Konica Minolta BIZHUB PRO 1050 User manual

Printer
The essentials of imaging

COPYRIGHT © 2005 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, Inc.
All Right Reserved.
Thank you very much for purchasing the bizhub PRO 1050/1050P.
This User's Guide includes instructions for making prints, correct handling
of the machine, and precautions for safety. Please read this manual before
printing.
In order to maintain a satisfactory printing performance, please keep this
User's Guide readily available for reference.

xTable of contents

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Table of contents
1 Introduction
1.1 About this Product ............................................................................ 1-6
1.2 About this Manual ............................................................................. 1-7
1.3 Explanation of manual conventions ................................................ 1-8
1.4 Notation of each product ............................................................... 1-10
2 Overview
2.1 Printer Driver ..................................................................................... 2-4
2.2 Composition of a product ................................................................ 2-5
2.2.1 Memory .......................................................................................... 2-5
2.2.2 PostScript3 .................................................................................... 2-5
2.2.3 Other options ................................................................................. 2-6
2.3 Connections of the Print Controller ................................................ 2-7
2.3.1 Parallel Connection ........................................................................ 2-7
2.3.2 Ethernet Connection ...................................................................... 2-7
2.4 Product Specifications ..................................................................... 2-8
2.4.1 Restrictive Conditions .................................................................. 2-10
3 Basic Printing and Various Function
3.1 Basic Printing Method ...................................................................... 3-3
3.2 Various Function ............................................................................... 3-7
3.2.1 To set the paper-related items ....................................................... 3-7
3.2.2 To set the paper tray .................................................................... 3-11
3.2.3 To print multiple copies ................................................................ 3-16
3.2.4 To print multiple pages ................................................................ 3-20
3.2.5 To set the Front / Back cover, insertion sheet and
cover sheet ................................................................................... 3-25
3.2.6 To set for finishing ........................................................................ 3-28
3.2.7 To set a Watermark ...................................................................... 3-33
3.2.8 To set an image and shade .......................................................... 3-36
3.2.9 To set font-related items .............................................................. 3-40

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3.2.10 Checking the Printer Driver Setting ..............................................3-41
3.2.11 How to store the job and reprint ...................................................3-42
3.2.12 To designate the printer memory ..................................................3-43
4 PCL Printer Driver Setting (Windows)
4.1 About Properties window .................................................................4-3
4.1.1 Method to open the Properties window .........................................4-3
4.1.2 Method to open the Printing preference window ...........................4-3
4.1.3 Properties window ..........................................................................4-4
4.2 About button ......................................................................................4-5
4.3 Combination of the function .............................................................4-6
4.4 General tab .........................................................................................4-7
4.5 Sharing tab .........................................................................................4-8
4.6 Ports tab .............................................................................................4-9
4.7 Advanced tab ...................................................................................4-10
4.8 Color Management tab ...................................................................4-12
4.9 Option tab .........................................................................................4-13
4.9.1 Option ...........................................................................................4-13
4.9.2 Option information ........................................................................4-14
4.9.3 Enhanced Security ........................................................................4-14
4.10 Setup tab ..........................................................................................4-15
4.10.1 Paper .............................................................................................4-15
4.10.2 Binding ..........................................................................................4-23
4.10.3 Output ...........................................................................................4-29
4.11 Per Page Setting tab .......................................................................4-38
4.11.1 Front Cover Page ..........................................................................4-39
4.11.2 Back Cover Page ..........................................................................4-40
4.11.3 PI Cover Sheet ..............................................................................4-40
4.11.4 Chapter .........................................................................................4-41
4.11.5 Per Page Setting ...........................................................................4-42
4.12 Special Functions tab ......................................................................4-46
4.12.1 Special Functions .........................................................................4-47
4.13 Overlay tab .......................................................................................4-53
4.13.1 Overlay ..........................................................................................4-53

