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  • Page 1 131f/190f User Manual (PCL) User Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Getting ready System Requirements (Local) .............1-3 Installation Local install: Windows USB port ..........2-3 2.1.1 For Windows 98SE and Me users..........2-5 2.1.2 For Windows 2000 professional users........2-7 2.1.3 For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users....2-9 2.1.4 For Windows Vista users ............2-11 2.1.5 Installing both PCL5e and PCL6 drivers ........2-13...
  • Page 4 3.3.3 Booklet..................3-10 3.3.4 Watermark ................3-10 Quality tab ................... 3-11 3.4.1 Toner Saving ................3-11 3.4.2 Resolution ................3-12 3.4.3 True Type Mode............... 3-12 3.4.4 Print Density................3-12 Device Option tab ............... 3-13 3.5.1 Using the device(s)..............3-13 Cancelling a print job Canceling on Windows ..............

  • Page 5: Getting Ready

    Getting ready...

  • Page 7: System Requirements (Local)

    Getting ready Getting ready System Requirements (Local) The following operating environment is required in order to use the printer driver. Item Requirements Operating System • Windows Vista Ultimate • Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition • Windows Vista Enterprise • Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition •...
  • Page 8 Getting ready 131f/190f PCL driver...

  • Page 9: Installation

    Installation...

  • Page 11: Local Install: Windows Usb Port

    For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista, you need to log on as an ad- ministrator. If you have previously installed the "KONICA MINOLTA 131f/190f PCL Printer/Scanner Driver", you will first have to uninstall it (see page 2-19). Turn on your computer, but do not connect your machine to the USB port yet.
  • Page 12 Installation Select the driver you want to install, then click [Next]. The current settings will be displayed. Confirm the contents, then click [Next] to start installing on your computer. Note For Windows Vista users: During the driver installation, the "Windows Security" dialog box will ap- pear two times.

  • Page 13: For Windows 98Se And Me Users

    Installation 2.1.1 For Windows 98SE and Me users Note Make sure that you followed the installation steps 1 to 11 described on page 2-3. Plug the USB cable to your machine and then connect it to your com- puter. Note Be sure to use a shielded USB cable.
  • Page 14 To activate the device option(s): Click [Start] % [Setting] % [Printers]. Right click the KONICA MINOLTA PCL icon, then click [Properties]. Click the [Device Option] tab. Select the device(s) installed on your machine. Click [OK], then close the printer properties.

  • Page 15: For Windows 2000 Professional Users

    Installation 2.1.2 For Windows 2000 professional users Note Make sure that you followed the installation steps 1 to 11 described on page 2-3. Plug the USB cable to your machine and then connect it to your com- puter. Note Be sure to use a shielded USB cable. Use of an unshielded cable may re- sult in radio interference.
  • Page 16 If your machine has device options, you must open the printer preferences and activate them. To activate the device option(s): Click [Start] % [Settings] % [Printers]. Right click the KONICA MINOLTA PCL icon, then click [Printing Prefer- ences...]. Click the [Device Option] tab. Select the device(s) installed on your machine.

  • Page 17: For Windows Xp And Windows Server 2003 Users

    Installation 2.1.3 For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users Note Make sure that you followed the installation steps 1 to 11 described on page 2-3. Plug the USB cable to your machine and then connect it to your com- puter.
  • Page 18 If your machine has device options, you must open the printing preferences and activate them. To activate the device option(s): Click [Start] % [Printers and Faxes]. Right click the KONICA MINOLTA PCL printer icon, then click [Printing Preferences...]. Click the [Device Option] tab. Select the device(s) installed on your machine.

  • Page 19: For Windows Vista Users

    Installation 2.1.4 For Windows Vista users Note Make sure that you followed the installation steps 1 to 11 on page 2-3. Plug the USB cable into your machine and then connect it to your com- puter. Note Be sure to use a shielded USB cable. Use of an unshielded cable may re- sult in radio interference.
  • Page 20 To activate the device option(s): Click [Start] % [Control Panel]. Click [Hardware and Sound]. Click [Printers]. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA PCL printer icon, then click [Printing Preferences...]. Click the [Device Option] tab. Select the device(s) installed on your machine. Click [OK] and close the printing preferences.

