English ® magicolor 3300 Installation Guide 1800737-001A
English Thank You Thank you for purchasing a magicolor 3300. You have made an excellent choice. Your magicolor 3300 is specially designed for optimal performance in Windows, Macintosh, UNIX and other environments. Trademarks KONICA MINOLTA and the KONICA MINOLTA logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. magicolor is a trademark or registered trademark of KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
English Contents Getting Acquainted with Your Printer ...........................................1 Printer Features 1 Documentation Set 2 Space Requirements 2 Location Requirements 3 Printer Parts 4 Setting up Your Printer ...................................................................6 Shipment Contents 6 Unpacking the Printer 6 Installing the Imaging Unit 7 Preparing the Toner Cartridges 10 Loading the Upper Media Tray 11 Loading the Multipurpose Tray 13 Installing Accessories ......................
English Configuration Menu Overview .................................................... 18 Menu Chart Conventions 18 About the Control Panel .............................................................. 19 Selecting a Message Window Language 19 Control Panel Indicators 20 Control Panel Keys 21 Menu, Select, Previous, and Next Keys 22 Manually Selecting an Ethernet IP Address 22 Troubleshooting ...........................................................................
English Getting Acquainted with Your Printer Printer Features Feature Details Print speed (color and monochrome black) Media Print quality size (dots per inch/dpi) Letter Print speed (pages per minute/ppm) Standard—600x600 Up to 26 Quality—1200x1200 full speed Fine—1200x1200 Up to 13 half speed A4 SDRAM Standard—600x600 Up to 24 Quality—1200x1200 full speed Fine—1200x1200 Up to 12 half speed 256 MB (expandable to 512 MB) 500-sheet upper media tray 100-sheet multipurpose media tray Standard Standa
English Documentation Set If you’re using the Acrobat PDF version of this guide, click this icon to play a QuickTime video clip of the procedure described in the text. Acrobat Reader and a download link to QuickTime are provided on the Documentation CD-ROM. Manual Description Quick Setup Use this sheet when unpacking the Guide printer. Installation Guide Location* Hardcopy and Documentation CD-ROM You’re looking at this document right now.
A B English Top View A 4"/100 mm B 24"/600 mm C C 8"/200 mm D 6"/150 mm E 4"/100 mm F 6"/150 mm D G 24"/600 mm H 8"/200 mm Front View E Side View F G H Location Requirements Locate your printer in a space with these characteristics... On a hard, flat, stable, level (±5° or less slant at any point on the machine) surface. A surface can be tested for levelness with a standard round pencil. If the pencil rolls, the surface is not level.
English WARNING! Obstructing the ventilation grilles could present a fire hazard. Do not tilt the printer more than 10° when moving it. Attention Do not connect the groundwire to gas or water pipes or grounding for telephones. For further details, refer to the User’s Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. Printer Parts The following drawings illustrate the parts of your printer referred to throughout this guide, so please take some time to become familiar with them.
Rear View English 1—Top cover 2—Toner cartridges 3—Ventilation grilles 4—AC power connection 5—Interface panel 6—Media tray cover Top Internal View Button A 1—Transfer unit 2—Registration rollers 3—Imaging unit 4—Imaging unit cover Getting Acquainted with Your Printer Button B 5—Duplexer rotator 6—Fuser unit 7—Imaging unit cover 5
English Setting up Your Printer WARNING! Your printer weighs approximately 65 lbs (29.5 kg) without consumables and accessories. Be sure to have help when lifting and moving it.
With another person’s help, lift the printer from the carton. Front English 2 Do not tilt it more than 10° in any direction at any time. 3 For best output quality and longest consumables life, place the printer on a hard, flat, level, stable surface capable of supporting about 77 lbs (35 kg). Hand grips Remove the tape from the outside of the printer. Attention Do not plug in the power cord until told to do so.
Open the printer’s front cover (button A), and remove any tape. English 1 2 1 2 3 4 A Open the imaging unit cover. Remove the imaging unit from its protective bag. Holding the imaging unit horizontally, carefully pull the tabs straight out and completely away from the unit. Attention Do not twist the tab as you are pulling it. If any tab doesn’t pull completely out (you must be able to see the circle imprinted on the end), the imaging unit must be replaced.
