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1. 1 RGB data 2 Printed document 3 RGB source profile 4 Scanner monitor camera etc 5 Printer output profile 6 Leave on Auto or select your custom profile Important Be aware that if the device you are trying to simulate has different color capabilities from your own printer exact color simulation will not be possible For example it may be difficult to reproduce the exact colors of an inkjet printer on a toner based printer Additionally differences in the range of printable colors between different devices can make simulation using RGB source data inaccurate To achieve best results when simulating the color output of other printers you are strongly advised to use CMYK data as a source See CMYK Ink Simulations on page 206 To simulate the output of another printer you need to download at least 2 profiles to your printer using Profile Assistant C6150 User s Guide 202 e RGB Source Profile e Simulation Target Profile e Printer Output Profile optional Once the profile s have been downloaded make the appropriate selections in the printer driver These are described in the next section Windows page 203 Mac OS 9 page 204 Mac OS X page 205 Windows This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c PCL 6 and PostScript drivers If you are using a source RGB document simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver 1 2 3 On the pri
2. If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print C6150 User s Guide 54 Paper Exit Paths Face Down Top Exit CAUTION Don t open or close the rear paper exit while printing If you do it may cause a paper jam Always use the face up rear stacker straight throughexit path forthickpaper cardstocketc e Capacity up to 250 sheets of standard paper 20 Ilb US Bond 42 lb Index 75 g m2 metric e Paper Weights up to 47 lb US Bond 98 Ib Index 176 g m metric e Print Sequence Pages are printed in reading order Page 1 first last page on top facing down C6150 User s Guide 55 Face Up Rear Exit CAUTION Don t open or close the rear paper exit while printing If you do it may cause a paper jam Always use the face up rear stacker straight throughexit path forthick paper cardstocketc Open the face up stacker at the rear of the printer and pull out the tray extension When the face up stacker is open paper exits via this path regardless of driver settings e Capacity up to 100 sheets of standard paper 20 Ib US Bond 42 Ib Index 75 g m NOTE Always use this stacker and the Multi Purpose Tray for paper stocks heavier than 47 Ib US Bond 98 Ib Index 176 g m metric e Paper Weights up to 54 Ib US Bond 113 Ib Index 203 g m2 metric e Print Sequence Papers are
3. If you use True Black to print photographs dark sections of the photos may appear black For more information Windows PostScript Office Color see page 166 Windows PostScript Graphic Pro see page 168 Windows PCL see page 169 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 see page 170 Windows PostScript Office Color 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Select your printer C6150 User s Guide 166 Ona U Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties Windows 2000 Go to the next step Click the Color tab Click Office Color Click Options At Black Finish make your selection Auto If Auto is selected your printer automatically uses the best method Composite or True Black to print black depending on the type of document you are printing Composite Black CMYK The cyan magenta yellow and black toners are combined to create composite black Use composite black when printing photographs Composite Black can appear as a brownish black True Black K Only black toner is used to print true black Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics If you use True Black to print photographs dark sections of the photos may appear black Change any other settings as desired 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Click OK The Color tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other
4. 000 cee eee ees 55 Face Down Top Exit saaana aaa es 55 Face Up Rear Exit sanaaa es 56 Loading Paper 2 cece eee ee ee 58 Trays Land Z a ee ae a GNIAR WEA A hee dee da 58 Multi purpose Trayi n a es 61 MP Tray Manual Feed 0 ce es 61 Consumables and Replacement Supplies 64 Part Numbers e Tatra A ee DA a ee 64 DON a team DNI a aa S N 64 Image DEUMS ii a eal a A he ew Ae Ew are 64 FUSGIS oi tie Seed a a tee gions 64 Transfer Belli ad A ae Pa e ae a kee 64 Replace a Toner Cartridge 2 0000s 65 Replace an Image Drum oo coco oe ees 72 Replace the Fuser 0o0o o o oo oo ooo oo nea 81 Replace the Belt UNit 0 ooooooo ooo 85 Printer Settings Menu Settings lt lt lt lt lt 0 90 Print a list of the current settingS 90 Changing Settin9S o ooo ooo 91 Example Power Save TiMe ooo ooo 92 Reset to Factory Defaults o o oooo coco 93 Lists of Available Settings by Menu 94 Information Menu 0 0 ooo ooo 94 Print MOM Use A a Meta eae Ra 94 Media MENU nace kek oka DA Se see are 95 Color Menus o went Ot a ere as oe ee Robe Bate a 97 System Configuration Menu sasssa ee es 98 USB Menti rr anea it he Oe Ea vo hee a ah aS 99 Network MenU 0 0 o oooo es 99 Memory Menu a toc dd ler ee de See A a 100 System Adjust M menu ooo ooo momo 101
5. LOAD mmm nnn tttt EMPTY LOAD mmm ppp AND PRESS ONLINE SWITCH nnn tttt MEDIA MISMATCH LOAD mmm ppp AND PRESS ONLINE SWITCH nnn tttt SIZE MISMATCH OPEN DUPLEX COVER nnn PAPER JAM OPEN FRONT COVER nnn PAPER JAM OPEN TOP COVER nnn PAPER JAM ORDER xxx POWER ON OFF 300 NETWORK ERROR Print job from MP Tray has been received and the MP Tray is empty A print job has been received and the indicated paper tray is empty The media type in the indicated tray tttt does not match that specified in the print job being processed The media size mmm and or type ppp loaded in the indicated tray tttt does not match that specified in the print job being processed Paper has jammed entering or exiting the duplexer Paper jam Paper jam Appears on the second line of the display to indicate that consumable xxx e g belt fuser toner image drum is nearing end of life An error has occurred involving the network C6150 User s Guide 117 Load the requested media mmm in the MP Tray and press ON LINE Load mmm media in the indicated tttt tray Load the appropriate media in the tray and press ON LINE Load the appropriate media in the tray and press ON LINE Clear the jam page 121 and page 123 Clear the jam page 125 and page 138 Clear the jam page 133 and page 127 Make sure you have a replacement unit on hand Shut the printer of
6. Print 3 Select your printer 4 Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Advanced Windows 2000 Go to the next step 5 On the Color tab click Advanced 6 Check Black Overprint Windows PCL 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Select your printer 4 Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Advanced Windows 2000 Go to the next step 5 On the Job Options tab click Advanced 6 Check Black Overprint Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 NOTES Black Overprint can only be used in Mac OS 10 2 if you are using an application that specifies RGB color space and you are using PostScript Color Matching Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Open the drop down menu Select Printer Functions By Color Options select Black Overprint Click the checkbox to enable the option U AUNE C6150 User s Guide 165 Black Printing General Information NOTE To use Black Generation Office Color or GraphicPro must be the selected Print Mode Your printer prints the color black in one of two ways e Composite Black e True Black Composite Black The cyan magenta yellow and black toners are combined to create composite black Use composite black when printing photographs Composite Black can appear as a brownish black True Black Only black toner is used to print true black Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics
7. assa aaa ee ees 232 Wndows PostScript osassa saaana es 233 Windows PCL moia i ra A A Ee he A A 234 Macintosh wae eee ds E E A 235 Photographs 2 308 eB lee dies lade oa a FU 236 General Information 0 0 0 cee ees 236 Poste Sur o arras ahh 237 General Informati0N 0 0 oooo ooo ooo 237 Print Resolution o ooo 239 General Informati0N 0 ooo ooo 239 Resolution Cho0iCeS 0 ooo ooo 240 Windows All Print Jobs Default 241 Windows Single PrintJ0b ooooo o 242 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 ooooooo 242 Save as lt arta ee te wee beds 243 Printto Fl ias o Roca ap si 243 General Information 0 000 cee ees 243 Windows Single Print Job 005 244 Windows All Print Jobs Default 244 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 ooooooo 245 Toner Saving deai e 246 General Information 0 0 000 cee ee es 246 Windows Single Print Job 0005 247 Windows All Print Jobs Default 248 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 ooooooo 248 Watermarks 2424 forages shane aa tained Sea eee ae els 249 C6100 Series User s Guide 9 General Information 0 0000 ee eee ee ees 249 Windows PostScript 0 cee ee es 250 Windows PEL ari oein a Wh ete ah ile Sa ck 253 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 000005 255 Utilities ois a aa 256 Descriptions of Utilities o
8. Appears only if the optional Second Paper Tray is installed See Second Paper Tray on page 111 MPT PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from the Multi Purpose Tray COLOR PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in color MONO PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in monochrome K DRUM LIFE Percentage of life remaining in these items is C DRUM LIFE indicated as nn M DRUM LIFE Y DRUM LIFE BELT LIFE FUSER LIFE K TONER Current remaining toner is indicated as nn C TONER 2k standard cartridge M TONER 5K high capacity cartridge Y TONER C6150 User s Guide 103 Menu Defaults Information Print and Media Menus Note Menus Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed Cc CUCA ON C6150 User s Guide 104 Color System Configuration and USB Menus Note Menus Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed COLOR MENU SYS CONFIG MENU USB MENU crecrnensr fo 7 memea CI vema p ceme fon C6150 User s Guide 105 Network and Memory Menus Note Menus Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed NETWORK MENU MEMORY MENUt C6150 User s Guide 106 System Adjust and Maintenance Menus Note Menus Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed SYS ADJUST MENU X ADJUST 0 00 MILLIMETER Y ADJUST 0 00 MILLIMETER DUPLEX X AD
9. Gloss This option produces printing with a more glossy finish Matte This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter black Change any other settings as desired Click Print C6150 User s Guide 163 Black Overprint General Information Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed fonts and the colored background Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black text over a background color Restrictions 1 Black Overprint may not be available with some software applications 2 The fonts characters must be 100 per cent black If they are not they are treated as graphics Black overprint will not work Example If you print large letters on a color background using e a Microsoft Office software application e a True Type font e Windows XP Server 2003 or 2000 Black Overprint won t work Replace the True Type font with a printer font 3 When the background color is very dark the toner may not fuse correctly Change the background color to a lighter color 4 Black Overprint can only be used in Mac OS 10 2 and 10 3 if you are using an application that specifies RGB color space and you are using PostScript Color Matching For more information Windows PostScript see page 165 Windows PCL see page 165 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 see page 165 C6150 User s Guide 164 Windows PostScript 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File
10. If it does not STOP Push down on the toner cartridge to be sure that it is properly seated in the image drum Press back on the lever again To avoid toner spillage DO NOT open the toner release lever until the toner cartridge is firmly seated in the image drum C6150 User s Guide 70 9 Use the provided LED lens cleaner Gently wipe the LED C6150 User s Guide 71 Replace an Image Drum REPLACE IMAGE DRUM nnn ZZZZ DRUM LIFE nnn ZZZZ 350 YELLOW 351 MAGENTA 352 CYAN 353 BLACK Important You must replace the toner cartridge when you replace the image drum The life expectancy of the cartridge will be reduced as the toner charges the new drum C6150 User s Guide 72 1 Press the cover release and open the top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser is HOT This area is clearly labelled Do not touch it 2 Note the positions of the four image drums Cyan 1 Magenta 2 Yellow 3 Black 4 C6150 User s Guide 73 3 Lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge out of the printer Discard it in accordance with your local regulations C6150 User s Guide 74 4 Unpack the new image drum CAUTION Image drum handling The image drum contains toner To avoid spilling toner be careful to keep it upright C6150 User s Guide 75 CAUTION The green surface at the base of each image drum is very delicate and l
11. Make any needed changes in the printer settings Review the Summary screen to confirm that the settings are what you want Open the drop down list Select Save The revised settings are saved under that Preset C6150 User s Guide 155 Delete a Preset CAUTION When you click Delete the Preset is instantly deleted without prompting you to confirm the deletion 1 Make sure the Preset you wish to change is selected in the Preset box 2 Open the drop down list Select Delete The Preset is deleted from the list Scheduler Macintosh OS 10 3 only 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Open the drop down list below Presets Select Scheduler 4 At Print Document set the schedule for when your job prints Now the default At a specific time you specify in one minute increments On Hold until you come back and select Now 5 At Priority select the urgency of your print job If your job competes with other documents in the print queue this setting determines the printing priority of your job C6150 User s Guide 156 Paper Handling Macintosh OS 10 3 only 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Open the drop down list below Presets Select Paper Handling Reverse page order Select this to print the last page of the document first This is useful when you are printing to the straight through rear face up exit required for heavy pa
12. New Delete Duplicate Apply color Options for converting color Objects Man Text gt Rendering intent f N a Automatic Intermediate transform Black amp White Convert color data to None y C6150 User s Guide 215 Custom Page Sizes General Information Custom Page Size allows you to setup your printer by customizing settings in your printer driver to work with non standard size sheets of print media You save the settings Then the saved settings can be used for printing the same way you use standard page sizes To use Custom Page Size you must complete two steps 1 You must set up your custom page in your printer driver This is also known as registering the custom page 2 To use a registered custom page you must select it when you print a document For more information Custom Size Ranges see page 217 Restrictions see page 218 Special Print Media see page 219 Windows PostScript see page 220 Windows PCL see page 221 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature does not work with these operating systems C6150 User s Guide 216 Custom Size Ranges Tray 1 and Tray 2 The range varies slightly depending on the printer driver Printing may not work on papers longer than 18 inches 457 2 mm Width 2 to 12 9 inches 51 to 328 mm Length 5 to 47 25 inches 128 to 1200 mm MP Tray The range varies slightly depending on the printer dri
13. Printer Menu see page 50 Windows PostScript see page 47 Windows PCL see page 51 Macintosh OS 10 2 see page 52 Macintosh OS 10 3 see page 52 C6150 User s Guide 49 Printer Menu This function is enabled in the Print Menu The factory default is ON To change the setting READY lt 5 O On Line C Back 3 ENTER a ATTENTION CANCEL O Press MENU repeatedly until you see PRINT MENU AUTO TRAY SWITCH Press ENTER Press MENU repeatedly until you see PRINT MENU AUTO TRAY SWITCH 4 Press ENTER Press MENU and or MENU repeatedly until you see the desired setting ON or OFF Press ENTER to select the new setting Press ON LINE to exit the menu and return the printer to standby Windows PostScript For more information see General Information on page 49 O uh WN mB Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Layout tab Click Advanced C6150 User s Guide 50 8 9 10 11 12 13 Under Document Options Printer Features next to Tray Switch select ON Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Windows PCL For more information see General Information on page 49 N O 0 BP WN PR Open the file you want to print Click File
14. The Color Adjustment Chart prints Compare the printed Color Adjustment Chart to the Pallet Color Matching screen If you are satisfied with the comparison go to the next step If you are not satisfied repeat steps 10 through 16 If you have another color you want to adjust repeat 10 through 16 When you have finished adjusting all desired colors click Next Enter the setting name Remember the name for future use Click Save Click OK C6150 User s Guide 268 Change the Pallet Color Step 4 Use the saved settings to print a document Windows 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Select your printer 4 Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties Click Advanced Windows 2000 go to the next step On the Color tab under Color Mode under User Setting select the Color Matching name you created using the Color Correct Utility Click OK Print the document C6150 User s Guide 269 Adjust the Gamma Value and Hue General Information NOTES This feature is not available for Windows Me 98 This feature is not available for shared printers When test printing use paper larger than B5 size You must have Administrator authority when setting up a network connection in Windows XP 2000 Server 2003 1 Click Start Programs All Applications 2 Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Okidata Color Correct Utility g
15. e Avoid Damp damaged or curled paper Very smooth shiny or glossy paper Heavily embossed letterhead paper very rough paper or paper that has a large grain difference between the two sides Paper with perforations cut outs or ragged edges Carbon paper recycled paper NCR paper photosensi tive paper pressure sensitive paper or thermal trans fer paper Driver Settings To select a paper type in the driver see Windows page 19 Macintosh page 20 Index Paper Card Stock General Information NOTE To determine if a paper weight is US Bond or Index check the metric equivalent e 35 Ib US Bond 132 g m e 35 Ib Index 64 g m For more information go to www paper paper com weight html The size weight and type of the paper print media determine e which paper feed tray can be used e which paper exit path can be used e whether you can use double sided duplex printing Single sided printing is also known as simplex printing These settings can be made in the printer menu or in the printer driver C6150 User s Guide 22 Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings The best performance is obtained when using paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types include e Hammermill Laser Printer Radiant White 24 Ib US Bond 90 g m2 e Xerox 4024 20 Ib US Bond 75 g m2 e Oki 52206101 Bright White Proofing P
16. labels envelopes transparencies Paper Weights 20 to 28 Ib US Bond 42 to 58 Ib Index 75 to 105 g m2 metric C6150 User s Guide 223 Paper Sizes 8 2 x 11 215 9 x 279 4 Legal 14 82 x 14 215 9 x 355 6 Legal 13 5 82 x 13 5 215 9 x 342 9 Long Edge vs Short Edge Long Edge Short Edge Side 1 Side 2 C6150 User s Guide 224 Duplexing Restrictions 1 Before you can perform duplex printing unit must be installed in the printer and enabled in the driver 2 Paper must be loaded print side up 3 You can duplex e paper e paper weights up to 28 Ib US Bond 58 lb Index 105 g m metric e only standard paper sizes 4 You cannot duplex e labels e envelopes e transparencies e paper weights above 28 lb US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric 5 Any tray Tray 1 optional Tray 2 MP tray can be used for duplex printing 6 Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings C6150 User s Guide 225 Windows PostScript All Print Jobs Default For more information Paper Types see page 223 Paper Weights see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 To change the settings for all print jobs 1 W 8 9 10 11 12
17. 0 o o ooo ooo ooo 151 Single Print JOD encina ati a i 151 Save Driver SettingS o oooooooocom o 152 WINdOWS 5 4 A eel ae tet ie Mo Me he do oe es 152 Check to see if saved Driver Settings are used 153 Restore Default Driver Settings 154 WINDOWS ie ica rada AGS eda AT ade oe We a aM aed hk 154 Macintosh aaa ee ee 154 General Information 0 000 cee ee a a 154 SUMMARY di do e tk N a Seas 155 Presets a ari it a ld ab le A are nats dea ca 155 Scheduler ieee ea A o E EE do 156 Paper Handling eta a a ae 157 Printer Features 00 00 cee eee oa 158 OVERVICW sa te 3 tes Book Sue ett aed dh a om fee a ae Sonne Set eae 158 E OEE 2 eA 8 te ava ete a aa ke ee BG E E E 159 General Information 0 0000 eee ee cms 159 SPecificatiOns sak oe aed it eA a wes Bek 159 WINDOWS ora hoe eR A e A ea a ea 159 Macintosh aa i a a r ee ee a D nh 161 Black Fi Misia a e o aa Hind av ae a eta ae nde cae 162 General Information 0 000 eee cms 162 Windows Individual PrintJobS 162 Windows All Print Jobs Default 162 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 sior eiia e 0 00000 as 163 Black OVerprint vicio dota fee ie hee de ra Neto RA AE 164 General Informati0N 0ooooo ee cms 164 RestrictiOnS gaad ane a e 164 Windows PostScript sssaaa aa ee es 165 C6100 Series User s Guide 7 Windows PEL mts a Bah a aw ee and 165 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 000s 16
18. C cyan R red B Blue M Magenta 11 Click Test Print 12 The Adjustment Confirmation Sample prints 13 If the sample meets your requirements click Set If the sample does not meet your requirements repeat Steps 10 12 until your requirements are met Then click Set 14 Click Save 15 Enter the setting name 16 Click OK 17 Click OK NOTE When you update or reinstall a printer driver the Color Correct Utility reloads the created Color Matching names Make sure that the Color Matching names appear in the Setting Selection Click Complete 18 Click Complete to exit the Color Correct Utility 19 When printing a document select the setting name C6150 User s Guide 272 Adjusting the Gamma Value and Hue Use the saved settings to print a document Windows Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties Click Advanced Windows 2000 Go to the next step hb UN 5 On the Color tab under Color Mode under User Setting select the Color Matching name you created using the Color Correct Utility NOTE When you update or reinstall a printer driver the Color Correct Utility reloads the created Color Matching names Make sure that the Color Matching names appear in the Setting Selection Click End 6 Click OK 7 Print the document C6150 User s Guide 273 Color Swatch Utility General Info
19. Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 169 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 166 au hWN Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Open the drop down menu and select Printer Functions At Print Mode select Office Color or Graphic Pro 3 At Black Generation choose a method Automatic If Auto is selected your printer automatically uses the best method Composite or True Black to print black depending on the type of document you are printing Generation from CMYK Toner Composite Black The cyan magenta yellow and black toners are combined to create composite black Use composite black when printing photographs Composite Black can appear as a brownish black Generation only from Black K Toner True Black Only black toner is used to print true black Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics If you use True Black to print photographs dark sections of the photos may appear black C6150 User s Guide 170 Booklets Binding Print General Information Reverse side 7 Reverse side 12 D Zo Fold in two rey 4 gt Reverse side Booklet printing allows you to print a document like a brochure or greeting card Both the duplex unit and additional memory must be installed and enabled in the driv
20. Click Paper Feed Options Click in the box next to MPT is Manual Feed If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF C6150 User s Guide 160 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Setup tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 For important information about printing banners see General Information on page 159 Before you print a banner you must set Multi Purpose Tray is Manual feed to ON in the printer driver The default is OFF The printer operator panel will prompt you to load the media before the job prints 1 2 3 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Open the drop down list below Presets Select Printer Option Select Multi Purpose Tray is Manual feed If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print C6150 User s Guide 161 Black Finish General Information Your printer can print black with either a glossy shiny finish or a matte dull flat finish Windows Individual Print Jobs NOTE The driver s color options are only designed to work with RGB data hWN Open the file you want to
