Minolta PageWorks Pro 18N User manual

PageWorks 18N

Step 1 Unpacking the Printer.....................1
Reference 1 Printer Parts..................................... 3
Reference 2 Control Panel ................................... 4
Step 2 Attaching the Face-Down Tray
and Tray 1......................................... 5
Step 3 Setting-up Tray 2 ............................. 7
Step 4 Loading Paper................................ 10
Step 5 Connecting the Power Cord .........11
Step 6 Turning the Power On/Off ............. 11
Step 7 Printing a Configuration Page...... 12
Step 8 Connecting the Printer to the
Computer (Local Connection)......13
Step 9 Installing the Printer Driver .......... 14
Reference 3 Troubleshooting ............................ 18
Contents

1
Before operating your printer, read the Set-Up Instructions
carefully from cover to cover. Use this guide for reference.
1.
Take the items and accessories shown above out of the carton.
2.
Remove the plastic bag and peel off the shipping tape from the printer.
Unpacking the Printer
Step 1
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6
5
1.Face-down tray
2.Printer
3.Accessories
User’s Manual
Quick Guide
Quick Guide for NIC
Warranty card
Registration card
CD-ROM
Power cord
4.Tray 1
5.Second paper cassette
unit
6.Tray 2

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3.
Pull out the plastic-lead strip from the paper feed inlet.
4.
Remove the tape strip from the back of the printer.
Step 1

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Printer Parts
Reference 1
Control panel
Face-down tray
Cassette cover
Paper size guide
Manual feed tray
Tray cover
Tray 1
(multipurpose tray)
Tray 2 (500-sheet second cassette)
Second paper
cassette unit
Paper size guide
Top cover release
button
Power switch
Power cord socket
Parallel interface
connector
Imaging
cartridge
Ethernet interface
connector (10/100BaseT)
Network interface
card (NIC)

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The control panel has three indicator lights and one button.
Printer is ready. Receiving data via
parallel interface;
printing in progress.
Power is off.
The printer is
waitingforpaperto
be loaded
manually.
(Slow blinking)
Power save mode. Out of paper. Load
more paper to
continue printing.
Paper misfeed.
Clear the paper
misfeed to
continue printing.
Cover open. Close
the cover. Memory overflow/ data received cannot
be processed
because it is too
complex.
Control Panel
Reference 2
Panel button
PAPER indicator (amber)
ERROR indicator (red)
READY indicator (green)

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1.
With both hands, gently bend the face-down tray inwards and insert one of
its tabs into its holder on the upper portion of the printer. Continue to bend
the face-down tray so that it curves enough for the second tab to fit into its
holder and release the tray into position.
Note
• Be sure to close the face-down tray before opening the top cover to prevent
injuries.
Attaching the Face-Down Tray
and Tray 1
Step 2

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2.
Using the left and right slots in the printer as guides, gently push Tray 1 until
it cannot be inserted any further (as shown in the illustration).
3.
Attach the tray cover onto Tray 1.
Step 2

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The second paper cassette unit
comes with a cassette that can hold
up to 500 sheets of Letter size
paper called Tray 2.
The same unit can accommodate a
variety of other paper trays as well
(Legal, Executive, A4 and JIS B5).
Contact Minolta Technical Support
to find out how you can add these
trays to increase the capabilities of
your printer.
1.
Remove the second paper cas-
sette unit and Tray 2 from their
packaging, including the protec-
tive tape used to hold the various
components in place.
Setting-up Tray 2
Step 3
Letter
Executive
Legal
A4
JIS B5
2.
Remove the protective cardboard
packaging from the cassette as
shown in the illustration below.
3.
Remove the remaining tape and
packaging as shown.

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Step 3
4.
Place the printer on top of the
base unit. Make sure to align the
coupling pins of the base unit with
the holes located underneath the
printer.
5.
Remove the cassette cover from
Tray 2.
6.
Press down on the paper lifting
plate located inside of Tray 2 until
it locks.
7.
Place a stack of up to 500 sheets
of paper into Tray 2 so that the
side that was facing up when the
paper was unwrapped is still
facing up.

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8.
Replace the cassette cover and insert Tray 2 into the second paper cassette
unit.
Note
• Be sure to use both hands whenever Tray 2 is being removed from or inserted
into the second paper cassette unit.
• The cassette is designed to remain in the unit during the normal loading and
operation of the printer. To remove Tray 2 from the unit, pull it out as far as it
will go without force. Then gently raise the forward-end up.
Step 3

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1.
Remove the tray cover from Tray 1.
Loading Paper
Step 4
2.
Open all three paper size guides.
3.
Place the paper stack onto the
tray, print-side up. Secure the
stack by adjusting the paper size
guides.
4.
Replace the tray cover onto Tray 1.

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Connecting the Power Cord
Step 5
1.
Make sure that the printer’s power
switch is in the O(Off) position.
2.
Connect one end of the power
cord that comes with the printer to
the power cord socket. Plug the
other end into a power outlet.
Turning the power OFF
Press the power switch to the O(Off) position to turn the printer off.
Note
DO NOT turn the power OFF while:
• printing
• the printer is receiving the data from the computer (the indicator on the con-
trol panel is blinking)
Turning the Power On/Off
Step 6
Turning the power ON
After connecting the printer to a
power outlet, press the power
switch to the I(On) position.
Turning on the printer causes all
the indicators on the control panel
to light, which indicates that the
printer is warming up. In about 23
seconds only the READY indica-
tor remains lit, indicating that the
printer is ready to print.

