Page 1 Printer (PostScript3 Plug-in Driver) Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Overview Chapter 3 : Installation Chapter 4 : Uninstallation of the Printer Driver Chapter 5 : Basic Printing and Common Printing Function Chapter 6 : Windows Printing Chapter 7 : Mac OS X Printing Chapter 8 : Mac OS 9 Printing...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction FCC Regulation ................1-2 Copyright ..................1-2 About this Manual ................1-4 Notation of each product ............... 1-5 How to read this Manual ..............1-6 End User License Agreement ............1-7 Overview Printer Driver ................... 2-1 Composition of a product............... 2-2 2.2.1 Memory ...................
Page 3 Basic Printing and Common Printing Functions Basic Printing .................. 5-1 5.1.1 Basic Printing from Windows ............5-1 5.1.2 Basic Printing from Mac OS X ............5-2 5.1.3 Basic Printing from Mac OS 9 ............5-4 Common Printing Functions ............5-5 5.2.1 Setting Page Size and Orientation ..........
Page 4 6.3.14 Configure ..................6-56 6.3.15 Version ..................6-58 6.3.16 Advanced Panel ................6-59 Mac OS X Printing Page Setup ..................7-1 Print ....................7-2 Printer Driver Plug-in ..............7-4 Mac OS 9 Printing Page Setup ..................8-1 Print ....................8-2 Printer Driver Plug-in ..............
Page 5: Introduction
Windows printer installation is made easy by the Printer Installer. The bizhub PRO 950 printer driver is described in this manual. Additional information is available as Adobe PS printer driver help – this can be called from the printer driver.
Page 6: Fcc Regulation
Thank you very much for purchasing the bizhub PRO 950. This User's Guide describes the operating procedures and safety precautions of the bizhub PRO 950 so that you can handle it safely and make the best of its capabilities. Usually keep this User’s Guide close at hand for the convenience of reference later.
Page 7 All specifications are subject to change without notice. A part or all of this User's Guide may not be used or copied without permission. KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. or SOFHA GmbH maintains the copyright of this printer driver. Canadian Department of Communications Regulations This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Page 8: About This Manual
Introduction About this Manual This document describes how to operate bizhub PRO 950 as a printer from various computers and networks. This manual assumes you are familiar with the basic operation of your operating system and the KONICA MINOLTA copier.
Page 9: Notation Of Each Product
Introduction Notation of each product The following abbreviations are used in this manual: bizhub PRO 950 Image controller Image controller bizhub PRO 950 Printer/Copier copier (or main body printer) A printing system that combines printing system the above (1) and (2) products:...
Page 10: How To Read This Manual
Introduction How to read this Manual bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 11: End User License Agreement
Software, and any and all rights and title to the Software and any copy made from it are retained by Konica Minolta or Konica Minolta Licensor. In no event, this Agreement shall be deemed to assign any copyright and/or any intellectual property rights of the Software from Konica Minolta or Konica Minolta Licensor to you.
Page 12 If such other party does not accept such terms and conditions then you shall not transfer any copy of the Software. RESTRICTIONS (1) You shall not without the written consent of KONICA MINOLTA: use, copy, modify, merge or transfer copies of the Software except as provided herein;...
Page 13 Introduction PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT WILL KONICA MINOLTA, ITS AFFILIATE COMPANIES NOR KONICA MINOLTA LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE...
Page 14 AMENDMENT TO THIS AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE UNLESS WRITTEN SIGNED PROPERLY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH PARTY. BY OPENING THE PACKAGE, DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. 1-10 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 15: Overview
For the PS Plug-in Printer driver, Mac OS 9 is Japanese Ver. only. Refer to “Installation“ on Page 3-1 for more information about installation of printer driver. For the PostScript PPD and PCL Printer driver, refer to “User’s Guide (Printer)” bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 16: Composition Of A Product
The Trimmer Unit (TU-502) enables the use of “Center Staple and Fold + Trim” Note Installing various options built in the copier properly on the printer driver allows you to use a variety of printing functions shared by the copier. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 17: Ethernet Connection
Printing in which AppleTalk and Bonjour from Macintosh is used. • IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) printing • Printing in which Novell NetWare is used. 2.3.2 USB Connection You can connect your computer to the image controller via the USB port (USB 2.0). bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 18: Product Specifications
Overview Product Specifications Type Type: Built-in box type for the KONICA MINOLTA Printer/Copier Functions Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi Gradation binary Maximum paper size: Standard: 297 x 420 mm (A3) Non-Standard: 314 x 460 mm Printable Area: Standard: Margin 2.8 mm...
