Oki C7350hdn User Manual

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Page 3: Contents

C7350/7550 user’s guide: contents • 3 contents document information ........................................................2 disclaimer ...........................................................................2 trademark information .......................................................2 regulat...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: contents • 5 printer drivers..................................................................301 which printer driver to use? ............................................301 memory: enabling ...........................................................302 hard disk drive: ena...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: contents • 7 paper trays....................................................................550 specifications .................................................................. 555 consumables ................................................................... 558 toner ......

Page 9: Notes, Cautions, Etc.

C7350/7550 user’s guide: notes, cautions, etc. • 9 notes, cautions, etc. Note a note appears like this. A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which helps you to use and understand the product. Caution! A caution appears like this. A caution provides additional informatio...

Page 11: Printer Models and Features

C7350/7550 user’s guide: introduction • 11 printer models and features descriptions • single pass digital technology for high quality, speed and reliability. • versatile paper handling: – standard 530-sheet paper tray – standard 100-sheet multi purpose tray for card stock, envelopes, labels, etc. – ...

Page 13: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: introduction • 13 printing pages the whole book, individual pages, or sections may be printed. The procedure for printing from acrobat reader is: 1. From the toolbar, select file , then print (or press the ctrl + p keys). 2. Choose the pages you wish to print: a. All pages f...

Page 15: Documentation

C7350/7550 user’s guide: getting started • 15 printer drivers, software utilities, and documentation the cds supplied with your printer contain: drivers color utilities network utilities manuals.

Page 17: Parts Of The Printer

C7350/7550 user’s guide: getting started • 17 parts of the printer external 1. Top cover 2. Control panel 3. Top cover release catch 4. Multi purpose tray (manual feed) 5. Paper support extension 6. Paper guides 7. Front cover 8. Paper tray 9. Paper level indicator 10. Power switch printer component...

Page 19: Parts Of The Printer

C7350/7550 user’s guide: getting started • 19 parts of the printer back 18. Power connector 19. Rear exit paper tray 20. Interfaces and option card slot 21. Usb interface connector 22. Parallel interface connector 23. Network interface card printer components 5k.Eps.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 21 3. Remove the led head restrainer from behind the led heads in the top cover. Packaging removalk.Eps.

Page 23: Caution!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 23 5. Remove the protective sheet. Protective sheet remove1k.Eps and protective sheet remove2k.Eps caution! • never expose image drums to light for more than 5 minutes. • always hold image drum by the ends. • never expose image drums to direct sunlight. • never ...

Page 25: Toner

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 25 toner installation 1. Remove the black toner cartridge from the package. 2. Shake the toner cartridge back and forth several times. Toner shakek.Eps 3. Hold the toner as shown. Remove the tape. Toner tape removek.Eps warning! Take extreme care when handling t...

Page 27: Caution!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 27 6. Gently push the toner cartridge down engaging the locking pin into the groove on the image drum. Toner cartridge install 2k.Eps 7. Gently push the colored lever toward the rear of the machine until it stops. This releases the toner into the image drum. Ton...

Page 29: Toner

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 29 toner toner low or change toner note after installing the new toner cartridges, the message toner low or change toner may appear on the display. If this message does not disappear after a few pages have printed, reinstall the appropriate toner cartridge..

Page 31: Toner

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 31 toner printing black your printer prints the color black in one of two ways: • composite black • true black composite black the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toners are combined to create composite black. Use composite black when printing photographs. True...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 33 3. Adjust the paper guides and rear stopper for the size of paper being used. Paper guidesk.Eps and rear paper stopperk.Eps.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 35 5. Gently close the paper tray. Paper tray insertk.Eps.

Page 37: Loading Paper

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 37 loading paper paper out use paper from next available tray (automatic tray switching) if one paper tray runs out of paper during a print job, the printer can use paper from the next available paper source (tray). This feature is called automatic tray switchin...

Page 39: Loading Paper

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 39 loading paper paper out use paper from next available tray (automatic tray switching) set the sequence of use 1. Make sure automatic tray switching is on. See “turn the feature on or off” on page 45. 2. Press menu until print menu displays. 3. Press select. 4...

Page 41: Printing Paths

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 41 printing paths face up / straight through for face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the straight through paper exit is open and the paper support is extended. The paper exits from the side of the printer. – paper is stacked in reverse order. – t...

Page 43: Printing Paths

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 43 printing paths manual feed 1. Open the multi-purpose (mp) tray. Extend the paper feed guides. Multi purpose tray loadingk.Eps 2. Load the paper. – load the media face up. – adjust the paper guides to the size of the media being used. – don’t exceed the paper ...

Page 45: Power

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 45 power power save mode use power save to avoid turning off the printer. If you must turn off the printer, you must perform a shutdown sequence. See “hard disk drive installed” on page 48. Power save is turned on or off through the maintenance menu. You can cho...

Page 47: Power

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 47 power turn off the printer hard disk drive not installed shutdown sequence 1. Use the on/off switch (2) and turn off the printer. Power connectionk.Eps caution! • never turn the printer off while it is printing. • after turning the printer off, wait at least ...

Page 49: Interfaces

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 49 interfaces location diagram connect2k.Bmp, 1fk.Tif, 2f.Tif, 3f.Tif your printer has three interfaces. 1. Parallel 2. Usb 3. Network.

Page 51: Control (Front) Panel

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 51 control (front) panel lights and display diagram and explanations lcdpanel_bwk.Jpg, 1fk.Tif, 2fk.Tif, 3fk.Tif attention this light is red . (1) on - attention is required. Printing continues. Flashing - attention is required. Printing stops. Ready this light ...

Page 53: Control (Front) Panel

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 53 control (front) panel buttons diagram and explanations lcdpanel_bwk.Jpg item (+) press briefly to scroll forward to the next menu item. Item (–) press briefly to scroll backward to the previous menu item. Value (+) press briefly to scroll forward to the next ...

Page 55: Paper (Media)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 55 paper (media) size selecting note 1 when using paper trays, • custom paper sizes must be set. • standard paper sizes are automatically recognized if cassette size is selected. Cassette size is the default setting for edit size in the print menu refer to “chan...

Page 57: Paper (Media)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 57 paper (media) size paper feed, exit path, and duplex options the size, weight, and type of the paper (print media) determine: • which paper feed tray can be used • which paper exit path can be used • whether you can use double sided (duplex) printing single s...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 59 6. Press the select button. An asterisk (*) appears next to the selected paper type or weight. 7. When you are finished, press online. Online displays. 8. Before printing the file, select the correct paper settings in the printer driver..

Page 61: Paper (Media)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 61 paper (media) weight and type paper feed, exit path, and duplex options transparencies and labels the size, weight, and type of the paper (print media) determine: • which paper feed tray can be used • which paper exit path can be used • whether you can use do...

Page 63: Paper (Media)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 63 paper (media) recommendations envelopes • use only recommended envelopes (oki 52206301 and 52206302: see page 561). • envelopes should be stored flat and away from moisture, direct sunlight and heat sources. • don’t use envelopes with windows. • don’t use env...

Page 65: Adjusting The Color

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 65 adjusting the color adjust the color intensity ( color tuning ) you can use the printer’s menu to adjust the color intensity for a specific color by adjusting the highlight, mid-tone and dark (shadows) color tuning patterns. • to increase the color intensity,...

Page 67: Adjusting The Color

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 67 adjusting the color adjust the color intensity ( color tuning ) sample color tuning pattern colortunek.Jpg.

Page 69: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 69 7. Repeat the above steps until you get the desired magenta color intensity. Note to adjust these settings for the cyan, yellow or black color intensity, substitute the appropriate color name in the steps above..

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 71 printer settings (menu settings) changing the printer settings control panel - printer settingsk.Eps 1. Press menu until the required menu displays. 2. Press select. 3. Press item (either + or –) until the required item displays. 4. Press value (either + or –...

Page 73: Menu (Printer) Settings

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 73 menu (printer) settings lists of available settings by menu the following tables list the available choices for the printer (menu) settings. Each table is a separate menu. The default settings for the printer are in bold text. Print jobs menu this menu only a...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 75 test print menu the default settings are bold. Item value description print id check pattern execute ordinarily, you should not use this. Only used by, or under the direction of, authorized service technicians . Prints a test pattern used to check for problem...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 77 print menu the default settings are bold. Item value description copies 1 to 999 sets the number of copies. Duplex on; off specifies double-sided (duplex) printing, if the optional duplex unit is installed. Binding long edge ; short edge sets binding for dupl...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 79 mono-print speed auto ; color speed; normal speed selects monochrome printing speed. Auto: prints at the most appropriate speed for the type of printing being done. Color: always prints at the color print speed. Normal: always prints at the monochrome print s...

