Latest Konica Minolta printer update???

I wrote Konica Minolta about a 64 bit driver and posted some time back
they had responded, ".. currently scheduled for a 64 bit driver release
in the beginning of March 2006. Please check our web site for
announcements on this matter".... soooooooo....... early March has come
and gone and so has middle March and it's now late March with no
driver.

I wrote 'em again and got:

"The Magicolor 2400W has been added to the 64 bit driver development
list. A release date has not yet been set for the driver. You may
continue to check our website for driver updates."

Some how that seems very different from the earlier statement doesn't
it?

Sorry, I know this is no help to anyone, I just felt like venting.

Dennis
Tue Mar 21 11:42:35 CST 2006

Oh vent away (I'll have a vente, while yer at it) I've been waiting for a
Konica BizHub driver since October. At least you got a reply to your query.
I can print to it, but it's slow and no tab paper supported by the one
driver I found that works. And then there's Xante... another "big name"
business player that can't write a driver... oh well...

"David R. Norton MVP" <d_r_nortonNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D5A4F4F144drnortonyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>
> I wrote Konica Minolta about a 64 bit driver and posted some time back
> they had responded, ".. currently scheduled for a 64 bit driver release
> in the beginning of March 2006. Please check our web site for
> announcements on this matter".... soooooooo....... early March has come
> and gone and so has middle March and it's now late March with no
> driver.
>
> I wrote 'em again and got:
>
> "The Magicolor 2400W has been added to the 64 bit driver development
> list. A release date has not yet been set for the driver. You may
> continue to check our website for driver updates."
>
> Some how that seems very different from the earlier statement doesn't
> it?
>
> Sorry, I know this is no help to anyone, I just felt like venting.
>

Ted
Tue Mar 21 14:11:03 CST 2006

I don't know about the W models, but their Super-Print based 64-bit drivers
are available for some DL models.

http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/current_printers/mc5440dl_sup.htm
http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/current_printers/mc5430dl_sup.htm
http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/current_printers/mc2430dl_sup.htm

They released unidrv-based 64-bit drivers for those same DL models last
year.

You might try the 2430 drivers, set the Port to the TCP/IP port of the
printer... but I don't know about the W models.

"Dennis Gordon" <dgordon@wjinc.com> wrote in message
news:%23aOvY7QTGHA.5908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Oh vent away (I'll have a vente, while yer at it) I've been waiting for a
> Konica BizHub driver since October. At least you got a reply to your
query.
> I can print to it, but it's slow and no tab paper supported by the one
> driver I found that works. And then there's Xante... another "big name"
> business player that can't write a driver... oh well...
>
> "David R. Norton MVP" <d_r_nortonNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns978D5A4F4F144drnortonyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
> >
> > I wrote Konica Minolta about a 64 bit driver and posted some time back
> > they had responded, ".. currently scheduled for a 64 bit driver release
> > in the beginning of March 2006. Please check our web site for
> > announcements on this matter".... soooooooo....... early March has come
> > and gone and so has middle March and it's now late March with no
> > driver.
> >
> > I wrote 'em again and got:
> >
> > "The Magicolor 2400W has been added to the 64 bit driver development
> > list. A release date has not yet been set for the driver. You may
> > continue to check our website for driver updates."
> >
> > Some how that seems very different from the earlier statement doesn't
> > it?
> >
> > Sorry, I know this is no help to anyone, I just felt like venting.
> >
>
>

Dennis
Tue Mar 21 20:40:40 CST 2006

Thanks, but they don't seem to work. They install okay, but I get a
"required resource not found" error when I go to print. The only driver that
I've found to work with the BizHub C350 is the Minolta Color Pageworks Pro.
Adequate, but not great...

"Ted" <ted@e.bear> wrote in message
news:u6WR5OSTGHA.4864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I don't know about the W models, but their Super-Print based 64-bit drivers
> are available for some DL models.
>
> http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/current_printers/mc5440dl_sup.htm
> http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/current_printers/mc5430dl_sup.htm
> http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/current_printers/mc2430dl_sup.htm
>
> They released unidrv-based 64-bit drivers for those same DL models last
> year.
>
> You might try the 2430 drivers, set the Port to the TCP/IP port of the
> printer... but I don't know about the W models.
>
> "Dennis Gordon" <dgordon@wjinc.com> wrote in message
> news:%23aOvY7QTGHA.5908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Oh vent away (I'll have a vente, while yer at it) I've been waiting for a
>> Konica BizHub driver since October. At least you got a reply to your
> query.
>> I can print to it, but it's slow and no tab paper supported by the one
>> driver I found that works. And then there's Xante... another "big name"
>> business player that can't write a driver... oh well...
>>
>> "David R. Norton MVP" <d_r_nortonNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns978D5A4F4F144drnortonyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>> >
>> > I wrote Konica Minolta about a 64 bit driver and posted some time back
>> > they had responded, ".. currently scheduled for a 64 bit driver release
>> > in the beginning of March 2006. Please check our web site for
>> > announcements on this matter".... soooooooo....... early March has come
>> > and gone and so has middle March and it's now late March with no
>> > driver.
>> >
>> > I wrote 'em again and got:
>> >
>> > "The Magicolor 2400W has been added to the 64 bit driver development
>> > list. A release date has not yet been set for the driver. You may
>> > continue to check our website for driver updates."
>> >
>> > Some how that seems very different from the earlier statement doesn't
>> > it?
>> >
>> > Sorry, I know this is no help to anyone, I just felt like venting.
>> >
>>
>>
>
>