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1. ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI CHARACTER SET SET 2 SYMBOL SET IBM 437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 LPI WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN FORM LENGTH 11 7 INCH TOF POSITION 0 0 INCH LEFT MARGIN 0 0 INCH FIT TO LETTER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer s parallel data interface ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS PARALLEL ENABLE BI DIRECTION ENABLE ECP ENABLE ACK WIDTH NARROW ACK BUSY TIMING ACK IN BUSY I PRIME DISABLE OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE Operator panels gt 27 This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface ITEM DEFAULT USB ENABLE SOFT RESET DISABLE SPEED 480Mbps OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE Network menu This menu controls the operation of the printer s 10Base T 100Base TX network interface NOTE This is applicable only to the B431dn model ITEM DEFAULT TCP IP ENABLE IP VERSION IPv4 NETBEUI DISABLE NETBIOS OVER TCP ENABLE NETWARE ENABLE ETHERTALK ENABLE FRAMETYPE AUTO IP ADDRESS SET AUTO IP ADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX SUBNET MASK XXX XXX XXX XXX GATEWAY ADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX WEB ENABLE TELNET DISABLE FTP DISABLE SNMP ENABLE NETWORK SCALE NORMAL HUB LINK SETTING AUTO NEGOTIATE
2. hh 12 B411d ick etaed eed es eeu rende edo e ee om mea et das 12 Operator 12 EED indicatoESs Mle a eta peo Me gt d 12 CDs ses Res Fa Soe san Whe den Groene 13 ONNE DUTTON font wt aes tk ter I M tuU Rabe de ences RS markt PE 13 Changing 14 Configuration tool ewes Mati RA Pee eee eae 14 f nctions x vere eee we a eau ea Sd 15 Printing menu settings 21 B431d B431dti Bel alae dea ele besa etc Het aha RR ena Bow 22 Operator panel stem eta eO he ain 22 Clements 2 e VE It Dried 22 Men FUNCTIONS v3 ee aou ara dece de muore deuote Sew a OR e 24 Printing menu settings lee n n ren 29 Paper recommendations cler 30 Paper and envelopetypes 30 Transparencies and adhesive 30 POStCaF dS echten E e EN OR 0 oe ta cea ea feed e ione TUNER m Roa 31 Installing paper zx o UY eee e Rex Xeesi n 31 Paper PAY sese etg iru RS RR Goch bea ay GR Eck EST eee Gee A 31 Multi purpose tray and manual feed tray 33 Paper
3. Advanced s Page orientation can be set to portrait tall landscape wide or landscape rotated by 180 degrees Print on both sides duplex printing can be set to long edge or short edge of the document Printed page order can be set as front to back or back to front of the document Set the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet You can also set it to print a booklet Click the Advanced button to be able to set further document options as follows My Printer Advanced Options Advanced Document Settings v 2 leo G m Graphic 3 ile Document Options E S PostScript Options Sy Printer Features Paper Size Check On Tray Switch On Page Rotate Normal TrueType Font Substitute with Device Font Advanced Printing Features Enabled Media Type Printer Setting Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed No Operation gt 43 1 Select the required printed paper size You can substitute another font for TrueType Font 3 You can set other document options as required including PostScript options printer features Paper Quality tab My Printer Printing Preferences Layout Paper Quality Job Options Tray Selection Paper Source You can set the paper source or leave it as automatic selection and by using the Advanced button you have access to the same se
4. ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS USB ENABLE SOFT RESET ENABLE SPEED 480 Mbps SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE Network menu This menu controls the operation of the printer s 10Base T 100Base TX network interface NOTE This is applicable only to the B411dn model ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TCP IP ENABLE IP VERSION IPv4 NETBEUI DISABLE NETBIOS OVER TCP ENABLE NETWARE ENABLE ETHERTALK ENABLE FRAMETYPE AUTO IP ADDRESS SET AUTO IP ADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX SUBNET MASK XXX XXX XXX XXX GATEWAY ADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX WEB ENABLE TELNET DISABLE FTP DISABLE SNMP ENABLE Operator panels gt 19 ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS NETWORK SCALE NORMAL HUB LINK SETTING AUTO NEGOTIATE FACTORY DEFAULTS EXECUTE Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE PAPER BLACK SET 0 DARKNESS 0 SMR SETTING 0 BG SETTING 0 Usage menu This menu is for information only and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRAY1 PAGE COUNT nnnn An indication of the number of pages printe
5. B411d B411dn B431d B431dn PA PREFACE Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete accurate and up to date The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible we make no warranty of any kind expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein The most up to date drivers and manuals are available from www okiprintingsolutions com 07108301 Iss 01 Copyright 2010 Oki Europe Ltd All rights reserved Oki is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Oki Printing Solutions is a trademark of Oki Data Corporation Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation ENERGY STAR is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Apple Macintosh Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Other product name
6. 15 24 Maintenance menu 20 29 Media menu 16 25 Network menu 19 28 Parallel menu 19 27 PCL menu PPR menu 18 26 Print menu 16 24 Shutdown menu 24 System configuration II E 17 25 Usage menu 20 29 USB menu 19 28 Multi purpose tray and manual feed 33 online button B411d 411 13 operator panel B411d 411 12 B431d 431 22 options installing 74 Overlays 53 Overlays and macros general 41 53 Overlays PCL how to create 56 printing with 57 58 Overlays PostScript defining in the Windows dEIVGF iue eei 54 how to 53 printing with overlays 55 Page orientation setting in Windows 41 43 Paper Envelope types 30 Exit JA M ireira mes 66 Feed jam cens 66 feed sequence 32 Input jam 66 Installing 31 Label types 30 31 Paper 30 size setting in Windows 40 Transparencies 30 31 tray selection in 4
7. Gone Ue AUR KU AR E UE EO RU RUP atl aoe ag es 65 Input JAM eed aic ue RR o CRUS ae um AER A ao ee ROSE ERE 66 Feed jam 66 Print quality problems 71 Paper feed problems irre Ak Bok a S LA IRURE 72 Software problems sax Ro X ERA LA ee re 73 Hardware lt 5 73 Installing options eee 74 Installation procedure 74 Specifications sses 1 016 ba ead eae ee AUR ee ee 75 Generals voc rabies aces Me ec 75 Paper and tray 76 Notes symbols terms llle ee 78 unos cay sls oh eset Ec ate E a E CO RP EHE a Rus Ro a UR e 80 Oki contactdetails arro uo ela tere eer wr ECRIRE ELE E a 81 Contents 5 NOTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text CAUTION A caution provides additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage WARNING A warning provides additional information which if ignored may result in a risk of personal injury For the protection of your product and in order to ensure that you benefit from its full functionality this mode
8. FACTORY DEFAULTS EXECUTE Operator panels gt 28 Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE PAPER BLACK SET 0 DARKNESS 0 SMR SETTING 0 BG SETTING 0 Usage menu This menu is for information only and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRAY1 PAGE COUNT nnnn An indication of the number of pages printed from Tray1 TRAY2 PAGE COUNT nnnn An indication of the number of pages printed from Tray2 When Tray2 is installed MPT PAGE COUNT nnnn An indication of the number of pages printed from the MPT DRUM LIFE REMAINING An indication of the remaining drum life TONER n nk REMAINING An indication of how much toner is left in the cartridge PRINTING MENU SETTINGS Current menu settings can be confirmed by printing a Menu Map using the control panel NOTE This is applicable only to B431d B431dn models 1 Press the Menu UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until the INFORMATION MENU is available then press the OK button 2 Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until PRINT
9. LF FUNCTION LF PRINT MARGIN NORMAL PEN WIDTH ADJUST ON TRAY ID PCL MNID 2 PCL TOID 4 PCL T1ID 1 PCL T2ID 5 When Tray2 is installed Operator panels gt 17 PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer s PPR emulation FX Emulation ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI FONT CONDENSE 12CPI TO 20CPI CHARACTER SET SET 2 SYMBOL SET IBM 437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 LPI WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LF FUNCTION LF LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN FORM LENGTH 11 7 INCH TOF POSITION 0 0 INCH LEFT MARGIN 0 0 INCH FIT TO LETTER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME This menu controls the printer s FX emulation ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI CHARACTER SET SET 2 SYMBOL SET IBM 437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 LPI WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN FORM LENGTH 11 7 INCH TOF POSITION 0 0 INCH LEFT MARGIN 0 0 INCH FIT TO LETTER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME Operator panels gt 18 Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer s parallel data interface ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS PARALLEL ENABLE BI DIRECTION ENABLE ECP ENABLE ACK WIDTH NARROW ACK BUSY TIMING ACK IN BUSY I PRIME 3 MICRO SEC This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface
10. 5 If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them 6 Asingle on screen button restores the default settings Operation 40 Job options tab E f Printing Preferences Setup Job Options Image Quality Print Mode O Vector 4 4 Raster Copies 1 Gm 1 999 H 5 1 O High Quality 1200 1200 Scale 9 Normal 600x600 100 2 25400z e 6 Draft 300x300 C Toner Saving C Disabled Orientation 2 e Portrait 1180 O Landscape 1180 7 1 The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows gt The ProQ1200 setting for 411 and 411 prints at 2400 x 600dpi This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery It is the best option for printing photographs gt The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi for B411d B411dn and 1200 x 1200dpi for B431d B431dn is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs The Draft setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for printing draft documents that contain mainly text You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some print jobs 2 Page orienta
11. Choose your preferred operating language See Changing language on page 14 INSTALLED OPTIONS Certain options may have been installed in your printer For those that are installed check that they appear enabled on the Menu Map Ensure that your options are set up in the printer driver s by making the appropriate settings on the Device Options tab PCL emulation and or Device Settings tab PS emulation described in the chapter entitled Operation MACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS Please refer to the readme file on DVD for details on installing the appropriate Macintosh drivers INSTALLED OPTIONS Ensure that any installed options are enabled in the printer driver CHOOSING A MAC DRIVER The B411 models allow you to use only a PCL Mac driver The B431 models can also use a PS driver on Macintosh operating systems Printer drivers 38 OPERATION This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your printer from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment In the former while PCL emulation is available on all printer models PS emulation is optional on the B431d B431dn models PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS NOTE The illustrations in this guide relate to Windows XP PCL and PS emulations other operating system windows may appear slightly different but the principles are the same The operator panel controlled menus and Configuration Tool described in the chapter entitled Operator panels provide access
