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1. 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Replacing consumable items gt 110 3 Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 4 Locate the two fasteners 5 at each side of the belt and the lifting bar 6 at the front end 5 Turn the two fasteners 90 to the left This will release the belt from the printer chassis 6 Pull the lifting bar 6 upwards so that belt tilts up towards the front and withdraw the belt unit from the printer Replacing consumable items 111 10 Lower the new belt unit into place with the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rea
2. Clearing paper jams 128 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes 6 Repeat this removal procedure for each of the remaining image drum units 7 Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit e To remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of the belt 1 carefully lift the sheet from the belt and pull it forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet CAUTION Do not use any sharp or abrasive objects to separate sheets from the belt This may damage the belt surface Clearing paper jams gt 129 e To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt 2 carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet cH y e To remove a sheet just entering the fuser 3 separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt push the fuser pressure release lever 4 towards the front and down to re
3. 19 20 31 32 E Envelopes loading enc Rue 17 F Fonts printing a list eeeeees 67 Fuser how to replace life expectancy life remaining 85 H Hard disk drive how to install 122 Image drum how to replace 104 life expectancy 97 Image drums current usage state 85 L Labels recommended types 11 Language display and report language selection 78 LED head eeeeeerrre M Maintenance Cleaning LED head 116 Menus Colour menu factory default settings how to use eeeeeeeeeee Information menu Maintenance menu Media menu menu map eeee Network menu Parallel menu PCL emulation menu Print jobs menu Print menu ee resetting eeeesesss saving current settings System configuration menu 77 Usage menu eene 85 USB menu eren 82 Multi purpose tray how to use eene 17 Index 136 paper metrics esses 12 N Network addresses Settillg iusc eene 83 Network protocols enabling or disabling 83 o Overlays printing a liS
4. AUTO ON Determines whether or not the CONTINUE OFF printer will automatically recover from a memory overflow condition MANUAL OFF Specifies how many seconds the TIMEOUT 30 printer will wait for paper to be fed 60 before cancelling the job Menu functions 77 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION WAIT TIMEOUT 5 40 300 Specifies how many seconds the printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject In PostScript Emulation mode the job will be cancelled if timeout occurs LOW TONER CONTINUE Specifies whether the printer should STOP continue printing even after a low toner condition is detected JAM RECOVERY ON Specifies whether the printer should OFF 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 ERROR REPORT ON If ON the printer will print error OFF details when a PostScript Emulation error occurs LANGUAGE English Sets the language used for the German display window and printed reports French Italian Spanish Swedish Norwegian Danish Dutch Turkish Portuguese Polish Russian Greek Menu functions gt 78 PCL EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode PCL EMULATION ITEM SETTINGS RESIDENT DIMMO DIMM1 DOWNLOADED Font Source FONT No 1000 C001 S001 FONT PITCH 0 44 10 00
5. PRINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION COPIES 1 999 Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed from 1 to 999 DUPLEX ON OFF Turns the duplex 2 sided printing function on or off if this feature is installed PAPER FEED TRAY1 Selects the default tray for paper TRAY2 feed Tray 1 upper Tray 2 lower if MP TRAY installed or MP Tray multi purpose tray AUTO TRAY ON If two trays contain identical paper SWITCH OFF the printer can switch to an alternative source when the current tray runs out in the middle of a print job TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN Determines tray sequence order UP when automatically switching PAPER FEED TRAY Menu functions gt 68 PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE If a document to be printed demands WHEN a paper size not installed in the MISMATCH 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 the correct size of paper to be loaded MEDIA CHECK ENABLE Determines whether the printer DISABLE check the size of paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print RESOLUTION 600x1200DPI Sets the default resolution for 600DPI printing dots per inch 600x1200DPI uses more memory and requires more time to process but prints at a higher quality T
6. SECURE PRINTING FEATURE With this feature you can send confidential documents to print and have them stored in the printer until you are ready to print them Documents sent in this way are protected by a PIN personal identification number which must be entered before they will print This is useful when you need to print confidential documents on a printer which is shared with or accessible to other people NOTE With both PS and PCL drivers this feature requires the optional internal hard disk to be fitted and enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button PCL Emulation 1 Inthe driver window on the Job Options tab select s se cse ER oon Secure Print 1 pras zum C Proof and Print 2 Inthe small pop up 2c EUM window which appears VN Genie IIT Cotas 1 ners m Miscellaneous enter a name for this m Sa FATS TDi print job 16 characters C Nomai Btetonede maximum and a 4 digit 7 7 PIN using any e pwi row combination of digits see mies from O to 9 and click OK Metemaks Overlays Fonts _ Advanced Oo efault 3 Click OK again to close Lal ed OK Cancel ppl Hel the driver window and EE again to close your application s Print dialogue Windows 9x Me D
7. 2 Press the ENTER key to enter the System Configuration Menu 3 Press the key to move directly to the last item in this menu LANGUAGE 4 Press ENTER to change this setting 5 Use the keys to move in either direction through the list of available languages until the language you want is displayed Press the ENTER key to select this language 7 Press the ON LINE key to exit the menu system and return the printer to standby The LCD display language can be changed to any of these languages English Norwegian German Danish French Dutch Italian Turkish Spanish Portuguese Swedish Polish Russian Greek Introduction 10 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media including a range of paper weights and sizes transparencies and envelopes This section provides general advice on choice of media and explains how to use each type The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75 90g m2 paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types are e Arjo Wiggins Conqueror Colour Solutions 90g m2 e Colour Copy by Neusiedler Use of heavily embossed or very rough textured paper is not recommended Pre printed stationery can be used but the ink must not offset when exposed to the high fuser temperatures used in the printing process Envelopes should be free from twist curl or other deformations They should also be of the rectangular flap type with glu
8. C Grayscale Lgwes O al 2 1 Salwation o 9 xj m Color Swatch Default Concel E Help PRINTING VIVID COLOURS RGB only gt Use Oki Colour Matching with either the Monitor 6500k Vivid SRGB or Digital Camera settings PCL or PostScript emulations Windows 9x Me Differences gt 39 PCL DRIVER ACCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The Colour Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source such as a digital camera The PCL driver s colour options are only designed to work with RGB data If you are printing CMYK data we recommend you use the PostScript driver To open colour matching options from the Windows Control Panel 1 Open the Printers window Right click the printer name and choose Properties 2 Select the Colour tab Properties Be General Detais Color Management Setup Job Options Color Device Option p Color Mode C buo Colo C Advanced Color C Grayscale Color Swatch Defaut Cancel E Help To open colour matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click the Properties button next to the printer name Windows 9x Me Differences gt 40 SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1 On the Colour tab select Advanced 1 colour mode 2 Select Manual 2 for Colour Matchi
9. Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Much like Absolute Colourimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white Unlike Absolute Colourimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account CMYK INK SIMULATION Affects CMYK data only This option simulates what the output will look like on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Toyo If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching Select the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match option in the printer driver WINDows ICM COLOUR MATCHING Affects RGB data only ICM is the colour management system built into Windows Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your monitor and printer these profiles describe the colours that your device is capable of reproducing ICC profiles can be associated with your printer via the Colour Management tab of the printer driver Depending on how you have installed the printer driver the colour profiles may already be associated with the driver To associate ICC Colour Profiles with the printer driver 1 Access the printer settings via the Start menu 2 Right click the printer name and choose Properties 3 Click the Colour Management tab Windows 9x Me Differences 45 4 Under Colour Profiles currently associated with this printer you should see the names of profiles that match your printer model If you do not see
10. OKT PRINTING SOLUTIONS User s Guide PREFACE Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete accurate and up to date The manufacturer assumes no responsibility forthe 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 Oki Europe website http www okieurope com Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd 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 Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
11. Transparencies recommended types 11 U Upgrades duplex unit e 117 MEMOTY ccscccccceseseesesseeseeeeees 119 USB enabling or disabling 82 Index 137 OKI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems UK Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Trading Estate Slough SL1 4LE Tel 44 0 1753 819819 Fax 44 0 1753 819899 http www oki co uk Oki Systems Ireland Limited The Square Industrial Complex Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland Tel 353 1 4049590 Fax 353 1 4049591 http www oki ie OKI Systems Ireland Ltd 40 Sydenham Park Belfast BT4 1PW Tel 44 44 0 28 90 20 1110 http www oki ie Technical Support for all of Ireland Tel 353 1 4049570 Fax 353 1 4049555 E mail tech support oki ie Oki Data Corporation 4 11 22 Shibaura Minato ku Tokyo 108 8551 Japan Tel 81 3 5445 6158 Fax 81 3 5445 6189 http www okidata co jp Oki Data Singapore Pte Ltd 78 Shenton Way 09 01 Singapore 079120 Tel 65 221 3722 Fax 65 421 1688 http www okidata com sg Oki Systems Thailand Ltd 956 Udomvidhya Building 6th Floor Rama IV Rd Bangkok 10500 Thailand Tel 662 636 2535 Fax 662 636 2536 http www okisysthai com Oki Hong Kong Limited Suite 1909 Tower3 China Hong Kong City 33 Canton Rd Tsimshatsui Kowloon Hong Kong Tel 852 2736 0130 Fax 852 2376 3725 The IPL Group 63 85 Victoria Street Beaconsfield NSW 2015 Austra
12. import the PRN file and download the generated filter BIN files to the printer Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future document When printing files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to macros they apply only to your final documents CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE 1 6 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required image and save it Open your application s Print dialogue Make sure that the selected printer name 1 is that of your PCL printer driver Select the Print To File 2 option c Pages per sheet i page CR Scale to paper size No Scaing Options OK Close When prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN Close your application CREATE AND DOWNLOAD MACROS 1 2 From the Windows Start menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Printers New Project to start a new project Overlays and Macros 92 Choose Printers Filter Macro File The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue box appears Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK Example If you create a black oval in MS Paint and leave all the colour command filters checked the black oval will print as a black recta
13. Change setting for Job Type 0 Store to HDD E i a Nom 2 i Secure pnt E E Change setting for Available Tray 1 Standard zi Restore Defaults Restore Defaults Cod Arb 5 7 eee rom 2 In Printer Features select Password 1 1 above and select a number from 0 9 in the Change Setting for drop down box 2 above Repeat for passwords 2 4 NOTE A Password is part of a PIN Password 1 is the first digit of a PIN Password 2 is the second digit of a PIN etc 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but will not print See Chapter Printer Settings in Windows for information on printing stored documents Windows 9x Me Differences 37 COLOUR PRINTING CHOOSING A COLOUR MATCHING METHOD There is no correct 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 colour The following guidelines may help in achieving good colour output from your printer There are several suggested methods depending on the type of document you are printing These suggestions are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications will override any colour matching settings in the pri
14. Cms m one xxr eux In the small pop up window which appears enter a name for this print job 16 characters maximum and a 4 digit PIN using any combination of digits from 0 to 7 do not use 8 or 9 and click OK Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but will not print Printer settings in Windows 27 PRINTING STORED DOCUMENTS Documents stored on the printer s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways e From the printer s operator panel Or e From your PC desktop using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 Drivers and Utilities with the printer Printing from the operator panel READY O BACK ENTER ATTENTION ON LINE MENU 1 Press the button to access the Print Jobs menu Press ENTER to select this menu Use the buttons to display the first digit of your PIN and then press ENTER to enter this digit Repeat this procedure for each of the four digits 4 Use the buttons to display each of your stored secure documents in turn or to select all documents When the required selection is displayed press ENTER to print the document s 5 If you have only selected a single document to print the display will prompt you for the number of collated copies you wish to print default is 1 copy Use the buttons to choose the number of cop
15. DISABLE AUTO 802 2 802 3 ETHERNET II SNAP AUTO MANUAL XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX EXECUTE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE EXPLANATION Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol Selects the Ethernet MAC layer frame type Specifies whether IP address allocation is automatic DHCP or manually assigned Current assigned IP address To change press ENTER and use keys to increment 1st octet then press ENTER again to move on to next octet When 4th octet has been set press ENTER again to register new address Current assigned subnet mask To change proceed as above Current assigned gateway address To change proceed as above Initialises the network hardware Enables or disables Web config facility and Internet Printing Protocol Enables or disables Telnet config facility Enables or disables communication via FTP Enables or disables SNMP protocol Menu functions 83 NETWORK MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION LAN NORMAL SMALL Selects network size HUB LINK AUTO NEGOTIATE SETTING 100BASE TX FULL 100BASE TX HALF 10BASE T FULL 10BASE T HALF MAINTENANCE MENU Sets full or half duplex for communication via a network hub This menu provides access to variou
