Konica Minolta bizhub C220 System Administrator Manual

Konica Minolta bizhub C220 System Administrator Manual

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Version 1.2 Date 8/21/10

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  • Page 1 universal printer driver system administrator’s guide Version 1.2 Date 8/21/10...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ....... . . 21 Adding New KONICA MINOLTA MFPs to Your Installation .
  • Page 4 2008, and Windows 7 are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. The information in this document applies to the following versions of the KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Drivers: • KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL Version 1.10.1.0 • KONICA MINOLTA Universal PS Version 1.10.0.0...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    FEwEr printEr icons With a KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver, you do not need to create a large number of printer icons. This eliminates several issues, such has cluttering your computer with many seldom-used icons, and having to guess which printer to select every time you print something.
  • Page 6 Figure 1-1-2 Example of Selecting Printer by Printer Status printing immEdiatEly whilE away From thE oFFicE Once you have installed KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver, you can print right away while you are away from the office without installing a new printer driver or setting the printer's IP address.
  • Page 7 Introduction Features • Print to KONICA MINOLTA devices as well as third-party devices (see 2.4 Third- Party Product Compatibility for details). • Use many KONICA MINOLTA devices with nearly the same windows and functionality as a normal driver (see 2.3 Supported Models for details).
  • Page 8: Software Description

    Software Description 2.1 systEm rEquirEmEnts KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver supports the following OS versions. NOTE: We will end support for Windows 2000 Professional on March 31, 2011, due to end of support for Windows 2000 by Microsoft. Please contact your local customer support or dealer for more information.
  • Page 9: Upd Components

    Software Description 2.2 upd componEnts KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver consists of four main types of component: UPD Core, Child Driver Core, the Device Selector and child drivers. UPD Core is the core module of UPD, and provides functionality used internally throughout UPD.
  • Page 10: Supported Models

    Software Description 2.3 supportEd modEls The table below lists the KONICA MINOLTA devices supported by each of the Universal Printer Drivers. Table 2-3-1 KONICA MINOLTA products supported by Universal Printer Driver KONICA MINOLTA Common Child Drivers (*2) Individual Common Child Drivers (*1)
  • Page 11 Software Description Table 2-3-2 Differences between Individual Child Drivers and Production Version Drivers Model Target Differences from Production Version Drivers Common to All Models PCL/PS Printing [Favorite Setting] presetting is not supported. Upon start of use of UPD, Preferences [Favorite Setting] item is [Default Setting] only. PCL/PS General When using Point &...
  • Page 12: Third-Party Product Compatibility

    PDL Support KONICA MINOLTA models  Color B&W Others Color B&W Unknown Printing to Third-party Devices If a third-party device is selected, the "Common PCL/PS" driver is loaded, enabling print data to be sent. Konica Minolta cannot, however, guarantee the print results.
  • Page 13 Software Description Table 2-4-2 Common PCL / PS Driver functions COMMON PCL Common PS Remarks PCL XL PROTOCOL 2.1 PS LEVEL 3 Job Tab Favorite Setting Default Setting Default Setting User Settings User Settings Original Orientation Portrait Portrait Landscape Landscape Original Size Letter Letter...
  • Page 14 Software Description Table 2-4-2 Common PCL / PS Driver functions COMMON PCL Common PS Remarks PCL XL PROTOCOL 2.1 PS LEVEL 3 Paper Size Same as Original Size Same as Original Size Letter Letter (8.5x11 in) Legal Legal (8.5x14 in) Executive Executive (7.25x10.5 in)
  • Page 15 Display paper set in Print Server Properties Supported PDL Protocols • KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL: PCLXL Protocol 2.1 • KONICA MINOLTA Universal PS: Postscript Level 3 Even if PDL is shown as supported, printing may not be possible if the output device's...
  • Page 16: Install And Uninstall Of The Upd

