Oki 5100n Printer User Manual
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1. Second paper tray Adjusting Windows printer drivers Clearing paperjams Specifications 0 008 Oki contact details CONTENTS gt 4 30 30 32 32 33 34 36 37 37 38 40 41 42 42 43 43 44 45 46 46 47 52 57 59 62 62 64 67 68 69 77 78 80 NOTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS A note appears in this manual like this A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product A caution appears in this manual like this A caution provides additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage WARNING 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 5 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying an Oki 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 Up to 12 pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents gt Up to 202. REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 53 4 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 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 5 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 6 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 7 Take the new image drum cartridge out of its packaging and place it on the piece of paper where the old cartridge was REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 54 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
3. 1 page When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 17 SETUP TAB When you click the Properties button einai 2a from your application s Print pa 7 dialogue the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for the current document 1 Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document unless you wish to m e scale the printout to fit Soe ES another size and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer Add A4 210x 297mm You can choose the source of the paper to feed which may be Tray 1 the standard paper tray Tray 2 if you have the optional 2nd paper tray installed or the multipurpose feeder You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray 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 p
4. 9 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 10 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed 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 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 59 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully 2 3 Pull the two fuser retaining levers 2 towards the front of the 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 pa
5. 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 WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 26 6 A single on screen button restores the default settings JOB OPTIONS TAB 1 The output resolution of the HES BE printed page can be set as follows gt The highest quality setting prints at 600 x 1200dpi This option requires the most printer memory 27 e m and takes the wae 6 ae ee ee longest to print gt The normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is adequate for all but the most discerning applications gt The fast setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for draft documents where print quality is less critical 2 You can print watermark text behind the main page image This is useful for marking documents as draft confidential etc 3 You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively although you will need to top up the paper tray during sucha long print run 4 Page orientation can be set to either portrait tall or landscape wide 5 Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery 6 A single on scree
6. cyan magenta and yellow giving a more glossy appearance or using only black toner giving a more matte appearance Choosing the automatic setting allows the driver to make the most appropriate choice depending on image content A single on screen button restores the default settings PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 20 SETTING FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows rather than from within an application program a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next GENERAL TAB 1 This area lists some of the main features of your printer including optional items such as duplex two sided printing 2 This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs Changes you make here however will become the new default settings for all Windows applications 3 This button prints a test page to ensure that your printer is working PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 21 ADVANCED TAB 1 You can specify which times of day your printer will be available 2 Indicates current priority from 1 lowest to 99 highest Highest priority documents will print first 3 Specifies that documents should be spooled stored ina special print file befo
7. MENU ssssssssssssssssssesessesessss 42 Multipurpose tray HOW tO USE ceesececesesseeeeeeeeeee 16 paper Metrics eeeeseeeeeeee 11 INDEX gt 78 o Options Additional paper trays 67 P Page orientation setting in Windows 19 27 Paper jam clearing eee eeeeeeeeeeeee 69 loading cassette trays 13 loading letterhead 14 recommended types 06 10 size setting in Windows 18 26 supported sheet sizes 11 tray selection in Windows 18 26 Poster printing 18 26 Power saving delay time 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeee 41 Print order face down stacker 15 face up stacker Print settings HOW tO SAVE eee eeeeeeeee 18 26 Printer default settings Windows defaults 21 29 Printing adjusting image position 43 Priority print queue priority 22 R Resolution setting in Windows 19 27 S Separator page separating print jobs on a shared printet scnscesseveccesceepncesscsenseses 23 Spooling Windows settings eesse 22 T Toner how to replace ssseesessesssesses 47 life expectancy eesssesssseeesessse 46 life remaining eesse 45 Transparencies recommended types 06 10 Ww Watermark printing in Windows 19 27 INDEX gt 79 OKI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems UK Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Trading Estate Slough SL1 4LE Tel 44 0 1753 8
