Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W User Manual

							Selecting Printer Driver Defaults 2-2
Selecting Printer Driver Defaults
Before you start working with your Printer, you are advised to verify and 
change the default printer driver settings if necessary.
1Choose the driver’s properties as follows:
–(Windows Vista) 
From the Start menu, select Control Panel, and then click Hardware 
and Sound to select Printers. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA 
magicolor 1600W printer icon, and then select Printing Preferences.
–(Windows XP/Server 2003) 
From the start menu, select Printers and Faxes to display the Print-
ers and Faxes directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 
1600W printer icon and select Printing Preferences.
–(Windows 2000) 
From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers to display the 
Printers directory. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 
1600W printer icon and select Printing Preferences.
2Select the Basic tab. Select the default settings for your printer, such as 
the default media format you use.
3Click Apply.
4Click OK to exit from the Printing Preferences dialog box.
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							Uninstalling the Printer Driver2-3
Uninstalling the Printer Driver
This section describes how to uninstall the printer driver if necessary.
You must have administrator privileges in order to uninstall the printer 
drive.
If the User Account Control window appears when uninstalling on Win-
dows Vista, click the Allow button or the Continue button.
Windows Vista/XP/Server 2003/2000
1Close all applications.
2Choose Uninstall Program as follows:
–(Windows Vista/XP/Server 2003) 
From the Start menu, choose All programs, KONICA MINOLTA, 
magicolor 1600W, Printer, and then Uninstall.
–(Windows 2000) 
From the Start menu, choose Program, KONICA MINOLTA, magi-
color 1600W, Printer, and then Uninstall.
3When the Uninstall dialog box appears, select the printer to be deleted, 
and then click Uninstall button.
4The printer driver will be uninstalled from your computer.
Displaying Printer Driver Settings
Windows Vista
1From the Start menu, select Control Panel, and then click Hardware 
and Sound to select Printers. 
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 1600W printer icon then 
select Printing Preferences. 
Windows XP/Server 2003
1From the start menu, select Printers and Faxes to display the Printers 
and Faxes directory.
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 1600W printer icon and 
select Printing Preferences.
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							Displaying Printer Driver Settings 2-4
Windows 2000
1From the Start menu, select Settings, and then click Printers to display 
the Printers directory.
2Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 1600W printer icon and 
select Printing Preferences.
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							Printer Driver Settings2-5
Printer Driver Settings
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.
„Easy Set
Click Save to save the current settings. Specify a Name and Comment to 
access the settings for use again later.
Name: Type in the name of the settings to be saved.
Comment: Add a simple comment to the settings to be saved.
Afterward, the saved settings can be selected from the drop-down list. To 
change the registered settings, click Edit.
Select Default from the drop-down list to reset the functions in all tabs to their 
default values.
„Printer View
Click the button to display an image of the printer in the figure area.
When this button is clicked, it changes to the Paper View button (when a tab 
other than the Watermark tab or Quality tab is selected), the Watermark 
View button (when the Watermark tab is selected), or the Quality View but
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ton (when the Quality tab is selected).
This button does not appear on the Version tab.
„Paper View
Click the button to display a sample of the page layout in the figure area.
When this button is clicked, it changes to the Printer View button.
This button does not appear on the Watermark, Quality and Version 
tabs.
„Watermark View
Click the button to display a preview of the watermark.
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							Printer Driver Settings 2-6
When this button is clicked, it changes to the Printer View button.
This button appears only when the Watermark tab is selected.
„Quality View
Click the button to display a sample of the settings selected in the Quality tab.
When this button is clicked, it changes to the Printer View button.
This button appears only when the Quality tab is selected.
„Default
Click the button to reset the settings to their defaults.
This button does not appear on the Version tab.
When this button is clicked, the settings in the displayed dialog box 
are reset to their defaults. The settings on other tabs are not changed.
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
„Register/edit custom paper sizes
„Zoom (expand/reduce) documents
„Specify the number of copies
„Turn on/off job collation
„Specify the paper source
„Specify the type of media
„Select the paper used for the front page
Layout Tab
The Layout Tab allows you to
„Print several pages of a document on the same page (N-up printing)
„Print a single copy for enlargement and print several pages
„Rotate the print image 180 degrees
„Specify image shift settings
Double-Sided printing is not available with this printer.
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							Printer Driver Settings2-7
Overlay Tab
Be sure to use overlays with print jobs with a media size and orienta-
tion that matches the overlay form. 
In addition, if settings have been specified for “N-up” in the printer 
driver, the overlay form cannot be adjusted to match the specified set
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tings.
The Overlay Tab allows you to
„Select the form Overlay to use
„Add, edit or delete overlay files
„Print the form on all pages or only the first page
Watermark Tab
The Watermark Tab allows you to
„Select the watermark to be used
„Add, edit or delete watermarks
„Print the watermark on the background
„Print the watermark on only the first page
„Print multiple copies of the selected watermark on a single page
Quality Tab
The Quality Tab allows you to
„Specify whether to print in color or black and white
„Specify the color matching for printing documents
„Specify the resolution for the printout
„Select whether or not economy print is used
„Adjust the contrast (Contrast)
„Control the darkness of an image (Brightness)
„Adjust the saturation of printed image (Saturation)
„Adjust the sharpness of the printed image (Sharpness)
Version Tab
„The Version Tab allows you to view information about the printer driver.
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							Printer Driver Settings 2-8
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							Remote Panel 
Utility
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							Working with the Remote Panel Utility 3-2
Working with the Remote Panel Utility
Introduction
The Remote Panel Utility shows information about the current status of the 
printer and allows you to specify various settings such as the time until the 
printer enters Energy Save mode.
In order to use the Remote Panel Utility, install it after installing the 
printer driver.
Opening the Remote Panel Utility
Follow the procedure described below to start up the Remote Panel Utility.
1Double-click the file Remote_Panel.exe, which is either on the desktop or 
any other location on the computer.
 