    Install and Uninstall of the UPD 3.1 install and uninstall KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver includes an installer and uninstaller, which let you easily install and uninstall the software. You can also perform these actions manually, without using the installer or uninstaller.
  • Page 17 Figure 3-1-2 Installation Details Confirmation Dialog Box note: If KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver has already been installed on your computer, the dialog box below will appear in place of the one above. If you click OK, the uninstallation dialog box will start, enabling you to delete the existing driver (see steps 2 and later in Uninstallation, below).
  • Page 18 Install and Uninstall of the UPD 4. The installer runs. Figure 3-1-4 Installing Dialog Box 5. When the dialog box below appears, installation is complete. Click OK to close the dialog box. Figure 3-1-5 Installation Completed Dialog Box...
  • Page 19 [KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)] • Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 Run [Start] menu -> [All Programs] -> [KONICA MINOLTA] -> [Universal PCL(PS)] -> [Uninstall Printer Driver] Select [Control Panel] -> [Add/Remove Programs] -> [KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)] and click Delete...
  • Page 20 Install and Uninstall of the UPD 2. The Uninstallation Details Confirmation dialog box appears. Click OK. Figure 3-1-6 Uninstallation Details Confirmation Dialog Box 3. The uninstallation process runs. Figure 3-1-7 Uninstalling Dialog Box...
  • Page 21 Install and Uninstall of the UPD 4. After the process ends, click OK. Figure 3-1-8 Uninstallation Complete Dialog Box 5. If there is no problems restarting your computer, click Yes. Your computer will restart to complete the uninstallation. Figure 3-1-9 Restart Confirmation Dialog Box (1) note: If you launched the uninstallation dialog via Figure 3-1-3 Reinstallation Message Box, the message shown below will appear in place of the one above.
  • Page 22 If you installed UPD manually, you must uninstall it manually by following the procedure below. 1. From the Printers folder, delete the "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)" printer icon. If you created any printer icons in Traditional Mode (See section 4.3), delete all those icons as well.
  • Page 23: Use Point & Print

    Install and Uninstall of the UPD 3.2 usE point & print You can share using Point & Print with KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver. Follow the steps below to print using Point & Print. 1. Install UPD on your server, and then create a printer icon in Traditional Mode. (See section 4.3 for details.)
  • Page 24 5. After the deletion is complete, click OK to close the dialog. Method 2: Deleting manually 1. On the client PC, open the Printers folder. 2. Delete all shared UPD printer icons. 3. From the "Print Server Properties" dialog box, on the "Drivers" tab, delete "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)".
  • Page 25: Individual Child Driver Updates

    UPD version, by using the following common child drivers included in UPD. Types of common child drivers • KONICA MINOLTA magicolor Series • KONICA MINOLTA pagepro Series (same configurable features as magicolor Series) • KONICA MINOLTA bizhub Series •...
  • Page 26: Adding New Konica Minolta Mfps To Your Installation

    You can use an update package to add new child drivers without uninstalling the UPD version you are currently using, or without deleting your printer icons created using UPD. Update packages are available from the KONICA MINOLTA website in the same way as other printer drivers.
  • Page 27 Install and Uninstall of the UPD Updating UPD Note: The actual appearance of the update tool may differ slightly from the screen captures shown below. 1. After making sure that the UPD dialog box is not open, run the file "UPDUpdate.exe" inside the update package.
  • Page 28 Install and Uninstall of the UPD 4. The update starts. Figure 3-4-3 Updating Dialog Box 5. After the processing is complete, the window in Figure 3-4-4 will appear if a restart is required. If it is not, the window in Figure 3-4-5 will appear. Clicking OK here will close this window, but if a restart is required, you must then select a restart method in the window in Figure 3-4-4.
  • Page 29 Install and Uninstall of the UPD Figure 3-4-4 Update Complete Dialog Box 1 Figure 3-4-5 Update Complete Dialog Box 2...
  • Page 30: Using The Universal Print Driver