Page 19 Pentium M 2.0GHz (Memory Access Speed 533MHz) System 2GB (Standard) Memory: Power: Obtain from main body printer Network Ethernet (1000BASE-T / 100BASE-TX / 10BASE-T) Interface: Operating Environment Temperature: Same as the copier Humidity: Same as the copier bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 20: Restrictive Conditions
Although the Weekly Timer function of the main body printer is available in the Printer mode, the power is not turned off until the data output is finished when print data remains in the Image memory. Note Specifications are subject to change without notice. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 21: Installation
Printer Installer starts. Note If the CD doesn’t start automatically, double-click [PrinterInstaller.exe] in the folder “\Driver\Drivers\PS Plugin Driver\EN” of the [Driver CD- ROM(PS-504)]. Enter the printer name or IP address of your copier and click [Next]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 22 Installation This will install the copier as a Windows printer. The printer will be created using an lpr port, e.g. myprinter:print. To establish another connection (NetBIOS or port 9100), select [Other connection], and click [Next]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 23 During printer installation, Windows may show a warning about a missing digital signature. You should continue the installation anyway. After the printer installation, the printer can be selected from the print dialog of your applications. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 24: Add Printer
Windows 2000: Open the Start menu, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers]. Windows Vista/Server 2008: Open the Start menu, and then click [Control Panel]. From [Hardware and Sound], click "Printer". -If Control Panel is displayed with Classic View, double-click "Printers". bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 25 To create an lpr port, select [Create a new port] then select [LPR port], then click [Next]. Enter the network name or IP address of your copier and print as queue name, then click [OK]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 26 Installation Click [Next]. Select [Have Disk], then select the .inf file in the printer driver folder on the CD-ROM. Then click [Next]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 27: Installable Options
Installation The resulting dialog shows the bizhub PRO 950 driver. Click [OK]. Confirm the following dialogs to conclude the printer installation. Note During printer installation, Windows may show a warning about a missing digital signature. You should continue the installation anyway.
Page 28 [Control Panel]. From [Hardware and Sound], click "Printer". -If Control Panel is displayed with Classic View, double-click "Printers". then select [KONICA MINOLTA 950 PS(Plug)] then select [Properties]. The printer driver Plug-in will open. Click on the arrows at the right of the...
Page 29 PC and may have different options installed. Click [OK] twice to confirm your changes. After you have enabled the available installable options, the features corresponding to those options will be available in the printer driver. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 30: Mac Os X Installation
Installation Mac OS X Installation 3.2.1 Installing the Printer Driver Software The bizhub PRO 950 client software is delivered on a hybrid Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM. Double-click the CD-ROM icon that was automatically created after insertion browse through folders Drivers » PS Plugin Driver » OS10_X.
Page 31 By click on [Continue] you will be prompted to confirm the End User License Agreement. Click on [Continue] again to go to the next screen. You will be asked, on which partition the software shall be installed. 3-11 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 32: Installing A Printer
The installer installs the software for Mac OS X version 10.5, 10.4 or 10.3. The bizhub PRO 950 printer driver reference guide is stored as a PDF file on the desktop. You may print it for use with the copier. For printing a PDF file you need Adobe Reader (Acrobat Reader) which is available from http://www.adobe.com.
Page 33 [KONICA MINOLTA 950PS(Plug)] from the list, and click [Add]. You can enter search terms in the text box to narrow your results. Mac OS X 10.4: click [Print using] -> select [KONICA MINOLTA] from the manufacturers list, -> select [KONICA MINOLTA 950PS(Plug)], and click [Add].
Page 34: Installable Options
[LPD/LPR] or [Internet Printing Protocol] in [Printer Type]. Then enter the IP address of the copier in [Printer Address]. After selecting [KONICA MINOLTA] in [Print Model], select [KONICA MINOLTA 950PS(Plug)] from the list, and click [Add]. The new printer is displayed in the printer list.
Page 35 Installation From the scroll-down menu, select bizhub PRO 950. Below the info screen there is a button named [Settings]. By clicking this button, you access the printer driver Plug-in. 3-15 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 36 To access the installable options, click on the arrows right of the panel header bar to proceed to the panel [Configure]. To configure installable options, see section 3.1.3 (Installable Options under Windows). 3-16 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 37: Mac Os 9 Installation
Mac OS 9 is supported for Japanese only. 3.3.1 Installing the Printer Driver Software The bizhub PRO 950 client software is delivered on a hybrid Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM. Double-click the CD-ROM icon that was automatically created after insertion of the CD and browse to the folder OS9_X.