16. PS Properties HE same as the page size Paper Graphics Device Options PostScript of your document Paper size _A4 209 9 x 297 0 mm unless you wish to 1 a E A m scale the printout to fit Seems another size and un should also be the same mi bo Be as the size of paper you e will feed into the 3a Potrat printer Cmm Toe Paper source AutoSelect Tray zl You can specify how gt many pages to print on me CO D a sheet Pages will be 4 More Options About Restore Defaults scaled to fit the number Canoe s you choose Page orientation sets portrait tall or landscape wide page orientation Rotated turns the paper through S Eas 90 degrees anti mE clockwise By selecting the More Options Tab you can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge when printing double sided pages duplex unit required The printer driver contains extensive on line help for these items to help you make the most appropriate choices Windows 9x Me Differences 31 PCL Emulation When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialogue the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document 1 Paper size should be PCL on LPT1 Properties KE the same as the page meea Media size of your 1 sie BERET E document unless 2 soe Fave S you wish to scale the E
17. 500 drum count interval occurs during a print job it will occur at the end of that job and will take up to 55 seconds If set to manual this adjustment will only be performed when initiated by the next menu item AUTO DENSITY EXECUTE Selecting this will perform the auto density set up immediately COLOUR PRINT PATTERN Selecting this item prints the colour TUNING tuning pattern to help you adjust the colour balance C HIGHLIGHT 3 0 3 C MID TONE 3 0 3 C DARK 3 0 3 M HIGHLIGHT 3 0 3 M MID TONE 22008 Adjusts image density for each M DARK 3 0 3 colour component cyan magenta Y HIGHLIGHT NORT yellow and black Normal setting is Y MID TONE 3 v0 3 0 Y DARK 3 0 3 K HIGHLIGHT 3 v0 3 K MID TONE 3 0 3 K DARK 3 0 3 Menu functions gt 75 COLOUR MENU ITEM C DARKNESS M DARKNESS Y DARKNESS K DARKNESS AUTO REGISTRATION C REG FINE ADJUST M REG FINE ADJUST Y REG FINE ADJUST INK SIMULATION UCR CMY 100 DENSITY SETTINGS 3 0 3 3 0 43 300 43 350e43 EXECUTE 3 0 43 300 43 300 43 OFF SWOP EUROSCALE JAPAN LOW MEDIUM HIGH DISABLE ENABLE EXPLANATION Adjusts darkness of each colour component cyan magenta yellow and black Normal setting is 0 Performs automatic colour registration adjustment Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed This process accurately aligns the cyan magenta and yellow images
18. 99 99 FONT HEIGHT 4 00 12 00 999 7 5 EXPLANATION Specifies the location of the PCL default font Normally this will be INTERNAL unless additional fonts are installed in the expansion ROM slot or additional fonts have been downloaded to RAM as permanent fonts Sets the current default font number from the currently selected source which could be internal I ROM slot C or downloaded S Sets the character width of the default font in characters per inch CPI This is only available when the selected font is fixed width and scalable Point size of selected default font Menu functions gt 79 PCL EMULATION ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION SYMBOL SET PC 8 PC 8 Dan Nor PCL symbol set If the font source PC 8 TK PC 775 and number are changed to one PC 850 PC 852 which does not support the PC 855 PC 857 TK selected symbol set this must be PC 858 PC 866 changed to an available symbol set PC 869 PC 1004 for that font Pi Font Plska Mazvia PS Math PS Text Roman 8 Roman 9 Roman Ext Serbo Croat1 Serbo Croat2 Spanish Ukrainian VN Int l VN Math VN US Win 3 0 Win 3 1 Bit Win 3 1 Cyr Win 3 1 Grk Win 3 1 Heb Win 3 1 L1 Win 3 1 L2 Win 3 1 L5 Wingdings Dingbats MS Symbol OCR A OCR B HP ZIP USPSFIM USPSSTP ISO Swedish1 ISO Swedish2 ISO Swedish3 ISO 2 IRV ISO 4 UK ISO 6 ASC ISO 10 S F ISO 11 Swe ISO 14 JASC ISO 15
19. Ita ISO 16 Por ISO 17 Spa ISO 21 Ger ISO 25 Fre ISO 57 Chi ISO 60 Nor ISO 61 Nor ISO 69 Fre ISO 84 Por ISO 85 Spa Kamenicky Legal Menu functions 80 PCL EMULATION ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION SYMBOL SET Math 8 MC Text continued MS Publish PC Ext D N PC Ext US PC Set1 PC Set2 D N PC Set2 US USPSZIP Bulgarian CWI Hung DeskTop German Greek 437 Greek 437 Cy Greek 928 Hebrew NC Hebrew OC IBM 437 IBM 850 IBM 860 IBM 863 IBM 865 ISO Dutch ISO L1 ISO L2 ISO L5 ISO L6 ISO L9 A4 PRINT 78 COLUMN Sets the number of columns WIDTH 80 COLUMN subject to Auto LF with A4 paper in PCL This is the value when Auto CR LF Mode is set to OFF with the 10CPI character WHITE PAGE OFF ON Selects whether blank pages are SKIP printed or not CR FUNCTION CR CR LF Selects whether a received carriage return character ODh also causes a line feed LF FUNCTION LF LF CR Selects whether a received line feed character OAh also causes a carriage return PRINT NORMAL Sets the non printable page area MARGIN 1 5 INCH NORMAL is PCL compatible 1 6 INCH TRUE BLACK OFF ON Selects whether black image data is printed using black toner ON or 100 CMY OFF Valid in PCL emulation mode only Menu functions 81 PARALLEL MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s Centronics compatible IEEE 1284 data interface PARALLEL MENU I
20. LINE 1 Press the button to access the Print Jobs menu Press ENTER to select this menu Use the buttons to display the first digit of your PIN and then press ENTER to enter this digit Repeat this procedure for each of the four digits 4 Use the buttons to display each of your stored documents in turn When the required selection is displayed press ENTER to print the document s 5 Use the buttons to choose the number of copies you want and press ENTER to begin printing After a short pause while the selected document is processed it will begin printing When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk Printer settings in Windows gt 25 Printing from your PC desktop If you have installed the Storage Device Manager software from the supplied CD you can also print the remaining copies directly from your PC desktop 1 2 From the Windows Start menu run Storage Device Manager If necessary use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents From the Printers menu choose HDD Print Jobs In the HDD Print Jobs window choose the View User Jobs option button and enter your PIN in the text box provided After a short pause a list of your print jobs will appear In the list of print jobs select the jo
21. Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This list should indicate that the duplex unit is now installed All that remains is to adjust the Windows printer driver to make full use of the new features Installing upgrades 118 MEMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model has 128MB standard memory This can be upgraded by changing the 64MB memory module for an optional memory module of either 128MB or 256MB giving a maximum memory capacity of 320MB Installation takes a few minutes and requires a medium size cross head philips type screwdriver 1 Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 3 Lift the front cover latch and pull open the front cover Remove the screw securing the right hand side cover 5 Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown and pull the cover away from the printer at the top Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer Place it safely to one side Installing upgrades 119 Carefully remove the new memory board from its wrapping Try to handle the board only by its short edges avoiding contact with any metal parts as far as possible In particular avoid tou
22. ROUGH EXPLANATION Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 1 upper tray if both trays installed For CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION later in this table Selects the type of media loaded in this tray This will help the printer to adjust its internal operating parameters such as engine speed and fusing temperature to better accommodate the media to be fed For example letterhead may benefit from a slightly lower fusing temperature to ensure that its ink does not offset Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in thus tray Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 2 lower if installed For CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION later in this table Selects the type of media loaded in this tray Menu functions 72 MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY2 LIGHT 64 74g Adjusts the printer for the weight of MEDIAWEIGHT m2 paper stock loaded in thus tray MEDIUM 75 90g m HEAVY 91 176g m MPT PAPERSIZE LETTER Selects the size of paper to be fed EXECUTIVE from the multi purpose tray For LEGAL14 CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION LEGAL13 5 and Y DIMENSION later in this table LEGAL13 A4 A5 A6 B5 CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE MPT PAPERTYPE PLAIN Selects the type of media to be fed LETTERHEAD from the multi purpose tray so that TRANSPARENC the printer can adjust its internal Y parameters to better accommo
23. Windows NT 4 2 Not Windows 95 98 Me Oki Colour Matching This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only gt Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images gt Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colours gt sRGB is the best choice for matching specific colours such as printing logos Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing photographs but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting Colour Printing gt 61 Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs 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 colour space This may be useful if colour matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera POSTSCRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Rendering Intents When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules
24. any profiles associated with the driver click Add and locate the ICC profiles for your printer Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colours in your documents to colours that the printer can reproduce The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent control in the printer driver Windows 9x Me Differences 46 OVERLAYS AND MACROS NOTE PostScript overlays are not available for Windows 95 98 Me CREATING PCL OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a project file import the PRN file and download the generated filter BIN files to the printer Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future document When printing files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to macros they apply only to your final documents Step 1 Creating the overlay image 1 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required image and save it Open your i Print Be application s Print 1 Pinter aNem Po Bropetties d la l og ue Status Default printer Ready Type PCL Mak
25. button Overlays and Macros gt 89 9 In the Define Overlays window as R enter a suitable name 2 for 2 Le ownse jamss this overlay and choose which 3 page s 3 of your documents i will use this overlay cae Form setting Pint on Pages Fist Foge si Custom Pages umbers and or page ranges separated by commas 13512 L4 t Forniame istered Enter the name of the overlay s aw file 4 exactly as it appeared in Adi the Storage Device Manager project window Remember that this name is case ECT er sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay names when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there Click Add 5 to add this overlay into the defined overlays list Click OK to close the Define Overlay window The new overlay now appears in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window Repeat the above procedure if you wish to define more overlays When done click OK to close the printer properties window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish Overlays and Macros 90 PRINTING WITH POSTSCRIPT OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish The example illustrated here uses two overlays for busi
26. g at 10 coverage there is sufficient toner for 1 500 pages standard capacity or 2 500 pages high capacity conversely at 2 5 there is sufficient toner for 6 000 pages standard capacity or 10 000 pages high capacity in the cartridge HUM 5K XXXXXX 3K XXXX The printer is shipped with sufficient toner for 3 000 A4 pages in the print cartridges of which 1 500 A4 pages of toner are used to charge the image drum Image drum 17 000 pages calculated on typical office usage where 20 of printing is 1 page only 30 is 3 page documents and 50 is print runs of 15 pages or more Transfer belt Approximately 50 000 A4 pages Fuser Approximately 45 000 A4 pages Standard capacity toner cartridge High capacity toner cartridge Replacing consumable items 97 CONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS Toner high capacity black 5 000 A4 5 42127457 Toner high capacity cyan 5 000 A4 5 42127456 Toner high capacity magenta 5 000 A4 5 42127455 Toner high capacity yellow 5 000 A4 5 42127454 Toner rainbow pack 1 ea CMYK 5 000 A4 5 42403006 Toner standard capacity black 3 000 A4 5 42804548 Toner standard capacity cyan 3 000 A4 5 42804547 Toner standard capacity magenta 3 000 A4 5 42804546 Toner standard capacity yellow 3 000 A4 5 42804545 Image drum black 17 000 A
27. of PDF documents choose PostScript If you print mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications choose PostScript PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a print dialogue box appears This dialogue usually specifies the i ES name of the printer on which you oy x dass will print your document Nextto the printer name is a Properties AS MA button Print Al pages in range v Seale to paper size No scaing When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The window which opens when you click Properties depends on which printer driver has been installed The PostScript driver offers different choices to the PCL driver Printer settings in Windows gt 18 POSTSCRIPT EMULATION 1 Page orientation sets Printing Preferences portrait tall Or Layout Paper Quaity dob Options Color Overlay landscape wide page orientation The rotated rotates the paper through 90 degrees anti clockwise A4 eon Peston 1 When printing double mee T sided pages duplex unit required You can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge Pages can be printed in forward or reverse order If using the face down top paper stacker
28. pressure release lever 4 ex CY io o 11 If you are not using the rear exit tray close it once paper has been removed from this area Clearing paper jams gt 132 12 Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover 13 Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find then close the cover Clearing paper jams 133 14 Pull out the paper tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly is undamaged and that the paper guidesareproperly positioned against the edges of the paper stack When satisfied replace the tray 15 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed When the jam has been cleared if Jam Recovery is set to ON in the System Configuration Menu the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams Clearing paper jams 134 SPECIFICATIONS ITEM Dimensions Weight Print speeds Resolution Emulations SPECIFICATION 425 x 561 x 345mm W x Dx H 25Kg 16 pages per minute colour 24 pages per minute monochrome 600dpi or 1200 x 600dpi PostScript 3 PCL 5c HP GL PCL XL Epson FX IBM Pro Printer III XL Auto Features Auto registration Memory Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset 128MB standard upgradable to 192MB or 320MB 64MB plus 128MB or 256MB Paper capacity 300 sheets in main tray at 8
29. refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program s colour management functions FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF PRINTS If you wish to manually adjust the colour settings in your printer driver please be aware that colour reproduction is a complex topic and there are many factors to take into consideration Some of the most important factors are listed below Differences between the range of colours a monitor or printer can reproduce Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colours visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colours In addition to this a printer cannot reproduce all of the colours displayed on a monitor and vice versa Both devices use very different technologies to represent colour A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs a printer uses Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black CMYK toner or ink gt A monitor can display very vivid colours such as intense reds and blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink Similarly there are certain colours some yellows for example that can be printed but cannot be displayed accurately on a monitor This disparity between monitors and printers is often the main reason that printed colours do not match the colours displayed on screen Viewing conditions A print can look very different under diffe
30. that determine how this colour conversion takes place Colour Printing 62 The rendering intents that the printer driver provides are listed below Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours but less accurately matched This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamut Absolute Colourimetric Best for printing solid colours and tints such as Company logos etc Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image Relative Colourimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Much like Absolute Colourimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white Unlike Absolute Colourimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account CMYK INK SIMULATION Affects CMYK data only This option simulates what the output will look l
31. this time unless the remaining toner level is very low Push the coloured release lever 1 away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it Replacing consumable items 108 10 11 Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed NOTE If you need to return or transport your printer for any reason please make sure you remove the image drum unit beforehand and place in the bag provided This is to avoid toner spillage Replacing consumable items 109 REPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums This unit requires replacement approximately every 50 000 pages Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully Ato H WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges It is essential that they go back in the same order Tt D
32. to the black image Performs fine adjustment of image timing in relation to the black image component Selects from a range of industry standard colour swatches When enabled black areas are produced using 100 C M and Y instead of black This results in a glossier finish Menu functions gt 76 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION POW SAVE TIME 5 Adjusts the idling time before the 15 printer automatically switches into 30 power saving mode In this mode 60 power consumption is reduced to a 240 low level required to just keep the printer operating and ready to receive data When a job is sent the printer will require a warm up time of up to 1 minute before printing can begin PERSONALITY AUTO This item selects which industry PCL standard emulation your printer IBM PPR III XL should use When set to AUTO EPSON FX incoming data is examined and the PS3 correct emulation is automatically EMULATION selected each time a print job is received USB PS RAW Selects PostScript data format for PROTOCOL ASCII USB port NET PS RAW Selects PostScript data format for PROTOCOL ASCII network port CLEARABLE ON When ON non critical warnings WARNING JOB such as requests for a different paper size can be cleared by pressing the ON LINE button When set to JOB they are cleared when the print job resumes
33. 0g m2 Paper weight Paper output Printer life Duty cycle Toner life Image drum life Belt life Fuser life 530 sheets in optional 2nd tray 100 sheets in multi purpose tray or 50 transparencies or 10 envelopes 64 120g m in main tray 64 176g m in 2nd tray 64 203g m in multi purpose tray 250 sheets in face down top stacker 80g m 100 sheets in face up rear stacker 80g m 420 000 pages or 5 years 50 000 pages per month max 4 000 pages per month average 5 000 pages at 5 coverage high capacity toner cartridge 17 000 pages 22 000 at continuous print 15 000 at 3 pages per job and 7 500 pages at 1 page per job 50 000 A4 pages at 3 pages per job 45 000 A4 pages Specifications 135 INDEX Belt how to replace life expectancy life remaining Booklet printing PCL emulation 20 32 PostScript emulation 19 31 C Colour adjusting eeeeeeeeeee 75 Colour matching choosing image source 41 59 general advice 53 how to access 40 58 ICC profiles eese 64 photographic images 38 PostScript driver options 43 61 printing colour swatch 42 60 specific spot colours 39 Windows ICM ee 64 D Duplex how to install 117 paper size and weight limits 13 Selecting in Windows
34. 4 pages 42126673 Image drum cyan 17 000 A4 pages 42126672 Image drum magenta 17 000 A4 pages 42126671 Image drum yellow 17 000 A4 pages 42126670 Fuser 45 000 A4 pages 42625503 Transport belt 50 000 A4 3 job 42158712 Average life 20 pages at continuous print 50 pages at 3 pages per job and 30 pages at 1 page per job Only use genuine Oki Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware Non Oki Original products may damage your printer s performance and invalidate your warranty Specifications subject to change without notice All trademarks acknowledged Replacing consumable items 98 TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT CAUTION To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors do not change the toner cartridge s until TONER EMPTY is displayed The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder It is contained in four cartridges one each for cyan magenta yellow and black Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly inside the pack that the new one came in Follow any regulations recommendations etc which may be in force concerning waste recycling If you do spill any toner powder lightly brush it off If this is not enough use a cool damp cloth to remove any residue Do not use hot water and never use solvents of any kind
35. CCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The Colour Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source such as a digital camera The PCL driver s colour options are only designed to work with RGB data If you are printing CMYK data we recommend you use the PostScript driver To open colour matching options from the Windows Control Panel 1 Open the Printers window D meine called Printers and Faxes dns in Windows XP 2 Right click the printer name a E and choose Properties e 3 Click the Printing Preferences M button 1 To open colour matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click the Properties button next to the printer name Colour Printing 58 SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1 On the Colour tab select Advanced for colour matching S Printing Preferences Jes Setup Job Options Colour E Ask Oki Colour Mode Auto Colour Advanced Colour C Grayscale Colour Setting C Auto Manual Moritor 6500K Percept v C Monita E500K Ferceptual Black Finish Ado Gloss C Matte Manual Colour ies O al E Ee Sawan OG ui o OKI Defaut OK Cancel p Hep 2 Select Manual and choose from the available options a Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs Colou
36. CRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Rendering Intents When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place The rendering intents that the printer driver provides are listed below gt Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together gt Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours but less accurately matched This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamut gt Absolute Colourimetric Windows 9x Me Differences gt 44 Best for printing solid colours and tints such as Company logos etc Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image Relative Colourimetric
37. ER The PostScript driver is designed to work with either RGB or CMYK data Printing photographic images RGB images Select Oki Colour Matching and use the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting If the colours look too dull try the Monitor 6500k Vivid or Digital Camera settings CMYK images Select PostScript Colour Matching and use the Perceptual setting Printing from Microsoft Office applications RGB documents Select Oki Colour Matching and use the Monitor 9300k setting This may help if you are having problems with specific colours from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint Printing specific colours for example a company logo RGB documents Select Oki Colour Matching and use the sRGB setting CMYK documents Select PostScript Colour Matching and use the Relative Colorimetric setting Printing CMYK Vector Art for example from Illustrator Freehand Corel Draw CMYK documents Select PostScript Colour Matching and use the Relative Colorimetric setting Utilities you can use with the PostScript driver If you still have problems producing a good colour match there are 2 utilities on your printer driver CD ROM that can help gt Colour Correct Utility for Windows designed to help match specific Microsoft Office palette colours or overall adjustments to RGB colour matching Gamma Utility designed to allow overall adjustments to the colour output Colour Printing 57 PCL DRIVER A
38. ET printout to fit another m Finishing Mode size and should also 3 m be the same as the EI P 2 Sided Printing Duplex size of paper you will 4 re gjan feed into the printer 5 p j Save IHE A4 210 x 297 mm 2 You can choose the s e source of the paper Cancel zl Help to feed which may Se be Tray 1 the standard paper tray Tray 2 if you have the optional 2nd paper tray installed or the multi purpose feeder You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray 3 A variety of document finishing options can be selected such as normal one page per sheet or N up where N can be any number up to 16 for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet Booklet printing prints two pages per sheet on each side of the paper so that when folded they make up a booklet Booklet printing requires the duplex unit to be installed in your printer Poster printing will print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets 4 For two sided printing you can choose to flip the page by the long edge or the short edge Of course this requires that a duplex unit be installed in your printer 5 If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them 6 A single on screen button restores the default settings Windows 9x Me Differences 32
39. NG Y DRUM LIFE REMAINING BELT LIFE REMAINING FUSER LIFE REMAINING K TONER C TONER M TONER Y TONER EXPLANATION The total number of prints output by the printer The total number of pages fed from tray n The total number of pages fed from the multi purpose tray The total number of pages printed in colour The total number of pages printed in monochrome Percentage of life remaining in these consumable items Percentage of belt life remaining Percentage of fuser life remaining Cartridge size and current toner level Menu functions 85 OVERLAYS AND MACROS WHAT ARE OVERLAYS AND MACROS If you would like to print on special stationery such as forms and letterhead but do not want to use pre printed stationery you can create your own using these advanced features You can use PostScript overlays to generate all your special stationery and store it in the printer for use whenever you need it If you have chosen to install the PCL driver macros perform a similar function NOTE PostScript overlays are not available for Windows 95 98 Me You can create several overlays or macros and combine them in any way you like to produce a variety of forms and other special stationery Each image can be printed on just the first page of a document on all pages on alternate pages or just the pages that you specify Overlays and Macros 86 CREATING POSTSCRIPT OVERLAYS Three steps are required to cr
40. ONER SAVE OFF Reduces the amount of toner used MODE ON for imaging Toner saving gives lighter prints but is more economical Menu functions 69 PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MONO PRINT AUTO SPEED If the first page of a print job is black SPEED and white the printer runs at 20ppm pages per minute When a colour page is detected the printer slows down to 16ppm for the rest of that job MONO 24PPM This setting operates in the same way as AUTO SPEED except that the printer runs at 24ppm until a colour page is detected To achieve this speed the printer requires an additional 10 20 seconds to warm up and 30 60 seconds to cool down when switching to 16ppm for colour pages This setting is therefore most appropriate when the majority of print jobs are entirely black and white The printer runs at 16ppm for all print jobs This setting is most appropriate when the majority of print jobs are in colour The printer automatically switches MIXED SPEED between 16ppm for each colour page and 20ppm for each black and white page When black and white pages are printed the 3 colour drums are automatically lifted to maximize their working life This operation imposes a 10 20 second delay each time the printer switches between colour and black and white printing However the 30 60 second cool down delay described for MONO 24ppm is avoided by limiting mono speed to 20ppm This setting may be preferred for mostly bl
41. Proof and print feature llle 24 Sending the document to print 24 Printing the remaining copies 25 Permanent print documents 27 Sending the document to print 27 Printing stored documents 28 Windows 9x Me Differences 30 Printer settings in Windows 30 PEL Or PostScript s sls Rs 30 Printing preferences in Windows applications 30 Secure printing feature llle 33 Sending the document to print 33 Proof and print feature llle 35 Sending the document to print 35 Store to hard disk cec na di saai tn sa naa ns 36 Sending the document to print 36 Preface 3 Colour Printing z s 2 skr mr mn 38 Choosing a colour matching method 38 Matching photographic images 38 Matching specific colours Ls 39 Printing vivid colours 2 00005 39 PCL DRIVER ue Re RE e RnB YE 40 Accessing the colour matching options 40 Setting the colour matching options 41 Using the colour swatch feature 42 PostScript driver sra tria eee ee ee 43 Colour matching options 43 PostScript colour matching 44 CMYK ink simulation lle 45 Windows ICM colour matching 45 Overlays and macros llle 47 Creating PCL overlays less 47 Installing upgrade
42. TEM ACTION EXPLANATION PRINT MENU EXECUTE Prints complete menu listing with current MAP settings shown PRINT FILE EXECUTE Prints a list of overlays macros fonts and LIST other files stored on the printer s hard disk drive if installed PRINT PCL EXECUTE Prints complete list of all internal PCL fonts FONT plus those stored in ROM slot 0 flash memory and in hard disk if installed PRINT PSE EXECUTE Prints complete list of all internal PostScript FONT emulation fonts PRINT PPR EXECUTE Prints complete list of all internal IBM FONT ProPrinter III XL emulation fonts including any downloaded to flash memory or hard disk PRINT FX FONT EXECUTE Prints complete list of all internal Epson FX emulation fonts including any downloaded to flash memory or hard disk DEMO1 EXECUTE Prints demonstration page containing graphics and text in colour and monochrome PRINT ERROR EXECUTE Prints a list of errors encountered by the LOG printer Menu functions gt 67 SHUTDOWN MENU This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed This item should always be selected before switching the printer off to ensure that no hard disk data is lost SHUTDOWN MENU ITEM SETTIN EXPLANATION GS SHUTDOWN EXECUTE Performs controlled shutdown of the printer START ensuring that all files on the internal hard disk are closed before power is turned off Only power the printer off when the display indicates that shutdown is complete
