Thank You Thank you for purchasing a KONICA MINOLTA printer. You have made an excellent choice. Trademarks KONICA MINOLTA and the KONICA MINOLTA logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. PagePro is a trademark or registered trademark of KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Crown and CrownView are trademarks or registered trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
Contents Getting Acquainted with Your Printer ..............1 PagePro 9100 Features Space Requirements Locate your Printer... Printer Parts Documentation Set ....................4 Setting up Your Printer ..................5 Shipment Contents Unpacking the Printer Installing the Toner Cartridge Installing the Exhaust Filter...
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Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet Submenu for Networking About the Control Panel ..................21 Control Panel Indicators Control Panel Keys Menu, Select, Previous, and Next Keys Selecting a Message Window Language Manually Selecting an Ethernet IP Address About the Interface Panel ...................26 Troubleshooting ....................26 Solving Installation Problems Accessories and Consumables .................28 Accessories...
Getting Acquainted with Your Printer PagePro 9100 Features Features Media Size Speed Speed Simplex Duplex Print Speed Letter/A4 Up to 35 Up to 26 (pages per minute [ppm]) Ledger/A3 Up to 19 Up to 13 Envelopes 14.5 Postcards 26.6 SDRAM...
Locate your Printer... With these characteristics... But away from... On a hard, flat, stable, level (±1° or Direct sunlight. Heating and cooling less slant at any point around the sources, extreme temperature or machine) surface. humidity changes, wind, and dust. Open flames or items that easily burn.
Printer Parts The following drawings illustrate the parts of your printer referred to through- out this guide, so please take some time to become familiar with them. Front View 1—Top cover release lever 2—Output tray extension 3—Control panel 4—Power switch 5—Ventilation grilles 6—Media guide 7—Multipurpose tray (open)
Documentation Set If you’re using the Acrobat PDF version of this guide, click this icon to play a QuickTime video clip of the procedure described in the text. Acrobat Reader and a download link to QuickTime are provided on both CD-ROMs. Manual Description Location...
Setting up Your Printer WARNING! Your printer weighs approximately 61.7 lbs (28 kg) without the consumables and accessories. Be sure to have help when lifting and moving it. Shipment Contents Printer (with 500-sheet standard upper media tray, 200-sheet multipurpose tray) Toner cartridge Power cord Two CD-ROMs (Software Utilities and...
Remove the tape from the printer. Attention Do not plug in the power cord until told to do so. Installing the Toner Cartridge The toner cartridge contains the OPC (Organic Photo Conductor) and toner that form the image that is developed and transferred to the media.
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Attention Never touch the copper or brass electrodes or electrical parts that are located inside the top cover and under- neath the toner cartridge, as a printer malfunction can result. Be careful not to touch around the image transfer roller (touching certain parts in this area may result in reduced print quality) or around the fusing unit (since the inside reaches temperatures of about 392 °F (200 °C), touching any part in...
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Attention Hold the toner cartridge by its handle . Do not open the protective cover of the OPC (the green area ) or allow anything to come in contact with the OPC. It is extremely sensitive to hand oils and scratches, both of which reduce print quality.
Close the top cover, pushing it down until it locks into place. Attention Do not transport the printer with the toner cartridge installed. If toner spills within the printer, decreased print quality may result or the printer may be damaged. WARNING! The toner cartridge should not be opened under any circumstances.
Loading the Upper Media Tray For information about approved media, refer to chapter 2, “Using Media,” in the User’s Guide. Pull out the upper media tray until it stops. While pressing the release buttons (one on each side of the media tray), remove the tray Remove the media tray cover.
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Position the media retainer for the size of the media to be loaded. The media size is detected depending on the position of the media retainer. Lift up the gray lever on the right end of the media retainer, and then slide the media retainer to the right Lift up on the left end of the media retainer...
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Fan a stack of approximately 500 sheets of paper. Align the four edges of the Short Edge Feed Long Edge Feed media, and then load it with the printing-side up. Often, an arrow on the media package label indicates the printing-side of the media.
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Install the media tray cover. Insert the media tray as far as possible into the printer. It should snap into place. Attach the appropriate media-size label to the the media tray. Media-size labels are supplied with this printer. When printing on media larger than B4, open the output tray extension.
Loading the Multipurpose Tray For information about approved media and about loading different types of media, refer to chapter 2, “Using Media,” in the User’s Guide. The multipurpose tray is used for all media types, especially envelopes, labels, Japanese-sized postcards, thick stock, and transparencies. Check printer.konicaminolta.net/support (click on Answer Base) for currently approved media.
While pressing the button on the right side of the media guide slide the media guide to adjust it Attention The media should fit easily between the guides. Improperly adjusted guides may cause poor print quality, media jams, or printer damage. Slide the media as far as possible into the feed slot.
Plugging in/Turning on the Printer Make sure the printer is turned off. Plug the printer power cord into the printer and into a dedicated, grounded, surge-protected electrical outlet. In compliance with UL guidelines, “The appliance inlet is considered to be the main disconnect device.”...
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 User’s Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. Set the printer’s IP address manually. Refer to “Manually Selecting an Ethernet IP Address”...