Page 81: Media Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 81 media menu the default settings are bold. Item value description mp tray paper size a4; a5; a6; b5; legal 14; legal 13.5; legal 13; letter ; executive; custom; com-9 envelope; com-10 envelope; monarch envelope; dl envelope; c5 envelope sets the paper (media) ...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 83 cyan, magenta, yellow or black highlight 0 +1+2+3-3-2-1 adjusts highlight (light area) of cyan, magenta, yellow or black toner reproduction curve (trc). Plus = darker minus = lighter see “adjust the color intensity (color tuning)” on page 65. Cyan, magenta, y...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 85 cmy 100% density disable ; enable normally, you won’t change this setting. In normal printing, color matching controls the trc values. In turn, the trc values control the print density enable = 100% cmy density output [relative to the toner reproduction curve...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 87 wait timeout off; 5 sec to 300 sec; default = 40 sec pcl: wait timeout is the length of time the printer “waits” before automatically printing and ejecting received data when no end page code or data end code is received postscript: the job is cancelled, rega...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 89 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 us...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 91 pen width adjust on ; off pcl only on: emphasizes the pen width of very fine lines (minimum line width). This improves the appearance of the lines. Pcl emulation menu the default settings are bold. Item value description.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 93 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 us,...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 95 text height same ; diff sets the height of a character. Same: height constant, regardless of cpi. Diff: height varies, depending on cpi. Ppr emulation menu the default settings are bold. Item value description.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 97 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 us,...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 99 text height same ; diff sets the height of a character. Same: height constant, regardless of cpi. Diff: height varies, depending on cpi. Fx emulation menu the default settings are bold. Item value description.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 101 usb menu the default settings are bold. Item value description usb enable ; disable enable: activates the usb interface. Soft reset enable; disable enable: with soft reset, a software string (not a hardware function) can be sent to the usb port to flush all ...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 103 memory menu the default settings are bold. Item value description receive buff size auto ; off; 0.5 mb; 1 mb; 2 mb; 4 mb; 8 mb; 16 mb; 32 mb sets the size of the receive buffer. Depends on the amount of memory installed in the printer. Resource save auto; of...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 105 system adjust menu the default settings are bold. Item value description x adjust 0.00 mm ; range +0.25 to +2.0 mm and – 2.0 to –0.25 mm in 0.25 mm increments horizontal adjustment of the overall print position, in 0.25 mm increments. Y adjust 0.00 mm ; rang...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 107 maintenance menu the default settings are bold. Item value description eeprom reset execute resets all user menu settings to factory defaults. All user defined (customized) settings are lost. Save menu execute saves the current printer (menu) settings. Resto...

Page 109: Usage Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: setting up • 109 usage menu item value description black drum life remaining nnn% displays the remaining life of the black image drum (as a percentage). Cyan drum life remaining nnn% displays the remaining life of the cyan image drum (as a percentage). Magenta drum life rema...

Page 111: Memory: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 111 memory: enabling postscript only certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only ne...

Page 113: Hard Disk Drive: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 113 hard disk drive: enabling pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only need ...

Page 115: Pcl

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 115 additional paper trays: enabling pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You onl...

Page 117: Duplex Unit: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 117 duplex unit: enabling pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only need to d...

Page 119: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 119 important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended....

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 121 4. Click the advanced button. 5. Under paper/output , in the paper size drop-down list, select the media size. C73_xp_ps_sizek.Tif.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 123 3. On the setup tab, under media , select the required paper size in the size drop-down list. C73_xp_pcl_sizek.Tif.

Page 125: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 125 5. Select the required paper type under weight . C73_xp_pcl_weightk.Tif note if a paper tray is selected, the weight field becomes visible..

Page 127: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp printer drivers • 127 7. Click ok twice. Close the printers and faxes dialog box. Network printer status utility • available on tcp/ip network connection only. The network printer status utility is available if your administrator has installed it. If the utility i...

Page 129: Windows Xp

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 129 windows xp operation this section explains how to set up color printing and how to use the printer’s features. Printer’s features covered in this section include: • n-up printing (see page 153) • custom page sizes (see page 156) • selecting print r...

Page 131: Printer Can Reproduce)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 131 factors that affect color printing monitor colors vs. Printer colors (differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce) • neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to the hu...

Page 133: Paper Type

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 133 factors that affect color printing how your software application displays color some graphics applications such as coreldraw ® or adobe ® photoshop ® may display color differently from "office" applications such as microsoft ® word. Please see your...

Page 135: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 135 color matching choosing a method rgb or cmyk? The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between red, green, blue (rgb) and cyan, magenta, yellow, black (cmyk). Generally, most documents you print are in rgb format. This ...

Page 137: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 137 color matching choosing a method matching specific colors (example: company logo) rgb only • oki color matching (see page 145), and the srgb setting: pcl or ps driver. • postscript color matching using the absolute colorimetric option (see page 147...

Page 139: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 139 color matching color matching options pcl driver the color matching options in the pcl driver can be used to help match your printed colors to the ones displayed on your monitor. Manually set the options in the pcl driver: 1. Click start → settings...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 141 6. Select the method you wish to use: monitor (6500k) perceptual optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500k. Monitor (6500k) vivid optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a color...

Page 143: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 143 color matching color matching options postscript driver the postscript driver offers several different methods of controlling the color output of the printer. Setting options manually 1. Click start → settings → printers and faxes. 2. Right click t...

Page 145: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 145 color matching color control method oki color matching postscript this is oki’s proprietary color matching system. It affects rgb data only. This is the default setting. It provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. Under color set...

Page 147: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 147 color matching color control method postscript color matching this uses postscript color rendering dictionaries built into the printer. It affects both rgb and cmyk data. From the rendering intent drop-down list, select the rendering type. C73_xp_p...

Page 149: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 149 color matching color control method using icc profiles postscript only • affects rgb data only. This provides a method of matching rgb colors similar to windows icm matching. The main advantage it has over windows icm color matching is that it prov...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 151 5. Click the new button. C93_xp_ps_icc2.Bmp 6. Under select icc profile , use the drop-down lists to select the input profile and output profile . 7. Select the desired rendering intent (see “rendering intents” on page 148). Type in a name for the ...

Page 153: (N-Up Printing)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 153 printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing) postscript 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate ps driver. Click the preferences button. 3. On the lay...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 155 4. Click the options button. Select the page borders , page layout and bind margin . Click ok . 5. Click ok . Click print . C93_xp_pcl_nup2.Bmp.

Page 157: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 157 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate ps driver. Click the preferences button. Important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels,...

Page 159: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 159 5. Enter the width and height for the custom paper. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 216 mm] • length: 5 to 14 inches [127 to 356 mm] 6. Select the paper feed direction . 7. Click ok three times. 8. Click print . Note • long...

Page 161: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 161 important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended. • pap...

Page 163: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 163 4. Select the unit. Enter the width and length measurements. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 216 mm] • length: 5 to 14 inches [127 to 356 mm] c73_xp_pcl_custom1k.Tif 5. Click ok . 6. Check that user defined now appears in t...

Page 165: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 165 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) postscript usage restrictions • standard paper sizes only. • paper weight range 20 to 28 lb. Us bond (75 to 105 g/m ² ). • paper must be loaded print side up. • only tray 1, optional trays 2 and...

Page 167: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 167 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) pcl usage restrictions • standard paper sizes only. • paper weight range 20 to 28 lb. Us bond (75 to 105 g/m ² ). • paper must be loaded print side up. • only tray 1, optional trays 2 and 3, and...

Page 169: Printing Booklets

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 169 printing booklets postscript 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate ps driver. Click the preferences button. Notes • you must have the duplex unit installed ...

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 171 4. Click ok. Click print . C73_xp_ps_booklet.Bmp.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 173 5. Click ok. Click print . C93_xp_pcl_booklet2.Bmp.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 175 5. If you wish to print the watermark only on the first page of the document, select first page only . 6. Click ok twice. 7. Click print . Note to create a new watermark or edit an existing watermark: • click the new or edit button. C93_xp_pcl_wate...

Page 177: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 177 proof and print pcl or postscript using proof and print allows printing of a single copy of a document for checking before printing multiple copies of the same document. 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print di...

Page 179: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 179 proof and print printing copies 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu . Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter your personal id number. 3. Press the value button until all jobs or the requ...

Page 181: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 181 secure printing (printing confidential documents) pcl or postscript using secure printing secure printing (printing with passwords) allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment. 1....

Page 183: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 183 secure printing (printing confidential documents) printing at the printer 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu. Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you set above...

