Konica Minolta Magicolor 2550 Quick start guide

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October 2006

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specs at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Target Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Compact and Affordable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Printing Power and Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ease of Setup and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Brilliant, Consistent Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cross-Platform Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Free Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Duty Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Print Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
First-Page-Out Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating Environment Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Weights and Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Printer Memory—DDR SDRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Printer Memory & Advanced Printing Functions—
Optional Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Photo ART & Contone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Contents
The magicolor 2550 Series—Big-printer features
in a compact, user-friendly package

Media Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Standard Media Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Media Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Imageable Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Supported Media Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Advanced Document Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Drum Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
In-box Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacement Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Supplies Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Printer Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Convenient Printer Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PageScope Printer Management Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Printer Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Electronic User Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Camera Direct Photo Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
USB 1.1 Host Port with PictBridge Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Color Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Professional Color Tools for Novices and Professionals . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic ICC-Based Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Host-Based ICC Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Dynamic Contone Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PANTONE Color Look-up Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Enhanced Automatic Image Density Control (eAIDC). . . . . . . . . . 34
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatic Duplex Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lower Feeder Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Extended Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Introduction
The KONICA MINOLT magicolor®2550 Series is
packages.
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packages.
Today’s competitive business world requires FAST speed and HIGH
quality, but COMPACT space requirements and a SMALL price tag. The
powerful and versatile KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2550 Series color
network laser printers provide just that. Packed with power, yet space
saving and cost conscious, these feature-rich printers boast the
enhanced graphics quality and high-end printing functions typically
found in larger, more expensive models.
While they fit unobtrusively on the desktop, the magicolor 2550 EN and
2550 DN boast ultra-fast processors and enough DDR SDRAM to
process the most complex print jobs in a flash. They deliver the first
black & white page in only 13 seconds and the first color page in only
22 seconds, and then whip out 20 crisp black & white pages or 5
photorealistic color pages per minute.
The 9600 x 600-dpi class Photo ART contone quality and KONICA
MINOLTA Simitri®Polymerized Toner produce dazzling colors and
photorealistic details for eye-catching, professional-quality documents at
only pennies a page.
Equipped with KONICA MINOLTA Emperon printing architecture and
featuring PostScript®3 and PCL®6 emulations, multi-platform
compatibility and multi-network support, the KONICA MINOLTA
magicolor 2550 Series printers fit comfortably in most
workgroups. 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet®, Hi-Speed USB
2.0, and parallel interfaces ensure seamless networking or local
operation and easily handle the printing demands of any small
office or large workgroup.
The magicolor 2550 DN provides additional processing power,
camera direct photo printing, automatic two-sided printing,
and enough RAM for full functionality of all printer features.
This Technical Guide includes complete information about the
magicolor 2550 EN and 2550 DN. To see either one of these
printers in action, go to printer.konicaminolta.com/products/
color/mc2550 and click on Test Drive.
proof that the best things really do come in small
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Specs at a Glance
An overview of the features of the magicolor
2550 EN and 2550 DN.
magicolor 2550 EN magicolor 2550 DN
Print Method Electrophotographic color laser
Processor PowerPC, 300 MHz
Print Speed (letter/A4) Up to 20 b&w ppm, 5 color ppm
Resolution Up to 9600 x 600 dpi-class
Duty Cycle (letter/A4) Up to 35,000 prints/month
Memory 128 MB DDR SDRAM 256 MB DDR SDRAM
Upgradeable to 640 MB (1 slot) Upgradeable to 640 MB (1 slot)
Operating Systems Windows®Server 2003/XP/2000/NT4/Me/98SE,
Macintosh®OS X (v10.2+)/OS 9 (v9.1+),
RedHat Linux 9/SuSE Linux®8.2
Interfaces 10/100BaseTX Ethernet, 10/100BaseTX Ethernet,
USB 2.0, Parallel USB 2.0, Parallel
USB 1.1 Host Port for
camera direct photo print
Media Input 200-sheet multipurpose tray
Optional 500-sheet lower feeder unit
Optional automatic duplexer Standard automatic duplexer
Media Sizes Up to legal (8.5" x 14" / 216 x 356 mm)
Media Weights Up to 90 lb Index
Media Output 200-sheet face-down tray
Print Media Types Plain paper, letterhead, thick stock, glossy stock, transparencies,
laser-quality labels, postcards, envelopes
Printer Management PageScope™Net Care, PageScope Web Connection,
PageScope Network Setup, PageScope Peer-to-Peer Printing Tool,
PageScope EMS Plug-in, HP Web JetAdmin Plug-in,
PageScope Plug & Print, PageScope NDPS Gateway,
PageScope Direct Print, Print Monitor, Status Monitor
Color Control Enhanced Automatic Image Density Control (eAIDC);
ICC device profiles; Automatic ICC-based color matching;
Dynamic Contone Screening;
SWOP, Commercial, EuroColor, TOYO, and DIC press emulations;
PANTONE®Color Tables
Emulations PostScript 3, PCL 6; PDF 1.4 (with optional hard disk)
Typefaces 144 PostScript fonts, 93 PCL fonts, 10 line printer fonts
Warranty One-year exchange

