Oki C8800 series User Manual - - U

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    User’s guide c8800

  • Page 2: Reface

    Preface > 2 p reface every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipmen...

  • Page 3: Mergency

    Emergency first aid > 3 e mergency f irst a id take care with toner powder: if swallowed, induce vomiting and seek medical attention. Never attempt to induce vomiting if person is unconscious. If inhaled, move the person to an open area for fresh air. Seek medical attention. If it gets into the eyes...

  • Page 4: Ontents

    Contents > 4 c ontents preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 emergency first aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 importer to the eu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 environmental information. . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Contents > 5 mac os x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 blacks and greys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 black overprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 black printing (black generation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 composite...

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    Contents > 6 step 3 - select icc profiles in the printer driver. . . 58 matching the colour of a monitor, scanner or camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 mac os x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Contents > 7 duplex (double-sided) printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 windows postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 windows pcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 mac os x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 printing multi...

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    Contents > 8 maintenance menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 usage menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 job log menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 replacing consumable items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 consumable order ...

  • Page 9: Otes

    Notes, cautions and warnings > 9 n otes , c autions and w arnings note: a note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product. Caution! A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution pro...

  • Page 10: Ntroduction

    Introduction > 10 i ntroduction congratulations on buying this oki printing solutions colour printer. Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear, vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office. Your printer incl...

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    Introduction > 11 > “ask oki” – a user-friendly function for windows that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using. This is where you’ll find all the advice, assistance and support you could need to help you get the best po...

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    Introduction > 12 p rinter overview f ront view the lcd display language can be changed to show different languages. ( see “changing the display language” on page 14. ) 1. Output stacker, face down. Standard printed copy delivery point. Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g/m². 2. Operator panel. Menu drive...

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    Introduction > 13 r ear view this view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. * the network interface has a protective “plug” which must be removed before connection can be made. When the rear paper stacker is folded dow...

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    Introduction > 14 c hanging the display language the default language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing is english. If required, this can be changed to: german danish french dutch italian turkish spanish portuguese swedish polish russian greek finnish czech hungarian ...

  • Page 15: Aper

    Paper recommendations > 15 p aper recommendations your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, transparencies and envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be ob...

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    Paper recommendations > 16 c assette trays if you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray (2nd tray if you have one, or multi purpose tray) you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper. When printing from windows applications, this...

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    Paper recommendations > 17 for paper lengths exceeding 431.8mm use paper stock up to 128g/m² and the face up (rear) paper stacker. Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies. Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time, subject to a maximu...

  • Page 18: Oading

    Loading paper > 18 l oading paper c assette trays 1. Remove the paper tray from the printer. 2. Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges (1) and in the middle (2) to ensure that all sheets are properly separated, then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again (3). 1 2 3.

  • Page 19: Caution!

    Loading paper > 19 3. Load paper long edge feed (lef) (letter headed paper - face down and top edge towards the right of the printer) (1) up to mark (a). 4. Adjust the rear stopper and paper guides (2) to the size of paper being used. For a6 paper, remove and re-install in the a6 position. To preven...

  • Page 20: Caution!

    Loading paper > 20 5. If you have two trays and you are printing from the 1st (upper) tray, you can pull out the 2nd (lower) tray during printing to reload it. However, if printing from the 2nd (lower) tray, do not pull out the 1st (upper) tray. This will cause a paper jam. 6. For face down printing...

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    Loading paper > 21 m ulti purpose tray 1. Open the multi purpose tray (1). 2. Fold out the paper supports (2). 3. Press gently down on the paper platform (3) to ensure it is latched down. 4. Load the paper and adjust the paper guides (4) to the size of paper being used. > for single-sided printing o...

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    Loading paper > 22 > for two-sided (duplex) printing on headed paper load the paper with pre-printed side down and top edge away from the printer. (optional duplex unit must be installed for this function.) > envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printe...

  • Page 23: Guide

    A guide to printing > 23 a guide to printing this chapter provides a convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your printer. H ow to access the driver screens most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver screens. How you access the...

  • Page 24: Pcl

    A guide to printing > 24 pcl or p ost s cript three printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for pcl5c emulation, one for pcl6 emulation, and the other for postscript 3 emulation. If you print mainly from general “office” applications choose one of the pcl drivers. For faster printing of ...

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    A guide to printing > 25 p ost s cript emulation 1. Page orientation sets portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) page orientation. The “rotated” rotates the paper through 90 degrees anti- clockwise. 2. When printing double sided pages (duplex unit required). You can flip the paper either on its long ed...

  • Page 26: Pcl

    A guide to printing > 26 pcl emulation when you click the properties button from your application’s print dialogue, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document. 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scal...

