Konica Minolta bizhub 40P User Manual

							System Requirements 11
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)
–Macintosh equipped with an Intel processor
„Operating System
–Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/Busi-
ness/Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate 
/Business/Enterprise x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edi-
tion/Professional (Service Pack 2 or later is recommended), 
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003, 
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or 
later)
–Mac OS X (10.2 or later; We recommend installing the newest patch), 
Mac OS X Server (10.2 or later)
–Red Hat Linux 9.0, SuSE Linux 8.2
„Free hard disk space
–Approximately 20 MB of free hard disk space for printer driver and Sta-
tus Monitor
–Approximately 128 MB of free hard disk space for image processing
„RAM
128 MB or more
„CD/DVD-ROM drive
„I/O interface
–10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T Ethernet interface port
–USB Revision 2.0 compliant port
–Parallel (IEEE 1284) port
For details of the XPS, Macintosh and Linux printer drivers, refer to the 
Reference Guide on the Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM.
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							Selecting Driver Options/Defaults (for Windows) 12
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 Vista/XP/Server 2003/2000 
(KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PCL, KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 40P PS)
1Choose the driver’s properties as follows:
–(Windows Vista)
From the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Hardware and 
Sound, and then click Printers to open the Printers directory. 
Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PCL or 
KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PS printer icon, and then click Proper-
ties.
–(Windows XP/Server 2003)
From the Start menu, choose Printers and Faxes to display the 
Printers and Faxes directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 40P PCL or KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PS printer icon and 
choose Properties.
–(Windows 2000)
From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers to display 
the Printers directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P 
PCL or KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PS printer icon and choose 
Properties. 
2If you have installed options, proceed with the next step. Otherwise, skip 
to step 9.
3Select 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 or 384 MB, 
according to the installed memory. The factory default setting is 
128 MB.
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If Memory Card is selected, select Disable, Enable (1 GB 
Under), or Enable (1 GB Over), according to the installed Com-
pactFlash card.
7Click Apply.
Depending on the version of the operating system, Apply may not 
appear. If this is the case, continue with the next step.
8Select the General tab.
9Click Printing Preferences.
Printing Preference dialog box appears.
10Select the default settings for your printer, such as the default media for-
mat you use, in the appropriate tabs.
11Click Apply.
12Click OK to exit from the Print preference dialog box.
13Click OK to exit from the Properties dialog box.
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							Uninstalling the Printer Driver (for Windows) 14
Uninstalling the Printer Driver 
(for Windows)
This section describes how to uninstall the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P 
printer driver if necessary.
Windows Vista/XP/Server 2003/2000 
(KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PCL, KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 40P PS)
1Close all applications.
2Choose the Uninstall Program as follows:
–(Windows Vista/XP/Server 2003)
From the Start menu, choose All programs, KONICA MINOLTA, 
bizhub 40P, and then Uninstall Printer Driver.
–(Windows 2000)
From the Start menu, choose Programs, KONICA MINOLTA, bizhub 
40P, and then Uninstall Printer Driver.
3When the Uninstall dialog box appears, select the name of the driver to be 
deleted, and then click the Uninstall button.
4Click Uninstall.
5Click OK, and restart your computer.
6The KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P printer driver will be uninstalled from 
your computer.
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							Displaying Printer Driver Settings (for Windows) 15
Displaying Printer Driver Settings 
(for Windows)
Windows Vista
1From the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Hardware and Sound, 
and then click Printers to open the Printers directory. 
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PCL or KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 40P PS printer icon and choose Printer Preferences. 
Windows XP/Server 2003
1From the Start menu, choose Printers and Faxes to display the Printers 
and Faxes directory.
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PCL or KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 40P PS printer icon and choose Printing Preferences.
Windows 2000
1From the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Printers to display 
the Printers directory.
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 40P PCL or KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 40P PS printer icon and choose Printer Properties.
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							Using the Postscript and PCL Printer Driver 16
Using the Postscript and PCL Printer Driver
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 the help.
Favorite Setting
This allows the current settings to be saved. To save the current settings, 
specify the desired settings, and then click Add. Specify the settings 
described below, and the click OK.
„Name: Type in the name of the settings to be saved.
