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C5400n/c5400dn user's guide.
Page 2: Preface
Preface > 2 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...
Page 3: Contents
Contents > 3 contents preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 printer overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Contents > 4 sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 store to hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 colour printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Contents > 5 menu functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 print jobs menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 information menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 shutdown menu . . . ...
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Contents > 6 pcl driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 postscript driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 specifications. . . . . . . ....
Page 7: Note
Notes, cautions and warnings > 7 notes, cautions and warnings note 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. Caution! A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides...
Page 8: Introduction
Introduction > 8 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: > ...
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Introduction > 9 > 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 p...
Page 10: Printer Overview
Introduction > 10 printer overview front view the lcd display language can be changed to show any of 14 different languages. (see “changing the display language” on page 12.) 1. Output stacker, face down. Standard printed copy delivery point. Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g/m². 2. Operator panel. Menu...
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Introduction > 11 rear view this view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. * the network interface has a protective “plug” which must be removed before connection can be made. When the rear paper stacker is folded down...
Page 12
Introduction > 12 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: 1. Press the + key repeatedly to access the system configuration menu. 2. Press the enter key to enter the system configuration...
Page 13: Paper Recommendations
Paper recommendations > 13 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 obt...
Page 14: Cassette Trays
Paper recommendations > 14 cassette trays 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 ...
Page 15: Face Down Stacker
Paper recommendations > 15 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/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted in reading order (last page on top, facing down). F...
Page 16: Loading Paper
Loading paper > 16 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). 1 2 3.
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Loading paper > 17 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: > do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper. > do n...
Page 18: Caution!
Loading paper > 18 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 ...
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Loading paper > 19 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 ...
Page 20: Pcl Or Postscript
Printer settings in windows > 20 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 pri...
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Printer settings in windows > 21 postscript emulation 1. Page orientation sets portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) page orientation. The “rotated” rotates the paper through 90 degrees anti- clockwise. 2. When printing double sided pages (duplex unit required). You can flip the paper either on its lo...
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Printer settings in windows > 22 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 same as the page size of your document (unless you wish...
Page 23: Secure Printing Feature
Printer settings in windows > 23 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 bef...
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Printer settings in windows > 24 printing secure documents secure documents stored on the printer’s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways: > from the printer’s operator panel; or… > from your pc desktop, using the storage device manager utility supplied on cd1 (drivers and utilities) with t...
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Printer settings in windows > 25 printing from your pc desktop if you have installed the storage device manager software from the supplied cd, you can also print secure documents directly from your pc desktop. You might do this, perhaps, when the office is empty and your confidential documents can s...
Page 26: Proof And Print Feature
Printer settings in windows > 26 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. Sending the document to print 1. From your application’s print dialogue, se...
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Printer settings in windows > 27 printing the remaining copies documents stored on the printer’s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways: > from the printer’s operator panel; or… > from your pc desktop, using the storage device manager utility supplied on cd1 (drivers and utilities) with the ...
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Printer settings in windows > 28 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. From the windows start menu, run storage device manager. 2. If necessary, use the s...
Page 29: Permanent Print Documents
Printer settings in windows > 29 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. Sending the docum...
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Printer settings in windows > 30 printing stored documents documents stored on the printer’s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways: > from the printer’s operator panel; or… > from your pc desktop, using the storage device manager utility supplied on cd1 (drivers and utilities) with the prin...
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Printer settings in windows > 31 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. 1. From the windows start menu, run storage device manager. 2. If necessary, u...
Page 32: Windows 9X/me Differences
Windows 9x/me differences > 32 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 rel...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 33 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 po...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 34 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 same as the page size of your document (unless you wish t...
Page 35: Secure Printing Feature
Windows 9x/me differences > 35 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 befor...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 36 postscript emulation 1. In the driver window, on the device options tab, select secure print (1). 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 t...
Page 37: Proof And Print Feature
Windows 9x/me differences > 37 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. Sending the document to print from your application’s print dialogue, select ...
Page 38: Store To Hard Disk
Windows 9x/me differences > 38 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. Sending the document to pr...
