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Konica Minolta Magicolor 7300 Installation Manual

Konica Minolta Magicolor 7300 Installation Manual

Konica minolta magicolor 7300: installation guide
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  • Page 1 7300 ® Installation Guide 1800734-002A...
  • Page 2 Thank You Thank you for purchasing a magicolor 7300. You have made an excellent choice. Your magicolor 7300 is specially designed for optimal performance in Windows, Macintosh, and other environments. Trademarks KONICA MINOLTA and the KONICA MINOLTA logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Getting Acquainted with Your Printer ... 1 Documentation Set Space Requirements Position Your Printer... Printer Parts Consumables and Accessories Antistatic Protection ... 7 Setting up Your Printer ... 7 Shipment Contents Unpacking the Printer Installing the Print Units Installing the Toner Cartridges...
  • Page 4 Installing Accessories Plugging in/Turning on the Printer ...27 About the Interface Panel ...28 What’s Next? ...28 Configuration Menu Overview ...30 About the Control Panel Control Panel LED Indicators Control Panel Keys Selecting a Message Window Language Manually Selecting an Ethernet IP Address Troubleshooting ...38...

  • Page 5: Getting Acquainted With Your Printer

    Getting Acquainted with Your Printer Features Print speed (ppm/pages per minute) (Colour/Black & White) Native resolution (dpi/dots per inch) Resolution (dpi/dots per inch) SDRAM 250-sheet universal media Tray 1 500-sheet standard media Tray 2 250-sheet media output tray Lower feeder unit(s) (500-sheet media...

  • Page 6: Documentation Set

    For the most up-to-date Guide worldwide information, check www.konicaminolta.net/printer/. Repacking (Americas only) This guide provides information Guide to help you repack, move, and store your printer. Getting Acquainted with Your Printer Location Hard Copy and Documentation CD-ROM Hard copy and...

  • Page 7: Space Requirements

    Space Requirements (11.8 inch) (27.3 inch) Front View Each optional lower feeder unit adds about 105 mm (4.1 inch) to the printer’s height. Position Your Printer... With these characteristics... On a hard, flat, stable, level (a round pencil should not roll in any direction) surface.

  • Page 8: Printer Parts

    Do not connect the groundwire to gas or water pipes or grounding for telephones. Printer Parts The following illustrates the parts of your printer are referred to throughout this guide, so please take some time to become familiar with them. Front/Right-Side View...
  • Page 9 Tray 3 (optional 500-sheet lower feeder unit’s media tray) Tray 4 (optional 500-sheet lower feeder unit’s media tray) Misfeed-clearing lever Manual feed tray release lever 1-sheet manual feed tray Duplex unit door Duplex unit door release Getting Acquainted with Your Printer 31 32...

  • Page 10: Consumables And Accessories

    Media pickup roller (for tray 1) Media pickup roller (for tray 2-4) Media separator roller (for tray 1) Media separator roller (for tray 2-4) Americas only : Printer caster base (for use without printer cabinet) Printer cabinet (with built-in casters) Getting Acquainted with Your Printer...

  • Page 11: Antistatic Protection

    Antistatic Protection Attention It is extremely important to protect the printer from electrostatic damage while all operations are being performed. If you don’t have an antistatic wrist strap, discharge your body’s static electric charge by touching a grounded surface before performing any servicing operation.

  • Page 12: Unpacking The Printer

    Unpacking the Printer We strongly suggest that you save the packaging materials in case you ever need to move or ship the printer. Fold open the flaps at the top of the carton, and then remove the boxes containing the toner cartridges, print units, and accessories.
  • Page 13 For best output quality and longest consumables life, place the printer on a hard, flat, level, stable surface. Remove all tapes from the outside of the printer except the fuser protection tag.
  • Page 14 Remove the two pieces of tape and packing material Leave the mylar (plastic) sheet attached to the surface of the media-lifting plate. Close Tray 2. Attention Do not plug in the printer until told to do so. from the Setting up Your Printer...
  • Page 15 Do not touch the wire harness or connectors on the inside of the right-side door, shown in the illustration. Otherwise, the electronic parts of the printer may be damaged by static electricity from your body. Lower the two fuser levers...
  • Page 16 Intermezzo If the printer is not used (not turned on) for more than two weeks, lower the fuser levers , and then reattach the shipping brackets to the fuser unit. Move the two fuser levers back to their original positions...