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Target Markets
The magicolor 2550 EN and 2550 DN fit perfectly
in any office environment.
With robust performance, cross-platform and multi-network compatibility,
and ease of setup and maintenance, the versatile magicolor 2550 EN
and 2550 DN color laser printers are ideal for small offices, small-to-
medium-sized businesses, & workgroups in larger organizations.
Best of all, it’s not necessary to sacrifice quality for speed and
functionality. With 9600 x 600-dpi class Photo ART quality and contone
screening, the magicolor 2550 printers serve creative professionals and
general business customers equally well.
The magicolor 2550 EN and 2550 DN are perfect for these
environments:
Small offices
Small and medium-sized businesses
Workgroups in larger organizations
Applications using PostScript and/or PCL
Workgroups that require multi-platform support—Windows,
Macintosh, and/or Linux
Environments with mixed networks—TCP/IP, NetWare, and/or
EtherTalk
Offices requiring extensive printer management
Use this powerhouse printer for:
Daily correspondence Business papers
Email Spreadsheets & charts
Newsletters Reports
Web pages Envelopes
Flyers, posters, & mailers Photographs
CD-ROM & mailing labels Invoices

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Compact and Affordable
Every day, the staff of a typical office or workgroup are challenged with
complex printing demands. The magicolor 2550 Series printers were
designed to meet their specific needs. These versatile color laser
printers deliver the ease of use, compatibility, and professional quality
they require, but at the same time they fit within space and budget
constraints.
In fact, the magicolor 2550 EN and 2550 DN are the perfect fit for
almost any desktop and budget. Although compact enough for
practically any workspace, they can easily handle the demanding
requirements of both small offices and workgroups.
Designed for quiet operation, the unobtrusive magicolor 2550 Series
printers are available at little more than a moment’s notice, delivering
the first black-and-white page in as little as 13 seconds and the first
color page in only 22 seconds.
Full front access means reloading supplies and clearing media jams is a
snap, so space is not an issue. In addition, professional-quality color
and cost-effective, high-capacity toner cartridges (4,500 prints) keep
printing in-house, saving both time and money.
Printing Power and Performance
The magicolor 2550 Series printers feature Emperon printing
technology, which boosts printer performance and enhances image
quality while simplifying the entire printing process. More than just a
controller, Emperon is a robust combination of hardware functionality
and software tools that provides unprecedented ease of printer
installation and management as well as the printing quality, speed, and
versatility that today's competitive businesses require. The 300 MHz
PowerPC CPU quickly processes even the most complex files while the
DDR SDRAM doubles the data throughput and swiftly delivers print jobs.
Both printers handle all common types of business media (plain paper,
thick stock, glossy stock, transparencies, labels, and envelopes), and
the magicolor 2550 DN includes automatic two-sided printing. An
optional hard disk provides additional storage for fonts, forms, and
profiles; electronic collation; job accounting; direct PDF 1.4 printing; and
secure printing functions.
Key Features
It’s no longer necessary to rely on larger, more
expensive printers to have the quality, speed, and
functionality you require.
The magicolor 2550 EN and 2550 DN fit
unobtrusively in any environment. They’re
perfect for field employees who need to
print a quick document or two from a
laptop while visiting the main office.