    1. From the Windows Printers folder, delete the Traditional Mode printer icon of the printer you want to update. 2. In the Windows Printers folder, right click on the "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)" icon, and select Print Setup. 3. The KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver Device Selector opens.
  • Page 31 Use Network Search to search for devices on the network, and select one of the matching devices that are found. The procedure for using Network Search is as follows. 1. From the Windows Printers folder, right click on the "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)" icon, and select Print Setup.
  • Page 32 Using the Universal Print Driver notes: • Click Refresh at the bottom of the Device Selector dialog box to perform the search again. • Click Search Settings at the bottom of the Device Selector dialog box to open an advanced search settings dialog box. See Search Settings, below, for details. 5.
  • Page 33 Using the Universal Print Driver The following information is displayed for each device. Table 4-2-1 Details about Devices in the Network Search View Column Name Description Device Name This shows the printer-type icon and the name of the device. See Table 2-4-1 Printer Type Icons for information about the printer-type icons.
  • Page 34 Use Manual Connection to select the printer device and child driver manually. The procedure is as follows. 1. From the Windows Printers folder, right click on the "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)" icon, and select Print Setup. 2. The KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver Device Selector opens.
  • Page 35 Using the Universal Print Driver 3. Select "Manual Connection" from the pull-down list at the top of the Device Selector dialog box. Figure 4-2-6 Example of Manual Connection View 4. Select the child driver to use from the list on the left of the dialog box. 5.
  • Page 36 You can connect to a device you have connected based on your history information. The procedure is as follows. 1. From the Windows Printers folder, right click on the "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL(PS)" icon, and select Print Setup. 2. The KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver Device Selector opens.
  • Page 37 Status(Number of Jobs Waiting) This shows the device status and job-queue congestion as an icon and text. The display of the job queue status is only supported for KONICA MINOLTA devices. See Status Icon Specification, below, for details. Memo This shows the text you entered in Figure 4-2-8 History Edit Dialog Box.
  • Page 38 Using the Universal Print Driver • Delete function You can delete devices from the list on the History dialog box by the two methods shown below. > Select the device, and click Delete at the bottom of the dialog box. >...
  • Page 39 Using the Universal Print Driver Filtering Devices You can specify parameters to filter devices on the Network Search and History views. Click Details at the lower right of the dialog box to display the Advanced Search Settings area, and specify your filter parameters. Figure 4-2-10 Example of Expanded View Details of the filter parameters that you can specify are described below.
  • Page 40 Using the Universal Print Driver Search Settings When using "Network Search", you can set detailed search parameters in the "Search Settings" dialog box shown below. Figure 4-2-11 Search Settings Dialog Box The settings and their descriptions are described below. Table 4-2-4 Details about Devices in the History View Parameter Description IP Version...
  • Page 41 Using the Universal Print Driver notE: If you specify a subnet other than that of the PC/server on which UPD is installed under "Subnet Settings," then a Broadcast request may not be able to pass through the router, depending on the router's configuration. If this happens, you can perform the search by changing the "Search Method"...
  • Page 42 Description When selecting this Universal Printer Driver from an application, When KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver is started with it will be connected to the printer last used. The Device selection this checkbox is selected, the last child driver to be used will be dialog will not be displayed.
  • Page 43: Using Traditional Mode

    First, a user with Administrator privileges creates a printer icon. The procedure is as follows. 1. Open the Print Setup dialog box from "KONICA MINOLTA Universal PCL (PS)" in the Printers folder, o, and launch the Device Selector. 2. Using either History, Network Search, or Manual Connection, select the device for which you want to create an icon.
  • Page 44 Using the Universal Print Driver 4. The Create Printer Icon dialog box appears. Enter the name of the printer icon in the "Printer Icon Name" textbox, select the "Set as Default Printer" if you want to use this as the default printer, and then click Add. •...
  • Page 45 Using the Universal Print Driver 8. Check that the printer icon you created is added to the Printers folder. Figure 4-3-4 Example of Created Printer Icons notE: If you started UPD from a Server operating system's MMC (Microsoft Management Console), then Create Printer Icon will be disabled, and it will be impossible to create printer icons.
  • Page 46 Using the Universal Print Driver Printing in Traditional Mode After you have created a printer icon, you can use it to print in the same way as when using a conventional printer driver. Unlike the case of Dynamic Mode, restricted users can print in Traditional Mode.
  • Page 47: Upd Versions

    Using the Universal Print Driver 4.4 upd vErsions This section describes the details of the KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver version, and how to check it. UPD includes a version for UPD as a whole, as well as information about individual versions, including UPD's internal modules, Device Selector, and the child drivers.
  • Page 48 Using the Universal Print Driver The following version information can be checked from Figure 4-4-1 Version Information Dialog Box. Table 4-4-1 Version Information Dialog Box Items Parameter Description Version This shows the overall UPD version. Even when one internal UPD module is changed, the version number is incremented. The version is also incremented after an update using the update tool.
  • Page 49 Using the Universal Print Driver The following version information can be checked in the above dialog box. Table 4-4-2 Items of Check Driver Version Dialog Box Parameter Description Version The version of the child driver. Each child driver has an independent version.
  • Page 50: Frequently Asked Questions

    "PDL Support - No -" icon do not support it. Figure 5-3-1 Example of Printer Type Icon Page View 5.4 can i usE mytab Function? If MyTab is available from the individual driver for that Konica Minolta device, then it is also available from UPD.
  • Page 51: User Profile Size Of Windows System Expanded After Installing Upd

    5.7 is thE windows 7 dEvicE stagE supportEd? No, support is not available. If you access the KONICA MINOLTA Universal Printer Driver icon from the Devices and Printers window of Windows 7, the spooler window will open instead of the Device Stage window.
  • Page 52 ©2010 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Konica Minolta is a trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. 100 Williams Drive Ramsey, NJ 07446 www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com...

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