Konica Minolta magicolor 3730DN Mounting instructions

Firmware Updater Guide
magicolor 3730DN
A0VD-9900-01A

Contents i
Contents
1Updating the Firmware (for Windows) ............................................................ 1
System Requirements....................................................................................... 2
Starting the Firmware Updater ......................................................................... 3
2Updating the Firmware (for Macintosh) .......................................................... 7
System Requirements....................................................................................... 8
Starting the Firmware Updater ......................................................................... 9

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1Updating the
Firmware
(for Windows)

System Requirements2
System Requirements
Computer:
– PC with a Pentium 2, 400 MHz or faster processor
(A Pentium 3, 500 MHz or faster processor is recommended.)
Operating system:
– 32bit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate/
Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/
Business/Enterprise, Windows XP Home Edition/Professional,
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
– 64bit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate/
Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/
Business/Enterprise, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server
2008, Windows Server 2003
Available hard disk space:
– Approximately 20~26 MB
Memory:
– 128 MB or more
Interface:
– 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet
– USB 2.0 (High Speed) compliant
Compatible printer:
– magicolor 3730DN

Starting the Firmware Updater 3
Starting the Firmware Updater
CAUTION
You must have administrator privileges in order to update the firmware.
CAUTION
Before starting the firmware updater, turn on the printer, and make sure
that it is correctly connected with a USB cable or network cable. In
addition, confirm that the printer driver is installed with a USB
connection or network connection.
CAUTION
Do not perform any of the following operations while updating the
firmware.
– Turn off the printer.
– Turn off the computer running the firmware updater.
– Exit the firmware updater.
– Send a print job to the printer from any other computer on the net-
work.
The following procedure describes how to update the controller firmware.
Follow the same procedure to update the engine firmware.

Starting the Firmware Updater4
1Connect the computer and the printer with a USB cable or network cable,
and turn on the power of the printer.
2Confirm that the printer driver is installed in the computer with a USB con-
nection or network connection.
3Print the configuration page from the printer control panel to check the
current firmware version.
" For details on printing the configuration page and using the printer
control panel, refer to the printer’s User’s Guide.
4Download the firmware updater from the Web site, and then decompress
it in any folder.
5Double-click the firmware updater (exe format).
" If the User Account Control window appears when installing on
Windows 7/Vista/Server 2008, click Allow button or Continue but-
ton.
6The Software End User License Agreement is displayed. Select “I accept
the terms of the licence agreement.”, and then click [OK] button.

Starting the Firmware Updater 5
7Confirm that the printer driver name of this printer is displayed in the
Driver List, and the connection form of the computer and the printer is dis-
played in the Port List. Then click [Start Download] button.
" If nothing is displayed in the Driver List and the Port List, the
printer driver is not correctly installed. Reinstall the printer driver.
" With a USB connection, USBXXX is displayed in the Port List.
8Click [OK] button to begin transferring the firmware.
The message window on the printer control panel changes into “CON-
TROLLER FW / UPDATING”.
" Do not turn off the printer while its firmware is being updated.
9The message window on the printer control panel changes into “CON-
TROLLER FW / DWLD COMPLETE” when the firmware update is com-
pleted.
Click button, and finish the firmware updater.
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Starting the Firmware Updater6
10 Turn off/on the power of the printer.
11 Print the configuration page from the printer control panel to check the
firmware version after the updating.

1Updating the
Firmware
(for Macintosh)

System Requirements8
System Requirements
Computer:
– Apple Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3 or later processor
(A PowerPC G4 or later is recommended.)
– Apple Macintosh computer with an Intel processor
Operating system:
– Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3/10.4/10.5/10.6
(We recommend installing the newest patch.)
Available hard disk space:
– Approximately 30~42 MB
Memory:
– 128 MB or more
Interface:
– 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet
" When uging Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3, the firmware updater does not
support for Rendezvous connection.
– USB 2.0 (High Speed) compliant
Compatible printer:
– magicolor 3730DN

Starting the Firmware Updater 9
Starting the Firmware Updater
CAUTION
You must have administrator privileges in order to update the firmware.
CAUTION
Before starting the firmware updater, turn on the printer, and make sure
that it is correctly connected with a USB cable or network cable. In
addition, confirm that the printer driver is installed with a USB
connection or network connection.
CAUTION
Do not perform any of the following operations while updating the
firmware.
– Turn off the printer.
– Turn off the computer running the firmware updater.
– Exit the firmware updater.
– Send a print job to the printer from any other computer on the net-
work.
The following procedure describes how to update the controller firmware.
Follow the same procedure to update the engine firmware.

Starting the Firmware Updater10
1Connect the computer and the printer with a USB cable or network cable,
and turn on the power of the printer.
2Confirm that the printer driver is installed in the computer with a USB con-
nection or network connection.
3Print the configuration page from the printer control panel to check the
current firmware version.
" For details on printing the configuration page and using the printer
control panel, refer to the printer’s User’s Guide.
4Download the firmware updater from the Web site, and then decompress
it in any folder.
5Double-click the firmware updater.
6The Software End User License Agreement is displayed. Select “I accept
the terms of the licence agreement.”, and then click [OK] button.

Starting the Firmware Updater 11
7Confirm that the printer driver name of this printer is displayed in the
Driver List, and the connection form of the computer and the printer is dis-
played in the Port List. Then click [Start Download] button.
" If nothing is displayed in the Driver List and the Port List, the
printer driver is not correctly installed. Reinstall the printer driver.
" With a USB connection, USB is displayed in the Port List.
8Click [OK] button to begin transferring the firmware.
The message window on the printer control panel changes into “CON-
TROLLER FW / UPDATING”.
" Do not turn off the printer while its firmware is being updated.
9The message window on the printer control panel changes into “CON-
TROLLER FW / DWLD COMPLETE” when the firmware update is com-
pleted.
Click button, and finish the firmware updater.
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10 Turn off/on the power of the printer.
11 Print the configuration page from the printer control panel to check the
firmware version after the updating.