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1.
Turn the printer on.
2.
Make sure that paper is loaded into the printer’s feeding tray.
3.
Make sure that both the PAPER and ERROR indicators are off, and the
READY indicator is on.
4.
Briefly press the panel button to start printing the Configuration Page.
Sample
Printing a Configuration Page
Step 7

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1.
Make sure that the printer and the computer you are connecting it to are
both turned off.
2.
Connect one end of the interface cable to the parallel port of the computer.
3.
Connect the other end of the cable to the parallel connector on the back of
the printer. Secure the cable using the two clips on the parallel connector.
Connecting the Printer to
the Computer (Local Connection)
Step 8

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Install the printer driver to control the printer from your computer.
You can install the printer driver for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
NT 4.0, Windows 3.1 or MS-DOS from the Printer Driver CD-ROM.
Follow the instructions below and for more details, see the User’s Manual
that came with your printer.
Windows 95/98
We recommend that the printer driver be installed using the CD-ROM’s
installer. If the driver is installed using plug-and-play, the Driver directory on the
CD-ROM must be specified.
Note
Installing from the CD-ROM (Auto Run)
1. Turn on your computer and start up Windows 95 or Windows 98.
2. Insert the Printer Driver CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
3. The opening screen is automatically displayed. Click on the PCL Driver
menu to start the installer.
Note
After installing the printer driver, the Minolta PageWorks/Pro 18 printer
icon appears in the Printers folder.
• When the printer driver is installed using plug-and-play, the Status Display,
the Control Panel, the uninstall.exe file, and the Driver Help will not be in-
stalled.
• The configuration of some computers may prevent the opening screen from
appearing automatically. If the screen does not appear, double-click In-
stall.exe from the CD-ROM.
• The printer driver must be installed using the CD-ROM’s installer. Do not
use the Add Printer wizard from the Printers folder. Installation through the
Add Printer wizard will prevent the printer from performing properly.
Installing the Printer Driver
Step 9

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Windows NT 4.0
Installing from the CD-ROM (Auto Run)
1. Turn on your computer and start up Windows NT 4.0.
2. Insert the Printer Driver CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
In this example, we will assume that D: is the name of the CD-ROM drive.
3. The opening screen is automatically displayed. Click on the PCL Driver
menu to start the installer.
Note
After installing the printer driver, the Minolta PageWorks/Pro 18 printer
icon appears in the Printers folder.
For details, refer to Chapter 4 of the User’s Manual .
• The configuration of some computers may prevent the opening screen
from appearing automatically. If the screen does not appear, double-click
Install.exe from the CD-ROM.
• The printer driver must be installed using the CD-ROM’s installer. Do not
use the Add Printer wizard from the Printers folder.
Step 9

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Windows 3.1
Installing from the CD-ROM
1. Turn on your computer and start up Windows 3.1.
2. Insert the Printer Driver CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
In this example, we will assume that D: is the name of the CD-ROM drive.
3. Double-click the Control Panel icon which is located in the Main group
within the Program Manager.
4. In the Control Panel dialog, double-click Printers to display the Printers
dialog box and then click the Add>> button to display the list of printers.
5. Select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer and click the Install... button.
6. In the Install Driver dialog box, click the Browse... button.
7. Browse to the CD-ROM drive and navigate to: win31drv.
8. Click OK in the Install Driver dialog box.
9. From the List of Printers box, select Minolta PageWorks/Pro 18, and
then click OK to start installation and return to the Printers dialog box.
Note
10.Click the Set As Default Printer button so that this printer is selected
whenever you begin using your Windows software.
11.Click Close to finish the installation procedure.
An error message may appear during installation of the printer driver inform-
ing you that a required UNIDRV.DLL file cannot be found.
Should this occur, install a UniTool Driver such as HP LaserJet from the List
of Printers box in the Printers dialog. After installing the UniTool Driver, re-
install the driver for the PageWorks/Pro 18.
Step 9

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MS-DOS
Installing DOS Printing Utilities
1. Connect your printer to the parallel port of your computer.
2. Turn on your computer and start up DOS.
3. Turn on your printer and make sure it is online.
4. Insert the Printer Driver CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
In this example, we will assume that D: is the name of the CD-ROM drive.
5. Enter the name that has been designated to your CD-ROM drive. For
example, if your CD-ROM is designated as “drive D”, enter:
C:\>D:
6. Specify the directory under which the DOS printing utility is located:
D:\>cd dosutlty
7. Type install and press the Enter key.
D:\dosutlty\install
8. The installer will automatically execute and the following message will be
displayed:
Setup will install DOS Utility in the following directory.
C:\PP18
1. To install to this directory.
2. To install to a different directory.
3. Exit Setup.
Enter a choice : 1
Select item 1 under Enter a choice to install the utility into the recom-
mended directory or item 2to install it into a different directory.
Step 9

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Clearing a Paper Misfeed
Remove the misfed sheet of paper by pulling it in the direction indi-
cated by the arrow.
Troubleshooting
Reference 3
Face-down tray
Tray 1 Manual feed tray
Tray 2