  • Page 27: Xp/2000/s

    A guide to printing > 27 c hanging the driver defaults w indows xp/2000/s erver 2003 1. Click [start] → [printers and faxes] to open the printers and faxes window. 2. In the printers and faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [printing preferences] from the cont...

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    A guide to printing > 28 recalling saved settings in the pcl drivers is a simple task that must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made. Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is described here. S aving a set of driver settings 1. Make any changes to the driver s...

  • Page 29: Os X

    A guide to printing > 29 s etting the driver device options this section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer. Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing), additional paper trays, etc., will only be usa...

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    A guide to printing > 30 b lacks and greys b lack overprint black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed fonts and the coloured background. Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black text over a background colour. Black overprint may not be available with some ...

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    A guide to printing > 31 mac os x 1. Choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [printer features] (2). 4. From the [feature sets] menu (3), select [colour options]. 5. Select the [black overprint] checkbox (4). B lack printing ( black generation ) ...

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    A guide to printing > 32 t rue ( pure ) black only black toner is used to print true black. Use true black when printing a combination of text and graphics. If you use true black to print photographs, dark sections of the photos may appear black. Windows (office colour) 1. On the driver’s [colour] t...

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    A guide to printing > 33 windows (graphic pro) 1. On the driver’s [colour] tab, select [graphic pro] (1) and click the [options] button. 2. From the [black finish] menu (2), choose your preferred setting. 1 2.

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    A guide to printing > 34 mac os x (office colour) 1. From the [file] menu, select [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1), select your printer. 3. In the next menu (2), select [printer features]. 4. From the [feature sets] menu (3), select [colour – office colour]. 5. For [black finish] menu (4), ch...

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    A guide to printing > 35 mac os x (graphic pro) 1. From the [file] menu, select [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1), select your printer. 3. In the next menu (2), select [printer features]. 4. From the [feature sets] menu (3), select [colour – graphic pro 3]. 5. For [black finish] menu (4), choo...

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    A guide to printing > 36 f ine lines enhancement this feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine lines (minimum line width). With some software applications, if this feature is turned on, the spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens, turn [adjust ultra fine lines] ...

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    A guide to printing > 37 g reyscale printing if you select greyscale, the printer converts all colours into shades of grey, and prints using only black toner. Use greyscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you do not need to print a colour document in colour. W indows 1. If using the pcl...

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    A guide to printing > 38 3. If using the ps driver, on the [colour] tab, click [greyscale], and then click [advanced] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast. M ac os x 1. In your application program, choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1), select your printer. 3. From the nex...

  • Page 39: Olour

    Colour printing (basics) > 39 c olour printing (b asics ) the printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output. For general use the automatic settings will suffice, providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documen...

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    Colour printing (basics) > 40 viewing conditions a print can look very different under different lighting conditions. For example, the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer dri...

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    Colour printing (basics) > 41 t ips for printing in colour the following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. P rinting photographic images use the monitor (6500k) perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the monitor (6500k) vivid or digital camera se...

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    Colour printing (basics) > 42 a ccessing the colour matching options the colour matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source, such as a digital camera. To open colour matching options from the wi...

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    Colour printing (basics) > 43 2. Choose details and select from the following options: (a) monitor (6500k) perceptual optimised for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation. (b) monitor (6500k) vivid optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colour...

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    Colour printing (basics) > 44 u sing the colour swatch feature to use the colour swatch feature, you must install the colour swatch utility. This is supplied on the cd-rom that was supplied with your printer. The colour swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours. Note that...

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    Colour printing (basics) > 45 u sing the c olour c orrect u tility the oki colour correct utility is provided on your printer driver cd-rom. You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver. The colour correct utility has the following features: > microsoft offi...

  • Page 46: Olour

    Colour matching (advanced) > 46 c olour matching ( advanced ) this chapter only discusses the printer colour management system. If you wish to learn more about your application program or operating system colour management, please see the documentation that was supplied with your application softwar...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 47 2. Operating system colour management (2) . Windows 2000 and xp have windows icm colour management. Mac os x have apple colorsync. 3. Printer colour management (3) . When you print your document and modify settings in the printer driver, the printer performs colour ad...

  • Page 48: Rgb

    Colour matching (advanced) > 48 > this is a simpler colour management system designed for ease of use. Office colour is recommended for users who are not experts in colour but want good results when printing from programs such as microsoft office. > graphic pro (3b) – “graphic pro” on page 54 this i...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 49 a bout the printer drivers depending on your operating system, you may have the choice of different drivers to use with your printer. You may wish to select a printer driver based on whether it supports cmyk data. O ffice colour this section describes the features in ...

