Konica Minolta magicolor 2430 DL User manual

magicolor 2430 DL
Reference Guide
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4139-7744-01A
1800770-001A-1

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Copyrighted © 2004 by KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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This software may not be reproduced, modified, displayed, transferred, or copied in
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information contained in this guide is intended for use with the KONICA MINOLTA
magicolor 2430 DL printers only.
About the GPL (General Public License)
This driver is written for Linux, which is written and distributed under the GNU GPL.
The printing system CUPS adopted to run on the Linux is published by ESP (Easy
Software Products) under the GPL. All source codes that we write must be available
to the general public.
Trademarks
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trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
magicolor is a trademark or registered trademark of KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING
SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
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changes to this guide and to the equipment described herein without notice. Consid-
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for, or liability for, errors contained in this manual or for incidental, special, or conse-
quential damages arising out of the furnishing of this manual, or the use of this man-
ual in operating the equipment, or in connection with the performance of the
equipment when so operated.

Contents
Contents i
1 Operation on Mac OS X .................................................................................... 1
System Requirements for the Printer Driver 2
Installing the Printer Driver 3
Installing Ghostscript 3
Installing the magicolor 2430 DL Printer Driver 7
Print Center/Printer Setup Utility Settings 12
When Using a USB Connection 12
When Using a Network Connection 15
Rendezvous (OpenTalk) Setting 15
IP Printing Setting 17
Specifying Port 9100 20
Selecting Print Options 23
Uninstalling the Printer Driver 25
Specifying Page Setup Settings 27
Page Attributes Options 28
Custom Paper Size Options 29
Summary 30
Specifying Print Settings 31
Print Dialog Box 32
Common buttons 33

Contentsii
Copies & Pages 33
Layout 34
Duplex 35
Output Options 36
Paper Feed 37
Printer Features 38
Basic Features 39
Color Matching Options 40
Watermark Orientation 41
Watermark Selection 42
Watermark Setting 43
Summary 44
Troubleshooting 45
2 Operation on Linux ..........................................................................................47
System Requirements for the Printer Driver 48
Setting Up the Printing System 49
Installing the Printer Driver 50
Installing the Software from the Desktop 50
Installing the Software from the Command Line 50
Adding the Printer 51
Adding the Printer from a Web Browser 51
Adding the Printer From the Command Line 53
Uninstalling the Printer Driver 54
Specifying Printer Driver Settings 55
Displaying the Settings Page 55
Printer Driver Settings 56
Basic Features 56
Color Matching Options 56
General 57
Options Installed 57
Watermark Orientation 57
Watermark Selection 58
Watermark Setting 58
Banners 59
Specifying Print Settings 60
KDE Print Dialog Box 60
Displaying the Print Settings Dialog Box 60
Print Settings 61
Print Dialog Box 65
Displaying the Print Settings Dialog Box 65
Print Settings 67
Example Using OpenOffice 69
Checking Print Jobs 72
Troubleshooting 73

Contents iii
3 Understanding the Network Configuration Menus ...................................... 75
Network Menu 76
Location within the Configuration Menu 76
Accessing the Network Menu 77
Using the Network Menu Options 77
DHCP/BOOTP 77
IP Address 78
Subnet Mask 78
Gateway 78
Mac Address 79
HTTP 79
SNMP 79
Forced Modes 80
4 Network Printing in a Windows Environment .............................................. 81
Network Connection 82
Theory 82
Supported Environments 82
Making the Connection 83
Ethernet Interface 83
Using DHCP 83
Setting the Address Manually 84
Network Printing 87
BOOTP 87
DHCP 87
HTTP 87
IPP 88
LPD/LPR 88
SLP 88
SNMP 89
TCP/IP 89
Printing via IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) – Windows Server 2003/XP/
2000 90
Adding an IPP Port 90
5 Using PageScope Web Connection .............................................................. 95
About PageScope Web Connection 96
Display Language 96
Requirements 96
Setting Up the Printer Web Page 97
Determining the Printer Name 97
Setting Up Your Browser Software 97
Internet Explorer (version 6.0 for Windows) 98
Netscape Navigator (version 7.1) 99
Safari (version 1.1) 99

Contentsiv
Understanding the PageScope Web Connection Window 100
Navigation 100
Current Status 101
User Mode 101
Administrator Mode 101
Viewing Printer Status 102
System Page 102
Summary (shown above) 103
Details 104
Counter 108
Online Assistance 109
Job Page 110
Active Job (shown above) 110
Print Page 112
Test Print (shown above) 112
Configuring the Printer 113
System Page 113
User Choice (shown above) 113
Password 115
Preference 117
Online Assistance 119
Network 121
Configuration (shown above) 121

1
Operation on
Mac OS X

System Requirements for the Printer Driver2
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 PowerPC
G3 or later processor (PowerPC G4 or later is
recommended)
Connecting the computer
and printer
USB connection,network connection
(10Base-T/100Base-TX)
Operating system Mac OS X v10.2 or later
RAM More than OS recommendation (128 MB or
more is recommended)
Available disk space 256 MB or more (for storing images)

Installing the Printer Driver 3
Installing the Printer Driver
" You must have administrator privileges in order to install the printer
driver.
" Before proceeding with the installation, be sure to exit all running
applications.
Installing Ghostscript
If you are using Mac OS 10.3, skip to “Installing the magicolor 2430 DL
Printer Driver” on page 7. If you are using Mac OS 10.2, you must first use the
following procedure to download and install Ghostscript before you install the
printer driver.
1To obtain the latest version of Ghostscript, search the Internet for
"espgs-7.05.5-0.ppc.dmg".
" Here we explain how to install the software from the
espgs-7.05.5-0.ppc.dmg disk image file.
2Double click the espgs-7.05.5-0.ppc.dmg file.
The disk image Install ESP Ghostscript 7.05.5 appears on the desktop.
3Double click the ESP Ghostscript.mpkg package file in the disk image.
4Enter the administrator user name and password in the Authenticate dia-
log box, and then click OK.

Installing the Printer Driver4
5Click Continue.
6Check the details of the license agreement and click Continue.