43. TEM SETTINGS PARALLEL ENABLE DISABLE BI DIRECTION ENABLE DISABLE ECP ENABLE DISABLE ACK WIDTH NARROW MEDIUM WIDE ACK BUSY ACK IN BUSY TIMING ACK WHILE BUSY I PRIME 3 MICRO SEC 50 MICRO SEC DISABLE USB MENU EXPLANATION Enables or disables operation of this port Enables or disables bidirectional functionality of this port Enables or disables ECP mode Sets width of ACK signal in compatible receiving to 0 5uS 1 0uS or 3 0uS Sets the order in which the BUSY signal is output For ACK IN BUSY BUSY goes low at end of ACK pulse For ACK WHILE BUSY BUSY goes low at centre of ACK pulse Sets time to enable disable the I PRIME signal Can be enabled with 3uS or 50uS niInit signal or disabled completely This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface EXPLANATION SETTINGS USB ENABLE DISABLE VERSION 2 0 SOFT RESET ENABLE DISABLE Enables or disables operation of this port Selects USB version for compatibility Enables or disables the SOFT RESET command Menu functions 82 NETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s 10Base T 100Base TX network interface NETWORK MENU ITEM TCP IP NETBEUI NETWARE ETHERTALK FRAME TYPE IP ADDRESS SET IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY ADDRESS INITIALIZE NIC WEB IPP TELNET FTP SNMP SETTINGS ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE
44. They will make stains permanent WARNING If you inhale any toner or get it in your eyes drink a little water or bathe your eyes liberally in cold water Seek medical attention immediately Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover Replacing consumable items gt 99 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Replacing consumable items 100 3 Carry out one of the following a b If you are replacing a toner cartridge that has been supplied with your printer lever has 3 positions pull the coloured toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer in the direction of the arrow but stop at the central upright position 1 If you are replacing any other toner cartridge lever has 2 positions pull the coloured toner release lever 1 on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer Replacing consumable items 101 4 Lift the right hand end of the cartridge and then dra
45. a Also for Menu driven operator manual feeding of single sheets when controls and LCD display required panel 5 ON OFF switch Introduction gt 8 The LCD display language can be changed to show any of 14 different languages See Changing the display language on page 10 REAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex two sided printing unit 5 ON OFF switch 9 Network interface 6 AC power socket 10 Location of optional duplex unit 7 Parallel data interface 11 Rear face up 100 sheet stacker 8 USB interface The Network Interface has a protective plug which must be removed before connection can be made When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer through the rear of the printer and is stacked here face up This is mainly used for heavy print media When used in conjunction with the multi purpose feed tray the paper path through the printer is essentially straight This avoids bending the paper around curves in the paper path and enables feeding of up to 203g m media Introduction 9 CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing can be changed quickly and easily as follows READY ON LINE MENU ATTENTION CANCEL 1 Press the key repeatedly to access the System Configuration Menu
46. ack and white printing with some colour pages or where most print jobs are entirely colour or entirely black and white COLOUR SPEE D ORIENTATION PORTRAIT Selects default page orientation LANDSCAPE between portrait tall and landscape wide Menu functions 70 PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION LINES PER PAGE 5 64 128 Sets the number of lines of text per page when raw text is received from systems other than Windows The default for A4 portrait is 65 and for Letter is 60 EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE Sets the size of the printable page LETTER area to match the size of paper in EXECUTIVE use This is not the same as the LEGAL14 physical paper size which is always LEGAL13 5 slightly larger For dimensions of LEGAL13 physical page sizes see Paper A4 A5 A6 Recommendations section in this B5 guide CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE Menu functions 71 MEDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media MEDIA MENU ITEM TRAY1 PAPERSIZE TRAY1 MEDIATYPE TRAY1 MEDIAWEIGHT TRAY2 PAPERSIZE TRAY2 MEDIATYPE SETTINGS A4 A5 6 B5 LEGAL14 LEGAL13 5 LEGAL13 LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM PLAIN LETTERHEAD BOND RECYCLED ROUGH LIGHT 64 74g m2 MEDIUM 75 90g m HEAVY 91 105g m A4 A5 B5 LEGAL14 LEGAL13 5 LEGAL13 LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM PLAIN LETTERHEAD BOND RECYCLED
47. ages Use the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting If the colours look too dull try the Monitor 6500k Vivid or Digital Camera settings Printing from Microsoft Office applications Use the Monitor 9300k setting This may help if you are having problems with specific colours from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint If you are having problems with specific Office palette colours the Colour Correct Utility may help Colour Printing 55 Printing specific colours for example a company logo Use the sRGB setting If you are having problems with specific Office palette colours the Colour Correct Utility or Colour Swatch Utility may help Adjusting the brightness or intensity of a print If the print is too light dark you can use the Brightness control to adjust it If the colours are too intense not intense enough use the Saturation control Utilities you can use with the PCL or PCLXL driver If you still have problems producing a good colour match there are 2 utilities on your printer driver CD ROM that can help gt Colour Correct Utility for Windows designed to help match specific Microsoft Office palette colours or overall adjustments to RGB colour matching gt Colour Swatch Utility for Windows designed to help with printing specific colours This can be used as a stand alone utility or it can be accessed from the PCL PCLXL driver Colour tab Colour Printing 56 PosTSCRIPT DRIV
48. al internal hard disk to be fitted and enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT From your application s Print dialogue select the number of copies you need and then click the Properties button 1 In the driver window on the Job Options tab Job Options Colour Overlays IIl Ask Oki select Proof and Print 1 U3 ailes Proof and Print e 1 2 In the small pop up Mor T window which appears i E enter a name for this c Bd print job 16 characters Sg d eem maximum and a 4 digit Seit PIN using any um combination of digits from 0 to 9 and click OKI anal OK Cancel Apply 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but only the first copy will print See Chapter Printer Settings in Windows for information on printing the remaining copies Windows 9x Me Differences gt 35 STORE TO HARD DISK With this feature you can create standard documents that you often need to print and store them on your printer s internal hard disk You can then print them at any time without having to send them again from your computer NOTE With both PS and PCL drivers this feature requires the optional internal hard disk to be fitted and enabled in the Start Settings Printers Proper
49. anel Properties laea General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Device Option Available Options Available Tray 2d EZ T Duplex Option Unit T Pinter Hard Disk tH 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu 3 On the Device Options tab check the box for the upgrade you have just installed 4 Click OK to close the properties window and then close the Printers window Installing upgrades gt 125 POSTSCRIPT DRIVER This driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed 1 Open the Printers window tug called Printers and Faxes in e Windows XP via the Start Faas z Menu or from the Windows Control Panel 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose joad as Outline 100 pixel s load as Bitmap 600 pixels Properties from the pop up Biase Mi e Memory Configuration 64 MB RAM E 3 On the Device Settings tab locate the list of installable options Change those settings to indicate the new features you have just installed 4 Click OK to close the properties window and then close the Printers window Installing upgrades 126 CLEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media and you keep the media in good condition prior to use your printer should give years of reliable service Ho
50. aper load the paper with pre printed side down and top edge away from the printer Optional duplex unit must be installed for this function Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer Do not select duplex printing on envelopes Do not exceed the paper capacity of about 50 sheets or 10 envelopes Maximum stacking depth is 10mm 3 Press the tray latch button 3 inwards to release the paper platform so that the paper is lifted and gripped in place Set the correct paper size for the multi purpose tray in the Media Menu see Menu Functions Loading paper 17 PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS Your printer s operator panel menus provide access to many options The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus and you print documents from Windows the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the operator panel menus The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP Windows 2000 versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same Differences in Windows 98 and Me are covered in a separate chapter PCL oR PosTSCRIPT Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer one for PCL emulation and the other for PostScript 3 emulation If you print mainly from general Office applications choose the PCL driver For faster printing
51. b you wish to print and click Print Job s If necessary adjust the number of copies you want when the prompt appears After a short pause while the selected document is processed it will begin printing When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk Printer settings in Windows 26 PERMANENT PRINT DOCUMENTS With this feature you can create standard documents that you often need to print and store them on your printer s internal hard disk You can then print them at any time without having to send them again from your computer NOTE This feature requires the optional internal hard disk SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT 1 4 From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button In the driver window on the Job Options tab and select Store to HDD 1 Setup Job Options Colour IE Ask Oki Bint Quay dob Type Nomal Normal Proof and Pint Prool and Pint Secure int A xj C Secure Pint Store to HOD e 1 tamer rl 1 Copies I Copete Copes i zT Coe Miscelaneous Es siet Best Scale 100 I Debe E C Nomal T Photo mode C drat I Toner save Orientation G Pott F180 C Landscape I 180 Watermarks Oweds Fons Advanced Watermark Adyanced OKI OKI Dein br zi EH ee Te
52. ching the edge connector Notice that the memory board has a small cutout in the edge connector which is closer to one end than the other Identify the RAM expansion slot 1 in the printer If the RAM expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one To remove it proceed as follows otherwise skip to step 10 a Identify the locking clips 2 at each end of the RAM expansion slot 1 b Push the clips outward and back into the printer The board will pop out slightly c Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot d Place the removed memory board in the antistatic bag which originally contained the new memory board Installing upgrades 120 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Hold the new memory board by its short edges so that the edge connector faces in towards the RAM expansion slot and the small cutout is closer to the rear of the printer Gently push the board into the RAM expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any further Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4 Close the front cover and close the top cover pressing down firmly at each sid
53. ct and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it Overlays and Macros gt 93 9 Choose Projects Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer 10 When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message TEST PRINTING THE MACRO 1 Choose Printers Test Macro 2 In the Test Macro window enter its ID number and click OK After a short pause the printer will print the macro 3 When each macro has been tested click Exit 4 Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects Exit to close Storage Device Manager DEFINING OVERLAYS This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel 2 Right click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu 3 On the Job Options tab click the Overlay button In the Overlay window Click the Define Overlays button 1 I Active Overlays Name Pages 1 SS RET OK Cancel Help Default Overlays and Macros gt 94 5 In the Define Overlays window enter the name a and ID b of the required overlay and define which page s c of your documents will use this overlay Then click the Add button 3 to add this overlay to the list of de
54. ction is enabled in the driver settings See Printer Settings in Windows later in this guide When printing from other systems this function is enabled in the Print Menu See Menu Functions later in this guide MULTI PURPOSE TRAY The multi purpose tray can handle the same sizes as the cassette trays but in weights up to 203g m2 For very heavy paper stock use the face up rear paper stacker This ensures that the paper path through the printer is almost straight The multi purpose tray can feed paper widths as small as 100mm and lengths up to 1200mm banner printing For paper lengths exceeding 356mm Legal 14in use paper stock between 90g m and 128g m and the face up rear paper stacker Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time subject to a maximum stacking depth of 10mm Paper or transparencies should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer Do not use the duplex two sided printing function Paper recommendations 12 FACE DOWN STACKER The face down stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 250 sheets of 80g m standard paper and can handle paper stocks up to 176g m Pages printed in reading order page 1 first will be sorted in reading order last page on top facing down FACE UP STACKER The face up stacker at the rear of the printer should be opened and the tray
