Konica Minolta PagePro 1300W User manual

PagePro 1300W
User’s Guide
®
4136-7746-01A

Contents
Contents i
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 2
Printer Parts 2
Front View 2
Rear View 2
About the Indicator Functions 3
Indicator Functions 3
Continuing a Print Job after an Error Message 3
Cancelling a Print Job 3
Status Message 4
2 Software Installation ......................................................................................... 7
Installing the USB Device Driver 8
Installing the USB Device Driver under Windows Me and 98 8
Installing the Printer Driver 9
Installing from the CD-ROM 9
3 Working with the Printer Driver ..................................................................... 11
Displaying Printer Driver Settings 12
Displaying Settings under Windows XP 12

Contentsii
Displaying Settings under Windows 2000/Me/98 12
Using the Printer Driver 13
Common Buttons 13
OK 13
Cancel 13
Apply 13
Help 13
Easy Set 13
Page Layout 13
Printer Figure 13
Setup Tab 14
Paper Tab 14
Quality Tab 14
Device Options Setting Tab 14
4 Working with the Status Display ....................................................................15
Working with the Status Display 16
Introduction 16
Environment 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 17
Closing the Status Display 18
5 Using Media .....................................................................................................19
About Media 20
What sizes/weights of media can I use? 20
What type and amount of media can I load? 21
Media Storage 21
Media Not Suitable for Printing 22
What Is the guaranteed imageable (printable) area? 23
Page Margins 23
Loading Media 24
How do I refill Tray 1? 24
Printing on Media 25
How do I load and print custom media? 25
How do I load and print envelopes? 25
How do I load and print labels? 27
How do I load and print postcards? 28
How do I load and print thick stock? 29
How do I load and print transparencies? 30
Manual Duplexing 31
How do I manually duplex? 31

Contents iii
6 Replacing Consumables ................................................................................ 33
Replacing the Toner Cartridge 34
Replacing the Drum Cartridge 38
7 Maintaining the Printer ................................................................................... 43
Cleaning the Printer 44
Exterior 44
Pick-up Roller 45
8 Troubleshooting .............................................................................................. 47
Indicator Messages 48
Error Messages 48
Service Messages 49
Clearing Jams 50
Solving Problems-Printing Quality 53
A Appendix .......................................................................................................... 57
Safety Specifications 58
Technical Specifications 58
Printer 58
Parallel Interface Connectors and Cable 60
USB Interface Connectors and Cable 60
Consumables Life Expectancies Chart 60
Our Concern for Environmental Protection 61
What is an ENERGY STAR product? 61
CE Marking (Declaration of Conformity) 61
For European Users 61
CISPR 22 and Local Rules 61
Acoustic Noise 62
Safety Information 62
Warning and Precaution Symbols 62
Meaning of Symbols 62
WARNING 63
CAUTION 65
Working Safely with your Laser Printer 66
Notes on your Safety and Operating Safety 66
Laser Safety 68
Internal Laser Radiation 68
Laser Safety Label 69
For United States Users 69
For Users in All Countries 70
For Denmark Users 70
For Norway Users 70
For Finland, Sweden Users 70

Contentsiv

1
Introduction

Getting Acquainted with Your Printer2
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer
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—Top cover
2—Output tray
3—Control panel
4—Imaging cartridge
(Toner cartridge plus Drum car-
tridge)
5—Front cover
6—Tray 1
7—Front cover grip
8—Paper guide stopper
9—Paper guides
10—Ventilation grilles
11—Power switch
Rear View
1—AC power connection
2—Parallel port
3—USB port
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Imaging
Drum cartridge
Toner cartridge
cartridge
1
2
3

About the Indicator Functions 3
About the Indicator Functions
Indicator Functions
The control panel has two indicators
and one button. The control panel
indicators provide information on the
status of the printer.
1—Ready indicator
2—Error indicator
3—Cancel button
The Cancel button allows you to:
!Continue a print job after an
error message
!Cancel a print job
Continuing a Print Job after an Error Message
You can continue the print job after correcting the following types of errors:
!When the print job is too complex and the memory capacity of the printer
is inadequate
!When there is no more paper in the tray
!When paper of a different format than that set in the printer driver was fed
into the printer
1Check that one of the above errors has occurred.
2Perform the remedial action according to the error.
3Press the Cancel button to operate the media feed.
The print job continues.
For details on the error messages, refer to chapter 8, “Troubleshooting” on
page 47.
Cancelling a Print Job
You can cancel a print job that is currently being processed.
1While data is being processed or printed (the green “Ready” indicator is
blinking), hold down the Cancel button for more than 5 seconds.
2Release the Cancel button after both indicators light up.
The current print job has now been cancelled.
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2
3

About the Indicator Functions4
The indicators may show five types of signals:
!Off
!On
!Slow blinking—1 blink every 2 seconds
!Blinking—1 blink per second
!Rapid blinking—2 blink per second
Status Message
Status messages indicate the current condition of the printer. The printer sta-
tus also can be checked on the Status Display. (Refer to the “Working with
the Status Display” on page 16.)
Ready
indicator
(green)
Error
indicator
(orange)
Condition Action
Off Off Power off None
On Off Ready to print None
Rapid blink-
ing
Off Warming up None
Blinking Off Processing data None
Printing
On On Initializing (power on) None
Canceling a print job
Slow blinking Off Power save mode None