Loading Paper... 10 Connecting the Power Cord ... 13 Turning the Power On/Off ... 13 Printing a Test Page ... 14 Connecting the Printer to the Computer (Local Connection) ... 16 Installing the Printer Driver ... 17 Printer Menus... 19 Troubleshooting... 23...
Take the items and accessories shown above out of the carton. Note After unpacking, keep all packing materials out of the reach of children. Remove the plastic bag and peel off the shipping tape from the printer. 1. Printer 2. Accessories 3.
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Pull out Tray 1 and remove the cushion from Tray 1. Close Tray 1. Pull out Tray 2 and remove the cushion from Tray 2. Close Tray 2. Step 1...
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Step 1 Pull the side cover release lever and open the side cover. Peel off the protective sheet from the image transfer roller. Close the side cover.
Printer Parts Control panel Power switch Tray 1 (multipurpose tray) Tray 2 (500-sheet tray) Imaging cartridge Reference 1 Side cover Side cover release lever Paper size selection dial Parallel inter- face connector Power cord socket...
2500 sheet tray, 5-bin mail-bin, 10-bin mail-bin (including the horizontal transport unit and upper attachment), SIMM and NIC (Network Interface Card) are all available options for your printer. For more information, please refer to the User’s Manual. Reference 2...
Message indicator On Line indicator On Line key Proceed key Tray1 Paper key Indicator Lights There are three indicator lights that the printer uses to alert you to the following situations: Indicator On Line The printer is ready to receive data.
Shift key to cancel a job that is currently being pro- cessed and to clear the data for a job from the printer’s memory. A job can only be cancelled by using the Enter/Job Cancel key in combination with...
Installing the Imaging Cartridge Pull the side cover release lever and open the side cover. Carefully remove the packing tape that is adhered to the grips by pulling from the bottom up. Take the imaging cartridge out of the carton. Holding it with both hands, shake it left and right, forward and back.
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Align the green guides on the imaging cartridge with the slot bearing the green seal located inside of the printer. Insert the imaging cartridge as far as it will go inside of the printer. Close the side cover. Step 2...
Loading Paper Loading Paper onto Tray1 Slide open Tray 1. Adjust the green clip to the appropriate paper size by squeezing its sides and sliding it through the runner at the bottom of the tray. Press down on the paper lifting plate located inside of tray 1 until it clicks into place.
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Load the proper size of paper within the guides. The stack of paper that is loaded onto the tray should not exceed the maximum level indicator (see illustration). Note • Before setting the paper size, set the media type for Tray 1 through the Tray 1 Paper Mode on the control panel.
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If necessary, adjust the paper braces to the size of the paper to be loaded. Use a phillip’s screwdriver to remove the braces from the tray. Be sure to secure the braces into their new position using the screwdriver before pro- ceeding to step 4.
O (Off) position. Turning the Power On/Off Turning the power OFF Press the power switch to the O (Off) position to turn the printer off. Note DO NOT turn the power OFF while: • printing •...
Printing a Test Page Turn the printer on. Make sure that Letter-size paper is loaded into the printer’s feeding tray. Make sure that the READY mes- sage is shown on the LCD display. Press the Menu key repeatedly until the TEST MENU is found.
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. Step 7...
2. Turn on your computer and start up Windows 95/98. 3. At the Update Device Driver Wizard or Add New Hardware Wizard dia- log box, make sure your printer name is displayed and click the Next but- ton. (If the Update Device Driver Wizard or Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box does not appear, see “Auto Run”.)
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Follow the instructions below for installing the printer driver under Windows 95. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen in order to install the printer driver under Windows 98. 4. Insert the Minolta PageWorks 25 Printer Drivers CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
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Installing from CD-ROM (Auto Run) 1. Turn on your computer and start up Windows NT 4.0. 2. Insert the Minolta PageWorks 25 Printer Drivers CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. For this example, we will assume that the CD- ROM is located in drive D.
Printer Menus Menu Operations Make sure that READY is shown on the LCD display and that the On Line indicator is lit. Data Press the On Line key on the control panel. The OFF LINE message appears and On Line indicator goes out.
Press the Enter key to store the changed settings. Then, press the On Line key to complete the setting procedure of the MENU utilities and take the printer to the ready status. Data Message On Line...
List of Menu Utilities TRAY1 PAPER key MENU TRAY1 PAPER MENU MENU key MENU PRINT MENU PCL MENU SYSTEM MENU ITEM TRAY1 MEDIA TYPE TRAY1 PAPER SIZE ITEM COPIES PAPER SIZE PAPER SOURCE ORIENTATION DUPLEX FINE-ART TONER SAVE FONT SOURCE FONT NUMBER PITCH POINT...
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MENU PARALLEL MENU BI-DIRECTION IO TIMEOUT NETWORK TCP/IP MENU IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK DEFAULT GATEWAY NETWARE NETWARE FRAME APPLE TALK IO TIMEOUT MAINTENANCE DISPLAY LANGUAGE MENU FACTORY DEFAULT HARD DRIVE TRANSFER LIFE ADJUST MENU TONER DENSITY TOP OFFSET TRAY1 LEFTOFFSET TRAY2 LEFTOFFSET TRAY3 LEFTOFFSET TRAY4 LEFTOFFSET...
Inside the printer Paper input misfeed (from Tray 2) Caution • The fusing unit inside the printer can become very hot during operation. Do not touch the area to avoid injury. • Be careful to avoid touching the image transfer roller.
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• 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” section of the User’s Manual.
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