55. cuments directly from your PC desktop You might do this perhaps when the office is empty and your confidential documents can safely be printed remotely 1 From the Windows Start menu run Storage Device Manager If necessary use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents From the Printers menu choose HDD Print Jobs In the HDD Print Jobs window choose the View User Jobs option button and enter your PIN in the text box provided After a short pause a list of your print jobs will appear In the list of print jobs select the job you wish to print and click Print Job s If necessary adjust the number of copies you want when the prompt appears After a short pause the selected document will print When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk Printer settings in Windows 23 PROOF AND PRINT FEATURE This feature allows you to send multiple copies of a document to print but only print the first copy so that you can check the output quality before printing the rest NOTE This feature requires the optional internal hard disk in the printer SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT 1 From your application s Print dialogue select the number of copies you need and then click the Properties button 2 In the driver window on the Job O
56. date LABELS the selected type of media BOND RECYCLED CARD STOCK ROUGH GLOSSY MPT MEDIUM 75 Selects the media weight to be fed MEDIAWEIGHT 90g m from the multi purpose tray HEAVY 91 120g m ULTRA HEAVY 121 203g m UNIT OF MILLIMETRE Selects the unit of measure for the MEASURE INCH next two items X DIMENSION 100 210 216 Selects the width of paper defined by MILLIMETRE the CUSTOM settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings Menu functions 73 MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION Y DIMENSION 148 297 1200 Selects the length of paper defined MILLIMETRE by the Custom settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings Note that media of up to 1200mm in length can be fed from the multi purpose tray for banner printing Menu functions gt 74 COLOUR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals optimising 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 jobs Settings revert to their default values when the next print job is complete COLOUR MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION DENSITY AUTO If set to AUTO image density will be CONTROL MANUAL automatically adjusted at power on when a new image drum or toner cartridge is installed and at intervals of 100 300 and 500 drum counts If a
57. e sure that the vu dat Sum gt selected printer mem r name 1 is that of Ca e 7 your PCL printer driver gt D ONE onemet Select the Print To tore File 2 option Click on Properties and ensure that all driver settings are appropriate for the print job Windows 9x Me Differences 47 6 7 Click OK and when prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN Close your application Step 2 Create and download macros NOTE Ensure that the Storage Device Manager has been installed on the Printer Drivers CD Software Utilities wN 4 5 6 From the Windows Start Programs Okidata menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Projects New Project to start a new project Choose Projects Filter Macro File The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue box appears Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK Example If you create a black oval in MS Paint and leave all the colour command filters checked the black oval will print as a black rectangle when the overlay is used To maintain the oval shape turn off deselect the Configure Image Data Palette ID and Palette Control filters Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the overlay PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have
58. e that remains intact when subjected to hot roll pressure fusing used in this type of printer Window envelopes are not suitable Transparencies should be of the type designed for use in copiers and laser printers We strongly recommend Oki Printing Solutions transparencies Order No 01074101 In particular avoid office transparencies designed for use by hand with marker pens These will melt in the fuser and cause damage Labels should also be of the type recommended for use in copiers and laser printers in which the base carrier page is entirely covered by labels Other types of label stock may damage the printer due to the labels peeling off during the printing process Suitable types are e Avery White Laser Label types 7162 7664 7666 A4 or 5161 Letter e Kokuyo A693X series A4 or A650 B5 Paper recommendations 11 CASSETTE TRAYS SIZE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT G M2 ae Tray 1 105 x 148mm only Light 64 74g m2 A5 148 x 210mm Medium 75 90g m2 B5 l 182 x 257mm Heavy 91 120g Executive 184 2 x 266 7mm m2 AS 210 x 237mm Ultra heavy121 176g Letter 215 9 x 279 4mm m2 Legal 13in 216 x 330mm Tray 2 Legal 13 5in 216 x 343mm only Legal 14in 216 x 356mm If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray 2nd tray if you have one or multi purpose tray you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper When printing from Windows applications this fun
59. e to latch it closed Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on When the printer is ready print a menu map as follows a Press the button to access the Information Menu b Press ENTER once for the menu map c Press ENTER again to print the menu map d When the menu map is printed press ONLINE to exit the menu system Examine the first page of the menu map Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This list contains the figure for total memory size This should indicate the total memory now installed which should be the size of memory board you have installed plus 64MB If you are using the Windows PostScript driver follow the instructions later in this section to adjust the driver Installing upgrades 121 HARD DISK DRIVE The optional 20GB internal hard disk drive HDD enables collating of printed pages and can be used to store overlays and macros fonts and secure or proof documents waiting to be printed Installation takes a few minutes and requires a medium size cross head philips type screwdriver 1 Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 3 Lift the front cover latch and pull open the front cover 4 Re
60. eate an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file 2 Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a project file import the PRN file s and download the generated filter HST file to the printer The project file will contain one or more overlay images which are functionally related such as the cover page and the continuation page images for business letters 3 Use downloaded files to define your overlays ready for use when printing your documents When printing overlay files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to overlays they apply only to your final documents CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE 1 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required overlay image and save it 2 Open your application s Print qo ERE seil 3 dialogue NN as 4 3 Make sure that the e nc selected printer Se 5 Cj sce name 1 is that of aoe eter J your PostScript UU S Fae printer driver Print Al pages in range v Scale to paper size o Scaling ae Ij 4 Select the Print To File 2 option 5 Click the Properties button 3 to open the Document Properties window Overlays and Macros gt 87 10 On the Overlay tab Bisco choo
61. er You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray The setting for paper weight should match the type of paper on which you intend to print A variety of document finishing options can be selected such as normal one page per sheet or N up where N can be any number up to 16 for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet Booklet printing prints two pages per sheet on each side of the paper so that when folded they make up a booklet Booklet printing requires the duplex unit to be installed in your printer Poster printing will print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets For two sided printing you can choose to flip the page by the long edge or the short edge Of course this requires that a duplex unit be installed in your printer If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them A single on screen button restores the default settings Printer settings in Windows gt 20 SECURE PRINTING FEATURE With this feature you can send confidential documents to print and have them stored in the printer until you are ready to print them Documents sent in this way are protected by a PIN personal identification number which must be entered before they will print This is useful when you need to print confidential documents on a printer w
62. extension pulled out when required for use In this condition paper will exit via this path regardless of driver settings The face up stacker can hold up to 100 sheets of 80g m standard paper and can handle stocks up to 203g m2 Always use this stacker and the multi purpose feeder for paper stocks heavier than 176g m DUPLEX UNIT This option provides automatic two sided printing on the same range of paper sizes as tray 2 i e all cassette sizes except A6 using paper stocks from 75 105g m NOTE The duplex unit comes as standard with C5450dn Paper recommendations 13 LOADING PAPER CASSETTE TRAYS 1 Remove the paper tray from the printer 2 Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges 1 and in the middle 2 to ensure that all sheets are properly separated then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again 3 SSS 1 2 3 Loading paper gt 14 3 Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the front of the printer as shown LLLI 111 4 Adjust the rear stopper 1 and paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used 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 ty
63. fined overlays Repeat for any other related overlays When done click the Close button 4 to close the window The example illustrated shows two overlays defined one for a cover page and one for continuation pages Remember that names and IDs of overlay files must be entered exactly as they appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember also that names are case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window 6 When done click OK to close the printing preferences window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish Overlays and Macros 95 PRINTING WITH PCL OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters The first prints on just the top page and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages 1 Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software Remember if necessary to format the document so that it will fit nicely within the plain areas on your letterhead overlay Open your application s Print dialogue and ch
64. forward order is usually appropriate to ensure that pages are stacked in numerical order If using the face up rear paper stacker reverse order would normally stack your pages in numerical order You can specify how many pages to print on a sheet Pages will be scaled to fit the number you choose If you choose booklet printing requires duplex unit two pages will automatically be set and pages will be printed with the correct pages opposite one another so that folding the stacked printout produces a booklet Advanced options are also available such as how to download TrueType fonts and whether advanced options such as booklet printing are available The printer driver contains extensive on line help for these items to help you make the most appropriate choices Printer settings in Windows 19 PCL EMULATION When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialogue the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document 1 Paper size should be the Comes AA same as the page size of puces your document unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer You can choose the source of uj 0 Mmmm the paper to feed which may tet eT be Tray 1 the standard paper tray Tray 2 if you have the optional 2nd paper tray installed or the multi purpose feed
65. he main text which may help you to use and understand the product CAUTION A caution appears in this manual like this A caution provides additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage A warning appears in this manual like this A warning provides additional information which if ignored may result in a risk of personal injury Notes Cautions and Warnings gt 6 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki Printing Solutions colour printer Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office Your printer includes these features gt gt Up to 16 pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents Up to 24 pages per minute in black and white for fast and efficient printing of all general purpose documents not requiring colour 1200 x 600dpi dots per inch print resolution for high quality image production showing the finest detail Single Pass colour Digital LED technology for high speed processing of your printed pages PostScript 3 PCL 5C and Epson FX emulations for industry standard operation and wide compatibility with most computer software 10Base T and 100Base TX network connection lets you share this valuable resource among users on your office network Photo Enha
66. he printer so that they are fully upright 4 Holding the fuser by its handle 1 lift the fuser straight up and out of the printer If the fuser is still warm place it on a flat surface which will not be damaged by heat 5 Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material 6 Holding the new fuser by its handle make sure that it is the correct way round The retaining levers 2 should be fully upright and the two locating lugs 3 should be towards you Replacing consumable items 114 7 Lower the fuser into the printer locating the two lugs 3 into their slots in the metal partition which separates the fuser area from the image drums 8 Push the two retaining levers 2 towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed Replacing consumable items 115 CLEANING THE LED HEAD Clean the LED head when printing does not come out clearly has white lines or when text is blurred 1 Switch off the printer and open the top cover n7 es r 2 Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue CAUTION Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on the LED head as damage to the lens surface will occur 3 Close the t
67. hich is shared with or accessible to other people NOTE This feature requires the optional internal hard disk SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT 1 From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button 2 In the driver window on the Job Options tab and select Secure Print 1 o PCL Printing Preferences OKI PS Printing Preferences Setup Job Options Colour IE Ack Oki Layout Paper Quaity Job Options Colour Oves IF Ask oki Bint Quay Job Type int Qual Nomal C Proof and Pint Secute Pink 41 R 1 F C Store to HOD 857325 7 Genes 1 T Colete L Copes 1 E Coote p Miscelaneous E Best Seale 100 I Disable gest C Nomd Photo mode uii c oner C Dealt F Toner save PAM Hee Scale Orientation Es Hoo 120905 Pow M 190 FM A a C Landscape I 180 Watermarks Oves Fons Advanced Watermark Advanced OKI OKI Defaut brem Defaut ses inus eer d Exp 3 In the small pop up window which appears enter a name for this print job 16 characters maximum and a 4 digit PIN using any combination of digits from 0 to 7 do not use 8 or 9 and click OK 4 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue Printer settings in Windows 21 The document will be sent to the pr
68. ies you want and press ENTER to begin printing After a short pause the selected document will print Printing from your PC desktop If you have installed the Storage Device Manager software from the supplied CD you can also print permanently stored documents directly from your PC desktop Printer settings in Windows 28 From the Windows Start menu run Storage Device Manager If necessary use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents From the Printers menu choose HDD Print Jobs In the HDD Print Jobs window choose the View User Jobs option button and enter your PIN in the text box provided After a short pause a list of your print jobs will appear In the list of print jobs select the job you wish to print and click Print Job s If necessary adjust the number of copies you want when the prompt appears After a short pause the selected document will print Printer settings in Windows 29 WINDOWS 9x ME DIFFERENCES Screen presentations of Windows 9x Me together with some procedures are significantly different from other versions of Windows 2000 XP etc This Chapter deals mainly with these variations If necessary reference should be made to the relevant subject or on line help for more information PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS PCL oR PosTSCRIPT Two printer drivers are