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9. drum unit first pushing it against the spring on the drum unit then lower the right end of the cartridge down onto the image drum unit 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 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 51 IMAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover Static sensitive devices handle with care The printer contains four image drums cyan magenta yellow and black 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 52 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge 3 Holding it by its top centre lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer
10. new unit and remove any transit material from it 2 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 Anny LT 3 Switch the printer on and wait for it to warm up about 1 minute INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 62 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 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 Allthat remains is to adjust the Windows printer driver to make full use of the new features INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 63 MEMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 32MB of main memory This can be upgraded with an additional memory board containing 64MB or 256MB giving a maximum total memory capacity of 288MB 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 p
11. 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 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 gt Avery White Laser Label types 7162 7664 7666 A4 or 5161 Letter gt Kokuyo A693X series A4 or A650 B5 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS gt 10 CASSETTE TRAYS Size Dimensions Weight g m A6 Tray 1 only 105x148mm A5 148 x 210mm B5 182 x 257mm Light 64 74g m2 Executive 184 2 x 266 7mm Medium 75 90g mz2 A4 210 x 297mm Heavy 91 120g m2 Letter 215 9 x 279 4mm Ultra heavy 121 176g m2 Legal 13in 216 x 330mm Tray 2 only Legal 13 5in 216 x 343mm Legal 14in 216 x 356mm If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray 2nd tray if you have one or multipurpose 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 function is enabled in the driver settings See Printer Settings in Windows later in this guide Whe
12. pages per minute in black and white for fast and efficient printing of all general purpose documents not requiring colour gt 600 x 1200dpi dots per inch print resolution for high quality image production showing the finest detail gt Single Pass Colour Digital LED technology for high speed processing of your printed pages gt 10Base T and 100Base TX network connection lets you share this valuable resource among users on your office network 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 gt Additional paper tray for loading a further 530 sheets at a time to minimise operator intervention or different paper stocks for letterhead stationery alternative paper sizes or other print media gt Additional memory allows printing of more complex pages including two sided and booklet pages with the optional duplex unit INTRODUCTION gt 6 PRINTER OVERVIEW FRONT VIEW 1 Output stacker facedown 4 Multipurpose feeder Standard printed copy Used for feeding heavier paper stocks delivery point Holds up to envelopes and other special media Also for 250 sheets at 80g m manual feeding of single sheets when 2 Operator panel required Menu driven operator 5 ON OFF switch controls and LCD display 6 Front Cover release lift panel 7 Multipurpose feeder release 2 pr
13. spooling when deciding which document to print next even if completed documents are lower priority than documents which are still spooling If no documents have completed spooling the spooler will favour larger spooling documents over shorter ones Use this option if you want to maximise printer efficiency When this option is disabled the spooler chooses documents based only on their priority settings Specifies that the spooler should not delete documents after they are completed This allows documents to be re submitted to the printer from the spooler instead of printing again from the application program If you use this option frequently it will require large amounts of disk space on your computer Specifies whether advanced features such as booklet printing page order and pages per sheet are available depending on your printer For normal printing keep this option enabled If compatibility problems occur you can disable the feature However these advanced options may then not be available even though the hardware might support them This button provides access to the same setup windows as when printing from applications Changes made via the Windows Control Panel become the Windows default settings You can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents This is particularly useful on a shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 23 COL
14. the left hand end as shown and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the printer 1 i 2 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 49 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 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 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 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 50 10 11 12 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 Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image
15. window called Printers and Faxes in Smead Sate steed eee Or Windows XP via the Start Menu acne ia or from the Windows Control awe Panel 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu ec oe tee 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 68 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 However paper jams occasionally do occur and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point on the paper path through the printer When a jam occurs the printer immediately stops and the LCD window on the operator panel informs you of the event If printing multiple pages or copies do not assume that having cleared an obvious sheet that others will not also be stopped somewhere along the path These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation 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 f