21. From the Feature Sets menu Color Options From the color Mode menu select Graphic Pro From the Feature Sets menu select color Graphic Pro 1 From the color Matching Task menu select Printer Simulation If you wish to produce black and grey colors that are printed using only black toner enable the Preserve Black option Although this produces a better quality print the black and grey colors will not be simulated accurately From the Feature Sets menu select color Graphic Pro 2 From the RGB Profile source select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor scanner or digital camera Remember that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 From the Simulation Target Profile menu select the profile of the device you wish to simulate Remember that the names CMYK Source 1 CMYK Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 From the Feature Sets menu select color Graphic Pro 3 From the Printer Output Profile menu select your printer profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself
22. Long Edge First flipped Reserved for future use Short Edge First flipped Reserved for future use Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Advanced Options screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Paper Quality tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 220 Windows PCL For more information hb UN E a ul General Information see page 216 Restrictions see page 218 Custom Size Ranges see page 217 Special Print Media Paper see page 219 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Click the Setup tab Under Media in the Size drop down list select User Defined Size The Set Free Size dialog box appears NOTE You may see a Warning dialog box indicating a conflict If you do click OK The driver automatically makes the needed changes to correct for the conflict 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Select the unit of measurement Enter the width and length measurements See Custom Size Ranges on page 217 Click OK Make sure that User Defined now appears in the Size list on the Setup tab You now have two choices If you only want to use your settings for this single
23. Maintenance Menu o oo oo ooo e 102 Usage MENUS Serna A a A cd 103 Ment Default d dani a a da a 104 Information Print and Media Menus 104 Color System Configuration and USB Menus 105 C6100 Series User s Guide 5 Network and Memory Menus 0 00 ee eee 106 System Adjust and Maintenance Menus 107 Usage Men gui Da daa bea ee eae Pa ES 108 Option ieee ale ied anis A eS ee ee 109 Additional Memory RAM 0 00 eee eee es 109 Duplex Unit o es 110 Hard Disk Driven pci ka ne eE e A ia 110 Second Paper Tray cece eee ee es 111 Specifications 0 0c eee ee 112 Troubleshooting 00 0c cece ee 114 General Information 0 00 eee ee es 114 Display Panel MessageS 0 ce es 115 Paper JA MS 0 0 do E Hohe OSE MA pre ee Pane ae dt ae 119 General Information 0 000 cee eee ees 119 If paper jams are frequent 00 ees 120 Jam is cleared but printer does not print 120 Jam 370 373 and 383 riea eae utoa ooo momo 121 SAMBA A eile eth Oe Sola alate Bele Mice a 123 Jams 72 ANG 380s a eae hea digg Mya ee wd ane he 125 DAMS BL A ake Sad des eset aa er do eee eR 127 Jan S824 28 ea a eh A ead ks 133 Jam 390 2 os Sk koe eA a a 136 JAMILENA RA AS 138 Print Quality Problems 0 0 o 0 ooo ooo oo 140 Blurred print letter edges 0 ooo oooooo 140 Blurred print one side of page 140 Fading
24. Open the file you want to print Click File Print On the Paper Feed panel select All Pages Select Automatic Selection Macintosh OS 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 47 hb UN Open the file you want to print Click File Print On the Paper Feed panel select All Pages Select Automatic Selection C6150 User s Guide 48 Auto Switching General Information NOTE When a paper tray runs out of paper the printer automatically switches to the next available paper tray when e more than one paper tray is installed and e AUTO TRAY SWITCH is set to ON This setting is in the Tray Configuration Sub Menu of the top level menu Menus Refer to Printer Menu on page 50 If you use the Multi Purpose MP Tray you must set a paper size for the MP Tray through the control panel See Changing Settings on page 91 In the menu if Media Type is set to anything other than Regular Paper you must select a specific Tray You cannot use Automatic Selection If a paper tray Tray 1 runs out of paper your printer can automatically switch to another paper tray MP Tray optional Tray 2 loaded with the same type of paper This is called Auto Switching This feature is enabled either through the printer menu or the printer driver Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings For more information
25. This section provides information to help you deal with problems that may arise when using the printer Troubleshooting is divided into the following sections Display Panel Messages see page 115 Paper Jams see page 119 Print Quality Problems see page 140 USB Problems see page 143 Application error see page 145 General Protection Fault see page 145 Paper Size Change Request see page 145 Printer does not go online see page 145 Printer makes a strange noise see page 146 Printer takes a long time to start printing see page 146 Printing cancels see page 146 Printing does not start see page 147 Printing is slow see page 147 Cleaning Page see page 148 C6150 User s Guide 114 Display Panel Messages TONER SENSOR ERROR Flashes across the Open the top cover second line of the and make sure the display the indicated toner is there indicated color toner and properly seated in is missing from the printer C Cyan the printer Y Yellow M Magenta K Black ADD MORE MEMORY The document size Reduce the size of the 420 MEMORY OVERFLOW is too large for the document If this printer s memory happens frequently install additional memory see Additional Memory RAM on page 109 CANCELLING JOB The setting for Jam Clear the jam and JAM Recovery in the resend the missing menu has been pages of the print job changed to
26. printing on both sides with restrictions See Tray 1 Duplexing Restrictions on page 40 Choose in the driver See Paper Trays Select in the driver on page 35 C6150 User s Guide 44 MO Tray Duplexing Restrictions Important You can duplex e paper e paper weights up to 28 Ib US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric You cannot duplex e labels e envelopes e transparencies e paper weights above 28 Ib US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric C6150 User s Guide 45 MP Tray Paper Sizes and Exit Paths Paper size Feed Exit mie MP Tray Rear Letter 8 x 11 Legal 14 8 2 x 14 Legal 13 5 Yes Yes Yes 8 x 13 5 Legal 13 Yes Yes Yes 8 x 13 Executive Yes Yes Yes 74 x 102 A4 Yes Yes Yes 210 x 297 mm A5 Yes Yes Yes 145 x 210 mm B5 Yes Yes Yes 182 x 257 mm Envelopes Yes Yes COM 10 Custom Yes Yes Minimum 3 94 to 5 83 100 x 148 mm Maximum 82 x 14 216 x 356 mm Banner a Use the Rear Exit Face Up Stacker for heavy paper transparencies envelopes and labels b Use the Top Exit Face Down Stacker only for paper up to 47 lb US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m c Banner specifications Length up to 47 1 2 m Width Range 8 to 812 210 to 215 9 mm Weight Range 28 to 34 Ib US Bond 105 to 128 g m Path Rear Exit Face Up Stacker only Feed one sheet at a time C6150 User s Guide 46 Auto Tray Select General Information Your printer can aut
27. 0 specifications Interface is disabled Check that USB interface is set to Enable in the menu USB MENU gt USB gt ENABLE Configuration procedure Configure again from the beginning was not correctly followed or cancelled USB cable is Reconnect or try another cable disconnected or faulty A USB hub is being used The printer cannot be used with a USB hub Connect the printer and computer directly The USB cable is Make sure the USB cable is plugged into the installed in the Ethernet black USB port 1 on the printer port C6150 User s Guide 143 Cannot print e PRNUSBx write error is displayed Interface is disabled In the printer menu settings enable the USB interface USB MENU gt USB gt ENABLE Printer is switched Turn on the printer OFF Printer interface Reconnect the printer interface cable cable is disconnected A converter buffer Test by connecting the printer and computer extension cable or directly USB hub is being used Printer driver output Set correct output port to which the printer port is incorrect interface cable is connected Printer is not Select the printer or set to default printer selected in the printer driver Incorrect printer Delete this printer driver and install correct driver is being used printer driver from the CD supplied with your printer C6150 User s Guide 144 Application error or General Protection Fault Application is n
28. 1 Place the CD supplied with your printer in your CD ROM drive Wait for the Menu Installer to open If the CD does not AutoPlay click Start gt Run gt Browse Browse to your CD ROM Double click Install exe Click OK 2 Click Next to accept the terms in the license agreement 3 Click Optional Utilities gt Install Direct Network Printing Utility Follow the on screen instructions C6150 User s Guide 278 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Status Box File Remote Print Option Help Printer Queue Status Finish Queue The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Status Box displays the following information e Printers Names of added printers You can add up to 30 printers e Status Direct Network Printing Utility LPR status empty connecting sending paused checking status not connected e Finish Number of completed jobs e Queue Number of jobs waiting to be printed Additional Information For help click on HELP in the program C6150 User s Guide 279 Display Language Utility General Information This utility allows you to change the language of the front panel of your printer How to Install Load this program from the Menu Installer located on the CD Follow the onscreen instructions to change the language of the messages on the front panel Additional Information For help click on HELP in the program C6150 User s Guide 280 Network Printer Status Utility Windows e Avail
29. 13 14 Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes for XP Server 2003 Right click on your printer Click Properties Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click the General tab Windows 2000 Go to the next step Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Printing Preferences Windows 2000 Go to the next step Click Print on Both Sides Select Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge See Long Edge vs Short Edge on page 224 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The General tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Printers and Faxes screen appears Close the screen Windows PostScript Single Job For more information Paper Types see page 223 C6150 User s Guide 226 Paper Weights see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 To change the settings for only one print job hWN ul 8 9 10 11 12 13 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click the Layout tab Windows 2000 Go to the next step Next Click Print on Both Sides Select Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge See Long Edge vs Short Edge on page 224 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appe
30. 40 Choose in the driver nasasa aaa es 40 Tray 1 Duplexing Restrictions 0 0 eee 40 Tray 1 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths 41 TRAV 2 aaa lao a CAR Ad ae Moos TEA 42 General Information o o o a 42 Choose in the dival 20 a YB 42 Tray 2 Duplexing Restrictions 0 0 eee eee 42 Tray 2 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths 43 Multi Purpose Tray MP Tray Mantial Feed licencia de ae AE ae EUR e av eae Me 44 General Information 0 000 a eens 44 Choose in the driver 0 es 44 MO Tray Duplexing Restrictions 45 MP Tray Paper Sizes and Exit Paths 46 Auto Tray Select vi eek ee Pe eh ES ee Go 47 General Information 0 00000 eee eee 47 Windows PostScript aaa es 47 Windows PEL ia E he Aa ate We a n 48 Macintosh OS 10 2 aE E a ee es 48 Macintosh OS 10 3 62 ca 64 Sak de ee NA we ewe ae 48 Auto Switching sasaaa aa es 49 General Information 0 0000 eee eee 49 Printer Menu sosa oe eae aia teed a Sha ed rh 50 Windows PostScript 0 ee es 50 Windows PCL 1 0 ce es 51 Macintosh OS IO Zaiat Ae eye Re Be hans 52 C6100 Series User s Guide 4 Macintosh OS 10 3 seca a hate Ba a a we A wet 52 Paper Size Check 0 es 53 General Information 0 000 cee es 53 Windows PostScript 00 e eee es 53 WindOWS PCL si Suds ee ate a ARS wa ake RAL 54 Macintosh ce 24 8 ie a a a a 54 Paper Exit Paths
31. 5 x 14 215 9 x x 14 215 9 x 355 6 mm 355 6 mm a Use the Top Exit Face Down Stacker only for paper up to 47 Ib US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m b Switch to the Rear Exit Face Up Stacker when you are print ing paper heavier than 47 Ib US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m2 c S Simplex D Duplex printing on both sides A sie Pc a A P J J J J J J n U C6150 User s Guide 38 Multi Purpose Tray Paper size Feed Exit mie MP Tray Rear Letter 8 x 11 Legal 14 8 2 x 14 Legal 13 5 Yes Yes Yes 8 x 13 5 Legal 13 Yes Yes Yes 8 x 13 Executive Yes Yes Yes 74 x 102 A4 Yes Yes Yes 210 x 297 mm A5 Yes Yes Yes 145 x 210 mm B5 Yes Yes Yes 182 x 257 mm Envelopes Yes Yes COM 10 Custom Yes Yes Minimum 3 94 to 5 83 100 x 148 mm Maximum 82 x 14 216 x 356 mm Banner a Use the Rear Exit Face Up Stacker for heavy paper transparencies envelopes and labels b Use the Top Exit Face Down Stacker only for paper up to 47 lb US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m c Banner specifications Length up to 47 1 2 m Width Range 8 to 812 210 to 215 9 mm Weight Range 28 to 34 Ib US Bond 105 to 128 g m2 Path Rear Exit Face Up Stacker only Feed one sheet at a time C6150 User s Guide 39 Tray 1 General Information Use Tray 1 for regular paper standard sizes standard weights If a paper tray Tray 1 runs out of paper your printer can aut
32. Additional Information For more information see the on line help in the utility C6150 User s Guide 286
33. Click OK 10 11 12 13 14 The General tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Printers and Faxes screen appears Close the screen C6150 User s Guide 241 Windows Single Print Job For more information see General Information on page 239 au hWN N Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Job Options tab Under Quality select the required printing resolution For more information see Resolution Choices on page 240 Change any other settings as desired 8 9 10 11 12 Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 239 1 2 3 Open the file you want to print On File click Print In the Printer Function panel under Print Quality make your choice Fast 600 x 600 dpi Fine 600 x 1200 dpi Click OK Print the document C6150 User s Guide 242 Save as File Print to File General Information Use Save as File to save print data to a file without actually printing a hardcopy Save as File captures either a PDF or a PostScript file You can use the LPR Utility to print the saved file See Direct Network Printing Utility LPR on page 278 For more information Windows Single P
34. Correct Utility gt Color Adjustment Utility Select Adjust Pallet Color Click Next The Select Printer screen appears Select the printer you are using Click Next The Color Correct Utility starts Installed printer drivers display You must setup each driver The Select Setting screen appears From the list select the desired setting Click Sample Print The Sample Color Chart prints C6150 User s Guide 263 Change the Pallet Color Step 2 Print the Color Adjustment Chart First you must perform the steps in Step 1 Print the Sample Color Chart see page 263 6 Click Next 7 The Pallet Color Matching screen appears 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you Print Palette want to adjust and click an unmatched color An instruction appears in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print t Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you es specified and click Next coca Heb C6150 User s Guide 264 8 Click Test print The Color Adjustment Chart prints 9 Compare the printed Color Adjustment Chart to the Pallet Color Matching screen If the printed colors do not match the screen perform an adjustment You cannot adjust colors marked with an X C6150 User s Gui
35. Heavy 28 32 Ib US Bond Yes Rear Only 105 120 g m2 restricted to 90 103 Kg 28 lb maximum Ultra Heavy 33 54 Ib US Bond Rear Only 121 200 g m2 104 172 Kg a Face Down Stacker b Face Up Stacker c If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion try the Label settings d 47 lb 177 g m maximum for Tray 2 Face up Straight through Rear Exit If you are using heavy media transparencies envelopes or labels use the face up straight through paper feed path For face up printing straight through path make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended e Paper is stacked in reverse order e Tray capacity is about 100 sheets Actual capacity depends on paper weight C6150 User s Guide 18 Windows The normal default for these items is automatic detection au AWN N CAUTION If type and weight are not correctly set e print quality deteriorates e the fuser roller may be damaged If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on your computer the printer does not print An error message displays 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 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties Under Layout click Advanced Under Document Options
36. MENU EXECUTE Saves current menu settings as default values At confirmation prompt press ENTER to confirm save or CANCEL POWER SAVE ENABLE Change this setting to Disable if you do DISABLE not want the printer to enter the power save mode after the specified time PAPER BLACK 2 to 2 in Used for small adjustment when you SETTING increments of 1 experiencse faded print or light specks Default O streaking in monochrome printing on white paper Select a higher value to reduce fading or a lower value to reduce specks or streaking in high density print areas PAPER COLOR 2 to 2 in As above but for color printing SETTING increments of 1 Default O 2 to 2 in As above but for mono printing on increments of 1 transparencies Default O 2 to 2 in As above but for color printing on increments of 1 transparencies Default O C6150 User s Guide 102 Usage Menu This menu is for information only It 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 on hand and you need to know how soon you will need them e Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed TOTAL PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed TRAY1 PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from Tray 1 TRAY2 PAGE COUNTT The total number of pages fed from optional Tray 2
37. Not Usable Not S 105 x 148 mm Usable B5 S D S D A S D 182 x 257 mm Custom S min 3 94 x S min 3 94 x S D Not 5 83 100 x 5 83 100 x Usable 148 mm 148 mm D min 5 8 x D min 5 8 x 8 25 148 x 8 25 148 x 210 mm 210 mm S D max 8 5 S D max 8 5 x 14 215 9 x x 14 215 9 x 355 6 mm 355 6 mm a Use the Top Exit Face Down Stacker only for paper up to 47 Ib US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m b Switch to the Rear Exit Face Up Stacker when you are print ing paper heavier than 47 Ib US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m2 c S Simplex D Duplex printing on both sides n U m w U U C6150 User s Guide 43 Multi Purpose Tray MP Tray Manual Feed General Information Use the Multi Purpose Tray MP Tray for printing card stock labels envelopes and transparencies If a paper tray Tray 1 runs out of paper your printer can automatically switch to another paper tray MP Tray optional Tray 2 loaded with the same type of paper This is called Auto Switching See Auto Switching on page 49 e Capacity stack of media about 3 8 10 mm high about 10 envelopes 50 transparencies e Loading print side up top edge facing into the printer See Loading Paper Multi purpose Tray on page 61 e Exit path rear exit Face Up Stacker best for general use top exit Face Down Stacker with restrictions See Tray 1 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths on page 41 duplex
38. Printer Features click Media Type Use the drop down list to make your selection See Driver Settings on page 17 See Face up Straight through Rear Exit on page 18 Change any other settings as desired Click OK 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Layout tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 19 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 CAUTION If type and weight are not correctly set e print quality deteriorates e the fuser roller may be damaged If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on your computer the printer does not print An error message displays 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 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File gt Print 3 Open the drop down list below Presets Select Printer Option 4 At Media Weight make your selection See Driver Settings on page 17 See Face up Straight through Rear Exit on page 18 5 Change any other settings as desired 6 Click Print Paper US Bond General Information NOTE To determine if a paper weight is US Bond or Index check the metric equivalent 35 Ib US Bond 132 g m 35 Ib
39. The printer already has factory default profiles built in but you can replace these profiles with your own if required Link Profile This is a special type of ICC profile that converts directly from CMYK to CMYK For example a link profile could convert directly from the CMYK space of another printer to the CMYK space of your printer Graphic Pro Workflow overview There are three steps to using the Graphic Pro color matching system C6150 User s Guide 197 1 Gather or create ICC profiles see below 2 Download ICC profiles to the printer hard disk page 198 3 Select the ICC profiles in the printer driver when printing page 199 Step 1 Gather or create the ICC profiles Where can I get the profiles I need Profile type Where to get profiles RGB Source Obtain your RGB source profiles from your scanner RGB Input camera or monitor manufacturer CMYK Obtain the simulation profile from the manufacturer of the Simulation printer you wish to simulate CMYK input Printer The factory default profiles for your printer are built in If CMYK Output you need greater accuracy you should create your own printer profile using third party ICC profile creation software Link Profile You can create Link profiles using third party ICC profile creation software Note that not all ICC profile creation software can create Link profiles Step 2 Downloading ICC profiles
40. a particular job to produce optimum print results This setting overrides the setting in the printer menu If you are printing on a thick media such as card stock be sure to select one of the thicker settings Heavy Ultra Heavy Labelsi Labels 2 to get proper fusion of the toner to the page and to prevent possible damage to the printer If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings The default printer menu setting is Medium Choices are Printer Setting Light Medium Heavy Ultra Heavy Labelsi Labels2 Transparency Glossy User Type 1 User Type 2 User Type 3 User Type 4 and User Type 5 Choices Choices are Printer Setting Light Medium Heavy Ultra Heavy Labelsi Labels2 Transparency Glossy User Type 1 User Type 2 User Type 3 User Type 4 and User Type 5 Light 16 19 Ib US Bond 64 74 g m Medium 20 27 Ib US Bond 75 104 g m Heavy 28 32 Ib US Bond 105 120 g m 58 67 lb Index Ultra Heavy 33 54 Ib US Bond 124 203 g m 68 113 Ib Index If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings Labelsi For labels 0 1 to 0 169 mm thick C6150 User s Guide 17 Labels2 For labels 0 17 to 0 2 mm thick Driver Setting Actual Weight Feed Tray Exit Tray Light 16 19 Ib US Bond Tray 1 Top 64 74 g m Tray 2 Rear 55 64 Kg Medium 20 27 Ib US Bond Tray 1 Yes Top 75 104 g m Rear 65 89 Kg
41. a job is sent the printer will require a warm up time of up to 1 minute before printing can begin When ON non critical warnings such as requests for a different paper size can be cleared by pressing the ON LINE button When set to JOB they are only cleared when the print job resumes Specifies how many seconds the printer will wait for paper to be fed before cancelling the job Specifies how many seconds the printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject Specifies whether the printer should continue printing after a low toner condition is detected If you change this to STOP when low toner is detected the printer goes off line Specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred If ON the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared Change this to ON if you wish the printer to print the error details when an error occurs C6150 User s Guide 98 USB Menu Note Factory default settings are shown in bold SOFT RESET ENABLE Enables or disables the SOFT RESET DISABLE command SPEED 480Mbps Sets the maximum transfer speed 12Mbps for the USB interface SERIAL ENABLE ENABLE allows your computer to NUMBER DISABLE identify the printer by its USB interface serial number Network Menu Note Factory default settings are shown in bold TCP IP ENABLE Enables or disables this network DISAB