Page 39: Note
Windows 9x/me differences > 39 postscript emulation 1. In the driver window, on the device options tab, select store to hdd (1). 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. 3. Click...
Page 40: Colour Printing
Windows 9x/me differences > 40 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 gu...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 41 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 t...
Page 42: Pcl Driver
Windows 9x/me differences > 42 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 ...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 43 setting the colour matching options 1. On the colour tab select advanced (1) colour mode. 1. Select manual (2) for colour matching. 2. Choose from the available options: (a) monitor (6500k) perceptual optimised for printing daylight photographs. (b) monitor (6500k) viv...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 44 using the colour swatch feature 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) val...
Page 45: Postscript Driver
Windows 9x/me differences > 45 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 avai...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 46 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. S...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 47 > 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 wh...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 48 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 w...
Page 49: Overlays And Macros
Windows 9x/me differences > 49 overlays and macros 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. 2. Use the storage device manager utility software supplied on cd with your print...
Page 50: Note
Windows 9x/me differences > 50 6. Click ok, and when prompted for a print file name, enter a meaningful name with the extension .Prn. 7. Close your application. Step 2: create and download macros 1. From the windows start/programs/okidata menu, start storage device manager (sdm) and allow sdm to dis...
Page 51: Note
Windows 9x/me differences > 51 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. V...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 52 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. 2. Right-click on the relevant pcl printer icon and choose printing preferences from the pop-up menu...
Page 53: Installing Upgrades
Windows 9x/me differences > 53 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 upgra...
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Windows 9x/me differences > 54 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 devi...
Page 55: Colour Printing
Colour printing > 55 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...
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Colour printing > 56 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 colou...
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Colour printing > 57 paper type the 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. Tips for printing in colour your printer driver contains several different ways to help ma...
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Colour printing > 58 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 col...
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Colour printing > 59 postscript driver 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 ca...
Page 60: Pcl Driver
Colour printing > 60 > gamma utility: designed to allow overall adjustments to the colour output. 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...
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Colour printing > 61 setting the colour matching options 1. On the colour tab select advanced for colour matching. 2. Select manual and choose from the available options: (a) monitor (6500k) perceptual optimised for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation. (b) monitor (...
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Colour printing > 62 (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. Using the colour swatch feature to use the colour swatch feature, you must install the colour swatch utility. Th...
Page 63: Postscript Driver
Colour printing > 63 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...
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Colour printing > 64 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. Monitor (9300k) optimised f...
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Colour printing > 65 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 im...
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Colour printing > 66 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...
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Colour printing > 67 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 r...
Page 68: Menu Functions
Menu functions > 68 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...
Page 69: Print Jobs Menu
Menu functions > 69 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 elsewh...
Page 70: Shutdown Menu
Menu functions > 70 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. Print menu this menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. Shutdown menu...
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Menu functions > 71 media check enable disable determines whether the printer check the size of paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print. Resolution 600x1200dpi 600dpi sets the default resolution for printing (dots per inch). 600x1200dpi uses more memory and requires more ti...
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Menu functions > 72 orientation portrait landscape selects default page orientation between portrait (tall) and landscape (wide). 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 l...
Page 73: Media Menu
Menu functions > 73 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 legal14 legal13.5 legal13 letter executive custom selects the size of paper loaded in tray 1 (upper tray if both trays installed). ...
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Menu functions > 74 mpt papersize letter executive legal14 legal13.5 legal13 a4 / a5 / a6 / b5 custom com-9 envelope com-10 envelope monarch env dl envelope c5 envelope selects the size of paper to be fed from the multi purpose tray. For custom setting see x-dimension and y-dimension later in this t...
Page 75: Colour Menu
Menu functions > 75 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 pa...
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Menu functions > 76 auto 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 m reg fine adj...
Page 77: System Configuration Menu
Menu functions > 77 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 15 30 60 240 adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. In ...
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Menu functions > 78 jam recovery on off 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. Error report on off if on, the printer will print error de...