Gently guide the imaging unit straight into the printer, following the arrows on the printer to seat all four pins. English 6 Attention You can damage the imaging unit if it is not aligned correctly. 7 Remove the protective black sheet. Dispose of it according to your local regulations. Do not dispose of it by burning. Attention Do not touch the black transfer roller or allow anything to come in contact with the OPC.
English Preparing the Toner Cartridges Your printer uses four toner cartridges: black, yellow, magenta, and cyan. They are already installed in the printer, but you must prepare them for use. For a list of toner life expectancies and toner replacement instructions, refer to chapter 1, “Replacing Consumables,” in the User’s Guide (on the Documentation CD-ROM). The toner is nontoxic. If you get toner on your hands, wash them in cool water and mild neutral detergent.
English Loading the Upper Media Tray The upper media tray holds 500 sheets of 20 lb bond (75 g/m²) paper. For information about loading and using other types of media, refer to chapter 2, “Using Media,” in the User’s Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. 1 Slide out the media tray and remove the shipping spacers. 2 3 4 The illustration shows an upper media tray; however, instructions are the same for the high-capacity input feeder (HCIF) trays.
English 5 Fan a stack of approximately 500 sheets of letter/A4 paper. A fill limit mark is provided on the inside right side of the tray. Attention Do not overfill the tray. The paper should fit easily between the guides. Improperly adjusted guides may cause poor print quality, media jams, or printer damage. 6 Align the four edges of the media, and then load it with the printing side up. Often, an arrow on the media package label indicates the printing side of the media.
9 Slide the media tray back in. 10 English For information about loading and using A5 and other types of media, refer to chapter 2, “Using Media,” in the User’s Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. Check the media gauge to make sure the tray is registering the loaded media. Use this gauge to determine when the tray needs to be refilled. Loading the Multipurpose Tray The multipurpose tray holds 100 sheets of 20 lb bond (75 g/m²) paper.
English 2 Adjust the media guides to fit the paper size you’re loading. The tray extender supports long media. 3 Fan a stack of approximately 100 sheets of paper. A fill limit mark is provided on the inside of the tray. Attention Do not overfill the tray. The paper should fit easily between the guides. Improperly adjusted guides may cause poor print quality, media jams, or printer damage. 4 Align the edges of the paper, and then load it with its printing side up and short edge toward the printer.
English Plugging in/Turning on the Printer 1 Make sure the printer is turned off. 2 Plug the printer power cord into the printer and into a dedicated, grounded, surge-protected electrical outlet. Attention Do not overload the outlet. 3 Turn on the printer. In compliance with UL guidelines, “The appliance inlet is considered to be the main disconnect device.
English About the Interface Panel The interface panel is located on the back of the printer. USB Port—Type B Using a USB cable, connect the USB port on the printer to the USB port on your computer. Ethernet Port Using a twisted-pair (RJ45) Ethernet cable, connect the Ethernet port on the printer to a 10BaseT/100BaseTX network connection. Parallel Port Using a Centronics IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel cable, connect the parallel port on the printer to the parallel port on your computer.
You have now completed the hardware setup of your printer. There are four more important steps: 1 2 If your language is other than English, refer to “Selecting a Message Window Language” on page 19. Select the message window language you prefer. If you are connecting via parallel or USB, skip to step 3. If you are connecting via Ethernet, set your IP (Internet Protocol) address.
English Configuration Menu Overview Menu Chart Conventions The printer’s configuration menu allows you to customize the printer settings for your printing environment. In normal situations, you should not have to perform any configuration other than that indicated in this manual. For complete menu and configuration information, refer to the Crown Books on the Documentation CD-ROM.
English About the Control Panel The control panel, located on the top of the printer, allows you to direct the printer’s operation. In addition, it displays the current status of the printer, including any condition that needs your attention. A 2-line, 16-characters/line, message window displays status messages and configuration information. Status messages are listed in the User’s Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. 4 indicators provide printer status information.
English Press this key . . . Select Previous ( ) Select Next ( ) or Previous ( Select ) (until) the message window displays . . .
Key Function The Online key switches the printer between on line and off line status. When off line, the printer continues printing until it has finished all jobs received, but it doesn’t accept any new data. Although jobs continue to compile and print using the data already received, a job may be interrupted. If a remote console has taken the printer off line, pressing the Online key on the control panel will not take effect until the remote console puts the printer back on line.
