Konica Minolta magicolor 2430 DL User manual

magicolor 2430 DL
Printer Driver for
Mac OS 9 User’s Guide
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4139-7749-01A
1760672-001A

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System Requirements for the Printer Driver 1
System Requirements for the Printer Driver
Before installing the printer driver, make sure that your system meets the fol-
lowing system requirements.
Computer Apple Macintosh computer with a Pow-
erPC G3 or later processor (PowerPC G4
or later is recommended)
Connection between computer
and printer
USB connection
Network connection
(10Base T/100Base TX)
Operating system Mac OS 9.0.4 or later
Mac OS X Classic mode (9.2.2 or later)
When using the Classic environment of
Mac OS X, Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later is
required.
RAM More than OS recommendation (128 MB
or more is recommended)
Available disk space 256 MB or more is recommended (for
storing images)

Installing the Printer Driver2
Installing the Printer Driver
1Double-click the magicolor 2430 DL Installer icon.
The installer for the printer driver starts up.
" When using Mac OS X, start up the Classic environment before
installing the printer driver.
2Check the details of the license agreement, and click Accept if you agree
to the terms of the license.
3While Easy Install is selected, click Install.
Easy Install installs the printer driver and ColorSync profiles.
Installation starts.

Selecting the Printer in the Chooser 3
4After the installation has been completed, click Quit.
This completes the installation of the magicolor 2430 DL printer driver.
Selecting the Printer in the Chooser
1Connect the printer and computer.
If you are using a USB connection, use the USB cable to connect the
printer and your computer.
If you are using a network connection, use an 10Base-T/100Base-TX
cable to connect the printer to a Ethernet network.
2Select Chooser from the Apple menu.
" When using Mac OS X, the Apple menu is available with the icon
for the Classic environment in the menu bar.
To display the Classic status in the menu bar, select the “Show
Classic status in menu bar” check box in the Classic dialog box.

Selecting the Printer in the Chooser4
3Select the magicolor 2430 DL icon from the icons on the left side of the
Chooser.
The printer name appears in the Select a printer section on the right side
of the Chooser.
The icon displayed for the printer name differs depending on whether you
are using a USB connection or a network connection.
4Select the printer.
If you are using a USB connection, select the icon.
If you are using a network connection, select the icon.
5Click Configure.
The Printer Setup dialog box appears.
6Select the options that are installed, and then click OK.
7Close the Chooser.
The icon for the magicolor 2430 DL appears on the desktop.
With a USB connection, mc2430DL appears.
With a network connection, KONICA MINOLTA magicolor2430D
appears.
" In the Classic environment, no icon appears on the desktop.

Selecting the Printer in the Chooser 5
" You can log in to PageScope Web Connection and use the Rendez-
vous Configuration menu to change the name of the printer. If
Enable Rendezvous Service Discovery is not selected, the printer
name will not appear in the Select a printer section on the right side
of the Chooser. Refer to Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM for a
description of PageScope Web Connection.

Specifying Page Setup Settings6
Specifying Page Setup Settings
The Page Setup dialog box appears when Page Setup... is selected from the
File menu.
Page Attributes Options
The Page Attributes section is used to specify the options for the Paper
Size, scaling, and page orientation.
Paper Size
Select the desired Paper Size from the Paper Size pop-up menu.
Show all Paper Sizes
Select to display all available paper sizes in the Paper Size pop-up menu.
Scaling (%)
If you want to enlarge or reduce the size of the printout, enter the scale
ratio (25%-400%) here.
Orientation
Select either a vertical or horizontal page orientation for printouts.
Flip Horizontal: Select this option to flip the image along its vertical
axis; the left and right sides of the print image are
reversed.
Flip Vertical: Select this option to flip the image along its horizon-
tal axis; the top and bottom of the print image is
inverted.
" Regardless of which paper size is selected, the printer does not print
within 0.157 inch (4 mm) of the edge of the paper.

Specifying Page Setup Settings 7
Specifying a Custom Paper Size
You can also specify a paper size that is not listed in the Paper Size pop-up
menu.
1Select Edit Custom Paper Sizes... from the Paper Size pop-up menu, in
the Page Setup dialog box.
The Edit Paper Sizes dialog box appears.
2Enter a name for the custom paper size in the Name field, enter the
dimensions in the Width and Height fields, and then click Add.
" The default units used for the dimensions for Width and Height is
inches. To specify the dimensions in millimeters, enter “mm” after
entering the each of the values for the dimensions.

Specifying Page Setup Settings8
3To add several different custom paper sizes, click New and repeat step 2.
" To delete an existing custom paper size, select the custom paper
size from the list on the left of the dialog box, and then click Delete.
4The custom paper size setting is saved, and the name of the custom
paper size can now be selected from the Paper Size pop-up menu.
5After you have finished entering the settings, click Done.
If you clicked Add in step 2, but do not save the custom paper size set-
ting, a message appears, asking if you want to save the settings. Click
OK.
" The Default Size option in the lower left of the Edit Paper Sizes
dialog can be used to select the default paper size. Changes to
this setting take effect the next time the application is used.

Specifying Print Settings 9
Specifying Print Settings
The following dialog box appears when Print... is selected from the File
menu in the application being used.
You can specify the following options from the Print dialog box.