Page 38: Installable Options
(e.g. Paper Source Unit or Finisher). To make the accessories available in the printer driver you must enable the corresponding installable options. To edit the installable options, select the printer in the Chooser, and click [Setup]. 3-18 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 39 Installation In the Setup dialog, click [Configure]. This allows you to change the installable options. 3-19 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 40: Uninstallation Of The Printer Driver
Uninstallation of the Printer Driver Uninstallation of the Printer Driver Windows To remove the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub PRO 950 PS printer driver from your computer, you must close all applications that may have used the printer. Then follow these steps: Click on [Start] and select [Printers and faxes].
Page 41 To remove the Printer Installer and the files of the installer package, open the windows control panel, select [Add or remove programs], search for “KONICA MINOLTA bizhub PRO 950 PS(Plug)“ in the shown list and click on the [Remove] button.
Page 42: Mac Os X
[Printers], and then the [KONICA_MINOLTA] folder. If no other KONICA MINOLTA printer driver is used on your system, then you can delete the complete [KONICA_MINOLTA] folder. If any other KONICA MINOLTA printer driver is used on your system, then...
Page 43: Mac Os 9
Mac OS 9 To uninstall, simply delete the printer driver related files from the computer. Delete the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub PRO 950 PS printer icon from the desktop (drag and drop it to the recycle bin). Double-click on the hard disk icon on your desktop that symbolizes...
Page 44: Basic Printing And Common Printing Functions
Select the printer in the popup menu besides [Name]. If you need to set printing details, click [Properties]. The Plug-in appears. Click [OK] after performing the intended setting. The Print dialog is shown again. Click [OK] bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 45: Basic Printing From Mac Os X
The range of pages to be printed The number of copies to be printed In the Paper Feed panel, you can select the following options: All pages from – the tray to be used for printing. Autoselect means the bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 46 PostScript) and let it be printed on a copier to which you are not connected now. Note When you print to a PostScript file, code for some features of the Plug- in will not be included in the job because the CUPS filter will not run. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 47: Basic Printing From Mac Os
Cover and Page Settings panels of the printer driver Plug-in. See sections “Cover” and “Page Settings”. To save the settings you have made for your copier, click Save Settings. To confirm printing, click the Print button bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 48: Common Printing Functions
Click on [File] -> [Page Setup] in your application. Select the suitable page size and orientation. Click on [Printer...] to select your bizhub PRO 950 printer driver to make paper sizes available which are defined on the engine. For detailed information about defining named paper sizes, see section 6.3.4 “Paper”.
Page 49: Printing Multiple Copies
Enter the desired number in the field [Number of copies]. Note Some applications offer you the [Collate] option. Do not use this option to get sorted sets of documents, but use the [Sort] check box in the [Finishing] panel of the printer driver Plug-in. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 50: Printing Duplex
Just click on the button [Print duplex] in the lower middle of the panel. The Plug-in is closed, and the main print dialog is shown again. Click [Print] to start printing. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 51: Printing A Booklet, Combination, Or Other Imposition
[Imposition] to [Off] and select your desired print mode from the [Combination] pull-down menu. See section. 6.3.2 “Layout” for details. Always check your settings with the preview window on the right side of the panel. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 52: Selecting The Input Tray
[Automatically select] and [Tray 1] to [Tray 4] and [Bypass Tray] (depending on the status of the installed optional devices). Make sure that the selected tray contains compatible media (e.g. A3 or Tabloid documents can’t be printed on A4 or Letter paper). bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 53: Selecting Finishing Options
[Binding position] determines the paper side at which the staples or punch holes are placed. You can choose from [Left], [Right] or [Top]. For detailed information about finishing options see section 6.3.3 “Finishing”. 5-10 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 54: Adding A Front Or Back Cover
Select a tray for the back cover from the pull-down menu [Back cover tray]. Right of [Back cover tray], check [Print] if the last document page shall be printed on the back cover page. For detailed information about covers see section 6.3.5. “Cover“. 5-11 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 55: Selecting Insertion Sheets
Double-click, if necessary, in the fields [Paper tray] and/or [Paper name] to select a specific tray containing the desired paper or select a named paper type. For detailed information about defining named paper sizes, see section 6.3.4 “Paper”. 5-12 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 56: Setting Image Quality And Toner Saving
[Print Quality] can reduce the amount of used toner in two steps for e.g. previews of documents to print. For detailed information about image and print quality see section 6.3.9 "Screen". 5-13 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 57: Printing With Tab Paper