Page 185: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 185 hard disk drive pcl or postscript storing a document store to hard disk (job spooling) allows print jobs to be prepared and stored on the hard disk for printing on demand. This is good for forms, generic memos, letterhead, stationery, etc. 1. Open ...

Page 187: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 187 hard disk drive printing a stored document 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu and press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you selected above. 3. Press the value bu...

Page 189: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 189 overlays what are overlays? An overlay can be a combination of graphics, fonts, or text that is stored in the printer's flash memory or on the hard disk (supplied on some models, optional on others), and printed whenever required. The result is sim...

Page 191: Pcl

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 191 creating documents to use as overlays pcl an overlay can be created in any software application that can handle logos, letterheads, forms, etc. And can print to a file. To create a print (prn) file: 1. Open your application program. Open the file t...

Page 193: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 193 downloading the print file to use as an overlay in the previous topic, you created a print (prn) file on your pc's hard disk. This topic explains how to use the storage device manager to download this file to the printer. The storage device manager...

Page 195: Postscript

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 195 defining overlays postscript 1. Click start → settings → printers and faxes. 2. Right click the printer name. Click printing preferences . 3. Click the overlay tab. 4. Click the overlay button. C73_xp_ps_overlay2k.Tif.

Page 197: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 197 7. Under form setting , in the drop-down list, enter or select a form name. Click add. C93_xp_ps_overlay3.Bmp 8. Click ok . 9. To continue to add files to the overlay (if required), repeat steps 5 through 8. Note the form name is a random name of y...

Page 199: Pcl

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 199 defining overlays pcl 1. Click start → settings → printers and faxes. 2. Highlight the printer name. Click printing preferences . 3. Click the job options tab. 4. Click the overlay... Button. C93_xp_pcl_overlay1.Bmp.

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 201 11. Select print using active overlays . C93_xp_pcl_overlay3.Bmp 12. Click ok . 13. Click ok to close the printing preferences dialog box..

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C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows xp operation • 203 4. Click options... And enter the configuration details. C93_xp_pcl_poster2.Bmp 5. Click ok twice. 6. Click print ..

Page 205: Memory: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 205 memory: enabling postscript only certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only ...

Page 207: Hard Disk Drive: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 207 hard disk drive: enabling pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only nee...

Page 209: Pcl

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 209 additional paper trays: enabling pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You o...

Page 211: Duplex Unit: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 211 duplex unit: enabling pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only need to...

Page 213: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 213 important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extende...

Page 215

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 215 4. Click the advanced button. 5. Under paper/output , in the paper size drop-down list, select the media size. C73_2k_ps_sizek.Tif.

Page 217

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 217 3. On the setup tab, under media , in the size drop-down list, select the required paper size. C73_2k_pcl_sizek.Tif.

Page 219: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 219 5. Select the required paper type under weight . C73_2k_pcl_sizek.Tif note if a paper tray is selected, the weight field becomes visible..

Page 221: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 printer drivers • 221 7. Click ok twice. Close the printing preferences dialog box. Network printer status utility • available on tcp/ip network connection only. The network printer status utility is available if your administrator has installed it. If the utili...

Page 223: Windows 2000

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 223 windows 2000 operation this section explains how to set up color printing and how to use the printer’s features. Printer’s features covered in this section include: • n-up printing (see page 247) • custom page sizes (see page 250) • selecting pri...

Page 225: Printer Can Reproduce)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 225 factors that affect color printing monitor colors vs. Printer colors (differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce) • neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to the ...

Page 227: Paper Type

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 227 factors that affect color printing how your software application displays color some graphics applications such as coreldraw ® or adobe ® photoshop ® may display color differently from "office" applications such as microsoft ® word. Please see yo...

Page 229: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 229 color matching choosing a method rgb or cmyk? The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between red, green, blue (rgb) and cyan, magenta, yellow, black (cmyk). Generally, most documents you print are in rgb format. Thi...

Page 231: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 231 color matching choosing a method matching specific colors (example: company logo) rgb only • oki color matching (see page 239), and the srgb setting: pcl or ps driver. • postscript color matching using the absolute colorimetric option (see page 2...

Page 233: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 233 color matching color matching options pcl driver the color matching options in the pcl driver can be used to help match your printed colors to the ones displayed on your monitor. Manually set the options in the pcl driver: 1. Click start → settin...

Page 235

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 235 6. Select the method you wish to use: monitor (6500k) perceptual optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500k. Monitor (6500k) vivid optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a col...

Page 237: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 237 color matching color matching options postscript driver the postscript driver offers several different methods of controlling the color output of the printer. Setting options manually 1. Click start → settings → printers. 2. Right click the print...

Page 239: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 239 color matching color control method oki color matching postscript this is oki’s proprietary color matching system, and affects rgb data only. This is the default setting. It provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. Under color ...

Page 241: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 241 color matching color control method postscript color matching this uses postscript color rendering dictionaries built into the printer. It affects both rgb and cmyk data. From the rendering intent drop-down list, select the rendering type. C73_2k...

Page 243: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 243 color matching color control method using icc profiles postscript only • affects rgb data only. This provides a method of matching rgb colors similar to windows icm matching. The main advantage it has over windows icm color matching is that it pr...

Page 245

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 245 5. Click the new button. C73_2k_ps_icc2.Bmp 6. Under select icc profile , use the drop-down lists to select the input profile and output profile . 7. Select the desired rendering intent (see “rendering intents” on page 242). Type in a name for th...

Page 247: (N-Up Printing)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 247 printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing) postscript 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate ps driver. Click the layout tab 3. Under pages per s...

Page 249

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 249 4. Click the options button. Select the page borders , page layout and bind margin . Click ok . 5. Click ok . Click print . C93_2k_pcl_nup2.Bmp.

Page 251: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 251 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate ps driver. Click the paper/quality tab. Important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels...

Page 253: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 253 5. Enter the width and height for the custom paper. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 216 mm] • length: 5 to 14 inches [127 to 356 mm] 6. Select the paper feed direction . Click ok . 7. Click ok . 8. Click print . Note • lo...

Page 255: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 255 important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended. • p...

Page 257

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 257 4. Select the unit. Enter the width and length measurements. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 216 mm] • length: 5 to 14 inches [127 to 356 mm] c93_me_pcl_custsize2.Bmp 5. Click ok . 6. Make sure that user defined now appea...

Page 259: Print Resolution

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 259 print resolution pcl or postscript changing for a print job 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate driver. 3. Click the job options tab. 4. Under quality ,...

Page 261: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 261 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) postscript using 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate ps driver. Click the layout tab. 3. Under pri...

Page 263: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 263 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) pcl using 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate pcl driver. Click the setup button. 3. Under 2-sided...

Page 265

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 265 3. Under pages per sheet , in the drop-down list, select booklet . C93_2k_ps_booklet.Bmp.

Page 267: Printing Booklets

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 267 printing booklets pcl 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate pcl driver. Click the setup tab. 3. Under finishing mode , in the drop-down list, select bookl...

Page 269: Printing Watermarks

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 269 printing watermarks pcl only 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, on the general tab, click the appropriate pcl driver. Click the job options tab. 3. Click watermark ..

Page 271: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 271 5. If you wish to print the watermark only on the first page of the document, select first page only . 6. Click ok . 7. Click print . Note to create a new watermark or edit an existing watermark: • click the new or edit button. C93_me_watermark2....

Page 273: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 273 proof and print pcl or postscript using proof and print allows printing of a single copy of a document for checking before printing multiple copies of the same document. 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print ...

Page 275: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 275 proof and print printing copies 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu . Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter your personal id number. 3. Press the value button until all jobs or the re...

Page 277: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 277 secure printing (printing confidential documents) pcl or postscript using secure printing secure printing (printing with passwords) allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment. ...

Page 279

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 279 4. Enter the number of copies. If required, select collate . C73_2k_ps_securek.Tif and c73_2k_pcl_securek.Tif 5. Click print . The document is stored on the printer’s hard disk. 6. Go to the printer. Use the front panel to print out the document....

Page 281: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 281 secure printing (printing confidential documents) deleting the confidential document before printing it 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu. Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the ...

Page 283: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 283 4. Select the number of copies. Click collate , if applicable. C73_2k_ps_store.Bmp and c73_2k_pcl_store.Bmp a. Enter a job name of up to 16 characters under job name setting. If required, select request job name for each print job . B. Type a fou...

Page 285: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 285 hard disk drive deleting a stored document 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu and press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you selected above. 3. Press the value ...

Page 287: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 287 creating overlays 1. Create the document that you wish to use for overlay printing (e.G. A letterhead). 2. Use the printer driver to generate a prn file (print file). 3. Use the storage device manager utility to convert this prn file (print file)...