  • Page 50: - Rgb

    Colour matching (advanced) > 50 although the office colour options contain controls for cmyk data, it is strongly recommended that you use the graphic pro options instead. If you are printing cmyk data, the graphic pro options provide more power and flexibility. O ffice colour - rgb options office c...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 51 w indows this information applies to the windows pcl 5c, pcl 6 and postscript drivers. 1. On the printer driver [colour] tab, select [office colour] (1) and click the [options] button. 2. Select a preset from [colour matching options] (2). 1 2.

  • Page 52: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 52 m ac os x 1. In your application program, choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [printer features] (2) . 4. From the [feature sets] menu (3) , select [colour options]. 5. From the [colour mode] menu (4) , select...

  • Page 53: Rgb

    Colour matching (advanced) > 53 6. From the [feature sets] menu (5) , select [colour – office colour]. 7. Select the [office colour] preset (6) you wish to use. C ustomising rgb office colour with the colour correct utility (w indows ) if the office colour presets are not sufficient for your needs, ...

  • Page 54: Rgb

    Colour matching (advanced) > 54 g raphic pro this section describes the colour matching options available for graphic pro. The graphic pro colour matching system is based around icc profiles. These profiles are down loaded to the printer using the profile assistant utility and then selected in the p...

  • Page 55: Icc

    Colour matching (advanced) > 55 m ore accurate printer colour if you have created your own profiles with third-party icc profile creation software, these can be download to the printer and used when printing. T ypes of icc profile supported there are four classes of icc profile supported by the grap...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 56 g raphic pro workflow – overview there are three steps to using the graphic pro colour matching system: 1. Gather or create icc profiles (see below) 2. Download icc profiles to the printer hard disk ( page 56 ) 3. Select the icc profiles in the printer driver when pri...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 57 if you know the printer’s ip address, you can enter it manually. 3. The main screen of profile assistant displays the profiles resident on the selected printer’s hard disk. To download a new profile to the printer: (a) click [add]. (b) select an icc profile from your ...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 58 s tep 3 - s elect icc profiles in the printer driver what you select in the printer driver depends on the colour matching task that you wish to perform. Examples of selecting icc profiles for different colour matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 59 w indows this information applies to the windows pcl 5c, pcl 6 and postscript drivers. To match the colour of an input rgb device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera, make the following selections in the printer driver: 1. On the printer driver [colour] tab, ...

  • Page 60: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 60 4. Select a printer output profile (4) . If [auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here. M ac os x 1. Choose [file] → [pr...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 61 6. From the [feature sets] menu (5) , select [colour - graphic pro 1]. 7. From the [colour matching task] menu (6) , select [icc profile colour matching]. 8. From the [feature sets] menu (7) , select [colour - graphic pro 2]. 9. From the [rgb profile source] (8) , sel...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 62 profile using profile assistant. See “using profile assistant” on page 56. 10. From the [feature sets] menu, select [colour - graphic pro 3] (9) . 11. From the [printer output profile] menu, select your printer profile (10) . 12. If auto is selected, the factory defau...

  • Page 63: - Rgb

    Colour matching (advanced) > 63 s imulating another printer - rgb source data the graphic pro colour matching system can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer. To simulate the output of another printer, you need to download at least 2 profiles to your printer using profile assista...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 64 w indows if you are using a source rgb document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver: 1. On the printer driver [colour] tab, select [graphic pro] (1) and click [options]. 2. Select [printer simulation] (2) . ...

  • Page 65: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 65 6. This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate. 7. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [preserve black] option. Although this produces a better quality print, the black and grey colours wil...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 66 6. From the [feature sets] menu (5) , select [colour – graphic pro 1]. 7. From the [colour matching task] menu (6) , select [printer simulation]. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [preserve black] option....

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 67 profile using profile assistant. See “using profile assistant” on page 56. 10. From the [simulation target profile] menu (9) , select the profile of the device you wish to simulate. Remember that the names “cmyk source 1”, “cmyk source 2” and so on relate to the numbe...

  • Page 68: Cmyk

    Colour matching (advanced) > 68 cmyk ink simulations - cmyk source data the icc-based colour matching system can be used to simulate the output on commercial printing presses. You can select from the ink types most commonly used in different regions of the world: > euroscale – europe > swop – north ...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 69 w indows if you are using a source cmyk document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a cmyk ink simulation: 1. On the printer driver [colour] tab, select [graphic pro] (1) and click [options]. 2. Select [icc profile colour matching] (2) . 3. Select t...