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17. ATURE 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 Color Swatch button 1 and choose from the options available 1 Cor Swatch Default Ok Cancel Apply Help 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 COLOUR PRINTING gt 34 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 35 MENU FUNCTIONS This section 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 ov
18. Action Explanation PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints complete menu listing with current settings shown DEMO1 EXECUTE Prints demo page 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 PAPER FEED TRAY1 Selects the default tray for paper feed Tray 1 TRAY2 upper Tray 2 lower if installed or MP Tray MP TRAY multipurpose tray AUTO TRAY SWITCH ON OFF Turns Auto Tray Switch function ON or OFF TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN Select Tray Sequences of Auto Tray Select and UP Auto Tray Switch PAPER FEED TRAY MP TRAY USAGE DONOTUSE If adocument to be printed demands a paper size WHEN not installed in the selected tray the printer can MISMATCH automatically feed from the multipurpose 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 check the size of DISABLE paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print MONO PRINT SPEED AUTO Selects the printer s print engine speed for the COLOR type of print media in use SPEED NORMAL SPEED MENU FUNCTIONS gt 37 MEDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media MEDIA MENU Item Settings Explanation TRAY1 PAPERSIZE A4 A5 A6 B5 Selects the size of paper loa
19. As an Energy Star Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 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 mi PREFACE gt 2 CONTENTS Preface c cece eeee Introduction Printer overview Front View Rear VieW 2 eee ee Changing the display language Paper recommendations Cassette trayS Multipurpose tray Face down stacker Face up stacker Duplex unit eee eee Loading Paper Cassette trayS Multipurpose tray oe oe Printer settings in Windows Printing preferences in Windows applications Setup tab 0 4 Job Options tab Color tab 0000 Setting from Windows Control Panel Generaltab Advanced tab Color Management tab Device Options tab Windows 9x differences Printer settings in Windows Printing preferences in Windows applications Setup tab 0 00 Job Options tab Colour tab eea Se
20. BLE ITEMS gt 57 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 7 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 rear left REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 58 corner of the unit and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer 8 Turn the two fasteners 5 90 to the right until they lock This will secure the belt unit in place
21. C5100n se 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 for the results of errors beyond its control The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible we make no warranty of any kind expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein The most up to date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website http www okieurope com Copyright 2003 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 proprietors
22. NDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 25 SETUP TAB When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialogue the driver window opens to 2 e fh g allow you to specify your printing preferences for the Properties BE Setup Job Options Colour Media 1 lt sie RET Paper Feed Options Finishing Made current document 1 Paper size should be the same as the page 3 4 E 5 Standard Options 2Sided Printing Duplex None Driver Settings Default A4 210 x 297 mm size of your save document unless Mow vse tll g you wish to scale the Ce a e f oee 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 the paper to feed which may 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 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
23. OPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE PLAIN LETTERHEAD TRANSPARENCY LABELS BOND RECYCLED CARD STOCK ROUGH MEDIUM 75 90g m HEAVY 91 121g m ULTRA HEAVY 122 203g m MILLIMETER INCH 100 210 216 MILLIMETER 148 297 1200 MILLIMETER Explanation Selects the size of paper to be fed from the multipurpose tray For CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION later in this table Selects the type of media to be fed from the multipurpose tray so that the printer can adjust its internal parameters to better accommodate the selected type of media Selects the media weight to be fed from the multipurpose tray Selects the unit of measure for the next two items Selects the width of paper defined by the CUSTOM settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings Selects the length of paper defined 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 multipurpose tray for banner printing MENU FUNCTIONS gt 39 COLOR 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 j
24. OR MANAGEMENT TAB This window allows you to select which colour matching profile to use in order to obtain the best colour match to your source devices such as monitor scanner or camera Colour matching is an advanced topic covered separately elsewhere in this guide DEVICE OPTIONS TAB In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer This is covered in more detail in the section in this guide about installing upgrades amp OKI C5100 Properties General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Device Option These settings let you associate color profiles with your color printer Color profes control the color on your printer based on the ype of media being used and the printer configuration Automatic Windows will automatically select the best color profe from the st of associated color profiles Recommended O Manuat Manually select the defaut color profile for all output from this device from the list of associated color profes Default color profile OPS1SR12 Color Profiles curently associated with this printer OP51NVO3 a OPSINVOS OPSINVI2 OP51SR03 OPS1SR05 Fenove amp Properties General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Device Option Available Options ae Avalable Tray Se d Duplex Option Unit yg Entrant About K Cancel Hele Cx PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 24 WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES Screen p
