Konica Minolta magicolor 2400W User manual

magicolor 2400W
User’s Guide
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4139-7733-02A
1800767-001B
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Thank You
Thank you for purchasing a magicolor 2400W. You have made an excellent choice.
Your magicolor 2400W is specially designed for optimal performance in Windows
environments.
Trademarks
KONICA MINOLTA and the KONICA MINOLTA logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
magicolor is a trademark or registered trademark of KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING
SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
Copyright Notice
Copyright © 2004 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Marunou-
chi Center Building, 1-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan. All
Rights Reserved. This document may not be copied, in whole or part, nor transferred
to any other media or language, without written permission of KONICA MINOLTA
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Notice
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. reserves the right to make
changes to this guide and to the equipment described herein without notice. Consid-
erable effort has been made to ensure that this guide is free of inaccuracies and
omissions. However, KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. makes
no warranty of any kind including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of mer-
chantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to this guide.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. assumes no responsibility
for, or liability for, errors contained in this guide or for incidental, special, or conse-
quential damages arising out of the furnishing of this guide, or the use of this guide in
operating the equipment, or in connection with the performance of the equipment
when so operated.
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Contents
Contents i
1Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 2
Space Requirements 2
Printer Parts 3
Front View 3
About the Control Panel 4
About the Indicators 4
Status Messages (Ready Indicator, Error Indicator) 5
Status Messages (Toner Indicators) 5
About the Rotate Toner KEY 6
About the Cancel KEY 6
Continuing a Print Job after an Error Message 6
Cancelling a Print Job 6
2Software Installation ......................................................................................... 7
Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM 8
Drivers 8
Utilities 8
System Requirements 9
Selecting Driver Defaults 9
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Contentsii
Uninstalling the Printer Driver 10
Displaying Printer Driver Settings 10
Windows XP 10
Windows 2000/Me/98SE 11
Using the Printer Driver 11
Common Buttons 11
OK 11
Cancel 11
Apply 11
Help 11
Easy Set 11
Page Layout 12
Printer Figure 12
Setup Tab 12
Paper Tab 12
Quality Tab 13
3Using the Status Display ................................................................................15
Working with the Status Display 16
Introduction 16
Opening the Status Display and Showing the Supplies Status 16
Altering the Size of the Status Display Window 16
Using the Status Display 16
Recognizing Status Display Alerts 17
Recovering from a Status Display Alert 18
Closing the Status Display 18
4Using Media .....................................................................................................19
Media Specifications 20
Media Types 21
Plain Paper 21
Thick Stock 22
Envelopes 23
Labels 24
Letterhead 25
Postcards 25
Transparencies 26
Glossy Stock 27
What Is the Guaranteed Imageable (Printable) Area? 27
Imageable Area—Envelopes 28
Page Margins 28
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Loading Media 29
Tray 1 (Multipurpose Tray) 29
Loading Plain Paper 29
Other Media 31
Loading Envelopes 31
Loading Label Sheets/Postcards/Thick Stock/Transparencies 35
Manual Duplexing 37
How do I manually duplex? 37
Output Tray 38
Media Storage 38
5Replacing Consumables ................................................................................ 39
Replacing Consumables 40
Refilled Toner Cartridges 40
About Toner Cartridges 40
Replacing a Toner Cartridge 43
Replacing the Drum Cartridge 48
6Maintaining the Printer ................................................................................... 51
Maintaining the Printer 52
Cleaning the Printer 54
Exterior 54
Interior 55
Cleaning the Media Feed Roller and Laser Lens 55
Storing the Printer 58
7Troubleshooting .............................................................................................. 59
Introduction 60
Preventing Media Misfeeds 61
Understanding the Media Path 62
Indicator Messages 62
Error Messages 62
Service Message 64
Clearing Media Misfeeds 65
Clearing Procedures 66
Solving Problems with Media Misfeeds 70
Solving Other Problems 72
Solving Problems with Printing Quality 75
8Installing Accessories .................................................................................... 81
Dust Cover 82
Installing the Dust Cover 82
Loading Media in Tray 1 with the Dust Cover installed 83
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Contentsiv
AAppendix ..........................................................................................................85
Safety Specifications 86
Technical Specifications 86
Printer 86
Consumable Life Expectancy Chart 88
Our Concern for Environmental Protection 88
What is an ENERGY STAR product? 88
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Introduction
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Getting Acquainted with Your Printer2
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer
Space Requirements
To ensure easy operation, consumable replacement and maintenance,
adhere to the recommended space requirements detailed below.
430 mm (16.9")
341 mm (13.4")
259 mm (10.2")
600 mm (23.6")
31 mm
(1.2") 489 mm (19.3")
520 mm (20.5")
Front View Side View
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Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 3
Printer Parts
The following drawings illustrate the parts of your printer referred to through-
out this guide, so please take some time to become familiar with them.
Front View
1—Output tray
2—Control panel
3—Front cover
4—Tray 1 (Multipurpose tray)
5—Power switch
6—Top cover
7—Transfer belt unit
8—Fuser unit
9—Fuser separator levers
10—Drum cartridge
11— Toner cartridge carousel (con-
taining 4 toner cartridges: C, M,
Y and K)
12—USB port
13—Toner cartridge
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About the Control Panel4
About the Control Panel
1—Ready indicator
2—Error indicator
3—Rotate Toner key
4—Toner indicators
5—Cancel key
About the Indicators
The indicators use five types of signals:
Off
On
Slow blinking—1 blink every 2 seconds
Blinking—1 blink per second
Rapid blinking—2 blinks per second
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