Driver Windows 2007/Office 2010

[bwilcox]

Hi, I tried to edit the above post but doesn't look like it went through.

The document did print double sided; however, page 3 was on the back of page 1 and page 4 was on the back of page 2! :-(

[Stirton.M]

The link I provided is the driver for the C450 Windows 7.

Konica Minolta Knowlegebase

That universal driver is simply put, garbage. I do not recommend it to any of my customers simply because it does not function properly in all situations.

As an aside, you are not constrained by windows 7 to use a windows 7 driver. You can still use an XP driver if you want, you will just be nagged by the OS when you first install it.

[bwilcox]

The link I provided is the driver for the C450 Windows 7.

Konica Minolta Knowlegebase

That universal driver is simply put, garbage. I do not recommend it to any of my customers simply because it does not function properly in all situations.

As an aside, you are not constrained by windows 7 to use a windows 7 driver. You can still use an XP driver if you want, you will just be nagged by the OS when you first install it.

Thank you for all your help on this -- have a good weekend!

[JHLeatherwood]

Publisher and Duplexing on a Bizhub - My Solution

I found a workaround that works for me. Your Mileage May Vary.


OS: Windows 7
Printer: Konica Minlta BizHub C351 with finisher/duplexer installed. C351 drivers dated June 2010, version 1.1.1

VPS and VXL drivers installed. (This turns out to be key, for me)

Acrobat, Word, Excel all allow two-sided (duplex) printing directly and easily from the standard dialog boxes, regardless of printer driver selected.


Publisher 2010 does not. Print One Sided, Print Two Sided Manually (Flip short edge) and Print Two Sided Manually (Flip long edge) are the only options in the standard Print dialog.
Under the Properties link, I can select the Finishing tab for the printer, and select Two-Sided printing. A separate dropdown allows me to select which edge to flip (aka "binding position").


When I "OK" out of the properties dialog and return to the Pub2010 Print dialog, Pub2010 has set the dropdown to "Manually Print two-Sided, Flip short side" option.


IF I have the VPS driver selected, nothing I do will allow the printer to duplex print.
HOWEVER, if I select the PXL driver, then set the printer properties to two-sided, then manually re-set the print dialog box to Print One Sided,IT WORKS!

This is also demonstrated to be true on a Windows Vista Home Premium (x32) machine running Office 2007.


Unlike other printer settings, this combination does not save when the document is saved. Save/close and then re-open the document, and I have to go through all the screens again.


Rationale: According to Konica Minolta, the VPS driver is for PostScript, and the VXL is their PCL printer. Evidently, Publisher 2010 and PostScript drivers don't play well together.


Your Mileage May Vary.