  • Page 70: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 70 remember that the names “cmyk source 1”, “cmyk source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using profile assistant. See “using profile assistant” on page 56. Use the [preserve black] option to keep the original grey component (k channel) informati...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 71 6. From the [feature sets] menu (5) , select [colour – graphic pro 1]. 7. From the [colour matching task] menu (6) , select [icc profile colour matching]. Use the [preserve black] option to keep the original grey component (k channel) information. If [preserve black] ...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 72 11. From the [feature sets] menu, select [colour – graphic pro 3] (10) . 12. From the [printer output profile] menu (11) , select your printer profile. If [auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have creat...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 73 r elative colorimetric this option is best for printing solid colours and tints. Use relative colorimetric when printing from a drawing program such as adobe illustrator, or macromedia freehand. A bsolute colorimetric this option is recommended if you are proofing ima...

  • Page 74: Icc

    Colour matching (advanced) > 74 p rinter driver settings for icc profile creation or no colour matching if you are creating icc profiles using third-party software, select [disable colour matching for icc profile creation]. This option switches off all printer colour management and also prevents the...

  • Page 75: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 75 m ac os x 1. Choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [printer features] (2) . 4. From the [feature sets] menu (3) , select [colour options]. 5. From the [colour mode] menu (4) , select [graphic pro]. 6. From the [...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 76 f inishing options your printer offers a wide selection of document finishing options that help you to control the final form of your printed document. Depending on the hardware fitted, either as optional upgrades or included as standard and on which model you have, y...

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 77 b ooklet printing ( imposition ) booklet printing in the windows drivers printing allows printing of multi-page documents with their pages ordered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet. Typically, a4 pages would be reduced to a5 and pr...

  • Page 78

    Colour matching (advanced) > 78 w indows p ost s cript 1. In the driver’s [layout] tab, choose [booklet] from the [pages per sheet] drop-down list. 2. Check that the duplex option is set to [flip on short edge]. Note: if the booklet choice is not shown, check that the duplex option is enabled in the...

  • Page 79: Pcl

    Colour matching (advanced) > 79 w indows pcl 1. In the driver’s [setup] tab, recall any saved [driver settings] you may wish to use. 2. Choose [booklet] from the [finishing mode] drop-down list, then click [options]. 3. In the options window you can set the [signature] size, the number of [pages] pe...

  • Page 80

    Colour matching (advanced) > 80 c ollating this feature allows multiple copies of a multi-page document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence. Uncollated pages print like this collated pages print like this application collate—some application programs have a collate feature in their...

  • Page 81: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 81 w indows 1. If using the pcl driver, on the [setup] tab first choose any saved [driver settings] that you wish to use. See “recalling saved driver settings” on page 28. 2. In the [job options] tab, choose how many [copies] you want to print from the scrolling list. 3....

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    Colour matching (advanced) > 82 3. Select [copies & pages] (2) . The [collate] option in the [copies & pages] dialogue is for application collate. See “collating” on page 80. 4. Enter the number of [copies] (3) you wish to print. 5. Select [printer features] (4) . 6. From the [feature sets] menu (5)...

  • Page 83

    Colour matching (advanced) > 83 c olour separation the colour separation feature prints each of four primary colours as separate greyscale images. This is a proofing facility that indicates the relative densities of each of the four toner colours in your print document. The darker an area appears, t...

  • Page 84: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 84 m ac os x 1. Choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the printer menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [printer features] (2) . 4. From the [feature sets] menu (3) , select [colour options] 5. From the [separations] menu (4) , select the separations you wish to pri...

  • Page 85

    Colour matching (advanced) > 85 s eparating queued print jobs when you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user’s job in a paper stack at the printer. In windows this page is called a “separator page”. On the mac it is call...

  • Page 86: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 86 m ac os x cover page the cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue. 1. Choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [cover page] (2) . 4. Select the required options for the cover page (3) . 1 2 3.

  • Page 87: Pcl

    Colour matching (advanced) > 87 c over print cover print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray. This feature is not available in the windows postscript drivers. Do not confuse cover print wit...

  • Page 88: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 88 m ac os x 1. Choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [paper feed] (2) . 4. Select the trays or paper types you wish to use for the first page and remaining pages (3) . 1 2 4 3.

  • Page 89

    Colour matching (advanced) > 89 c ustom page size this feature enables printing on non-standard sized print media. The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non-standard media sizes. Print media width can be from approximately 76mm to 328mm, and its length can be from 90mm to 1200mm. Actual limits v...

  • Page 90

    Colour matching (advanced) > 90 3. In the postscript custom page size definition window, choose your [paper feed direction] from the drop-down list. The available choices are: notice that the size ranges available swap places when you change the paper feed direction between a portrait and a landscap...

  • Page 91: Pcl

    Colour matching (advanced) > 91 w indows pcl 1. In the driver’s [setup] tab, select any previously saved settings you wish to use. 2. Click the [paper feed options] button. 3. In the paper feed options window, click [custom size]. 4. If you have previously saved any special custom sizes they will be...

