Minolta Di450 User Manual

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Getting to Know Your Machine
Chapter 2
6. Turning ON and OFF and Initial Mode
Tu r n i n g O N a n d O F F
When Machine is Turned ON
When the Power Switch is turned ON, the Start key lights up orange.
In about a few seconds, the message “Now warming-up. Ready to scan.” appears and the Start key lights
up green. The machine thereafter enables its auto copy start function.p. 2-19
At this time, however, pressing the Start key does not start a copy cycle. The machine needs a warm-up
period of about 4 minutes (at a room temperature of 23°C).
Initial Mode
When the Power Switch is turned ON, the Basic screen appears on the Touch Panel. The settings on this
screen are called the initial mode, serving as the reference for all panel settings to be later made.
Useful Tip
User’s Choice can be used to change the settings of initial mode. p. 5-12
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 Turning the Machine ON:
Press the Power Switch to the (ON) position.
 Turning the Machine OFF:
Press the Power Switch to the (OFF)
position.
NOTE
The Auto Shut OFF function will automatically
shut down the machine a given period of time
after the last activity. p. 2-19
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No. of copies selected: 1
Finishing : Non-Sort
Zoom : ×1.000
Paper : Auto Paper
Density : Auto (Text)
Orig. Copy : Single-Sided Single-Sided




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Getting to Know Your Machine
Chapter 2
7. Auxiliary Functions
Auxiliary Functions
The Panel Reset key resets all control panel
settings to default settings including the number of
copies and zoom ratio. The settings just made
would also be cleared.
Useful Tips
 The Panel Reset key enables you to cancel all
previous settings at the touch of the key.
 To avoid miscopy, try to press this key before
making any setting for your own copy job.
If no key on the control panel is pressed within 1
min. after a copy cycle has been completed or
copying settings made, the Auto Panel Reset
function is activated to return the machine to the
default settings.
Useful Tip
The time for the machine to enter the Auto Panel
Reset Function can be selected from among “30
sec.”, “1 min.”, “2 min.”, “3 min.”, or “5 min.”
For details, see “User’s Choice.” p. 5-16
If you load originals in the document handler or
place an original on the glass and press the Start
key while the machine is warming up after it has
been turned ON, the Auto Copy Start function
allows that copy process to be started as soon as
the machine completes warming up.

The Auto Shut OFF function shuts down the
machine a given period of time after the machine
has been used last. The initial setting is 90 min.
Useful Tip
The time for the machine to enter the Auto Shut
OFF mode can be selected from 15 min. to 90
min. The Auto Shut OFF function can even be
disabled.
For details, see “User’s Choice.” p.5-16
To save power, this machine is automatically set
into the standby state (power save mode) after the
lapse of a given period of time after it has been
used last. Sleep saves more power than Energy
Saver, but takes more time before the machine
enters the mode. The initial setting is 90 min.
To let the machine exit from the mode, press any
key on the control panel.
Useful Tip
The time for the machine to enter the Sleep mode
can be selected from 15 min. to 90 min. The Sleep
function can even be disabled.
For details, see “User’s Choice.” p.5-16
Energy Saver keeps the machine in the standby
state (power save mode) instead of shutting it
down.
To set the machine into the Energy Saver mode,
you need only to press the Energy Saver key. Or, a
given period of time after the machine has been
touched last, it automatically enters the Energy
Saver mode. The initial setting is 15 min.
To cancel the Energy Saver mode, press any key
on the control panel.
NOTE
The machine is automatically shut down if the
Auto Shut OFF function is activated while it is in
the Energy Saver mode.
Useful Tip
The time for the machine to enter the Energy
Saver mode can be selected from 1 min. to 90
min.
For details, see “User’s Choice.” p. 5-16
Panel Resetting
Auto Panel Reset
Auto Copy Start
Auto Shut Off
Sleep
Energy Saver
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7. Auxiliary Functions
Getting to Know Your Machine
Chapter 2
The Interrupt function allows you to interrupt a
current job and run a different one. Pressing the
Interrupt key once sets the machine into the
Interrupt mode.
Pressing the Interrupt key again lets the machine
leave the Interrupt mode, returning to the previous
settings.
NOTES
 To cancel an Interrupt cycle, you need to press
the Interrupt key.
 Neither the Panel Reset key nor Auto Panel
Reset function is effective for canceling an
Interrupt cycle. If the optional Printer
Controller is mounted, however, Auto Panel
Reset can cancel one.
Useful Tips
 Pressing the Interrupt key sets the machine into
the initial mode, except for the finishing
function which is Non-Sort.
 Programming functions, such as Job and Zoom
Memory Input, are not enabled in the Interrupt
mode. Cover, Page Insertion, OHP Interleaving,
and Job Recall cannot be set in the Interrupt
mode, either.
By pressing the Mode Check key on the control
panel, you can either check for or change the
current settings.
 When you touch [Exit] after having checked the
currently set functions, the Basic screen
reappears.
 To change a certain function, touch the
corresponding key and then make the necessary
change.If an access number has been programmed, it
allows only particular persons to use the machine
or a supervisor to keep track of the number of
copies made by a particular department.
NOTES
 If an access number has been programmed, a
copy cycle can be initiated only after the access
number has been input to the machine.