25. Portuguese Polish Explanation Adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode In this mode power consumption is reduced to a 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 When ON non critical warnings such as requests for a different paper size can be cleared by pressing the ON LINE button When set to JOB they are cleared when the print job resumes Specifies how many seconds the printer will wait for paper to be fed before cancelling the job Specifies how many seconds the printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject In PostScript Emulation mode the job will be cancelled if timeout occurs Specifies whether the printer should continue printing even after a low toner condition is detected Specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred If ON the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared Sets the language used for the display window and printed reports MENU FUNCTIONS gt 41 USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface USB MENU Item VERSION SOFT RESET Settings 1 1 2 0 Explanation Selects USB version for compatibility ENABLE DISABLE Enable
26. ace the used cartridge while you install the new one Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly inside the pack that the new one came in Follow any regulations recommendations etc which may be in force concerning waste recycling If you do spill any toner powder lightly brush it off If this is not enough use a cool damp cloth to remove any residue Do not use hot water and never use solvents of any kind They will make stains permanent WARNING If you inhale any toner or get it in your eyes drink a little water or bathe your eyes liberally in cold water Seek 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 47 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labeled 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 gt 48 3 Pull the coloured toner release lever 1 on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer Lift the right hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release
27. buffer memory for receiving 1MB 2MB 4MB incoming data Normally this is allocated 8MB 16MB dynamically as required FLASH INITIALIZE EXECUTE Clears all data from flash memory SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT MENU This menu provides fine adjustment of image position on the printed page in steps of 0 25mm Sys Adjust Menu Item Settings Explanation X ADJUST 2 00 0 2 00 Horizontal position Y ADJUST 2 00 0 2 00 Vertical position MENU FUNCTIONS gt 43 MAINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions MAINTENANCE MENU Item MENU RESET SAVE MENU POWER SAVE PAPER BLACK SETTING PAPER COLOR SETTING TRANSPR BLACK SETTING TRANSPR COLOR SETTING Settings EXECUTE EXECUTE ENABLE DISABLE 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 Explanation 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 col
28. ckaging and remove the transit material REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 60 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 iw 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 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 gt 61 INSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer This includes gt duplex two sided printing unit gt additional RAM memory 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 The duplex unit slides straight into the rear of the printer and requires no tools to install Ensure printer is switched off at the AC outlet and remove cable from printer AC input socket 1 Unpack the
29. ded in Tray 1 LEGAL14 upper tray if both trays installed For LEGAL13 5 CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION and LEGAL13 Y DIMENSION later in this table LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM TRAY1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN Selects the type of media loaded in this LETTERHEAD tray This will help the printer to adjust BOND its internal operating parameters such RECYCLED as engine speed and fusing CARDSTOCK temperature to better accommodate the ROUGH media to be fed For example letterhead may benefit from a slightly lower fusing temperature to ensure that its ink does not offset TRAY1 LIGHT 64 74g mz Adjusts the printer for the weight of MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM 75 104g m2 paper stock loaded in thus tray HEAVY 105 120g mz2 TRAY2 PAPERSIZE A4 A5 B5 LEGAL14 Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 2 LEGAL13 5 lower if installed For CUSTOM setting LEGAL13 see X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION LETTER later in this table EXECUTIVE CUSTOM TRAY2 MEDIATYPE PLAIN Selects the type of media loaded in this LETTERHEAD tray BOND RECYCLED CARDSTOCK ROUGH TRAY2 LIGHT 64 74g mz2 Adjusts the printer for the weight of MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM 75 104g m2 paper stock loaded in this tray HEAVY 105 120g mz2 ULTRA HEAVY 121 175g m2 MENU FUNCTIONS gt 38 MEDIA MENU Item MPT PAPERSIZE MPT PAPERTYPE MPT MEDIAWEIGHT UNIT OF MEASURE X DIMENSION Y DIMENSION Settings A4 A5 A6 B5 LEGAL14 LEGAL13 5 LEGAL13 LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM COM 9 ENVEL
30. do not match the colours displayed on screen COLOUR PRINTING gt 30 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions For example the colours in a print may look different when 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 There are several settings found on a typical monitor gt 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphics arts environments gt 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions gt 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 type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed col
