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Oki C5450 User Manual

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    User’s guide c5450

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    Preface> 2 p reface 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...

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    Preface> 3 c ontents preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 notes, cautions and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 printer overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Preface> 4 colour printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 choosing a colour matching method. . . . . . . . . 38 matching photographic images . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 matching specific colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 printing vivid colours . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Preface> 5 pcl emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 parallel menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 usb menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 network menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 maintenance ...

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    Notes, cautions and warnings> 6 n otes , c autions and w arnings 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 provi...

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    Introduction> 7 i ntroduction congratulations on buying this oki printing solutions colour printer. Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear, vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office. Your printer includ...

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    Introduction> 8 > 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 pa...

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    Introduction> 9 the lcd display language can be changed to show any of 14 different languages. (see “changing the display language” on page 10.) r ear view this view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. * the network i...

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    Introduction> 10 c hanging 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...

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    Paper recommendations> 11 p aper 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...

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    Paper recommendations> 12 c assette 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 ...

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    Paper recommendations> 13 f ace 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...

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    Loading paper> 14 l oading paper c assette 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> 15 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 no...

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    Loading paper> 16 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, depe...

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    Loading paper> 17 m ulti 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 ...

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    Printer settings in windows> 18 p rinter settings in w indows 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 pr...

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    Printer settings in windows> 19 p ost s cript 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 l...

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    Printer settings in windows> 20 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 ...

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    Printer settings in windows> 21 s ecure 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> 22 the document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk but will not print until you request it. P rinting 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 de...

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    Printer settings in windows> 23 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 sa...

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    Printer settings in windows> 24 p roof 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. S ending the document to print 1. From your application’s print dialogue, s...

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    Printer settings in windows> 25 p rinting 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> 26 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 sd...

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    Printer settings in windows> 27 p ermanent 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. S ending the docu...

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    Printer settings in windows> 28 p rinting 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> 29 1. From the windows start menu, run storage device manager. 2. If necessary, use the sdm printer discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer. 3. Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents. 4. From th...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 30 w indows 9 x /m e d ifferences 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...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 31 the window which opens when you click properties depends on which printer driver has been installed. The postscript driver offers different choices to the pcl driver. Postscript emulation 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wis...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 32 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 to...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 33 s ecure 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> 34 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 th...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 35 p roof 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. S ending the document to print from your application’s print dialogue, select...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 36 s tore 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. S ending the document to p...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 37 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 ...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 38 c olour p rinting c hoosing 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 ...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 39 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 th...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 40 pcl d river a ccessing the colour matching options the colour matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source, such as a digital camera. The pcl driver’s colour options...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 41 s etting the colour matching options 1. On the colour tab select advanced (1) colour mode. 2. Select manual (2) for colour matching. 3. 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> 42 u sing 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...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 43 p ost s cript driver c olour 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 a...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 44 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. Sr...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 45 best for printing solid colours and tints, such as company logos etc. Matches colours common to both devices exactly, and clips the “out of gamut” colours to their nearest printed equivalent. Tries to print white as it appears on screen. The white of a monitor is often ...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 46 4. Under “colour profiles currently associated with this printer”, you should see the names of profiles that match your printer model. If you do not see any profiles associated with the driver, click “add…” and locate the icc profiles for your printer. Windows icm uses ...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 47 o verlays and macros c reating 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 prin...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 48 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 disc...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 49 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. Vo...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 50 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....

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 51 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. I nstalling upgra...

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    Windows 9x/me differences> 52 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 devic...

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    Colour printing> 53 c olour p rinting 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 application...

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    Colour printing> 54 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 ...

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    Colour printing> 55 t ips for printing in colour your printer driver contains several different ways to help match the colour on your screen to the colour produced by your printer. You will get best results by choosing a colour matching method appropriate to the type of document you are printing. Pl...

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    Colour printing> 56 printing specific colours (for example a company logo) use the srgb setting. If you are having problems with specific office palette colours, the colour correct utility or colour swatch utility may help. Adjusting the brightness or intensity of a print if the print is too light/d...

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    Colour printing> 57 p ost s cript d river 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...

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    Colour printing> 58 pcl d river a ccessing the colour matching options the colour matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source, such as a digital camera. The pcl driver’s colour options are only ...

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    Colour printing> 59 s etting 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> 60 u sing the colour swatch feature to use the colour swatch feature, you must install the colour swatch utility. This is supplied on the cd-rom that was supplied with your printer. The colour swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours. Note that this is n...

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    Colour printing> 61 p ost s cript d river c olour matching options the postscript driver offers several different methods of controlling the colour output of the printer. Some of the colour matching options only work on certain types of data. The table below summarises the various options available,...

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    Colour printing> 62 monitor (9300k) optimised for printing graphics from applications such as microsoft office. Colours are printed with emphasis on lightness. Digital camera optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera. Your results will vary depending on the subject and the condi...

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    Colour printing> 63 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 ima...

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    Colour printing> 64 w indows 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> 65 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 re...

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    Menu functions> 66 m enu 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...

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    Menu functions> 67 p rint 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...

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    Menu functions> 68 s hutdown 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. P rint menu this menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. Shutdown men...

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    Menu functions> 69 mp tray usage do not use when mismatch if a document to be printed demands a paper size not installed in the selected tray, the printer can automatically feed from the multi purpose tray instead. If this function is not enabled, the printer will stop and request the correct size o...

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    Menu functions> 70 mono-print speed auto speed mono 24ppm colour spee d mixed speed if the first page of a print job is black and white, the printer runs at 20ppm (pages per minute). When a colour page is detected the printer slows down to 16ppm for the rest of that job. This setting operates in the...

