitor for Windows |
Using the TCP/IP protocol, print jobs |
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can be sent directly to the printer. For |
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details, refer to the magicolor 2550 |
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Status Monitor (Windows only) |
The current status of the printer in |
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addition to the status of consumables |
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and error information can be viewed. |
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For details, refer to “Using the Status |
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Monitor (Windows Only)” on page 21. |
Software Utilities CD-ROM |
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PageScope Net Care |
Printer management functions such as |
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status monitoring and network settings |
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PageScope Web Connection |
With a Web browser, the status of |
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printers can be checked, and the vari- |
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For details, refer to the magicolor |
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PageScope Network Setup |
Using the TCP/IP and IPX protocols, |
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basic network printer settings can be |
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specified. |
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For details, refer to the PageScope |
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PageScope Plug and Print |
This utility automatically detects a new |
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printer connected to the network and |
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creates a print object on the Windows |
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print server. |
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For details, refer to the PageScope |
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Plug and Print Quick Guide on the |
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Documentation CD-ROM. |
PageScope NDPS Gateway |
This network utility enables printers |
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and KONICA MINOLTA multifunctional |
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System Requirements
#Personal computer
–Pentium 2: 400 MHz (Pentium 3: 500 MHz or higher is recommended)
–Power Mac G3 or later (G4 or later is recommended)
#Operating System
–Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition/Professional (Service Pack 1 or later), Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later), Windows Me, Windows 98SE, Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6 or later)
!" The 64-bit driver supports x64 operating systems running on AMD64 or Intel Pentium 4 with EM64T platforms.
–Mac OS 9 (9.1 or later)
–Mac OS X (10.2 or later), Mac OS X Server (10.2 or later)
–Red Hat Linux 9.0, SuSE Linux 8.2
#Free hard disk space
–Approximately 128 MB of free hard disk space for printer driver and Status Monitor
–Approximately 128 MB of free hard disk space for image processing
#RAM
128 MB or more than OS recommendation
#CD-ROM/DVD drive
#I/O interface
–10Base-T/100Base-TX (IEEE 802.3) Ethernet interface port
–USB Revision 2.0 and USB Revision 1.1 compliant port
–IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port
!" For details on the Macintosh and Linux printer drivers, refer to the magicolor 2550 Reference Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM.
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Selecting Driver Options/Defaults
(for Windows)
Before you start working with your printer, you are advised to verify/change the default driver settings. Also, in case you have options installed, you should “declare” the options in the driver.
Windows XP/Server 2003/2000/NT 4.0
1Choose the driver’s properties as follows:
–(Windows XP/Server 2003)
From the Start menu, choose Printers and Faxes to display the Printers and Faxes directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon and choose Properties.
–(Windows 2000/NT 4.0)
From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers to display the Printers directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon and choose
Properties.
2If you have installed options, proceed with the next step. Otherwise, skip to step 9.
3 Select the Configure tab.
4Check that the installed options are correctly listed. If not, proceed with the next step. Otherwise, continue with step 8.
5Click the Refresh to automatically configure installed options.
!" The Refresh is available only if bi-directional communication is available with the printer; otherwise it is grayed out.
6From the Device Options list, select an option, one at a time, and then select Enable or Disable from the Settings menu.
!" If Printer Memory is selected, select 128 MB, 256 MB, 384 MB or
640 MB, according to the installed memory. The factory default setting is 128 MB.
7Click Apply.
!" Depending on the version of the operating system, Apply may not appear. If this is the case, continue with the next step.
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!" With Windows NT 4.0, right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 printer icon or the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon in the Printers directory, and then click Document Defaults. Skip to step 10.
8 Select the General tab.
9Click Printing Preferences.
The Printing Preference dialog box appears.
10 Select the default settings for your printer, such as the default media format you use, on the appropriate tabs.
11 Click Apply.
12 Click OK to exit from the Print preference dialog box.
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Windows Me/98SE (KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6)
1Choose the driver’s properties as follows:
–From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers to display the Printers directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 printer icon and choose Properties.
2 Select the Configure tab.
3Check that the installed options are correctly listed. If not, proceed with the next step. Otherwise, continue with step 7.
4Click the Refresh to automatically configure installable options.
!" The Refresh is available only if bi-directional communication is available with the printer; otherwise it is grayed out.
5From the Device Options list, select an option, one at a time, and then select Enable or Disable from the Settings menu.
!" If Printer Memory is selected, select 128 MB, 256 MB, 384 MB or
640 MB, according to the installed memory. The factory default setting is 128 MB.
6 Click Apply.
7Select the default settings for your printer, such as the default media format you use, on the appropriate tabs.