Page 79: Pcl Emulation
Menu functions > 79 pcl emulation this menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in pcl emulation mode. Pcl emulation item settings explanation font source resident / dimm0 / dimm1 / downloaded specifies the location of the pcl default font. Normally this will be internal unless...
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Menu functions > 80 symbol set pc-8 / pc-8 dan/nor / pc-8 tk / pc-775 / pc-850 / pc-852 / pc-855 / pc-857 tk / pc-858 / pc-866 / pc-869 / pc-1004 / 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...
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Menu functions > 81 symbol set (continued) math-8 / mc text / 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-86...
Page 82: Parallel Menu
Menu functions > 82 parallel menu this menu controls the operation of the printer’s centronics compatible (ieee-1284) data interface. Usb menu this menu controls the operation of the printer’s usb data interface. Parallel menu item settings explanation parallel enable / disable enables or disables o...
Page 83: Network Menu
Menu functions > 83 network menu this menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10base-t/100base- tx network interface. Network menu item settings explanation tcp/ip enable / disable enables or disables this network protocol. Netbeui enable / disable enables or disables this network protocol. Net...
Page 84: Maintenance Menu
Menu functions > 84 maintenance menu this menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. Maintenance menu item settings explanation menu reset execute resets menus to default settings. Save menu execute saves current menu settings as default values. At confirmation prompt, press ente...
Page 85: Usage Menu
Menu functions > 85 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 yo...
Page 86: Overlays And Macros
Overlays and macros > 86 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...
Page 87: Creating Postscript Overlays
Overlays and macros > 87 creating postscript overlays three steps are required to create an overlay: 1. Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer (.Prn) file. 2. Use the storage device manager utility software supplied on cd with your printer to create a “pro...
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Overlays and macros > 88 6. On the overlay tab, choose create form from the drop- down list (4). 7. Click ok to close the document properties window. 8. Click ok again to close the print dialogue. 9. When prompted for a print file name, enter a meaningful name with the extension .Prn. 10. Close your...
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Overlays and macros > 89 9. Choose 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. 10. Choose projects →send project files to printer to download the project to the printer. If you have a hard disk in the prin...
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Overlays and macros > 90 4. In the define overlays window, enter a suitable name (2) for this overlay and choose which page(s) (3) of your documents will use this overlay. 5. Enter the name of the overlay file (4) exactly as it appeared in the storage device manager project window. Remember that thi...
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Overlays and macros > 91 printing with postscript overlays once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish. The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters. The first prints on just the top page, and the second prints on any or all subsequ...
Page 92: Creating Pcl Overlays
Overlays and macros > 92 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. 2. Use the storage device manager utility software supplied on cd with your printer to create a “project fi...
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Overlays and macros > 93 create and download macros 1. From the windows start menu, start storage device manager (sdm) and allow sdm to discover the printer. 2. Choose printers →new project to start a new project. 3. Choose printers →filter macro file. The filter printer patterns dialogue box appear...
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Overlays and macros > 94 note that 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 do...
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Overlays and macros > 95 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 defined overlays. Repeat for any other related over...
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Overlays and macros > 96 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 pag...
Page 97: Replacing Consumable Items
Replacing consumable items > 97 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 capacity) a4 pages at 5% coverage, which means that 5% of the addressable p...
Page 98: Consumable Order Details
Replacing consumable items > 98 consumable order details * average life (22,000 pages at continuous print, 15,000 pages at 3 pages/job and 7,500 pages at 1 page/job). Please always use genuine oki consumables. Use of “compatibles” and counterfeit items may impair performance and could cause product ...
Page 99: Toner Cartridge Replacement
Replacing consumable items > 99 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 place the used cartridge while you install...
Page 100: Warning!
Replacing consumable items > 100 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. Warning! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. ...
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Replacing consumable items > 101 3. Carry out one of the following: (a) 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...
Page 102: Caution!
Replacing consumable items > 102 4. 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 printer. 5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your ...
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Replacing consumable items > 103 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 cen...
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Replacing consumable items > 104 then lower the right end of the cartridge down onto the image drum unit. 11. Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towards the rear of the printer. This will lock the cartridge into place and release ton...