12. AUTO EMULATION PARA PS PROTOCOL ASCII NET PS PROTOCOL RAW USB PS PROTOCOL RAW B431dn only CLRABLE WARNING ONLINE AUTO CONTINUE OFF MANUAL TIMEOUT 60 SEC TIMEOUT INJOB 40 SEC TIMEOUT LOCAL 40 SEC TIMEOUT NET 90 SEC B431dn only LOW TONER CONTINUE Operator panels gt 25 ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS JAM RECOVERY ON ERROR REPORT OFF START UP OFF PCL emulation This menu controls the printer s PCL emulation ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT SOURCE RESIDENT FONT NO 10 10 00 CPI SYMBOL SET PC 8 A4 PRINT WIDTH 78 COLUMN WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LF FUNCTION LF PRINT MARGIN NORMAL PEN WIDTH ADJUST ON TRAY ID PCL TOID 4 PCL T1ID 1 PCL T2ID 5 When Tray2 is installed PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer s PPR emulation ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI FONT CONDENSE 12 CPI to 20 CPI CHARACTER SET SET 2 SYMBOL SET IBM 437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 LPI WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LF FUNCTION LF LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN FORM LENGTH 11 7 INCH Operator panels gt 26 ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TOF POSITION 0 0 INCH LEFT MARGIN 0 0 INCH FIT TO LETTER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME FX Emulation This menu controls the printer s FX emulation
13. CARTRIDGE When the toner is running low TONER LOW is displayed in the operator panel LCD After Toner Low displays the printer will print about 100 more pages then display Toner Empty and stop printing Printing will resume after a new toner cartridge has been installed REPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE WARNING gt Never expose a toner cartridge to an open flame It can cause an explosion and you can be burned gt sure to switch off and unplug the machine before accessing the interior of a machine for cleaning maintenance or fault clearance Access to a live machine s interior can cause electric shock It is recommended that you clean the LED array at the same time as you change the toner cartridge The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder contained in the toner cartridge Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly inside the pack that the new one came in Follow any regulations recommendations etc which may be in force concerning waste recycling If you do spill any toner powder lightly brush it off If this is not enough use a cool damp cloth to remove any residue Do not use hot water and never use solvents of any kind They will make stains permanent WARNING If you inhale any toner or get it in your eyes drink a little water or bathe your eyes liberally in cold water Seek me
14. Multi Purpose tray for B431d B431dn to extend the range of media your printer can accommodate capacity 100 sheets 64g m or 10 envelopes and can also use as manual duplex Manual Feed tray for 411 411 to feed single sheets heavy paper stocks envelopes other special media and can also use as manual duplex for B411d 411 Auto Duplex standard feature all models Ask Oki a user friendly function that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen but not illustrated in this guide to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using This is where you ll find all the advice assistance and support you could need to help you get the best possible results from your Oki printer Additionally the following optional features are also available gt gt 64 128 256MB RAM DIMM to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files Second paper tray to increase your printer s paper handling capacity by 530 sheets 80g m USING YOUR PRINTER To help you get the most from your printer the manufacturer has provided a variety of supporting materials A summary of these materials and their purposes is given in the following chapter Introduction 7 ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is the user s guide check the Oki Printing Solutions website www okiprintingsolutions com for the most up to date version for your printer and forms part of the
15. O Coarse 3 Disable gray scale printing Manual Adjustment Lightness 0 Q m gt xx Contrast 0 gt 1 Dithering produces an intermediate greyscale by adjusting the combination of dots used in printing Selecting a setting determines the degree of detail with which a graphics image will be printed Mesh determines that a screen of dots is used for dithering while Line Art determines that an array of lines is used for dithering 2 Select dithering texture by setting the size of dots used in the halftone screen 3 Set this control to print greyscale effects in black without dithering Select the check box to disable greyscale printing or de select the check box to enable greyscale printing 4 You can manually adjust lightness the higher the setting the lighter the print and contrast the higher the setting the greater the contrast 5 Asingle on screen button restores the default settings Operation 42 PS EMULATION The tabs available are the Layout Tab the Paper Quality Tab and the Job Options Tab Layout tab My Printer Printing Preferences Layout Paper Quality Job Options Orientation 1 H Portrait Landscape Rotated Landscape Print on Both Sides 2 e 9 None C Flip on Long Edge C Flip on Short Edge Page Order Frontto Back Back to Front 4 Pages Per Sheet fil
16. Standard N up M Dee a 2 Sided Printing uf oa Aa ce ed ee ey 4 None v E RRS INE A AR Duplex Help mm Driver Settings 5 Default v Add 4 210 x 287mm 6 1 Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer 2 You can choose the source of the paper to feed which may be Tray 1 the standard paper tray Manual Feed Tray B411d B411dn Tray 2 if you have the optional second paper tray installed or the Multi Purpose Tray B431d B431dn You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray 3 variety of document finishing options can be selected such as normal one page per sheet or N up where N can be 2 or 4 for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet 4 Under 2 sided Printing you can choose from auto or manual Under manual 2 sided Printing you can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2 sided printing duplex printing Your printer allows you to carry out manual duplex printing meaning you must pass the paper through the printer twice For more information see 2 sided printing on page 49 The Duplex Help button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing
17. and the document finishes printing the remaining pages of your document NOTE You must press the Online button to start the printing for other side The default time is set to one minute failing which the data is deleted and not printed MANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE MANUAL FEED TRAY B411D B411DN NOTE When using the Manual Feed Tray feed pages one sheet at a time gt Use the Multi Purpose Tray for Manual Duplex Printing for B431d B431dn but the principles are the same See Multi purpose tray and manual feed tray on page 33 Position the paper guides on the Manual Feed Tray according to the paper size N Place paper one sheet at a time in the Manual Feed Tray The paper is automatically gripped in position Select File gt Print to display the Print dialog box Click the Properties button Select the Manual Feed Tray from the Source drop down n mnm w On the 2 sided printing drop down menu select either Long Edge Manual or Short Edge Manual according to your printing preferences If you require further information click the Duplex Help button 2 sided printing 51 When every second page has printed take the paper from the output stacker Set the paper one page at a time in the Manual Feed Tray with the printed side facing down and the top of the page facing into the printer Ensure that the paper is gripped in place Press the Online button The remaining pages of your document
18. for use when printing your documents When printing overlay files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to overlays they apply only to your final documents CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE 1 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required overlay image and save it 2 Open your application s Print dialogue 3 sure that the selected printer name 1 is that of your PostScript printer driver 4 Select the Print To File 2 option 5 Click the Properties button 3 to open the Document Properties window 6 the Overlay tab choose Create Form from the drop down list 4 Active Overlay MAX 4 7 Click OK to close the Document Properties window vet 8 Click OK again to close the Print dialogue 9 When prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN 10 Close your application Overlays and Macros Windows only gt 53 CREATE AND DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT 1 Mee oa 10 11 From the Windows Start menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Projects gt New Project Choose Projects gt Add File to Project Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the PRN files are stored and
19. optional Tray2 and when using Auto Duplex function 1 Ensure that there is enough paper in the Paper Tray to carry out the print job 2 Select File gt Print and click the Properties button 3 Select 1 from the Source drop down 2 sided printing gt 49 4 Inthe 2 sided printing drop down menu select either Long Edge Manual or Short Edge Manual according to your printing preferences If you require further information click the Duplex Help button Then Click the Print button 25 Printing Preferences Setup Job Options Image Media Size 4 210 x 297mm uy r Source Automatically select v Weight Printer Setting _ 32 4 Paper Feed Options Finishing Mode Standard N up 2 Sided Printing None m Duplex Help Driver Settings Default iv Add emo A4 210 x 297mm 5 Every second page 1 of your document is printed first When this is complete a message appears on screen prompting you to take the paper flip it and replace it in the Paper Tray 6 Open the Paper Tray 2 2 sided printing 50 7 the printed paper from the Output Stacker 3 and place it in the Paper Tray ensuring that the printed side is facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer 4 8 Close the Paper Tray and press the Online 5 button The message window should disappear from your screen
20. overall user support listed below gt Quick Set up Guide to describe how to unpack connect and power up your printer gt Installation Safety booklet provides information for safe use of your product This is a paper document that is packaged with the product gt This User s Guide to help you to operate your printer and make the best use of its many features Also included are guidelines for troubleshooting and maintenance to ensure that it performs at its best Additionally information is provided for adding optional accessories as your printing needs evolve gt Network Guide helps you become familiar with the functionality of the built in network interface card gt Installation Guides accompany consumable items and optional accessories to describe how to install them gt Online Help online information associated with the printer driver and Status Monitor software This manual has been written using more than one printer as a model and the illustrations screenshots reflect this What you see will be appropriate to the model you are using ONLINE USAGE This manual is intended to be read on screen using an Adobe Acrobat Reader Use the navigation and viewing tools provided in Acrobat You can access specific information in two ways gt In the list of bookmarks down the left hand side of your screen click on the topic of interest to jump to the required topic If the bookmarks are not available use the Tab
21. print on the blank side of the paper one sheet at a time as you feed it into the Manual Feed Tray 2 sided printing gt 52 OVERLAYS AND MACROS WINDOWS ONLY WHAT ARE OVERLAYS AND MACROS If you would like to print on special stationery such as forms and letterhead but do not want to use pre printed stationery you can create your own using these advanced features You can use PostScript overlays to generate all your special stationery and store it in the printer for use whenever you need it If you have chosen to install the PCL driver macros perform a similar function You can create several overlays or macros and combine them in any way you like to produce a variety of forms and other special stationery Each image can be printed on just the first page of a document on all pages on alternate pages or just the pages that you specify CREATING POSTSCRIPT OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file 2 Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on DVD with your printer to create a project file import the PRN file s and download the generated filter HST file to the printer The project file will contain one or more overlay images which are functionally related such as the cover page and the continuation page images for business letters 3 Use downloaded files to define your overlays ready
