Konica Minolta PI5500-PSL-GB User Manual

PageScope Light

for Pi5500

Foreword

Welcome

PageScope Light for Pi5500 is a device control utility program
provided by the HTTP server built into the Pi5500 (printer controller
for Di450/Di550). With a standard Web browser, this utility can be
used as an interface for remote control of the Di450/Di550.

Trademark Acknowledgements

Minolta i s a regis tered tr ademark of MINOLTA CO., LTD.
Apple and Macintosh are registered tr ad emarks of Apple Computer,

Inc.
Ethernet is a registered trade mar k of Xerox Corporation.
Fiery and the Fiery logo are registere d trade marks of Electronics for

Imaging, Inc. Fiery WebTools is a tradem ark of Elec tronics for
Imaging, Inc.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torva lds.
Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation.
Netscape Communications, the Netscape Communications logo,

Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator, and Netscape are
trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation.

PCL is a regis tered tra dem ark of Hew le tt-P ack a rd Comp any L imi te d.
PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of

their respective holders.
Copyright 2000 MINOLTA CO., LTD.

The information contained in this manual is subject to change
without notice to incorporate improvements made on the product
or products the manual covers.

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Contents

CONTENTS

1 System Req uirements

.......................................1

2 Access ....................................................................2

2.1 Operation ...........................................................2

3 Scre en Configuration ........................................3

4System Tab ............................................................5

4.1 Summary ............................................................5

4.2 Details ................................................................6

4.2.1 Input Tray ... ......... .......... ......... ......... .........6

4.2.2 Output Tray ..............................................7

4.2.3 Hard Disk Status ......................................8

4.2.4 ROM Version ............................................9

4.2.5 Interface Information .............................10

4.2.6 Consumable Status ...............................11

4.3 Preference .......................................................12

4.4 Online Assistance ...........................................13

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Contents

5Printer Tab ...........................................................15

5.1 Printer Front Panel ..........................................15

5.2 Test Print ..........................................................16

5.3 Font Information .............................................17

5.3.1 PCL Font ................................................17

5.3.2 PostScript Font ......................................18

Appendix Status List ...................................19

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1 System Requirements

1 System Requirements

The following items are required to use this utility.

Computer

•Software

Operating System Web Browser

Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000 Internet Explorer 3.02 or higher

Netscape Navigator 3 or higher

Macintos h System 7 or higher Internet Explorer 4.5 or higher

Netscape Navigator 4 or higher
Solaris 2.5.1/2.6/7 (2.7) Netscape Navigator 4 or higher
Linux Netscape Navigator 4 or higher

• NIC (Network Interface Card)

•Ethernet

• TCP/IP Protocol

Di450/Di550
Pi5500 Printer Contr oller

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2 Access

2 Access

PageScope Light for Pi5500 can be accessed dir ectly from a Web
browser.

1. Start the Web browser .

2. In the URL fiel d, en ter the IP address of the printe r contro l ler as
shown below.

http://<IP address of printer controller>/

(Example) When the IP address of the printer controller is

192.9.200.200:

http://192.9.200.200/

3. This causes the PageScope Light for Pi5500 screen to appear.

2.1 Operation

PageScope Light for Pi5500 operation is identical to that for Internet
Web pages. Clicking a hot link jumps to the link destination, and the

Back and Forward buttons scroll thr ough pages backwards and

forward.

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3 Screen Configuration

3 Screen Configuration

The configuration of the PageScope Light f or Pi5500 screen is shown
below.

Note

• Screen images shown in this manua l may differ slightly from actual
ones. In addition, specifications are subject to change without prior
notice.

➁

➀

➃

➂

➄

➅

➀ Minolta PageScope Light Logo

Clicking the logo jumps to the Website shown below.

www.minolta.com

➁ Status Display

The current status of the Di450/ Di550 is indicated by both icons
and text. The message Ready appears in the top line of text
when the Di450/Di550 is operating nor mally. For full details
about screen c ontents, see Appendix – Status List.

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3 Screen Configuration

➂ Tabs

Use the tabs to select the category of items you want to display.
For full details about tab contents, see 4 – System Tab and
5 – Printer Tab.

➃ Menus

Use the menus to select information or setting items. The
menus that appear depend on the currently selected tab.
For full details about menu contents, see 4 – System T ab and
5 – Printer Tab.

➄ Information and Settings Display

This display shows information or settings in accordance with
the selected menu item.

➅ Fiery WebTools Logo

Clicking this logo displays the settings page for Fiery
WebTools, which is built in to the printer controller. For details
about Fiery WebTools, see the

Operator’s Guide

.

Printer Controller Pi5500

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4 System Tab

4 System Tab

The System tab shows information and settings about the Di450/
Di550 system configuration.