42. fuser is HOT This area is clearly labelled Do not touch it 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges Cyan 1 Magenta 2 Yellow 3 Black 4 3 Pull the colored toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer C6150 User s Guide 66 Shown replacement of the black toner cartridge S gt 4 Lift the right hand end of the cartridge Then pull the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end Remove the toner cartridge Discard it in accordance with your local regulations C6150 User s Guide 67 5 Unpack the new toner cartridge Gently shake it from side to side to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge 6 Remove the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge CAUTION Do not touch the toner release lever until the toner cartridge is installed in the image drum If you do it will open the toner release slot and spill toner 7 Hold the cartridge by its top center with the colored release lever to the right Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum Push it firmly C6150 User s Guide 68 against the spring on the drum unit 8 Lower the right end of the cartridge into the image drum unit Press it firmly down in place Then push the C6150 User s Guide 69 colored lock lever back to open the toner slot and lock it in place IMPORTANT The lever should move easily
43. gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Setup tab Click Paper Feed Options Click in the box next to Media Check If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click OK 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The Setup tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 51 Macintosh OS 10 2 For more information see General Information on page 49 A A U N P Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print On the Paper Feed panel select All Pages Select Automatic Selection Macintosh OS 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 49 A WU N rPe Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Open the drop down list below Presets Select Printer Option At Auto tray switch make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print C6150 User s Guide 52 Paper Size Check General Information If Paper Size Check is turned on enabled the printer checks whether the size paper loaded in the selected tray matches that required for the document being printed For more inf
44. head with lens cleaner or soft tissue Toner is low Change toner cartridge Paper is unsuitable for Use recommended paper printer C6150 User s Guide 140 Light Print The toner cartridge is Reinstall the toner cartridge See Replace a incorrectly installed Toner Cartridge on page 65 Toner is low Change toner cartridge See Replace a Toner Cartridge on page 65 The paper is moist Store paper within specified temperature and humidity levels See Specifications on page 112 Paper is unsuitable for Use recommended paper See Paper Print printer Media on page 16 Lines Black Vertical Image drum is Replace image drum See Replace an Image Drum on damaged page 72 Toner is low Change toner cartridge See Replace a Toner Cartridge on page 65 Periodic black If the lines or spots occur at intervals of approximately lateral lines or spots 44 to 94 mm The green surface of the image drum is damaged or dirty If damaged replace the image drum cartridge See Replace an Image Drum on page 72 If dirty wipe the image drum gently with soft tissue If this does not work replace the image drum See Replace an Image Drum on page 72 113 mm The fuser roller is damaged Change the fuser See Replace the Fuser on page 81 The image drum Remove the image drum from the printer and store it in has been a dark place for several hours If this does
45. in patches ee es 140 Fading Vertical 0 0 ooooooo es 140 IQMECR FING ria Sion E ich rita hod ie 141 Lines Black Vertical naaa a 141 Lines White Vertical 0 ee ee 142 Shading on unprinted secti0MS 0 o o oo 142 Toner rubs off when you rub the printed surface 142 Ultra HEAVY es 142 USB Problems discs sited a te ae An RR Seater ae A 143 Cannot configure for USB connection 143 Cannotiprint 6 a hae aa ea ee ol ae A 144 Application error ns 145 General Protection Fault 0 o oooooo es 145 Paper Size Change Request 000s 145 Printer does not go ONlINe o o oo oo 145 Printer makes a strange noise 55 146 Printer takes a long time to start printing 146 C6100 Series User s Guide 6 Printing CANCEIS 3 16 i ai to a A I ee ds Aa 146 Printing does not start o o o o 0002s 147 Printing IS SIOW 0 a A a Act 147 Cleaning Pag Cee vids le ee ees ere BE ee 148 General Informati0N oo a cms 148 WINDOWS oo coco 148 Macintosh aa A a ad al ed 148 Printer DriverS 0000 a a aa 149 General Information 0 0000 cee eee eee es 149 sta a ey oe a a en A AA es 149 Windows and Macintosh 0 000 oo oo eee 149 Which Printer Driver to Use ooo oooo ooo mo 150 WINDOWS ai wa cet da Dar a aia bas Wea ide 150 Change Driver Settings o ooooo o 151 All Print Jobs Default
46. is used for labels heavy print media envelopes and custom paper sizes When used with the Multi Purpose Tray the paper path through the printer is essentially straight This avoids bending the print media around curves in the paper path and makes paper feeding more reliable C6150 User s Guide 15 Paper Print Media General Information CAUTION Print media must be able to withstand 446 F 230 C for 0 2 second You need to know three characteristics about any paper print media you want to use with your printer e Type e Weight e Size The type weight and size of the paper print media determine e which paper feed tray can be used Choices are multipurpose tray MP Tray manual feed or Trays 1 2 e which paper exit path can be used Choices are face down or face up straight through e whether you can use double sided duplex printing For type see e Paper US Bond Metric see page 20 e Paper Index see page 22 e Letterhead see page 24 e Envelopes see page 28 e Transparencies see page 32 e Labels see page 30 For weight refer to the correct paper type Each paper type has a table matrix of paper size paper weight paper feed paper exit simplex duplex correlations For general information on paper sizes see Paper Size Feed and Exit on page 38 C6150 User s Guide 16 Driver Settings General Information Select the thickness type of media on which you are printing
47. jobs Settings revert to their default values when the next print job is complete DENSITY CONTROL AUTO AUTO image density is automatically MANUAL adjusted e at power on e when a new image drum or toner cartridge is installed e at intervals of 100 300 and 500 drum counts Auto adjustment takes up to 55 seconds Switch to manual only if you wish to initiate Density Control manually using the printer menu ADJUST DENSITY EXECUTE Selecting this will perform the auto density set up AJST REGISTRATION C REG FINE ADJUST M REG FINE ADJUST Y REG FINE ADJUST EXECUTE Performs automatic color registration adjustment Normally this is done at power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed This process accurately aligns the cyan magenta and yellow images to the black image 3 to 3 in Performs fine adjustment of image increments of 1 timing in relation to the black image Default O component A positive setting will darken the color a negative setting will lighten the color C6150 User s Guide 97 System Configuration Menu Note Factory default settings are shown in bold POW SAVE TIME CLEARABLE WARNING MANUAL TIMEOUT WAIT TIMEOUT LOW TONER JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT 5 to 300 SEC Default 90 seconds CONTINUE STOP Explanation Adjusts the time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode In this mode power consumption is reduced but when
48. not work exposed to replace the image drum See Replace an Image light Drum on page 72 C6150 User s Guide 141 Lines White Vertical Clean LED head with lens cleaner or soft tissue Change toner cartridge Change image drum Shading on unprinted sections Possible cause Paper has been Store paper within specified temperature and affected by static humidity levels See Specifications on electricity page 112 Paper is too thick Use recommended paper See Paper Print Media on page 16 Toner is low Replace toner cartridge See Replace a Toner Cartridge on page 65 Toner rubs off when you rub the printed surface Possible cause Media Weight and Set the value of media weight in the menu to Media Type settings the next heaviest one MEDIA MENU gt YYY may not be MEDIA WEIGHT appropriate Packing materials were Careful Fuser my be HOT left on the fuser when Open the top cover and check to be sure that it was installed all the packing materials were removed from the fuser See Replace the Fuser on page 81 Ultra Heavy If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings C6150 User s Guide 142 USB Problems Cannot configure for USB connection NOTE Windows NT 4 0 does not support USB Windows 98 upgraded from Windows 95 may not support USB USB cable does not meet Use USB cable to specification Ver 2
49. o eee ees 257 Installing the Utilities o o o ooooooo o 260 WINdOWS 4 3407 a e Bd a a a al cada 260 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 o ooooo 260 Color Correction Utility o o oooooo o 261 General Informati0N 0 0 ooo mocos ss 261 How to Install 0 0 oooooooocoosos cs 261 Additional Information 00 oo ooo moco ss 261 Change the Pallet Color naasna aaa es 262 Adjust the Gamma Value and Hue 0 o 270 Color Swatch Utility ooo ee 274 General Informati0N 0o ooo oo omo 274 How to Install 0 000 ooooooo cocos 275 Additional Information 00 oo ooo mocos 275 Printing Color Swatches o o oooooooo oo 275 Creating Custom Swatch COl0FrS o o ooo 277 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR 278 General Informati0N 0o ooo moon cos 278 How tos install ao ai a de a a 278 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Status Box 279 Additional Information 00 ooo ooo mocos 279 Display Language Utility aa 280 General Informati0N 0o ooo momo msc ss 280 FHow to Install mio ah ah A A aos we ae Ae ded 280 Additional Information 0 000 a ee 280 Network Printer Status Utility 0 0 281 WINdOWS cia aida cios a a do daa 281 General Informati0N 0o ooo moon cos 281 Installation 0 0 0 ooooooncononso os 282 SINO A A ta
50. off anda paper jam has occurred Any unprinted data is being deleted CHECK BELT The belt unit is not Open the top cover 330 BELT MISSING properly installed and lift out the black K and Yellow Y image drums placing them on a flat surface Check to be sure that the belt unit latches are fully in the latched position then reinstall the image drums C6150 User s Guide 115 Message CHECK FUSER 320 FUSER MISSING CHECK MP TRAY 390 PAPER JAM CLOSE COVER 316 DUPLEX COVER OPEN CLOSE COVER nnn COVER OPEN INSTALL PAPER CASSETTE 430 TRAY 1 MISSING INSTALL PAPER CASSETTE 440 TRAY 1 OPEN The fuser unit is not properly installed Paper has jammed while exiting the MP Tray The duplex cover is open or not properly latched Either the top cover or the front cover is open Tray 1 is not installed in the printer Tray 1 is not properly installed in the printer C6150 User s Guide 116 Open the top cover and check to be sure that the fuser unit is properly seated in the printer and that the lock levers are pushed all the way toward the back of the printer Clear the jam See Jam 390 on page 136 Close the duplex cover _ oe i Be sure both the top cover and the front cover are firmly closed Install the missing tray Make sure the tray is pushed fully into the printer Message LOAD mmm AND PRESS ONLINE SWITCH 490 MP TRAY EMPTY
51. on page 171 Restrictions on page 172 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click the Properties button Windows 2000 Go to the next step Click the Layout tab Next Windows XP Server 2003 Under Pages Per Sheet in the drop down list select Booklet Windows 2000 Under Pages Per Sheet in the drop down list select Booklet Under Print on Both Sides Duplex select Flip on Short edge Change any other settings as desired Click OK 10 11 12 13 The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 173 Windows PCL For more information hb UN ER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 General Information on page 171 Restrictions on page 172 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Next Windows 2000 Click the Setup button Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Next Windows 2000 Under Finishing Mode in the drop down list select Booklet Windows XP Server 2003 On the Setup tab under Finishing Mode in the drop down list select Booklet Click the Options button Set the Signature 2pages Right to Left and Bind Margin as required See the online Help for information Click OK The Setup tab scre
52. open the drop down list Make your selection Choices are Automatically select Multi purpose tray Tray 1 Tray 2 Plain Paper Letterhead Transparency Labels Bond Paper Recycled Paper Card Stock Rough Paper Envelopes Automatically select The printer automatically selects the paper tray Multi Purpose Tray Tray1 Tray 2 Tray 2 appears only if an optional tray is installed Select a specific paper tray For example You are printing a job on special media letterhead Place the media in the Multi Purpose Tray Select the Multi Purpose Tray here in the driver when printing the job Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears 10 11 12 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 35 Windows PCL au AUN 0 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Setup tab Under Source click on the arrow to open the drop down list Make your selection Choices are Automatically select Multi purpose tray Tray 1 Tray 2 Plain Recycled Letterhead Bond Card Stock Rough Labels Transparency Automatically select The printer automatically selects the paper tray Multi Purpose Tray Tray1 Tray 2 Tray 2 appears only if an optional tray is installed Select a specific paper tray For example You are printing a job on special media lette
53. print job go to the next step If you want to save your settings for future use below Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK C6150 User s Guide 221 18 The document prints Save the Setting for Future Use 1 Click Paper Feed Options 2 Click Custom Size 3 At Name give your custom size a name 4 Change any other settings as desired 5 Click Add Click OK 6 Click OK The Custom Page Size is added to the bottom of the Paper Size list 7 Change any other settings as desired 8 Click OK 9 The main Print screen appears 10 Change any other settings as desired 11 Click OK 12 The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature does not work with these operating systems C6150 User s Guide 222 Duplex Printing Printing on Both Sides of the Paper General Information The Duplex Unit enables your printer to print on both sides of the page For Oo more information Paper Types see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Paper Weights see page 223 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 Windows PostScript All Jobs Default see page 226 Single Job see page 226 Windows PCL All Jobs Default see page 227 Single Job see page 228 e Macintosh OS 10 2 see page 229 Macintosh OS 10 3 see page 229 Paper Types Paper only Cannot duplex
54. printing based on whether the first page is color or monochrome Media Menu Notes e Factory default settings are shown in bold e Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed TRAY1 PAPERSIZE A4 A5 A6 B5 Defines the size of paper LEGAL14 LEGAL13 5 loaded in Tray 1 LEGAL13 LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM TRAY1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN Defines the type of media LETTERHEAD loaded in Tray 1 This will BOND help the printer to adjust its RECYCLED internal operating ROUGH parameters such as engine speed and fusing temperature TRAY1 LIGHT MEDIUM Adjusts the printer for the MEDIAWEIGHT HEAVY ULTRA HEAVY weight of paper stock loaded in the tray See Driver Settings on page 17 If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings TRAY2 PAPERSIZE A4 A5 B5 LEGAL14 Defines the size of paper LEGAL13 5 LEGAL13 loaded in optional Tray 2 LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM C6150 User s Guide 95 TRAY2 MEDIATYPEt PLAIN LETTERHEAD Defines the type of media BOND RECYCLED loaded in optional Tray 2 ROUGH TRAY2 LIGHT MEDIUM Adjusts the printer for the MEDIAWEIGHT HEAVY ULTRA HEAVY weight of paper stock loaded in the tray See Driver Settings on page 17 If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings MPT PAPERSIZE LETTER EXECUTIVE Defines the size of paper to LEGAL14 L
55. select color Options 5 From the color Mode menu 4 select Graphic Pro 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Graphic Pro 1 7 From the color Matching Task menu 6 select ICC Profile color Matching Use the Preserve Black option to keep the original grey component K channel information If Preserve Black is disabled the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner instead of just K black toner 8 From the Feature Sets menu 7 select color Graphic Pro 2 9 From the CMYK Profile Type menu 8 select CMYK Input Profile 10 From the CMYK Input Profile source 9 select the CMYK Input profile that corresponds to the device you C6150 User s Guide 208 are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use select it here as the appropriate CMYK Source x profile Remember that the names CMYK Source 1 etc relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 11 From the Feature Sets menu select color Graphic Pro 3 10 12 From the Printer Output Profile menu 11 select your printer profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here and choose a rendering int
56. settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 167 Windows PostScript Graphic Pro hb WNB On QA UI Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties Windows 2000 Go to the next step Click the Color tab Click Graphic Pro Click Options At Pure Black Text Graphics make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Click OK The Color tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 168 Windows PCL hb WNB a u Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties Windows 2000 Go to the next step Click the Job Options tab Click Advanced At Always use K toner for 100 Black areas make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click OK 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Job Option tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears
57. steps 2 through 7 C6150 User s Guide 91 Example Power Save Time To change the time interval for the printer to wait before going into Power Save mode default setting is 60 MIN 1 2 Press to enter the menu mode Press and or repeatedly until you see SYS CONFIG MENU Press ENTER to go into the Sys Config Menu POW SAVE TIME 60 MIN Press ENTER to select the Power Save Time item The value on the second line of the display begins flashing POW SAVE TIME 60 MIN Press repeatedly until the interval e g 240 MIN you wish to select appears on the second line POW SAVE TIME 240 MIN Press ENTER to select the new setting An asterisk appears on the second line of the display POW SAVE TIME 240 MIN 3 Press ON LINE to engage the new setting and to exit the menu The printer returns to standby mode C6150 User s Guide 92 Reset to Factory Defaults NOTE keep pressing the button repeatedly until you see the display indicated To reset the printer menu to its original default settings 1 Press to enter the Menu mode 2 Press MAINTENANCE MENU 3 Press ENTER MENU RESET Execute 4 Press ENTER 5 The printer resets and returns to the on line state C6150 User s Guide 93 Lists of Available Settings by Menu Information Menu PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints the MenuMap menu listing with current settings shown Information about
58. that allow you to customize swatches e Hue bar changes the hue of the swatches for example red to green or blue to yellow e Saturation bar changes vividness e Lightness bar changes darkness 3 Adjust the bars until you see the desired color Color variations are created to help you find the best match 4 Click OK 5 Print the custom swatch page 6 Repeat these steps until you find the desired printed color 7 For additional information see the Swatch Utility Read me file located in the Windows Programs list The file includes e Applying Color Value in your Application e Setting Monitor Color C6150 User s Guide 277 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR General Information The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR allows you to print directly to a printer on the network without a print server It creates a Printer Port and installs a pop up status box so you can monitor printer status The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR operates in Windows Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems Load this program from the Menu Installer located the CD How to Install The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR supports TCP IP Your network administrator will first need to set up an IP address and TCP IP properties for your printer Your network administrator may have already installed this software If you need to install it manually load it from the Menu Installer on the CD
59. the Service Dealer Paper Jams General Information Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point along the paper path When a jam occurs the printer immediately stops The control panel displays an error message This message tells you where the first sheet is jammed All jammed sheets must be removed in order to restore the printer to normal operation Once you clear a jam and close the cover you may see a new jam message indicating another jammed sheet which must be cleared This is especially likely if you are printing a multi page document or multiple copies of a single document Once all jams have been cleared the printer should automatically try to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams If it doesn t check the Jam Recovery setting in the System Configuration Menu It must be set to ON See Changing Settings on page 91 e If paper jams are frequent see page 120 e Jam is cleared but printer does not print see page 120 e Jam 370 see page 121 e Jam 371 see page 123 e Jam 372 see page 125 e Jam 373 see page 121 e Jam 380 see page 125 e Jam 381 see page 127 e Jam 382 see page 133 e Jam 383 see page 121 e Jam 390 see page 136 e Jam 391 see page 138 e Jam 392 see page 138 C6150 User s Guide 119 If paper jams are frequent e More than one sheet feeds at a time e Paper curls e Paper feeds at an angle Possible cause The printer is not Place
60. 0 User s Guide 191 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Open the drop down list below Presets Select Color Below Color Mode at Auto Color make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON hWN BE If the box is empty the feature is OFF 5 Click Print 6 The document prints Office Color Overview from C9600 Print Guide This is a simple color management system designed for ease of use Office Color is recommended for users who are not experts in color but want good results when printing from programs such as Microsoft Office C6150 User s Guide 192 There are two different sets of options in Office Color RGB Options CMYK Options PostScript only Monitor 6500K Auto SWOP Monitor 6500K Perceptual Euroscale Monitor 6500K Vivid Japan Color Monitor 9300K Digital Camera sRGB Important The options for CMYK data are not present in the Windows PCL printer drivers These printer drivers only support RGB color data Although the Office Color options contain controls for CMYK data it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro options instead If you are printing CMYK data the Graphic Pro options provide more power and flexibility RGB Options Office Color provides a collection of several different color matching presets for RGB data These presets each change
61. 24 Jam 372 and 380 OPEN FRONT COVER nnn PAPER JAM nnn 372 or 380 1 Lift the front cover release Pull open the front cover C6150 User s Guide 125 3 Close the front cover C6150 User s Guide 126 Jam 381 OPEN TOP COVER 381 Paper Jam 1 Press the cover release Fully open the printer s top cover WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser is hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch it C6150 User s Guide 127 2 Note the positions of the four image drums Cyan 1 Magenta 2 Yellow 3 Black 4 It is essential that they go back in the correct order 4 VA Mihi Mf C6150 User s Guide 128 3 Lift each of the image drum toner cartridge units out of the printer Place them on a flat surface in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light CAUTION The green surface at the base of each image drum is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch the green surface Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or to very bright room lighting Do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the image drum must be out of the printer for longer than 5 minutes place the image drum inside a black plastic bag or carefully place it in a drawer or cabinet to keep it away from light C6150 User s Guide 129 4 Remove any sheets of paper on the belt unit CAUTION Do not use any sharp or abrasive objects to sep
62. 5 Black Printing eieaa ath aw Bake Pe Nk eA ee eh 166 General Information 0 00 cee ee ees 166 Windows PostScript 0 cee ee es 166 Windows PCL 1 ee es 169 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 0 0 oo oo ooo eae 170 Booklets Binding Print 0c es 171 General Information 0 0000 cee es 171 RestrictionS ao an a A a O a Ee R EOE iE 172 Windows PostScript 0 cee a 173 WindoWs PEL Seimas AOE SON eee ee ee a E a E NA 174 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 0 0 oooo ooo eae 174 Collatingincn s fc eS ae ha Sa a ea ela Sh Ra ata 175 General Information o ooooo ooo mom 175 WINdOWS lara ada 176 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 0 o o o oo ooo momo 177 Color Matching 0000 eee ee 178 OVERVIEW ieee ee Pt Oe ee Pane E ee ae 178 BASICS ea a eee heads e id 179 What this guide describeS o o ooo ooo 180 Background Information o o oo ooo o 180 Factors that Affect Color Printing 181 Color Settings siio a eee thea ere a ee ia 187 Hue Brightness and Saturation 0 188 NA ae eat ee eee ee ak ah a aden Modest ce un Gy aide 189 Color Match Precision 0 00 cece ee ees 189 List of Color Matching Methods 189 Descriptions of Color Matching Methods 190 Automati a iA te ale Ieee Metaphase dace a ned neck les hed es 191 ORCS COlO Mee ities aes a ee ee eat BAGS 192 Graphic PrO i aiaosa dere Me Qe