  • Page 92: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 92 7. If this is the size of your document but you want to scale it to fit a standard size of paper, click [resize document to fit printer page] in the paper feed options window, and choose the printer’s actual paper size from the [conversion] drop-down list. M ac os x 1...

  • Page 93

    Colour matching (advanced) > 93 d uplex ( double - sided ) printing if your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper, to save paper, weight, bulk and cost. > only paper can be used for duplex printing, not transparencies or other media. > use paper stock of 64–105...

  • Page 94: Pcl

    Colour matching (advanced) > 94 w indows pcl 1. In the driver’s setup tab, under [2-sided printing], select the binding edge you want. For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [long edge]. For landscape (wide) page layout the usual choice is [short edge]. Choosing [off] turns off duplex p...

  • Page 95: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 95 m ac os x 1. In your application program, choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [layout] (2) . 4. From the [two sided printing] options (3) , select either [long edge binding] or [short edge binding]. Which choi...

  • Page 96: (N-

    Colour matching (advanced) > 96 p rinting multiple pages on one sheet (n- up ) this feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per sheet. This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout, or distribute your document in a more compact format. ...

  • Page 97: Pcl

    Colour matching (advanced) > 97 w indows pcl 1. In the driver’s setup tab (windows xp), choose the number of pages (“n-up”) you want to print on each sheet. 1-up is normal, 16-up is maximum. 2. Click [options] to choose from the available options for this feature. From here you can choose the page p...

  • Page 98: Os X

    Colour matching (advanced) > 98 m ac os x 1. In your application program, choose [file] → [print]. 2. From the [printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [layout] (2) . 4. From the [pages per sheet] menu (3) , select the number of pages you want to fit onto a single sheet of paper. 5....

  • Page 99: Pcl

    Colour matching (advanced) > 99 p oster printing this option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces (sometimes called “tiles”). Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, you combine the separate sheets to create a poster. Poster print is onl...

  • Page 100

    Colour matching (advanced) > 100 s cale to page scale to page allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a different size page, without modifying the print data. This feature is only available with the windows pcl drivers. 1. In the driver’s setup tab, click the [options] button. 2. C...

  • Page 101

    Colour matching (advanced) > 101 w atermarks a watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can used to indicate that the document is “draft”, or perhaps “confidential”. This feature is not available on mac os x. The illustration below shows the windows postscri...

  • Page 102

    Colour matching (advanced) > 102 to create a new watermark 1. In the watermarks window, click [new…]. 2. Enter the text you want for your watermark. 3. Adjust your watermark’s font, size, colour, angle, position and border (trim) as required. 4. Click [ok] to accept your changes. To choose a previou...

  • Page 103: Ecurity

    Security > 103 s ecurity s ecure printing secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on machines that are shared with other users in a network environment. The document does not print until a pin (personal identification number) is entered through the printer control panel. You must ...

  • Page 104

    Security > 104 3. The job pin (personal identification number) window opens. 4. If the pin window does not open, click the [pin] button. 5. In the job pin window, enter a [name] for this print job. 6. The name may be up to 16 alpha-numeric characters. 7. If you would like a prompt at the machine for...

  • Page 105

    Security > 105 p rinting the document your secure print job is printed using the printer control panel on the front of the machine. 1. When the machine is idle (“online” indicated in the display), use the +/- buttons to select the print job menu, then press [enter]. 2. Select “encrypted/stored job”....

  • Page 106

    Security > 106 3. If necessary, use the +/- buttons to highlight the yes choice, and press [enter] to confirm the deletion. 4. Your document is deleted from the machine’s hard disk without printing. S tore to hard disk this feature allows print jobs to be created on the pc and stored on the machine’...

  • Page 107

    Security > 107 s ending the document follow the same procedures as described in the section “sending the document” on page 103 for sending a secure document, except that on the [job options] tab in step 2, click [store to hdd]. P rinting the document follow the same procedures as described in “print...

  • Page 108

    Security > 108 e ncrypted secure printing security over the network is an increasing concern for some organisations. Encrypted secure printing allows you to send, store and print confidential documents on machines that are shared with other users in a network environment. Encrypting your documents b...

  • Page 109

    Security > 109 3. The encrypted secure print window opens. 4. In the encrypted secure print window, enter a [password] for this print job: the password must be between 4 and 12 alpha-numeric characters. Numbers 1 to 9 and letters a to z are all valid. If you would like a prompt at the machine for th...

  • Page 110

    Security > 110 specify a period of time (hours:minutes) during which the print job is stored in the machine’s hdd. When this period expires, the print job is automatically erased from the hdd. 7. Click [ok] to accept your changes. 8. Click [ok] to close the printer properties window. 9. Print your d...

