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   KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 751/601 
   Print controller (IC-208) release note
                                                                (2013/3/18)
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This file describes cautions and restrictions when using the KONICA MINOLTA 
bizhub 751/601 print controller (IC-208).
Please read this document before using the KONICA MINOLTA bizhub 751/601.  


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Cautions and restrictions to use printer
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1. Power OFF/ON operation
  1-1. When turning OFF the main power switch of main body and turning it ON again, 
       please leave for the interval of 10 or more seconds.  

  1-2. Power OFF while printing / processing
       Do not turn off the printer while it is printing / processing as a
       malfunction may occur. If the power is turned off by mistake, and a
       malfunction occurs, turn off the printer once and then turn on again.

2. Banner page
  2-1. Even if the banner page is set to ON, during password printing and storing
       the document in the box, banner page cannot be output.  

 3. Paper Size Setting  
  3-1. When not printing as paper size setting
       Paper size can be set by the printer property, but it may become invalid 
       the paper size that is specified on the printer property according to 
       the application to use.
       ==>Please set the paper size on the Print menu of the application.

  3-2. Wide Paper
       When you use a Wide paper, load the paper in the tray and set the paper size 
       in the printer before the printing operation.  
       ==>For the setting procedure, please refer to the User's Guide for the printer.

  3-3. Registration of Custom Size
       Please perform registration of Custom Size by administrator.  

 4. Paper Tray Setting
  4-1. Cannot set Paper Tray.
       - To set an optional tray for the Paper Tray, the optional Paper Source unit
         is necessary.  Also, you need to select the Paper Source unit in 
         the [Device Option] setting of the printer driver.
         ==>Please check the existence of Paper Source unit and the [Device Option]
            setting.
       - Paper Tray may have restriction depending on the specified paper size.

  4-2. When Paper Tray setting doesn't work as specified.
       - Paper Tray can be set by the printer property, but it may become invalid 
         the Paper Tray that is specified on the printer property according to 
         the application to use.
         ==>Please set the Paper Tray on the Print menu of the application.
       - Paper may be fed from the tray other than the specified one depending on 
         the paper size set up on the printer.

 5. Original Orientation Setting
  5-1. Original Orientation setting doesn't work as specified.
       Original Orientation can be set by the printer property, but it may become 
       invalid the Original Orientation that is specified on the printer property 
       depending on the application to use.
       ==>Please set Original Orientation in the application.

 6. Collate Functions
  6-1. Collate doesn't work as specified.
       Collate is able to be set by the printer property, but the following 
       situation may occur depending on the application to use if you specify 
       Collate on the Print menu.

       - If [Combination] is specified, the last page of No. n copies and 
         the first page of No. n+1 copies are printed on the same paper.
       - If [2-Sided] is specified, the first page of No. n+1 copies is printed on
         2nd side of the last page of No. n copies.
       - If [Booklet] is specified, all prints are collected into one book and printed.
       - If [Staple] is specified, all prints are collected into one set and stapled.
       - If [Distribution Control Number] is specified, all prints are printed with 
         the same number. 
       - If [Secure Print] is specified, the waiting documents for print for specified
         number of copies are stored in the printer.
       - If [Watermark] is specified only on the first page of multiple copies of 
         printing, it will be stamped only on the first page of the first copy.
       - Even if [Offset] is specified, it will be output without offset.
         ==>Please set No Collate on the Print menu and specify Collate on 
            the printer property.

 7. Copies Setting
  7-1. Copies Setting doesn't work as specified.
       Copies can be set by the printer property and the Print menu of most of 
       applications, but the priority of setting between the printer property and
       the Print menu is different depending on the application to use.
       ==>First, please set 1 for the copies on the Print menu and specify the 
          required copies by the printer property.
          If only 1 copy is printed with this setting, please specify the required
          copies on the Print menu.

  7-2. [Proof Print] and Copies
       In Microsoft Excel, even though [Proof Print] function is selected and multiple 
       copies are set for print, all copies of document will be printed without storing.
       ==>[Proof Print] function can not be specified with 1 copy.  Also, even if the 
          multiple copies are set in Excel, Proof Print function is cancelled because 
          all data are printed only 1 copy with number of set.
          This can be solved by un-checking [Print on copy unit].

 8. [Front Cover] / [Back Cover]
  8-1. Paper for [Front Cover] / [Back Cover]
       When you use Front and/or Back Cover function, it is necessary to set the correct 
       paper beforehand in the Paper Tray for Front and/or Back Cover that is specified 
       by the printer driver.