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4.14 Watermark tab ................................................................................ 4-57
4.14.1 Watermark .................................................................................... 4-58
4.14.2 Watermark - Type ........................................................................ 4-60
4.14.3 Page Number ............................................................................... 4-60
4.14.4 Distribution Number Stamping .................................................... 4-61
4.15 Quality tab ....................................................................................... 4-62
4.15.1 Print with Black ............................................................................ 4-62
4.15.2 Pattern .......................................................................................... 4-63
4.15.3 Print Density ................................................................................. 4-63
4.15.4 Smoothing .................................................................................... 4-63
4.16 Font tab ............................................................................................ 4-64
4.16.1 Use Printer Fonts ......................................................................... 4-65
4.16.2 Download Font Format ................................................................ 4-65
4.17 Version tab ...................................................................................... 4-66
4.18 Save/Restore Setting ..................................................................... 4-67
4.19 About View Area ............................................................................. 4-71
5 PPD Printer Driver setting (Windows)
5.1 About Properties window ................................................................ 5-3
5.1.1 Method to open the Properties window ........................................ 5-3
5.1.2 Method to open the Printing preference window .......................... 5-3
5.1.3 Properties window ......................................................................... 5-4
5.2 About button ..................................................................................... 5-5
5.3 Combination of the function ............................................................ 5-6
5.4 General tab ........................................................................................ 5-7
5.5 Sharing tag ........................................................................................ 5-9
5.6 Ports tab .......................................................................................... 5-10
5.7 Advanced tab .................................................................................. 5-12
5.8 Device Settings tab ........................................................................ 5-14
5.8.1 From To Tray Assignment ............................................................ 5-15
5.8.2 Font Substitution Table ................................................................ 5-16
5.8.3 Installable Option ......................................................................... 5-17
5.9 Layout tab ........................................................................................ 5-18
5.10 Paper/Quality tab ............................................................................ 5-20

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5.11 Advanced Options windows ...........................................................5-22
5.11.1 Paper Output ................................................................................5-22
5.11.2 Graphic .........................................................................................5-24
5.11.3 Document Options ........................................................................5-24
6 KONICA MINOLTA PS Printer Driver setting (Windows)
6.1 About Properties window .................................................................6-3
6.1.1 Method to open the Properties window .........................................6-3
6.1.2 Method to open the Printing preference window ...........................6-3
6.1.3 Properties window ..........................................................................6-4
6.2 About button ......................................................................................6-5
6.3 Combination of the function .............................................................6-6
6.4 General tab .........................................................................................6-7
6.5 Sharing tag .........................................................................................6-9
6.6 Ports tab ...........................................................................................6-10
6.7 Advanced tab ...................................................................................6-11
6.8 Color Management tab ...................................................................6-13
6.9 Font tab ............................................................................................6-14
6.10 Option tab .........................................................................................6-16
6.10.1 Option Information ........................................................................6-17
6.10.2 Enhanced Security ........................................................................6-17
6.10.3 Scaling linked with Application .....................................................6-17
6.11 Setup tab ..........................................................................................6-18
6.11.1 Copies ...........................................................................................6-19
6.11.2 Paper .............................................................................................6-19
6.11.3 Layout ...........................................................................................6-26
6.11.4 Binding ..........................................................................................6-32
6.11.5 Output ...........................................................................................6-35
6.12 Per Page Setting ..............................................................................6-44
6.12.1 Front Cover Page ..........................................................................6-45
6.12.2 Back Cover Page ..........................................................................6-45
6.12.3 PI Cover Sheet ..............................................................................6-46
6.12.4 Chapter .........................................................................................6-47
6.12.5 Per Page Setting ...........................................................................6-48