Select which tab type shall be applied by choosing the [Tab type] (available are “Tab 1” or “Tab 2”). Enter, if desired, in [Text on Tab] a text to be printed on the tab (if [Print mode] is “Print on Tab”). 5-14 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 58 Click on [Insert] and select if a blank tab shall be inserted before or after your current page. If you want to insert multiple tab pages, enter a value in [Insertions] For detailed information about tab printing, see section 6.3.7 “Tabs” and section 6.3.8 “Tab Settings”. 5-15 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 59: Adding A
For detailed information about watermarks and page numbering see section 6.3.12 “Stamp”. 5-16 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 60: Using Forms For Overlay
[Forms print pattern]. Select the desired pattern. Available are [Once] and [Repeated]. Click [OK] to apply and proceed to the main printer dialog. 5-17 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 61 Double-click on the empty field below [Pages] in the same row and enter a page number or a range of page numbers (e.g. 14 -23). Click [OK] to apply and proceed to the main printer dialog. 5-18 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 62: Storing A Job For Reprinting
Click on [Print] in the main Print dialog of your application. The document is stored in the public folder of the printer (or printed and additionally stored in the printer). For more information about job storing see section 6.3.13 “Workflow”. 5-19 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 63: Secure Printing
The job will be put into the Secure Folder and only be printed after you release it on the copier panel by entering the password. For more information about secure printing see section 6.3.13 “Workflow”. 5-20 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 64: Saving Printer Driver Settings
The identification and password settings for Secure Print, User Authentication, and Account Track are not cleared when you load the Default Settings. To clear them, enter other values manually. For further details about secure printing and identification, see section 6.3.13 “Workflow” 5-21 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 65: Windows Printing
The paper sizes of the copier are described in section 12 “Paper sizes”. How to print full bleed using wide document page sizes and wide paper sizes (only for documents created with older versions of the printer driver) is described in the section below. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 66: Full Bleed, Wide Page And Paper Size
If you do not find all copier paper sizes under Size, click [Printer] and then select [KONICA MINOLTA 950 PS(Plug)] as current printer to make the paper sizes of the copier available. – In MS Word, open [File] » [Print], select [KONICA MINOLTA 950 PS(Plug)], and close the Print dialog to select your copier as the current printer.
Page 67: Custom
[File] then [Server Properties] This shows the Properties of Print Server dialog. In the Forms panel, check [Create a new form]. Enter the name and the size of the form and click [Save Form]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 68 The created forms will also be available like standard output paper sizes for the copier. In your application, select [File] » [Page Setup], then select a form and enter the orientation. Note For more information, refer to your Windows documentation. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 69: Mixed
[Apply to Selected text], and click [OK]. This creates a section in the MS Word document with the selected page size. Mixed page sizes can be created also with the Adobe Acrobat Insert document page function. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 70: Print
If you need to set printing details, click [Properties]. The Plug-in appears. See below. Click [OK] after performing the intended setting. The Print dialog is shown again. Click [OK] (or [Print]) to confirm printing. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 71 Plug-in. To save your PostScript job to a file, check the [Print to file] box. This allows you to save your job and let it be printed on a bizhub PRO 950 to which you are not connected now.
Page 72: Printer Driver Plug-In
To save the current settings, select a list entry from the list at the bottom of the Plug-in and click [Save]. To restore saved settings, select a list entry from the list at the lower left of the Plug-in and click [Load]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 73 E.g. in the Layout panel, if you choose 1. corner stapling, and 2. booklet, then stapling will be adapted to off. This automatic resolution of conflicts excludes invalid combinations of attributes. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 74: Basic
Original Orientation Select the orientation of your document. Available are [Portrait] and [Landscape]. Default is [Portrait]. Paper tray Select the tray from which the paper for printing is drawn. 6-10 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 75 [Print Duplex] – the document is output as double-sided paper. • [Print Booklet] – the document is printed as booklet. Note The paper size display shown within the Quick Print buttons is not available on Mac OS. 6-11 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 76: Layout
To open the Layout panel, select [File] → [Print] in your application. Then click the [Properties] (or [Preferences]) button. In the [Properties] dialog, click the [Layout] icon. Imposition Allows to combine several document pages on one printed output page. 6-12 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 77 2 Repeat can be used, e.g. to print A5 documents on A4 paper or Statement documents on Letter paper and double the number of copies. 6-13 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 78 [Adhesive Binding], [Booklet] or [2in1] is selected. Available are [Forward] and [Reverse]. Example for Imposition = “Booklet”: Forward: Reverse: Imposition direction also affects the application of Combination (see below). Modification of Combination page order caused by Imposition direction is as follows: Reverse: Forward: 6-14 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 79 Available are following values: 1 ,2, 4, 6, 8, 9, or 16 document pages per sheet. Pages are arranged as follows: Combination = 1 Combination = 2 Combination = 4 Combination = 6 Combination = 8 Combination = 9 6-15 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 80 Left Bind – binding and duplexing at the left side (e.g. as in an European or US book): • Right Bind – binding and duplexing at the right side (e.g. as in a Japanese book) 6-16 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 81 The item [Original size] in this panel is a mirrored item from [Original size] in the [Basic] panel and in the page setup dialog of your application. All settings made here directly alter the corresponding settings in the [Basic] panel. 