Menu, Select, Previous, and Next Keys English Before using any of these printer configuration keys, press the Online key to take the printer off line. Key Function Press the Select key to access a menu or to choose a displayed menu option. The Menu key provides access to the configuration menu. First press the Online key to take the printer off line, and then press the Menu key to access the configuration menu.
(until) the message window displays . . . Next ( ) Select Select Previous ( Select Select Previous ( Select Next ( ) Select Use the Next ( each number. English Press this key . . . CONFIGURATION ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICIATIONS TIMEOUTS ) COMMUNICATIONS RESIDENT NIC RESIDENT NIC CROWNNET CROWNNET COMMON ) CROWNNET TCP/IP TCP/IP PROTOCOL TCP/IP INTERNET ADDRESS INTERNET ADDRESS XXX.XXX.XXX.
English Troubleshooting Although your printer is designed to be highly reliable, it may occasionally experience a problem. The following helps you to identify the cause of the possible installation problems and suggests some solutions related to installation. For detailed troubleshooting information, refer to “Troubleshooting” in the User’s Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. Symptom The toner tab didn’t pull completely out. No lights or messages appear on the control panel.
The printer is printing codes or not printing at all when in ESP mode. Error message is displayed. Printouts seem faded on one side of the page. The colors appear to be misregistered. Cause Solution The printer is not on line. Put the printer on line and verify that the message window displays IDLE. The emulation has been Change the emulation back to ESP changed from ESP to an (Administration/Emulations/ESP emulation that doesn’t Default menu).
Color Registration English If you notice shadowing on your printed documents, adjust the side (scan direction) color registration using the following control panel sequence. The printer automatically adjusts the registration in the top-to-bottom (feed) direction. The following illustration shows the options available in the Administration/ Engine/Registration menu. ADMINISTRATION ENGINE REGISTRATION REGISTRATION PG MAGENTA YELLOW CYAN YES/NO -7 ... 0 ... +7 -7 ... 0 ... +7 -7 ... 0 ...
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 If the straightest lines are all at the “0” position (as in the illustration above) for all three colors, you do not need to adjust the registration. Press Online twice to return the printer to online and IDLE. If the straightest lines are in a position other than “0” (+4 in this example), continue with these instructions.
(until) the message windows displays . . . REGISTRATION PG YES Select REGISTRATION REGISTRATION PG Wait for another Side Color Registration Page to print. Note the number below each of the three color swatches that identifies the set of lines that align the straightest. English Press this key . . . Select If the straightest lines are all at the “0” position for all three colors, you do not need to adjust the registration. Press Online twice to return the printer to online and IDLE.
(until) the message windows displays . . . IDLE (and the Online button is on). The printer automatically saves each number as you progress through the choices using the Next or Previous key. The printer does not have to be restarted for the changes to take effect. Accessories and Consumables Contact your local vendor or www.konicaminolta.net/printer/ for purchase information, parts numbers, and pricing. Consumables for your printer are available from your local vendor or Q-SHOP (www.q-shop.com).
English Consumables Attention Consumable life is expressed in simplex letter/A4 pages at normal 5% coverage in continuous printing. A duplex page is equivalent to two simplex pages. The stated life expectancy of each consumable is based on printing under specific operating conditions, such as media type and size.
Use of other nonsupported print media, such as ink jet paper. See chapter 2, “Using Media,” in the User’s Guide for information about media. Check printer.konicaminolta.net/ support (click on Answer Base) for currently approved media. To order approved transparencies, go to www.q-shop.com. Electrostatic Failure to protect the printer controller board and any Discharge associated daughterboard or module from electrostatic discharge or damage while performing any task involving the controller board.
English Safety Information Regulatory Compliance CE Marking and Immunity Requirements (EU) cTick Mark Electromagnetic Emissions (EMI) International (EU) IEC 61000-4-2 IEC 61000-4-3 IEC 61000-4-4 IEC 61000-4-5 IEC 61000-4-6 IEC 61000-4-8 IEC 61000-4-11 ACA (Australia) AS/NZS 3458 FCC (USA) Title 47 CFR Ch.
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. A shielded cable is required to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
English Laser Safety This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation. Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined within protective housings and external covers, the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation.
