Konica Minolta’s Universal Print Driver Konica Minolta’s Universal Print Driver is a powerful new print solution that increases print productivity and reduces administrative costs by offering a single printer driver for all output systems. The Universal Print Driver is available for Konica Minolta multifunctionals and printers as well as PCL/PostScript products from other manufacturers. It provides a common and easy to operate user interface for all devices.
n With the Universal Print Driver it is no longer necessary to access printer drivers on each device. It is easy to configure, automatically detects and identifies all printers and multifunctionals on the network and really simplifies printer management. This makes it the ideal solution for any user printing to multiple output systems.
n The Universal Print Driver’s Device Selector allows creating a printer icon for a preferred output device: With History, Network Search or Manual Connection, users can easily select the device the icon should be created for, and then print sooner and more conveniently via the printer icon.
n More convenience is available with a dedicated coln Users have the option of choosing a suitable output system by device type and features, such as print speed, A3 support, colour or b/w printing, or duplex printing.
umn in the Network Search and History view window that indicates the device status and the length of the job queue with special Status and Queue Icons.
n Konica Minolta’s Universal Print Driver automatically loads the correct printer driver set for each model: Emperon® PCL/PS drivers for Konica Minolta devices using the powerful Emperon Print system, and common PCL and PostScript drivers for compatible non Konica Minolta products.
Application Universal Print Driver
Universal Print Driver, application
Key features
Key benefits
Single printer driver for multiple Konica Minolta output devices as well as PCL/PostScript printers from other manufacturers n Common user interface for all output devices n Simple and fast, wizard-supported driver installation n Automatic network search to detect MFPs and printers; manual connection also possible n Built-in search filter to find devices by their features, including straightforward display of search results n Display history of recently used printers, with automatic connection to the last used output device, eliminating the need to search for a printer with every job n Easy creation of a printer icon for a preferred output device n Convenient device status indication via status icon
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Identical driver eliminates the need to test all functions of different drivers for each product n No need for users to learn how to operate several printer drivers n Fast and easy detection and configuration of new printers n Facilitates and speeds up administration and reduces costs n Simplified access to all types of output devices – use of the Konica Minolta Universal Print Driver makes multiple drivers obsolete n Fast printing to a preferred printer via its dedicated icon n Easy printer status check helps enhance productivity by choosing the first available printer to complete the job faster
Technical specifications Supported PDL n PCL XL Protocol 2.1 or later n PostScript Level 3
6/2011
Supported OS n Windows 2000 Professional (SP4 or later) n Windows XP (SP1 or later) (32/64 bit) n Windows Server 2003 (32/64 bit) n Windows Vista (32/64 bit) n Windows Server 2008 (32/64 bit) n Windows Server 2008 R2 n Windows 7 (32/64 bit)
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