31. e Properties button next to the printer name COLOUR PRINTING gt 32 SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1 On the Colour tab select Manual for Colour Matching Properties PR Setup Job Options Color Color Mode C bute Cale Manual Color C Monochrome Color Setting Auto G Natural Unadusted Manual Adjustment Lighiness DO 4 ai KE Sauaion D r 0 Default Helo 2 Choose the Manual colour setting and select from the following options a b c d Setup Job Options Color Color Mode c pes z 10 Color Swatch Default x EET Hep 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 COLOUR PRINTING gt 33 brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken e 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 USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FE
32. e 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 gt 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 gt Transfer belt Approximately 50 000 A4 pages gt Fuser Approximately 45 000 A4 pages CONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS Item Life Order No Toner high capacity black 5 000 A4 5 42127408 Toner high capacity cyan 5 000 A4 5 42127407 Toner high capacity magenta 5 000 A4 5 42127406 Toner high capacity yellow 5 000 A4 5 42127405 Toner rainbow pack 1 ea CMYK 5 000 A4 5 42403002 Image drum black 17 000 A4 pages 42126608 Image drum cyan 17 000 A4 pages 42126607 Image drum magenta 17 000 A4 pages 42126606 Image drum yellow 17 000 A4 pages 42126605 Fuser 45 000 A4 pages 42158603 Transport belt 50 000 A4 3 job 42158702 Average life Please always use genuine Oki consumables Use of compatibles and counterfeit items may impair performance and could cause product damage which is not covered under the warranty REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 46 TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT 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 pl
33. ently 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 LOADING PAPER gt 14 6 For face down printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is closed the paper exits from the top of the 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 15 MULTIPURPOSE 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 gt For single sided printing on headed paper load the paper into the multipurpose tray with pre printed side up and top edge into the printer gt For two sided duplex printing on headed paper load the paper with pre printed side down and top edge away from the printer Optional duplex unit must be installed for this fu
34. erridden 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 through the list of menus until the menu you wish to view is displayed The 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 4 Press BACK to move back to the list of menu items 5 Do one of the following gt Press BACK again to move up to the list of menus or gt Press ON LINE to exit from the menu system and return to standby MENU FUNCTIONS gt 36 INFORMATION MENU This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer INFORMATION MENU Item
35. ess 3 Paper tray Standard blank paper tray Holds up to 300 sheets of 80g m2 paper The LCD display language can be changed to show any of 12 different languages See Changing the display language on page 9 INTRODUCTION gt 7 REAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex two sided printing unit 10 11 9 8 AC power socket 11 Network interface 9 USB interface 12 Location of optional duplex unit 10 Network status lights 13 Rear face up 100 sheet stacker 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 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 multipurpose 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 m2 media INTRODUCTION gt 8 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 BACK D ENTER LoD MENU ATTENTION CANCEL D 1 Press the key repeatedly to access the System Configuration Menu 2 Press the ENTER key to enter the System Configuration Men
36. ettings WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 28 SETTING FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from the Control Panel rather than from within an application program a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided Changes made here will affect all documents you print from Windows applications and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next GENERAL TAB 1 This button prints a test page to ensure that your printer is working Properties x General Details Color Management Printer Properties J so Comment J Separator page inore L 8 Print Test Page e Corea DEVICE OPTIONS TAB In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer This is covered in more detail in the section in this guide about installing upgrades To select this tab 1 From the Printer Properties dialogue select Printer Properties tab 2 From the drop down menu select the Device Options tab Setup Job Options Colour Device Options M Installed Options IntaledPoeatoe E Duplex Unit WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 29 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 a
37. g which originally contained the new memory board INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 65 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 bottom 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 side 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 ON LINE 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 32MB INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 66 SECOND PAPER TRAY An additional
38. mbly 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 gt 73 9 Lower the top cover down 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 gt Pull out any sheets found in this area gt 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 pressure release lever 4 l 4 Sh eee a 11 If not using the rear exit tray close it once paper has been removed from this area CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 74 12 13 If your printer has a duplex unit installed press the cover release at the centre of the unit open the cover and remove any sheets in this area then close the cover CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 75 14 Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find then close the cover 15 Pull out the paper tray in use when the jam occurred and ensure that all paper is stacked properly is undamaged and that the paper guide