  • Page 21: Installing Both Pcl5E And Pcl6 Drivers

    Installation 2.1.5 Installing both PCL5e and PCL6 drivers If you want to install both drivers connecting with the USB interface, first fin- ish installation of one driver and then go to the other through "Add New Print- er Wizard". Note For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista, you need to log on as an ad- ministrator.
  • Page 22 Installation Note If the "User Account Control" window appears, click [Continue]. If the "Window Security" window appears, click [Install this driver software an- yway]. After installation finishes, the printer icon can be found on the "Print- ers" window. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users Click [Start] % [Printers and Faxes].
  • Page 23 Installation Follow the instructions that appear on the window until you can click [Finish]. Note When the Windows Logo testing window appears, click [Continue Any- way]. For Windows 2000 users Click [Start] % [Settings] % [Printers]. Double-click [Add Printer]. Click [Next]. Select "Local printer"...

  • Page 24: Local Install: Windows Parallel Port (Option)

    Installation For Windows 98SE/Me users Click [Start] % [Settings] % [Printers]. Double-click [Add Printer]. Click [Next]. Select "Local Printer" and click [Next]. Click [Have Disk]. Insert the supplied PCL printer driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, then click [Browse]. Browse to your choice of one of the following locations on the CD, and then click [OK].

  • Page 25: Parallel Port Connection

    2.2.2 Installing the driver Note If you have previously installed the "KONICA MINOLTA 131f/190f PCL Printer/Scanner Driver", you can update it by simply clicking the [Update] button on the maintenance window. Turn on your computer.

  • Page 26: Network Install: Tcp/Ip (Option)

    Duplex Unit is available only for 190f.) To activate the device option(s): Click [Start] % [Settings] % [Printers]. Right click the KONICA MINOLTA PCL printer icon, then click [Proper- ties] (Windows 98SE/Me), or [Document Defaults...] (Windows NT4.0). Click the [Device Option] tab.

  • Page 27: Uninstalling The Driver

    For Windows 98/98SE and Windows Me Select [Start], [Settings], [Control Panel], [Add/Remove Programs] and the [Install/Uninstall] tab. Select "KONICA MINOLTA 131f/190f PCL Printer/Scanner Driver" and click the [Add/Remove] button. Follow the instructions that appear on the window. For Windows 2000 Professional Select [Start], [Settings], [Control Panel] and [Add/Remove Programs] and [Change or Remove Programs] icon.
  • Page 28 Installation For Windows Vista Select [Start], [Control Panel], [Programs], [Programs and Features]. Select "KONICA MINOLTA 131f/190f PCL Printer/Scanner Driver" and click the [Uninstall] button. Follow the instructions that appear on the window. 2-20 131f/190f PCL driver...

  • Page 29: Configuring Printer Driver Settings

    Configuring printer driver settings...

  • Page 31: Open The Printer Properties

    Configuring printer driver settings Configuring printer driver settings Open the printer properties There are two ways to open the printer properties: From your application software From the printer folder Note * When you change the printer properties from application software, the settings will be available only for the current print job.

  • Page 32: From The Printer Folder

    Windows XP Home edition, click [Start] % [Control Panel] % [Print- ers and other Hardware] % [Printers and Faxes]. Right-click the KONICA MINOLTA PCL icon, and then click [Properties] (Windows 98SE/Me), [Document Defaults...] (Windows NT4.0), or [Printing Preferences] (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista).

  • Page 33: Zoom

    Configuring printer driver settings 3.2.1 Zoom You can zoom (Enlarging and scaling-down) data in the following 2 methods. Note "Zoom" settings are not available whenever the "Combine" setting on the "Page Layout" tab is anything besides "Off ". Fit to Paper Choose this option to scale your print job to any selected paper size regard- less of the logical document size.

  • Page 34: Paper Size

    Configuring printer driver settings 3.2.3 Paper Size Select the paper size from the drop list, which shows the paper supported in the printer driver’s current setting. Paper sizes shown on the drop list are constrained by the "Paper Source" and "Combine" settings. If you cannot find the objective size in the list, change the settings of paper source.

  • Page 35: Paper Source

    Configuring printer driver settings To add a custom paper size Click [Edit Custom]. Click [Add]. Enter the name that identifies your custom paper. You can enter up to 20 characters. Specifies the width and length of your custom paper size. Click [OK].