22. relevant section in the User s Guide for the network interface card for further details on how to configure the network connection before installing the printer drivers NOTE Administrator s authority is required when installing a network connection Interfaces 37 PRINTER DRIVERS This chapter describes how to install a printer driver on two types of operating system Windows and Macintosh The printer drivers are all contained on the printer driver DVD Please refer to the readme file on this DVD for the latest information on printer driver installation WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS 1 With Windows running insert the printer driver DVD into your DVD ROM drive 2 If the DVD does not run automatically use Start gt Run and enter E setup where E is your DVD ROM drive in the Open field 3 Click on OK 4 Select your printer model 5 Click on Driver Installation Install Printer Driver and follow the on screen prompts to complete your printer driver installation 6 For the B411d B411dn only once the driver has been installed install the Configuration tool Follow the on screen instructions to complete the Configuration tool installation NOTE Take time to note the facilities available on the DVD For example the Help facility briefly describes each of the Software Utilities 7 For the B431d B431dn once the driver has been installed the operator panel language switching utility will run automatically
23. select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one printer PRN file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message The project window will display one HST file for each printer file added Make a careful note of each of these names Ensure that you note them exactly as they appear they are case sensitive and you will need them later Choose Projects gt Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it later if you want to modify it Choose Projects gt Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer If you have a hard disk in the printer SDM will automatically download files to it If not SDM will download files to flash memory If you have a hard disk but still prefer to download to flash memory double click the file name in the Project window and under Volume type in Flash0O and then click OK When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message TEST PRINTING THE OVERLAY 1 2 Click on the printer icon for the relevant printer and choose Printers Te
24. the printer The Output Stacker on the top of the printer stacks printed pages face down capacity 150 sheets of weight 80g m2 Pages printed in reading order page 1 first will be sorted in reading order last page on top facing down The face up stacker should be opened and the tray extension pulled out when required for use With the face up stacker either opened or closed the driver setting of face down will successfully direct prints to the face down stacker The face up stacker can hold up to 100 sheets 80g m standard paper Always use this stacker in conjunction with the Manual Feed Tray Multi Purpose Tray or for heavyweight stocks to reduce the possibility of paper jams See Paper and tray information on page 76 Automatic feed sequence With no optional feed trays installed the Autotray function in the Print Menu is set by default to ON and the Tray sequence function is set to DOWN In this way if a tray runs out of paper automatic feed will take place in the order Tray 1 Tray 2 if fitted Multi Purpose Tray or the Manual Feed Tray provided that these trays are set up for identical media Also configure the media size and media weight for the respective trays in the operator panel or Configuration tool depending on your printer model Paper recommendations 32 MULTI PURPOSE TRAY AND MANUAL FEED TRAY 1 B431 Pull down the Multi Purpose Tray 1 extend the tray 2 and fold out the paper supports 3 and ad
25. the top cover and switch the printer on Remove the jammed paper from the exit when the exit roller begins rotating after a few seconds after switching on However if the jammed paper cannot be removed contact a service representative 8 Remove any jammed paper from the face up stacker 9 Open the rear cover and check for paper in the rear path gt Pull out any paper found in this area gt Close it once the paper is removed from this area Troubleshooting gt 68 10 Check for paper jam in duplex unit gt Remove the Image Drum as described in step 3 then remove the Duplex unit 1 by raising the coloured handles 2 on each side and then by holding the handles and gently lifting it out gt Re install the image drum as described in step 5 11 Check for paper jam under the Paper Guard gt Remove the Image Drum as described in step 3 Troubleshooting gt 69 gt Raise the Paper Guard 1 and remove the paper Lower the Paper Guard back into position gt Re install the image drum as described in step 5 12 Open the Multi Purpose Tray 1 Manual Feed Tray for B411d and B411dn gt Remove any paper that you find 2 and then close the tray 13 Close the top cover and press down to latch it closed 14 The printer will warm up and commence printing when ready The page lost through the jam will normally be reprinted Troubleshooting gt 70 PRINT QUALITY PROBLEMS Before consul
26. to many options The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel and Configuration Tool menus and you print documents from Windows the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those settings in the operator panel and Configuration Tool menus PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialogue box appears This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document Next to the printer name is a Properties button When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running PCL EMULATION The tabs available are the Setup Tab the Job Options Tab and the Image Tab Operation gt 39 Setup tab Printing Preferences Setup Job Options Image Media 1 LH Size A4 210 x 287mm 2 Source Automatically select v z Weight Printer Setting v L Paper Feed Options Finishing Mode 3 e
27. 0 Paper and envelope CY POS ise ipi and trays paper feed problems 72 Paper feed size and media setting rms 34 Paper 65 Print order face down printing 32 face up printing 32 Print quality problems 71 Print settings how to 40 printer components 10 Printer default settings Windows defaults 45 printer 7 Index 80 Printing different media 52 Label types 30 31 Paper amp envelope types 30 Quality problems 71 Transparency types 30 31 Priority print queue priority 46 R Ready ees 12 Resolution setting in Windows 41 44 S Separator page separating print jobs on a shared printer 47 Software problems 73 specifications general eene 75 paper and trays 76 Spooling Windows settings 46 status amp error messages 65 support materials 8 T Toner how to replace 59 Troubleshooting Hardware problems 73 Paper 65 Print quality problems 71 Software problems 73 U user s guide rrt 8 viewing 2 nein 8 Ww Watermark printing in Windows 41 45 O
28. 22 Cancel button When printing press to cancel a print job Press to exit the MENU mode and go ONLINE when in the MENU mode NOTE When there is an error and there are print jobs in queue pressing the Cancel button deletes the first job in the queue Ready indicator green ON indicates ready to receive data FLASHING indicates processing data OFF indicates Offline Attention indicator red ON indicates a warning e g low toner FLASHING indicates an error e g toner empty OFF indicates normal condition Operator panels gt 23 MENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer s internal settings The settings are grouped into categories or menus such as Information Menu or Print Menu Some of these settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software The settings that you can change using this software act as the printer s defaults These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application For example if you have set the number of copies in the Printer Menu settings to one this will be overridden if you select three copies of your document in the printer driver Factory default settings are shown in the following tables Information menu This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer ITEM ACTION REMARKS PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE NETWORK EXECUTE B431dn only
29. AD MACROS 1 2 From the Windows Start menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Projects gt New Project to start a new project Choose Projects gt Filter Macro File The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue box appears Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK Example If you create a black oval in MS Paint and leave all the colour command filters checked the black oval will print as a black rectangle when the overlay is used To maintain the oval shape turn off deselect the Configure Image Data Palette ID and Palette Control filters Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the overlay PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one macro file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer directly into the project window if you prefer When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message The project window will display one BIN file for each printer file added Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files You wi
30. DEMO 1 EXECUTE PRINT FILE LIST EXECUTE PRINT PSE FONT EXECUTE PRINT PCL FONT EXECUTE PRINT PPR FONT EXECUTE PRINT FX FONT EXECUTE PRINT ERROR LOG EXECUTE USAGE REPORT EXECUTE Shutdown menu This menu shuts down the printer ACTION REMARKS SHUTDOWN START EXECUTE Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS COPIES 1 DUPLEX OFF PAPER FEED TRAY1 AUTO TRAY SWITCH ON TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE MEDIA CHECK ENABLE Operator panels gt 24 ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS RESOLUTION 600DPI TONER SAVE MODE DISABLE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT LINES PER PAGE 64 LINES EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE Media Menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRAY 1 PAPERSIZE A4 TRAY 1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN TRAY 1 MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM TRAY2 PAPERSIZE A4 When tray 2 is installed TRAY2 MEDIATYPE PLAIN When tray 2 is installed TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM When tray 2 is installed MPT PAPERSIZE A4 MPT MEDIATYPE PLAIN MPT MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM UNIT OF MEASURE MILLIMETER X DIMENSION 210 MILLIMETER Y DIMENSION 297 MILLIMETER System configuration menu This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS POW SAVE TIME 1 MIN PERSONALITY
31. Device Settings Tab The General and Advanced tabs are the same as for PCL emulation described earlier Device settings tab PS Properties General Sharing Ports Advanced Device Settings _ 1 S Device Settings Send CTRL D Before Each Job No Send CTRL D After Each Job Yes Convert Gray Text to PostScript Gray No Convert Gray Graphics to PostScript Gray No Add Euro Currency Symbol to PostScript Fonts No Job Timeout 0 seconds Wait Timeout 300 seconds Minimum Font Size to Download as Outline 100 pixel s Maximum Font Size to Download as Bitmap 600 pixel s 3 xl Installable Options Second tray Mot Installed Memory Configuration 64 MB RAM Get Installable options automatically 1 You set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays 2 You can make a variety of font settings depending on your application 3 You can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer See the chapter entitled Installing options PRINTER SETTINGS IN MACINTOSH Refer to the readme file on the drivers DVD and the online help provided in the driver software Operation 48 2 SIDED PRINTING The duplex unit adds the function of two sided printing using less paper and making large documents easier to handle It also enables booklet printing which uses even less paper You can print using Auto Duplex or Manual Duplex fu