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    Menu functions> 71 lines per page 5-64-128 sets the number of lines of text per page when raw text is received from systems other than windows. The default for a4 portrait is 65, and for letter is 60. Edit size cassette size letter executive legal14 legal13.5 legal13 a4 / a5 / a6 / b5 custom com-9 e...

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    Menu functions> 72 m edia 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> 73 tray2 mediaweight light (64-74g/ m²) medium (75- 90g/m²) heavy (91- 176g/m²) adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in thus tray. Mpt papersize letter executive legal14 legal13.5 legal13 a4 / a5 / a6 / b5 custom com-9 envelope com-10 envelope monarch env dl envel...

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    Menu functions> 74 y-dimension 148-297-1200 millimetre 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 multi purpose tray for banner printing. Media menu item settings explana...

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    Menu functions> 75 c olour 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 c darkness m darkness y darkness k darkness -3~0~+3 -3~0~+3 -3~0~+3 -3~0~+3 adjusts darkness of each colour component (cyan, magenta, yellow and black). Normal setting is 0. Auto registration execute performs automatic colour registration adjustment. Normally this is done on power...

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    Menu functions> 77 s ystem 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 wait timeout 5~40~300 specifies how many seconds the printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject. In postscript emulation mode the job will be cancelled if timeout occurs. Low toner continue stop specifies whether the printer should continue printing ev...

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    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-865...

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    Menu functions> 82 p arallel 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...

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    Menu functions> 83 n etwork 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...

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    Menu functions> 84 m aintenance menu this menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. Lan normal / small selects network size. Hub link setting auto negotiate 100base-tx full 100base-tx half 10base-t full 10base-t half sets full or half duplex for communication via a network hub. ...

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    Menu functions> 85 u sage 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...

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    Overlays and macros> 86 o verlays and m acros w hat 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 gener...

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    Overlays and macros> 87 c reating p ost s cript 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 “...

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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 a...

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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 printer...

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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 this...

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    Overlays and macros> 91 p rinting with p ost s cript 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 subs...

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    Overlays and macros> 92 c reating pcl o verlays 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 f...

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    Overlays and macros> 93 3. Choose printers→filter macro file. The filter printer patterns dialogue box appears. Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click ok. Example: if you create a black oval in ms paint and leave all the colour command filters checked, the black oval will ...

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    Overlays and macros> 94 9. Choose projects→send project files to printer to download the project to the printer. 10. When the message “command issued” appears confirming that the download is complete, click ok to clear the message. T est printing the macro 1. Choose printers→test macro. 2. In the te...

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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 overl...

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    Overlays and macros> 96 p rinting 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...

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    Replacing consumable items> 97 r eplacing 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...

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    Replacing consumable items> 98 c onsumable order details * average life: 20% pages at continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pages at 1 page per job. Only use genuine oki original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non oki original products may...

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    Replacing consumable items> 99 t oner 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...

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    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 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartri...

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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 ...

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    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 f...

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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 cent...

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    Replacing consumable items> 104 11. Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towards the rear of the printer. This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit. 12. Finally, close the top cover and press do...

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    Replacing consumable items> 105 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 will be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartr...

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    Replacing consumable items> 106 3. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 4. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. Cautio...

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    Replacing consumable items> 107 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 ...

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    Replacing consumable items> 108 toner cartridge at this time unless the remaining toner level is very low.) 9. 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. 2 1 1.

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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 c...

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    Replacing consumable items> 110 r eplacing 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 ...

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    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 l...

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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....

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    Replacing consumable items> 113 f user 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 the...

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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. Finally, close ...

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    Replacing consumable items> 116 c leaning the led head clean the led head when printing does not come out clearly, has white lines or when text is blurred. 1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover. 2. Gently wipe the led head surface with led lens cleaner or soft tissue. 3. Close the top cov...

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    Installing upgrades> 117 i nstalling 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. D uplex unit the duplex unit adds the function of two - sided printing, using l...

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    Installing upgrades> 118 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, ...

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    Installing upgrades> 119 m emory upgrade the basic printer model has 128mb standard memory. This can be upgraded by changing the 64mb memory module for an optional memory module of either 128mb or 256mb, giving a maximum memory capacity of 320mb. Installation takes a few minutes, and requires a medi...

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    Installing upgrades> 120 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> 121 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 furt...

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    Installing upgrades> 122 h ard 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-h...

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    Installing upgrades> 123 top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. 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 fac...

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    Installing upgrades> 124 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> 125 a djusting w indows 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 comp...

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    Installing upgrades> 126 p ost s cript 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 proper...

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    Clearing paper jams> 127 c learing 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> 128 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 cyan image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartri...

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    Clearing paper jams> 129 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 remaining image drum units. 7. Look into the printer to check whether any sheets...

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    Clearing paper jams> 130 • 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 lever...

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    Clearing paper jams> 131 8. Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser, replace the four image drums into the drum cavity, making sure to locate them in the correct order. • holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each e...

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    Clearing paper jams> 132 9. Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets. 10. Open the rear exit tray (5) and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path ar...

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    Clearing paper jams> 133 12. Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover. 13. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover..

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    Clearing paper jams> 134 14. Pull out the paper tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly, is undamaged, and that the paper guidesareproperly positioned against the edges of the paper stack. When satisfied, replace the tray. 15. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sid...

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    Specifications> 135 s pecifications 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...

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    Index > 136 i ndex b belt how to replace.......................110 life expectancy ........................97 life remaining ..........................85 booklet printing pcl emulation .................. 20 , 32 postscript emulation ........ 19 , 31 c colour adjusting...................................

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    Index > 137 paper metrics ..........................12 n network addresses setting ....................................83 network protocols enabling or disabling...............83 o overlays printing a list...........................67 overlays and macros general ...................................86...

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