63. 8 Ib Index 177 g m b Switch to the Rear Exit Face Up Stacker when you are print ing paper heavier than 47 Ib US Bond 98 Ib Index 177 g m2 c S Simplex D Duplex printing on both sides n U m w U U C6150 User s Guide 41 Tray 2 General Information Use Tray 2 for regular paper standard sizes standard weights If a paper tray Tray 1 runs out of paper your printer can automatically switch to another paper tray MP Tray optional Tray 2 loaded with the same type of paper This is called Auto Switching See Auto Switching on page 49 e Capacity about 530 sheets 20 Ib 75 g m2 paper e Loading See Loading Paper Trays 1 and 2 on page 58 e Exit path top exit Face Down Stacker best for general use rear exit Face Up Stacker See Tray 1 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths on page 41 Choose in the driver See Paper Trays Select in the driver on page 35 Tray 2 Duplexing Restrictions Important You can duplex e paper e paper weights up to 28 Ib US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric You cannot duplex e labels e envelopes e transparencies e paper weights above 28 Ib US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric C6150 User s Guide 42 Tray 2 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths Letter 8 2 x 11 Legal 14 S D 82 x 14 Legal 13 5 S D 82 x 13 5 Legal 13 S D 82 x 13 Executive S D 7 x 102 A4 Ss D 210 x 297 mm A5 S D 145 x 210 mm A6 S
64. CC profiles for different color matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide Matching the color of a monitor scanner or camera The Graphic Pro color matching system can be used to match the printer color to an RGB input device such as a monitor scanner or digital camera or 0 gt 0 0 9 O 1 RGB data 2 Printed document 3 RGB source profile 4 Scanner monitor camera etc 5 Printer output profile 6 Leave on Auto or select your custom profile To match an RGB input device first download the RGB source profile and printer profile optional to the printer hard disk C6150 User s Guide 199 using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 Once the profile s have been downloaded make the appropriate selections in the printer driver These are described in the next section Windows page 200 Mac OS 9 page 200 Mac OS X page 201 Windows This information applies to the Windows PCL and PostScript drivers 1 To match the color of an input RGB device such as a monitor scanner or digital camera make the following selections in the printer driver On the printer driver Color tab select Graphic Pro and click Options Select ICC Profile color Matching Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor scanner or digital camera Remember that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2
65. Color then Natural Monitor 6500k Auto The default setting in Macintosh that selects the best options for your printer This selection works best for office situations Optimized for printing general documents when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K Monitor 6500k Perceptual This is best choice for printing photographic images Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K Monitor 6500k Vivid Ideal for office graphics and text Optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colors Monitor 9300k Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 9300K Digital Camera Optimized for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colors For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colors sRGB This option attempts to simulate RGB color C6150 User s Guide 187 Optimized for matching specific colors such as a company logo color The colors within the printer s color gamut are printed without any modification Only colors that fall outside the printable colors are modified Hue Brightness and Saturation There are three ma
66. Default a Named Driver is being used If a Named Driver is being used you can select Default in the list below Driver This restored all driver settings to the factory defaults You can then proceed with your changes proceed with your changes and not save them Use the changes for only a single print job proceed with your changes and save them as the same Named Driver proceed with your changes and save them under a new Named Driver C6150 User s Guide 153 Restore Default Driver Settings Windows Single Print Jobs When working in the drivers many of the screens have a Default button Click Default to restore the driver settings to the factory defaults Macintosh General Information Summary Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 The Summary lists all the printer settings currently made for your print job See Summary on page 155 Presets Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 Presets allow you to save a group of settings which you use for many documents or to change the settings designated as the Standard Preset See Presets on page 155 Scheduler Macintosh OS 10 3 only Scheduler allows you to schedule when your job will print and its priority relative to other jobs in the print queue See Scheduler on page 156 Paper Handling Macintosh OS 10 3 only Paper Handling allows you to determine how the pages in your print job will print Choices are Reverse page order All Page
67. EGAL13 5 be fed from the Multi Purpose LEGAL13 A4 A5 A6 Tray B5 CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE MPT PAPERTYPE PLAIN LETTERHEAD Defines the type of media to TRANSPARENCY be fed from the Multi Purpose LABELS BOND Tray so that the printer can RECYCLED CARD adjust its internal parameters STOCK ROUGH for the media MPT MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM HEAVY Adjusts the printer for the ULTRA HEAVY weight of paper stock loaded in the tray See Driver Settings on page 17 If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings UNIT OF MEASURE MILLIMETER Defines the unit of measure INCH for the next two items X DIMENSION 3 to 8 5 INCH Defines the width of paper Default 8 5 INCH defined by the CUSTOM settings Y DIMENSION 5 to 35 5 INCH Defines the length of paper Default 11 INCH defined by the Custom settings Note that media of up to 47 1 2 m in length can be fed one sheet at a time from the Multi Purpose Tray for banner printing C6150 User s Guide 96 Color Menu Note Factory default settings are shown in bold The printer automatically adjusts color balance and density at appropriate intervals optimizing the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print
68. Feed Face up print side up Default long edge feed Transparency Exit Path If you are using heavy media transparencies envelopes or labels use the face up straight through paper feed path For face up printing straight through path make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended e Paper is stacked in reverse order e Tray capacity is about 100 sheets Actual capacity depends on paper weight a gt C6150 User s Guide 33 Paper Trays General Information You can select e the paper tray used by your print job e if the printer checks whether the size paper loaded in the selected tray matches that required for the document being printed Paper Size Check e if the printer automatically matches the printer job s paper size to a paper tray Auto Select e if a paper tray Tray 1 runs out of paper your printer can automatically switch to another paper tray MP Tray optional Tray 2 loaded with the same type of paper Auto Switching The settings for Paper Feed Paper Tray Source Paper Size Paper Exit and Paper Weight interact For more information see Paper Size Feed and Exit on page 38 C6150 User s Guide 34 Select in the driver Windows PostScript au AUN 0 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Paper Quality tab Under Tray Selection at Paper Source click on the arrow to
69. Index 64 g m For more information go to www paper paper com weight html C6150 User s Guide 20 The size weight and type of the paper print media determine e which paper feed tray can be used e which paper exit path can be used e whether you can use double sided duplex printing Single sided printing is also known as simplex printing These settings can be made in the printer menu or in the printer driver Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings The best performance is obtained when using paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types include e Hammermill Laser Printer Radiant White 24 Ib US Bond 90 g m2 e Xerox 4024 20 Ib US Bond 75 g m2 e Oki 52206101 Bright White Proofing Paper 32 Ib US Bond 120 g m Recommendations e Check www okiprintingsolutions com for the latest information on recommended papers for your printer e Paper should be stored flat away from moisture direct sunlight and heat sources e The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously affect the life of the image drum and give poor print quality Print quality can be improved by changing the media setting to Ultra Heavy However this will reduce the output speed and prevent the use of the duplex option If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings C6150 User s Guide 21
70. JUSTT 0 00 MILLIMETER DUPLEX Y ADJUSTT 0 00 MILLIMETER E A IN IEA E C6150 User s Guide 107 Usage Menu CCOO CCOO CTC C6150 User s Guide 108 Options The following options are available for your printer e Additional memory FAM see below e Duplex Unit see page 110 e Hard Disk Drive see page 110 e Second Paper Tray see page 111 Instructions for installing these options are found in the packaging with the option Additional Memory RAM Oki 70051601 256 MB Oki 70051701 512 MB The basic printer comes equipped with 256 MB of main memory This can be upgraded with an additional memory board containing e 256 MB increasing the memory to 512 MB or e 512 MB increasing the memory to 768 MB C6150 User s Guide 109 Duplex Unit Oki 43347501 The Duplex Unit enables your printer to print on both sides of the page See Duplex Printing on page 223 Hard Disk Drive Oki 70043502 The hard disk drive enables e spooled printing e verified printing C6150 User s Guide 110 Second Paper Tray Oki 43347601 The second paper tray takes e Up to 530 sheets of 20 Ib paper e All the same size media as Tray 1 except A6 e Paper weight range 16 to 57 Ibs 60 to 203 g m2 C6150 User s Guide 111 Specifications Dimensions 17 13 W x 24 45 Dx 15 73 H 435 mm W x 621 mm D x 399 5 mm H 63 3 Ibs 28 7 Kg Print speeds e 26 pages per minute ppm co
71. LE protocol NETBEUI ENABLE Enables or disables this network DISABLE protocol IP ADDRESS AUTO Change this to Manual to specify the IP SET MANUAL address through the front panel see next entry Required for non DHCP networks IP ADDRESS XXX XXX XXX XXX Current assigned IP address To Default change 198 168 100 100 e Press ENTER e Use keys to increment first octet e Press ENTER to move on to the next octet e Repeat for each octet e Press ENTER to register the new address SUBNET MASK xxx xxx XXX XXX Current assigned subnet mask To Default change proceed as above 255 255 255 000 GATEWAY XXX XXX XXX XXX Current assigned gateway address To ADDRESS Default change proceed as above 192 168 100 254 Factory Default EXECUTE Initializes the network card C6150 User s Guide 99 WEB IPP ENABLE Enables or disables Web config facility DISABLE and Internet Printing Protocol This item will not appear in the menu if TCP IP is set to DISABLE TELNET ENABLE Enables or disables Telnet config DISABLE facility This item will not appear in the menu if TCP IP is set to DISABLE ENABLE Enables or disables communication via DISABLE FTP This item will not appear in the menu if TCP IP is set to DISABLE SNMP ENABLE Enables or disables SNMP protocol DISABLE LAN NORMAL Normal Global network SMALL Small Local network HUB LINK AUTO NEGOTIATE Sets full or half duplex for SETTING 100BASE TX FUL co
72. MP TRAY 390 Paper Jam Sheet has just entered the printer 1 Gently pull the sheet out of the printer Sheet can t easily be pulled out from the front 1 Lift the front cover release Pull open the front cover C6150 User s Guide 136 2 Remove any jammed sheets 3 Close the front cover C6150 User s Guide 137 Jam 391 and 392 OPEN FRONT COVER nnn PAPER JAM nnn 391 or 392 1 Pull out the appropriate tray 391 Tray 1 392 Optional Tray 2 2 Remove any sheet jammed as it exited the tray 391 392 C6150 User s Guide 138 3 Open the front cover C6150 User s Guide 139 Print Quality Problems Blurred print letter edges LED is dirty Clean LED with lens cleaner or soft tissue Cannot print desired Replace toner cartridge See Replace a Toner color because toner Cartridge on page 65 is low Blurred print one side of page Top cover is not Press the cover release latch and open then properly closed close the cover One or more of the Open the top cover and check to be sure that toner cartridges is each toner cartridge is fully seated and that each not seated properly toner cartridge lock lever is pushed all the way back Fading in patches Possible cause The paper is moist Store paper within specified temperature and humidity levels See Specifications on page 112 Fading Vertical LED head is dirty Clean LED
73. OKI PRINTING SOLUTIONS User s Guide 59299201 my okidata com Copyright Information Copyright 2008 by Oki Data All Rights Reserved C6150 User s Guide P N 59299201 Revision 1 0 Disclaimer 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 the web site http www okiprintingsolutions com Trademark Information Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Apple Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc ENERGY STAR is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Microsoft MS DOS and Win
74. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor Windows Natural is generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 Natural is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor C6150 User s Guide 185 Matching Specific Colors Example Company logo RGB only Color Swatch Utility Use the Color Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches Select your desired RGB values from the swatches Enter the values in your application s color picker See Color Swatch Utility on page 274 RGB or CMYK If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor Printing Vivid Colors RGB only Choices are e Monitor 6500k Vivid e sRGB e Digital Camera settings See Color Settings on page 187 RGB or CMYK Auto is a generally a good choice See Automatic on page 191 C6150 User s Guide 186 Color Settings This is a list of all possible options The list you see varies according to your computer platform operating system color production method and printer driver type You can modify these settings by selecting Advanced
75. You can adjust the overall appearance of the print by modifying Hue Saturation and Gamma You can adjust the specific palette colors used in Microsoft Office applications These adjustments only affect one specific palette color at a time NOTE The Color Correct Utility is available for Windows only C6150 User s Guide 195 For more details see page 274 Graphic Pro Overview This section describes the color matching options available for Graphic Pro The Graphic Pro color matching system is based around ICC profiles These profiles are downloaded to the printer using the Profile Assistant utility and then selected in the printer driver When a job is sent to the printer the ICC profiles are applied to the print job on the printer Important Some features of Graphic Pro color matching can only be used if your printer is fitted with a hard disk The printer hard disk is required if you wish to download and use your own ICC profiles to the printer If your printer does not have a hard disk fitted you will only be able to select the factory default profiles that are built in to the printer NOTE The printer s internal hard disk is an optional accessory What can you do with Graphic Pro The Graphic Pro color matching system is both powerful and flexible Here are some examples of how the Graphic Pro color matching system can be used Matching printer color to an RGB input device By using the ICC profi
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77. ab select Graphic Pro 1 and click Options Select ICC Profile color Matching 2 Select the CMYK Input profile 3 that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use select it here as the appropriate CMYK Source x profile Remember that the names CMYK Source 1 CMYK Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 Use the Preserve Black option to keep the original grey component K channel information If Preserve Black is disabled the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner instead of just K black toner Select a Printer Output Profile 4 If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here If you have selected a profile other than Auto select the Rendering Intent 5 Mac OS 9 Classic If you are using a source CMYK document use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation au hWN N Choose File gt Print From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model Select color Options 2 From the color Mode menu 3 select Graphic Pro Select color Graphic Pro 1 4 Fr
78. able on TCP IP network connection only The Network Printer Status utility is available if your administrator has installed it If the utility is installed the printer driver Properties dialog box changes e anew Status tab is added e an Option button is added to the Device Option tab This utility allows you to view but not change the status of the following on the Status tab e paper trays installed and the media assigned to them e total size and percentage used of disk memory e percentage of toner remaining Important If you select Automatic Status Update in the Status tab the driver automatically pings the printer for the latest status information every time you open the Properties dialog box This causes a significant delay until the Properties dialog box opens To avoid this use the Update Status button in the Status tab to manually update the information on demand General Information This utility creates an additional tab STATUS in the PostScript and PCL drivers that allows the client to monitor the selected printer s status Load this program from the Menu Installer located on CD1 C6150 User s Guide 281 Installation 1 Insert the Drivers Color and Network Utilities disk into the CD ROM drive If CD does not AutoPlay click Start gt Run gt Browse Browse to your CD ROM Double click Install exe Click OK 2 Click Network Software gt Administration Tools gt Network Print
79. acintosh see page 154 Windows PostScript You cannot make changes to the driver settings and save them under a named driver PCL 1 Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Start Settings gt Control Panel gt Printer and Other Hardware gt Printers amp Faxes Windows 2000 Click Start gt Settings gt Printer 2 Next Windows XP Server 2003 Right click OKI C6150 PCL Select Printing Preferences Windows 2000 Right click OKI C6150 PCL Select Printer Preferences C6150 User s Guide 152 au sh WwW N Change each setting On the Setup tab under Driver Settings click Add At Setting Name enter the desired name You can save your media paper selection as part of your named driver To do this select Form Information is Kept Click OK 8 9 10 Under Driver Settings select a named setting to use Click OK Close the dialog screen Check to see if saved Driver Settings are used You can make changes to the driver settings and save them under a named driver for later use You can do this if you are using PCL and or Mac drivers Before making changes to driver settings always check to see if a Named Driver is being used To do this 0 hWN N Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Setup tab if necessary Look at the list below Driver Settings If you see any name other than
80. ad Utilities Download the utilities from the internet accessed through the Menu Installer on the CD C6150 User s Guide 260 Color Correction Utility General Information This utility allows you to fine tune the printer s color settings and save them for future use The Color Correct Utility is the best choice for working with Microsoft Excel or Word You can use the Color Correct Utility to e Change the Pallet Color see page 262 e Adjust the Gamma Value and Hue see page 270 How to Install Load this program from the Menu Installer located on the CD Additional Information For more information see the on line help in the utility C6150 User s Guide 261 Change the Pallet Color General Information NOTES This feature is not available for Windows Me 98 This feature is not available for shared printers When test printing use paper larger than B5 size There are four steps in changing the Pallet Color 1 Print the Sample Color Chart See page 263 2 Print the Color Adjustment Chart See page 264 3 Make the adjustments Save the adjustments using a name you select See page 266 4 When printing a document select the name of the saved adjustment settings See page 269 C6150 User s Guide 262 Change the Pallet Color Step 1 Print the Sample Color Chart 1 Click Start gt Programs gt All Applications Windows XP Server 2003 Click Start gt Programs gt Okidata gt Color
81. ah arch gat aC teetele a a A 196 No Color Matching o 00 ee eee eee 209 Grayscale et e a ects eds Goh ets 210 Color SACA a he ae tine Me eee ade Blot 212 Custom Page SIZES i Goran tele wie alle as ka aac 216 General Informati0N o ooooo ooo o 216 Custom Size RangeS oooooo moon mom 217 RESEFICTIONS La in AA A a ee a 218 Special Print Media Paper o ooo oo 219 Windows PostScript o o o o ooo ooo 220 Windows PCL 0 0c ocooo coco es 221 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 0 0 oo oo ooo ooo 222 C6100 Series User s Guide 8 Duplex Printing icc ek par eK Bete hee ea ee ce aired 223 Printing on Both Sides of the Paper 223 General Information sssaaa aaa eee ees 223 Paper TY DGS osha droite ia delete Gok ak ag ae ah 223 Paper Weights u neea enea A eee ie ad da 223 Paper SIZES ias ses Ret sate hate eae ed Ma ea da 224 Long Edge vs Short Edge o oooooooo oo 224 Duplexing Restrictions o oo ooo ooo 225 Windows PostScript All Print Jobs Default 226 Windows PostScript Single Job 226 Windows PCL All Print Jobs Default 227 Windows PCL Single Print Job 228 Macintosh OS 102 ir ra maca a a 229 Macintosh OS 10 3 aaau es 229 Grayscale id AA ASA tet fe ata dee 231 N Up PRUNING AA A anal eta A ooh 232 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet 232 General Information
82. and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 Select a Printer Output Profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here Tip If you have selected your own printer output profile you will also be able to adjust the rendering intent Mac OS 9 1 In your application program choose File gt Print 2 From the Printer menu select your printer model 3 Select Color Options 4 From the Color Mode menu select Graphic Pro 5 Select Color Graphic Pro 1 6 From the color Matching Task menu select ICC Profile color Matching C6150 User s Guide 200 7 From the RGB Profile source select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor scanner or digital camera Remember that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 Select color Graphic Pro 2 From the Printer Output Profile menu select your printer profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software s
83. aper 32 Ib US Bond 120 g m Recommendations e Check www okiprintingsolutions com for the latest information on recommended papers for your printer e Paper should be stored flat away from moisture direct sunlight and heat sources e The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously affect the life of the image drum and give poor print quality Print quality can be improved by changing the media setting to Ultra Heavy However this will reduce the output speed and prevent the use of the duplex option If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings e Avoid Damp damaged or curled paper Very smooth shiny or glossy paper Heavily embossed letterhead paper very rough paper or paper that has a large grain difference between the two sides Paper with perforations cut outs or ragged edges Carbon paper recycled paper NCR paper photosensi tive paper pressure sensitive paper or thermal trans fer paper C6150 User s Guide 23 Driver Settings To select a paper type in the driver see Windows page 19 Macintosh page 20 Letterhead General Information The size weight and type of the paper print media determine e which paper feed tray can be used e which paper exit path can be used e whether you can use double sided duplex printing Single sided printing is also known as simplex printing These settings can be made in the printer me
84. arate sheets from the belt This may damage the belt surface C6150 User s Guide 130 NOTE Warning If the printer has been printing the fuser will be HOT If the sheet is well advanced into the fuser only a short length is still visible do not attempt to pull it back See step 4 under Jam 382 To remove a sheet trapped in the fuser Grasp the edge of the sheet Push the fuser pressure release lever 1 towards the front and down Lift out the sheet Let go of the fuser pressure release lever C6150 User s Guide 131 5 Place the four image drums toner cartridges back in the printer Be sure to place them in the proper sequence 1 Cyan 2 Magenta 3 Yellow 4 Black C6150 User s Guide 132 Jam 382 OPEN TOP COVER 382 Paper Jam 1 Open the top cover 2 Gently pull the sheet out e If the sheet does not come out easily go to the next step e If the sheet does come out close the cover C6150 User s Guide 133 4 Pull out the jammed sheet Important WARNING The fuser may be HOT If the sheet is difficult to remove it is partially jammed in the fuser To get it out reach around the top cover and press down on the fuser pressure release lever 1 before pulling the sheet out Then let go of the fuser pressure release lever C6150 User s Guide 134 5 Close the rear exit 6 Close the top cover C6150 User s Guide 135 Jam 390 CHECK