Page 289: Postscript

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 289 creating documents to use as overlays postscript an overlay can be created in any software application that can handle logos, letterheads, forms, etc. And can print to a file. 1. Open in your application program. Open the file to be stored as an ...

Page 291

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 291 6. Make sure the printer being used is highlighted in the lower window of the storage device manager. 7. Select the project menu. 8. Choose send project files to printer . This downloads the file to the printer. If the file was downloaded success...

Page 293: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 293 5. Click the new button. C93_me_ps_overlay2.Bmp 6. In the overlay nam e list, enter the file name of the overlay. Select the pages where you want the overlay to print. Note the overlay name must be exactly the same as the file name you noted in t...

Page 295

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 295 11. Click add to add the overlay(s) to the list under active overlay. To select more than one overlay, hold the ctrl key while clicking on each name. C73_2k_ps_overlay2k.Tif 12. At the top of the dialog box, use the drop-down list to select use o...

Page 297: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 297 5. To define an overlay, click the define overlays button. C73_2k_pcl_overlay1.Bmp 6. In the overlay name list, enter the file name of the overlay. 7. In id values, enter the id of the file. Please refer to the instructions for the storage device...

Page 299: Printing Posters

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows 2000 operation • 299 printing posters pcl only this option allows you to configure and print posters by breaking up the document page into multiple pieces. Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, the separate sheets are combined to produce a poster. I...

Page 301: Windows Me/98/95

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 printer drivers • 301 windows me/98/95 printer drivers see your printed software installation guide for information on installing printer drivers. You can also go to http://my.Okidata.Com to view and/or download a copy of the software installation guide or f...

Page 303

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 printer drivers • 303 6. Click ok twice. Ps device options usable memory1.Bmp.

Page 305: Paper Trays: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 printer drivers • 305 paper trays: enabling postscript or pcl certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options...

Page 307: Paper Feed, Size and Media

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 printer drivers • 307 paper feed, size and media changing defaults postscript or pcl the normal default for these items is automatic detection. The following printer driver instructions are given as a guide only. Some software applications require the paper ...

Page 309: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 printer drivers • 309 7. Click paper feed options. Important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open...

Page 311: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 printer drivers • 311 network printer status utility • available on tcp/ip network connection only. The network printer status utility is available if your administrator has installed it. If the utility is installed, the printer driver properties dialog box ...

Page 313

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 313 factors that affect color printing the pcl and postscript printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the color output. For general use the default driver settings produce good results for most documents. ...

Page 315: Viewing Conditions

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 315 factors that affect color printing viewing conditions a document can look very different under various lighting conditions. For example, the colors may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look und...

Page 317: Paper Type

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 317 factors that affect color printing how your software application displays color some graphics applications such as coreldraw ® or adobe ® photoshop ® may display color differently from "office" applications such as microsoft ® word. Please se...

Page 319: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 319 color matching choosing a method rgb or cmyk? The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between red, green, blue (rgb) and cyan, magenta, yellow, black (cmyk). Generally, most documents you print are in rgb format....

Page 321: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 321 color matching choosing a method matching specific colors (example: company logo) rgb only • oki color matching (see page 329), and the srgb setting: pcl or ps driver. • postscript color matching using the absolute colorimetric option (see pa...

Page 323: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 323 color matching color matching options pcl driver the color matching options in the pcl driver can be used to help match your printed colors to the ones displayed on your monitor. Manually set the options in the pcl driver: 1. Click start → se...

Page 325

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 325 6. Select the method you wish to use: monitor (6500k) perceptual optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500k. Monitor (6500k) vivid optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a...

Page 327: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 327 color matching color matching options postscript driver the postscript driver offers several different methods of controlling the color output of the printer. Setting options manually 1. Click start → settings → printers. 2. Highlight the pri...

Page 329: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 329 color matching color control method postscript driver oki color matching this is oki’s proprietary color matching system. It affects rgb data only. This is the default setting. It provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. Un...

Page 331: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 331 color matching color control method postscript driver postscript color matching this uses postscript color rendering dictionaries built into the printer. It affects both rgb and cmyk data. From the rendering intent drop-down list, select the ...

Page 333: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 333 color matching color control method postscript driver using icc profiles • affects rgb data only. This provides a method of matching rgb colors similar to windows icm matching. The main advantage it has over windows icm color matching is that...

Page 335: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 335 color matching color control method postscript driver windows icm color matching pcl or postscript • icm is the color management system built into windows. • affects rgb data only. • can be associated with either the pcl or ps driver windows ...

Page 337

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 337 6. Click the unprintable area button. Set the margin parameters. Click ok . C93_me_ps_nup2.Bmp 7. Click ok . Print the document..

Page 339

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 339 5. Click the options button. Select the page borders , page layout and bind margin . Click ok . 6. Click ok . Print the document. C73_me_pcl_nup2.Bmp.

Page 341: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 341 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate ps driver. 3. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivalent). Important! If you are using heavy media, transparencie...

Page 343

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 343 5. Click the custom size button. C93_me_ps_custsize2.Bmp 6. In the paper name box, yype in the name you wish to use for the custom paper size. 7. Enter the width and length for the custom paper. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inch...

Page 345: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 345 important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended....

Page 347

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 347 5. Select the unit. 6. Enter the width and length measurements. 7. Click ok . User defined siz e should appear in the size box on the setup tab. C73_me_pcl_custom2k.Tif.

Page 349: Print Resolution

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 349 print resolution pcl or postscript changing for a print job 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate driver. 3. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivalent...

Page 351: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 351 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) postscript or pcl usage restrictions • standard paper sizes only. • paper weight range 20 to 28 lb. Us bond (75 to 105 g/m ² ). • paper must be loaded print side up. • only tray 1, optiona...

Page 353: Printing Booklets

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 353 printing booklets pcl and windows me 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate pcl driver. 3. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivalent). Notes • availabl...

Page 355: Printing Watermarks

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 355 printing watermarks postscript 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate ps driver. 3. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivalent). 4. In the select a wate...

Page 357: Printing Watermarks

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 357 printing watermarks pcl 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate pcl driver. 3. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivalent). 4. Click the job options tab....

Page 359: Collating

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 359 collating pcl or postscript collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. A printer with a hard disk drive performs better. To use the printer driver to select collating: 1. Open the file in your application. Selec...

Page 361: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 361 proof and print pcl or postscript using proof and print allows printing of a single copy of a document for checking before printing multiple copies of the same document. 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the pr...

Page 363: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 363 proof and print printing copies 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu . Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter your personal id number. 3. Press the value button until all jobs or th...

Page 365: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 365 secure printing (printing confidential documents) pcl or postscript using secure printing secure printing (printing with passwords) allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environme...

Page 367: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 367 secure printing (printing confidential documents) printing at the printer 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu. Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you set...

Page 369: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 369 hard disk drive pcl or postscript storing a document store to hard disk (job spooling) allows print jobs to be prepared and stored on the hard disk for printing on demand. This is good for forms, generic memos, letterhead, stationery, etc. 1....

Page 371

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 371 6. Type a four digit personal id number from 0000 to 7777. 7. Click ok . 8. Select the number of copies. Click collate , if applicable. 9. Click ok to close the properties dialog box. 10. Click ok . 11. Click print . The document is stored on...

Page 373: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 373 hard disk drive deleting a stored document 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu and press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you selected above. 3. Press the va...

Page 375: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 375 creating overlays 1. Create the document that you wish to use for overlay printing (e.G. A letterhead). 2. Use the printer driver to generate a prn file (print file). 3. Use the storage device manager utility to convert this prn file (print f...

Page 377: Postscript

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 377 creating documents to use as overlays postscript an overlay can be created in any software application that can handle logos, letterheads, forms, etc. And can print to a file. 1. Open your application program. Open the file to be stored as an...

Page 379

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 379 7. Select the project menu. Choose send project files to printer . This downloads the file to the printer. If the file was downloaded successfully, "command issued" displays. 8. Close the storage device manager..

Page 381: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 381 5. Click the new button. C93_me_ps_overlay2.Bmp 6. In the overlay nam e list, enter the file name of the overlay. Select the pages where you want the overlay to print. Note the overlay name must be exactly the same as the file name you noted ...

Page 383

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 383 10. Under defined overlay , highlight the overlay name(s). Click add to add the overlay(s) to the list under active overlay. To select more than one overlay, hold the ctrl key while clicking on each name. C93_me_ps_overlay4.Bmp 11. At the top...

Page 385: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 385 5. To define an overlay, click the define overlays button. C73_me_pcl_overlay1.Bmp 6. In the overlay name list, enter the file name of the overlay 7. In id values, e nter the id of the file. Please refer to the instructions for the storage de...

