Konica Minolta PagePro 1400W User manual

PagePro 1400W
User’s Guide
™
9J03-7743-01A
1800803-001A

Thank You
Thank you for purchasing a PagePro 1400W. You have made an excellent choice.
Your PagePro 1400W is specially designed for optimal performance in Windows
environments.
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PagePro is a trademark or registered trademark of KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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holders.
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Copyright © 2005 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Marunou-
chi Center Building, 1-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan. All
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BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. reserves the right to make
changes to this guide and to the equipment described herein without notice. Consid-
erable effort has been made to ensure that this guide is free of inaccuracies and
omissions. However, KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. makes
no warranty of any kind including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of mer-
chantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to this guide.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. assumes no responsibility
for, or liability for, errors contained in this guide or for incidental, special, or conse-
quential damages arising out of the furnishing of this guide, or the use of this guide in
operating the equipment, or in connection with the performance of the equipment
when so operated.

Contents
Contents i
1Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 2
Space Requirements 2
Printer Parts 3
Front View 3
Rear View 3
About the Control Panel 4
About the Indicators 4
Status Messages (Ready Indicator, Error Indicator) 5
About the Cancel Key 6
Continuing a Print Job after an Error Message 6
Cancelling a Print Job 6
2About the Software ........................................................................................... 7
Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM 8
Drivers 8
Utilities 8
System Requirements 9
Selecting Driver Defaults 9
Uninstalling the Printer Driver 10

Contentsii
Displaying Printer Driver Settings 10
Windows XP 10
Windows 2000/Me/98SE 10
Using the Printer Driver 11
Common Buttons 11
OK 11
Cancel 11
Apply 11
Help 11
Easy Set 11
Paper View 11
Printer View 12
Watermark View 12
Quality View 12
Default 12
Basic Tab 12
Layout Tab 13
Overlay Tab 13
Watermark Tab 13
Quality Tab 13
Version Tab 14
3Using the Status Display ................................................................................15
Working with the Status Display 16
Introduction 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 17
4Using Media .....................................................................................................19
Media Specifications 20
What sizes of media can I use? 20
Media Types 21
Plain Paper 21
Transparencies 23
Envelopes 24
Postcards 25
Thick Paper 26
What Is the Guaranteed Imageable (Printable) Area? 26
Imageable Area—Envelopes 26
Page Margins 27

Contents iii
Loading Media 28
Tray 1 28
Loading Plain Paper 28
Other Media 30
Loading Envelopes 30
Loading Transparencies/Postcards/Thick Paper 32
Manual Duplexing 33
How do I manually duplex? 33
Output Tray 34
Media Storage 34
5Replacing Consumables ................................................................................ 35
Replacing Consumables 36
Refilled Toner Cartridges 36
About Toner Cartridges 36
Replacing a Toner Cartridge 38
Replacing the Drum Cartridge 44
6Maintaining the Printer ................................................................................... 49
Maintaining the Printer 50
Cleaning the Printer 52
Exterior 52
Interior 53
Cleaning the Media Feed Roller 53
7Troubleshooting .............................................................................................. 57
Introduction 58
Preventing Media Misfeeds 59
Understanding the Media Path 60
Indicator Messages 60
Error Messages 60
Service Message 62
Clearing Media Misfeeds 63
Clearing Procedures 63
Solving Problems with Media Misfeeds 67
Solving Other Problems 69
Solving Problems with Printing Quality 71
AAppendix .......................................................................................................... 77
Safety Specifications 78
Technical Specifications 78
Printer 78
Consumables Life Expectancies Chart 80
User-Replaceable 80
Service-Replaceable 80

Contentsiv
Our Concern for Environmental Protection 81
What is an ENERGY STAR product? 81

Introduction

Getting Acquainted with Your Printer2
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer
Space Requirements
To ensure easy operation, consumable replacement and maintenance,
adhere to the recommended space requirements detailed below.
430 mm (16.9")
341 mm (13.4")
240 mm (9.4")
269 mm (10.6")
410 mm (16.1")
Front View Side View
330 mm (13")
354 mm (13.9")

Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 3
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—Imaging cartridge (Toner car-
tridge, Drum cartridge)
4—Front cover
5—Front cover grip
6—Tray 1
7—Control panel
8—Ventilation grilles
9—Power switch
Rear View
1—Fuser unit
2—USB port
3—AC power connection
2
3
4
6
1
8
Imaging
1
Drum cartridge
7
9
5
Toner cartridge
3
2
cartridge

About the Control Panel4
About the Control Panel
1—Ready indicator
2—Error indicator
3—Cancel key
About the Indicators
The indicators use five types of signals:
Off
On
Slow blinking—1 blink every 2 seconds
Blinking—1 blink per second
Rapid blinking—2 blinks per second
3
2
1