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Ease of Setup and Operation
Easy setup and operation are hallmarks of KONICA MINOLTA printers,
and the magicolor 2550 EN and 2550 DN are no different. Pre-installed
4,500-page, high-capacity toner cartridges and auto-install software
mean they are out of the box and printing in just minutes.
Customers in networked environments will be pleased to find that the
installation software automatically detects the printer on the network and
quickly guides them through printer setup.
Print jobs can be customized easily with comprehensive printer drivers
that offer collation, fit-to-page scaling, separation pages, watermarks,
tray selection, and many other features. The PageScope™ suite of
printer utilities offers robust printer configuration and management for
remote network administrators while the embedded PageScope Web
Connection allows all customers to monitor print activity and supply
levels without having to walk over to the device.
Technical support is US-based and toll-free for five years. Answers
to your questions are always easily available via both the telphone
and the Internet at www.konicaminolta.com/support.
Brilliant, Consistent Color
A legacy of innovative color technology from KONICA MINOLTA ensures
outstanding image quality on both the magicolor 2550 EN and
magicolor 2550 DN. With the 9600 x 600 dpi-class Photo ART quality
and dynamic contone screening of KONICA MINOLTA Emperon
controllers, the magicolor 2550 Series printers deliver amazing
photographic detail, smooth color gradients, and crisp text.
Power users and novices alike will benefit from advanced color
features. Enhanced Automatic Image Density Control (eAIDC) ensures
consistent, accurate color from the first page to the last and from one
document to another, even during intensive, long-term use. Industry-
standard automatic ICC-based color matching provides automatic or
single-button controls for color correction of print files.
KONICA MINOLTA Simitri™ Polymerized
Toner produces sharper output, finer text,
and smoother halftones than conventional toner on all common
types of media. With a life expectancy of over 100 years, Simitri toner is
also environmentally friendly, reducing toner and energy usage.
9600 x 600 dpi-class Photo ART quality
and dynamic contone screening produce
vibrant colors, rich blacks, realistic
photographs, and crisp text.

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Cross-Platform Compatibility
The magicolor 2550 Series printers are the ideal printing solution for
diverse workgroups. With Windows, Macintosh, and Linux compatibility,
the magicolor 2550 Series printers are at home in any printing
environment.
The 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet interface provides high-speed
network printing for busy workgroups while USB 2.0 and parallel ports
are also available for local operation. Support for NetWare®, TCP/IP,
EtherTalk®, and NetBIOS/NetBEUI ensures smooth integration into
mixed network configurations. PostScript 3 and PCL 6 emulations
support most popular software applications, providing seamless creation
and processing of color documents.
With an optional hard disk, PDF direct printing is also available.
Free Technical Support
With KONICA MINOLTA US-based Technical Support, you never have
to wait to have your questions answered. Average response time is less
than one minute during normal business hours. Technical support is toll-
free for five years.
Technical support is available in the following ways:
Answer Base: The Answer Base provides 24-hour Online Help.
Answers to hundreds of common questions and diagnostic advice
for all of our printers and all-in-ones are available at
printer.konicaminolta.com/support.
Email: If you can’t find the answer you need in the Answer Base,
contact one of our Support Engineers via email at
printer.konicaminolta.com/support/supportmail/index.html.
Telephone: If you would rather talk to a KONICA MINOLTA
Technical Support engineer, call (877) 778–2687. Check current
business hours at printer.konicaminolta.com/support.
“This type of excellent service is almost
unheard of in these days of offshoring, etc.
Within the past week I was on the phone
with a Hewlett-Packard Tech Support
person from India, and I could barely
understand him during most of the 45-
minute torturous encounter.”—Robert K.