Before installing the printer driver, make sure that your system meets the fol- lowing system requirements. Computer Connection between computer and printer Operating system Available disk space System Requirements for the Printer Driver Apple Macintosh computer with a Pow- erPC G3 or later processor (PowerPC G4 or later is recommended) USB connection Network connection...
Double-click the magicolor 2430 DL Installer icon. The installer for the printer driver starts up. When using Mac OS X, start up the Classic environment before installing the printer driver. Check the details of the license agreement, and click Accept if you agree to the terms of the license.
After the installation has been completed, click Quit. This completes the installation of the magicolor 2430 DL printer driver. Selecting the Printer in the Chooser Connect the printer and computer. If you are using a USB connection, use the USB cable to connect the printer and your computer.
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Close the Chooser. The icon for the magicolor 2430 DL appears on the desktop. With a USB connection, mc2430DL appears. With a network connection, KONICA MINOLTA magicolor2430D appears. In the Classic environment, no icon appears on the desktop. Selecting the Printer in the Chooser icon.
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You can log in to PageScope Web Connection and use the Rendez- vous Configuration menu to change the name of the printer. If Enable Rendezvous Service Discovery is not selected, the printer name will not appear in the Select a printer section on the right side of the Chooser.
The Page Setup dialog box appears when Page Setup... is selected from the File menu. Page Attributes Options The Page Attributes section is used to specify the options for the Paper Size, scaling, and page orientation. Paper Size Select the desired Paper Size from the Paper Size pop-up menu. Show all Paper Sizes Select to display all available paper sizes in the Paper Size pop-up menu.
Specifying a Custom Paper Size You can also specify a paper size that is not listed in the Paper Size pop-up menu. Select Edit Custom Paper Sizes... from the Paper Size pop-up menu, in the Page Setup dialog box. The Edit Paper Sizes dialog box appears. Enter a name for the custom paper size in the Name field, enter the dimensions in the Width and Height fields, and then click Add.
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To add several different custom paper sizes, click New and repeat step 2. To delete an existing custom paper size, select the custom paper size from the list on the left of the dialog box, and then click Delete. The custom paper size setting is saved, and the name of the custom paper size can now be selected from the Paper Size pop-up menu.
Specifying Print Settings The following dialog box appears when Print... is selected from the File menu in the application being used. You can specify the following options from the Print dialog box. Specifying Print Settings...
Print Dialog Box Options Section General Paper Type/Quality Layout Image Background Watermark Advanced No warning message will be displayed if options that cannot be used together are selected. Common buttons Preview Click this button to view a preview image of the printout, to check that the print options are set correctly.
General Options The General section is used to specify the number of copies to be printed, the paper source, and the range of pages to be printed. Copies This specifies the number of copies to be printed. If the Collated check- box is selected, all pages in the documents are printed as sets of print- outs.
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Paper Type/Quality Options The Paper Type/Quality section is used to specify the paper type, the print quality, and the type of image being printed. Paper Type This option specifies the type of paper on which the print image will be printed.
Layout Options The Layout section is used to specify the number of pages per sheet of paper and other layout options when printing. Pages Per Sheet This specifies the number of pages to be printed on one sheet of paper. For example, if 2 is selected, two pages are printed on one sheet of paper.
Image Options The Image section is used to specify the settings used when printing in color or grayscale, and the ColorSync options. ColorSync Color Matching The ColorSync Color Matching section is used specify the ColorSync color matching settings. Matching Method This specifies the color quality for the printed image.
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Color The Color section is used to specify the color settings to be used when print- ing the image. Saturation This specifies the color saturation. Brightness This specifies the brightness (lightness) of the printed image. Contrast This specifies the contrast for the printed image. Specifying Print Settings...
Grayscale The Grayscale section is used to specify the grayscale settings to be used when printing the image in grayscale. Brightness This specifies the brightness (lightness) of the printed image. Contrast This specifies the contrast of the printed image. Black & White The Black &...
Background Options The Background section is used to specify whether or not to spool the print data for background printing and when to print a document. Print in If Foreground is selected, you will not be able to perform other tasks on your computer until printing has finished.
Watermark Options The Watermark section is used to specify the watermark options. Select the desired watermark from the pop-up menu. This is used to create a new watermark. After clicking New, a dialog box appears for you to enter the name for the new watermark. Enter the name for the watermark, and then click Create to create a new watermark.
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Delete This is used to delete an existing watermark. After selecting the water- mark that you want to delete and clicking Delete, the watermark tab dia- log appears. Click Delete to delete the watermark. The Edit and Delete buttons are available only when Watermark is selected from the pop-up menu.
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Position Use the Position tab to specify the angle to be used for the watermark. Angle Click within the circle, or on the arrows, to specify the angle for the water- mark. The value for the specified angle appears beside Angle. You can check the effect of the settings in the preview area on the left side of the dialog box.
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Color Use the Color tab to specify the color to be used for the text in the watermark. Color If you click the color selection box beside Color, a dialog box appears. Select the color to be used for the text in the watermark, and then click Density This specifies the color density for the text in the watermark.
Advanced Options The Advanced section is used to specify advanced print options. Transmit Once When this option is selected, the computer will only send the print job to the printer once and the printer will produce additional copies on it’s own. This option is only used for jobs with multiple copies.
To check the progress of print jobs, double-click the magicolor 2430 DL desktop printer icon. In the Classic environment, Print Monitor automatically starts up, and the icon appears in the Dock. Click the Print Monitor icon to check the status of print jobs. Checking Print Jobs...
Symptom A printer on the network does not appear in the Chooser. When printing on both sides of paper with a cus- tom size, an error occurs. When printing from a Web browser, each frame is printed on a separate page.