Page 387: Printing Posters

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows me/98/95 operation • 387 printing posters pcl only this option allows you to configure and print posters by breaking up the document page into multiple pieces. Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, the separate sheets are combined to produce a poste...

Page 389: Windows Nt

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 389 windows nt printer drivers see your printed software installation guide for information on installing printer drivers. You can also go to http://my.Okidata.Com to view and/or download a copy of the software installation guide or for the lates...

Page 391: Hard Disk Drive: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 391 hard disk drive: enabling postscript certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You onl...

Page 393: Paper Trays: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 393 paper trays: enabling postscript certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only ne...

Page 395: Duplex Unit: Enabling

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 395 duplex unit: enabling postscript certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or additional trays may be installed in your printer. Before using the printer, you must enter the printer driver(s) and enable the options. You only ne...

Page 397: Paper Feed, Size and Media

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 397 paper feed, size and media changing defaults postscript the normal default for these items is automatic detection. The following printer driver instructions are given as a guide only. Some software applications require the paper feed, size an...

Page 399

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 399 3. On the advanced tab, under document options → paper/ output , click paper source . 4. Select the paper feed in the change ‘paper source’ setting list. C73_nt_ps_sourcek.Tif 5. Click paper size . 6. Select the size in the change ‘paper size...

Page 401

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 401 2. Right click the printer name. Click document defaults . 3. On the setup tab, under media , select the required paper size in the size drop-down list. C73_nt_pcl_sizek.Tif.

Page 403: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 403 5. Select the required paper type under weight . C73_nt_pcl_weightk.Tif note if a paper tray is selected, the weight field becomes visible..

Page 405: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt printer drivers • 405 9. Click ok twice. Close the printers dialog box. Network printer status utility • available on tcp/ip network connection only. The network printer status utility is available if your administrator has installed it. The printer driver propert...

Page 407: Windows Nt 4.0

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 407 windows nt 4.0 operation this section explains how to set up color printing and how to use the printer’s features. Printer’s features covered in this section include: • n-up printing (see page 427) • custom page sizes (see page 430) • selecting...

Page 409: Printer Can Reproduce)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 409 factors that affect color printing monitor colors vs. Printer colors (differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce) • neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to th...

Page 411: Paper Type

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 411 factors that affect color printing how your software application displays color some graphics applications such as coreldraw ® or adobe ® photoshop ® may display color differently from "office" applications such as microsoft ® word. Please see ...

Page 413: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 413 color matching choosing a method rgb or cmyk? The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between red, green, blue (rgb) and cyan, magenta, yellow, black (cmyk). Generally, most documents you print are in rgb format. T...

Page 415: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 415 color matching choosing a method matching specific colors (example: company logo) rgb only • oki color matching (see page 423), and the srgb setting: pcl or ps driver. • postscript color matching using the absolute colorimetric option (see page...

Page 417: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 417 color matching color matching options pcl driver the color matching options in the pcl driver can be used to help match your printed colors to the ones displayed on your monitor. Manually set the options in the pcl driver: 1. Click start → sett...

Page 419

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 419 6. Select the method you wish to use: monitor (6500k) perceptual optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500k. Monitor (6500k) vivid optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a c...

Page 421: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 421 color matching color matching options postscript driver the postscript driver offers several different methods of controlling the color output of the printer. Setting options manually 1. Click start → settings → printers. 2. Right click the pri...

Page 423: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 423 color matching color control method oki color matching postscript this is oki’s proprietary color matching system. It affects rgb data only. This is the default setting. It provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. Under color...

Page 425: Color Matching

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 425 color matching color control method postscript color matching this uses postscript color rendering dictionaries built into the printer. It affects both rgb and cmyk data. From the rendering intent drop-down list, select the rendering type. C73_...

Page 427: (N-Up Printing)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 427 printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing) postscript 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate ps driver. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivale...

Page 429

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 429 4. Click the options button. Select the page borders , page layout and bind margin . Click ok . 5. Click ok . Print the document. C93_nt_pcl_nup2.Bmp.

Page 431: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 431 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate ps driver. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equivalent). Important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, en...

Page 433

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 433 b. Click paper size . C. In the change ‘paper size’ setting list, select postscript custom page size. C73_nt_ps_custom2k.Tif.

Page 435: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 435 5. Enter the width and height for the custom paper. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 216 mm] • length: 5 to 14 inches [127 to 356 mm] 6. Select the paper feed direction . 7. Click ok twice. 8. Print the document. Note • ...

Page 437: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 437 important! If you are using heavy media, transparencies, envelopes or labels, use the face up (straight through) paper feed path. For face up printing (straight-through path), make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended. •...

Page 439: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 439 4. Select the unit. Enter the width and length measurements. Custom page sizes range: • width: 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 216 mm] • length: 5 to 14 inches [127 to 356 mm] c73_nt_pcl_custom1k.Tif 5. Click ok . 6. Check that user defined now appears ...

Page 441

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 441 4. Select the required printing resolution under quality . 5. Select toner saving (if appropriate). 6. Click ok . Print the document. C73_nt_ps_resok.Tif and c73_nt_pcl_resok.Tif postscript driver pcl driver.

Page 443: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 443 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) postscript using 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate ps driver. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s e...

Page 445: Duplex Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 445 duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper) pcl using 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the print dialog box, click the appropriate pcl driver. Click properties (or setup , or your application’s equival...

Page 447

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 447 4. Click the options button. Set the signature , 2pages , right to left , and bind margin , as required. See the online help for information. Click ok . 5. Click ok . Print the document. Pcl booklet setup options.Bmp.

Page 449: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 449 5. If you wish to print the watermark only on the first page of the document, select first page only . 6. Click ok twice. 7. Print the document. Note to create a new watermark or edit an existing watermark: • click the new or edit button. C93_m...

Page 451: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 451 proof and print pcl or postscript using proof and print allows printing of a single copy of a document for checking before printing multiple copies of the same document. 1. Open the file in your application. Select file → print . 2. In the prin...

Page 453: Proof and Print

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 453 proof and print printing copies 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu . Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter your personal id number. 3. Press the value button until all jobs or the ...

Page 455: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 455 secure printing (printing confidential documents) pcl or postscript using secure printing secure printing (printing with passwords) allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment...

Page 457: Secure Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 457 secure printing (printing confidential documents) printing at the printer 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu. Press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you set a...

Page 459: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 459 hard disk drive pcl or postscript storing a document store to hard disk (job spooling) allows print jobs to be prepared and stored on the hard disk for printing on demand. This is good for forms, generic memos, letterhead, stationery, etc. 1. O...

Page 461

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 461 a. Enter a job name of up to 16 characters under job name setting. If required, select request job name for each print job . C73_nt_ps_jobpin.Bmp and job pin.Bmp b. Type a four digit personal id number from 0000 to 7777. Click ok . 6. Select th...

Page 463: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 463 hard disk drive deleting a stored document 1. Press the menu button to access the print jobs menu and press the select button. 2. Use the buttons on the printer control panel to enter the personal id number you selected above. 3. Press the valu...

Page 465: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 465 overlays creating files for overlays the files to be used as overlays must be created, generated, and stored. Then, other users can use settings in the printer drivers to use the files as overlays in documents. 1. Create the document that you w...

Page 467: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 467 overlays requirements for using storage requirements locations use storage device manager to store the overlays to the printer’s: • hard disk drive or • flash memory maximum available space hard disk drive 2 mb each for pcl macros and postscrip...

Page 469: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 469 overlays creating documents to use as overlays postscript an overlay can be created in any software application that can • handle logos, letterheads, forms, etc. And • print to a file. 1. Open your application program. 2. Open the file to be st...

Page 471: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 471 6. Note the name that the file is assigned in the storage device manager. Names are case sensitive. 7. Make sure the printer being used is highlighted in the lower window of the storage device manager. 8. Select the project menu. Choose send pr...

Page 473: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 473 4. Click the new button. C93_me_ps_overlay2.Bmp 5. In the overlay nam e list, enter the file name of the overlay. Select the pages where you want the overlay to print. Note the overlay name must be exactly the same as the file name you noted in...

Page 475

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 475 9. Under defined overlay , h ighlight the overlay name(s). Click add to add the overlay(s) to the list under active overlay. To select more than one overlay, hold the ctrl key while clicking on each name. C93_nt_ps_overlay2.Bmp 10. At the top o...

Page 477: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 477 5. To define an overlay, click the define overlays button. C93_nt_pcl_overlay1.Bmp 6. In the overlay name list, enter the file name of the overlay 7. In id values, e nter the id of the file. Please refer to the instructions for the storage devi...