39. n button restores the default settings WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 27 COLOUR TAB 1 Colour output can be adjusted automatically or manually Automatic adjustment will give excellent results in the majority of instances However if fine adjustment is needed to brightness or saturation select the Manual Colour option 3 Brightness 0 O DEs3 Saturation 0 Ou o Colour Swatch Defeut e Properties 71x Setup Job Options Colour Colour Mode Auto Colour 1 Wanattctoce C Monochrome Colour Matching 2 Fa Auto C Manual Bis Black Frish C Disabled Ato C Gloss 4 I Matte Manual Settings cees amn e 2 You can choose from a range of colour matching options depending on the image source for your document For example a photograph taken on a digital camera might require different colour matching to a business graphic created in a spreadsheet application Again for most general purpose use Automatic is the best choice 3 Printed output may be made lighter or darker or the colours made more saturated and vibrant as required Black areas may be printed using 100 cyan magenta and yellow giving a more glossy appearance or using only black toner giving a more matte appearance Choosing the Automatic setting allows the driver to make the most appropriate choice depending on image content 5 A single on screen button restores the default s
40. n printing from other systems this function is enabled in the Print Menu See Menu Functions later in this guide MULTIPURPOSE TRAY The multipurpose 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 multipurpose 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 m2 and 128g mz2 and the face up rear paper stacker Use the multipurpose 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 gt 11 FACE DOWN STACKER The face down stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 250 sheets of 80g m2 standard paper and can handle paper stocks up to 176g mz2 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 extension pulled out when required for use In this condition paper will exit via this path regardless of d
41. nction gt 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 gt 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 multipurpose tray in the Media Menu see Menu Functions LOADING PAPER gt 16 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 Windows 9x and Me are substantially different and are covered in a separate chapter PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialogue box appears This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document Next to the printer name is a Properties button
42. ob is complete COLOR MENU Item Settings Explanation DENSITY CONTROL AUTO If set to AUTO image density will be MANUAL automatically adjusted at power on whena new image drum or toner cartridge is installed and at intervals of 100 300 and 500 drum counts If a 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 ADJUST DENSITY EXECUTE Selecting this will perform the auto density set up immediately AJST REGISTRATION EXECUTE 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 to the black image C REG FINE ADJUST 3 0 3 M REG FINE ADJUST 3 0 3 Y REG FINE ADJUST 3 0 3 Performs fine adjustment of image timing in relation to the black image component MENU FUNCTIONS gt 40 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU Items POW SAVE TIME CLEARABLE WARNING MANUAL TIMEOUT WAIT TIMOUT LOW TONER JAM RECOVERY LANGUAGE Settings 15 30 60 240 ON JOB OFF 30 60 5 40 300 CONTINUE STOP ON OFF English German French Italian Spanish Swedish Norwegian Danish Dutch Turkish
43. our For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper COLOUR PRINTING gt 31 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 printer driver without warning 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 To open colour matching options from j the Windows Control Panel Advanced Color Management Device Option 1 Open the Printers window called Printers and Faxes in mwn Windows XP 2 Right click the printer name and choose Properties 3 Click the Printing Preferences 1 button 1 To open colour matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click th
44. our printing on transparencies MENU FUNCTIONS gt 44 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 Explanation TOTAL PAGE COUNT The total number of prints output by the printer TRAYn PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from tray n MPT PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from the multipurpose tray COLOR PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in colour MONO PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in monochrome K DRUM LIFE REMAINING C DRUM LIFE REMAINING M DRUM LIFE REMAINING Y DRUM LIFE REMAINING Percentage of life remaining in these consumable items K TONER C TONER Current toner level for 5 000 page and 3 000 page M TONER cartridges Y TONER MENU FUNCTIONS gt 45 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due As a guide the life expectancy of these items is gt Toner 5 000 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 g at 10 coverage there is sufficient toner for 2 500 pages conversely at 2 5 there is sufficient toner for 10 000 pages in the cartridge Th
45. paper tray can be installed and when combined with the standard paper tray increases the paper capacity to 830 sheets approximately Installation 1 Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable and printer interface cable WARNING The printer weighs 26 kg 2 people are required to lift the printer safely and prevent any personal injury 2 Lower the printer gently on to the additional paper tray unit aligning the holes and connection socket on the base of the printer with the locating pegs and plug on the additional paper tray unit 3 Connect the printer interface cable and power cable then switch on the printer All that remains is to adjust the Windows printer driver to make full use of the new features INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 67 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 If you have installed a memory upgrade it is not necessary to change the printer driver and you can ignore this section If you have installed a duplex unit proceed as follows 1 Open the Printers