 Before you can use this function, you must first
turn “ON” the “Copy Track” function of the
Administrator Mode available from Utility
Mode.
 p. 5-19
Entering the Access Number
From the 10-Key Pad, enter the 4-digit
access number or 1-to-4-digit account
number, and press the Access key.
NOTE
To correct the 4-digit access number entered,
first press the Clear key, then enter the new
number.
When the initial screen reappears, you can
now start the copy cycle.
When the copy cycle is completed, press the
Access key again.
Interrupt
Mode Check
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Access Number
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1
123
456
789
0C
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2
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Making Copies
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Making Copies
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Making Copies
Chapter 3
1. Using Basic Copying Functions
Basic Copying Procedures
One of the most basic copying jobs is to make full-size (×1.000) copies of the original.
Place the original in position (step 2), set the number of copies to be made (step 9), and press the start key
(step 10). This will allow you to make full-size copies on paper of the same size as the original.
[*In the initial mode, Auto Paper, Full Size, and Auto Exposure are automatically selected.]
The selections you make on the Touch Panel will change the exposure level, zoom ratio, the type
of copy and so on.
1. Press the copy key.
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2. Placing the Original
Load the originals face up in the
Electronic Document Handler.

p.3-4Raise the Original Cover and place the original
face down on the Original Glass.
p.3-6
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3. Touch [Paper].

p.3-9
4. Touch [Zoom].

p.3-14
5. Touch [Finishing].

p.3-20  Changing the paper size
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Selecting the Original Copy Type
 Changing the zoom ratio
 Sorting copies
 Stapling copies
 Punching holes in copies
Selecting the basic functions
 Making copies from a book
 Saving paper to make copies
6. Touch [Orig. Copy].

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1. Using Basic Copying Functions
Making Copies
Chapter 3
Useful Tip
Different functions can be combined in various ways to create different types of copy. See “Typical
Function Combinations” that schematically shows different types of copy produced by combining
different functions.
p.4-17. Touch [Density].
p.3-44
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Selecting the auxiliary functions  Changing the exposure level
Selecting the exposure level.
 Making a file margin on the copy
 Using OHP Interleaving
8. Touch [Auxiliary].

p.3-46
123
456
789
0C
9. Setting the number of copies.
From the 10-Key Pad, set the desired number of copies to
be made.
* The maximum number that can be set is 999.
Useful Tip
There is no limit to the number of copies set to be made in
the initial mode. Administrator Mode can, however, be
used to limit the maximum number of copies to be set in the
range from 1 to 99.
p.5-19
* If you have entered an incorrect number, press the clear
key, then enter the correct number.1139O2640A
10. Pressing the start key
When you press the start key, the machine starts the
copy cycle.
* To stop the copy cycle, press the stop key.
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Making Copies
Chapter 3
2. Placing the Original
Using the Electronic Document Handler