  • Page 111: Enu

    Menu functions > 111 m enu functions this section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer’s operator panel and displayed in the lcd window. O perator p anel : 1. Online led on:ready to receive data. Blinking:processing data. Off: offline. 2. Display displays the printer status and a...

  • Page 112: - U

    Menu functions > 112 h ow to change the settings - u ser it should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings in the windows printer drivers. However, several of the driver settings can be left at “printer setting”, which will then default to the settings ente...

  • Page 113: - A

    Menu functions > 113 h ow to change the settings - a dministrator you can set whether to enable or disable each category in the user menu. Disabled categories are not displayed in the user’s menu. Only a system administrator can change these settings. 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Turn on the printer ...

  • Page 114

    Menu functions > 114 m enus p rint jobs menu this menu only appears when the hard disk drive is installed. It is used for printing of documents stored on the internal hard disk. These will be stored using either the secure printing feature or the proof and print feature. Please refer to these featur...

  • Page 115

    Menu functions > 115 s hutdown menu this menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed. This item should always be selected before switching the printer off, to ensure that no hard disk data is lost. P rint menu this menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. Color prof...

  • Page 116

    Menu functions > 116 mp tray usage do not use when mismatch if a document to be printed demands a paper size not installed in the selected tray, the printer can automatically feed from the multi purpose tray instead. If this function is not enabled, the printer will stop and request the correct size...

  • Page 117

    Menu functions > 117 mono-print speed auto speed mono 32ppm color speed mixed speed if the first page of a print job is black and white, the printer runs at 32ppm (pages per minute). When a colour page is detected the printer slows down to 26ppm for the rest of that job. This setting operates in the...

  • Page 118

    Menu functions > 118 edit size cassette size a3 / a4 sef/ a4 lef/ a5 sef/ a6 / b4 /b5 sef / b5 lef legal14 legal13.5 legal13 letter sef letter lef executive custom com-10 envelope dl envelope c5 envelope c4 envelope sets the size of the printable page area to match the size of paper in use. This is ...

  • Page 119

    Menu functions > 119 m edia menu this menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. Item settings explanation tray1 papersize cassette size custom selects the size of paper loaded in tray 1 (upper tray if both trays installed). For custom setting see x-dimension and y-dimension later...

  • Page 120

    Menu functions > 120 tray2 mediaweight light (64~74g/m²) medium (75~90g/m²) heavy (91~120g/m²) adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in this tray (if installed). Tray2 legal size legal 14 legal 13.5 legal 13 specifies the legal paper size for tray2. (displayed if an optional secon...

  • Page 121

    Menu functions > 121 c olour menu the printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals, optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or ...

  • Page 122

    Menu functions > 122 ajst registration execute performs automatic colour registration adjustment. Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed. This process accurately aligns the cyan, magenta and yellow images to the black image. C reg fine ajst m reg fine ajst...

  • Page 123

    Menu functions > 123 s ystem configuration menu this menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. Items settings explanation power save delay time 5 15 30 60 240 adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. In this mode power ...

  • Page 124: Pcl

    Menu functions > 124 pcl emulation this menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in pcl emulation mode. Jam recovery on off specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred. If on, the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost du...

  • Page 125: Ppr

    Menu functions > 125 ppr emulation this menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in ppr emulation mode. Lf function lf / lf+cr selects whether a received line feed character (0ah) also causes a carriage return. Print margin normal 1/5 inch 1/6 inch sets the non-printable page a...

  • Page 126

    Menu functions > 126 cr function cr / cr+lf selects whether a received carriage return character (0dh) also causes a line feed. Lf function lf / lf+cr selects whether a received line feed character (0ah) also causes a carriage return. Line length 80 column; 136 column specifies the number of charact...

  • Page 127

    Menu functions > 127 fx emulation this menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in fx emulation mode. Item settings explanation character pitch 10 cpi; 12 cpi; 17 cpi; 20 cpi; proportional specifies character pitch in this emulation. Character set set 1; set 2 specifies a chara...

  • Page 128

    Menu functions > 128 p arallel m enu this menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. Item settings explanation parallel enable / disable enables or disables the parallel port. Bi- directional enable / disable enable/disable the bi-directional capability of the parallel int...

  • Page 129: Usb

    Menu functions > 129 usb menu this menu controls the operation of the printer’s usb data interface. N etwork menu this menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10base-t/ 100base-tx network interface. Item settings explanation soft reset enable / disable enables or disables the soft reset command...

  • Page 130

    Menu functions > 130 frame type auto / 802.2 / 802.3 / ethernet ii / snap selects the ethernet mac layer frame type. Ip address set auto / manual specifies whether ip address allocation is automatic (dhcp) or manually assigned. Ip address xxx.Xxx.Xxx.Xxx current assigned ip address. To change, press...