32. H x X 0 0 0 X W 86 216mm L 140 1321mm Postcards X X 0 0 0 X Envelopes Com 9 X X 0 0 0 X Com 10 DL C5 C6 Monarch Custom W 86 216 L 140 356 Specifications 76 Feed Tray Ejection Method Paper type Size Weight T2 MPT FU FD Labels A4 Letter 0 X Transparencies A4 Letter Duplex Printing Auto Paper type Size Weight T1 T2 MPT T1 T2 MPT MF Plain paper A4 B5 Letter Executive Legal 13 Legal 13 5 Legal 14 L ML M MH H 0 16K 184 260mm 16K 195 270mm 16K 197 273mm L ML M MH H A6 AS Statement L ML M MH H Custom W 86 216mm L 140 1321mm L ML M MH H A4 B5 Letter Executive Legal 13 Legal 13 5 Legal 14 UH A6 A5 Statement UH Custom W 86 216mm L 140 1321mm UH Postcards Specifications 77 Duplex Printing Auto Manual Paper type Size Weight T1 T2 MPT MF T1 T2 MPT MF Envelopes Com 9 X X X X X X X X Com 10 DL C5 C6 Monarch Custom W 86 216 L 140 356 Labels A4 X X X X X X X X Letter Transpa A4 X X X X x x X x rencies Letter NOTES SYMBOLS TERMS Notes 1 When an optional second paper tray is used the original tray is referr
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34. MENU MAP EXECUTE is displayed 3 Press the OK button to print the menu map 4 Press the Cancel or Online or the BACK button repeatedly to exit the MENU mode Operator panels gt 29 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS For guidance on the media you can use with your printer which input tray and which ejection method to use see the section entitled Paper and tray information in the Specifications chapter NOTE The reference to Manual Feed Tray is for the B411d B411dn models and the Multi Purpose Tray is for the B431d B431dn models PAPER AND ENVELOPE TYPES The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting paper and envelopes for use in your printer gt Paper and envelopes should be stored flat and away from moisture direct sunlight and heat sources gt Use a smooth finished paper such as copier or laser type paper with a Sheffield smoothness rating of 250 or less If in doubt please ask your paper supplier gt Use paper and envelopes that are designed for use in laser type printers gt The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously impact on the life of the image drum gt Do not use very smooth shiny glossy paper Vv Do not use heavily embossed headed paper V Do not use specially treated papers such as carbon paper non carbon paper thermal paper and impact paper Avoid using paper with perforations cut outs and ragged edges Do not use envelo
35. Tokyo 108 8551 Japan IMPORTER TO THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE Oki Europe Limited trading as OKI Printing Solutions Blays House Wick Road Egham Surrey TW20 OHJ United Kingdom For all sales support and general enquiries contact your local distributor ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION tings SM s ES 3 3 Emergency First Aid gt 3 CONTENTS Preface 6 52 062 Barely re RR CE R RE dr ee a 2 Emergency First Aid 3 Manufacturer lu vata ea 25 Tw n 8 T BS R a 3 Importer to the EU authorised 3 Environmental information eee es 3 Contents suu ide aise Rie E RU E M 4 Notes Cautions and Warnings 6 introduction e S ACE ay Sleeves a areas RIA ale 7 Printer fedt kes il ui tu Pe cas KR e YI NT 7 Using your a m Se het ate UR RR eae Aa ex 7 About this manual clle eere 8 Online sage s iy td uere ee ee ae ere uter Se SUE UE V ud RE 8 Printing Pages us cuui eee Ge ae GROB eae ue E 8 Abbreviations used 9 Printer components leeren hn 10 Operator panels clle
36. ULT REMARKS COPIES 1 DUPLEX OFF MANUAL OFF PAPER FEED TRAY1 AUTO TRAY SWITCH ON TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN MEDIA CHECK ENABLE RESOLUTION 600DPI TONER SAVE MODE DISABLE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT LINES PER PAGE 64 LINES EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE Media menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRAY1 PAPERSIZE A4 TRAY1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN TRAY1 MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM TRAY2 PAPERSIZE A4 When Tray2 is installed TRAY2 MEDIATYPE PLAIN When Tray2 is installed TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM When Tray2 is installed MN PAPERSIZE A4 MN MEDIATYPE PLAIN MN MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM UNIT OF MEASURE MILLIMETER X DIMENSION 210 MILLIMETER Y DIMENSION 297 MILLIMETER Operator panels gt 16 System configuration menu This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS POW SAVE TIME 1 MIN PERSONALITY AUTO EMULATION CLRABLE WARNING ONLINE AUTO CONTINUE ON MANUAL TIMEOUT 60 SEC TIMEOUT INJOB 40 SEC TIMEOUT LOCAL 40 SEC TIMEOUT NET 90 SEC B411dn only LOW TONER CONTINUE JAM RECOVERY ON ERROR REPORT OFF PCL Emulation This menu controls the printer s PCL emulation ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT SOURCE RESIDENT FONT NO 10 FONT PITCH 10 00 CPI SYMBOL SET PC 8 A4 PRINT WIDTH 78 COLUMN WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR
37. age drum unit first 5 push it against the pins on the drum unit then lower the right end of the cartridge down onto the image drum unit 11 Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated push the coloured lever towards the rear of the printer lock position 6 This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit Consumables and maintenance gt 61 13 Close the top cover and press it down to latch it closed WHEN TO REPLACE THE IMAGE DRUM When the drum reaches 90 of its life a REPLACE IMAGE DRUM message is displayed in the operator panel LCD Change the image drum when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate REPLACING THE IMAGE DRUM WARNING Never expose a image drum to an open flame It can cause an explosion and you can be burned Be sure to switch off and unplug the machine before accessing the interior of a machine for cleaning maintenance or fault clearance Access to a live machine s interior can cause electric shock NOTE gt It is recommended that you change the toner cartridge and clean the LED array at the same time as you change the image drum gt The B431dn model has been illustrated below The principles are the same for all the models of this printer 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labelled Do
38. ame a and ID b of the required overlay and define which page s c of your documents will use this overlay Then click the Add button 3 to add this overlay to the list of defined overlays Repeat for any other related overlays When done click the Close button 4 to close the window The example illustrated shows two overlays defined one for a cover page and one for continuation pages Remember that names and IDs of overlay files must be entered exactly as they appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember also that names are case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there Overlays and Macros Windows only gt 57 The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window 6 When done click OK to close the printing preferences window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish PRINTING WITH PCL OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters The first prints on just the top page and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages 1 Prepare your document in the normal way using your own applica
39. ation tool then issue the print command CAUTION Damage to the printer may occur if the incorrect paper setting is used when printing on a different media NOTE gt You can also set the media type in your printer driver However the printer driver settings will override the settings on the control panel or Configuration Tool gt Remember to reset the printer for normal paper after printing on a different media PAPER FEED SIZE AND MEDIA SETTING The process used to fuse fix the printed image to the paper involves a mixture of pressure and heat Too much heat will cause lightweight paper to crease or curl and corrugations in transparencies Too little heat will cause the image not to fuse fully into heavyweight paper NOTE Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs when filling a tray with media it is recommended that you manually set the printer to match the media as described here 4110 B411DN You can change the media type as follows 1 2 3 4 m Start the Configuration tool Expand the User Menu to list the options Expand the Media Menu to list the options Click on the paper tray being used Adjust the media type to the required setting and if necessary the paper size to the size of the paper being used Click Save to Device amp icon to save the new settings Click OK Paper recommendations 34 4310 B431DN Using the control pan
40. cting this option would prevent that situation but printing will be completed a little later as the start is delayed This is the opposite choice to the one above Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling 4 This specifies that the document should not be spooled but printed directly Your application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete This requires less disk space on your computer since there is no spool file 5 Directs the spooler to check the document setup and match it to the printer setup before sending the document to print If a mismatch is detected the document is held in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and the document restarted from the print queue Mismatched documents in the queue will not prevent correctly matched documents from printing 6 Specifies that the spooler should favour documents which have completed spooling when deciding which document to print next even if completed documents are lower priority than documents which are still spooling If no documents have completed spooling the spooler will favour larger spooling documents over shorter ones Use this option if you want to maximise printer efficiency When this option is disabled the spooler chooses documents based only on their priority settings Operation 46 10 Specifies that the spooler should not delete documents after they are completed Th
41. d from Tray1 TRAY2 PAGE COUNT nnnn An indication of the number of pages printed from Tray2 When Tray2 is installed MN PAGE COUNT nnnn An indication of the number of pages printed from the Manual Feed Tray DRUM LIFE REMAINING An indication of the remaining drum life TONER n nk REMAINING An indication of how much toner is left in the cartridge Operator panels gt 20 PRINTING MENU SETTINGS The menu settings can be printed as a menu map as follows Using the Online button 1 2 3 Press the Online button to take the printer off line Press and hold down the Online button for at least four seconds but less than seven seconds The printer prints a list of the menu settings and a demo print page See Online button on page 13 Using the Configuration Tool 1 Aura Select Start gt All Programs gt Okidata gt Configuration Tool gt Configuration Tool The Configuration Tool page is displayed Select this printer displayed under the Registered Device table Click Device Setting tab Click Menu Setting You can check Expand All menu items or click User Menu Expand the Information Menu To print a demo page or Menu Map select either Demo1 or Print Menu Map and click Execute Operator panels 21 B431p B431DN MENU E ON LiNE 6 m CANCEL LJ READY ATTENTION 7 8 OPERATOR PANEL The B431d B431dn operator panel consists of a menu dr
42. dical attention immediately 1 Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the top cover WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 2 Press the top cover release button and open the printer s top cover fully NOTE The B431dn model has been illustrated below The principles are the same for all models of this printer Consumables and maintenance 59 3 Pull the coloured lever 1 on the right side of the toner cartridge towards the front of the printer unlock position to close the cartridge then remove the used toner cartridge 2 4 Clean the top of the ID unit with a clean lint free cloth 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture 6 Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment 7 Gently shake the cartridge 3 from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge 8 Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge 4 9 Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed Consumables and maintenance 60 10 Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the im
