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    Step 1 Unpac king the Printer ..................... 1 Reference 1 Printer P arts ..................................... 3 Reference 2 Contr ol P anel ................................... 4 Step 2 Attaching the F ace-Do wn T ra y and T ray 1 ......................................... 5 Step 3 Loading P aper .................................. 7 Step 4 C[...]

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    1 Before operating y our printer , read the Set-Up Instructions carefully fr om cover to co ver . Use this guide for ref erence. 1. T ake the items and accessories shown abo ve out of the car ton. 2. Remov e the plastic bag and peel off the shipping tape from the pr inter . Unpac king the Printer Step 1 1 2 3 4 1. Face-do wn tray 2. Printer 3. Acce[...]

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    2 3. Pull out the plastic-lead strip from the paper feed inlet. 4. Remov e the tape str ip from the back of the printer . Step 1[...]

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    3 Printer P ar ts Reference 1 Control panel F ace-down tra y P aper size guide Manual f eed tray T ray co ver Tr a y 1 (multipurpose tray) P aper size guide T op cov er release button P ower s witch P ower cord soc ket P arallel interface connector Imaging car tridge[...]

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    4 The control panel has three indicator lights and one button. Printer is ready . Receiving data via parallel interf ace; printing in progress. P ower is off . The printer is waiting f or paper to be loaded manually . (Slow blinking) P ower sa v e mode. Out of paper . Load more paper to continue printing. P aper misfeed. Clear the paper misf eed to[...]

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    5 1. With both hands, gently bend the f ace-down tra y inwards and inser t one of its tabs into its holder on the upper por tion of the pr inter . Continue to bend the f ace-down tr a y so that it cur ves enough f or the second tab to fit into its holder and release the tra y into position. Note • Be sure to close the face-down tray before openin[...]

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    6 2. Using the left and right slots in the pr inter as guides, gently push T ra y 1 until it cannot be inser ted any fur ther (as shown in the illustration). 3. Attach the tra y cover onto T ra y 1. Step 2[...]

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    7 1. Remov e the tra y cov er from T ray 1. Loading P aper Step 3 2. Open all three paper size guides . 3. Place the paper stack onto the tra y , print-side up. Secure the stack b y adjusting the paper size guides. 4. Replace the tra y cover onto T ra y 1.[...]

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    8 Connecting the P ower Cor d Step 4 1. Make sure that the printer’ s po wer s witch is in the O (Off) position. 2. Connect one end of the powe r cord that comes with the printer to the power cord soc ket. Plug the other end into a power outlet. T urning the P o wer On/Off Step 5 T urning the power OFF Press the pow er s witch to the O (Off) posi[...]

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    9 1. T ur n the pr inter on. 2. Make sure that paper is loaded into the printer’ s f eeding tra y . 3. Make sure that both the P APER and ERROR indicators are off , and the READ Y indicator is on. 4. Briefly press the panel button to star t printing the Configuration P age. Sample Printing a Configuration P age Step 6[...]

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    10 1. Make sure that the printer and the computer you are connecting it to are both turned off. 2. Connect one end of the interf ace cable to the par allel por t of the computer . 3. Connect the other end of the cable to the par allel connector on the back of the printer . Secure the cable using the two clips on the parallel connector . Connecting [...]

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    11 Install the printer dr iver to control the printer from y our computer . Y ou can install the printer driver f or Windows 95, Windows 98, Windo ws NT 4.0, Windows 3.1 or MS-DOS from the Printer Driver CD-R OM. F ollo w the instr uctions below and f or more details, see the User’ s Manual that came with your printer . Windows 95/98 W e recommen[...]

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    12 Windows NT 4.0 Installing from the CD-R OM (Auto Run) 1. T ur n on your computer and start up Windows NT 4.0. 2. Inser t the Printer Driver CD-ROM into y our computer’ s CD-ROM driv e. In this e x ample , we will assume that D: is the name of the CD-ROM driv e. 3. The opening screen is automatically displa yed. Clic k on the PCL Driver menu to[...]

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    13 Windows 3.1 Installing from the CD-R OM 1. T ur n on your computer and start up Windows 3.1. 2. Inser t the Printer Driver CD-ROM into y our computer’ s CD-ROM driv e. In this e x ample , we will assume that D: is the name of the CD-ROM driv e. 3. Double-clic k the Control Panel icon which is located in the Main group within the Program Manage[...]

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    14 MS-DOS Installing DOS Printing Utilities 1. Connect your printer to the parallel port of your computer . 2. T ur n on your computer and start up DOS. 3. T ur n on your printer and mak e sure it is online. 4. Inser t the Printer Driver CD-ROM into y our computer’ s CD-ROM driv e. In this e x ample , we will assume that D: is the name of the CD-[...]

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    15 Clearing a P aper Misfeed Remov e the misfed sheet of paper b y pulling it in the direction indi- cated by the arro w . T r oub leshooting Reference 3 F ace-down tra y Tr a y 1 Manual f eed tray[...]

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    16 Clearing a P aper Misfeed 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 Inside the printer[...]

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    17 Solving Print Quality Pr oblems • Remov e the imaging car tridge and gently shake it a f ew times to dis- tribute remaining toner . • Remov e the imaging car tridge and check it f or damage. Replace the imaging car tr idge with a new one if necessary . • Clean the inside of the printer . (Refer to the User’ s Manual.) • Change the tone[...]

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    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 1999. 1 4110-77[...]