  • Page 131

    Menu functions > 131 m aintenance menu this menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. Item settings explanation menu reset execute resets menus to default settings. Save menu execute saves the current menu settings. The last menu executed is saved and the menu previously saved i...

  • Page 132

    Menu functions > 132 u sage menu this menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon ...

  • Page 133: Eplacing

    Replacing consumable items > 133 r eplacing consumable items this section explains how to replace consumable items when due. As a guide, the life expectancy of these items is: > toner: starter cartridge: the printer is shipped with sufficient cyan, magenta, yellow & black toner for 2,000 a4 pages in...

  • Page 134

    Replacing consumable items > 134 c onsumable order details * average life: 20% pages at continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pages at 1 page per job. Only use genuine oki original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non oki original products m...

  • Page 135: Caution!

    Replacing consumable items > 135 t oner cartridge replacement the toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder. It is contained in four cartridges: one each for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you insta...

  • Page 136

    Replacing consumable items > 136 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. (a) pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge 1.

  • Page 137

    Replacing consumable items > 137 3. Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge. 4. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture. 5. Remove...

  • Page 138

    Replacing consumable items > 138 7. Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge. 8. Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right, lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was re...

  • Page 139

    Replacing consumable items > 139 10. Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towards the rear of the printer. This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit. 11. Finally, close the top cover and press d...

  • Page 140: Caution!

    Replacing consumable items > 140 i mage drum replacement the printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. Caution! Static sensitive devices, handle with care. Warni...

  • Page 141: Caution!

    Replacing consumable items > 141 3. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 4. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. 5. Wit...

  • Page 142

    Replacing consumable items > 142 6. Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge. Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture. 7. T...

  • Page 143

    Replacing consumable items > 143 9. Push the coloured release lever (1) away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it. 10. Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each end into their ...

  • Page 144: Warning!

    Replacing consumable items > 144 t ransfer belt replacement the belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 80,000 pages. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 1. Press the cover relea...

  • Page 145: Caution!

    Replacing consumable items > 145 3. Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light. 4. Locate the two fasteners (5) at each side of the belt and the lifting bar (6) at the front end. 5. Turn the two fasteners 90° to the ...

  • Page 146

    Replacing consumable items > 146 7. Lower the new belt unit into place, with the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer. Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rear left corner of the unit, and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer. 8...

  • Page 147: Warning!

    Replacing consumable items > 147 f user replacement the fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. Switch off the printer. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. 2. Identify the fuser handle (1) on the top of the fuser unit. 3. Pull the fus...

  • Page 148

    Replacing consumable items > 148 5. Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material. 6. Holding the new fuser by its handle, make sure that it is the correct way round. The retaining levers (2) should be fully upright. 7. Lower the fuser into the printer. 8. Push the retainin...

  • Page 149: Led

    Replacing consumable items > 149 c leaning the led head clean the led head when printing does not come out clearly, has white lines or when text is blurred. 1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover. 2. Gently wipe the led head surface with a soft tissue. 3. Close the top cover. Caution! Do n...

  • Page 150: Nstalling

    Installing upgrades > 150 i nstalling upgrades this section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > additional memory > hard disk drive > additional paper tray d uplex unit the duplex unit adds the function of two-sided print...

  • Page 151

    Installing upgrades > 151 5. Print a menu map as follows: (a) press the + button to access the information menu. (b) press enter once for the menu map. (c) press enter again to print the menu map. (d) when the menu map is printed, press on line to exit the menu system. 6. Examine the first page of t...

  • Page 152: Caution

    Installing upgrades > 152 m emory upgrade the basic printer model comes equipped with 256mb of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board of 256mb or 512mb, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 768mb. Installation only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools. ...

  • Page 153

    Installing upgrades > 153 4. Remove the screw (1) securing the right-hand side cover. 5. Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover away from the printer at the top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. 6. Caref...

  • Page 154

    Installing upgrades > 154 9. Identify the ram expansion slot (1) in the printer. 10. If the ram expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board, that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one. To remove it, proceed as follows, otherwise skip to step 11. (a) grip the boa...

  • Page 155: Caution!

    Installing upgrades > 155 13. Close the access door and slide shut. 14. Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer. 15. Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4. ...

  • Page 156

    Installing upgrades > 156 near the top of the page, between the two horizontal lines, you will see the current printer configuration. This list contains the figure for total memory size. This should indicate the total memory now installed. If you are using the windows postscript driver, follow the i...

  • Page 157: Caution

    Installing upgrades > 157 h ard disk drive the optional internal hard disk drive (hdd) enables collating of printed pages and can be used to store overlays and macros, fonts, and secure or proof documents waiting to be printed. Installation only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools. 1...