Specifying Print Settings10
Print Dialog Box Options
" No warning message will be displayed if options that cannot be used
together are selected.
Common buttons
Preview
Click this button to view a preview image of the printout, to check that the
print options are set correctly.
Cancel
Click this button to close the Print dialog box without applying any of the
settings.
OK
Click this button to print using the selected print options.
Section Description
General This section contains options for the number
of copies to be printed, the paper source, and
the range of pages to be printed.
Paper Type/Quality This section contains options for the paper
type, the print quality, and the type of image
being printed.
Layout This section contains options for the number
of pages per sheet of paper and other duplex
printing.
Image This section contains options for printing in
color, grayscale or Black & White, and Col-
orSync options.
Background This section contains options for spooling the
print data for background or foreground print-
ing and the document printing time.
Watermark This section contains options for watermark
settings.
Advanced This section contains options for advanced
settings.

Specifying Print Settings 11
General Options
The General section is used to specify the number of copies to be printed,
the paper source, and the range of pages to be printed.
Copies
This specifies the number of copies to be printed. If the Collated check-
box is selected, all pages in the documents are printed as sets of print-
outs.
For example, if 2 is entered for Copies and Collated is selected, the
pages will print in the following order:
1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5
If Collated is not selected, the pages will print in the following order:
1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5
Paper Source
This specifies the paper source to be used when printing.
All pages from: All pages in the document are printed using the
paper in the specified paper tray.
First page from: The first page of the document is printed on paper
from a paper tray different from the tray used to print
the rest of the document.
Remaining from: The rest of the document is printed from the speci-
fied paper tray when the first page is to be printed on
paper from a different tray.
" Depending on the paper tray selected, you may not be able to use
some paper sizes. For details, refer to the User’s Guide (CD-ROM)
provided with the printer.
Pages
All: Prints all the pages in the document.
From,To: Specifies the range of pages to be printed.

Specifying Print Settings12
Paper Type/Quality Options
The Paper Type/Quality section is used to specify the paper type, the print
quality, and the type of image being printed.
Paper Type
This option specifies the type of paper on which the print image will be
printed.
" Depending on the paper type selected, you may not be able to use
some paper sizes. For details, refer to the User’s Guide (CD-ROM)
provided with the printer.
Print Quality
This option specifies Draft, Normal or Best as the print resolution.
If Draft is selected, the image is printed at 600×600 dpi. If Normal is
selected, the image is printed at 1200×600 dpi. If Best is selected, the
image is printed at 2400×600 dpi.
Image Type
This option specifies the type of image being printed, Photographic or
Text.

Specifying Print Settings 13
Layout Options
The Layout section is used to specify the number of pages per sheet of
paper and other layout options when printing.
Pages Per Sheet
This specifies the number of pages to be printed on one sheet of paper.
For example, if 2is selected, two pages are printed on one sheet of paper.
If more than one page is printed on one sheet of paper and the Print Bor-
der check box is selected, a border is printed around the image of each
page printed on one sheet of paper.
Print Both Sides
This specifies that both sides of the paper will be printed on.
When Print Both Sides is selected, you can select the Binding setting to
specify if the binding edge is along the long edge or the short edge of the
paper.
" To print on both sides of the paper, the optional Duplexing Unit must
be installed on the printer.
In addition, the printer must be set up with the Chooser to use the
duplex unit. For details on selecting the duplex unit with the Chooser,
refer to “Selecting the Printer in the Chooser” on page 3.
When Print Both Sides is selected, you may not be able to use some
types of paper. For details, refer to the User’s Guide (CD-ROM) pro-
vided with the printer.

Specifying Print Settings14
Image Options
The Image section is used to specify the settings used when printing in color
or grayscale, and the ColorSync options.
ColorSync Color Matching
The ColorSync Color Matching section is used specify the ColorSync color
matching settings.
Matching Method
This specifies the color quality for the printed image. If Automatic is
selected, the driver determines a matching method automatically. If print-
ing Line Art or graphics, select Business Graphics. If you are printing a
photographic image, select Photographic.
Printer Profile
This specifies the printer profile to be used when printing the document.

Specifying Print Settings 15
Color
The Color section is used to specify the color settings to be used when print-
ing the image.
Saturation
This specifies the color saturation.
Brightness
This specifies the brightness (lightness) of the printed image.
Contrast
This specifies the contrast for the printed image.

Specifying Print Settings16
Grayscale
The Grayscale section is used to specify the grayscale settings to be used
when printing the image in grayscale.
Brightness
This specifies the brightness (lightness) of the printed image.
Contrast
This specifies the contrast of the printed image.
Black & White
The Black & White section is used to print a document in black and white
(monocolor).
" This section contains no options that can be set by the user.

Specifying Print Settings 17
Background Options
The Background section is used to specify whether or not to spool the print
data for background printing and when to print a document.
Print in
If Foreground is selected, you will not be able to perform other tasks on
your computer until printing has finished.
If Background is selected, the print data is processed in the background,
allowing you to continue using your computer for other tasks.
Print Time
This specifies when a print job should be printed.
Urgent: The document is given highest priority and is printed before
other print jobs.
Normal: The document is printed in the order it appears in the print
queue.
Print at: The print data is printed at the specified data and time.
Put document on hold:
The print data for a document is put on hold (Printing is
paused).

Specifying Print Settings18
Watermark Options
The Watermark section is used to specify the watermark options.
Select the desired watermark from the pop-up menu.
New
This is used to create a new watermark. After clicking New, a dialog box
appears for you to enter the name for the new watermark.
Enter the name for the watermark, and then click Create to create a new
watermark.
Edit
This is used to edit an existing watermark. After selecting the name of an
existing watermark that you want to edit and clicking Edit, the watermark
edit dialog will appear and the watermark text and options can be
selected. You can change the text, position and color settings.