43. e temperature and humidity Store paper in protective wrapping Paper is not aligned Align the paper edges to the paper guides Only one sheet of paper is loaded in the Paper tray or Manual Feed Multi Purpose tray Load several sheets of paper Sheets of paper is added to the existing paper stock in the Paper tray or Manual Feed Multi Purpose tray Remove existing sheets of paper from the tray and add the new sheets to them ensuring alignment and then load the tray Postcards envelopes label sheets or transparencies are loaded in the Paper tray Postcards or envelopes are placed in the wrong orientation You cannot print using the Paper tray Load postcards envelopes label sheets or transparencies in the Manual Feed tray or Multi Purpose tray Check and load in the correct orientation Paper is not fed into the printer Improper setting is selected for Paper Source in the printer driver Select the correct paper source from the Source drop down menu The printer menu setting is incorrect Set the size of the paper in the Setup Menu of the printer Printing does not resume after removing jammed paper Printing does not resume only by removing paper jam Open and close the top cover Troubleshooting gt 72 SOFTWARE PROBLEMS Your software operating environment applications and printer drivers controls the printing process Make sure yo
44. ed to as Tray 1 and the optional tray as Tray 2 2 Itis possible to use custom paper sizes with the PS emulation driver 3 Tray 1 can accommodate paper with width of 100 to 216mm and length of 148 to 356mm 4 Tray 2 can accommodate paper with width of 148 to 216mm and length of 210 to 356mm 5 When printing using Auto Duplex paper will not be ejected face up 6 The printing speed is reduced when you set the paper size of A5 A6 Postcards Envelopes as Medium heavy Heavy or Ultra heavy 7 Change the ejection mode to face down if the paper is curled up 8 Change the ejection mode to face up if the paper curl is large 9 When changing media settings allow 15 seconds for the printer to adjust to the new setting SYMBOL MEANING TERM T1 Paper Tray 1 T2 Paper Tray 2 optional MPT Multi Purpose Tray B431 MF Manual Feed Tray B411 FU Face Up printing from the rear of the printer FD Face Down printing from the top of the printer W L Width Length in mm Specifications gt 78 SYMBOL TERM MEANING L Light paper weight 60 66g m ML Medium Light paper weight 67 73g m M Medium paper weight 74 88g m MH Medium Heavy paper weight 89 104g m H Heavy paper weight 105 122g m UH Ultra Heavy paper weight 123g m 160g m o Can be used x Cannot be used A Can be used depending on the size Specifications 79 INDEX Nume
45. efined Overlays list in the printer properties window 8 Repeat the above procedure if you wish to define more overlays 9 When done click OK to close the printer properties window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish PRINTING WITH POSTSCRIPT OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters The first prints on just the top page and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages 1 Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software Remember if necessary to format the document so that it will fit within the appropriate space 2 Open your application s Print dialogue and choose any options you will require ensuring that the target printer is your PostScript printer driver in which the overlays have been defined 3 Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window 4 On the Overlays tab choose Use Overlay from the drop down list 1 Layout Paper Duaiy Job Options Color Overy Active Overlay MAX 4 5 Click on the first overlay 2 you wish to use In this I example it is the Cover Page overlay Then click the Add button 3 _ macs oe Defined Overlay MAX 32 7 6 If you want to use another overlay in this case it is the Continuation page click the second ove
46. el on your printer you can choose gt gt gt gt which paper to use the size of the paper you wish to use the weight of the paper thickness the type of paper NOTE gt If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on your computer the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message gt The following printer settings are given as a guide only Some software applications require the paper feed size and media settings to be selected from within the application page setup gt Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs it is recommended that when filling a tray with media you manually set the printer to match the media as described here Paper feed selection The paper feed paper size paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printer using the control panel as follows 1 Press the Menu UP arrow or DOWN arrow button repeatedly until PRINT MENU is displayed then press the OK button 2 Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until PAPER FEED is displayed then press the OK button 3 Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until the required paper feed is displayed 4 Press the OK button An asterisk appears next to the selected paper feed 5 Press the Cancel or Online or the BACK button repeatedly to exit the MENU mode NOTE When the AUTO TRAY SWITCH is set to ON and more than one paper tray is fitted paper feed automat
47. equired paper type or weight is displayed then press the OK button An asterisk appears next to the selected paper type or weight 4 X Press the Cancel or Online the BACK button repeatedly to exit the MENU mode 5 Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file Paper recommendations 36 INTERFACES Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces 1 2 Parallel For direct connection to a PC This port requires a bi directional IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable USB For connection to a PC running Windows 2000 or later or Mac OS X or later This port requires a cable conforming to USB version 2 0 or above The operation of a printer is not assured if a USB compatible device is connected concurrently with other USB compatible machines When connecting multiple printers of the same type they appear as 2 3 etc These numbers depend on the order of connecting or turning on each printer LAN For network cable connection This port is standard on the B411dn and B431dn NOTE gt It is not recommended that you connect serial USB and parallel cables to the printer simultaneously Interface cables are not supplied with your printer If you are connecting your printer directly to a stand alone computer proceed to the chapter entitled Printer Drivers If your printer is to be installed as a network printer please refer to the
48. feed size and media setting 34 411 11 oy bbl heed Ge X E Ue xA S 34 B431d sso reds esa Rok bu dro doter OE Run us 35 Interfaces 453 a aa ae eee e wma mis elg eae ae ee eae ae Gee a 37 Printer drivers 2 4344 439 379 ay eee ae yey er aaa 38 Windows operating 5 lt 5 38 Installed options s 7 Als eve otk dew a hae e a aA 38 Macintosh operating systems 38 Installed Options s mac Ro ERR EE Ee NAE 38 Choosing aiMac driver ud uos RO Rr we ae hae 38 Contents 4 Operation i e Boy eh hice alco cated 39 Printer settings in Windows 39 Printing preferences in Windows applications 39 PCL Emulation aue edat ie kod CODES Apod Ale d d ade 39 PS em latiort 25 5 ue Bw we etx ex up nte ious ube eels 43 Setting from Windows control panel 45 Printer settings in 5 48 2 sided printing ssrerr rh 49 Auto duplex printing 49 Manual duplex printing using the paper tray Windows only 49 Manual duplex printing using the Manual Feed Tray 411 411 51 Overla
49. he settings are grouped into categories or User Menu such as Information Menu or Print Menu Some of these settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software The settings that you can change using this software act as the printer s defaults These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application For example if you have set the number of copies in the Print Menu settings to one this will be overridden if you select three copies of your document in the printer driver Configuration Toot Tog Tools Plugin View Help Configuration Tool Registered Device Table Printer Device Info 08 Edit the setting of the menu SHOE HE le Device Setting Expand All user Menu D P infomation Mena D D Print Menu D Media Menu b system configuration Menu D pct Menu D Network Menu D P Maintenance Menu o859B Information menu This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer ITEM ACTION REMARKS PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE NETWORK EXECUTE B411dn only DEMO1 EXECUTE PRINT FILE LIST EXECUTE PRINT PCL FONT EXECUTE PRINT PPR FONT EXECUTE PRINT FX FONT EXECUTE PRINT ERROR LOG EXECUTE USAGE REPORT EXECUTE Operator panels gt 15 Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions ITEM DEFA
50. ically switches to the next available paper tray providing non stop printing Paper size Set the paper size as follows NOTE gt When using paper trays standard paper sizes are recognised automatically with CASSETTE SIZE default setting selected Paper size need only be set for custom paper sizes gt When using the Multi Purpose Tray the paper size has to be selected Press the Menu UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until PRINT MENU is displayed then press OK button Press either UP arrow or DOWN arrow button repeatedly until EDIT SIZE is displayed then press OK button Press either UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until the required paper size is displayed then press the OK button An asterisk appears next to the selected paper size Paper recommendations gt 35 4 Press the Cancel or Online or the BACK button repeatedly to exit the MENU mode 5 Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file Media type and weight Set media type and weight as follows CAUTION If media type or media weight are not correctly set print quality deteriorates and the fuser roller may be damaged 1 Press the Menu UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until MEDIA MENU is displayed then press the OK button 2 Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until MEDIA TYPE Or MEDIA WEIGHT for the required tray is displayed then press OK button 3 Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until the r
51. inter is switched on with the main power switch The LED indicators blink when the printer has reset to the default settings Operator panels gt 13 CHANGING LANGUAGE The default language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing is English If required this can be changed to German Danish French Dutch Italian Turkish Spanish Portuguese Swedish Polish Russian Greek Finnish Czech Hungarian Norwegian NOTE 1 The Operator Panel Language Setup Wizard will run automatically when you install the printer driver Follow the instructions provided by this utility to set your chosen language 2 The list above is neither conclusive nor exhaustive CONFIGURATION TOOL Installation of the Configuration tool can be found on the Drivers Utilities DVD under the Utilities folder Follow the on screen instructions to complete the Configuration tool installation This Configuration Tool is used to control and change the various printer settings Using the Configuration Tool Viewing or changing the printer settings are carried out as follows Click on Start gt All Programs gt Okidata gt Configuration Tool and select the Configuration Tool Operator panels 14 MENU FUNCTIONS The Configuration tool allows you to view and change the printer s internal settings You can think of this as the software equivalent of the LCD operator panel In the Configuration tool click the Device Setting tab T
52. ion such as the removal of packaging material etc 7 Place the toner cartridge onto the new image drum cartridge Push the left end in first and then lower the right end in 8 Push the coloured release lever away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it 9 Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs 1 amp 2 at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity 3 10 Gently wipe the LED array surface with a soft tissue Consumables and maintenance 63 11 Close the top cover and press it down to latch it closed CLEANING THE LED ARRAY Clean the LED array whenever a new toner cartridge is installed or if there are faded vertical areas or light printing down a page Wipe the LED array gently with a soft tissue Consumables and maintenance gt 64 TROUBLESHOOTING STATUS AND ERROR MESSAGES Your printer has been designed to give you helpful status feedback not only during normal operation but also if a printing problem occurs so that you can take appropriate corrective action The LCD on the printer operator panel provides the self explanatory status and error messages in your chosen language Error messages are accompanied by the Ready indicator being extinguished PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media and you keep the media in good c