  • Page 17: Installing The Print Units

    45° angle. Attention If the lock lever is opened too far, it may accidentally come off its shaft before you’re ready to remove it. Be careful not to drop the lever. Setting up Your Printer...
  • Page 18 Push the right end of the lock lever toward the printer to remove it from its shaft ( ), and then pull the lever toward you to remove it ( ). Remove the yellow print unit from its packaging. Hold the left and right ends of the new...
  • Page 19 Since the print unit is very sensitive to light, do not remove it from its protective bag until immediately before installation. Be sure to protect it from light and install it in the printer as soon as possible. Setting up Your Printer...
  • Page 20 10 cm (4 inches) into the compartment. Let go of the print unit handle, grab the knob, and then slowly slide the print unit as far as possible into the printer. Do not force the print unit. Repeat steps 5–13 to install the print units for the other colours in the order: magenta, cyan, and then black.
  • Page 21 Make sure that all four positioning pins on the print units enter the positioning holes in the frame of the printer. After the print units for the four colours are installed, attach the print units’ lock lever. Holding the lock lever with both...
  • Page 22 This printer is equipped with a lock lever installation indicator that partially covers the lock lever holder. The lock lever installation indicator that the lock lever holder is revealed when the end of the lock lever is inserted, indicating that the lock lever has been correctly installed.

  • Page 23: Installing The Toner Cartridges

    If toner gets in your eyes, immediately flush them with water, and then seek medical attention. For Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), visit printer.konicaminolta.net/support (click on “Answer Base”). Installing the Toner Cartridges Install the toner cartridges in the same colour sequence as the print units (from right to left: yellow, magenta, cyan, and black).
  • Page 24 Check the colour of the label on the printer, and then slowly and fully insert the toner cartridge of the same colour into the compartment. The arrow at the end of the toner cartridge indicates the direction to insert it.

  • Page 25: Loading Tray 1 (Universal Media Tray)

    Loading Tray 1 (Universal Media Tray) Tray 1 (the universal media tray) is used for all supported media types. Check printer.konicaminolta.net for currently approved media. To order approved transparency media, go to www.q-shop.com. For information about loading different types of media, refer to “Using Media”...
  • Page 26 Align the edges of the paper, and then load it into the tray with its print side up. Often, an arrow on the paper package label indicates the face-up (print) side. Do not load paper above the media limit mark. Setting up Your Printer...
  • Page 27 Attention Always adjust the media guides after inserting the media. Guides that are not properly adjusted can cause poor print quality, media jams, or printer damage. Close Tray 1. Affix the appropriate media size label. Setting up Your Printer...

  • Page 28: Loading Tray 2 (Standard Media Tray)

    Be careful not to touch the media pickup roller with your hands. If you touch the roller, wipe it with a dry cloth. Remove the long media guide, if necessary, and then reinstall it for the size of paper to be loaded. Setting up Your Printer...
  • Page 29 Attention Always adjust the media guide after inserting the media. A guide that is not properly adjusted can cause poor print quality, media jams, or printer damage. Close Tray 2. Affix the appropriate media size label. Setting up Your Printer...

  • Page 30: Output Tray

    Output Tray All media is output to the output tray on top of the printer. An OUTPUT FULL/ REMOVE MEDIA message appears in the message window when the face-down output tray has reached its capacity. Depending on the media type and the conditions of the operating environment, media may fall out of the output tray.

  • Page 31: Installing Accessories

    Attention Never turn off or unplug the printer while it is receiving data, printing, or performing its automatic adjustments while it is in the Energy Saver mode. Before turning off the printer, check that the printer is ‘IDLE’.

  • Page 32: About The Interface Panel

    Without DHCP—If you are not using DHCP, you may set the IP address in one of two ways: Use the KONICA MINOLTA installation software. Refer to the Soft- ware Utilities CD-ROM. Set the printer’s IP address manually. Refer to “Manually Selecting an Ethernet IP Address”...
  • Page 33 Windows—Use the CD-ROM AutoInstaller for the easiest installation. If you prefer to install a printer driver and utilities manually, refer to “Software Installation” in the User’s Guide, in PDF on the Documentation CD-ROM.