  8-2. Covers and PI cover sheets
       When both front cover and PI cover sheet is specified, 
       only PI cover sheet is attached.  
       In the similar way, when both back cover and PI back cover sheet is 
       specified, only PI cover sheet is attached.  

 9. [User Authentication] / [Account Track]
  9-1. [User Authentication] / [Account Track] for use
       When you use the printer that requires [User Authentication] / [Account Track] 
       before printing, print is not accepted without entering the correct [User Name], 
       [Department Name] and [Password].

  9-2. When the Limitation for printing  is exceeded at the [Account Track]
       When the Account Track mode and Limitation for printing are enabled in the printer, 
       if there is a job that stops in the middle of printing as the limit is reached, 
       any following jobs are not printed unless the stopping job is canceled.    
       Please ask your administrator to cancel the limitation to output the stopping 
       job or someone must delete the job after confirmation.  

 10. Two-way Communication
  10-1. Acquire Device Information
       When you installed the printer driver to a client computer by Point and Print,
       you can not use [Configure]-[Acquire Device Information] in the printer property.
       ==>Please set the composition of Device Options manually or acquire the option
          information on the server.

 11. OS Restrictions
  11-1. For using printers installed on Windows 2003 Server as logical printers
        When printers installed on Windows 2003 Server are used as logical printers
        in client computers and the name of the printers has "/" (slash) printing from 
        the client computers (printing to the logical printers in the client computers) 
        may not be done correctly because of restrictions of Windows 2003 Server.
        (ex."Model1/Model2 PCL")
        In this case, printing will be done correctly by renaming the printers so as not 
        to have "/". (ex. "Model1_Model2 PCL")

  11-2. Watermark Printing on Windows XP x64
        When printing using 2 or more service packs with 32 bit application,
        Watermark may not be printed by the PCL driver.
        In this case, it can be printed correctly by enabling the following 
        2 sections settings.
        - Printer Property -> [Settings]Tab - [EMF Spool] -> ON
        - Printer Property -> [Advaced]Tab - [Enable advanced printing features] -> ON

  11-3. Wartermark in PCL driver for x64 Edition
        When printing the document with odd number of pages with specifying [Duplex] and
        [Watermark], a blank page would be added after the last page and the watermark 
        would be printed on the blank page.

  11-4. File name of Phone Book
        Fax driver could not read the Phone Book file with long file or folder name 
        because of the OS's restriction.

  11-5. Watermark and FAX Cover Sheet on Windows Vista x64
        When printing with Copy Track authentication from 32bit application running 
        on Windows Vista x64, the Watermark and FAX Cover Sheet might not be printed 
        correctly.

  11-6. FAX Cover Sheet on Windows XP x64
        When printing from 32bit application running on Windows XP x64, 
        the FAX Cover Sheet might not be printed correctly.

  11-7. Printing PowerPoint Files on Windows XP SP3
        Garbaged characters may appear when printing PowerPoint Files using 
        PS driver on Windows XP SP3.
        To prevent this, in the [Quality] tab of the [Font Settings] dialog, change 
        [Download Font Format] from [Auto] to [Outline].

  11-8. PS Driver for Windows 7
        There will be a blank space in the window since the window size of 
        the Print Setting is bigger that the other drivers. This will have no effect
        on the print operation.

  11-9. Using a WSD Port Connection in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
        The Printer Driver must be installed in order to connect to the device using 
        the WSD port in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

  11-10. About Watermark printing in Windows 8 
         In some instances, the Watermark is not printed when the print is executed
         from Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft Excel 2010.
         - Printer Property -> [Settings]Tab - [EMF Spool] -> ON
         - Printer Property -> [Advaced]Tab - [Enable advanced printing features] -> ON

  11-11. About Text on Tab printing in Windows 8
         In some instances, Text on Tab is not printed when the print is executed 
         from Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft Excel 2010.
         - Printer Property -> [Settings]Tab - [EMF Spool] -> ON
         - Printer Property -> [Advaced]Tab - [Enable advanced printing features] -> ON

  11-12. Restriction of Cover Sheet in Windows 8 x86
         In some instances, the Cover Sheet is not printed when the print is
         executed from Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft Excel 2010.

 12. Others
  12-1. Screen Font
        When printing with using screen fonts installed in your computer, some of 
        fonts or characters may not be printed correctly.

  12-2. When sending plural printing jobs to Network Port
        If multiple copies of document is sent to each port such as IPP, SMB, RAW and LPR 
        at the same time. The print out of one set of document may be separated 
        by another print job. 
        ==>In this case, select Uncollated.

  12-3. Copies Setting in Application
        Some applications may allow you to set copies more than the device's limitation,
        but the printer can not print as specified in the applications.