Configuration Menu Overview The printer’s configuration menu allows you to customize the printer settings for your printing environment. In normal situations, you should not have to perform any configuration other than that indicated in this manual. The three main configuration menus are shown below. Security Menu Configuration Security...
Administration Menu Configuration Administration Security Operator Control Timeouts Parallel Communications Optional NIC (see page 21) ESP Default HP-GL PostScript LinePrinter Emulations PCL 5e Header Inputbin Print Status Trailer Inputbin Header Page Special Pages Calibration Page Trailer Page Status Page Type Do Start Page Do Error Handler Startup Options...
Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/ CrownNet Submenu for Networking Configuration Administration Communications Optional NIC Mode Emulation Min K Spool Def Job Prio PS Protocol CrownNet Common EtherTalk LAN Manager NetWare TCP/IP Note: For menu details and printer configuration information, refer to the Crown Books in PDF on the Documentation CD-ROM.
Control Panel Indicators Indicator The printer is The printer is on and ready to receive data. not ready. No problem The printer requires operator attention (see the status message in the message window). The printer is The printer is receiving or processing data not receiving through one or more of its interfaces (usually data.
Function Use the Status ? Page key to print status pages. At the PRINT STATUS/YES message on the control panel, press the Select key. Menu, Select, Previous, and Next Keys Before using any of these printer configuration keys, press the Online key to take the printer off line.
Press Key (Until) Display Reads Online IDLE (and Online LED is off) Menu CONFIGURATION OPERATOR CONTROL Next CONFIGURATION ADMINISTRATION Select ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATIONS Previous ADMINISTRATION MISCELLANEOUS Select MISCELLANEOUS SAVE DEFAULTS Previous MISCELLANEOUS KEYPAD LANGUAGE Select KEYPAD LANGUAGE *ENGLISH Next/Previous Press the Next or Previous key until the language required is displayed.
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Turn on your printer. On the control panel, change the IP address of your printer: Press Key (Until) Display Reads Online IDLE (and the Online LED is off) Menu CONFIGURATION OPERATOR CONTROL Next CONFIGURATION ADMINISTRATION Select ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATIONS Select COMMUNICATIONS TIMEOUTS Previous COMMUNICATIONS...
About the Interface Panel The interface panel is located on the back of the printer. Ethernet Port Use a twisted-pair (RJ45) Ethernet cable, when connecting the Ethernet port on the printer to a 10BaseT/100BaseTX network connection. Parallel Port Use a Centronics IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel cable, when connecting the parallel port on the printer to the parallel port on your computer.
Solving Installation Problems Symptom Cause Solution No lights or There is no power Make sure there is power supplied to messages supply to the AC outlet. the AC outlet. appear on The power cord is not Turn the printer off, plug in the power the control plugged securely into cord securely, and then turn the...
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 more infor- mation on how to contact the KONICA MINOLTA office closest to you, check: The Service & Support Guide in PDF on the Documentation CD-ROM.
Description Remark(s) Dual In-Line Memory Modules Additional memory must be 32, 64, 128, or (DIMMs) 256 MB, PC-100 Compliant SDRAM DIMMs, up to a printer maximum of 512 MB. Duplex Option Only plain paper, 16–24 lb (60–90 g/m can be autoduplexed. Internal IDE Hard Disk Drive Maximum 2.2 GB Kanji Font Internal IDE Hard...
Regulatory and Safety Information Regulatory Compliance CE Marking and International (EU) Immunity IEC 61000-4-2 Requirements (EU) IEC 61000-4-3 Radiated Susceptibility IEC 61000-4-4 Fast Transients IEC 61000-4-5 Surge Immunity IEC 61000-4-6 Immunity to Conducted Disturbance IEC 61000-4-8 Magnetic Field Immunity IEC 61000-4-11 Voltage Dips and Variations cTick Mark ACA (Australia)
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CE Marking (Declaration of Conformity) For European Users This product complies with the following EU directives: 89/336/EEC, 73/23/EEC, and 93/68/EEC directives. This declaration is valid for the areas of the European Union (EU) only. This devise must be used with a shielded parallel interface cable and shielded USB interface cable.
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Interference-causing Equipment Standard (ICES-003 ISSUE 3) For Canada Users This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Electro-Magnetic Interference For All Users (Except for American and Canadian Users) WARNING! This is a Class A product.
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Internal Laser Radiation 37 µW at laser aperture of the mirror unit Maximum Average Radiant Power Wavelength 775–795 nm This product employs a Class IIIb Laser Diode that has an invisible laser beam. The Laser Diode and Scanning Polygon Mirror are incorporated in the toner cartridge. The print head (in the interior of the printer in front of the toner cartridge) consists of the print head unit and the mirror unit.
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For United States Users—CDRH Regulations This printer is certified as a Class I laser product under the Regulation Performance Standard according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1990. Compliance is mandatory for laser products marketed in the United States, and is reported to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S.
For information about your warranty, go to printer.konicaminolta.net/support, then click on Answer Base. If KONICA MINOLTA printer failure or damage is found to be directly attribut- able 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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Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. Consumables Use of consumables not manufactured or supported by KONICA MINOLTA. Any damage to the printer or quality problems caused by a refilled toner cartridge use. Toner Cartridge Any damage resulting from mishandling the toner cartridge (including its OPC) or the transfer roller.
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