„Comment: Add a simple comment to the settings to be saved.
„Icon: Select an icon from the icon list to easily identify the settings. The 
selected icon appears in the drop-down list.
„Sharing: Specify whether or not the settings to be saved can be used by 
other users logged onto the computer.
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.
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							Using the Postscript and PCL Printer Driver 17
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 and Quality 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 tab.
Quality View
Click this button to display a sample of the settings selected in the Quality 
tab.
Default
Click this button to reset the settings to their defaults.
This button does not appear on the Advanced tab.
Advanced Tab (PostScript Printer Driver Only)
The Advanced Tab allows you to
„Select whether to enable or disable the settings for advanced printing 
functions (such as booklet printing)
„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
„Specify whether or not the Negative Output is performed
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
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							Using the Postscript and PCL Printer Driver 18
„Zoom (expand/reduce) documents
„Specify the paper source
„Specify the type of media
„Specify the number of copies
„Turn on/off job collation
„Turn on/off offset
„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
„Specify user authentication and account track settings
„Print on the back side of paper that has already been printed on
Do not use the following types of paper.
- Paper that has been printed on with an inkjet printer
- Paper that has been printed on with a monochrome/color laser 
printer/copier
- Paper that has been printed on with any other printer or fax machine
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 (double-sided) printing
„Specify whether or not blank pages are printed (PCL printer driver only)
„Adjust the binding margin
„Specify the position on the paper where the document is to be printed
„Adjust the printing position (PCL printer driver only)
Finish tab
The Finish Tab allows you to specify the output tray to use. 
Cover Page Tab
The Cover Page Tab allows you to
„Print front and back cover pages and separator pages
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„Specify the tray that contains the paper for the front and back cover pages 
and separator pages.
Watermark/Overlay Tab
Be sure to use overlays with print jobs with a paper size and orienta-
tion that matches the overlay form.
In addition, if settings have been specified for “N-up” or “Booklet” in 
the printer driver, the overlay form cannot be adjusted to match the 
specified settings.
The settings in the “Overlay” function of the Watermark/Overlay tab allows 
you to
„Select the form to use
„Add or delete overlay files
„Launch Download Manager to download a form (PostScript printer driver 
only)
Download Manager Application should be installed earlier.
„Create a form (PCL printer driver only)
„Specify that the document and form are printed overlapping (PCL printer 
driver only)
„Display the form information (PCL printer driver only)
„Print the form on All Pages, First Page, Even Pages and Odd Pages
„Place the form in back of the document or in front on the printed docu-
ment (PCL printer driver only)
The settings in the “Watermark” function of the Watermark/Overlay tab allows 
you to
„Select the watermark to be used
„Create, edit or delete watermarks
„Lighten the density of the watermark
„Print a frame around watermarks
„Print transparent (shaded) watermarks
„Print the watermark on only the first page
„Print the watermark repeatedly throughout the all pages
Quality Tab
The Quality Tab allows you to
„Specify the printer settings (Quick Settings)
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„Specify the resolution for the printout
„Select whether or not economy printing is used
„Specify the format of fonts that are to be downloaded
„Print using the printer’s fonts
„Control the tones (Contrast) of an image (PCL printer driver only)
„Control the darkness (Brightness) of an image
„Specify the amount of details in graphic patterns (PCL printer driver only)
Other Tab
The Other Tab allows you to
„Select that Microsoft Excel sheets are not to be divided when printing
„Select that the white background of Microsoft PowerPoint data does not 
hide overlay files (PCL printer driver only)
„Send a notification by e-mail when printing is finished
„Shows the version information for the printer driver
„Prevent loss when printing fine lines
Limitations on printer driver functions installed with 
Point and Print
If Point and Print is performed with the following server and client combina-
tions, there are limitations on some printer driver functions.
„Server and client combinations
Server: Windows Server 2003/Vista/XP/2000
Client: Windows Server 2003/Vista/XP/2000
„Functions with limitations applied
Booklet, Skip Blank Pages, Front Cover Page, Back Cover Page, Separa-
tor Page, Create Overlay, Print Overlay, Watermark
*JOBNAME, USERNAME, and HOSTNAME output of PJL
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