(The Remote_Panel.exe is saved at the location specified when the 
Remote Panel Utility was installed.)
 
The Remote Panel Utility icon appears in the Windows notification area 
(right end of the taskbar).
2Double-click the Remote Panel Utility icon that appears in the notification 
area.
When starting Remote Panel Utility again after it has been exited, 
double-click the file Remote_Panel.exe.
Using the Remote Panel Utility
The following functions are available from the Remote Panel Utility.
Panel Tab
Remote Panel
„Status—Allows the current status of the printer to be checked.
„Display Configuration Page—Displays the configuration page. In addi-
tion, the contents of the configuration page can be saved as an INI file.
„Rotate Toner—Click the button to switch the printer to the selected 
operation mode. The following two modes are available.
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							Working with the Remote Panel Utility3-3
zChange Toner: Used when replacing a toner cartridge. 
Select this mode, and then click the Rotate 
Toner button to switch the printer to the Change 
Toner mode.
(Refer to “Replacing a Toner Cartridge” on page 5-5.)
zEject All Toner: Used when replacing all toner cartridges at the 
same time.
 
Select this mode, and then click the Rotate 
Toner button to switch the printer to the Eject All 
Toner mode.
(Refer to “Replacing All Toner Cartridges at the Same Time” on 
page 5-11.)
„P/H Clean Up—Click the button to switch the printer to the P/H Clean 
Up mode.
 
Print Head Cleanup mode is a mode that allows the user to clean the 
print head window more easily. The print head window is not cleaned 
automatically.
(Refer to “Cleaning the Print Head Window” on page 6-8.)
The printer can also be switched to any of these operation modes 
by pressing the Rotate Toner key on the printer.
 
Refer to “About the Rotate Toner KEY” on page 1-6.
Set Default
„Apply—Click to send the settings specified for Toner Low Message, 
Toner Out Stop, Energy Save Time and Auto Continue to the 
printer.
„Toner Low Message—Specifies whether a printer indicator blinks or a 
warning message appears in the status display box of the Remote 
Panel Utility when toner is about to run out. If Off is selected, neither 
of these notifications appear when the toner is about to run out.
„Toner Out Stop—Specifies whether or not printing stops when the 
toner becomes empty.
„Energy Save Time—Set time to enter Energy Save mode when no 
operation is performed.
„Auto Continue—If Off is selected, the next print job will not be per-
formed if a paper size error occurred in the printer, unless the Clear 
key is pressed to cancel the error.
 
If On is selected, the next print job is sent if a paper size error 
occurred in the printer, the error is automatically cancelled, and the 
next print job is performed.
Calibration
„Start—Performs the calibration operation.
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