69. ifferences gt 33 PostScript Emulation 1 In the driver window on the Device Options tab select Secure Print 1 LT 2 x PS Properties BE General Details Color Management Paper Paper Graphice Device Options PostScript Graphics Fonts Device Options PostScript Printer features Available printer memory in KB 001 E i Printer features 1 101 cee Job Type E PASSWORD2 0 xl PASSwDRD1 0 TE 2 Se d Change setting for PASSWORD Change setting for Job Type Store to HOD z 2 D E 2 c 1 3 z Hard Dist Installed xl Change setting for Available Tray 1 Standard Restore Defaults Restore Defaults ted im ERE 2 In Printer Features select Password 1 and select a number from 0 9 in the Change Setting for drop down box Repeat for passwords 2 4 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but will not print until you request it See Chapter Printer Settings in Windows for information on printing secure documents Windows 9x Me Differences 34 PROOF AND PRINT FEATURE This feature allows you to send multiple copies of a document to print but only print the first copy so that you can check the output quality before printing the rest NOTE With both PS and PCL drivers this feature requires the option
70. ike on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Toyo If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching Select the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match option in the printer driver Colour Printing 63 WINDows ICM COLOUR MATCHING Windows 98 Me 2000 and XP only Affects RGB data only ICM is the colour management system built into Windows Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your monitor and printer these profiles describe the colours that your device is capable of reproducing ICC profiles can be associated with your printer via the Colour Management tab of the printer driver Depending on how you have installed the printer driver the colour profiles may already be associated with the driver To associate ICC colour profiles with the printer driver 1 Access the printer settings via the Start menu 2 Right click the printer name and choose Properties 3 Click the Colour Management tab 4 Under Colour Profiles currently associated with this printer you should see the names of profiles that match your printer model If you do not see any profiles associated with the driver click Add and locate the ICC profiles for your printer Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colours in your documents to colours that the printer can reproduce The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent c
71. iles must be entered exactly as they appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember also that names are case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there Windows 9x Me Differences 50 The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window 6 When done click OK to close the printing preferences window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish INSTALLING UPGRADES ADJUSTING WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers the driver must be adjusted on each user s machine The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP Other Windows versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same PCL driver If you have installed a memory upgrade it is not necessary to change the PCL printer driver and you can ignore this section If you have installed a duplex unit or hard disk proceed as follows 1 Open the Printers window via the Start Menu or from the 2 let E Windows Control Panel pe
72. inter s hard disk but will not print until you request it PRINTING SECURE DOCUMENTS Secure documents stored on the printer s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways e From the printer s operator panel Or e From your PC desktop using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 Drivers and Utilities with the printer Printing from the operator panel READY ON LINE BACK ENTER MENU ATTENTION Press the button to access the Print Jobs menu Press ENTER to select this menu Use the buttons to display the first digit of your PIN and then press ENTER to enter this digit Repeat this procedure for each of the four digits 4 Use the buttons to display each of your stored secure documents in turn or to select all documents When the required selection is displayed press ENTER to print the document s 5 If you have only selected a single document to print the display will prompt you for the number of collated copies you wish to print default is 1 copy Use the buttons to choose the number of copies you want and press ENTER to begin printing After a short pause the selected document will print When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk Printer settings in Windows 22 Printing from your PC desktop If you have installed the Storage Device Manager software from the supplied CD you can also print secure do
73. lease the fuser s grip on the sheet and withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area Then allow the pressure release lever to rise again NOTE If the sheet is well advanced into the fuser only a short length is still visible do not attempt to pull it back Follow the next step to remove it from the rear of the printer Clearing paper jams 130 8 Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser replace the four image drums into the drum cavity making sure to locate them in the correct order 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity Clearing paper jams 131 9 Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets 10 Open the rear exit tray 5 and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area 6 e Pull out any sheets found in this area e If the sheet is low down in this area and difficult to remove it is probably still gripped by the fuser In this case raise the top cover reach around and press down on the fuser
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75. more than one macro file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer directly into the project window if you prefer When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message Windows 9x Me Differences 48 7 The project window will display one BIN file for each printer file added Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files You will need them later If you wish to edit the names or ID numbers double click the file entry and edit the details Volume details are as follows 0 printer s disk drive PCL partition 1 printer s disk drive Common partition diskO printer s disk drive PostScript partition 2 flash memory PCL Flash0O flash memory PostScript NOTE The names are case sensitive and will be needed later exactly as they appear in this list 8 Choose Projects Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it 9 Choose Projects Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer 10 When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message Tes
76. move the screw securing the right hand side cover i Sn 5 Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown and pull the cover away from the printer at the Installing upgrades gt 122 10 11 12 13 14 top Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer Place it safely to one side Identify the six locating holes indicated in the illustration which will be used to locate the disk unit onto the side of the printer With the component side of the disk unit facing the printer and the connector cable towards the rear lift the disk unit handle away from the disk body Plug the end of the connecting cable 1 into the disk unit connector 2 in the printer Locate the six legs of the disk unit into the mounting holes on the printer Push the handle flat against the disk unit which will lever the unit slightly towards the rear of the printer locking it into place Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4 Close the front cover and close the top cover pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on Installing upgrades 123 15 When the printer is ready print a men
77. nce mode to improve printouts of photographic images PCL driver only Ask Oki a brand new user friendly function that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using This is where you ll find all the advice assistance and support you could need to help you get the best possible results from your Oki printer Additionally the following optional features are also available gt Automatic two sided duplex printing for economical use of paper and compact printing of larger documents standard on C5450dn Introduction gt 7 gt Additional paper tray for loading a further 530 sheets to minimise operator intervention or different paper stocks for letterhead stationery alternative paper sizes or other print media Additional memory allows printing of more complex pages including two sided and booklet pages with the optional duplex unit Internal 20GB hard disk drive for storage of overlays macros and downloadable fonts and automatic collation of multiple copies of multipage documents PRINTER OVERVIEW FRONT VIEW 2 1 Output stacker face 3 Paper tray down Standard blank paper tray Holds up to 300 Standard printed copy sheets of 80g m paper delivery point Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g m 4 Multi purpose feeder Used for feeding heavier paper stocks s Operator paniel envelopes and other special medi
78. ness letters The first prints on just the top page and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages 1 Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software Remember if necessary to format the document so that it will fit within the appropriate space Open your application s Print dialogue and choose any options you will require ensuring that the target printer is your PostScript printer driver in which the overlays have been defined Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window On the Overlays tab EPS Printing Preferences choose Use Overlay from the drop down list 1 ar Red Click on the first overlay 2 you wish to use In this example it is the Cover Page overlay Then click the Add button 3 MAX 32 Ce ers eed Jp d rum If you want to use another overlay in this case it is the Continuation page click the second overlay 4 and then click the Add button 3 again When you have selected all the overlays you want to use for this document click OK Finally in your application s print dialogue click OK to begin printing Overlays and Macros 91 CREATING PCL OvERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a project file
79. ng PCL Properties KEJ General Details ColorManagement Setup Job Options Color Device Option Color Mode C Auto Color 1 HB PB C Grayscale Color Setting Auto 2 m Black Finish ov C y C Gloss I d ee C Mate e Manual Advent oo EE er i ires Satuation 0 sj F so Color Swatch Deli Cancel Apply Help 3 Choose from the available options a b c d e Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing daylight photographs Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours Good for office graphics Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a professional graphics monitor Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken SRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified Windows 9x Me Differences gt 41 USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of SS SSS sample colours Note that this is ae E not the full range of colo
80. ngle when the overlay is used To maintain the oval shape turn off deselect the Configure Image Data Palette ID and Palette Control filters Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the overlay PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one macro file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer directly into the project window if you prefer When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message The project window will display one BIN file for each printer file added Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files You will need them later If you wish to edit the names or ID numbers double click the file entry and edit the details Volume details are as follows 0 printer s disk drive PCL partition 1 printer s disk drive Common partition diskO printer s disk drive PostScript partition 2 flash memory PCL FlashO flash memory PostScript Note that the names are case sensitive and will be needed later exactly as they appear in this list Choose Projects Save Proje
81. nsum Instaled Papert f A us 2 Right click the printer icon for doeet 3 this printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu 3 On the Device Options tab check the box for the upgrade you have just installed 4 Click OK to close the properties window and then close the Printers window Windows 9x Me Differences gt 51 PostScript driver This driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed 1 Open the Printers window via the Start Menu or from the Windows Control Panel 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu 3 On the Device Settings tab PSI Preis TE select the upgrade you have Sem cem e rc just installed from the list of ows ae Installable Options Select Installed in the Change Settings for box e PASSWORD 0 PASSWORD2 o a Change setting for Job Type Normal 4 Click OK to close the Properties window and then close the Printers window Restore Defaults eee ce Windows 9x Me Differences 52 COLOUR PRINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output For general use the automatic settings will suffice providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents Many applications have their own colour settings and these may override the settings in the printer driver Please
82. nter driver without warning RGB or CMYK The guidelines for choosing a colour matching method makes distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most documents you print will be in RGB format This is the most common and if you do not know your document s colour mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor Windows 9x Me Differences 38 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 To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space MATCHING SPECIFIC COLOURS For instance a Company logo RGB only Oki Colour Matching and the sRGB setting PCL or PS driver PostScript Colour Matching using the Relative Colourimetric option Use the Colour Swatch Utility 1 to print out a chart of RGB swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your application s colour picker Properties KHE General Details ColorManagement Se Job Options Color Device Option Color Mode C Auto Color G fRdvanced Color
83. ontrol in the printer driver UsING ICC PROFILES Windows 2000 and Windows XP Affects RGB data only This provides a method of matching RGB colours similar to Windows ICM matching The main advantage it has over Windows ICM colour matching is that it provides a method of printing using both input and output profiles Windows ICM matching only allows output profiles to be chosen Input profiles provide information about the colour in the original device that was used to capture or display the image data For example an input device could be a scanner digital camera or monitor Colour Printing gt 64 Output profiles provide information about the device to which you are printing The Using ICC Profiles function allows both an input profile e g digital camera and an output profile e g your printer to be selected It uses both these profiles to generate a CRD Colour Rendering Dictionary and this is used to match the colours as closely as possible This feature may not work for all application programs However many professional graphics applications offer a similar feature in their print settings with the ability to choose a source input colour space and a print output colour space USING THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY The Oki Colour Correct Utility is provided on your printer driver CD ROM You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver The Colour Correct utility has the follo