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6.13 Special Functions ........................................................................... 6-52
6.13.1 Date/Time - Page to Print ............................................................ 6-52
6.13.2 Page Number ............................................................................... 6-53
6.13.3 Distribution Number ..................................................................... 6-53
6.13.4 Combination (No Reduction) ........................................................ 6-54
6.13.5 Fold .............................................................................................. 6-55
6.13.6 Image Shift ................................................................................... 6-56
6.13.7 Divide Output ............................................................................... 6-57
6.13.8 Pile Permission ............................................................................. 6-57
6.13.9 Tandem Mode .............................................................................. 6-57
6.14 PostScript tab ................................................................................. 6-59
6.14.1 Output .......................................................................................... 6-59
6.14.2 Settings ........................................................................................ 6-60
6.14.3 Timeouts - Wait Timeout (seconds) ............................................. 6-62
6.14.4 Print Enhance ............................................................................... 6-62
6.14.5 Use Bitmap Smoothing ................................................................ 6-62
6.15 Overlay tab ...................................................................................... 6-63
6.16 Quality tab ....................................................................................... 6-66
6.16.1 Image Rotation ............................................................................. 6-66
6.16.2 Effects .......................................................................................... 6-66
6.16.3 Adjustment ................................................................................... 6-67
6.16.4 Print Density ................................................................................. 6-67
6.16.5 Smoothing - Type ........................................................................ 6-67
6.16.6 Monochromatic Convention - By Driver / By Printer ................... 6-68
6.16.7 Toner Save ................................................................................... 6-68
6.16.8 Draft Print ..................................................................................... 6-68
6.17 Watermarks tab .............................................................................. 6-69
6.17.1 Watermark .................................................................................... 6-69
6.17.2 Edit ............................................................................................... 6-70
6.17.3 Position ........................................................................................ 6-70
6.17.4 1st Page Only ............................................................................... 6-70
6.17.5 Transparent Text .......................................................................... 6-70
6.17.6 As Outline Only ............................................................................ 6-70

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6.18 Save/Restore Setting ......................................................................6-71
6.19 About View Area ..............................................................................6-72
7 PPD Printer Driver setting (Mac OS 9)
7.1 Dialog boxes used for configuring this printing system ................7-5
7.1.1 Three dialog boxes .........................................................................7-5
7.1.2 Displaying the dialog boxes ............................................................7-7
7.2 About descriptions in this chapter .................................................7-11
7.3 Page Attributes dialog box .............................................................7-12
7.4 Watermark dialog box .....................................................................7-15
7.5 Custom Page Default dialog box ...................................................7-17
7.6 General dialog box ..........................................................................7-18
7.7 Background Printing dialog box ....................................................7-20
7.8 Cover Page dialog box ....................................................................7-21
7.9 Layout dialog box ............................................................................7-22
7.10 Printer Specific Options dialog box (1) ..........................................7-24
7.11 Printer Specific Options dialog box (2) ..........................................7-26
7.12 Configure dialog box .......................................................................7-41
8 PPD Printer Driver setting (Mac OS X)
8.1 About Mac OS X window ..................................................................8-3
8.2 Page Attributes (Page Setup window) .............................................8-6
8.3 Custom Paper Size (Page Setup window) .......................................8-9
8.4 Copies & Pages (Print window) ......................................................8-10
8.5 Layout (Print window) .....................................................................8-11
8.6 Paper Feed (Print window) .............................................................8-13
8.7 Finishing (Print window) ..................................................................8-14
8.8 Image/Layout (Print window) .........................................................8-20
8.9 Setup (Print window) .......................................................................8-24
8.10 Security (Print window) ...................................................................8-29
8.11 Printer Info .......................................................................................8-36

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9 Troubleshooting
9.1 Basic Troubleshooting ..................................................................... 9-3
9.2 General Problems of Printing .......................................................... 9-4
9.3 General Problems of PostScript ...................................................... 9-7
9.4 Checking on Incomplete Jobs ......................................................... 9-9
10 Font
10.1 Font List (PCL) ................................................................................ 10-3
10.2 Font List (PostScript) ...................................................................... 10-7
10.3 Screen Fonts ................................................................................. 10-13
10.4 PostScript Downloading New Fonts ........................................... 10-17
11 Utility Tool
11.1 PageScope Web Connection ......................................................... 11-3
11.1.1 Outline of the PageScope Web Connection ................................ 11-4
11.1.2 Start the PageScope Web Connection ........................................ 11-5
11.1.3 Display the variable status ........................................................... 11-6
11.1.4 Print the Report .......................................................................... 11-23
11.2 Using KONICA MINOLTA Peer to Peer Printing Tool ................ 11-24
11.3 Internet Printing ............................................................................ 11-29
11.4 NetWare ......................................................................................... 11-33
11.4.1 Setup information ....................................................................... 11-35
11.4.2 NDS setup .................................................................................. 11-36
11.4.3 Setup for Bindery Emulation ...................................................... 11-37
11.5 UNIX Printing through TCP/IP ..................................................... 11-38
12 Appendix
12.1 Glossary ........................................................................................... 12-3
12.2 Software License Agreement ........................................................ 12-9
12.3 Index .............................................................................................. 12-13