46. pplications have their own colour settings and these may override the settings in the printer driver Please 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 gt 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 ona monitor and vice versa gt 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
47. re being printed The document is then printed in the background allowing your application program to become available more quickly 4 This specifies that printing should not start until the last page has been spooled If your application program needs a lot of time for further computation in the middle of printing causing the print job to pause for more than a short period the printer could prematurely assume that the document has finished Selecting this option would prevent that situation but printing will be completed a little later as the start is delayed 5 This is the opposite choice to the one above Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling 6 This specifies that the document should not be spooled but printed directly Your application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete This requires less disk space on your computer since there is no spool file 7 Directs the spooler to check the document setup and match it to the printer setup before sending the document to print Ifa mismatch is detected the document is held in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and the PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 22 10 11 12 document restarted from the print queue Mismatched documents in the queue will not prevent correctly matched documents from printing Specifies that the spooler should favour documents which have completed
48. resentations of Windows 9x together with some procedures are significantly different than 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 online help for more information 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 PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your _ document from a Windows Pate application program a Print ae A E dialogue box appears This Nel c dialogue usually specifies the cosa ane name of the printer on which you Ea kanie FS will print your document Next to me ete the printer name is a Properties button m When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running WI
49. right end in It is not necessary to fit a new toner cartridge at 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 gt 55 10 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 11 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 56 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 WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges It is essential that they go back in the same order 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge REPLACING CONSUMA
50. rinter has been powered on recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch 3 Lift the front cover latch and pull open the front cover 4 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 gt 64 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 touching 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 C C O oOo o o o o o vf 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 ba
51. rints 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 18 JOB OPTIONS TAB Properties lede Setup Job Options Color Quality Job Type Cones fT T Cote ot 3 Orientation Potiat I 180 J4 C Landscape M 180 C Fast r mo 5 2 warns Advanced Defaut 1 6 OK Cancel Help 1 The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows gt The highest quality setting prints at 600 x 1200dpi This option requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print gt The normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is adequate for all but the most discerning applications gt The fast setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for draft documents where print quality is less critical 2 You can print watermark text behind the main page image This is useful for marking doc
52. river settings The face up stacker can hold up to 100 sheets of 80g m standard paper and can handle stocks up to 203g mz2 Always use this stacker and the multipurpose feeder for paper stocks heavier than 176g mz2 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 m2 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS gt 12 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 S y 1 2 3 LOADING PAPER gt 13 3 Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the front of the printer as shown 4 Adjust the rear stopper 1 and paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used To prevent paper jams gt Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper gt Do not overfill the paper tray Capacity depends on the type of paper stock gt Do not load damaged paper gt Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same time gt Do not pull the paper tray out during printing except as described below for the 2nd tray gt Close the paper tray g
53. rom 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 labeled Do not touch CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 69 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 image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer a CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 70 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 four image drum units 7 Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit y y 3 ieee etal i z H Se 4g Fy gt To remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of