84. oose Projects Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it later if you want to modify it Choose Projects Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer If you have a hard disk in the printer SDM will automatically download files to it If not SDM will download files to flash memory If you have a hard disk but still prefer to download to flash memory double click the file name in the Project window and under Volume type in FlashO and then click OK When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message TEST PRINTING THE OVERLAY 1 Click on the printer icon for the relevant printer and choose Printers Test Form In the Test PostScript Form window to test each overlay select it and click OK There will be a short pause while the printer processes the form and then it will print When each overlay has been tested click Exit Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects Exit to close Storage Device Manager DEFINING OVERLAYS This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel Right click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu On the Overlay tab click the New
85. oose any options you will require ensuring that the target printer is your PCL printer driver in which the overlays have been defined Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window On the Overlay tab check Overlay E3 the Use active overlays L j nia naive Ovens checkbox 1 WELL m In the Defined Overlays list 3 Add Remove click on the first overlay 2 you wish to use and click the Add button 3 to add it to the Active Overlays list If you want a reminder of how this overlay looks click the Test Print button If you want to use another overlay with this document in this example it is the Continuation Page overlay click this overlay 4 in the list of defined overlays and then click the Add button 3 again to add the second overlay to the list of active overlays When the list of active overlays contains all the items you want to use click OK Finally click the Print button in your application s Print dialogue to begin printing your document Overlays and Macros 96 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due As a guide the life expectancy of these items is Toner 3 000 standard capacity or 5 000 high V M M VM capacity A4 pages at 5 coverage which means that 5 of the addressable print area is printed with this colour Toner life is directly affected by coverage e
86. op cover Replacing consumable items gt 116 INSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer This includes e duplex two sided printing unit e additional RAM memory e 20GB hard disk drive DUPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two sided printing using less paper and making large documents easier to handle It also enables booklet printing which uses even less paper and makes large documents even easier to handle NOTE The duplex unit requires an additional 64MB memory upgrade standard on C5400dn The duplex unit slides straight into the rear of the printer and requires no tools to install 1 Unpack the new unit and remove any transit material from it 2 Switch the printer off It is not necessary to disconnect the AC power cable 3 Ensure that the unit is the right way up as shown and push it into the slot behind the rear panel The panel will swing inwards as you push the unit into it Push the unit all the way in until it stops and latches home gt Installing upgrades gt 117 Switch the printer on and wait for it to warm up about 1 minute Print a menu map as follows a Press the button to access the Information Menu b Press ENTER once for the menu map c Press ENTER again to print the menu map d When the menu map is printed press ON LINE to exit the menu system Examine the first page of the menu map
87. or Color Mode fidvanced Cold Auto C Glose C Matte p Manual Adjustment Wie O sd ri pk 1 Saturation 0 9 xj E Color Swatch Default eae eee ar An example of using the colour swatch function You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red The steps you would follow are 1 Print a colour swatch then select the shade of red that best suits your needs 2 Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that you liked 3 Using your program s colour picker enter these same RGB values and change the logo to that colour The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch If this is the case it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour Here it is unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required colour Colour Printing gt 60 PosTSCRIPT DRIVER COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The PostScript driver offers several different methods of controlling the colour output of the printer Some of the colour matching options only work on certain types of data The table below summarises the various options available and what types of data they affect COLOUR MATCHING OPTION RGB DATA CMYK DATA Oki Colour Matching Yes No PostScript Colour Matching Yes Yes CMYK Ink Simulation No Yes Windows ICM Matching Yes No Using ICC Profiles Yes No 1 Not
88. ough the list of menus until the menu you wish to view is displayed Then proceed as follows 1 Press ENTER to enter the menu 2 Use the keys to move up and down through the items in the menu When the item you want to change is displayed press ENTER to edit that item An asterisk appears next to the setting currently in effect 3 Use the keys to move up and down through the available settings for this item and press ENTER when the setting you want is displayed An asterisk will appear next to the setting indicating that this setting is now in effect Press BACK to move back to the list of menu items 5 Do one of the following e Press BACK again to move up to the list of menus Or e Press ONLINE to exit from the menu system and return to standby Menu functions gt 66 PRINT JOBS MENU This menu only appears when the hard disk drive is installed It is used for printing of documents stored on the internal hard disk These will be stored using either the secure printing feature or the proof and print feature Please refer to these features elsewhere in this manual for instructions on how to use You will be prompted for your password or personal identification number PIN The keys are used to enter each digit and the ENTER key to advance from one digit to the next INFORMATION MENU This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer INFORMATION MENU I
89. pes at the same time Do not pull the paper tray out during printing except as described below for the 2nd tray Close the paper tray gently 5 If you have two trays and you are printing from the 1st upper tray you can pull out the 2nd lower tray during printing to reload it However if printing from the 2nd lower tray do not pull out the 1st upper tray This will cause a paper jam 6 For face down printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is closed the paper exits from the top of the Loading paper 15 printer Stacking capacity is approximately 250 sheets depending on paper weight 7 For face up printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is open and the paper support 4 is extended Paper is stacked in reverse order and tray capacity is approximately 100 sheets depending on paper weight 8 Always use the face up rear stacker for heavy paper card stock etc CAUTION Do not open or close the rear paper exit while printing as it may result in a paper jam Loading paper gt 16 MULTI PURPOSE TRAY 1 Open the multi purpose tray and press gently down on the paper platform 1 to ensure it is latched down 2 Load the paper and adjust the paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used For single sided printing on headed paper load the paper into the multi purpose tray with pre printed side up and top edge into the printer For two sided duplex printing on headed p
90. prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting Replacing consumable items gt 106 With the coloured toner release lever 1 to the right pull the lever towards you This will release the bond between the toner cartridge and the image drum cartridge Lift the right hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end as shown and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture Take the new image drum cartridge out of its packaging and place it on the piece of paper where the old cartridge was placed Keep it the same way round as the old unit Pack the old cartridge inside the packaging material for disposal Place the toner cartridge onto the new image drum cartridge as shown Push the left end in first and then lower the right end in It is not necessary to fit a new Replacing consumable items 107 toner cartridge at
91. proprietors As an Energy Star Program Participant the manufacturer has m determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89 336 EEC EMC and 73 23 EEC LVD as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage Preface 2 CONTENTS Preface inesset ERR Rin a 2 Notes Cautions and Warnings 6 Introduction sre 7 Printer oVervl8W esso pora mone nee w Ren 8 Front VIeWs cua mo Rem UR BUR II RERO Rn eo 8 Rear VIEW wep vs ded eR gay hanes es 9 Changing the display language 10 Paper recommendations rs 11 Cassette tha VS iit das qu RCM eh EORUM eA 12 Multi purpose tray 1 2 000 ee eee ee 12 Face down stacker llle 13 Faceupstacker llle es 13 Duplex unit s c o en Re ae xL 13 Loading paper 2 2000 e eee eee 14 Cassette trays uik ey eR ea EROS EX RE 14 Multi purpose tray 00000 2s eau 17 Printer settings in Windows 18 PCLorPostScript ss cece mper RR xeu 18 Printing preferences in Windows applications 18 PostScript emulation 19 PCL emulation 2 serrer 20 Secure printing feature saasaa llle 21 Sending the document to print 21 Printing secure documents 22
92. ptions tab and select Proof and Print 2 PS Printing Preferences 1a Colour Overlays El Ask Oki Job Type Job Type Normal Normal C Proof and Pint e 2 Proot and Pint e 2 Secure Pint C Secure Pin C StoetoHDD f C Store to HOD Copies I Colete Copes i zT Copat Miscellaneous a Scale 100 I Dizebi Bed ee C Nomal Dist Toner Save Seale 3j Orientation o 2 o0 GP Do a J A mmc NET C Landscape M 180 Watermarks Overlays Eon Advanced Watermark Advanced OKI OKI Dein here Default TT sl ETE EE GE xr 3 In the small pop up window which appears enter a name for this print job 16 characters maximum and a 4 digit PIN using any combination of digits from 0 to 7 do not use 8 or 9 and click OK 4 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but only the first copy will print Printer settings in Windows 24 PRINTING THE REMAINING COPIES Documents stored on the printer s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways e From the printer s operator panel Or e From your PC desktop using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 Drivers and Utilities with the printer Printing from the operator panel READY O BACK D ENTER ATTENTION MENU ON
93. r left corner of the unit and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer Turn the two fasteners 5 90 to the right until they lock This will secure the belt unit in place Replace the four image drums complete with their toner cartridges into the printer in the same sequence as they came out cyan nearest the rear magenta yellow and black nearest the front Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed Replacing consumable items 112 FUSER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units WARNING If the printer has recently been powered on some fuser components will be very hot Handle the fuser with extreme care holding it only by its handle which will only be mildly warm to the touch A warning label clearly indicates the area If in doubt switch the printer off and wait at least 10 minutes for the fuser to cool before opening the printer cover Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully Replacing consumable items 113 2 Identify the fuser handle 1 on the top of the fuser unit 7 3 Pull the two fuser retaining levers 2 towards the front of t
94. rent lighting conditions For example the colours in a print may look different when Colour Printing 53 viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for manual colour can change the appearance of a print There are several options available to help match the printed colours with those displayed on screen Monitor settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Additionally your monitor s colour temperature influences how warm or cool the colours look Several of the colour matching options make reference to your monitor s colour temperature Many modern monitors allow the colour temperature to be adjusted using the monitor s control panel There are several settings found on a typical monitor 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphic art environments gt 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions 9300k Cool the default setting for many monitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature How your software application displays colour Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display colour differently from Office applications such as Microsoft Word Please see your application s on line help or user manual for more information Paper type The
95. rs are printed with emphasis on saturation b Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing photographs but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting c Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness d Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera Your results will vary depending on the subject and the conditions under which the photograph was taken e sRGB The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB colour space This may be useful if colour matching from an SRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera Colour Printing gt 59 USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE To use the Colour Swatch feature you must install the Colour Swatch Utility This is supplied on the CD ROM that was supplied with your printer The colour swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours Note that this is not the full range of colours that the printer can produce Listed on each sample colour are the corresponding RGB Red Green Blue values This can be used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB values Simply click the Colour Swatch button 1 and choose from the options available Properties HE General Detale ColorManagement Sew Job Options Color Device Option C Auto Col
96. s 000 eee eee 51 Adjusting Windows printer drivers 51 Colour Printing 0000s eee eee ee 53 Factors that affect the appearance of prints 53 Tips for printing in colour csse 55 RGBorCMYK llle 55 PCL Driver and PCLXL Driver 55 PostScript Driver leen 57 PCE DriVer 2 3 Ro ed sob RR eS ee 58 Accessing the colour matching options 58 Setting the colour matching options 59 Using the colour swatch feature 60 PostScript DFiVeE uorum a deseen x E 61 Colour matching options 61 PostScript colour matching 62 CMYK ink simulation leen 63 Windows ICM colour matching 64 Using ICC profiles 22 23 64 Using the Colour Correct Utility 65 Menu functions serene 66 Print jobs menu lille 67 Information menu llle 67 Shutdown Menu sssaaa aaa a 68 Printqmmenu uude Rx Een OE REA n 68 Media menu usus Re ERE EA 72 Colo r menu eg a rre Y RR YR 75 System configuration menu lisse 77 Preface 4 PCL emulation 4 vxo asatba er aD 79 Parallel menu uk mg ER 82 USB Imenus ssi oth aes A aut IS are bu A a 82 Network menu ese m Rh ih mnn 83 Maintenance menu eee ee 84 Usage men ix ex kc x RR v RR ves 85 Overlays and Macros eren 86 What are overlays and macros 86 Creating PostScript o