  • Page 34: Configuration Menu Overview

    (3) If a password has been set, the password must be entered in order to access this menu. For details on setting a password, refer to the Reference Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. (4) This menu is used by service personnel. READY magicolor 7300 MAIN MENU MAIN MENU QUALITY INTERFACE...

  • Page 35: About The Control Panel

    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. Five indicators (LEDs) provide printer status information.
  • Page 36 The printer requires the operator’s attention. (Accompanied by a status message in the message window.) The printer is in Sleep mode. In stand-by, light sleep or deep sleep mode, the indicator lights up. In deep sleep mode, the indicators and keys...

  • Page 37: Control Panel Keys

    5 above) About the Control Panel Function Press this key when the printer is in stand-by mode, light sleep mode or deep sleep mode to start warming up the printer and return it to normal mode. If the printer was in deep sleep mode, the printer also wakes up the control panel.
  • Page 38 Number Key Function Press this key to move up in the menu structure. If within a selectable menu choice that can be changed character by character, press this key to scroll upward through the available characters. While typing in characters (IP address) to specify settings, hold down this key to quickly scan through the characters in increments of a specified number of characters.

  • Page 39: Selecting A Message Window Language

    Selecting a Message Window Language When you receive your printer, the message window language is set to English. However, status messages and configuration menus can be displayed in the message window in English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

  • Page 40: Manually Selecting An Ethernet Ip Address

    Attention You should always notify your network’s administrator before changing the printer’s IP address. Turn on your printer. On the control panel, change the IP address of your printer Press Key (Until) Display Reads READY MAGICOLOR 7300 MAIN MENU...
  • Page 41 Verify the IP address by printing a configuration page. Press Key (Until) Display Reads PRINT MENU STATISTICS PAGE PRINT MENU CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION PROCESSING READY MAGICOLOR 7300 A configuration page prints. About the Control Panel READY MAGICOLOR 7300 READY MAGICOLOR 7300 MAIN MENU PRINT MENU...

  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Although your printer is designed to be highly reliable, it may occasionally experience a problem. The following table helps you to identify the cause of possible installation problems and suggests some solutions. For detailed troubleshooting information, refer to “Troubleshooting,” in the User’s Guide (in PDF on the Documentation CD-ROM).
  • Page 43 If you’ve followed all of the instructions and still have problems you can’t solve, refer to the User’s Guide for more detailed instructions. For information on how to contact the KONICA MINOLTA office closest to you, check: The Service & Support Guide in PDF on the Software Utilities and Documentation CD-ROMs.

  • Page 44: Accessories And Consumables

    Lower feeder unit Optional 500-sheet media trays (up to two may be added). Other accessories Check www.euro.konicaminolta.net for availability. (such as a printer cabinet) Consumables 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.

  • Page 45: Safety Information

    CAUTION: Keep out of reach of children Laser Safety This printer is a page printer which operates by means of a laser. There is no possibility of danger from the laser, provided the printer is operated according to the instructions in this manual.
  • Page 46 This is a semiconductor laser. The maximum power of the laser diode is 15 mW, and the wavelength is 770–800 nm. International Notices—Power Cord The following power cord requirements are in effect for your 220~240 V ±10% printer. Minimum: 0.75 mm Minimum: H05 VV - F The male plug is certified in the country in which the equipment is to be installed, and the female plug is an IEC 60320 connector.
  • Page 47 International Notices—Voltage Attention Norwegian users: This equipment is designed to operate within an IT power system where the line-to-line voltage does not exceed 240 V. For European Users Use of controls, adjustments, or performance other than CAUTION: those specified in this manual may result in hazardous radiation exposure This is a semiconductor laser.
  • Page 48 Ozone Release During printer operation, a small quantity of ozone is released. This amount is not large enough to harm anyone adversely. However, be sure the room where the printer is being used has adequate ventilation, especially if you are printing a high volume of materials, or if the machine is being used continuously over a long period.

  • Page 49: Warranty Considerations

    Read your printer warranty carefully. For information about your warranty, go to www.euro.konicaminolta.net. If KONICA MINOLTA printer failure or damage is found to be directly attributable to the use of non-KONICA MINOLTA approved consumables, print media, and/or accessories, KONICA MINOLTA will not repair the printer free of charge.

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