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1Introduction

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1 Introduction
Thank you very much for purchasing the bizhub PRO 1050/1050P.
This user manual describes the operating procedures and safety precautions
of the bizhub PRO 1050/1050P so that you can handle it safely and make the
best of its capabilities. Usually keep this user manual close at hand for the
convenience of reference later.
For use as a network printer
Copier
Print Controller
For use a a local
printer

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FCC Regulation
7 WARNING
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of FCC rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
in a residential area.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guaran-
tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equip-
ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encour-
aged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following meas-
ures:
%Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
%Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver.
%Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit other than the circuit to
which the receiver is connected.
%Consult your dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Canadian Department of Communications Regulations
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Patent Notice
The product includes an implementation of LZW licensed under U.S.Patent
4,558,302.
Built-in Fonts
The print controller includes support for PCL5e/6 Language (HP PCL clone)
and includes the 88 built-in Agfa Microtype fonts. For a complete list, refer to
“Font” on page 10-3.
When equipping PostScript kit, the print controller also includes support for
Adobe PostScript 3 (PS3) and includes the 136 built-in Adobe fonts. For a
complete list, refer to “Font” on page 10-3.

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Acknowledgement
KONICA MINOLTA, KONICA MINOLTA logo, and the essentials of imaging
are registered trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC..
bizhub, bizhub PRO and PageScope are trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
Microsoft, MS and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corpo-
ration in the United States.
IBM is a registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
WindowsTM is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
HP and PCL are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
Agfa Microtype font is a registered trademark of Agfa Corporation.
PEERLESS is a registered trademark of PEERLESS SYSTEMS CORPORA-
TION.
Apple, Macintosh and Mac are registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple
Computer.Inc.
Adobe, Adobe Logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Logo, PostScript and PostScript
Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Other company names and product names used in this user manual are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
RC4®is a registered trademark or trademark of RSA Security Inc. in the Unit-
ed States and/or other countries.
2
Note
A part or all of this user manual may not be used or copied without per-
mission.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. will have no liabil-
ity for any influences caused by using the printing system and this user
manual.
Information written in this user manual is subject to change without no-
tice.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. maintains the
copyright of this printer driver.

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1.1 About this Product
Package Contents
The following items are supplied with the Print Controller:
-Notice Sheet
-bizhub PRO 1050/1050P CD-ROM
(Windows)
-Printer Driver
-Scanner Driver (compatible with TWAIN)
-Network Connection Utilities
Peer to Peer Printing Tool
-user manual (this manual)
-Release Note
(describes the latest information as well as limits of the system and the
user software.)
-Screenfonts
(Macintosh)
-user manual (this manual)
PostScript3
The following items are supplied for the PostScript3 :
-PS-502 CD-ROM
(Windows)
-Printer driver / PPD file
-Screen Fonts
-user manual (this manual)
-Release Note
(describes the latest information as well as limits of the system and the
users software.)
(Macintosh)
-Printer driver / PPD file
-Screen Fonts
-user manual (this manual)
-Release Note
(describes the latest information as well as limits of the system and the
users software.)

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1.2 About this Manual
This document describes how to operate bizhub PRO 1050/1050P as a print-
er from various computers and networks.
This manual assumes you are familiar with the basic operation of your oper-
ating system and the KONICA MINOLTA copier.
Refer to “User Manual (Copier)” as required for the copier operating method.
For detailed operations of Windows 98/Me, Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/Server
2003 and Mac OS, refer to the operating manuals for each operating system.
For application operations, refer to the operating manuals provided with
each application.