97. s printer maintenance functions MAINTENANCE MENU EXPLANATION ITEM SETTINGS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE DISABLE PAPER BLACK 2 0 2 SETTING PAPER COLOUR 2 0 2 SETTING TRANSPR 2 0 2 BLACK SETTING TRANSPR 2 0 2 COLOUR SETTING Resets menus to default settings Saves current menu settings as default values At confirmation prompt press ENTER to confirm save or CANCEL to cancel Enables or disables automatic power save mode Delay before entering this mode is set in the system configuration menu Used for small adjustment when you experience faded print or light specks 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 As above but for colour printing As above but for mono printing on transparencies As above but for colour printing on transparencies Menu functions gt 84 USAGE MENU This menu is for information only and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them USAGE MENU ITEM TOTAL PAGE COUNT TRAYn PAGE COUNT MPT PAGE COUNT COLOUR PAGE COUNT MONO PAGE COUNT K DRUM LIFE REMAINING C DRUM LIFE REMAINING M DRUM LIFE REMAINI
98. se Create Form from the drop down list 4 Click OK to close the Document Properties window ualty Job Options Color Overy Active Overlay MAX 4 Overlay Page Defined Overlay MAX 32 Re Click OK again to close the Print dialogue When prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN Close your application CREATE AND DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT 1 a e U N From the Windows Start menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Printers New Project Choose Printers Add File to Project Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one printer PRN file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message The project window will display one HST file for each printer file added Make a careful note of each of these names Ensure that you note them exactly as they appear they are case sensitive and you will need them later Overlays and Macros gt 88 10 11 Ch
99. supplied with your printer one for PCL emulation and the other for PostScript 3 emulation If you print mainly from general Office applications choose the PCL driver For faster printing of PDF documents choose PostScript Also choose PostScript if you print mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications NOTE With both drivers if optional accessories such as a Hard Disk or Duplex unit are fitted ensure that they are enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your Print HE document from a Windows Te application program a print ies j Status Default printer Ready dialogue box appears This Uwe OKP n re LPT1 dialogue usually specifies the Comment T Pie name of the printer on which Pint ange E 6G All Number of copies ft you will print your document epee tee el ram Next to the printer name is a See af le Properties button Laj a When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document Windows 9x Me Differences gt 30 The window which opens when you click Properties depends on which printer driver has been installed The PostScript driver offers different choices to the PCL driver PostScript Emulation 1 Paper size should be the
100. t eeeeeseseesseeese 67 Overlays and macros general 5 eee eee 86 Overlays PCL how to create 47 92 printing with overlays 50 94 96 Overlays PostScript defining in the Windows driver 89 how to create esee 87 printing with overlays 91 P Page orientation portrait or landscape 19 31 Paper jam clearing 127 loading cassette trays 14 loading letterhead 15 recommended types 11 supported sheet sizes 12 weight selection in Windows 20 weights and sizes 72 Parallel port enabling or disabling 82 Poster printing 20 32 Power saving delay time eeeeees 77 enabling or disabling 84 Print order face down stacker face up stacker face up down stacker Print quality ACJUSLING eue eerie eee nont 84 Print settings how to save 20 32 Printing confidential documents 21 33 Proof printing 24 35 S Standard documents printing stored documents 28 storing in the printer 27 36 Store to Hard Disk 36 Switching off correctly 68 T Toner current usage state how to replace life expectancy
101. t printing the macro 1 2 Choose Printers Test Macro In the Test Macro window enter its ID number and click OK After a short pause the printer will print the macro When each macro has been tested click Exit Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects Exit to close Storage Device Manager Windows 9x Me Differences gt 49 Step 3 Defining overlays This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel Right click on the relevant PCL printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu On the Job Options tab click the Overlay button In the Overlay window Click l the Define Overlays button 1 gH Active Overlays Name Pages tine ovedsye Corcel Helo Defaut In the Define Overlays window enter the name a and tel eee EM ID b of the required overlay as noted in step 2 para 7 and define which page s c of your 1 passt zee rcu documents will use this overlay P e Then click the Add button 1 to C e henee a add this overlay to the list of OO M defined overlays Repeat for gaa wee d 2 m _ any other related overlays this will create a group of overlays When done click the Close button 2 to close the window Remember that names and IDs of overlay f
102. ties Device options dialogue SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button PCL Emulation 1 In the driver window on OKI PCL Printing Preferences HE the Job Options tab select s o5 cass ER ask owi Store to HDD 1 Misa m C Proof and Print C Secure Prir 2 In the small pop up 3 cut Jl 4 window which appears Copes aee enter a name for this epum i i C Best Scale 100 I Disable print job 16 characters c maximum and a 4 digit Diet meme PIN using any Pet 2 P Vn Portrait 180 combination of digits pA A from 0 to 9 and click OK Watermarks Ovedys Fons Advanced 3 Click OK again to close OKI Defaut the driver window and ce TE again to close your application s Print dialogue Windows 9x Me Differences gt 36 PostScript Emulation 1 In the driver window on the Device Options tab select Store to HDD 1 aa rai Ld PS Properties BE General Details Color Management Paper Paper Graphics Device Options Postscriet Graphics Fonte Device Options PostScript Printer feat Y Available printer memory in KB 5001 B inter features Printer features 1 D1 EET Job Type Stor al PASSWORD2 xl PASSwDRD1 0 S i Change setting for PASSWORD1
103. type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed colour For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper Colour Printing 54 TIPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR Your printer driver contains several different ways to help match the colour on your screen to the colour produced by your printer You will get best results by choosing a colour matching method appropriate to the type of document you are printing Please note that these tips are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications will override any colour matching settings in the printer driver without warning RGB oR CMYK The guidelines for choosing a colour matching method make a distinction between RGB Red Green Blue and CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black RGB is the most common type of colour data and is common in Microsoft Office documents photographs from scanners digital cameras web pages and most other general documents If you do not know your document s colour mode assume it is RGB CMYK documents are typically only supported in professional desktop publishing and graphics applications PCL DRIVER AND PCLXL DRIVER The PCL and PCLXL drivers are designed to handle RGB data only If you need to print CMYK documents use the PostScript driver Printing photographic images Select Photo Enhance option when printing photographic im
104. types of data they affect COLOUR MATCHING OPTION RGB DATA CMYK DATA Oki Colour Matching Yes No PostScript Colour Matching Yes Yes CMYK Ink Simulation No Yes Windows ICM Matching Yes No Oki Colour Matching This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only gt Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images gt Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colours gt sRGB is the best choice for matching specific colours such as printing logos Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Good for office graphics and text Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 9300K Windows 9x Me Differences gt 43 Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken SRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the gamut set of printable colours are modified POSTS
105. u map as follows a Press the button to access the Information Menu b Press ENTER once for the menu map c Press ENTER again to print the menu map d When the menu map is printed press ONLINE to exit the menu system 16 Examine the first page of the menu map Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This should now indicate that the hard disk unit is installed All that remains is to configure the Windows printer driver so that it knows the hard disk unit has been fitted and the additional features can be made available immediately Installing upgrades 124 ADJUSTING WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers the driver must be adjusted on each user s machine The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP Other Windows versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same PCL DRIVER If you have installed a memory upgrade it is not necessary to change the PCL printer driver and you can ignore this section If you have installed a duplex unit or hard disk proceed as follows 1 Open the Printers window called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP via the Start Menu or from the Windows Control P
106. urs that PLUR A the printer can produce Listed on ja each sample colour are the licis C Natural corresponding RGB Red Green Blue values This can be used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own p RE EN J 1 RGB values Simply click the e Colour Swatch button 1 and SS Cw m n choose from the options available Monitore C Unadjusted An example of using the Colour Swatch function You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red The steps you would follow are 1 Print a colour swatch then select the shade of red that best suits your needs 2 Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that you liked 3 Using your program s colour picker enter these same RGB values and change the logo to that colour The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch If this is the case it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour Here it is unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required colour Windows 9x Me Differences 42 POSTSCRIPT DRIVER COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The PostScript driver offers several different methods of controlling the colour output of the printer Some of the colour matching options only work on certain types of data The table below summarises the various options available and what
107. verlays 87 Creating the overlay image 87 Create and download the project 88 Test printing the overlay 4 89 Defining overlays llle 89 Printing with PostScript overlays 91 Creating PCL Overlays 00000 5 92 Creating the overlay image 92 Create and download macros 92 Test printing the macro lees 94 Defining overlays 00 eee eens 94 Printing with PCL overlays 96 Replacing consumable items 97 Consumable order details 4 98 Toner cartridge replacement 99 Image drum replacement 05 104 Replacing the belt unit 110 Fuser replacement 00000 eee 113 Cleaning the LED head 2 116 Installing upgrades 117 Duplex nit saecu EE ew aon Rex Res 117 Memory upgrade leen 119 Hard disk drive uie ates Oe ue xs 122 Adjusting Windows printer drivers 125 PCL driVet uo vum tenor E rE dx Dads oe 125 PostScript driver llle 126 Clearing paper jams lle 127 Specifications leer 134 Index Wi EP EXGm SEV eS ai 135 Oki contact details lsrssee 137 Preface 5 NOTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS NOTE A note appears in this manual like this A note provides additional information to supplement t
108. w the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end as shown and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the printer 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture CAUTION The green image drum surface is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 6 Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment Replacing consumable items gt 102 7 Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge 8 Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge 9 Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed 10 Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum unit first pushing it against the spring on the drum unit then lower the right end of the cartridge do
109. wever paper jams occasionally do occur and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point on the paper path through the printer When a jam occurs the printer immediately stops and the Alert LED on the Status Panel together with the Status Monitor informs you of the event If printing multiple pages or copies do not assume that having cleared an obvious sheet others will not also be stopped somewhere along the path These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation 1 If a sheet is well advanced out of the top of the printer simply grip it and pull gently to draw it fully out If it does not remove easily do not use excessive force It can be removed from the rear later 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch Clearing paper jams 127 3 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path Holding it by its top centre lift the cyan image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer
110. wing features gt Microsoft Office palette colours can be individually adjusted This is useful if you want to change how a specific colour is printed gt Colours can be adjusted by changing Hue Saturation and Gamma This is useful if you wish to change the overall colour output Once these colour adjustments have been made the new settings can be selected from the printer driver Colour tab To select adjustments made with the Colour Correct Utility From your application program click File and point to Print Click Properties This displays the printer driver options Click the Colour tab Click Advanced Colour 5 Click User Defined Select the colour adjustment you made with the Colour Correct Utility A U Pe Colour Printing gt 65 MENU FUNCTIONS This sections lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window It should be noted that many of these settings can be and often are overridden by settings in the Windows printer drivers However several of the driver settings can be left at Printer Setting which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus Factory default settings are shown in bold type in the following tables In the normal operating condition known as standby the printer s LCD window will show ONLINE In this condition to enter the menu system press the keys on the operator panel to move up and down thr
111. wn onto the image drum unit Replacing consumable items 103 11 Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated push the coloured lever 1 towards the rear of the printer This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit 12 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed IMAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover CAUTION A Static sensitive devices handle with care The printer contains four image drums cyan magenta yellow and black Replacing consumable items 104 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Replacing consumable items 105 3 Holding it by its top centre lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer 4 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to

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