Page 105: Image Drum Replacement
Replacing consumable items > 105 image drum replacement switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. Caution...
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Replacing consumable items > 106 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. 3. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge 1 2 3 4.
Page 107: Caution!
Replacing consumable items > 107 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. 5. With the coloured toner release lever (1) to the right, pull the lever towards you. This will release the bond between...
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Replacing consumable items > 108 7. 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. 8. Place the toner cartridg...
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Replacing consumable items > 109 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 ...
Page 110: Replacing The Belt Unit
Replacing consumable items > 110 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 ...
Page 111: Caution!
Replacing consumable items > 111 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. 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 ...
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Replacing consumable items > 112 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 corner of the unit, and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer. 8...
Page 113: Fuser Replacement
Replacing consumable items > 113 fuser replacement the fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. 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. Warni...
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Replacing consumable items > 114 2. Identify the fuser handle (1) on the top of the fuser unit. 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 th...
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Replacing consumable items > 115 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. 9. Finally, cl...
Page 116: Installing Upgrades
Installing upgrades > 116 installing upgrades this section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > additional ram memory; > 20gb hard disk drive. Duplex unit the duplex unit adds the function of two - sided printing, using le...
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Installing upgrades > 117 4. Switch the printer on and wait for it to warm up (about 1 minute). 5. 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,...
Page 118: Memory Upgrade
Installing upgrades > 118 memory upgrade the basic printer model comes equipped with 64mb of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board containing 64mb, 128mb or 256mb, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 320mb. Installation takes a few minutes, and requires a medium siz...
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Installing upgrades > 119 6. 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. 7. Notice that the memory board has a small cutout in the...
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Installing upgrades > 120 10. 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. 11. Gently push the board into the ram expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any fur...
Page 121: Hard Disk Drive
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- ...
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Installing upgrades > 122 6. Identify the six locating holes indicated in the illustration, which will be used to locate the disk unit onto the side of the printer. 7. With the component side of the disk unit facing the printer, and the connector cable towards the rear, lift the disk unit handle awa...
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Installing upgrades > 123 15. 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. 16...
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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 compu...
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Installing upgrades > 125 postscript driver this driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed. 1. Open the printers window (called “printers and faxes” in windows xp) via the start menu or from the windows control panel. 2. Right-click the printer icon for this printer, and choose properti...
Page 126: Clearing Paper Jams
Clearing paper jams > 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. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section expla...
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Clearing paper jams > 127 3. Note the positions of the four cartridges. It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path. 4. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magen...
Page 128: Caution!
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. 6. Repeat this removal procedure for each of the four image drum units. 7. Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of ...
Page 129: Note
Clearing paper jams > 129 > to remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet. > to remove a sheet just entering the fuser (3), separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt, push the fuser pressure release leve...
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Clearing paper jams > 130 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. > holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at ...
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Clearing paper jams > 131 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 p...
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Clearing paper jams > 132 12. 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. 13. Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover..
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Clearing paper jams > 133 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 guides are properly positioned aga...
Page 134: Specifications
Specifications > 134 specifications item specification dimensions 425 x 561 x 345mm (w x d x h) weight 25kg print speeds 16 pages per minute colour / 24 pages per minute monochrome resolution 600dpi or 1200 x 600dpi emulations postscript 3 pcl 5c, hp-gl, pcl xl epson fx ibm pro printer iii xl auto f...
Page 135: Index
Index > 135 index b belt how to replace.......................110 life expectancy ........................97 life remaining ..........................85 booklet printing pcl emulation .................. 22 , 34 postscript emulation ........ 21 , 33 c colour adjusting....................................
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Index > 136 parallel menu ..........................82 pcl emulation menu ................79 print jobs menu .......................69 print menu ..............................70 resetting .................................84 saving current settings ............84 system configuration menu .....77 us...
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Index > 137 transparencies recommended types ................13 u upgrades duplex unit............................116 memory.................................118 usb enabling or disabling...............82.
Page 138: Oki Contact Details
Oki contact details > 138 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 fa...
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