6-17 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 82 If [Imposition] is [off], the output paper size is equal to the document page size. • If [Imposition] is not [off], (e.g. booklet ), the output paper size is twice the document page size, e.g. A3 for A4 documents and Tabloid for Letter documents. 6-18 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 83 If necessary, e.g. if an A4 job is printed on Letter paper, or a Letter job is printed on A4 paper, blank margins are added at the left and right or at the top and bottom page borders. 6-19 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 84 A3 / A4 / A5 / A6 / JIS-B4 / JIS-B5 / JIS-B6 / ISO-B4 / ISO-B5 / ISO- B6/ SRA4 / Tabloid / 9x11 / Legal / Letter / Statement/ 8 1/8 x 13 1/4 / 8x13 / Folio / 8 1/4 x 13 6-20 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 85: Finishing
You can select the tray and the paper in the following ways: • Select [Paper Tray], leave Paper Name unspecified: The paper is drawn from the specified tray • Select Paper Name, leave Paper Tray unspecified: The paper is drawn 6-21 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 86 Duplex in the [Layout] panel, [Staple] or [Punch] in the [Finishing] panel. Note The item [Binding Position] in this panel is a mirrored item from [Binding Position] in the layout panel. All settings made here directly alter the corresponding settings in the layout panel. 6-22 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 87 Selects the punch mode. • Off, 2 hole, 3 hole, 4 hole, Stream Punch 3 hole (Left) 3 hole (Right) Stream (Left) Stream (Right) The punch side (left, right, top) is determined by Binding Position. 6-23 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 88 Z folded to match the size and orientation of the smaller paper. Folding direction Selects the folding direction of the printed document. The fold preview shows the differences between the fold in and fold out modes (of Multi Letter fold).: 6-24 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 89 Select if multiple copies of multi-page jobs are output sorted or grouped. • Sort: 2 copies of a 3 page document are output as 1-2-3, 1-2-3: • Group: 2 copies of a 3 page document are output as 1-1, 2-2, 3-3. 6-25 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 90 Offset Selects if multiple copies of a job are offset in the output tray for easy separation 6-26 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 91: Paper
Collects the engine settings of Paper Type, Paper Weight, Paper Color, and Prepunched Paper for each tray as well as paper names and custom paper sizes defined on the engine. Note Acquire Tray data is not supported under Mac OS 9. 6-27 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 92 4. Note that Tray 4 is only available if the Paper Source Unit LU-407/408 is installed. If Paper Name is specified, the printer will try to draw the specified paper from the selected tray. If necessary, the printer will request the specified paper. 6-28 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 93 Paper name is a named combination of paper type, weight etc. that is defined at the engine. A named paper size can be selected together with a tray or alone (see also the panels 6.3.3 "Finishing", 6.3.5 "Cover", and 6.3.6 "Page Settings"). 6-29 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 94: Cover
Post Inserter (PI, available with the Finisher, an optional accessory of the copier). The sheet feeder allows preprinted paper to be included in a job without feeding the paper through the copier and exposing it to the copier heat. 6-30 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 95 Transparencies and separation sheets must have the same size and orientation. Transparencies can be selected only if the page layout (imposition) and duplex printing selected in the Layout panel are both off . 6-31 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 96: Page Settings
E.g., if the job shall be printed duplex on tray 1, and page 18-25 on tray 3, then pages 1-17 will be printed from tray 1, page 17 will have an empty back page, and pages 18-25 will be printed starting on a new sheet from tray 3. 6-32 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 97 11 to 12 to be drawn from tray 4, the warning looks like this: If you continue to enter the desired values, the new page numbers will excluded from the previous set. The list will display as follows: 6-33 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 98: Tabs
If a tab page is selected, this item is deactivated. Insert selects a blank tab to be inserted [After] or [Before] the selected page. If a tab page is selected, this item is deactivated. 6-34 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 99 Font, Size, Style etc. are defined in “Tab Settings”. To delete any entry in the list, click on it and press [Delete] below the list window. The display in [Pages] will be updated automatically. 6-35 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 100 = Normal page, printed. = Tab page, blank. (Inserted) = Tab page, printed. Tab pages of type 1 appear below “Tab 1” in the list, tab pages of type 2 appear below “Tab 2” in the list. 6-36 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 101: Tab Settings
It determines that the page images of printed tab pages are shifted to the right by a given value such that tab texts positioned at the right margin of the page are afterwards printed on the tab. 6-37 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 102 (Note that this is reverse order.) Make sure the job pages (A4 for A4 Tab, Letter for Letter Tab) are also in long edge feed orientation. 6-38 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 103: Screen
