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== Obtaining the Printer Driver ==

Download the printer driver for your OS and printer.  You can find the drivers here: [[Printers#Drivers|Drivers]]

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== Before You Begin ==
'' '''You will require an account tracking code and the IP address of the printer you want to install.  IP addresses for the Konica Minolta printers can be found [[Printers#Konica_Minolta_BizHubs_.28ops02420.2C_ops01752.29|here]].''' ''
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== Installing the Printer Driver ==
=== Windows 7 ===
Unzip the printer driver file, go into the resulting '''Driver''' folder and run '''Setup64.exe'''.
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[[image:Km-driver-001.jpg|frame|Click on '''AGREE'''.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-002.jpg|frame|Select '''Install printers/MFPs''' and '''Preference for IPv4''', then click on '''Next'''.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-004.jpg|frame|When this dialog appears, you will probably have to wait for a while for it to search for available printers.<br />Once it has returned control to you, select '''Specify the Printer/MFP...(IP Adress, Host Name...''', then click on '''Refer to...'''  It will take you to the '''Manual Selection''' dialog.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-003.jpg|frame|Type in the IP address of the printer you want to use.  Once you've typed in the IP, click on '''OK'''.<br />When you're back at the '''Select Printer/MFP to Install''' dialog, click on '''Next'''.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-005.jpg|frame|Select the PCL driver, then click on '''Next'''.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-006.jpg|frame|Click on '''Install'''.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-007.jpg|frame|When the installation has completed, click on the '''Property''' button.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-008.jpg|frame|Click on '''Preferences...'''.|left]]
[[image:Km-driver-009.jpg|frame|On the '''Printing Preferences''' dialog, click on the '''Basic''' tab, then click on '''Authentication/Account Track...'''.<br />On the '''User Authentication/Account Track''' dialog, enter your account tracking code in the '''Password''' field, then click on '''OK'''.<br />Click '''OK''' on the subsequent dialogs, and '''Finish''' on the last dialog.|left]]
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You have now succesfully installed the printer driver.
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<em>'''IF THE ACCOUNT TRACK FIELDS ARE GREYED OUT, PLEASE TRY THIS:'''</em> [[#Account Tracking Greyed Out?|Account Tracking Greyed Out?]]
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=== Windows 10 ===
Unzip the printer driver file and remember the location where you extracted the contents.<br />
You can obtain drivers here: [[Printers#Drivers|Drivers]]
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[[image:km-win10-install-01.jpg|frame|In the Windows 10 search box, search for "devices and printers" and then double-click on <b>Devices and Printers</b>.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-02.jpg|frame|Double-click on <b>Add a printer</b>.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-03.jpg|frame|In the <b>Add a device</b> dialog box, click on <b>The printer that I want isn't listed</b>.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-04.jpg|frame|Add a "local printer".|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-05.jpg|frame|Create a new TCP/IP port.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-06.jpg|frame|Enter the host name or IP address of the printer<br><b>DO NOT</b> let the program automatically select the driver to use.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-07.jpg|frame|Rather than selecting from a pre-installed printer driver, point to the drivers you installed earlier by clicking on <b>Have Disk...</b>.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-08.jpg|frame|Navigate to the folder where you previously unzipped the printer drivers.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-09.jpg|frame|If you drill down to the x64 driver folder, the dialog will find a suitable file.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-10.jpg|frame|Click on <b>OK</b> to begin the installation.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-11.jpg|frame|Choose the driver type.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-12.jpg|frame|Give the printer a name (you can change or amend the default name).|left]]
[[image:km-win10-install-13.jpg|frame|Click on <b>Finish.</b>  The next step is to configure your printer.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-config-01.jpg|frame|Right-click on the printer you just installed, and then click on <b>Printing preferences</b>.|left]]
[[image:km-win10-config-02.jpg|frame|Go to the <b>Basic</b> tab and click on <b>Authentication/Account Track...</b>|left]]
[[image:km-win10-config-03.jpg|frame|In the <b>Password</b> field, type in your printing account tracking code.  Then click on <b>OK</b> until all the dialog boxes are closed.|left]]

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You have now succesfully installed the printer driver.
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<em>'''IF THE ACCOUNT TRACK FIELDS ARE GREYED OUT, PLEASE TRY THIS:'''</em> [[#Account Tracking Greyed Out?|Account Tracking Greyed Out?]]
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=== Account Tracking Greyed Out? ===
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[[image:km-greyed-out-01.jpg|frame|If the Account Tracking fields are greyed out, use the following steps to correct the issue.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-02.jpg|frame|Go into the devices and printers dialog and right-click on the printer.  Then click on '''Printer properties'''.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-03.jpg|frame|Click on the '''Configure''' tab.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-04.jpg|frame|Click on the '''Obtain Settings...''' button.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-05.jpg|frame|We need to stop the driver from automatically trying to retrieve settings from the printer.  Uncheck the '''Auto''' box.  Then click on '''OK'''.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-05a.jpg|frame|In the '''Device Option''' list box, select '''Account Track''' and set its value to '''Enable'''.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-06.jpg|frame|Click on '''Apply''' to save the changes.|left]]
[[image:km-greyed-out-07.jpg|frame|Click on '''OK'''.|left]]
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Now you can go back to the earlier steps and retry entering your tracking code into the account tracking password field.
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=== Mac OS X ===
Unzip the printer driver file, go into the resulting '''Driver''' folder and run the appropriate driver package for "letter" sized paper.  In the case of our example, we will be installing a driver for the Konica C364 colour printer onto a Mac running OS X 10.7.
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[[image:km-driver-mac-01.png|frame|left|Double-click on the appropriate package file and then '''Continue''' through all the prompts until the installation is complete.]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-02.png|frame|Driver install has succeeded.  Now we can move onto actually installing a Konica-Minolta printer.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-03.png|frame|Click on the Apple logo menu item, then '''System Preferences...''', then '''Print & Scan'''.  Click on the '''+''' symbol to add a new printer and then click on '''Add Other Printer or Scanner...'''|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-04.png|frame|In the '''Add Printer''' dialog box, select the '''IP''' tab, then select '''Line Printer Daemon''' and in the '''Address''' field type the url of the Konica-Minolta printer you want to use.  Leave the '''Queue''' field blank.  The '''Location''' field should automatically be populated.  Click on the '''Print Using''' field so we can use specify the type of printer.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-05.png|frame|Choose '''Select Printer Software...'''|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-06.png|frame|In our example we will choose the C364 PS.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-07.png|frame|Click on '''Add'''.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-08.png|frame|Select the first '''Paper Source Unit''' and leave all other fields set to their default selections.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-09.png|frame|The Konica-Minolta has now been successfully installed.  Only one more thing to do...|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-10.png|frame|Go into another program, like your browser, and try to print a page.  When the print dialog comes up, select your Konica-Minolta and then, if the details are shown, click on the '''Show Details''' button.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-11.png|frame|When the details are displayed, click on the dropdown box that shows the name of the current program...|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-12.png|frame|...and then click on '''Output Method'''.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-13.png|frame|Check '''Account Track'''.  In the '''Account Track''' dialog, type in your account tracking code in the '''Password''' field and check '''Save Settings''' and then '''Ok'''.|left]]
[[image:km-driver-mac-14.png|frame|To avoid having to check '''Account Track''' every time you print, you can save all your settings as a preset.  Just click on the '''Presets''' dropdown box and click on '''Save Current Settings as Preset...''' and create a new preset.  For all your future printing jobs, just choose that preset and it will automatically use '''Account Track'''.|left]]
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You have now succesfully installed the printer driver.
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