Page 479: Printing Posters

C7350/7550 user’s guide: windows nt 4.0 operation • 479 printing posters pcl only this option allows you to configure and print posters by breaking up the document page into multiple pieces. Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, the separate sheets are combined to produce a poster....

Page 481: Maintenance

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 481 maintenance adding paper the display indicates when the number of sheets of paper in any paper tray falls below 30. 1. Remove the paper tray. 2. Remove the remaining sheets of paper. 3. Refill the tray with up to a ream (500 sheets) of paper. Replace the sh...

Page 483

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 483 6. If installed, a lower paper tray cannot be used to print if there is no paper tray inserted above it. Multi-trays.Eps (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 8.

Page 485

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 485 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Open the top cover. Open top cover.Eps.

Page 487

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 487 7. Unpack the new toner cartridge and remove the orange shipping clip. Toner clip remove.Eps 8. Shake the new toner cartridge back and forth several times. Then holding the toner cartridge horizontally, remove the tape. Toner shake.Eps and toner tape remove...

Page 489

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 489 10. Gently push the toner cartridge down, engaging the locking pin into the groove on the image drum. Toner cartridge install 2.Eps 11. Gently push the colored lever forward until it stops. This releases the toner into the image drum. Toner cartridge instal...

Page 491: Changing The Image Drum

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 491 changing the image drum when the image drum reaches the end of its product life, *** change drum is displayed in the control panel (*** is the color name). If printing continues without replacing the image drum, change ***** image drum is displayed and prin...

Page 493

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 493 6. Install the new image drum in the printer. Ugc7_133.Jpg 7. Push the tab inwards and remove the blanking plate from the image drum. Blanking plate remove.Eps 8. Install a new toner cartridge. See “changing the toner cartridge” on page 484. 9. Close the to...

Page 495

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 495 4. Press back the lock lever (1). 5. Use the handles (2 and 3) to remove the old transfer belt from the printer. Transfer belt remove.Eps.

Page 497

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 497 8. Move the lock lever (1) toward the front of the printer. Make sure it locks the transfer belt into place. 9. Reinstall the cradle complete with the four image drums and toner cartridges in the printer. Image drum set replace.Eps.

Page 499: Changing The Fuser

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 499 changing the fuser when the fuser unit reaches the end of its product life, change fuser unit is displayed in the control panel. Fuser unit life is approximately 60 000 a4 sheets. 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Open the top cover. Open top cover.Eps warning! T...

Page 501

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 501 6. Using the handle (2), install the new fuser unit into the printer. Make sure the two spring loaded locking levers (1) lock the fuser unit into place. Fuser unit replace.Eps 7. Close the top cover. Close top cover.Eps.

Page 503

C7350/7550 user’s guide: maintenance • 503 3. Gently wipe the led head surface with led lens cleaner or soft tissue. Led head clean.Eps 4. Close the top cover. Close top cover.Eps.

Page 505: Warning

C7350/7550 user’s guide: moving (shipping) the printer • 505 6. Seal the aperture on each image drum and its toner cartridge with plastic adhesive tape (1). This prevents any toner from spilling during moving. Image drum seal.Eps 7. Place the four image drums (complete with their toner cartridges) b...

Page 507

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 507 14 check belt unit check the transfer belt for paper jam, correct installation, etc. 15 check duplex check the duplex unit for paper jam, correct installation, etc. 16 check fuser unit check the fuser unit for paper jam, correct installation, etc. 17 ch...

Page 509

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 509 57 unsuitable size indicates wrong paper size. 58 usb i/f error usb interface error has occurred. 59 warming up the printer is warming up. Display message meaning.

Page 511: Paper Jams

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 511 paper jams clearing paper jams are indicated by an error message on the display. Paper jams are cleared as follows: 1. Open the top cover of the printer. Open top cover.Eps note do not close the top cover completely (until it latches) during this proces...

Page 513: Paper Jams

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 513 paper jams clearing check behind the front cover 3. Open the front cover. A. Remove any jammed paper. B. Close the front cover. Front cover open.Eps.

Page 515: Paper Jams

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 515 paper jams clearing check behind the rear cover 5. Open the rear cover. A. Remove any jammed paper. B. Close the rear cover. Remove paper rear cover.Eps.

Page 517

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 517 b. Release the fuser roller lock levers at either end of the fuser and slowly remove the jammed paper. C. Re-lock the levers at either end of the fuser. Hot.Tif and c71_56bw.Jpg.

Page 519: Paper Jams

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 519 paper jams check the duplex unit a. Open the front cover. B. Slide out the duplex unit. Front cover open.Eps and remove duplex unit.Eps.

Page 521: Paper Jams

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 521 paper jams clearing check additional paper trays if any optional paper tray(s) are installed: 6. Pull them out. Check that no paper is jammed along the various parts of the exit path. 7. Close the top cover. Close top cover.Eps.

Page 523: Paper Jams

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 523 paper jams printer does not print after jam is cleared possible cause remedy the top cover was closed before all paper jams were cleared. Removing a paper jam is not enough. The top cover cannot be closed until all of the paper jams are cleared. Gently ...

Page 525: Print Quality Problems

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 525 print quality problems blurred letter edges possible cause remedy led is dirty. Clean led with lens cleaner or soft tissue. See “cleaning the led heads” on page 502. Cannot print desired color because toner is low. Replace toner cartridge. See “changing...

Page 527: Print Quality Problems

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 527 print quality problems shading on unprinted sections toner rubs off the output output is garbled or incorrect possible cause remedy paper has been affected by static electricity. Store paper within specified temperature and humidity levels. See paper (m...

Page 529: Parallel Interface Problems

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 529 parallel interface problems cannot configure for parallel connection windows only possible cause remedy the computer does not support bi-directional parallel interface. There is no solution for this problem. You must use a computer that supports a bi-di...

Page 531: Usb Problems

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 531 usb problems cannot configure for usb connection note • windows 95 and nt 4.0 do not support usb. • windows 98 upgraded from windows 95 may not support usb. • windows 98 original installation and windows me, 2000, and xp all support usb. Possible cause ...

Page 533: Application Error

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 533 application error or general protection fault possible cause remedy application is not suitable for windows version. (windows only) upgrade the application. (windows only) memory is insufficient for number of applications running. Close all other applic...

Page 535: Printer Does Not Go Online

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 535 printer does not go online printer makes a strange noise possible cause remedy bad connection turn off the printer. Disconnect the power cable. Reconnect power cable. Turn on the printer. If this does not clear the fault, call for service. Possible caus...

Page 537: Printing Is Slow

C7350/7550 user’s guide: troubleshooting • 537 printing is slow printing does not start printing cancels possible cause remedy print processing is carried out by the computer. Use a computer with a faster processor. Print resolution is set high. Set lower print resolution in the printer driver. Data...

Page 539: Memory (Additional)

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 539 memory (additional) when to install adding memory increases the printer’s capacity to process complex data. You should add memory if: • you use duplex printing • error messages appear when printing complex data. • you run graphic-intensive applications on n...

Page 541: Caution!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 541 to insert the memory modules into the slots: 4. Push out the white tabs at either end of the socket. 5. Lift out the board. Ugc9_072.Jpg 6. Align the module with the narrow strip (1) on its metallic contact edge to the right (toward the slot identifier numb...

Page 543: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 543 8. Replace the main board and secure it with the two screws. 9. Connect the printer interface cable and power cable. 10. Turn on the printer. Note service call/034 may appear on the printer’s display. If it does: 1. Turn off the printer. 2 remove the main b...

Page 545: Hard Disk Drive

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 545 hard disk drive the optional internal hard disk drive is used to store documents for: • proof and print • password or secure printing installation 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Disconnect the power cable and printer interface cable. 3. Loosen the two screws (...

Page 547: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 547 10. Print a menumap. To print the menumap: a. Press menu twice. Information menu displays. B. Press select. Print menu map displays. C. Press select. The menu map prints. 11. Check that the hdd appears at the top of the menumap. If it doesn’t, a. Turn the p...

Page 549: Duplex Unit

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 549 duplex unit installation 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Disconnect the power cable. Duplex install.Eps 3. Open the front cover (1). 4. Insert the duplex unit (2) into the printer. Engage the sides of the duplex unit in the slots in the printer. 5. Gently slide...

Page 551

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 551 3. Move the printer away from its location. 4. Position the additional paper tray(s) where you want the printer to go. 5. Lower the printer gently on to the additional paper tray(s) 6. Align the holes and connection socket on the base of the printer with th...

Page 553

C7350/7550 user’s guide: accessories • 553 8. Fold the tray media size identifier sheet to expose the appropriate media size. Insert it in the holder at the right end of the tray. The label is supplied with the optional tray. C9_116.Jpg 9. Place the appropriate self-adhesive tray number identifier l...