4.1 Summary

This screen is the initial screen when you access http://<IP address of
printer contr oller> with your Web browser. You can also display the

Summary screen by clicking the
The Summary screen shows the current Di450/Di550 syste m
configuration.

Summary menu on the System tab.

Device Status This area uses graphics and text to shows the

configuration of options insta lled on the Di450/
Di550.

Operational Panel Display

This area shows the printer controller message
display. Messages are the same as th e Status
Display messages that appear in the upper part of
the window.

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4 System Tab

Configuration Summary

This area shows an overvie w of the current Di450/
Di550 system configuration.

4.2 Details

This screen appears when you clic k the Details menu on the System
tab. It shows details about each of the Di450/Di550’s units. Clicking a
sub-menu under the
applicable unit.

4.2.1 Input Tray

This screen appears when you clic k t he Input Tray sub-menu under the

Details menu. It shows the configuration of all the Input Trays

installed on the Di450/Di550.

Details menu displays information about the

Tray Tray n ame
Pape r Size Size of paper loaded in the tray
Media Type T ype of media loaded in the tray
Orientation Orientation of paper loaded in the tra y

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4 System Tab

Capacity Maximum number of sheets that can be loaded in

the tray

Paper Amount of paper remaining in the tray (%)

4.2.2 Output Tray

This screen appears when you clic k the Outpu t Tray sub- menu under
the Details menu. It shows the configuration of all the Output Trays
installed on the Di450/Di550.

Tray Tray n ame
Capacity Maximum number of sheets the tray can hold
Bin Name When the mail bin finisher is installed, owner

name assigned to each bin

Paper Tray status (Shows

receive a ny more paper, and Ready when it is.)

Full when the tray is unable to

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4 System Tab

4.2.3 Hard Disk Status

This screen appe ars when you click the Hard Disk sub- menu under the

Details menu. It shows the status of the hard disk ins talled on the

printer controller. (This information is not displayed when there is no
hard disk installed on the printer cont roller .)

Usage Percent of hard disk space used (%)
Used Amount of hard disk space used (KB)
Free Amount of hard disk spa ce free (KB)

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4 System Tab

4.2.4 ROM Version

This screen appears when you click the ROM Versio n sub -menu under
the Details menu. It shows information about the on-board memory of
the Di450/Di550 and the printer c ontroller.

Copier Version of ROM installed on the Di450/Di550
Printer Co ntroller

Version of firmware installed on the printer
controller

PDL Info Version of printer control codes (PCL or

PostScript) used by the printer controller

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4 System Tab

4.2.5 Interface Info r mat ion

This screen appears when you click the Inte rfac e Info sub-menu under
the Details menu. It shows information about the printer controller
interface.

Network I/F Network interface type
Local I/F Local port type

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4 System Tab

4.2.6 Consumable Status

This screen appears when you clic k the Consumable sub-menu under
the Details menu. It shows the current status of Di450/Di550
consumables. For information about consumables, see the D i450/Di550

Operator’s Manual

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Toner Remaining toner
Wast e Ton er Remaining waste toner bottle capacit y
Staple Remaining staples
Fuser W eb Remaining oil in fuser web unit

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4 System Tab

4.3 Preference

This screen appears when you click the Preference menu on the System
tab. It lets you make changes to the PageScope Light environment.

Password Type in the password here when a password is

defined . No te that the pas swo r d is ca se-s ens iti ve,
so be sure to type in upper-case and lower-case
characters correctl y. (The password you should
type in here is the same as the administrator
password you created for Fiery WebTools.)

Refresh Rate Type in a value to specify the number of seconds

between screen refreshes. You can input a value
from 30 to 300 seconds. The default setting is 60
seconds.

Language Select the screen language you want to use for

PageScope Light.

• English

• German

• French

• Italian

• Spanish

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4 System Tab

Apply Butto n Click this button to apply any settings you hav e

input or selected up to this point.

Clear Butto n Click this button to cancel any settings you have

input or selected up to this point.

Note

• The message Invalid Password appears on the scre en if you input the
wrong passw ord. If this happens, cl ick your Web browser’s
button to return to the previous page and configure your preferences
again.

Back

4.4 Online Assistance

This screen appears when you click the Online Assistance menu
on the
settings relat ed to product support.

System tab. It shows information and lets you make

Password Type in the password here when a password is

defined . No te that the pas swo r d is ca se-s ens iti ve,
so be sure to type in upper-case and lower-case
characters correctl y. (The password you should

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4 System Tab

type in here is the same as the administrator
password you created with Fiery WebTools.)

Contact Type in the name of your product support counter.
Contact Tel Number

T ype in the phone number of you r product supp ort
counter.