  12-4. Blank Page
        According to the application to use, when the data has odd number pages, 
        it may be added the blank paper if [2-Sided] function is available.
        In that case, the following phenomenon will occur.
        - The Watermark will be printed on the last blank page.
          (in case of specifying The [Watermark] function)
        - The Overlay will be printed on the last blank page.
          (in case of specifying The [Overlay] function).

  12-5. Document Name displayed on the panel
        Based on the application that indicates the printing operation of a document, 
        the document name may not be displayed correctly on the panel by the application
        problem.In this case, there is no influence in the printing result.

  12-6. Orientation and FAX Cover Sheet
        When [Orientation] in the FAX driver is not same as the one set in the application, 
        FAX Cover Sheet might not printed as the preview in the driver showed.

  12-7. When you selected a printer which belongs to one of computers in
        "WORKGROUP" of "My Network" and installed the printer driver, you may not
        open the printer property of the installed printer.
        ==> In this case, please install the printer driver by its installer.

  12-8. When you installed the network printer by using "Browse for Printer" in
        "Printers and Faxes" folder, you may not open the printer property of the
        installed printer.
        ==> In this case, please install the printer driver in the way described
            below.
        1) Select "Local printer" and "Create a new port" in "Select a Printer
           Port" window.
        2) Select "Local Port" for "Type of port" and enter
           "\\NetBios name\service name" for "Port Name".
        3) After that, install the printer driver according to the Wizard.

  12-9. PostScript Pass through [* PS Driver only]
        Depending on applications to use, some functions of printer drivers might not work
        correctly.  For example, Watermarks specified by printer drivers would be 
        printed in unexpectedly large size when printing from Adobe Photoshop.
        ==>this may be solved by setting [PostScript Pass through] to [Disable] 
           in printer drivers.
        * The following cases are the error samples.
        - Output cannot be performed normally when Adobe Application and Overlay are
          combined.
        - Watermark specified by printer driver may be printed larger than the size
          you specified when printing with Adobe Photoshop.
        - Error page may be printed when printing with the Adobe application.

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Cautions and restrictions with specific applications
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 1. Microsoft Office
  1-1. AutoShapes Graphics Print in Office [* PS Driver only]
       If the [Transparency] check box of [Fill] column in [Format AutoShape...]-
       [Colors and Lines]tab is ON, the paint-out part of graphics may not be
       printed correctly at the time of reduction and enlargement print.

  1-2. Continuous Print by Microsoft Word 2000
       If you print by pressing the print bottom continuously in Microsoft Word 2000, 
       the omission of text and object or the page may occur.  When you print continuously 
       by using the print bottom, set the [Background Printing] check box to ON in 
       [Tools]-[Options]-[Print]tab and then perform printing.
       Or perform the continuous print of same original with setting the Copies to print 
       by using the Print dialog box in [File]-[Print...].

  1-3. Entire workbook Print in Microsoft Excel
       When you print the Microsoft Excel document that has different binding direction 
       in each sheets with the [Entire workbook] checkbox ON, it may not be printed 
       as you specified.

  1-4. When you have your computer connect with the printer by SMB under Windows XP and 
       try to print any documents written by Microsoft Word 2002 with [Combination] and 
       [Watermark] function, [Combination] function will not work correctly nor Watermark 
       will be printed in a small font. [* PS Driver only]
       ==>In this case, please print by any communication ports other than SMB.

  1-5. Duplex Print in Microsoft Word 2007 or Microsoft Word 2010
       When a document with odd number sheet is printed in duplex mode from
       Microsoft Word 2007 or Microsoft Word 2010, white paper which is not included 
       in original may be printed and counted.

  1-6. Custom Size printing in Microsoft Word
       When paper size is specified as "Custom Size", it may be printed in invert.
       In this case, it can be printed normally when paper size is specified as
       "Same as Original Size".

  1-7. Edit Phone Book file at Microsoft Excel
       Please open the Phone Book file with changing the file extension from "csv" 
       to "txt" and specify "character" for each field in order to edit the Phone 
       Book exported from the FAX driver at Microsoft Excel.
       Also please save the Phone Book file edited at Microsoft Excel with selecting 
       "csv" for file type.

 2. Adobe Acrobat
  2-1. When a printing is performed from Acrobat Reader or Acrobat, Printing may not 
       be performed normally. [*PS Driver only]
       ==>Please check the [Print as image] on the Print setting of the application.

  2-2. Depending on the PDF file, the background may be painted with white out.
       When the topside of this image is printed during overlay print, the downside 
       of the image (Original or Overlay) cannot be printed.