Collects the engine settings for the items in the screening area (Screening method to Tone curve) and sets the UI elements to the respective values. Note Acquiring of the printer defaults is not supported on Mac OS 9. 6-39 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 104 Sets the shape of the printed dots. Use different dot shapes to achieve more evenly printed gradients or special effects. Available are Simple Dot Inverted Simple Dot Double Dot Inverted Double Dot Cosine Dot Double 6-40 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 105 Windows Printing Inverted Double Line Line X Line Y Round Ellipse Ellipse A Inverted Ellipse A Ellipse B Ellipse C Inverted Ellipse C 6-41 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 106 Density Sets the contrast of the printed image by adjusting the toner density applied by the copier. 6-42 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 107 “Type 2” is suitable for printing the curved sections of general characters. “Type 3” is suitable for printing the curved sections of ornamental characters and fine lines. Use CIE color Enable this checkbox to use CIE color management. 6-43 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 108: Forms
E.g. overlay [Once] for a two-page form on an 12 page job means that the form pages 6-44 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 109 • 510 distinct page numbers when using one single form, • 255 page ranges when using one single form, or • 170 page numbers if a different form shall be applied to every page 6-45 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 110 Delete Form Allows you to delete the selected form on the copier. The function is enabled when you enter the password for form deletion. This password is configured at your copier. 6-46 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 111: Image Shift
”Right (Back side)” value with the opposite sign of the front value, or, for top binding, enter the ”Bottom (Back side)” value with the opposite sign of the front value. 6-47 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 112 Print position can be applied if the resulting output size is a wide or custom size. The preview shows print position with face up printing. To get the effect with face down printing, turn the paper upside down. 6-48 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 113: Stamp
Page only print the set number once per page. Watermark for all pages prints the number in light gray many times per page and on all pages. Starting Number determines the number printed on the first set. 6-49 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 114 Windows Printing Each of the above operations is applied after imposition, i.e. the page containing the date/time stamp, page number, or set number may consist of several original document pages. 6-50 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 115: Workflow
Determines that jobs can be shared with another copier. Send Windows message. Instructs the copier to send a Windows message to your PC after completion of your job. You can choose between Always and On error. 6-51 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 116 TAB to move to the [Password] confirmation field, enter the password again. While your input is invalid or not yet complete, the user name and password fields will be shown with red background. 6-52 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 117 • Wait Mode tells the copier to wait (without printing a proof copy) until you confirm or cancel the job. Note Proof and Print and Wait Mode block the printing of subsequent jobs. 6-53 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 118 [User box number] field, enter the box number, hit TAB to move to the [File Name] field, and enter the filename. A job in a box is identified by box number and filename. 6-54 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 119 You can store identification settings permanently by entering them via the Windows printer properties. However, keep in mind that in this case other users of the PC can use your identification settings, which may lead to a security risk. 6-55 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 120: Configure
PostScript files for a copier which is not currently connected to your PC and may have different options installed. Click OK to confirm your changes. After you have enabled the available installable options, the features 6-56 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 121 In this case, set the installable options manually. Unit for paper weight Select the measuring unit for weights/amounts of paper. Available are: g/m² (default), Duodecimo, A-Book, B-Book, Octavo, Bond, Book, Bristol, Cover, Index, Tag. 6-57 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 122: Version
Windows Printing 6.3.15 Version This panel allows you to check the printer driver version. Additionally you can click the manufacturer’s link. 6-58 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 123: Advanced Panel
TrueType fonts. Available are: • Automatic (one of the modes below determined by PostScript driver) • Outline (scalable outline font) • Bitmap (bitmap font) • Native TrueType (outline font for TT native rasterizer printers) 6-59 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 124 Mirrored Output: determines if the printed document is output flipped left/right. Negative Output: determines if the printed document is output inversed, i.e. white characters on black paper. This option is only available for monochrome printers. 6-60 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 125: Mac Os X Printing
A4 or Letter and portrait. To determine the document page size and orientation, select [File] » [Page Setup]. In the resulting dialog, behind Format for, select [KONICA MINOLTA 950 PS(Plug)] as your current printer, then select the size and orientation for your document.
