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Minolta PageWorks Pro 18N Quick Manual

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  • Page 1 PageWorks 18N...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Setting-up Tray 2 ... 7 Loading Paper... 10 Connecting the Power Cord ... 11 Turning the Power On/Off ... 11 Printing a Configuration Page... 12 Connecting the Printer to the Computer (Local Connection) ... 13 Installing the Printer Driver ... 14 Troubleshooting ... 18...

  • Page 3: Step 1 Unpacking The Printer

    Before operating your printer, read the Set-Up Instructions carefully from cover to cover. Use this guide for reference. Take the items and accessories shown above out of the carton. Remove the plastic bag and peel off the shipping tape from the printer. 1. Face-down tray 2. Printer 3.

  • Page 4: Step

    Pull out the plastic-lead strip from the paper feed inlet. Remove the tape strip from the back of the printer. Step 1...

  • Page 5: Reference 1

    Printer Parts Second paper cassette unit Top cover release button Power switch Network interface card (NIC) Control panel Face-down tray Paper size guide Manual feed tray Tray cover Cassette cover Tray 2 (500-sheet second cassette) Parallel interface connector Power cord socket...

  • Page 6: Reference 2

    Control Panel The control panel has three indicator lights and one button. Printer is ready. The printer is waiting for paper to be loaded manually. Paper misfeed. Clear the paper misfeed to continue printing. READY indicator (green) PAPER indicator (amber)

  • Page 7: Step 2 Attaching The Face-Down Tray

    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.

  • Page 8: Step

    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). Attach the tray cover onto Tray 1. Step 2...

  • Page 9: Step 3 Setting-Up Tray 2

    (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. Remove the second paper cas- sette unit and Tray 2 from their packaging, including the protec- tive tape used to hold the various components in place.

  • Page 10: Step

    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. Press down on the paper lifting plate located inside of Tray 2 until it locks.

  • Page 11: Step

    • 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.

  • Page 12: Step 4 Loading Paper

    Loading Paper Remove the tray cover from Tray 1. Open all three paper size guides. Replace the tray cover onto Tray 1. Place the paper stack onto the tray, print-side up. Secure the stack by adjusting the paper size guides. Step 4...

  • Page 13: Step 5 Connecting The Power Cord

    Note DO NOT turn the power OFF while: • printing • the printer is receiving the data from the computer (the indicator on the con- trol panel is blinking) Connect one end of the power cord that comes with the printer to the power cord socket.

  • Page 14: Printing A Configuration Page

    Printing a Configuration Page Turn the printer on. 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. Briefly press the panel button to start printing the Configuration Page.

  • Page 15: Step 8 Connecting The Printer To The

    Connecting the Printer to the Computer (Local Connection) Make sure that the printer and the computer you are connecting it to are both turned off. 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.

  • Page 16: Installing The Printer Driver

    If the screen does not appear, double-click In- stall.exe from the CD-ROM. • The printer driver must be installed using the CD-ROM’s installer. Do not use the Add Printer wizard from the Printers folder. Installation through the Add Printer wizard will prevent the printer from performing properly.
  • Page 17 If the screen does not appear, double-click Install.exe from the CD-ROM. • The printer driver must be installed using the CD-ROM’s installer. Do not use the Add Printer wizard from the Printers folder. After installing the printer driver, the Minolta PageWorks/Pro 18 printer icon appears in the Printers folder.
  • Page 18 Printers box in the Printers dialog. After installing the UniTool Driver, re- install the driver for the PageWorks/Pro 18. 10. Click the Set As Default Printer button so that this printer is selected whenever you begin using your Windows software.

  • Page 19: Installing Dos Printing Utilities

    MS-DOS Installing DOS Printing Utilities 1. Connect your printer to the parallel port of your computer. 2. Turn on your computer and start up DOS. 3. Turn on your printer and make sure it is online. 4. Insert the Printer Driver CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 20: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Clearing a Paper Misfeed Remove the misfed sheet of paper by pulling it in the direction indi- cated by the arrow. Face-down tray Tray 1 Tray 2 Reference 3 Manual feed tray...

  • Page 21: Clearing A Paper Misfeed

    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...

  • Page 22: Solving Print Quality Problems

    • 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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  • Page 26 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 4110-7742-01 1999.

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