85. ars Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Windows PCL All Print Jobs Default For more information Paper Types see page 223 Paper Weights see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 To change the settings for all print jobs C6150 User s Guide 227 w 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes for XP Server 2003 Right click on your printer Click Properties Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click the General tab Windows 2000 Go to the next step Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Printing Preferences Click the Setup tab Windows 2000 Go to the next step Next Click Print on Both Sides Under 2 Sided Printing select Long Edge or Short Edge See Long Edge vs Short Edge on page 224 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Properties screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Printers and Faxes screen appears Close the screen Windows PCL Single Print Job For more information Paper Types see page 223 Paper Weights see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 To change the settings for only one print job 1 2 3 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your print
86. atching Overview NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings Color reproduction is a complex topic This topic is divided into two sections e background information The background information explains the factors that affect color matching See page 178 e how to information The how to information explains how to perform color matching with your printer See page 178 C6150 User s Guide 178 Basics There are three methods by which your document s color can be managed and adjusted O windows Macintosh 1 Application Color Management 1 Some graphics and desktop publishing programs such as Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator and Quark Xpress have their own built in color management systems Most applications do not have these color management features and rely instead on the printer or operating system 2 Operating System Color Management 2 Windows 2000 XP and Server 2003 have Windows ICM color Management Mac OS and Mac OS 10 2 and 10 3 have Apple ColorSync 3 Printer Color Management 3 When you print your document and modify settings in the printer driver the printer performs color adjustments Important Only use one color management system if you want the best results from your printer If you wish to use y
87. can take time to process The Color Match Precision option allows you to choose between higher quality color matching more time consuming or faster but less accurate color matching List of Color Matching Methods This is a list of all possible options The list you see varies according to your computer platform operating system color production method and printer driver type To change these settings in your printer driver refer to the appropriate section Automatic Office Color Graphic Pro No Color Matching Grayscale Mac ColorSync C6150 User s Guide 189 Descriptions of Color Matching Methods Automatic Your printer automatically uses the best method to match color depending on the type of document you are printing See page 190 Office Color This is a simpler color management system designed for ease of use Office Color is recommended for users who are not experts in color but want good results when printing from programs such as Microsoft Office See page 190 Graphic Pro This is a powerful color management system based on ICC color profiles Profiles can be downloaded to the printer hard disk using a special utility and then color matching can be applied to all incoming print jobs The Graphic Pro color management system is recommended for users who are already familiar with ICC profile based color matching and require more control over color See page 190 No Color Matching Use this opt
88. ck Edit Modify the text for your watermark Modify the attributes font size angle for your watermark Click OK 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Watermarks main screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Job Options tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 251 Windows PostScript Print using a Watermark For more information see General Information on page 249 Oo ON A UU AUNE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Job Options tab Click Watermarks The Watermarks main screen appears Select a name from the watermark list Adjust where and how the watermark prints if necessary Choices are First page only Print in background Click OK The Job Options tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 252 Windows PCL Create a Watermark For more information see General Information on page 249 hb UNB Oo ON OA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Open the file you want to print Click File
89. ct Binary make sure that binary data transfer is supported Font Data specify downloading fonts to the file If you are only using PostScript fonts select None Click Save At Save as a new name enter the desired filename Specify where you want the file saved location Click Save C6150 User s Guide 245 Toner Saving General Information Use Toner Save to maximize the life of your toner cartridges Toner Save uses less toner to create the printed images Toner Save adjusts the darkness of the color halftones Images may appear lighter than normal Print quality is reduced when toner saving is used For more information Windows Single Print Job see page 247 Windows All Print Jobs Default see page 248 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 see page 248 NOTES 1 Toner Save does not work if you are printing 100 per cent black 2 Toner Save does not work if Gray Scale is the selected print mode 3 Toner Save does not work with applications that allow CMYK printing when using a PostScript driver 4 Toner Save does not work with applications and operating systems that create print data in CIE color space C6150 User s Guide 246 Windows Single Print Job For more information see General Information on page 246 au hWN 0 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Color tab At Toner Saving make your selecti
90. d above for the 2nd tray C6150 User s Guide 60 Multi purpose Tray MP Tray Manual Feed NOTE The MP Tray will take e a stack of media about 3 8 10 mm high e about 10 envelopes e about 50 transparencies Do not exceed the 3 8 10 mm media stack height 1 Open the MP Tray C6150 User s Guide 61 2 Press down on the loading platform 3 Load the print media Adjust the guides 1 to the size media being used Letterhead Single sided printing load with pre printed side up and the top edge into the printer Double sided printing duplex load with pre printed side down and top edge away from the printer duplex unit must be installed C6150 User s Guide 62 Envelopes Load print side up flap down with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer You cannot duplex envelopes 4 Press the blue tray latch 1 toward the paper stack to lift the paper platform into the feed position C6150 User s Guide 63 Consumables and Replacement Supplies Part Numbers Toner eer ec CC Image Drums a ES Fusers Transfer Belt P N 43363411 C6150 User s Guide 64 Replace a Toner Cartridge REPLACE TONER nnn zzzz TONER EMPTY nnn ZZZZ 410 YELLOW 411 MAGENTA 412 CYAN 413 BLACK C6150 User s Guide 65 1 Press the cover release Open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the
91. de 265 Change the Pallet Color Step 3 Make the adjustments and save the settings First you must perform the steps in Step 1 Print the Sample Color Chart see page 263 and Step 2 Print the Color Adjustment Chart see page 264 When making the adjustments you are obtaining the best possible match between the values for Hue and Brightness on your Sample Color Chart and the Pallet Color Matching screen 10 On the Pallet Color Matching screen click the color you want to adjust 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you Print Palette want to adjust and click an unmatched color An instruction appears in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print Reset Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you specified and click Next lt Back Cancel Help C6150 User s Guide 266 11 The Enter Adjustment Value screen appears View the pull down menus for the Hue X and Bright ness Y values You are finding the available ranges for both Hue X and Brightness Y The available ranges values vary according to color 12 Use the Sample Color Chart Find the color you want to adjust Locate the desired color within the identified available ranges values from Step 10 Find the values
92. dia Features e Up to 26 pages per minute full color e Up to 32 pages per minute in black and white e 600 x 1200 dpi dots per inch print resolution e Single Pass Color Digital LED technology e 10 Base T and 100 Base TX network connection Options e Additional Memory see page 109 256 MB or 512 MB e Duplex Unit see page 110 for automatic two sided printing e Hard disk drive see page 110 allows you to use secure confidential printing spool print jobs and store print jobs for later use e Second Paper Tray see page 111 capacity 530 sheets 20 lb paper C6150 User s Guide 13 Parts of the Printer Front eo gt o oV oNoorP Output Stacker face down Standard printed copy delivery point Holds up to 250 sheets of 20 Ib 75 g m paper Operator Panel Menu driven operator controls and LCD display panel Paper Tray Standard paper tray Holds up to 300 sheets of 20 Ib 75 g m paper Multi Purpose Tray Used for feeding transparencies heavier paper stocks envelopes and other special media Also for manual feeding of single sheets when required C6150 User s Guide 14 Rear e o MPUDRWNH Use On Off Switch Socket for Power Cord USB Interface Network Interface Duplex Unit Rear Stacker face up Capacity 100 sheets When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer through the rear of the printer and is stacked face up This
93. do 282 Checking the Printer StatuUS 0 ooo ooo 283 Network Setup Utility lt lt o ooo o 285 General Informati0N 0oo ooo mocos cos 285 Howto Irstall ia ia 285 Additional Information 0 0 ooooo mocos 285 PS Gamma Adjuster Utility o o 286 General Information 00000 ooo mocos 286 Howto Install aa a A al fee ects 286 C6100 Series User s Guide 10 Additional Information 0 000 eee eee ee C6100 Series User s Guide 11 Notes Cautions etc Illustrations and components are representative only Your unit may differ slightly from those pictured in this document NOTE A note appears like this A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which helps you to use and understand the product Important An important message appears like this An important message provides supplemental information which can prevent potential problems CAUTION A caution appears like this A caution provides additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage WARNING A warning appears like this A warning provides additional information which if ignored may result in a risk of personal injury C6150 User s Guide 12 Introduction Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear vibrant color printing and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print me
94. dows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors C6150 User s Guide 2 Notes Cautions etc 0 02 c eee es 12 INtFOdUCTON sito ieee a al a a ease ce 13 ECatUF S corrio rra He dod de aras aaa 0d 13 OPTIONS araa a ae ee E he em ee a HS 13 Parts of the Printer 0000 e eee ee 14 Front it Goa lien ae ee Re ae ee Pata ite a aed 14 RG ale crt oo tr A ooo ad 15 Paper Print Media lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt 16 General Information a aoaaa ee ee es 16 Driver Settings i cian wits A Ea wae te ee 17 General Information 0 0000 eee ee ee es 17 CHOICES 5s vi a iM apa a a a a a ne ee aw we 17 Face up Straight through Rear Exit 18 WiINdOWS3 aii a a c ao 19 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 oooooo omo 20 Paper USBOMd o coococoocoooo es 20 General Informati0N 0 0 ee 20 Recommendations 0oo ooo oo ooo 21 Driver SettidgS isa ii A ue a aa Gee 22 Index Paper Card Stock aaa 22 General Informati0N 0 0 eee ee es 22 Recommendations 0ooooo oo ee ee eee es 23 Driver S ttingS wie cee ii Poi rid ee ee ed 24 Letterhead y o se ae a Boe ave Mane a ia sio 24 General Information 0 ee cms 24 Recommendations 0 000 eee eee ee ee es 25 Driver Settings i iio u
95. elect it here and choose a rendering intent Mac OS 10 2 and 10 3 au hWN N 10 11 Choose File gt Print From the Printer menu select your printer model Select Printer Features From the Feature Sets menu select Color Options From the color Mode menu select Graphic Pro From the Feature Sets menu select Color Graphic Pro 1 From the Color Matching Task menu select ICC Profile color Matching From the Feature Sets menu select Color Graphic Pro 2 From the RGB Profile source select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor scanner or digital camera Remember that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 From the Feature Sets menu select color Graphic Pro 3 From the Printer Output Profile menu select your printer profile C6150 User s Guide 201 If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here and choose a rendering intent Simulating another printer RGB source data The Graphic Pro color matching system can be used to simulate the color output of another printer eo Y gt 80 gt 0 9 O
96. en appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature is not available in these operating systems C6150 User s Guide 174 Collating General Information Important If your software application has a collate option use it instead of the collate option in the printer driver This prevents any conflicts between the software application and the printer driver NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings i gt E E Collating is printing multiple copies of a multi page job where each copy has the pages arranged in the correct order If you print multiple copies of a multi page job and DO NOT specify collating all of the copies of the first page print before the copies of the subsequent page s print Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance For more information Windows see page 176 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 see page 177 C6150 User s Guide 175 Windows For more information see General Information on page 175 Important If your software application has a collate option use it in
97. ent No Color Matching Use this option to turn off all printer color matching No color correction occurs when selected Use No Color Matching when you are using another color matching method in your application such Color Simulation See Ink Simulation on page 313 Printer driver settings for ICC profile creation or no color matching If you are creating ICC profiles using third party software select Disable color Matching for ICC Profile Creation This option switches off all printer color management and also prevents the printer from restricting toner layer thickness If you are using your application color matching select Use Application color Matching This option switches off all printer color management Mac OS 9 page 210 Mac OS X page 210 Windows 1 On the printer driver Color tab select Graphic Pro 1 and click Options 2 Select Disable Color Matching for Profile Creation 2 if you are creating an ICC profile using third party profile C6150 User s Guide 209 creation software Select Use Application color Matching 3 if you wish to switch off all printer color management and use your application s color matching Mac OS 9 Choose File gt Print From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model Select Color Options 2 From the Color Mode menu 3 select Graphic Pro Select Color Graphic Pro 1 4 From the color Matching Task men
98. er C6150 User s Guide 228 ul 7 8 9 10 11 12 Click Properties Click the Setup tab if necessary Under 2 Sided Printing select Long Edge or Short Edge See Long Edge vs Short Edge on page 224 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 For more information au hWN 7 8 Paper Types see page 223 Paper Weights see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Open the drop down menu at left Select Duplex From the Duplex screen make your choices For Duplexing printing on both sides of the sheet select Print on Both Sides Select which Binding you prefer Normally the first option is the default See Long Edge vs Short Edge on page 224 Click OK Print the document Macintosh OS 10 3 For more information General Information see page 223 C6150 User s Guide 229 hWN a ul Paper Types see page 223 Paper Sizes see page 224 Paper Weights see page 223 Duplexing Restrictions see page 225 Long Edge vs Short Edge see page 224 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Open the drop down menu directly below your prin
99. er Status Follow the on screen instructions Using 1 Click Start s Settings gt Printers Right click the Sharp Printer icon Click Properties 2 Click on the STATUS tab 3 Click the UPDATE button to see device settings The following screen displays Setup Job Options Color Device Options PostScript General Details Color Management Status Fonts Device Setting 1192 168 1 19 E Tray Tray Multi Purpose Tray E Duplex Installed DiseMemorny H RAM Flash Memory Toner Remaining Black 99 Cyan 99 Magenta 99 Yellow 99 Auto Status Check Web Setting OK Cancel Apply Help C6150 User s Guide 282 Click on an item to see this information Trays Duplex Disk Memory Toner Remaining Paper Type weight Installed not installed RAM size and used Flash Memory size and used toner remaining in all cartridges NOTE If the Automatic Status Check box is checked this utility pings the printer every time you open the Printer Properties dialog in the printer driver This severely slows opening Printer Properties Checking the Printer Status Click the WEB SETTING button The following screen displays Network Summary General Settings Printer Port NetWare TCP IP EtherTalk Email Alerts SNMP Traps Admin Web C6150 User s Guide 283 Click on the items l
100. er before using booklet printing Some applications do not support booklet printing Please read Restrictions on page 172 For more information Windows PostScript see page 173 Windows PCL see page 174 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature is not available in these operating systems C6150 User s Guide 171 Restrictions 1 Before booklet printing can be carried out both the duplex unit and additional memory must be installed enabled in the driver Not available on some network connections See the Help file Some software applications may not support booklet printing The right to left setting allows a booklet to be printed for right to left reading which is used in some languages PostScript This feature is not available in these operating systems Windows Me 98 Windows NT PCL This feature is not available in this operating system Windows 98 or 95 Booklet printing is ONLY available in Windows Me Windows NT Booklet printing is restricted to four 4 pages per sheet two 2 pages per side Example print a 5 x 8 inch booklet on 8 x 11 inch paper Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings C6150 User s Guide 172 Windows PostScript For more information hb UN ER ul General Information
101. ettings e Avoid Damp damaged or curled paper Very smooth shiny or glossy paper Heavily embossed letterhead paper very rough paper or paper that has a large grain difference between the two sides Paper with perforations cut outs or ragged edges Carbon paper recycled paper NCR paper photosensi tive paper pressure sensitive paper or thermal trans fer paper C6150 User s Guide 25 Driver Settings To select a paper type in the driver see Windows page 19 Macintosh page 20 Loading Trays 1 and 2 Long edge feed Face down top toward the back of the printer Short edge feed face down top to the right C6150 User s Guide 26 Loading Multi purpose Tray Manual Feed Long edge feed Face up top to the back of the printer Short edge feed Face up top to the left C6150 User s Guide 27 Envelopes General Information Envelopes can only be fed from the multi purpose MP manual feed tray Envelopes can only exit the printer face up straight through rear exit Recommendations CAUTION Print media must be able to withstand 446 F 230 C for 0 2 second eee oV o o oN 9 Use only recommended envelopes Oki 52206301 and 52206302 For more information see Print Media Oki in your Handy Reference Guide or www okiprintingsolutions com Store envelopes flat and away from moisture direct sunlight heat sources Don t use envelopes wi
102. f then turn it back on If the message still appears check with your network administrator Message PRESS ONLINE SW INVALID DATA REPLACE TONER nnn TONER EMPTY REPLACE yyyy nnn yyyy LIFE tttt EMPTY xxx LIFE YYYY nnn FATAL ERROR The printer has received invalid data The indicated toner needs replacement The indicated component is nearing end of life and should be replaced Appears on the second line of the display to indicate that ttt tray has run out of media Appears on the second line of the display to indicate that consumable xxx e g belt fuser image drum will need to be replaced soon An error has occurred which requires service YYYY the general cause nnn error number C6150 User s Guide 118 Press ON LINE Reprocess and resend the print job Replace the indicated toner 410 Y Yellow 411 M Magenta 412 C Cyan 413 K Black Replace the indicated component YYYY Fuser Belt C Drum Y Drum M Drum K Drum Load media in tray tttt Replace the indicated item Try turning off the printer then turning it back on If this does not remedy the problem write down the message including the error number nnn then call your authorized Oki Data Service Dealer for service Note If you see a series of octets containing letters and numbers scrolling across the display be sure to write these down also and report them to
103. for both Hue X and Brightness Y 13 On the Pallet Color Matching screen click the color you want to adjust The Enter Adjustment Value screen appears View the pull down menus for the Hue X and Bright ness Y values Adjust the values for Hue and Brightness to match the values from Step 11 Exe al 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you want to adjust and click an unmatched color An instruction appears in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you specified and click Next lt Back Cancel el Print Palette ki C6150 User s Guide 267 14 Click OK 15 The Pallet Color Matching screen appears 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E minimi 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you 7 want to adjust and click an unmatched color An sagas appears Print Palette in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the col 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched oe click Print Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you Pesa specified and click Next coca to Click Test Print
104. g settings in the printer driver There is no one way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor and its printed equivalent There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible color However the following guidelines may help in achieving good color output from your printer There are several suggested methods The method you choose is determined by the type of document you are printing e most common RGB See page 184 e professional desktop publishing and graphics CMYK See page 184 e photographic images See page 185 e specific colors i e a company logo See page 186 e printing vivid colors See page 186 RGB or CMYK The RGB color model is based on the three primary colors of light Red Green and Blue This model is used by scanners digital cameras and computer monitors The CMYK color model is based on Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black printer inks or toners C6150 User s Guide 184 Most documents you print are in RGB format This is the most common method If you do not know your document s color mode assume that it is RGB CMYK documents are typically only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications About the Printer Drivers Support for Support for RGB data CMYK Data PCL driver Windows Yes No PostScript driver Windows Yes Yes PostScript driver Mac Yes Yes Matching Photographs RGB only
105. gt Print Select your printer Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Windows 2000 Click the Job Options button Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Job Options Click Watermark Windows 2000 Click Watermark The Watermark dialog box appears Click New Enter the text for your watermark Select the attributes font size angle for your watermark Click OK The new watermark appears in the Watermark list Click OK The Job Options tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 253 Windows PCL Edit a Watermark For more information see General Information on page 249 hb UN Oo ON OA Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Next Windows 2000 Click the Job Options tab Windows XP Server 2003 Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Job Options Click Watermark Windows 2000 Click Watermark The Watermark dialog box appears Select a name from the watermark list Click Edit Modify the text for your watermark 10 Modify the attributes font size angle for your watermark Click OK 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 The main Waterma