Page 126: Print
Orientation may be portrait, landscape rotated left, or landscape rotated right. Left and right rotation makes a difference. In order to obtain the same handling as for the Windows version of the bizhub PRO 950 driver, select left rotation. Print After a document has been created in an application, it can be printed on a bizhub PRO 950.
Page 127 • Save as File – allows you to print your job to a file (as PDF or as PostScript) and let it be printed on a bizhub PRO 950 to which you are not connected now. Note: When you print to a PostScript file, code for some features of the plug-in will not be included in the job because the CUPS filter will not run.
Page 128: Printer Driver Plug-In
To select printer driver options specific to the copier, select [File] » Print], then click on [Copies and Pages] and select the [bizhub PRO 950] printer driver panel. Below the info screen there is a button named [Settings]. Click this button to access the printer driver Plug-in.
Page 129 • Configure • Version For detailed descriptions of the panels, please refer to the corresponding sections within the section about Windows printing. Note The functionality of Mac OS X does not include [Send Windows Message]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 130 Some applications do not support the printer driver Plug-in because they provide their own printer driver. Without the Plug-in, you can select bizhub PRO 950 specific features in the Printer Specific Options panel of the Print dialog. Note that some features of the Plug-in, like Page Interval or user authentication can be set only in the Plug-in, but not in the Printer Specific Options panel due to restrictions of the PPD format.
Page 131: Mac Os 9 Printing
(portrait or landscape) for your document. The paper sizes of the bizhub PRO 950 are described in section 12 “Paper sizes”. Note that the document page size may be different from the paper size on which you print.
Page 132: Print
To print a document, select File » Print In each panel of the Print dialog you can select the printer which corresponds to the target bizhub PRO 950. On opening, the Print dialog shows the General panel. Within this panel, you can select the following options: •...
Page 133 Page Settings panels of the printer driver Plug-in. See sections “Cover” and “Page Settings”. To save the settings you have made for your bizhub PRO 950, click Save Settings. To save your PostScript job to a file, change Destination to File. This allows you to save your job and let it be printed on a copier to which you are not connected now.
Page 134: Printer Driver Plug-In
The printer driver Plug-in provides a graphical user interface to select printing and finishing options. To select printer driver options specific to the bizhub PRO 950, select File » Print, then click on General and select a different printer driver panel, e.g.
Page 135 Some applications do not support the printer driver Plug-in because they provide their own printer driver. Without the Plug-in, you can select bizhub PRO 950 specific features in the Printer Specific Options panel of the Print dialog. Note that some features of the Plug-in, like Page Interval or user authentication can be set only in the Plug-in, but not in the Printer Specific Options panel due to restrictions of the PPD format.
Page 136 This identification will be used to determine your printing rights. User Authentication can use the Mac OS Keychain to store your password for the username by which you authenticate towards the bizhub PRO 950. Mac OS Keychain protects your passwords by encryption and is usually protected by a password itself.
Page 137 Name (or hit the ESC key to cancel the Print dialog). User Authentication with Keychain To use User Authentication with the Keychain, perform the following steps: Select File » Print, then select the Workflow panel. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 138 Mac OS 9 Printing Check User name, check Mac OS Keychain, then click into the text field below User Name. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 139 Mac OS 9 Printing Enter your username. While your input is still too short, a graphical indication for missing characters is shown. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 140 Mac OS 9 Printing If you enter this username for the first time: Click the Keychain button to ask Keychain for this username. Keychain shows a red warning mark indicating this username is unknown. 8-10 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 141 Mac OS 9 Printing Enter the password into the password field. 8-11 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 142 Mac OS 9 Printing To submit the password to Keychain hit TAB or click the blue Submit button. This also confirms and leaves User Authentication. 8-12 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 143 Click the Keychain button to ask Keychain for this username. Depending on Keychain’s configuration, Keychain will prompt you for the Keychain password and to grant the application access to the requested password. On success, Keychain fills the password field with the password. 8-13 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 144 Mac OS 9 Printing This also confirms and leaves User Authentication. 8-14 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 145: Printing From Special Applications
PageMaker uses, by default, its own printer driver which does not support the printer driver Plug-in, but works only with PPDs. PageMaker’s own driver is also known to have problems with the bizhub PRO 950 PPD. To use PageMaker under Mac OS 9 with the AdobePS printer driver which...