8 Click Apply.
9 Click OK.
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Windows Me/98SE (KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PPD)
1Choose the driver’s properties as follows:
–From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers to display the Printers directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PPD printer icon and choose Properties.
2 Select the Device Options tab.
3Check that the installed options are correctly listed. If not, proceed with the next step. Otherwise, continue with step 6.
4From the Installable options list, select an option, one at a time, and then select Installed or Not Installed from the Change setting for: menu.
5 Click Apply.
6Select the default settings for your printer, such as the default media format you use, on the appropriate tabs.
7 Click Apply.
8 Click OK.
Uninstalling the Printer Driver
(for Windows)
This section describes how to uninstall the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 printer driver if necessary.
1 Close all applications.
2Open the Printers directory.
–(Windows XP/Server 2003)
From the Start menu, choose Printers and Faxes to display the
Printers and Faxes directory.
–(Windows 2000/Me/98SE/NT 4.0)
From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers to display the Printers directory.
3Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PPD printer icon and choose Delete.
4Click Yes to verify the driver deletion.
!" When using Windows ME/98SE/NT 4.0, Skip to Step 8.
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5(Windows XP/Server2003/2000) Select File / Server Properties from the menu.
6(Windows XP/Server2003/2000) Go to the Driver tab and select KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS driver and then click on Remove.
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(Windows XP/Server2003/2000) Click Yes to verify the driver removal. Restart your computer.
9The KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 printer driver will be uninstalled from your computer.
Displaying Printer Driver Settings
(for Windows)
Windows XP/Server 2003
1From the Start menu, choose Printers and Faxes to display the Printers and Faxes directory.
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon and choose Printing Preferences.
Windows 2000/Me/98SE/NT 4.0
1From the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Printers to display the Printers directory.
2Display the printer driver settings:
#Windows 2000—Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon and choose Printing Preferences.
#Windows Me/98SE—Right- click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PPD printer icon and choose
Properties.
#Windows NT 4.0—Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 or KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PS printer icon and choose Document Defaults.
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Using the PostScript and PCL Printer Driver
!" When using the KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PCL6 printer driver on Windows Me/98SE, a tab for specifying printer settings appears in the dialog box.
For details on using KONICA MINOLTA mc2550 PPD on Windows Me/98SE, refer to “Using the Windows Me/98SE PPD File” on page 19.
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.
!" Depending on the version of the operating system, Apply may not appear.
Help
Click to view the help.
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Easy Set
To save the current settings, enter a name, and then click Save. Afterward, the saved settings can be selected from the drop-down list. To change the registered setting, click Edit.
Select Defaults from the drop-down list to reset the functions in all tabs to their default values.
#Name: Type in the name of the settings to be saved.
#Comment: Add a simple comment to the settings to be saved.
#Sharing: Specify whether or not the settings to be saved can be used by other users logged onto the computer.
Paper View
Click the button to display a sample of the page layout in the figure area.
!" This button does not appear on the Advanced, Watermark, Quality and Version tabs.
Printer View
Click the button to display an image of the printer (with all installed options) in the figure area.
!" This button does not appear on the Advanced and Version tabs.
Watermark View
Click this button to display a preview of the watermark.
!" This button only appears when the Watermark tab is selected.
Quality View
Click this button to display a sample of the settings selected in the Quality tab.
!" This button only appears when the Quality tab is selected.
Default
Click this button to reset the settings to their defaults.
!" This button does not appear on the Advanced and Version tabs.
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Advanced Tab (PostScript Printer Driver Only)
The Advanced Tab allows you to
#Specify the PostScript output method
#Specify whether or not the error messages of a print job are printed
#Print a mirror image
#Specify whether or not the application can directly output PostScript data
Basic Tab
The Basic Tab allows you to
#Specify the orientation of the media
#Specify the size of the original document
#Select the output media size
#Zoom (expand/reduce) documents
#Specify the paper source
#Specify the type of media
#Specify the number of copies
#Turn on/off job collation
#Save a print job on the printer and print it later (Job Retention)
#Save a confidential job on the printer and protect it with a password
#Print a single copy for proofing
#Send a notification by e-mail when printing is finished
#Specify user information such as e-mail addresses and passwords
Layout Tab
The Layout Tab allows you to
#Print several pages of a document on the same page (N-up printing)
#Specify booklet printing
#Rotate the print image 180 degrees
#Specify duplex printing
#Specify whether or not blank pages are printed (PCL printer driver only)
#Adjust the binding margin (PCL printer driver only)
#Adjust the printing position (PCL printer driver only)
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