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I too work for Konica Minolta, as a production solutions consultant, and I can tell you that chrisg42 is right. You must use the PS Plugin driver for Pro1100 and enter your per-page settings manually. There is no way to indicate in the driver very simply that every third page is on yellow (e.g...

These are way-old machines. The last MacOS driver for the 1050e was released in November 2014, for MacOS 10.10. The last MacOS driver for the IC-303 (the Fiery for the C6500) was released in March 2015, for MacOS 10.10. (Assuming your C6500 has a Fiery controller.) The CWS workaround in the post...

Maybe not. If it's just about 350gsm support, take a look at the C2070 or C2060 with the PF-707. Though they do slow down with heavier substrates, what's your monthly print volume? What's your peak print volume? What's your hardest deadline? The C1085 is a robust print engine that doesn't slow...

No. Though the PF-707 is compatible with KM engines that do support 350gsm, like the C1100, C1085, and now the C2070 and C2060, with which it does support 350gsm, it does not with the C1060. [Full disclosure: I work for KM.]

I take exception to that, but then, I work for KM. However, even a casual reading of these forums shows that current-model KM machines do in fact enjoy a good reputation for color quality.

I'm pretty sure that by coincidence, he means front-to-back image registration.

Take a look at DesignMerge Pro from Meadows Software. Yeah, I know, like XMPie, it's a plug-in for Adobe InDesign, but it has very strong type handling features. And you can place PDFs in InDesign, so it all works out. I don't agree with Graeme's suggestion of Fiery FreeForm. #1, it's highly...

The published specifications for the EF-103 (envelope option for the C1060/C1070) say, the minimum width (crosstrack dimension) is 3.92" and the minimum length (feed direction) is 5.82". Note also that the printer has to be configured with the PF-707 vacuum-assisted paper feed unit. (Note: I am...

There are rules of engagement. KMBS is very sensitive about stepping on the toes of its dealers. However, if you formalize in writing, with a letter to the dealer, that you intend to sever your business relationship with them, then it is my understanding that KMBS may be able to step in. (Full...

Not true. That doesn't even make sense. The C1070 is rated to handle stocks from 62-300gsm. With the C6000/C7000/C1060/C1070, the HM-102 humidifier is rated to handle papers from 64-300gsm. For certain paper types, the range starts at 135gsm. There are other countermeasures to static cling -...

One of my KM customers who runs synthetic stock tells me that the humidifier (in the relay unit) is essential, and substantially relieved their static electricity concerns. This is on a C8000.

If your MPC5503 has a Fiery on it, you could have used Fiery's Freeform (VDP feature) to do it a little more easily. But what you did is workable. Nicely done.

No, they still make embedded Fierys, and while they did run on Windows for a while, the current crop runs on Linux. Linux Fierys, however, do not have FACI capability (no Linux GUI, no version of CWS to run on no-GUI), so a little more difficult to administer.

It's in CWS but you have to go into the Configuration utility, under Jobs.

If you are running FS100 or later system software, when you first calibrate using that stock (under General > Tools > Calibration), you are prompted to enter a name for it; the procedure then swings into setting up an output profile associated with your calibration settings. And once you have...

You need to get your hands on the bizhub PRESS 1250 Printer User Guide. There you will see documented a feature called "Direct Print," in which it is possible to download to the machine PCL, PS, or TIFF (6.0 compliant) files. On the machine console, press Controller > Direct Print Setting >...

Let's just say the IC-309m is not cheap. There *is* a Fiery option for the 1250. I hadn't thought of that, because it takes more the form of a DFE than a controller, with intelligent load-balancing and make-ready capabilities -- but it does rasterize. It's called Fiery Central.

KM does offer an alternative RIP for the 1250: the Creo IC-309m. Contrary to what you might think (after all, it *is* a Creo controller), there are very few image quality controls with which to control the quality of the output. And, it connects to the engine *through* (not bypassing) the KM...

What OS and print driver are you using? You should be using the PS Plugin driver. The [Imaging] tab in that driver has a lot of controls you might want to play with, including Resolution, Screening Method, Screen Frequency, Screen Angle, Dot Shape, Tone Curve (from the standalone Tone Curve...

More dramatic solution: Do a backup in CWS, reload system code, and restore.