Product Help URL

T ype in the URL of your product information
W ebsite. Clicking the
to the Website you specify he re.

Minolta Corporate URL

T ype in the URL to the Minolta home page.
Clicking the

Minolta Corporate URL jumps to the

W ebsite you specify here.

Tel N um b er fo r Su ppl ies and A ccessories

Type in the telephone number of the support
counter you need to contact to order consumables
and accessories.

Product H elp URL jumps

Apply Butto n Click this button to apply any settings you hav e

input up to this point.

Clear Butto n Click this button to cancel any settings you have

input up to this point.

Note

• The message Invalid Password appears on the scree n if you input the
wrong password. If this ha ppens, click your Web browser’s
button to return to the previous page and configure your online
assistan c e s et t in g s ag ai n .

Back

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5Printer Tab

5Printer Tab

The Printer tab shows information and setti ngs for printing on the
Di450/Di550.

5.1 Printer Front Panel

This screen appears when you clic k the Operational Panel menu on

Printer tab. It provides on-screen emulation of the printe r

the
controllers operational panel.

Display This area shows the printer controller message

display. Messages are the same as th e Status
Display messages that appear in the upper part of
the window.

Online But to n Toggles the printer controller network connect ion

on line and off line

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5Printer Tab

5.2 Test Print

This screen appears when you c lick th e Test Print menu on the Printer
tab. It lets you select a test print page and execute a test pr int
operation.

Config Page Insert a che ck mark i nto the b ox t o prin t t he pr inter

controller setup page.

PCL Demo Page

Insert a chec k mark into the b ox to pri n t the PCL
demo page.

PostScri pt D emo Pag e

Insert a chec k mark into the b ox to pri n t the
PostScript demo page.

PCL Font ListInsert a check mark into the b ox t o prin t the PCL

font list.

PostScri pt F ont Li s t

Insert a chec k mark into the b ox to pri n t the
PostScript font list.

Print Button Click this button to execute a test print operation.

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5Printer Tab

5.3 Font Informatio n

This screen appears when you c lick the Font Info menu on the Printer
tab. It shows a list of f onts built into the printer controller. Clicking a
sub-menu under the
applicable printe r control code.

5.3.1 PCL Font

This screen appears when you cli ck the PCL Font sub-menu under the

Font In f o menu. It shows a list of PCL fonts built into the printer

controller. The names of fonts downloaded to the printer contr oller
from the computer are added to the bottom of the list.

Font In f o menu display s a list of fonts for each

Font Name Font name
Location Storage location of the font (ROM, RAM, HDD)

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5Printer Tab

5.3.2 PostScript Font

This screen appears when you clic k the PostS cript Fo nt sub-menu
under the Font Info menu. It shows a list of PostScript fonts built into
the printer controller. The names of fonts downloaded to the printer
controller from the computer are added to the bottom of the list.

Font Name Font name
Location Storage location of the font (ROM, RAM, HDD)

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Appendix Status List

Appendix Status List

The current Di450/Di550 sta tus is indicated by an icon in the upper
part of the window , and by text next to the icon in the upper text are a.
More detailed messages appear in the lower text area. The contents of
the list are arranged in order of importance (most critical first).

Icon

Status

(Upper Text)

Fatal Engine Malfunction

Details (Lower Text) Description

Controller Malfunction

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Appendix Status List

Icon

Status

(Upper Text)

Error Cover Open

Details (Lower Text) Description

Set Up Error Option or other

Paper Jam
Remainder Jam Appears when you

Remainder P aper Paper was left in

Paper Empty Paper tr ay is empty.
Paper Mismatch Error Specified paper size is

Paper Size Mismatch
Error

Life of Parts Consumable is depleted.
Paper Capacity Over Capacity of outpu t tray

Option Parts
Malfunction

(Blank ) Unide ntified error.

component is not
installed correctly.

close co ver after
cleari n g pa per jam to
indicate that paper is
still jammed
somewhere.

electr o nic docum en t
handle r or scanner af ter
comple ti on of job .

different from size of
paper in paper tray.

Specif ied paper size is
different from size of
paper in paper tray.

was exceeded.

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5Printer Tab

Icon

Status

(Upper Text)

Attention Off Line Connection to printer

Ready Waiting

Details (Lower Text) Description

controller network is
offline.

Initializing Printer controller is

initializing.

Adjusting The machine is making

internal adjustments.

Option Missing The machine cannot

find some option.
Image Lost Image data was lost.
Capacity Over Waste toner bottle is

full.
Option Parts

Malfunction
Life of Parts Consumable is

depleted.
Near Life of Parts Consumable is nearing

depletion.

Wa rming Up
Power Save The machine is in

power save mode.
Copying
Processing
Job Canceling
(Blank) The machine is ready.

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5Printer Tab

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