  • Page 158

    Installing upgrades > 158 4. Remove the screw (1) securing the right-hand side cover. 5. Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover away from the printer at the top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. 6. Slide...

  • Page 159: Caution!

    Installing upgrades > 159 10. Close the front cover and the top cover, pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed. 11. Reconnect the ac power cable and switch the printer on. 12. When the printer is ready, print a menu map as follows: 13. Press the + button to access the information menu. ...

  • Page 160

    Installing upgrades > 160 a dditional paper tray 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect the ac power cable. 2. Place additional paper tray on desired location. 3. Observing safety rules for lifting and, using locating guides (a), place printer on top of the additional paper tray. 4. Re-connect the...

  • Page 161

    Installing upgrades > 161 a djusting w indows printer drivers once your new upgrade has been installed, you may need to update the windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your windows applications. Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different com...

  • Page 162: Learing

    Clearing paper jams > 162 c learing paper jams provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on the use of print media, and you keep the media in good condition prior to use, your printer should give years of reliable service. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section ...

  • Page 163: Warning!

    Clearing paper jams > 163 p aper sensor error codes * (if fitted). 1. If a sheet is well advanced out of the top of the printer, simply grip it and pull gently to draw it fully out. If it does not remove easily, do not use excessive force. It can be removed from the rear later. 2. Press the cover re...

  • Page 164

    Clearing paper jams > 164 3. Note the positions of the four cartridges. It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path. 4. Holding it by its top centre, lift the cyan image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartr...

  • Page 165: Caution!

    Clearing paper jams > 165 5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. 6. Repeat this removal procedure for each of the remaining image drum units. 7. Look into the printer to check whether any sheet...

  • Page 166: Caution!

    Clearing paper jams > 166 forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet. > to remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet. > to remove a sheet just entering the fuser (3), separate the trailing edge o...

  • Page 167

    Clearing paper jams > 167 8. Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser, replace the four image drums into the drum cavity, making sure to locate them in the correct order. > holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each ...

  • Page 168

    Clearing paper jams > 168 9. Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets. 10. Open the rear exit tray (5) and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path a...

  • Page 169

    Clearing paper jams > 169 12. Open the duplex unit cover (if installed) and remove any sheets in this area. 13. Lift the front cover release and pull down the front cover. A b b.

  • Page 170

    Clearing paper jams > 170 14. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover. 15. Pull out the paper tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly, is undamaged, and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper s...

  • Page 171

    Clearing paper jams > 171 16. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. When the jam has been cleared, if jam recovery is set to on in the system configuration menu, the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams..

  • Page 172: Pecifications

    Specifications > 172 s pecifications c8800 - n34220b item specification dimensions 485 x 556 x 345mm (w x d x h) without duplex unit weight 36kg approx. (without duplex unit) print method led exposed light source electronic photographic print speeds 26 pages per minute colour / 32 pages per minute m...

  • Page 173

    Specifications > 173 media type plain, letterhead, transparency, bond, recycled, card stock, rough, labels and glossy paper capacity (depending on paper weight) paper tray: 300 sheets approx. Manual feed: 100 sheets approx. Optional additional paper tray: 530 exit capacity (depending on paper weight...

  • Page 174

    Specifications > 174 a. Exit method is limited by paper size, media weight and paper feed. B. To comply with the requirements of energy star, when no data is present for a set period of time, the printer goes into a power-saving mode. The printer has a “wake-up” feature which, when initiated from a ...

  • Page 175: Ndex

    Index > 175 i ndex a about rgb and cmyk colour .....48 b belt how to replace .....................144 life expectancy .....................133 life remaining .......................132 booklet printing pcl emulation ........................26 postscript emulation ..............25 booklets, printing ...

  • Page 176

    Index > 176 image drum how to replace .....................140 life expectancy .....................133 image drums current usage state ..............132 l labels recommended types ..............15 m maintenance menu ..................131 major printer components and paper path ........................

  • Page 177

    Index > 177 separator page ..........................85 simulating another printer - rgb source data ..............................63 store to hard disk ............. 26 , 106 switching off correctly .............115 t toner current usage state ..............132 how to replace .....................1...

  • Page 178: Contact

    Oki contact details > 178 o ki contact details oki systems (uk) limited 550 dundee road slough trading estate slough, sl1 4le tel:44 (0) 1753 819819 fax:44 (0) 1753 819899 http://www.Oki.Co.Uk oki systems ireland limited the square industrial complex tallaght, dublin 24, ireland tel:+353 1 4049590 f...

  • Page 179

    Oki europe limited central house balfour road, hounslow tw3 1hy, united kingdom tel: +44 (0) 20 8219 2190 fax: +44 (0) 20 8219 2199 www.Okiprintingsolutions.Com 07084101 iss.01.