  • Page 36: Paper Type

    Configuring printer driver settings 3.2.5 Paper Type Select the paper type to be used for printing. If paper cassette is selected in the "Paper Source" box, the paper type setting cannot be changed. 3.2.6 Sort When you select "On" to enable Sort, multi-page job will be printed in collat- ed sets.

  • Page 37: Combine

    Configuring printer driver settings 3.3.2 Combine Configure how multiple pages of the document should be printed on a single sheet of paper. Select the number of document pages that should be printed on each sheet of paper. Selecting "Off " prints one document page per pa- per.

  • Page 38: Booklet

    Configuring printer driver settings 3.3.3 Booklet Note The "Booklet" function is available only for 190f with duplex unit. You can print several pages to form a booklet, when the paper is half center folded and overlapped. To set up this function, check the box for "Print on Both Side" and select "2- up"...

  • Page 39: Quality Tab

    Configuring printer driver settings To edit a watermark Select the applicable watermark name in the list. Then make any settings you want. To create a new watermark You can register up to 20 different watermarks in this dialogue. (The 11 types of watermark have already been registered.) Click [Add].

  • Page 40: Resolution

    Configuring printer driver settings 3.4.2 Resolution Select either "600 × 600 dpi" or "300 × 300 dpi" as the printing resolution. Note "600 × 600" provides better quality, but it also takes longer to print at this setting than at "300 × 300". 3.4.3 True Type Mode Automatic...

  • Page 41: Device Option Tab

    Configuring printer driver settings Device Option tab Click the device(s) installed in the machine. Note The duplex unit is available only for 190f. 3.5.1 Using the device(s) To activate the 2nd Paper Cassette and/or the Duplex Unit device(s), check the corresponding box in the "Device Option" window. 131f/190f PCL driver 3-13...
  • Page 42 Configuring printer driver settings 3-14 131f/190f PCL driver...

  • Page 43: Cancelling A Print Job

    Cancelling a print job...

  • Page 45: Canceling On Windows

    The following is an example in using Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Operation could vary depending on your Windows version. Click [Start] % [Printers and Faxes]. Double click "KONICA MINOLTA 131f/190f PCL6 (or PCL5e)". The print queue is displayed. Right-click a document name for which printing should be canceled.
  • Page 46 Cancelling a print job 131f/190f PCL driver...

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting...

  • Page 49: Error Messages

    Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Error Messages The table below describes the main error messages that may appear during PC print mode operations. Error Message What it means What to do Memory Overflow Press The machine received data Press [Stop] to cancel the printing Stop more than it can fit in memory.
  • Page 50 Troubleshooting 131f/190f PCL driver...

  • Page 51: Specifications

    Specifications...

  • Page 53: Printer

    Specifications Specifications Printer Specifications Print speed 13 pages/min for 131f, 19 pages/min for 190f. (using A4 paper from 1st cassette) Print resolution 600 dpi/300 dpi (Default: 600dpi) Color/Mono Monochrome Share with the machine. Interface • USB 2.0 (full speed), except for Windows NT 4.0 •...

  • Page 54: The Printable Area

    Specifications Do not use envelopes with double flaps or pressure seals as these do ot feed properly. If using a transparency (OHP) film, be sure that the film does not have a paper backing and/or a leading strip. If it does, remove the paper back- ing and/or strip before loading.
  • Page 55 Getting ready System Requirements (Local)............1-3 Installation Local install: Windows USB port ..........2-3 2.1.1 For Windows 98SE and Me users..........2-5 2.1.2 For Windows 2000 professional users........2-7 2.1.3 For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users....2-9 2.1.4 For Windows Vista users ............2-11 2.1.5 Installing both PCL5e and PCL6 drivers ........2-13 Local install: Windows Parallel port (option)......2-16...
  • Page 56 3.3.3 Booklet..................3-10 3.3.4 Watermark ................3-10 Quality tab ................... 3-11 3.4.1 Toner Saving ................3-11 3.4.2 Resolution ................3-12 3.4.3 True Type Mode............... 3-12 3.4.4 Print Density................3-12 Device Option tab ............... 3-13 3.5.1 Using the device(s)..............3-13 Cancelling a print job Canceling on Windows ..............

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