106. he fuser out of the printer If the fuser is still warm place it on a flat surface which will not be damaged by heat After letting the fuser cool down discard it C6150 User s Guide 82 4 Remove the new fuser from its packaging Remove any packing tape 5 Push the orange transport lock to the left to release it You ll hear it snap Remove it 6 Hold the new fuser by the handle The fuser pressure release lever 1 should be on the right Lower the fuser into the printer C6150 User s Guide 83 7 Push the two blue retaining levers 1 toward the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place C6150 User s Guide 84 Replace the Belt Unit REPLACE BELT 355 BELT LIFE The belt unit is located under the four image drums 1 Press the cover release and open the top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser is HOT This area is clearly labelled Do not touch it 2 Note the positions of the four image drums Cyan 1 Magenta 2 Yellow 3 Black 4 It is essential that they go back in the correct order N S S C6150 User s Guide 85 3 Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer Place them on a flat surface in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light CAUTION The green surface at the base of each image drum is very delicate and light sensitive e Do not touch the green surface e Never expose the drum to direct sunligh
107. he printer may not be able to print the exact color that you desire Install the utility from the CD using the Menu Installer Windows Click Start gt Programs gt Color Swatch gt Color Swatch Utility A swatch page displays showing commonly used colors Select print to print sample pages watch Utility x Fie Help R235 255 R235 RETI e153 Petr Pate 3101 oo ao ao oo 2 203 2 18 5 127 20101 2 76 1 50 a255 e233 R255 20208 A 153 A 102 53 catty ga ao G n Go 1220 1 207 1 168 20125 Ptr 167 C6150 User s Guide 275 5 Use the color blocks to pick the specific colors that you want to appear in your printed document Each color block or sample is identified with information your software package needs to reproduce that color accurately The numbers under each block specify the amounts of the primary colors red R green G and blue B that mix to form each particular shade The amounts are given as a numerical value between 0 and 255 C6150 User s Guide 276 Creating Custom Swatch Colors NOTE The Swatch Utility does not guarantee that the printer prints the same color as displayed on your monitor Consider the displayed color as a reference The printer may not be able to print the exact color that you desire If you don t find your desired color you can create or customize colors 1 Select Custom Swatch from the File menu 2 On the pop up window there are 3 slide bars
108. hing Task gt Printer Simulation From the RGB Profile source select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor scanner or digital camera Remember that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 From the Simulation Target Profile menu 7 select the profile of the device you wish to simulate Remember that the names CMYK Source 1 CMYK Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 If you wish to produce black and grey colors that are printed using only black toner enable the Preserve Black option Although this produces a better quality print the black and grey colors will not be simulated accurately Choose Color gt Graphic Pro 2 10 From the Printer Output Profile menu select your printer profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here and choose a rendering intent C6150 User s Guide 204 Mac OS 10 2 and 210 3 au hWN N 10 11 12 Choose File gt Print From the Printer menu select your printer model Select Printer Features
109. ight sensitive Do not touch the green surface Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or to very bright room lighting Do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the image drum must be out of the printer for longer than 5 minutes place the image drum inside a black plastic bag or carefully place it in a drawer or cabinet to keep it away from light 5 Grasp the white tape tab and peel the tape off the drum C6150 User s Guide 76 7 Remove the clear plastic film 8 If present remove the silica gel pack C6150 User s Guide 77 9 Place the image drum in the printer C6150 User s Guide 78 11 Install the new toner cartridge in the image drum C6150 User s Guide 79 12 Use the provided LED lens cleaner Gently wipe the LED C6150 User s Guide 80 Replace the Fuser REPLACE FUSER 354 FUSER LIFE WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser is HOT This area is clearly labelled Do not touch it Handle the fuser with extreme care Hold it only by its handle which is only mildly warm to the touch If in doubt switch the printer off Wait at least 10 minutes for the fuser to cool before opening the printer cover 1 Press the cover release Fully open the printer s top cover C6150 User s Guide 81 2 Pull the two blue fuser lock levers 1 towards the front of the printer 3 Hold the fuser by its handle Lift t
110. ilters The following section has examples and explanations of each filter NOTE To see the affect of any of these filters on your document select Add Filters Click the filter in the list Click Apply C6150 User s Guide 212 Filters None The default No filters are applied to the document Black amp White Converts the document to black and white with no gray shades Blue Tone Converts the document to shades of blue C6150 User s Guide 213 Gray Tone Converts the document to shades of gray Lightness Decrease A Lightness Increase B Darkens or lightens the document The middle picture below is with no filters applied A Reduce File Size This filters the document to reduce its file size Sepia Tone Converts the document to shades of brown C6150 User s Guide 214 Add Filters Clicking this brings up a Preview screen Here you can see the effect produced by selecting any of the standard filters To do this click the name in the Filters box Then click Apply You can also e add New filters of your choice e Delete filters you have added to the list e set color conversion options such as Rendering Intent Automatic Perceptual Relative Saturation Absolute etc 0006 Preview of Peppers jpg pdf o 00 C Preview Filters Blue Tone Gray Tone Lightness Decrease Lightness Increase Reduce File Size Sepia Tone
111. in components to color Hue Brightness and Saturation Hue The component that determines the frequency of light or the position in the spectrum or the relative amounts of red green and blue Hue corresponds to the common W W definition of color e g red orange violet etc Brightness The component that determines the total amount of light white in the color Zero brightness is black 100 Brightness is white Intermediate values are light or dark colors Windows and Macintosh 10 3 Brightness can be adjusted when using the Gray Scale color mode color matching method Gray Scale see page 210 Saturation The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity or freedom from mixture with white Windows and Macintosh 10 3 Saturation can be adjusted when using the Gray Scale color mode color matching method Gray Scale see page 210 C6150 User s Guide 188 Color Matching How To NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings Color reproduction is a complex topic This how to information explains how to perform color matching with your printer Color Match Precision When the printer performs color matching it must do many calculations to convert between different color formats RGB CMYK etc These calculations
112. ion to turn off all printer color matching No color correction occurs when selected Use No Color Matching when you are using another color matching method in your application such as Color Simulation See CMYK ink simulations CMYK source data on page 206 See page 190 Grayscale This option prints all documents as monochrome No color prints C6150 User s Guide 190 The printer interprets all colors as a variation of grays See page 190 Mac ColorSynch This is the color matching system built into the Mac OS See page 212 Automatic Your printer automatically uses the best method to match color depending on the type of document you are printing Windows Individual Print Jobs Open the file you want to print Click File Print Click on the Color tab At Automatic make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON hb WNB If the box is empty the feature is OFF 5 Click OK until you return to the Print dialog box 6 Print the document Windows All Print Jobs Default 1 Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes in Windows XP Server 2003 2 Right click the printer name Select Properties Click Printing Preferences 3 Click on the Color tab 4 At Automatic make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF 5 Click OK until you return to the Print dialog box 6 Print the document C615
113. isted on the left to see e Network Summary e Login for Administrators e Job Login e Printer Menu To see real time printer status click the UPDATE STATUS button C6150 User s Guide 284 Network Setup Utility General Information This utility provides an easy way to configure your printer on a network How to Install Load this program from the Menu Installer located on the CD Additional Information See the online Network User s Guide for details on how to use this utility The Network User s Guide is found on the CD shipped with your printer C6150 User s Guide 285 PS Gamma Adjuster Utility General Information The PS Gamma Adjuster Utility is available in Windows and Mac OS 10 2 and 10 3 It only works with CMYK The PS Gamma Adjuster Utility allows you to customize the CMYK data curves used with your printer driver Once you have created the customized curve in the utility you must save the curve new PPD Then you must reconfigure your printer driver to use the new PPD The new setting will appear under the driver s print properties How to Install Windows The Windows version installs from the Menu Installer under Productivity Software Macintosh The PS Gamma Adjuster Utility is part of the Mac Installer If you run the typical or classic Mac Installer the utility is automatically installed If you run a Custom Install you choose whether or not the PS Gamma Adjuster Utility is installed
114. l Print Jobs Default 1 uh WN N O Click Start gt Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes in Windows XP Server 2003 Right click the printer name Select Properties Click Printing Preferences Click on the Color tab At Grayscale make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print The document prints NOTE Once Grayscale is set as the default you must select either Auto Color or Manual Color on the Color tab when you print color documents C6150 User s Guide 211 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 hWN 5 6 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Open the drop down list below Presets Select Color Below Color Mode at Gray Scale make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print Color Matching Color Synch Macintosh OS 10 3 1 2 3 At Quartz Filter make your selection To access the print features open your print driver from within an application by selecting File gt Print Open the drop down list below Presets Select Color Synch At Color Conversion select Standard Choices are None Black amp White Blue Tone Gray Tone Lightness Decrease Lightness Increase Reduce File Size Sepia Tone and Add F
115. les of a scanner digital camera or monitor the printer s color can be matched to the input device C6150 User s Guide 196 Printer simulation Your printer can be used to simulate the color output of another printer even when printing RGB documents For best results use CMYK documents when simulating the color output of other printers CMYK ink simulation Your printer can be used to simulate the color output of a commercial printing press SWOP Euroscale or Japan Color inks More accurate printer color If you have created your own profiles with third party ICC profile creation software these can be downloaded to the printer and used when printing Types of ICC profile supported There are four classes of ICC profile supported by the Graphic Pro color matching system Profile type Description RGB Source These profiles describe the device that was used to capture RGB Input RGB data e g scanner or digital camera The RGB Input Profile may also be your monitor profile if you are trying to match to your screen CMYK These profiles describe the CMYK device whose colors you Simulation are trying to simulate Typically this would be another CMYK input manufacturer s printer or an offset printing press Profiles are already built in to the printer for commercial printing press inks such as SWOP or Euroscale Printer This profile describes the color characteristics of your own CMYK Output printer
116. lick Advanced Click in the box next to Run Maintenance Cycle before printing If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF 8 Change any other settings as desired 9 Click OK 10 The main Print screen appears 11 Change any other settings as desired 12 Click OK 13 The document prints Macintosh 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Open the drop down list below Presets Select Printer Option Select Run maintenance cycle before printing If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print C6150 User s Guide 148 Printer Drivers General Information The printer drivers allow you to adjust the settings for your print job Driver settings can interact with each other For example the paper type weight and size you use restricts many of your job settings Changes to driver settings can be e used for only a single print job e saved as the default settings for ALL print jobs or e saved under a name for future use only with PCL and Macintosh drivers NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings Install Windows and Macintosh See your printed Setup Guide for i
117. lick OK 11 The document prints hb UN ul ow An A C6150 User s Guide 233 Windows PCL NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Settings in your applications override settings in the printer driver Settings in the printer driver override settings in the printer menus For more information see General Information on page 232 1 ul 0 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 4 Click Properties or Setup or your application s Select your printer equivalent Select the required number of pages per sheet Windows XP Server 2003 Click the Setup tab if necessary Under Finishing Mode Windows 2000 Under Finishing Mode Click the Options button Select the Page Borders Page Layout and Bind Margin Click OK The Setup tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired 10 11 12 13 Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 234 Macintosh NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Settings in your applications override settings in the printer driver Settings in the printer driver override settings in the printer menus For more information see General Information on page 232 Thi
118. lor 32 ppm monochrome e For Transparencies 9 ppm color 10 ppm monochrome 600 dpi or 600 x 1200 dpi PCL5e IBM PPR II XL Epson FX PS3 Environmental Temperature e Operating 50 to 90 F 10 to 32 C e Storage packed up 14 to 110 F 10 to 43 C e Power Off 32 to 110 F 0 to 43 C Relative Humidity e Operating 20 to 80 RH e Storage packed up 10 to 90 RH e Power Off 10 to 90 RH Electrical 110 127 volts 60 Hz 2 Hz 220 240 volts 50 Hz 2 Hz Power Consumption e Operating Typical 490 watts e Max 1200 watts e Power Save Mode 17 watts Auto Features Auto registration Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset Memory 256 MB standard upgradable to 512 MB or 768MB See Additional Memory RAM on page 109 Paper capacity Tray 1 300 sheets 20 Ib 75 g Optional Tray 2 530 sheets m2 paper Multi Purpose Tray 100 sheets Paper weight Tray 1 17 to 32 lb 64 to120 g m2 Range Optional Tray 2 17 to 47 Ib 64 to 177 g m Multi Purpose Tray 20 to 54 lb 75 to 203 g m Paper output Top Exit Face Down Stacker 250 sheets 20 Ib 75 g m paper Rear Exit Face Up Stacker 100 sheets 20 Ib 75 g m 420 000 pages or 5 years whichever comes first C6150 User s Guide 112 Duty cycle Maximum 60 000 pages per month at 5 coverage equivalent to an average business letter Average 6 000 pages per month C6150 User s Guide 113 Troubleshooting General Information
119. mmunication via a network hub 100BASE TX HALF 10BASE T FULL 10BASE T HALF Memory Menu Note Factory default settings are shown in bold RECEIVE BUF AUTO Sets the size of the receive buffer C6150 User s Guide 100 System Adjust M menu Notes e Factory default settings are shown in bold e Items with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed X ADJUST Y ADJUST DUPLEX X ADJUSTT DUPLEX Y ADJUSTT DRUM CLEANING 2 00MILLIMETER TO 2 00MILLIMETER Default 0 00 2 00MILLIMETER TO 2 00MILLIMETER Default 0 00 2 00MILLIMETER TO 2 00MILLIMETER Default 0 00 2 00MILLIMETER TO 2 00MILLIMETER Default 0 00 Adjusts overall print position horizontally in 0 25 increments Adjusts overall print position vertically in 0 25 increments Adjusts overall print position of print face horizontally in 0 25 increments Adjusts overall print position of print face vertically in 0 25 increments If you are experiencing horizontal white lines on your printed pages enter the menu and temporarily change this setting to ON then send a one page print job This will cause an extra blank sheet to print cleaning the drum prior to printing Careful Leaving this set to ON will reduce the image drum life C6150 User s Guide 101 Maintenance Menu Note Factory default settings are shown in bold MENU RESET EXECUTE Resets menus to the default settings SAVE
120. more information please see your application s online help or user manual Printer Driver Settings The color settings in your printer driver can change the appearance of a document There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen See page 178 For Windows The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the color output The default driver settings produce good results for most documents For Macintosh The install utility provides e a color matching profile for your printer and e a Color Option utility in the print driver The Auto settings produce good results for most documents See Automatic on page 191 Lighting Viewing Conditions A document can look very different under various lighting conditions For example the colors may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting C6150 User s Guide 183 Paper Type The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed color For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper Choosing a Color Matching Method General Information NOTE These suggestions are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications override without warning any color matchin
121. n the printer driver override settings in the printer menus e Windows PostScript This feature is not available in this operating system e Windows PCL see below e Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature is not available in these operating systems Windows PCL For more information see General Information on page 237 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print C6150 User s Guide 237 ul Oo ON A Select your printer Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Click the Setup tab Under Finishing Mode select Poster Print Click Options Adjust the configuration details Click OK The Setup tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired 10 The main Print screen appears 12 13 14 Click OK Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 238 Print Resolution General Information Adjusting the resolution for a print job allows you to control the print speed and print quality of a job Adjusting the resolution also allows you to improve your toner mileage When printing proofs or drafts you usually don t need the best possible print quality You usually do need the fastest possible print speed Using a lower print resolution can accomplish these goals Lowering the print resolution can reduce the need for toner and the wear on the image drum This increases the mileage of you
122. nel of your printer See Display Language Utility on page 280 5 Network Print Status Utility This utility allows you to view but not change the status of the following on the Status tab e paper trays installed and the media assigned to them e total size and percentage used of disk memory e percentage of toner remaining See Network Printer Status Utility on page 281 C6150 User s Guide 257 10 11 Network Setup Utility This utility provides an easy way to configure your printer on a network See the online Network User s Guide for details on how to use this utility See Network Setup Utility on page 285 Oki Profile Assistant This utility helps you to load and manage color profiles For more information see the on line help in the utility Print Job Accounting Utility The Print Job Accounting software designed specifically for Sharp printers in a network environment provides job accounting features that allow you to track printer usage calculate printing costs and specify access available to each client user PrintSuperVision PrintSuperVision is a web based application for managing printing devices connected to a network PrintSuperVision provides access to networked printer data for monitoring reporting and managing networked printers It provides a full range of management functions for Sharp printers and for other brands of printers as well PS Gamma Adjuster U
123. nformation on installing printer drivers The CD s supplied with your printer contain Drivers Color Utilities Network Utilities Manuals C6150 User s Guide 149 Which Printer Driver to Use Windows Your printer comes with drivers for e PCL e Adobe PostScript PS You can install only one driver or all of these drivers Your choice depends upon your printing requirements PCL Choose this if you use TrueType fonts and you do not print PostScript including eps files graphics This is more efficient and gives good results PostScript Choose this if you use PostScript fonts or print PostScript graphics Performance is faster Graphics print at their best quality NOTE The line art graphics in this manual are PostScript If you plan to print parts of this manual choose the PostScript driver Otherwise the line art graphics print at low resolution The print quality may not be satisfactory If neither driver seems to cover all your needs you should install both drivers Select the same printer port LPT1 or Network Port for both drivers during the installation Set the driver you plan to use most of the time to be your Windows default driver Most applications allow you to choose a different printer from within the print dialog so you can use the alternative driver for printing whenever you need to C6150 User s Guide 150 Change Driver Settings When you change driver settings you can a
124. nguage Utility see page 280 Network Print Status Utility see page 281 Network Setup Utility see page 285 PS Gamma Adjuster Utility see page 286 The following utilities are provided via download OKI Profile Assistant Print Job Accounting Utility PrintSuperVision Storage Device Manager Web Driver Installer C6150 User s Guide 256 Descriptions of Utilities 1 Color Correction Utility This utility allows you to fine tune the printer s color settings and save them for future use See Color Correction Utility on page 261 2 Color Swatch Utility This utility allows you to print color samples or swatches on your color printer The swatches are used with your software program to select and reproduce color accurately The swatches represent selected samples of the your printer s color palette and can be used to find the desired colors for your printed documents See Color Swatch Utility on page 274 3 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR allows you to print directly to a printer on the network without a print server It creates a Printer Port and installs a pop up status box so you can monitor printer status The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR operates in Windows 2000 XP and Server 2003 operating systems See Direct Network Printing Utility LPR on page 278 4 Display Language Utility This utility allows you to change the language of the front pa
125. nter driver color tab select Graphic Pro and click Options Select Printer Simulation Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device used to capture or display your source document this could be a monitor scanner or digital camera Remember that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 Select a Simulation Target Profile This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate If you wish to produce black and grey colors that are printed using only black toner enable the Preserve Black option Although this produces a better quality print the black and grey colors will not be simulated accurately Select your printer output profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here and choose a rendering intent C6150 User s Guide 203 Mac OS 9 Classic If you are using a source RGB document simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver Na uu BWN Choose File gt Print From the Printer menu select your printer model Select Color Options Choose Color Mode gt Graphic Pro Choose Color gt Graphic Pro 1 Choose color Matc