  2-3. When printing the PDF file with turning off the "Choose Paper Source by PDF page 
       size" checkbox in the "Print" dialog, the page with different direction from 
       the 1st page and following pages might not be printed with correct direction 
       since Acrobat Reader will not correctly notify the page direction of pages 
       after the 1st page to the printer driver.

  2-4. When printing landscape original using Acrobat Reader 9, the page will be rotated 
       first then printed.[*PCL/XPS only]
       This means for example that staple or punch may be made in the different 
       position of the document from the expected one.
       ==>In this case, it can be printed normally when [Auto-Rotate and Center] is 
          specified to OFF in the [Print Setting] of application.

  2-5. When printing landscape original using Acrobat Reader 9 on Windows XP x64 or 
       Windows Vista x64 SP2, the first page will be printed as portrait original.
       ==>In this case, it can be printed normally when [Auto-Rotate and Center] is 
          specified to OFF in the [Print Setting] of application.

  2-6. Please note that entering multiple copies in the Print Dialog menu will not 
       yield the expected results when using Adobe Reader X or Adobe Acrobat X. 
       ==>When printing a multiple number of copies using Adobe Reader X or
          Adobe Acrobat X, you need to configure the [Page Setup] setting first and 
          then configure the Printer Driver Properties menu.  

 3. Adobe PageMaker, Illustrator
  3-1. Depending on applications, such as Adobe PageMaker, Illustrator and etc, 
       if it recognizes that it is a PostScript printer driver, the application itself 
       may output PostScript commands. In this case, it may not be printed correctly.
       [* PS Driver only]

 4. Internet Explorer, Note Pad
  4-1. Check the selected printer when printing continuously by the Internet Explorer
       or Note Pad.
       Selected printer might differ from the previous selection if several same
       printer drivers have been installed, depending on the application limitation.
       ==>In this case, change the printer driver name with 
          which selection will be changed, to less than 29 characters.

 5. Word97
  5-1. Unable to print by Word97.
       Word2000 or more is required for the printing by the Word.

 6. Excel
  6-1. Check the print settings before printing when you print from Excel after 
       switching the printer driver.
       Depending on the limitation of application, current printer driver setting might 
       apply to the printer driver after switching.
       ==>In that case, change the name of a printer driver used to within 29 characters. 

 7. PowerPoint
  7-1. Please do not enable the following setting when you print from PowerPoint.
       It might cause to hang PowerPoint.
       - [Settings]tab - [Popup Authentication Dialog when printing]

  7-2. The background of PowerPoint data is painted with the specified color.
       Because of this, when the topside of this image is printed during the overlay
       print with white background,the bottom of the image (Original or Overlay) cannot
       be printed by combination of the following driver.
       - PowerPoint2003 before ->  PS driver
       - PowerPoint2007 later  ->  PS/PCL driver

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Attentions and Restrictions peculiar to this XPS printer driver.
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Attentions and Restrictions peculiar to this XPS printer driver are
listed below.

(1)Hard disk needs to be installed in a device to use this XPS printer driver.

(2)This XPS printer driver operates on the computer which Microsoft Windows 
   Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
   is running.

(3)When you print a file with much number of pages via LAN, the error of the
   timeout occurs by restriction of OS and you may not be able to print.
   In that case, please use it by making the time of the timeout of the machine
   long.

(4)Please enter the value more than 5mm for the left, right, top and bottom
   of margin, even though it can set margin at 0mm when this XPS printer
   driver is selected in an application which is able to set margin such as
   Microsoft Word.
   If margin is set less than 5mm, nothing is printed in the area of 5mm
   inside from the left, right, top and bottom.

(5)Following results may occur when printing by this XPS printer driver.
   - It is printed by different density from the original.
   - The part that is transparent with the original is printed without
     being transparent.
   - The line which is not on the original is printed.

(6)If outputting to the file by checking [Enable bidirectional support] of
   [Ports] tab, it may take a considerable time by restriction of OS.
   Please use it by un-checking [Enable bidirectional support] of [Ports]
   tab when outputting to the file.

(7)Cannot print by restriction of OS if checking [Print directly to the printer]
   of [Advanced] tab.

(8)The following functions have not been supported in WPF application (XPS
   Viewer,etc.).
   - [Stamp/Composition]tab-[Create Overlay File]
   - [Settings]tab-[Verify Authentication settings before printing]
   - [Settings]tab-[Popup Authentication Dialog when printing]
   - [Configure]tab-[Device Option]-[User Authentication]-[ON(Relay Server)]
   - [Configure]tab-[Acquire Settings]-[Auto]



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