53. is allows documents to be re submitted to the printer from the spooler instead of printing again from the application program If you use this option frequently it will require large amounts of disk space on your computer Specifies whether advanced features such as pages per sheet are available depending on your printer For normal printing keep this option enabled If compatibility problems occur you can disable the feature However these advanced options may then not be available even though the hardware might support them This button provides access to the same setup windows as when printing from applications Changes made via the Windows Control Panel become the Windows default settings You can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents This is particularly useful on a shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack NOTE The above features are provided by the Windows XP operating system and will vary with other operating systems Device options tab PCL Properties General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Device Options Available Options C Lower Cassette Er zd Items Description Information In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer See the chapter entitled Installing options Operation 47 PS emulation The main tabs are the General Tab Advanced Tab and
54. iven control panel an LCD display and two LED indicators PANEL ELEMENTS 1 2 Liquid crystal display LCD panel Two rows of up to 16 alphanumeric digits displaying print status menu items in menu mode and error messages Menu Scroll Buttons Press briefly to enter the MENU mode Press briefly again to select the next menu Press for more than 2 seconds to scroll through the different menus Back button Press briefly to return to the previous higher level menu item or exit the menu when in MENU mode In the ONLINE OFFLINE mode MENU mode when pressed for 4 seconds the printer starts to shutdown OK button In the ONLINE or OFFLINE mode press this briefly to enter the MENU mode In the MENU mode press this briefly to select the menu or setting indicated on the LCD When pressed for 2 seconds or longer it reverts to the previous menu item NOTE When pressed with DATA displayed press and hold for five seconds it forces the printer to print out the remaining data in the printer Online button Press to switch between ONLINE and OFFLINE status Press to exit the menu and displays ONLINE when in the MENU mode NOTE When pressed in Menu mode the Online button returns the printer to ONLINE status Also when there is an error indicating wrong paper size pressing the Online button forces the printer to print When manually feeding paper pressing the Online button will start the printing Operator panels
55. just the paper guides to the width of the paper 4 B411 Pull down the Manual Feed Tray 1 and adjust the paper guides 2 to the width of the paper B431 B411 2 B431 Load the paper into the Multi Purpose Tray and push the set button 5 Ensure that the paper is loaded below the arrow level 6 to avoid paper jam NOTE Do not exceed the paper capacity of approximately 100 sheets or 10 envelopes depending on the media weight B411 Load single sheet at a time into the Manual Feed Tray B431 B411 gt For single sided printing on headed paper load the paper with the pre printed side up and top edge into the printer gt For two sided duplex printing on headed paper load the paper with the pre printed side down and top edge away from the printer Paper recommendations gt 33 gt Envelopes should be loaded flap down face up with the top edge to the left and short edge into the printer NOTE Do not select Duplex printing on envelopes gt Load Transparencies face up and top edge into the printer gt For heavyweight paper or cardstock open the rear stacker to collect the printed output This will give the paper a nearly straight path through the machine avoiding paper jams and damage to the paper B431 If required set the media size and orientation in the media menu using the control panel then issue the print command B411 If required set the media size and orientation in the Configur
56. l has been designed to operate only with genuine original toner cartridges Any other toner cartridge may not operate at all even if it is described as compatible and if it does work your product s performance and print quality may be degraded Specifications subject to change without notice All trademarks acknowledged Notes Cautions and Warnings gt 6 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this monochrome page printer Your new printer is designed with a range of advanced features to give you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print media For your information a summary of the main features of your printer is given below PRINTER FEATURES gt V M M V V Four different models to choose from B411d B411dn B431d B431dn d denotes Duplex included and n denotes Network Interface Card included Memory 64MB Resolution 1200 x 600 dpi for BA11d B411dn 1200 x 1200 dpi for B431d B431dn Paper handling 250 sheets 80g m Emulation standard Printer Control Language PCL5e PCLXL Epson FX IBM ProPrinter and PostScript3 for B431d B431dn Barcodes embedded for SIDM emulations Flash DIMM 1 28MB for B411d 411 and 4 6MB for B431d B431dn to allow the storage of additional fonts or bar codes USB 2 0 High speed and Parallel interfaces 10 100 BASE TX Network standard for B411dn B431dn lets you share this valuable resource among users on your office network
57. le of Contents gt In the list of bookmarks click on Index to jump to the Index If the bookmarks are not available use the Table of Contents Find the term of interest in the alphabetically arranged index and click on the associated page number to jump to the page containing the subject PRINTING PAGES The whole manual Individual pages or sections may be printed The procedure is 1 From the toolbar select File gt Print or press the Ctrl P keys About this manual gt 8 2 Choose which pages you wish to print a pages for the entire manual b Current page for the page at which you are looking Print e x Printer Now Properties Status Ready Reverse pages Type Printas image Where LPTI Pinttofile Print Range Copies and Adjustments Ali226 pages Selected pages arephic Number otcopies Curent page Pages from T to 226 F Shrink oversized pages to paper size Print EvenendOddPages F Expand smell pages to paper size F Autozrotate and center pages F Comments PostScript Options Print Method Language Level 3 z F Optimize for Speed is T DownloadAsian Fonts I Save Printer Memory ColorManaged On printer J Units Inches Zoom 141 4 c Pages from and to for the range of pages you specify by entering their page numbers 3 Click OK ABBREVIATIONS USED The following abbreviations are used in this man
58. led or folded paper 3 Remove any paper from the underside of the printer 2 4 Replace the paper tray After successful removal of any damaged or misfed paper the printer should continue printing FEED JAM OR EXIT JAM 1 Remove the tray and clear any misfed sheets as given above 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser area will be hot This area is clearly marked Do not touch it Never expose the image drum unit to light for more than 5 minutes Never expose the image drum unit to direct sunlight Always hold the image drum unit by the ends or from the top Never touch the surface of the green drum inside the image drum unit Troubleshooting gt 66 3 Carefully lift out the image drum complete with the toner cartridge Be careful not to touch or scratch the green drum surface 4 5 Re install the image drum complete with toner cartridge ensuring that the pegs 1 amp 2 correctly locate into the slots on each side of the printer 3 6 Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet This will protect the drum from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining area for jammed sheets Troubleshooting gt 67 7 Remove any jammed paper from the face down stacker NOTE If the edge of the jammed paper protrudes or can be seen from the exit reinstall the image drum close
59. ll need them later Overlays and Macros Windows only 56 10 If you wish to edit the names or ID numbers double click the file entry and edit the details Note that the names are case sensitive Choose Projects gt Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it Choose Projects gt Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message TEST PRINTING THE MACRO 1 2 3 4 Choose Printers gt Test Macro In the Test Macro window enter its ID number and click OK After a short pause the printer will print the macro When each macro has been tested click Exit Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects gt Exit to close Storage Device Manager DEFINING OVERLAYS This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 2 Open the Printers called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel Right click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu On the Job Options tab click the Overlay button In the Overlay window Click the Define Overlays ees 3 button 1 RECTUS Active Overlays Nene T Fager ane Pages In the Define Overlays window enter the n
60. nction NOTE The steps in the process relate to Windows XP PCL Other operating system windows may appear slightly different but the principles are the same AUTO DUPLEX PRINTING This printer provides automatic two sided printing only for Letter A4 B5 Executive Legal 13 13 5 and 14 using paper stocks from 60 122g m To carry out Auto Duplex Printing 1 Select File gt Print and click the Properties button 2 Select the input tray 1 Tray2 optional Multi Purpose Tray B431d B431dn or Manual Feed Tray B411d B411dn from the Source drop down 3 In the Duplex printing drop down menu select either Long Edge Auto or Short Edge Auto according to your printing preferences 4 If you require further information click the Duplex Help button 5 Click the Print button MANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE PAPER TRAY WINDOWS ONLY NOTE Manual Duplex printing is available only for Windows PCL Driver To carry out 2 sided or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice You can carry out 2 sided printing using the Paper Tray or the Manual Feed Tray B411d B411dn or the Multi Purpose Tray B431d B431dn You can use A4 A5 A6 B5 Letter Legal 13 13 5 and 14 Statement Executive and Custom paper sizes using paper stocks from 60 122g m2 NOTE gt You cannot use A6 paper size for printing from Tray 2 option gt You can print on Legal 13 5 paper only from Tray1
61. not touch 2 Holding it by its top centre remove the used image drum and toner cartridge out of the printer Consumables and maintenance 62 3 Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the ID unit is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 4 With the coloured toner release lever to the right pull the lever towards you This will release the bond between the toner cartridge and the image drum unit 5 Liftthe right hand end of the toner cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture 6 Takethe new image drum cartridge out of its packaging and place it on the piece of paper where the old cartridge was placed Keep it the same way round as the old unit Pack the old cartridge inside the packaging material for disposal NOTE Follow instructions that come with the new image drum for additional informat
62. ondition prior to use your printer should give years of reliable service However paper jams occasionally do occur and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point on the paper path through the printer When a jam occurs the printer immediately stops and the operator panel informs you of the event If printing multiple pages or copies do not assume that having cleared an obvious sheet that others will not also be stopped somewhere along the path These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation The printer may experience a paper jam in one of three areas 1 INPUT JAM paper has failed to leave the selected feed tray and enter the internal paper path of the printer A typical message indicates a paper jam and identifies the tray to check 2 FEED JAM paper has entered the printer but failed to reach the exit A typical message indicates a paper jam and advises you to open the top cover for access 3 EXIT JAM paper has reached the exit but has failed to exit completely from the printer A typical message indicates an exit jam and advises you to open the top cover for access Troubleshooting gt 65 INPUT JAM NOTE The B431dn model has been illustrated below The principles are the same for all models of this printer 1 Remove the paper tray from the printer 1 Remove any crump