Page 555: Specifications

C7350/7550 user’s guide: specifications • 555 specifications print method led exposed light source electronic photographic memory resolution c7350n - 600 x 1200dpi c7550n - 1200 x 1200dpi colors cyan, magenta, yellow, black (cmyk) cpu power pc 750 processor, 32 bit risc cpu, 500 mhz, 64 bit memory c...

Page 557

C7350/7550 user’s guide: specifications • 557 power consumption operating: 1350 max.; 500 w average (25°c) standby: 1200 max.; 150 w average (25°c) power saving: 45 w max. Operating environment operating: • 50 to 90°f (10 to 32°c) • 20 to 80% rh maximum wet bulb temperature 77°f (25°c) for maximum p...

Page 559: Transfer Belt

C7350/7550 user’s guide: consumables • 559 fuser unit, 230v.................................................... 41945607 transfer belt c9_039bw.Jpg description order no. Transfer belt ......................................................... 41945501.

Page 561: Oki

C7350/7550 user’s guide: consumables • 561 oki ® print media (continued) oki premium envelopes security tint, redi-strip seal oki_env.Jpg order no. White, com-10. Box 100......................................... 52206301 white, com-10. Box 500......................................... 52206302.

Page 563: Media Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 563 media menu item factory default setting tray1 mediatype: plain tray1 mediaweight auto tray2 mediatype: plain tray2 mediaweight auto tray3 mediatype: plain tray3 mediaweight auto mpp tray papersize letter mp tray media plain mp tray mediaweight ...

Page 565: System Configuration Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 565 system configuration menu item factory default setting power save delay time 60 mins. Usb ps-protocol raw network ps-protocol raw personality auto emulation clearable warning on auto continue off manual timeout 60 sec. Wait timeout 40 sec. Low ...

Page 567: Ppr Emulation Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 567 ppr emulation menu item factory default setting character pitch 10 cpi font condense 10 cpi to 12 cpi character set set - 2 symbol set ibm-437 letter 0 style disable zero character normal line pitch 6 lpi white page skip off cr functuion cr lf ...

Page 569: Parallel Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 569 parallel menu item factory default setting parallel enable bi-direction enable ecp enable ack width narrow ack/busy timing ack-in-busy i-prime disable offline receive disable.

Page 571: Network Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 571 network menu item factory default setting tcp/ip enable netware enable ethertalk enable netbeui enable frame type auto dhcp/bootp enable rarp disable ip address 0.0.0.0 subnet mask 0.0.0.0 gateway address 0.0.0.0 print settings off initialize o...

Page 573: Disk Maintenance Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 573 disk maintenance menu item factory default setting partition #1 pcl partition #2 common partition #3 ps.

Page 575: Maintenance Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: factory default settings • 575 maintenance menu item factory default setting eeprom reset execute power save enable paper black setting 0 paper color setting 0 transpr black setting 0 transpr color setting 0

Page 577: Color Swatch Utility

C7350/7550 user’s guide: color swatch utility • 577 color swatch utility printing color swatches 1. Install the utility from cd1 using the oki menu installer (windows). 2. Click start → programs → color swatch → color swatch utility . 3. A swatch page displays, showing commonly used colors. 4. Selec...

Page 579: Color Swatch Utility

C7350/7550 user’s guide: color swatch utility • 579 color swatch utility creating custom swatch colors if you don't find your desired color, you can create or customize colors: 1. Select custom swatch from the file menu. 2. On the pop-up window, there are 3 slide bars that allow you to customize swa...

Page 581: Using

C7350/7550 user’s guide: pdf direct print utility • 581 using 1. Right-click on the file you want to print in windows explorer or the file icon on the desktop. 2. Click pdf direct print 3. Click print . Pdfd_p1.Jpg note the pdf direct print utility works with version 1.3 (acrobat 4.0) or below pdf f...

Page 583: Storage Device Manager

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 583 storage device manager for windows general information this utility lets you manage the printer’s hard disk and flash memory, and download fonts, macros and firmware. Storage device manager (sdm) provides a means of managing • the pri...

Page 585: Installation

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 585 installation install storage device manager from cd1 using the oki menu installer..

Page 587

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 587 network administrator functions on network systems, the network administrator • oversees the storage device manager software • uses storage device manager to manage and monitor the printer’s internal hard disk and flash memory the adm...

Page 589: Using

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 589 using opening the program 1. Click start → programs → oki → oki storage device manager → oki storage device manager . The sdm - printer discovery dialog box opens. Discovery.Tif 2. Select the appropriate computer connection(s), then c...

Page 591: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 591 forms postscript step 1: create the form step 2: create a project step 3a: add files to the project step 3b: delete files from the project step 4: store the files step 5: save and download the project step 6: test print the form note ...

Page 593: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 593 forms postscript step 2: create a new project 1. Open storage device manager. 2. Click projects → new project . The project dialog box opens. 3. Click projects → save project , enter the path/name for storing the project on your hard ...

Page 595: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 595 forms postscript step 4: store the files hard disk drive if your printer is equipped with an internal hard disk drive, the storage device manager automatically saves the forms to the postscript partition on the hard drive. Flash memor...

Page 597: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 597 forms postscript step 6: test print the form 1. With storage device manager open and the appropriate printer icon highlighted, click print ers → test form . The test postscript form dialog box appears. 2. Click the file name for the f...

Page 599: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 599 forms pcl step 1: create the forms in your software application 1. Create the document in your software application. 2. Click file → print and make sure the oki pcl driver is selected. 3. Print the document to a file using the extensi...

Page 601: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 601 forms pcl step 3: convert the files to binary (.Bin) format 5. Under look in , go to the folder where the files are saved and double-click the file name. The file is saved as a bin file. Filter file created appears. 6. Click ok . 7. R...

Page 603: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 603 forms pcl step 5: check file settings and save the project 1. To check the settings for the bin files, double-click the file name. The edit component name and id dialog box appears. Here you can edit the • file name • id number (the n...

Page 605: Forms

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 605 forms pcl step 7: test print the form 1. With storage device manager open and the appropriate printer icon highlighted, click printers → test macro . The test macro dialog box appears. 2. Enter the id number for the macro file you wis...

Page 607: Flash Memory: Maintenance

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 607 internal hard disk drive: maintenance flash memory: maintenance view and delete files hdd print jobs feature the hdd print jobs feature allows you to view and delete the proof & print and secure print files stored on the printer’s int...

Page 609: Flash Memory: Maintenance

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 609 internal hard disk drive: maintenance flash memory: maintenance delete files show resources feature use the show resources feature to delete files from the internal hard drive and flash memory. 1. Open storage device manager. Click th...

Page 611: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 611 overlays creating files for overlays the files to be used as overlays must be created, generated, and stored. Then, other users can use settings in the printer drivers to use the files as overlays in documents. 1. Create the document ...

Page 613: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 613 overlays requirements for using storage requirements locations use storage device manager to store the overlays to the printer’s: • hard disk drive or • flash memory maximum available space hard disk drive 2 mb each for pcl macros and...

Page 615: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 615 overlays windows 2000: pcl printing 1. Open the document in the software application. 2. Click file → print . The print dialog box appears. 3. Click the overlay tab. 4. Under defined overlays , click any overlays you wish to use. To s...

Page 617: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 617 overlays windows 2000: pcl deleting 1. Click start → settings → printers . 2. Right click the oki pcl printer icon, then click printing preferences . The oki printing preferences dialog box appears. 3. Click the overlay tab. 4. Click ...

Page 619: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 619 overlays windows me/98/95: pcl printing 1. Open the document in the software application. 2. Click file → print . The print dialog box appears. 3. Make sure the oki pcl driver is selected, then click properties (or your application’s ...

Page 621: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 621 overlays windows me/98/95: pcl deleting 1. Click start → settings → printers . 2. Right click the oki pcl printer icon, then click properties . The oki properties dialog box appears. 3. Click the job options tab. Click the overlay but...

Page 623: Overlays

C7350/7550 user’s guide: storage device manager for windows • 623 overlays windows nt: postscript postscript 1. Click start → settings → printers. 2. Right click the printer name. Click document defaults . 3. On the job options tab, click the overlay button. 4. Click the new button. 5. In the overla...

Page 625: Introduction

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 625 print job accounting utility introduction the print job accounting software, designed specifically for oki printers in a network environment, provides job accounting features that allow you to track printer usage, calculate printing costs, ...

Page 627: Overview

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 627 overview sample network diagram ja_overview.Jpg requirements the print job accounting utility requires server computer using an appropriate windows operating system. Client computers using windows and/or macintosh operating systems. Connect...