126. nu or in the printer driver Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings When using heavily laid or textured paper e the life of the image drum is seriously shortened e print quality may deteriorate e change the media setting to Ultra Heavy This will improve print quality When using Ultra Heavy e print speed slows e duplexing cannot be used If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings C6150 User s Guide 24 Recommendations CAUTION Print media must be able to withstand 446 F 230 C for 0 2 second Only use letterhead designed for color laser printers and photocopiers Don t use very smooth shiny or glossy paper Don t use heavily embossed headed paper very rough paper or paper that has a large grain difference between the two sides e Check www okiprintingsolutions com for the latest information on recommended papers for your printer e Paper should be stored flat away from moisture direct sunlight and heat sources e The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously affect the life of the image drum and give poor print quality Print quality can be improved by changing the media setting to Ultra Heavy However this will reduce the output speed and prevent the use of the duplex option If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label s
127. olors do not always match the colors displayed on screen Monitor Settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Your monitor color temperature also influences how warm or cool the colors look NOTE Several of the Color Matching options make reference to your monitor s Color Temperature Many monitors allow you to adjust the color temperature through their control panels There are several settings found on a typical monitor 5000k or D50 Warmest yellowish lighting Typically used in graphics arts environments 6500k or D65 Cooler Approximates daylight conditions 9300k Cool The default setting for many monitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 You can calibrate your monitor s color regimen in System Preferences gt Displays gt Color Software Settings Many software applications have their own color settings The application settings may override the settings in the printer driver C6150 User s Guide 182 Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program s color management functions How the application displays color Some graphics applications such as CorelDRAW Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Freehand may display color differently from office applications such as Microsoft Word For
128. om the color Matching Task menu 5 select ICC Profile color Matching From the CMYK Input Profile source 6 select the CMYK Input profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use select it here as the appropriate CMYK Source x profile C6150 User s Guide 207 Remember that the names CMYK Source 1 CMYK Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 198 Use the Preserve Black option to keep the original grey component K channel information If Preserve Black is disabled the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner instead of just K black toner 8 Select color Graphic Pro 2 7 9 From the Printer Output Profile menu 8 select your printer profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here and choose a rendering intent Mac OS X1 0 2 and 10 3 If you are using a source CMYK document use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation 1 Choose File gt Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Printer Features 2 4 From the Feature Sets menu 3
129. omatically match the printer job s paper size to a paper tray 1 5 and Manual Feed Multipurpose Tray NOTE The Paper Size for Manual Feed Multipurpose Tray must be set through the operator panel for Auto Tray Select to work For more information Windows PostScript see page 47 Windows PCL see page 48 Macintosh OS 10 2 see page 48 Macintosh OS 10 3 see page 48 Windows PostScript For more information see General Information on page 47 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Layout tab On Paper Quality next to Paper Source click Automatically Select a u Bb Y NP N Change any other settings as desired Click OK 9 The main Print screen appears 0 10 Change any other settings as desired 11 Click OK 12 The document prints C6150 User s Guide 47 Windows PCL For more information see General Information on page 47 n BOY N e O ON OA 10 11 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties On Setup under Media beside Source click Automatically Select Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 For more information see General Information on page 47 1 2 3 4
130. omatically switch to another paper tray MP Tray optional Tray 2 loaded with the same type of paper This is called Auto Switching See Auto Switching on page 49 e Capacity about 300 sheets 20 Ib 75 g m2 paper e Loading See Loading Paper Trays 1 and 2 on page 58 e Exit path top exit Face Down Stacker best for general use rear exit Face Up Stacker See Tray 1 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths on page 41 Choose in the driver See Paper Trays Select in the driver on page 35 Tray 1 Duplexing Restrictions Important You can duplex e paper e paper weights up to 28 Ib US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric You cannot duplex e labels e envelopes e transparencies e paper weights above 28 Ib US Bond 58 Ib Index 105 g m metric C6150 User s Guide 40 Tray 1 Paper Sizes and Exit Paths Letter 8 2 x 11 Legal 14 S D 82 x 14 Legal 13 5 S D 82 x 13 5 Legal 13 S D 82 x 13 Executive S D 7 x 102 A4 Ss D 210 x 297 mm A5 S D 145 x 210 mm A6 S Not Usable Not S 105 x 148 mm Usable B5 S D S D A S D 182 x 257 mm Custom S min 3 94 x S min 3 94 x S D Not 5 83 100 x 5 83 100 x Usable 148 mm 148 mm D min 5 8 x D min 5 8 x 8 25 148 x 8 25 148 x 210 mm 210 mm S D max 8 5 S D max 8 5 x 14 215 9 x x 14 215 9 x 355 6 mm 355 6 mm a Use the Top Exit Face Down Stacker only for paper up to 47 Ib US Bond 9
131. on Print quality is reduced when toner saving is used If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears 10 11 12 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 247 Windows All Print Jobs Default For more information see General Information on page 246 1 uu AUN 6 7 Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes for XP Server 2003 Right click on your printer Click Printing Preferences Click the Color tab At Toner Saving make your selection Print quality is reduced when toner saving is used If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click OK Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 246 U AUNE Click File gt Print Select your printer Open the drop down menu Select Printer Features In Feature Sets select Set 3 At Toner Saving make your selection Print quality is reduced when toner saving is used If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF C6150 User s Guide 248 Watermarks General Information gt SAMPLE Traditionally a watermark is a mark which is made on some types of pape
132. ons 2 Mac OS 9 Choose File gt Print From the Printer menu select your printer model Select Color Options From the Color Mode menu select Office Color Select Color Office Color Select the Office Color Preset you wish to use 0 hWN C6150 User s Guide 194 Mac OS X Important When printing from some applications on Mac OS X these RGB color match options may not affect the color of your print If you discover that the color of your print has not changed after applying one of the Office color Match presets then the application is incompatible with this type of printer color matching As an alternative Mac OS X 10 3 x users may be able to adjust the color of their document using ColorSync Quartz filters au hWN 7 In your application program choose File gt Print From the Printer menu select your printer model Select Printer Features From the Feature Sets menu select Color Options From the Color Mode menu select Office Color From the Feature Sets menu select Color Office Color Select the Office Color Preset you wish to use Customising RGB Office Color with the Color Correct Utility Windows If the Office Color presets are not sufficient for your needs the color Correct utility provides a means of further adjustment The Color Correct utility provides two methods for adjusting the Office Color settings 1 2
133. ormation Windows PostScript see page 53 Windows PCL see page 54 Macintosh see page 54 Windows PostScript NO uu BY N FE 0 Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Layout tab Click Advanced Under Document Options Printer Features click Media Check Change any other settings as desired Click OK 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Layout tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 53 Windows PCL N QO ub WN PR 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Setup tab Click Paper Feed Options Click in the box next to Media Check If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Setup tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh 1 2 3 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Open the drop down list below Presets Select Printer Option Make your selection for Paper size check
134. ot Upgrade the application suitable for the operating system Memory is Close all other applications insufficient for number of applications running Print file is Correct or recreate the file corrupted Memory is Increase computer s memory insufficient for application Printer driver is Correctly configure printer driver incorrectly configured Paper Size Change Request Possible cause Paper loaded in tray is Either change paper in tray to match size different size from formatted in application and press ON LINE to that formatted in continue or continue printing on existing paper software application by pressing ON LINE Printer does not go online Possible cause Bad connection Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable Reconnect the power cable and switch the printer on If this does not clear the fault call for service C6150 User s Guide 145 Printer makes a strange noise The printer is not Place the printer on a stable level surface horizontal There are scraps of Check the inside of the printer and remove paper or other foreign any such objects matter inside the printer The top cover is not Press the left and right sides of the top cover firmly shut Printer takes a long time to start printing Possible cause The printer has to In the printer menu settings set power save to warm up returning a higher value to increase the length of time from p
135. our printer s color management system ensure that your application or operating system color management is switched off Applying color management in multiple places will give unpredictable results C6150 User s Guide 179 What this guide describes This user guide only discusses the printer color management system Hn O windows hi Macintosh If you wish to learn more about your application program or operating system color management please see the documentation that was supplied with your application software or computer Background Information NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings Color reproduction is a complex topic This background information explains the factors that affect color matching Background information is divided into these sections 1 Factors that Affect Color Printing see page 181 2 For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper Choosing a Color Matching Method see page 184 3 Printing Vivid Colors see page 186 Color Settings see page 187 5 Hue Brightness and Saturation see page 188 A C6150 User s Guide 180 Factors that Affect Color Printing There are many factors that affect color printing Some of the most important factor
136. ower save mode before entering power save mode SYS CONFIG MENU gt POW SAVE TIME The image drum Wait until this process has been completed carries out a cleaning process to ensure print quality which takes time The fuser unit adjusts Wait until this process has been completed temperature which takes time The printer is Wait until this data is processed processing data from another interface Printing cancels The printer interface Replace the printer interface cable cable is faulty The time out setting is Reset time out in the menu to a higher value too short SYS CONFIG MENU gt WAIT TIMEOUT C6150 User s Guide 146 Printing does not start Printer error Check the control panel If an error message is displayed correct the problem Printing is slow Print processing is Use a computer with a faster processor carried out by the computer Print resolution is Set lower print resolution in the printer driver Job set high Options tab Data is too Simplify data complex C6150 User s Guide 147 Cleaning Page General Information Use this to generate a cleaning page which runs through the printer before the job is printed This should eliminate any fading streaking or erratic marks from the printed pages Windows Na uBWN Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Job Options tab C
137. paper type in the driver see Windows page 19 Macintosh page 20 C6150 User s Guide 30 Loading Multi purpose Tray Manual Feed NOTE Labels cannot be fed from paper trays 1 2 e Face up print side up e Default long edge feed Label Exit Path If you are using heavy media transparencies envelopes or labels use the face up straight through paper feed path For face up printing straight through path make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended e Paper is stacked in reverse order e Tray capacity is about 100 sheets Actual capacity depends on paper weight C6150 User s Guide 31 Transparencies General Information Transparencies can only be fed from the multi purpose MP manual feed tray Transparencies can only exit the printer face up straight through rear exit Recommendations CAUTION Print media must be able to withstand 446 F 230 C for 0 2 second 1 Only use transparencies designed for color laser printers and photocopiers 2 Only use recommended transparencies Oki 52205701 3M CG3720 3 Avoid office transparencies designed for use by hand with marker pens These will melt in the fuser and cause damage Driver Settings To select a paper type in the driver see Windows page 19 Macintosh page 20 C6150 User s Guide 32 Loading Trays1 2 Transparencies cannot be fed from paper trays 1 2 Multi purpose Tray Manual
138. per labels envelopes and transparencies Print All Pages Odd numbered pages Even numbered pages Use this to print only the odd or only the even pages in your document C6150 User s Guide 157 Printer Features Overview Banners see page 159 Black Finish see page 162 Black Overprint see page 164 Black Printing see page 166 Booklets see page 171 Collating see page 175 Color Matching see page 178 Custom Page Size see page 216 Duplex Printing see page 223 Grayscale see page 231 N Up multiple pages on one sheet see page 232 Photographs see page 236 Posters see page 237 Print Resolution see page 239 Save as File see page 243 Toner Saving see page 246 Watermarks see page 249 C6150 User s Guide 158 Banners General Information A banner is a document printed on an exta long sheet of paper To print a banner you must e use an application that supports banners Notes Word does not support banners Word limits page length to 22 inches 558 8 mm Power Point does support banners e define a custom page size for your banner See Custom Page Sizes on page 216 e use the Multi Purpose Tray and the Face Up Rear Exit See Multi Purpose Tray MP Tray Manual Feed on page 44 Face Up Rear Exit on page 56 Specifications e Length up to 48 1 22 m e Width Range 8 to 8 210 to 215 9 mm e Weight Range 28 to 34 Ib US Bond 105 to 128 g m2 e Path Rear Exit Face Up Stacke
139. pply the changes to all print jobs default or a single print job All Print Jobs Default To change the driver settings and apply the changes to all print jobs 1 Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes for XP Server 2003 Right click on your printer Proceed with changing the driver settings Click OK until you return to the main Printers screen Close the screen Your changes are now the default settings for your printer au hWN Single Print Job To change the driver settings and apply the changes to a single print job Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Proceed with changing the driver settings Click OK until you return to the main Printers screen Click OK The document prints Ona UBRWN ES C6150 User s Guide 151 Save Driver Settings There are two ways to save your changes to the settings in the printer driver 1 You can make changes to the driver settings and save them as the new default settings or 2 You can make changes to the driver settings and save them under a named driver This allows you to set up and save the driver settings you use for various printing situations You can save up to 14 named drivers For more information Windows PostScript You cannot make changes to the driver settings and save them under a named driver Windows PCL see page 152 M
140. print Click File Print Click on the Color tab At Advanced Color make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Below Black Finish make your selection Choices are Auto Gloss and Matte Gloss This option produces printing with a more glossy finish Matte This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter black Change any other settings as desired Click Print The document prints Windows All Print Jobs Default 1 w Click Start gt Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes in Windows XP Server 2003 Right click the printer name Select Properties Click Printing Preferences Click on the Color tab C6150 User s Guide 162 5 7 8 9 At Advanced Color make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Below Black Finish make your selection Choices are Auto Gloss and Matte Gloss This option produces printing with a more glossy finish Matte This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter black Change any other settings as desired Click Print The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 uBWN Open the file you want to print Click File Print Open the drop down list below Presets Under Color Mode select Advanced Color Choose the type of black finish
141. printed face up For multi page documents select Reverse print order in your application Print dialog box Click C6150 User s Guide 56 File Print gt Options This puts the printed stack in the correct order C6150 User s Guide 57 Loading Paper Trays 1 and 2 NOTE If you have the optional second paper tray installed e If you are printing from the ist upper tray you can pull out the 2nd lower tray and reload it while the printer is printing e If you are printing from the 2nd lower tray do not pull out the 1st upper tray while printing This will cause a paper jam 1 Remove the paper tray from the printer 2 Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges 1 and in the middle 2 Then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again 3 C6150 User s Guide 58 3 Load paper print side down Make sure the rear stopper 1 and paper guides 2 are snug against the paper NOTE Load letterhead paper face down The top edge is aimed towards the front of the printer C6150 User s Guide 59 4 Gently close the paper tray NOTE To prevent paper jams Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper Do not overfill the paper tray Capacity depends on the type of paper stock Do not load damaged paper Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same time Do not pull the paper tray out during printing except as describe
142. r only e Feed one sheet at a time Windows PostScript For important information about printing banners see General Information on page 159 Before you print a banner you must set Multi Purpose Tray is Manual feed to ON in the printer driver The default is OFF The printer operator panel will prompt you to load the media before the job prints C6150 User s Guide 159 Na uu BWN 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Paper Quality tab Click Advanced Below Document Options below Printer Features at Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed make your selection Choices are Yes or No Change any other settings as desired Click OK The Paper Quality tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Windows PCL For important information about printing banners see General Information on page 159 Before you print a banner you must set Multi Purpose Tray is Manual feed to ON in the printer driver The default is OFF The printer operator panel will prompt you to load the media before the job prints N QU bUYNe Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Setup tab
143. r during its production which can only be seen if it is held against the light Your printer can print an element that performs as a watermark This element is separate from the actual contents of a document Examples are printing SAMPLE or INTERNAL USE ONLY on copies of document There are three steps in working with Watermarks 1 Create a watermark 2 Edit a watermark 3 Print using a watermark For more information Windows PostScript see page 250 Windows PCL see page 253 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature is not available in these operating systems C6150 User s Guide 249 Windows PostScript Create a Watermark For more information see General Information on page 249 Oo ON A UU AUNE pa o Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Job Options tab Click Watermarks Click New Enter the text for your watermark Select the attributes font size angle for your watermark Click OK The new watermark appears in the Watermark list C6150 User s Guide 250 Windows PostScript Edit a Watermark For more information see General Information on page 249 OANA UU RWDN pa o Open the file you want to print Click File Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Job Options tab Click Watermarks Select a name from the watermark list Cli
144. r toner and drum Raising the print resolution can maximize the image quality of a print job You usually do this for final versions of documents or when printing images photographs For more information Windows All Print Jobs Default see page 241 Windows Single Print Job see page 242 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 see page 242 C6150 User s Guide 239 Resolution Choices High Quality The best quality image the printer provides Choose this for optimum results when printing graphics Fine Detail 600 x 1200 high resolution printing Normal 600 x 600 standard resolution The default Image Smoothing PostScript only Refines the jagged or blurred appearance of images and or text that often results after scaling an image Draft 600 x 600 PCL only lower resolution Photo Enhance PCL only The best quality when printing photographs Choose this for optimum results when printing photographs C6150 User s Guide 240 Windows All Print Jobs Default For more information see General Information on page 239 1 Na uh WN 0 Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes for XP Server 2003 Right click on your printer Click Properties Click the General tab if necessary Click Printing Preferences Click the Job Options tab Under Quality make your selection For more information see Resolution Choices on page 240 Change any other settings as desired
145. rhead Place the media in the Multi Purpose Tray Select the Multi Purpose Tray here in the driver when printing the job Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears 10 11 12 Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 36 Macintosh 1 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print 3 Open the drop down list below Presets Select Paper Source 4 Make your selection Auto N The printer automatically selects the paper tray Multi Purpose Tray Tray1 Tray 2 Tray 2 appears only if an optional tray is installed Select a specific paper tray For example You are printing a job on special media letterhead Place the media in the Multi Purpose Tray Select the Multi Purpose Tray here in the driver when printing the job 5 Change any other settings as desired 6 Click Print C6150 User s Guide 37 Paper Size Feed and Exit Tray 1 and Optional Tray 2 Letter S DS 1 8 2 x 11 Legal 14 82 x 14 Legal 13 5 872 x 13 5 Legal 13 82 x 13 Executive 7 x 102 A4 S D 210 x 297 mm A5 S D 145 x 210 mm A6 S Not Usable Not S 105 x 148 mm Usable B5 S D S D 182 x 257 mm Custom S min 3 94 x S min 3 94 x S D 5 83 100 x 5 83 100 x 148 mm 148 mm D min 5 8 x D min 5 8 x 8 25 148 x 8 25 148 x 210 mm 210 mm S D max 8 5 S D max 8
146. rint Job see page 244 Windows All Print Jobs Default see page 244 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 see page 245 C6150 User s Guide 243 Windows Single Print Job For more information see General Information on page 243 A A UNB ul 7 8 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer At Print to File make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Click OK Next select where to save the file give the file a name determine the type of the file Click OK The document prints Windows All Print Jobs Default For more information see General Information on page 243 1 uh WN Click Start Settings gt Printers Printers and Faxes for XP Server 2003 Right click on your printer Click Properties On the Ports tab select File Print to File Click OK C6150 User s Guide 244 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 243 U BWN Oo ON A Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print In Output Options select Save as File In Formats select PostScript In the PostScript Settings panel make your choices for this print job Type specify the PostScript type PostScript Level this must match the PostScript level of your printer Format select ASCII or Binary If you sele
