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Contents 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 .............
Unpacking the Printer Step 1 Before operating your printer, read the Set-Up Instructions carefully from cover to cover. Use this guide for reference. 1. Face-down tray 2. Printer 3. Accessories 1 3 2 4 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 5 6 1. 2. Take the items and accessories shown above out of the carton. Remove the plastic bag and peel off the shipping tape from the printer.
Step 1 3. Pull out the plastic-lead strip from the paper feed inlet. 4. Remove the tape strip from the back of the printer.
Reference 1 Printer Parts Control panel Face-down tray Paper size guide Manual feed tray Tray cover Cassette cover Tray 2 (500-sheet second cassette) Second paper cassette unit Top cover release button Paper size guide Power switch Tray 1 (multipurpose tray) Parallel interface connector Power cord socket Imaging cartridge Network interface card (NIC) Ethernet interface connector (10/100BaseT) 3
Reference 2 Control Panel The control panel has three indicator lights and one button. READY indicator (green) PAPER indicator (amber) ERROR indicator (red) Panel button Printer is ready. Receiving data via parallel interface; printing in progress. Power is off. The printer is waiting for paper to 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.
Attaching the Face-Down Tray and Tray 1 1. Step 2 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.
Step 2 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 3 Setting-up Tray 2 The second paper cassette unit comes with a cassette that can hold up to 500 sheets of Letter size paper called Tray 2. Legal 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. Executive Letter 1.
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.
Step 3 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 4 Loading Paper 1. Remove the tray cover from Tray 1. 2. Open all three paper size guides. 4. Replace the tray cover onto Tray 1. 3. 10 Place the paper stack onto the tray, print-side up. Secure the stack by adjusting the paper size guides.
Connecting the Power Cord 1. 2. Make sure that the printer’s power switch is in the O (Off) position. Step 5 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 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.
Printing a Configuration Page Step 7 1. 2. 3. Turn the printer on. 4. Briefly press the panel button to start printing the Configuration Page. Make sure that paper is loaded into the printer’s feeding tray. Make sure that both the PAPER and ERROR indicators are off, and the READY indicator is on.
Connecting the Printer to Step 8 the Computer (Local Connection) 1. Make sure that the printer and the computer you are connecting it to are both turned off. 2. 3. Connect one end of the interface cable to the parallel port of the computer. 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.
Installing the Printer Driver Step 9 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.
Step 9 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 • The configuration of some computers may prevent the opening screen from appearing automatically.
Step 9 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.
Step 9 MS-DOS Installing DOS Printing Utilities 1. 2. 3. 4. Connect your printer to the parallel port of your computer. Turn on your computer and start up DOS. Turn on your printer and make sure it is online. 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.
Reference 3 Troubleshooting Clearing a Paper Misfeed Remove the misfed sheet of paper by pulling it in the direction indicated by the arrow.
Reference 3 Clearing a Paper Misfeed Inside the printer Caution • The fusing unit inside the printer can become very hot during operation. Do not touch the area to avoid injury. • Do not touch the image transfer roller.
Reference 3 Solving Print Quality Problems • Remove the imaging cartridge and gently shake it a few times to distribute remaining toner. • Remove the imaging cartridge and check it for damage. Replace the imaging cartridge with a new one if necessary. • Clean the inside of the printer. (Refer to the User’s Manual.) • Change the toner save setting of the printer driver and try to print again. For more details, refer to the “Troubleshooting” and “Maintenance” sections of the User’s Manual.
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Copyright 1999 MINOLTA CO., LTD Printed in Japan The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice to incorporate improvements made on the product or products the manual covers. Minolta CO., LTD. Image Information Products Marketing Headquarters, 3-13, 2-chome, Azuchi-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka. 541-8556, Japan 1999.