Page 629: Installation

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 629 installation cdhand.Jpg installing the print job accounting server software 1. Place the driver cd supplied with your printer in the cd-rom drive on the server computer and wait for the menu installer to open. If the cd does not autoplay, c...

Page 631

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 631 2. Ensure that your printer model is selected, then click general and select plug-in preferences . 3. Open the print time filters menu, then check print time filters , jobtype and jobaccounting . 4. Click save settings , then click ok . 5. ...

Page 633: For Print Logs, You Can

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 633 for each printer, you can • set fees by sheets, paper sizes, and so forth. • set (all) print enabled/disabled or color print enabled/disabled. • set upper limits for items such as printed pages. • set up an account, allowing printing only w...

Page 635: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 635 examples of account id scenarios: to permit only some clients to print: in this case, you need not necessarily assign an account id to each and every client. You assign one only to those clients who are permitted to print. All other clients...

Page 637

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 637 the following window appears: ja_openingscreen.Bmp.

Page 639: File Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 639 server software pull-down menus file menu exit close the application..

Page 641: Log Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 641 server software pull-down menus log menu display logs a a. Before running, select the subject item from the “log tree” on the left side of the window. If you select “log,” all items will be subject to displaying/exporting. If you select one...

Page 643: Help Menu

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 643 server software pull-down menus help menu server id … display server id. Help … display the help topics window with tabs • contents • index • find version info … display version information..

Page 645

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 645 2. Set up the general information on the mail setup tab, including the mail server, when an email is to be sent, and the header and footer text to be included with the email. 3. On the mail address tab, enter a name and email address for th...

Page 647: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 647 2. Enter the group name of your choice, then click next . The following window appears: ja_addgroup2.Bmp 3. Click finish . Note at this point, no printers have been registered, so none appear in the box. Printers can be added to established...

Page 649: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 649 2. Select the appropriate box(es). – to have the software search out local and/or network printers, select search printers and select local port and/or tcp/ip network . – to specify the printer address (local or network) manually, select sp...

Page 651

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 651 4. Select the printer you want to register from the list of printers searched and click next . The following window appears: ja_addprinter3.Bmp.

Page 653

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 653 fees in the drop-down box, select a fee definition to be used. Some fee settings are available with defaults. To custom define settings for the printer, click define fees … and then click add in the defined fees window. The following window...

Page 655: Fees

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 655 fees define fees window toner use amount tab – 聺 toner use amount : select to set a standard feel per page for color and for mono printing. – automatic calculation : use this to set up automatic calculation of fees for toner use and save it...

Page 657: Fees

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 657 fees define fees window printer use time tab ja_feesprinteruse.Bmp – 聺 printer use time : select to set a fee for each minute of print time used..

Page 659: Fees

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 659 fees define fees window tray tab ja_feestray.Bmp – 聺 tray : select to set a fee per sheet printed which varies depending on the tray used. Click change to set fees for individual trays..

Page 661: Fees

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 661 fees define fees window belt fuser use amount tab – 聺 belt, fuser use amount: select to set a fee per page for belt and/or fuser usage. – automatic calculation: use this to set up automatic calculation of fees for belt and fuser use and sav...

Page 663

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 663 operation at log full here you can set what the printer does when the buffer for log storing becomes full and cannot store any more logs: ja_addprinter_logfull.Bmp cancel the job cancels the jobs once the buffer is full. Do not acquire the ...

Page 665

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 665 auto export logs ja_addprinter_autoexport.Bmp sets whether or not, and how, log data will automatically be exported when it is acquired. Do not automatically export a a. The default setting. Logs are not automatically exported. Automaticall...

Page 667

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 667 6. Click finish . The following window appears: ja_id_registration.Bmp 7. Use this window to add user account ids for the printer. For more information, see step 3, ff., under “setting up account ids” on page 669. 8. When done, click end , ...

Page 669

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 669 setting up account ids adding account ids for a registered printer from the main print job accounting window: 1. Double click the printer for which you wish to set up account ids. The following window appears: ja_printerproperties.Bmp.

Page 671

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 671 3. Click add . The following window appears: ja_addid1.Bmp.

Page 673

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 673 5. Establish the new account id: a. Enter the following information for the new account id: – account id number – name. – email address: if the user will have limits set on their printing, enter their email address so that they can be infor...

Page 675: Disable Printing

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 675 d. Make your selections, then click next . The following window appears: ja_addid4.Bmp disable printing all printing is cancelled. When this is selected, other settings cannot be changed. Disable color printing this account id cannot print ...

Page 677: Note

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 677 f. Set limits per 24-hour period for the account id by any or all of the following: – total pages – total dollars – total minutes – total staples used these limits will be checked at the selected interval or at the time setting for the log....

Page 679

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 679 3. Click other printer . The following window appears: ja_importuser.Bmp.

Page 681: Changing Account Id Settings

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 681 changing account id settings from the main print job accounting window: 1. Open the printer tree and double click the printer for which you wish to change account ids. 2. On the user tab, click register . The following window appears: ja_ad...

Page 683: Deleting Account Ids

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 683 deleting account ids from the main print job accounting window: 1. Open the printer tree and double click the name of the printer/ group for which an account id is to be deleted. 2. On the user tab, click register . The following window app...

Page 685: Total Display Items

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 685 log display items standard acquisition log. The following window appears: ja_logdisplayitems.Bmp total display items listing of totals for a registered printer. The following window appears: ja_totaldisplayitems.Bmp.

Page 687

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 687 4. Make your selections: a. Items to be included have a check mark in their box. To delete or add an item, click the box next to it to toggle the check mark on and off. B. To change the position of the item in the log, click the name, then ...

Page 689: Using The Reports Tool

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 689 using the reports tool generating a log report using excel 1. Make sure the print job accounting server software is open and that a log has been acquired. 2. From the start menu, click okidata → print control → open print control reports. 3...

Page 691

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 691 available excel macros macro what is included account detail detailed information of each job for every account id, including: • account id • job id • date • document name • paper size • media type • total sheets • color pages • mono pages ...

Page 693

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 693 user usage chart of data in the user summary worksheet. User summary includes the following for each user id: • total jogs • total sheets • color pages • mono pages • duplex pages • total costs available excel macros macro what is included.

Page 695: Reading Log Entries

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 695 reading log entries the items displayed in print log are as follows: log entries [in alphabetical order] column description 1200dpi a number of sheets printed in 1200 dpi 1200x600dpi a number of sheets printed in 1200 x 600 dpi 600dpi a num...

Page 697: Client Software

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 697 client software starting the client software on the client computer, click start → programs → okidata → print job accounting client → change job accounting mode . Setting the user name and account id ja_client.Bmp there are four job account...

Page 699: Client Software

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 699 client software job account modes [not supported] mode in this mode, all jobs to be printed will be recognized as unregistered id(0). Note for print jobs recognized as unregistered id, you can set it so they are permitted or refused for pri...

Page 701

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 701 3. Press enter. The following printer status window appears: ja_webstatus.Bmp printer status the default opening screen. To see real-time printer status, click the update status button..

Page 703

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 703 login as admin this brings up the “enter network password” window. You must log in before accessing the printer menu: ja_webenterpassword.Bmp.

Page 705

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 705 printer menu once you are logged in as the administrator, clicking this will bring up the following window, through which you can make changes in the printer’s menu settings. The left pane contains a list of menu setting groups from which t...

Page 707: Troubleshooting

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 707 troubleshooting q. The printer i selected is not shown in the list when i click printer → add a printer → next . A. If it is offline, the printer will not be shown. Check to see that the printer is online. There are times the printer is not...

Page 709: Important!

C7350/7550 user’s guide: print job accounting utility • 709 uninstalling print job accounting uninstall the server software 1. Select a printer in the left pane of the server software. 2. Select start/end log from the printer menu. 3. Select delete a printer from the printer menu. You are prompted a...

Page 711: Printsupervision

C7350/7550 user’s guide: printsupervision • 711 printsupervision general information printsupervision is a web-based application for managing printing devices connected to a network. Printsupervision provides access to networked printer data for monitoring, reporting and managing networked printers....

Page 713: System Requirements

C7350/7550 user’s guide: printsupervision • 713 system requirements server software pentium 75, 64mb or better with cd support running: • windows 98 with microsoft personal web server version™, available for free download from microsoft™ as option pack 4.0. • windows nt4 workstation, sp6.0a, microso...

Page 715: Using

C7350/7550 user’s guide: network printer status utility • 715 using 1. Click start → settings → printers . Right-click the oki printer icon. Click properties . 2. Click on the status tab. 3. Click the update button to see device settings. The following screen displays: netstatus2k.Tif.

Page 717: Checking The Printer Status