63. ow ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 387mm x 364mm x 244 5mm W x D x H Weight 11 6kg approximately without second tray Power supply 220 to 240VAC 50 60Hz 2 Power consumption Typical MA d da B411 510W B431 550W installed Idle 70W Power save mode 8W Noise level Operation B411 53 dB A B431 54dB A Standby mode 30dB A Power saving mode Background level Environmental Operation 10 32 C 20 80 RH conditions Storage 10 43 C 10 90 RH When the printer is stored it should be in its original packaging with no moisture formation Specifications gt 75 PAPER AND TRAY INFORMATION Feed and ejection methods vary depending on the type size and thickness of medium used Use the chart below and the notes symbols terms on the following page for initial guidance Minor variations to settings may be necessary depending on user setup and environmental conditions Feed Tray Ejection Method Paper type Size Weight Ti T2 MPT MF FU FD Plain paper A4 L ML M MH H 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 Letter Executive 16K 184 260mm 16K 195 270mm 16K 197 273mm Legal 13 L ML M MH H 0 0 0 0 X 0 Legal 13 5 Legal 14 A6 L ML M MH H 0 X 0 0 0 0 Statement Custom L ML M MH H A A 0 0 A 0 W 86 216mm L 140 1321mm A4 UH X X 0 0 0 X B5 A5 Letter Executive Legal 13 Legal 13 5 Legal 14 A6 UH X X 0 0 0 X Statement Custom U
64. perating system and will vary with other operating systems 3 My Printer Properties General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Device Options 1 LL Always available O Available from 2 Priority 1 Driver Mp Printen 3 Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster O Start printing after last page is spooled Start printing immediately 4 11 Print directly to the printer 5 T Hold mismatched documents 6 ___ Print spooled documents first 7 _ Keep printed documents 8 v Enable advanced printing features 9 Printing Defaults Print Processor Separator Page 10 1 You can specify which times of day your printer will be available Indicates current priority from 1 lowest to 99 highest Highest priority documents will print first 3 Specifies that documents should be spooled stored in a special print file before being printed The document is then printed in the background allowing your application program to become available more quickly Options follow This specifies that printing should not start until the last page has been spooled If your application program needs a lot of time for further computation in the middle of printing causing the print job to pause for more than a short period the printer could prematurely assume that the document has finished Sele
65. pes with windows or metal clasps Do not use envelopes with self sealing flaps V M M V Avoid using damaged or curled envelopes TRANSPARENCIES AND ADHESIVE LABELS The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting transparencies and adhesive labels for use in your printer gt Always manually feed single sheets using a Manual Feed Tray or Multi Purpose Tray gt Always use rear output gt Media must be designed for use in laser printers or photocopiers and must be able to withstand 200 C for 0 1 sec gt Do not use media designed for use in colour laser printers and photocopiers Labels should cover entire carrier sheet Vv gt Carrier sheet or adhesive must not be exposed to any part of the printer NOTE You can use Thermal resistant transparencies used for Over Head Projectors Paper recommendations gt 30 POSTCARDS The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting postcards for use in your printer gt Always manually feed single postcards using the Manual Feed Tray or Multi Purpose Tray depending on your printer model Use unfolded double postcards Use postcards designed for use in laser type printers Do not use postcards used for ink jet printers V M M V Do not use stamped or picture postcards INSTALLING PAPER PAPER TRAY NOTE If you are topping up the paper in a paper tray it is recommended that you remove
66. prints Incorrect cable configuration Also see Software Problems Check cable configuration continuity and length Printer freezes or displays error message when Booting the computer while the printer is on can cause a Turn printer off before rebooting computer forms or adhesives passing through the hot fusing unit computer is communications error rebooted Odours Gases are given off by Make sure the forms you use can withstand heating and provide adequate ventilation Printer is on but must warm up before a job is printed Power Save mode is set on to conserve energy The fuser must heat up before you can begin printing the next job To eliminate warm up delay change Power Save setting Troubleshooting gt 73 INSTALLING OPTIONS The following options are available to extend the performance of your printer gt 64 128 256MB RAM DIMM to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files gt Second paper tray to increase your printer s paper handling capacity by 530 sheets 80g m INSTALLATION PROCEDURE To install any of the above options follow the detailed installation sheet that accompanies the option Installing options 74 SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL B411d N22200B 411 N22201B B431d N22202B B431dn N22203B A summary of the basic characteristics of your printer appears in the table bel
67. rics 2 sided printing 49 A Adhesive labels 30 Advanced features enabling or disabling 47 Attention LED 12 Auto duplex printing 49 E Envelopes Exit paper jam F Feed jam or exit jam 66 Feed paper jam 66 I Image drum 62 Input paper 66 installed options Macintosh 38 Windows Installing Paper x neces 31 installing Configuration cite etit 38 installing drivers Macintosh 38 Windows 38 Installing paper 31 interface parallel s 37 USB nisiut 37 L t 30 31 E ieee eA ea 37 HET 22 LED indicators M Mactos uite 53 Maintenance Cleaning LED array 64 Manual Duplex Multi Purpose Tray 51 Paper 49 Manual Duplex printing 49 media settings B411d 411 34 B431d 431 35 menu functions B411d 411 15 B431d 431 24 menu settings B411d 411 21 B431d 431 29 Menus FX menu 18 27 Information menu
68. rlay 4 and then click the Add button 3 again 7 When you have selected all the overlays you want to use for this document click OK new wee Ca 8 Finally in your application s print dialogue click OK to begin printing Overlays and Macros Windows only gt 55 CREATING PCL OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 2 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on DVD with your printer to create a project file import the PRN file and download the generated filter BIN files to the printer Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future document When printing files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to macros they apply only to your final documents CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE 1 6 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required image and Save it Open your application s Print dialogue po Make sure that the selected printer name 1 is that of 1 d m Type your PCL printer driver m rocca Select the Print To File 2 option When prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN Close your application CREATE AND DOWNLO
69. s a printing error for example a problem with paper the cover is open or the paper tray is empty while a job is processing There is a minor error with the printer for example toner is low and the image drum needs to be changed LCD The LCD 3 has two rows of up to 16 alphanumeric digits displaying print status and error messages ONLINE BUTTON The primary functions of the Online button 4 are activated by pressing the switch momentarily and releasing The primary functions are as follows gt gt gt gt gt Turning the printer off line Turning the printer on line ready Resuming printing after page overflow Interrupting data processing when the printer is receiving and processing data Resuming data processing The secondary functions of the Online button are activated after turning the printer off line then pressing and holding the switch for four seconds before releasing The secondary functions are as follows gt Printing the demo and menu pages NOTE Demo and menu pages can also be printed using the printer s Configuration Tool See Printing menu settings on page 21 Printing any data held in the buffer after printing has been cancelled Resetting the printer and clearing the buffer after printing has been cancelled NOTE To reset the printer to the default settings of the manufacturer the Online button is pressed and held down while the pr
70. s and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors As an ENERGY STAR Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 2004 108 EC EMC 2006 95 EC LVD 1999 5 EC R amp TTE and 2009 125 EC EuP as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Low Voltage Radio amp Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Energy Using Products The following cables were used to evaluate this product to achieve EMC directive 2004 108 EC compliance and configurations other than this may affect that compliance CABLE TYPE LENGTH CORE SHIELD METRE Power 1 8 x x USB 5 x v Parallel 1 8 x A LAN 15 x x Preface 2 EMERGENCY FIRST AID Take care with toner powder If swallowed give small amounts of cold water and seek medical attention DO NOT attempt to induce vomiting If inhaled move the person to an open area for fresh air Seek medical attention If it gets into the eyes flush with large amounts of water for at least 15 minutes keeping eyelids open Seek medical attention Spillages should be treated with cold water and soap to help reduce risk of staining skin or clothing MANUFACTURER Oki Data Corporation 4 11 22 Shibaura Minato ku
71. st Form In the Test PostScript Form window to test each overlay select it and click OK There will be a short pause while the printer processes the form and then it will print When each overlay has been tested click Exit Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects gt Exit to close Storage Device Manager DEFINING OVERLAYS This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel Right click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu On the Overlay tab click the New button Overlays and Macros Windows only 54 4 Inthe Define Overlays window enter a suitable name 2 for this overlay and choose which page s 3 of your documents will use this overlay 5 Enter the name of the overlay file 4 exactly as it appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember that this name is case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay names when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there 6 Click Add 5 to add this overlay into the defined overlays list Ok Cancel 7 Click OK to close the Define Overlay window The new overlay now appears in the D
72. t of options as described above for the Layout Tab Job options tab Printing Preferences Layout Paper Quality Job Options 1 993 3 1 1000 2 E 4 High Quality 1200x1200 Nomal 600 600 Toner Save 2 Watermark Overlay Advanced e 5 About Default ee 6 1 The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows gt The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 1200dpi for B431d B431dn is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text gt The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some print jobs Operation gt 44 6 You can print watermark text behind the main page image This is useful for marking documents as draft confidential etc If you would like to print on special stationery such as forms and letterhead but do not want to use pre printed stationery you can create your own using Overlays for B431d B431dn For more information on Overlays and Macros refer to Overlays and Macros Windows only on page 53 The Overlays button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively although you will need to top up the paper tray during such a long print run Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery Using the Advanced but