54. s are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack When satisfied replace the tray 16 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 gt 76 Item Dimensions Weight Print speeds Resolution Emulations Auto Features Memory Paper capacity at 80g m2 Paper weight Paper output Printer life Duty cycle Toner life Image drum life Belt life Fuser life SPECIFICATIONS Specification 400 x 528 x 330mm Wx D xH 25Kg 12 pages per minute colour 20 pages per minute monochrome 600dpi or 600 x 1200dpi Windows GDI Auto registration Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset 32MB standard upgradable to 128MB or 288MB 300 sheets in main tray 530 sheets in optional 2nd tray 50 sheets in multipurpose tray 60 120g m in main tray 60 176g m in 2nd tray 75 203g mz2 in multipurpose tray 250 sheets in face down top stacker 80g m2 100 sheets in face up rear stacker 80g mz2 420 000 pages or 5 years 20 000 pages per month max 4 000 pages per month average 5 000 pages at 5 coverage 15 000 pages at 3 pages per job 50 000 A4 pages at 3 pages per job 45 000 A4 pages SPECIFICATIONS gt 77 INDEX A Additional paper
55. s or disables the SOFT RESET NETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s 10Base T 100Base T network interface NETWORK MENU Item TCP IP NETBEUI IP ADDRESS SET IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY ADDRESS INITIALIZE NIC WEB IPP TELNET FTP SNMP LAN Settings ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE AUTO MANUAL XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX EXECUTE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE NORMAL SMALL command Explanation Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol 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 gt 42 MEMORY MENU This menu determines how printer memory is used Memory Menu Item Settings Explanation RECEIVE BUF SIZE AUTO 0 5MB Sets the size of
56. 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 71 gt To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt 2 carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet I s e HH NOH ar gt 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 release 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 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 gt 72 8 Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser replace the four image drums back 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 asse
57. trays 67 Advanced features enabling or disabling 23 B Belt how to replace 57 life expectancy eesssssssssesesesse 46 Black printing glossy or matte 20 28 Booklet printing PCL emulation 18 26 C Colour matching choosing image source 33 general advice essees 30 general settings 20 28 HOW tO ACCESS ecceessereeeeeee 32 printing colour swatch 34 D Duplex paper size and weight limits 12 selecting in Windows 18 26 Duplex unit installing ee eeeeeeeeeeeee 62 E Envelopes loading iesus oean 16 F Fuser how to replace 59 life expectancy ssessseesssesssssssee 46 l Image drum how to replace essssesseseeesessss 52 life expectancy esessssesssessssssse 46 Image drums life remaining 45 L Labels recommended types 6 10 Language changing display and reports language eeseseesssssssserees 41 M Memory installing upgrade 6 64 Menus Colour MenU ssssssssssesssssssssssee 40 how to USE sssssssssssessesesesssssssee 36 Information Menu sssssssssssessee 37 Maintenance mMenu sesse 44 Media menu ssssssssssseesssesssssssee Memory menu menu map printing 00 37 Network Menu ssssssssssssssssessesees 42 Print MENU esssssessssssesssseesessoose 37 System adjustment menu 43 System configuration menu 41 Usage MENU sesssesesesesesssssssssssss 45 USB
58. tting from Windows Control Panel Generaltab Device Options tab CONTENTS gt 3 oe oe oe oe eee ee eee eee ee 12 12 12 13 13 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 24 24 25 25 25 26 27 28 29 29 29 Colour Printing cece cece eee eee Factors that affect the appearance of prints Choosing a Colour Matching Method Accessing the colour Matching Options Setting the colour matching options Using the Colour Swatch feature Menu functions 000 Information Menu Print menu Media Menu ColorMenu System configuration menu USB menu Network menu Memory menu System adjustment menu Maintenance menu oe Usage menu Replacing consumable items Consumable order details Toner cartridge replacement Image drum replacement Replacing the belt unit Fuser replacement Installing upgrades oe oe Duplex unit Memory upgrade oe
59. u 3 Press the key to move directly to the last item in this menu LANGUAGE 4 Press ENTER to change this setting Use the keys to move in either direction through the list of available languages until the language you want is displayed 6 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 INTRODUCTION gt 9 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 mz2 paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types are gt Ajro Wiggins Colour Solutions 90g m2 gt Colour Copy by Neuisedlier 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 glue that remains intact when subjected to hot roll pressure fusing used in this type
60. uments as draft confidential etc 3 You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively although you will need to top up the paper tray during such a long print run 4 Page orientation can be set to either portrait tall or landscape wide 5 You printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery 6 A single on screen button restores the default settings PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 19 COLOR TAB Setup Job Options Calor 1 Color Mode Auto Color Manual Color Monochrome 2 1 car Seng Natural Standard Monitor z z C Unadjusted p 4 Gio C Matt Manual Adustment 3 Lightness 0 O 4 Fil pes Saturation fo 4 o Defaut _ _ __ 5 Control over the colour output of your printer may be performed automatically to using manual adjustment The automatic setting will be appropriate in most cases The other options in this window only become visible when you select a choice other than automatic You can choose from a range of colour matching options depending on the image source for your document For example a photograph taken on a digital camera might require different colour matching to a business graphic created in a spreadsheet application Again for most general purpose use automatic is the best choice Printed output may be made lighter or darker or the colours made more saturated and vibrant as required Black areas may be printed using 100
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