147. rk screen appears Click OK The Job Options tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints C6150 User s Guide 254 Windows PCL Print using a Watermark For more information see General Information on page 249 A A UNB N 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Next XP Server 2003 Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Windows 2000 Click the Job Options tab Next Windows XP Server 2003 Click Job Options Click Watermark Windows 2000 Click Watermark The Watermark dialog box appears Select a name from the watermark list Adjust where and how the watermark prints if necessary Choices are First page only All Pages Click OK The Job Options tab screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired Click OK The document prints Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 This feature is not available in these operating systems C6150 User s Guide 255 Utilities The following utilities are provided on the CD shipped with your printer Color Correction Utility see page 261 Color Swatch Utility see page 274 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR see page 278 Display La
148. rmation The Color Swatch Utility allows you to e print color samples swatches on your color printer e create custom color swatches The swatches are used with your software program to select and reproduce color accurately The swatches represent selected samples of the printer s color palette Use the swatches to find the desired colors for your printed documents NOTE The Swatch Utility does not guarantee that the printer prints the same color as displayed on your monitor Consider the displayed color as a reference The printer may not be able to print the exact color that you desire Your software may not be able to match colors using the swatch information You may need to use other matching methods The color swatch samples do not show all the colors your printer can print Other factors influence how you see color the color and finish of the paper ambient light even the color surrounding the one you are looking at C6150 User s Guide 274 How to Install Load Addit this program from the Menu Installer located the CD ional Information For additional information see the Swatch Utility Read me file located in the Windows Programs list Printi ng Color Swatches NOTE The color swatch samples do not show all the colors your printer can print The Swatch Utility does not guarantee that the printer prints the same color as displayed on your monitor Consider the displayed color as a reference T
149. s NOTE keep pressing the button repeatedly until you see the display indicated To print a list of the current menu settings 1 Press INFORMATION MENU 2 Press ENTER PRINT MENU MAP Execute 3 Press ENTER 4 The Menu Map prints The printer goes back on line C6150 User s Guide 90 Changing Settings 1 Press to enter the menu mode 2 Press to scan through the available menus until the menu you wish to enter appears on the display NOTE The menus and their various listings vary depending on which options you have installed on your printer 3 Press ENTER to enter the menu 4 Use to move up and down through the items in the selected menu When the item you want to change is displayed press ENTER to edit that item 5 Use to move up and down through the available settings for this item 6 When the setting you wish to use appears on the display press ENTER An asterisk appears next to the setting The setting flashes 7 To finish a If you are through making settings in the menu press ON LINE to engage the setting and exit the menu b If you wish to make additional changes in the menu press BACK to engage the setting To change another setting in the same menu use to move through the list of menu items to the one you wish to change then follow steps 5 though 7 To change the setting for an item in a different menu press BACK again then follow
150. s Odd numbered pages or Even numbered pages Select Reverse page order to print the last page of the document first This is useful when you are printing to the straight through rear face up exit required for heavy paper labels envelopes and transparencies See Paper Handling on page 157 C6150 User s Guide 154 Summary Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 The Summary lists all the printer settings currently made for your print job 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Open the drop down list below Presets Select Summary Presets Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 Use Save Presets Presets allow you to save a group of settings which you use for many documents or to change the settings designated as the Standard Preset For example if you are using Job Accounting you can enter your User Name and Job Account ID on the Job Accounting screen then save the setting as part of the Standard Preset Create a New Preset 1 2 3 4 5 Make all the printer settings you wish to save as a Preset Select Summary Review the settings to make sure you have all the settings you want to save Open the Presets drop down list Select Save As Type in a name under which to save your settings Click OK The new Preset appears in the drop down list Change an Existing Preset 1 2 3 4 Make sure the Preset you wish to change is selected in the Preset box
151. s are e the differences between the range of colors a monitor can reproduce versus the range of colors that a printer can reproduce See page 181 e monitor settings See page 182 e color settings in your software application See page 182 e how your software application displays color See page 183 e color settings in your printer driver See page 183 e viewing lighting conditions See page 183 e paper type See page 184 Monitor Colors vs Printer Colors Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce Neither a printer nor a monitor can reproduce the full range of colors seen by the human eye Each device is limited to a certain range of colors e A printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displayed on a monitor e A monitor cannot reproduce all of the colors printed by a printer Both devices use very different technologies to represent color e A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs e A printer uses Cyan Yellow Magenta and Black CMYK toner or ink Very vivid colors such as intense reds and blues can be displayed on a monitor These same colors cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink There are certain colors for example some yellows that can be printed but cannot be displayed accurately on a monitor C6150 User s Guide 181 These differences between monitor colors and printer colors are the main reasons why printed c
152. s section ONLY applies to the Oki Printer Driver Max OS 10 2 For other drivers refer to the guidelines provided by each driver s manufacturer Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer Select Layout From the Layout screen make your choices a At Pages per sheet select the required number of pages per sheet hWN a ul b At Layout Direction select the way the pages are arranged on the sheet c At Border select a border between the sheets if desired 7 To print click Print or To save click Save Settings 8 Close the printer dialog box C6150 User s Guide 235 Photographs General Information For the best quality when printing photographs select Photo Enhance in the driver For more information see Print Resolution on page 239 C6150 User s Guide 236 Posters General Information A gt This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces Each piece prints enlarged on a separate sheet Then you combine the separate sheets to create a poster Poster Print is only available with the Windows PCL printer driver and Mac OS 9 x NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Settings in your applications override settings in the printer driver Settings i
153. stead of the collate option in the printer driver This prevents any conflicts between the software application and the printer driver NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 Select your printer 4 Under Copies at Collate make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF 5 Change any other settings as desired a Click OK 7 The document prints C6150 User s Guide 176 Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 For more information see General Information on page 175 Important If your software application has a collate option use it instead of the collate option in the printer driver This prevents any conflicts between the software application and the printer driver NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Application settings override driver settings Driver settings override printer menu settings 1 Open the file you want to print 2 Click File Print 3 By Number of Copies select the number of copies you want to print 4 In the Print Function panel select Collate 5 Click OK 6 Print the document C6150 User s Guide 177 Color M
154. t All Applications Windows 2000 Go to the next step 3 Select Correct gamma and hue 4 Click Next 5 The Select printer screen appears Select the printer you want to adjust 6 Click Next 7 The Color Correct Utility starts The installed printer drivers display You must setup the Color Correct Utility for each driver 8 In the list box select the mode 9 Click Next C6150 User s Guide 270 10 Change the slide bar values of gamma hue brightness and saturation to adjust the color Use primary colors of ink Select this to adjusts the settings to the standard hues for the printer Hue Toner printing R Red 50 yellow and 50 magenta Y Yellow 100 yellow G Green 50 cyan and 50 yellow C Cyan 100 cyan B Blue 50 magenta and 50 cyan M Magenta 100 magenta The Gamma slide bar adjusts tota brightness The Hue Brightness slide bar adjusts output color Use the printer color buttons to switch to a different color Brightness For Brighter color slide the Gamma bar to the eft Hue Adjustments are made relative to positions on the color wheel Move forward counter clockwise Move backward clockwise C6150 User s Guide 271 Example adjust the Y yellow slide bar Move forward counter clockwise the color becomes more green Move backward clockwise the color becomes more red G Green y llow
155. t or to very bright room lighting Do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the image drum must be out of the printer for longer than 5 minutes place the image drum inside a black plastic bag or carefully place it in a drawer or cabinet to keep it away from light 4 Locate the two blue locks 1 and the handle 2 C6150 User s Guide 86 5 Turn the two locks about 45 counterclockwise to release the belt 7 Unpack the new belt unit Hold it with the blue handle toward the front of the printer C6150 User s Guide 87 8 Place the drive gear at the back of the belt unit in the gear at the left rear corner of the printer Lower the belt unit into the printer 9 Turn the two belt locks about 45 clockwise to secure the belt unit in place C6150 User s Guide 88 10 Place the four image drums toner cartridges back in the printer 1 Cyan 2 Magenta 3 Yellow 4 Black It is essential that they go back in the correct order C6150 User s Guide 89 Printer Settings Menu Settings This section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window Many of these settings can be overridden by settings in the printer driver However several of the driver settings can be left at Printer Setting which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus Print a list of the current setting
156. ter name Select Layout Under Two Sided Printing select the binding See Long Edge vs Short Edge on page 224 Click OK Print the document C6150 User s Guide 230 Grayscale This feature is described in the Color Matching section See Grayscale on page 231 C6150 User s Guide 231 N Up Printing Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet General Information N Up printing allows you to reduce several full size pages and print them on a single sheet For more information Windows PostScript see page 233 Windows PCL see page 234 Macintosh see page 235 C6150 User s Guide 232 Wndows PostScript NOTE Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Settings in your applications override settings in the printer driver Settings in the printer driver override settings in the printer menus For more information see General Information on page 232 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties or Setup or your application s equivalent Select the required number of pages per sheet Windows XP Server 2003 Click the Layout tab Under Pages Per Sheet select the required number Windows 2000 Under Pages Per Sheet Change any other settings as desired Click OK The main Print screen appears Change any other settings as desired 10 C
157. th windows metal clasps self sealing flaps damp damaged or curled paper envelopes C6150 User s Guide 28 Driver Settings To select a paper type in the driver see Windows page 19 Macintosh page 20 Loading Trays1 2 Envelopes cannot be fed from paper trays 1 2 Multi purpose Tray Manual Feed Face up flap side down top to the left into the printer Envelope Exit Path If you are using heavy media transparencies envelopes or labels use the face up straight through paper feed path For face up printing straight through path make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended e Paper is stacked in reverse order e Tray capacity is about 100 sheets Actual capacity depends on paper weight C6150 User s Guide 29 Labels General Information Labels can only be fed from the multi purpose MP manual feed tray Labels can only exit the printer face up straight through rear exit Avery 5161 White Laser Labels letter size work well with your printer Check www okiprintingsolutions com for the latest information on media for your printer Recommendations CAUTION Print media must be able to withstand 446 F 230 C for 0 2 second e Only use labels designed for color laser printers and photocopiers e Labels must cover the entire carrier sheet e The carrier sheet or adhesive must not be exposed to any part of the printer Driver Settings To select a
158. the color of your print in a slightly different way C6150 User s Guide 193 These RGB color matching options are available in all printer drivers Preset Explanation Monitor 6500K The best color match preset will be selected based on Auto the type of document 6500K Perceptual will be selected if printing photographs 6500K Vivid will be selected if printing graphics and text Monitor 6500K Optimized for printing photographs Colors are printed Perceptual with emphasis on saturation Monitor 6500K Optimized for printing photographs and for office Vivid graphics The printer uses even more saturation than the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting Monitor 9300K Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness Use this setting if you are having problems achieving the correct color when printing from Microsoft Office applications Digital Camera Optimized for printing photos taken with a digital camera Your results will vary depending on the subject and the conditions under which the photograph was taken sRGB The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB color space This may be useful if color matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera Windows This information applies to the Windows PCL and PostScript drivers 1 On the printer driver Color tab select Office Color 1 and click the Options button 2 Select a preset from Color matching opti
159. the printer on a stable level surface horizontal The paper is too thin Use the correct type of paper See Paper Print Media on page 16 The paper is moist or Store paper within specified temperature and affected by static humidity levels See Specifications on page 112 The paper is creased Remove the creased wrinkled paper from the or wrinkled feed tray The paper is not Adjust tray or manual feed guides aligned correctly Paper doesn t feed Correct paper feed selection in the Properties Setup tab in the printer driver Jam is cleared but printer does not print Possible cause The top cover has Removing a paper jam is not sufficient not remained open Raise and gently lower the top cover especially until all paper jams _ if the paper jam has been removed from behind have been cleared the front cover C6150 User s Guide 120 Jam 370 373 and 383 OPEN DUPLEX COVER nnn PAPER JAM nnn 370 373 383 1 Press the duplex cover release Open the duplexer cover C6150 User s Guide 121 2 Remove any jammed sheets C6150 User s Guide 122 Jam 371 OPEN DUPLEX COVER 371 Paper Jam 1 Turn off the printer 2 Pull out the duplexer 3 Pull the duplexer lid to unlock it C6150 User s Guide 123 4 Open the lid Remove the jammed sheet 5 Close the lid Push it back to lock it in place 7 Turn on the printer C6150 User s Guide 1
160. tility The PS Gamma Adjuster Utility allows you to customize the CMYK data curves used with your printer driver Once you have created the customized curve in the utility you must save the curve new PPD Then you must reconfigure your printer driver to use the new PPD See PS Gamma Adjuster Utility on page 286 Storage Device Manager This utility allows you to manage the printer s internal flash memory and hard disk drive It also lets you download files overlays etc to the internal memory and hard disk drive C6150 User s Guide 258 12 Web Driver Installer This utility is a web based application It automates tasks for a network administrator e Discovering printers connected to a TCP IP network e Displaying discovered printers on a web page e Sending users e mail notification of the URL that permits the downloading of printer driver installation programs for discovered printers Administrators can use this utility to manage printers and users organized in groups such as departments or floors C6150 User s Guide 259 Installing the Utilities Windows Utilities on the CD Load the utilities from the Menu Installer located on the CD supplied with your printer Download Utilities Download the utilities from the internet accessed through the Menu Installer on the CD Macintosh OS 10 2 and 10 3 Utilities on the CD The utilities on the CD are not available for Mac OS 10 2 and 10 3 Downlo
161. to the printer hard disk You can download profiles to the printer hard disk using the Profile Assistant utility Using Profile Assistant 1 Launch Profile Assistant 2 Select a printer If this is the first time you have used Profile Assistant you should allow the utility to search for compatible printers Select the connection types that you wish to search Parallel USB or Network TCP IP and click Start If you know the Printer s IP address you can enter it manually 3 The main screen of Profile Assistant displays the profiles resident on the selected printer s hard disk To download a new profile to the printer C6150 User s Guide 198 Click Add Select an ICC profile from your computer s hard disk c Once you have selected a profile you can add it to the printer as e one of the 4 profile types RGB Source CMYK Simulation Printer or Linked The options available will depend on which ICC profile you have selected For example if you have selected a CMYK profile you may only be able to add this to the printer as a CMYK Simulation or Printer output profile Select a number from 1 to 12 This number is used to identify the profile in the printer driver Click OK to download the ICC profile to the printer Step 3 Select ICC profiles in the printer driver What you select in the printer driver depends on the color matching task that you wish to perform Examples of selecting I
162. u 5 select Disable color Matching for Profile Creation if you are creating an ICC profile using third party profile creation software Select Use Application color Matching if you wish to switch off all printer color management and use your application s color matching Mac OS 10 2 and 10 3 0 hWN 1 Choose File gt Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Printer Features 2 4 From the Feature Sets menu 3 select color Options 5 From the color Mode menu 4 select Graphic Pro 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Graphic Pro 1 7 From the color Matching Task menu 6 select Disable color Matching for Profile Creation if you are creating an ICC profile using third party profile creation software Select Use Application color Matching if you wish to switch off all printer color management and use your application s color matching Grayscale This option prints all documents as monochrome No color prints The printer interprets all colors as a variation of grays C6150 User s Guide 210 Windows Individual Print Jobs hWN a u Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Click on the Color tab At Grayscale make your selection If the box has a check mark the feature is ON If the box is empty the feature is OFF Change any other settings as desired Click Print The document prints Al
163. using profile creation software select it here and choose a rendering intent C6150 User s Guide 205 CMYK ink simulations CMYK source data The ICC based color matching system can be used to simulate the output on commercial printing presses You can select from the ink types most commonly used in different regions of the world e Euroscale Europe e SWOP North America e Toyo Japan To print CMYK Ink Simulations you must use PostScript printer driver supplied o gt 80 98 0 9 O 1 CMYK data 4 Printed document 2 CMYK input profile 5 CMYK device you wish to simulate e g SWOP press 3 Printer output profile 6 Leave on Auto or select your custom profile Although it is possible to perform CMYK ink simulations using the Office Color options in the printer driver we recommend that you use the Graphic Pro color matching system to perform CMYK ink simulations as this provides additional controls such as using the Preserve Black feature or specifying an alternative printer output profile Instructions on how to apply Ink Simulations appear in the next section Windows page 206 Mac OS 9 page 207 Mac OS X page 208 Windows NOTE This information applies to the Windows PostScript driver only If you are using a source CMYK document use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation C6150 User s Guide 206 1 On the printer driver color t
164. ver Printing may not work on papers longer than 18 inches 457 2 mm Width 2 to 12 9 inches 51 to 328 mm Length 5 to 47 25 inches 128 to 1200 mm Banners from 8 to 8 210 to 215 9 mm wide by up to 4714 1 2 m long Banners must be fed one sheet at a time C6150 User s Guide 217 Restrictions 1 2 Custom Page Size may not work with all software applications Custom page sizes can only be printed from the manual feed multi purpose MP tray e one sided printing only e rear exit only If the sheet of paper you are using is too long to be supported by the MP tray use your hands Custom page sizes can only be printed to the face up exit straight through paper feed rear exit Before using Custom Paper Size you must change the printer driver setting for the multi purpose tray Paper Media Size to Custom Paper Size The paper size must be set to portrait Width is less than Length If you use Custom Page and are not satisfied with the print quality try setting the PRINT QUALITY to Normal or Quick The number of custom page sizes that can be defined varies according to the type of the printer driver and the operating system PostScript One PCL up to 32 Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog box Settings in your applications override settings in the printer driver Settings in the printer driver o
165. verride settings in the printer menus C6150 User s Guide 218 Special Print Media Paper If you are using heavy media transparencies envelopes or labels use the face up straight through paper feed path If the Ultra Heavy setting does not give proper toner fusion you can try the Label settings See Driver Settings on page 17 For face up printing straight through path make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended e Paper is stacked in reverse order e Tray capacity is about 100 sheets Actual capacity depends on paper weight C6150 User s Guide 219 Windows PostScript For more information au hWN On 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 General Information see page 216 Custom Size Ranges see page 217 Restrictions see page 218 Special Print Media Paper see page 219 Open the file you want to print Click File gt Print Select your printer Click Properties Click the Layout tab Under Tray Selection in the Paper Source drop down list select Multi Purpose Tray Click Advanced Below Paper Output click the down arrow to open the drop down list Click PostScript Custom Page Size 10 Enter the width and length measurements See Custom Size Ranges on page 217 Select the Paper Feed Direction Long Edge First media feeds in long edge first Short Edge First media feeds in short edge first
166. your printer is also shown at the top of each MenuMap page Print Menu Notes Factory default settings are shown in bold Settings with a dagger t only appear when the appropriate option is installed COPIES 1 to 999 Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed DUPLEXT ES Enables or disables duplex printing t PAPER FEED TRAY1 Selects the default tray for paper feed TRAY2t MP TRAY AUTO TRAY If two trays contain identical print SWITCH media the printer can switch to an alternate tray when the current tray runs out in the middle of a print job TRAY DOWN Sets the sequence in which the printer SEQUENCE UP will seek an alternate tray with the PAPER FEED TRAY same media size should the currently selected tray run out of media while printing a job MP TRAY DO NOT USE If a document to be printed demands a USAGE WHEN MISMATCHXXX paper size not installed in the selected tray the printer can automatically feed from the Multi Purpose Tray instead If this function is not enabled the printer will stop and request that the correct size be loaded C6150 User s Guide 94 MEDIA ENABLE Set to DISABLE if you do not wish the CHECK DISABLE printer to check to see if the size paper loaded in the selected tray matches that required for the document being printed AUTO SPEED Sets the print engine speed COLOR SPEED If you are printing only color documents switch to COLOR SPEED AUTO SPEED sets the speed of

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