73. ter describes the function of the operator panel on your printer It is useful to describe the Configuration Tool at this point as it provides the B411d B411dn the equivalent of the menu control panel on the B431d B431dn See Printer drivers on page 38 for installation of the Configuration Tool 411 B411DN OPERATOR PANEL The B411d B411dn operator panel consists of 2 indicating LEDs an LCD 3 and an Online 4 button The LEDs indicate Ready 1 and Attention 2 ON LINE oo 4 READY ATTENTION 1 2 LED INDICATORS The LED indicators show the status of the printer and have three operating conditions as follows gt Indicator off gt Indicator on gt Flash Both LED indicators come on momentarily when power is switched on using the main power switch Ready LED green gt Indicator on the printer is on line and ready to receive data gt Indicator off the printer is off line and cannot receive data Attention LED red gt Indicator on this indicates a warning e g low toner gt Indicator off this indicates normal condition The meaning of the indicator LEDs when they flash x is summarised as follows NOTE The table below is also applicable for the B431d B431dn models Operator panels gt 12 Flash The printer is receiving FLASH TYPE READY LED 1 ATTENTION LED 2 MEANING and processing data during printing or the printer is resetting x There i
74. the remaining paper from the tray first then add the new paper stock followed by the paper you removed This ensures that the oldest paper is used first to help prevent paper jams 1 Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printer and place plain paper 1 in the tray keeping the level of the paper in the tray below the paper full guide arrowheads shown on the paper guides 2 NOTE Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the front of the paper tray 3 Paper recommendations 31 2 Adjust the rear paper support 4 to the size of paper you are using by gripping the lug tilting and sliding the support forwards or backwards as necessary 3 Adjust the paper guides 5 by gripping the lug and moving it backwards or forwards to match the size of the paper used It is important to adjust the paper guides correctly to ensure that the paper is not skewed in the print process Paper jams may occur if this operation is not carried out correctly 4 Replace the tray in the printer NOTE If you have the optional second paper tray Tray 2 and you are printing from the first upper tray Tray 1 you can pull out the second lower tray to reload it However if printing from the second lower tray do not pull out the first upper tray as this will result in a paper jam Face up and face down printing For face down printing make sure the Rear stacker is closed the paper exits from the top of
75. ting a service representative regarding a print quality problem check the table below to see if there is a solution or something you might have overlooked SYMPTOM Blank sheets printed PROBLEM Image drum cartridge not properly installed SOLUTION Reinstall image drum cartridge Empty or missing toner cartridge Install new toner cartridge Entire page prints faintly Empty toner cartridge Pages get fainter when toner is used up Install new toner cartridge LED array is dirty Clean LED array Page has grey background Static electricity generally from dry environments causes toner to stick to background Change paper to a smoother laser bond or use a humidifier Page prints all black Hardware problem Contact service Oblong area of faint print appears on each page Drop out caused by using paper exposed to high humidity Change paper stocks check paper storage environment or use a dehumidifier check toner level Vertical white streaking or faint areas on page Toner is low and does not distribute properly or the drum is worn out Replace toner cartridge Check drum and replace the drum if necessary Contact service LED array is dirty Clean LED array Vertical black lines Hardware problem Contact service Fuzzy print LED array is dirty Clean LED array Faded print Toner cartridge is not correctl
76. tion can be set to either portrait tall or landscape wide Both views can be rotated by 180 degrees 3 You can print watermark text behind the main page image This is useful for marking documents as draft confidential etc If you would like to print on special stationery such as forms and letterhead but do not want to use pre printed stationery you can create your own using Overlays for B431d B431dn For more information on Overlays and Macros refer to Overlays and Macros Windows only on page 53 The Overlays button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing 4 In Raster bitmap mode processing of the page image is done in the computer leaving little processing for the printer to do although the file size may be large In Vector mode file sizes may be smaller and so transmission over a network for example may be faster These effects are more pronounced for graphics printing than for text printing 5 You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively although you will need to top up the paper tray during such a long print run Operation 41 6 Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery within a range of 25 to 400 of the original size 7 Asingle on screen button restores the default settings Image tab My Printer Printing Preferences Je Setup Job Options Image O Line Art 2 e Dithering Texture Fine Normal
77. tion software Remember if necessary to format the document so that it will fit nicely within the plain areas on your letterhead overlay 2 Open your application s Print dialogue and choose any options you will require ensuring that the target printer is your PCL printer driver in which the overlays have been defined 3 Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window 4 the Overlay tab check the Use active overlays checkbox 1 5 In the Defined Overlays list click on the first overlay 2 you wish to use and click the Add button 3 to add itto 3_ the Active Overlays list If you want a reminder of how this overlay looks click the Test Print button 6 If you want to use another overlay with this document in this example it is the Continuation Page overlay click this overlay 4 in the list of defined overlays and then click the Add button 3 again to add the second overlay to the list of active overlays Defne Overa Tenpin K Cancel Hep Deed 7 When the list of active overlays contains all the items you want to use click OK 8 Finally click the Print button in your application s Print dialogue to begin printing your document Overlays and Macros Windows only 58 CONSUMABLES AND MAINTENANCE This section deals with the replacement of the toner cartridge and image drum and general maintenance WHEN TO REPLACE THE TONER
78. ton gives you access to the facility to set mirror image printing and negative image printing A single on screen button restores the default settings SETTING FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows rather than from within an application program a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next PCL emulation The main tabs are the General Tab Advanced Tab and Device Options Tab General tab PCL Properties General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Device Options A f My Printer Location Comment Model My Printer 1 e Features Color No Paper available Double sided Yes Letter Staple No Speed 38 ppm Maximum resolution Unknown 2 Printing Preferences Print Test Page 1 OK Cancel 1 This area lists some of the main features of your printer including optional items This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs Changes you make here however will become the new default settings for all Windows applications Operation 45 3 This button prints a test page to ensure that your printer is working NOTE The above features are provided by the Windows XP o
79. u have selected the right driver for use with your printer See your software documentation for more information SYMPTOM Printing is garbled PROBLEM Incorrect driver is installed SOLUTION Install an appropriate driver Printer s output is below rated speed Much of the printing delays will be caused by your application Sometimes purely text documents will print slowly depending on the selected fonts and how they are transferred to the printer For maximum speed use text in your document and use a printer resident font Size of top margin increases with each page printed Creeping text Number of lines per page in software is not equal to number of lines per page of printer Many software packages assume 66 lines per page but your printer s default is 64 Adjust software accordingly or set LINES Per PAGE in the soft control panel to equal lines per page in your software HARDWARE PROBLEMS SYMPTOM Graphic image prints partly on one page partly on the next PROBLEM Insufficient printer memory for this image at this resolution SOLUTION Change the resolution reduce the image size or install more memory in your printer When you try to print nothing happens but printer indicates it is ready to receive data Configuration error Check cable connection If more than one printer is available make sure your printer has been selected Garbage
80. ual ABBREVIATION MEANING Ctrl Control dpi dots per inch DIMM Dual In line Memory Module d duplex n network card installed LED Light Emitting Diode NIC Network Interface Card PCL Printer Control Language PS PostScript emulation PSE PostScript Emulation RAM Random Access Memory About this manual gt 9 PRINTER COMPONENTS Apart from the Operator panels which are described in the next chapter the B411d B411dn B431d B431dn printers look similar from the outside The important components are identified in the representations below For illustration purposes the B431dn model is shown Operator panel Output Stacker 150 sheets face down Output Stacker extension Top cover release button Multi Purpose Tray only for B431d B431dn 100 sheets shown in open position Multi Purpose Tray extension Paper Tray 250 sheets ON OFF switch LED array D mou wm ME Fuser unit Toner cartridge N Image drum j cover Printer components gt 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Cooling fan Memory panel to upgrade your printer s memory RAM DIMM Power cable connection Parallel interface connection LAN interface connection only for BA11dn B431dn USB interface connection Paper Tray extension Rear Face Up Tray extension Rear Face Up Tray Printer components 11 OPERATOR PANELS This chap
81. y installed Toner low Install toner cartridge correctly Replace toner cartridge Smeared or blotched print Printed page is light blurred Dirty rollers toner dropped inside printer or image drum problem Is toner low Is paper meant for laser printers Replace image drum and toner Contact service Replace toner cartridge Use recommended paper LED array is dirty Clean LED array Bold characters and dark lines are smeared Toner is low Install new toner cartridge Print is darker than usual Darkness setting is too high Change darkness setting Troubleshooting gt 71 SYMPTOM Pages curl excessively PROBLEM Printing on wrong side of paper SOLUTION down in tray Turn paper over in tray Note arrow on paper package Install paper print side Moisture in paper Improper storage Avoid storing paper in areas of excessive temperature and humidity Store paper in protective wrapping PAPER FEED PROBLEMS SYMPTOM Paper Jams occur frequently Multiple sheets of paper are fed at the same time High humidity 80 PROBLEM The printer is tilted Recommended operating humidity 20 SOLUTION Place the paper on a stable and flat surface Paper is too thick or too thin Paper is moist folded creased or warped Use paper suitable for the printer Avoid storing paper in areas of excessiv
82. ys and Macros Windows only llle 53 What are overlays and macros 53 Creating PostScript lt 53 Creating the overlay 53 Create and download the 54 Test printing the overlay 54 Defining overlays serium REX RR M sax EE E Y x a 54 Printing with PostScript lt 55 Creating PCL lt 56 Creating the overlay 56 Create and download 5 56 Test printing the 57 Defining overlays e sur uc prn kom xe POE e Rue eae tea 57 Printing with PCL overlayS selle 58 Consumables and maintenance eee eee eee 59 When to replace the toner cartridge 59 Replacing the toner 59 When to replace the image drum 62 Replacing the image 62 Cleaning the LED array d see ex x E ee Y de e hw LR 64 Troubleshooting serre ee 65 Status and error messages x RA Ge we UR ER qd A de 65 Paper Jam

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