Page 146 Acrobat to generate page independent code. Windows and Mac OS X procedure: In Acrobat’s Print dialog, select Advanced. This opens the Advanced Print Setup dialog. Select PostScript Options. Set Font and Resource Policy to [Send for Each Page]. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 147 This will let Acrobat create page independent code suitable for imposition. Printing from Quark XPress In order to ensure that imposition and other driver functions work correctly, you must instruct Xpress to use the bizhub PRO 950 PPD and the correct page size. Windows and Mac OS procedure: In the Xpress Print dialog, select the Setup panel.
Page 148 InDesign Document Setup dialog. Note The page size in Page Setup … follows the page size entered in the Setup panel, therefore you must change it in the Setup panel. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 149 Printing from special Applications To open the Plug-in, Windows: Click Setup…-> Preference, Mac OS X: Click Setup… -> bizhub PRO 950 -> Settings, Mac OS 9: Click 950Printer…. Click OK (Mac OS 9: Print) in the Plug-in to confirm the settings made in the Plug-in.
Page 150: Troubleshooting
130 g/m cannot be folded in other folding types. Collate option in main Deactivated to avoid conflicts. dialog doesn’t work [Acquire tray and paper Not supported under Mac OS 9 data] missing (Mac OS 9) 10-1 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 151 A combination of various settings regarding “Shifting” may have the print image caused to shift beyond the borders of the paper. Check parameters connected [Shifting]. Notification fails Start Messenger service. Under Windows Vista/Server 2008, download external messenger 10-2 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 152: Font List (Postscript)
Bodoni Poster Compressed ITC Bookman Demi ITC Bookman Demi Italic ITC Bookman Light ITC Bookman Light Italic Carta Chicago Clarendon Clarendon Bold Clarendon Light Cooper Black Cooper Black Italic Copperplate Gothic 32BC Copperplate Gothic 33BC 11-1 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 153 Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Oblique Helvetica Oblique Helvetica Condensed Helvetica Condensed Bold Helvetica Condensed Bold Oblique Helvetica Condensed Oblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique Helvetica Narrow Oblique Hoefler Text Black 11-2 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 154 New Century Schoolbook Roman New York Optima Optima Bold Optima Bold Italic Optima Italic Oxford Palatino Bold Palatino Bold Italic Palatino Italic Palatino Roman Stempel Garamond Bold Stempel Garamond Bold Italic Stempel Garamond Italic Stempel Garamond Roman 11-3 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 155 Univers Bold Univers Bold Oblique Univers Oblique Univers Light Univers Light Oblique UniversCondensed UniversCondensed Bold UniversCondensed Bold Oblique UniversCondensed Oblique UniversExtended UniversExtended Bold UniversExtended Bold Oblique UniversExtended Oblique Windings ITC ZapfChancery Medium Italic ITC ZapfDingbats 11-4 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 156: Paper Sizes
At the copier, paper sizes are distinguished by feed direction, e.g. A4 (LEF) and A4 (SEF) or Letter (LEF) and Letter (SEF). In addition, the following wide paper sizes are available: • Metric sizes: A3 Wide, A4 Wide, A5 Wide, JIS-B4 Wide, JIS-B5 Wide, ISO-B4Wide, ISO-B5Wide 12-1 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 157 303 mm (11.93 inch), the output page will be clipped or scaled correspondingly (default = clip), depending on the setting of Fit to paper size, see section 6.3.2 “Layout”. 12-2 bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver...
Page 158 A network protocol used in Windows environments for printing and file sharing. Output paper size The size of the paper on which the job is printed. Owner The person or user account who submitted the job. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver 13-1...
Page 159 In booklet printing, 2 document pages are mapped on one printed page and 4 document pages are printed on one sheet. TCP/IP A network protocol used for communication in local area networks and the internet. bizhub PRO 950 Printer Driver 13-2...
Page 160 Copyright 2004-2009 SOFHA GmbH, Germany 2009. 8 2008-2009 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. A0Y59551-PS-11...

Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 950 User Manual

1 Introduction

2 Overview

3 Installation

4 Uninstallation of the Printer Driver

5 Basic Printing and Common Printing Functions

6 Windows Printing

7 Mac os X Printing

8 Mac os 9 Printing

9 Printing from Special Applications

10 Troubleshooting

11 Font List (Postscript)

12 Paper Sizes

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