Re: new konica-minolta printer magicolor 4650, with lots of printer drivers (win 7)

[c++ newbie!]

Oops, found a Minolta-support group too, which I think should have a
copy and I hope the answer is on-topic in both groups?

If not, please tell me and I'll go the right place for help...

On 23 Dec., 15:49, "c++ newbie!" <newsbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a new konica-minolta printer: Magicolor 4650 DN. It comes
> with lots of printer drivers. I use Windows 7 64 bit. I think the
> printer installed itself when I plugged it into the network router
> (linksys). Windows 7 found the printer and I added the printer and it
> seem to work, including settings / properties for duplex / grayscale /
> color / page layout / number of pages per sheet etc.
>
> Question: This printer should support a lot of things and when I want
> to download software from the Konica minolta driver webpage, there are
> lots of things to download. Some of these have something to do with
> "ppd, pcl, xps" etc... I don't know what these things mean.
>
> Here are some of the directory names I downloaded:
>
> KMPPD64PSMINIwin…
> MC4650MONOwinx64
> MC4650PCL6Winx64
> MC4650PPDWin
> MC4650PSWinx64
> MC4650XPSMINIVista
> MC4650XPSVistax64
> UPDPCL6Winx64
> UPDPSWinx64
>
> Should I install all of these ? Why ? What extra will they give me ? I
> assume Vista-drivers are the same as Windows 7-drivers, right?
>
> Please clarify. I guess the printer would be capable of doing
> something more if I install these things - why else are they possible
> to download?
>
> Please help a newbie - full instructions/explanations would be nice...