The Electronic Document Handler automatically feeds in sheet originals placed on the Document
Handling Tray one by one. After the copy cycle has been completed, it automatically ejects the original
onto the Document Exit Tray.
Types of Originals: Sheets (Plain paper)
 1-sided Original (weighing 13-1/4 to 29-1/4 lb)
 2-sided Original (weighing 16 to 24 lb)
 Mixed Original Detection mode (weighing 16 to 24 lb)
Original size : 1-Sided Original, 2-Sided Original Mode
:11×17 L to 5-1/2×8-1/2 L
Mixed Original Detection mode
:11×17 L to Letter
 Typing paper, paraffin paper, heat-sensitive paper, and other thin paper
 Thick paper
 Originals greater than 11×17 L or smaller than 5-1/2×8-1/2 L
 Transparencies, translucent paper
 Wrinkled, dog-eared, curled, or torn originals
 Clipped or stapled originals
 Carbon-backed originals
* For any of these types of originals, place the original manually on the Original Glass to make a copy.

p.3-6
Paper Suitable for Use as Originals
Paper Not Suitable for Use as Originals
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2. Placing the Original
Making Copies
Chapter 3
Slide the Document Guide Plate to the size of
the originals.
Load a neat stack of originals face up on the
Document Handling Tray.NOTES
 The maximum number of originals that can be
loaded: Up to 100.
 The machine is capable of scanning a document
consisting of 100 or more pages at one time.

p.3-67
 Make sure that the top level of the original
stack does not exceed the
marking.
 Make sure that the Document Guide Plate is in
touch with the edges of the original stack. If its
not pressed snugly against the original stack,
skewed feeding could result.
 You can make copies automatically from
originals of assorted sizes loaded in the
Electronic Document Handler. You can also
make copies of the same size from originals of
different sizes.

p.3-66
 Load the original in the direction shown below
when loading it in the Electronic Document
Handler.
 If you need to load your original in a direction
different from these examples, set “Original
Direction” (the direction of the original) on the
To u c h Pa n e l .
p.3-38
Loading the Originals
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2. Placing the Original
Making Copies
Chapter 3
Using the Original Glass
Different methods are used to place the original depending on its type. Use the procedure appropriate for
your original. If you are using an Electronic Document Handler,

p. 3-4
 If you place your original directly on the Original Glass, make sure that it is placed in the direction
illustrated below.
 If you need to place your original in a direction different from these examples, set “Original Direction”
(the direction of the original) on the Touch Panel.

p.3-38

Raise the Original Cover.
Place the original face down on the Original
Glass.
Position the original in the left rear corner
with the marker on the scale.
Gently lower the Original Cover.
Place the original in the same way as the
sheet originals.
Place a blank sheet of paper of the same size
over the original.
Gently lower the Original Cover.
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Sheet Originals
1
2
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3
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Original Scale
4
Highly Transparent Originals
1
2
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Blank
Sheet of
Paper
3
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2. Placing the Original
Making Copies
Chapter 3

Place the open book so that its top edge is at
the rear of the machine and the center of the
book is aligned with the Book Marker
indicated on the Original Length Scale.
Gently lower the Original Cover.
NOTES
 If the original is thick, make a copy with the
Original Cover raised open.
 Not positioning the open book properly will
result in copies with pages in incorrect order.
 Do not look directly at the Original Glass
surface as a strong beam of light is emitted.
NOTES
BesuretoraisetheOriginalCover15°ormore
before placing the original. If the Original
Cover is raised to an angle less than 15°, the
machine may fail to select the correct paper
size or zoom ratio.
 Do not place an original weighing more than 6-
1/2 lb on the Original Glass.
 When placing an open book, do not press the
book hard on the Original Glass, as trouble
could result.
Making Copies from a Book Using
Book Copy Mode
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Book Marker Original Length Scale
2
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15°
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