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Oki ML6300 User Manual

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    User’s guide ml6300fb ml6300

  • 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. Oki printing solutions assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki printing solutions also cannot guarantee that changes in software ...

  • Page 3: Ontents

    Preface > 3 c ontents preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 notes, cautions and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 about this guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    Preface > 4 initialising menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 adjusting tof position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 quick printer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 printer impact mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 troubleshooting . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 5: Otes

    Notes, cautions and warnings > 5 n otes , cautions and warnings note a note provides additional information to supplement the main text. Caution! A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage. Warning! A warning provides additional informa...

  • Page 6: Ntroduction

    Introduction > 6 i ntroduction congratulations on purchasing this oki printing solutions printer! The ml6300fb is designed to provide highly reliable letter quality printing and high resolution graphics for the desktop/office printing environment. It combines state-of-the-art, 24-pin, serial impact ...

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    Introduction > 7 this is an electronic document available on the web site www.Okiprintingsolutions.Com. > network configuration guide: to provide detailed technical information for network administrators to configure the optional accessory network interface. This is an electronic document stored on ...

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    Introduction > 8 p rinting pages the whole manual, individual pages, or sections may be printed. The procedure is: 1. From the toolbar, select [file], then [print] (or press the ctrl + p keys). 2. Choose which pages you wish to print: (a) [all pages], (1), for the entire manual. (b) [current page], ...

  • Page 9: Etting

    Getting started > 9 g etting started r etaining packing materials after setting up your printer according to the instructions in the set-up guide, retain your packing materials and container in case you ever need to ship or transport your printer. I dentifying component parts the main parts of your ...

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    Getting started > 10 2. Top cover: open and close for access, for example when changing a ribbon cartridge. Keep closed for noise reduction. 3. Control panel: contains button switches and indicators (described in detail later) that allow you to operate the printer. 4. Power switch: to turn the print...

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    Getting started > 11 r ear view 1. Optional connector position: connect to optional accessory serial interface card or 100base-tx/10base-t network card. 2. Usb connector: connect to usb interface cable. 3. Parallel connector: connect to parallel interface connector. 4. Pin tractor: to load and feed ...

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    Getting started > 12 l ocating your printer > select a firm, solid surface on which to site your printer. > allow enough space around your printer (e.G. At least 60 cm from any wall) for easy access to the platen knob and the various paper feed paths. > make sure a grounded power outlet is available...

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    Getting started > 13 p owering on your printer 1. Ensure that your printer power switch is set to off. 2. Connect the power cable connector (1) to the power connector (2) on the printer. 3. Connect the power cable to a 220/240 v ac power outlet and switch on the outlet power. 4. Turn the printer pow...

  • Page 14: Caution!

    Getting started > 14 p roducing a test print to check that your printer is operational, produce a test print on a sheet of 80 gsm a4 paper (for example) as follows: 1. Turn the printer power switch to off. 2. Set the paper type lever to cut sheet and set the paper thickness lever to position 1. 3. P...

  • Page 15: Onnecting

    Connecting to a computer > 15 c onnecting to a computer in this section you will interconnect your printer and computer, install the printer driver in your computer and print a test page. I nterconnecting printer and computer i nterfaces your printer is equipped with two data interfaces: > parallel:...

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    Connecting to a computer > 16 i nterconnection 1. Ensure that both printer and computer are turned off. 2. Connect the required interface cable, usb (1) or parallel (2), to the printer and then to the computer (3). 3. Turn on the printer and then turn on the computer. I nstalling the printer driver ...

  • Page 17: Rinting

    Printing from a computer > 17 p rinting from a computer when printing to your printer from, for example, a windows application on your computer, make your printing selections from the driver windows that appear on screen. These driver windows have been designed to be easy to use and intuitive while ...

  • Page 18: Aper

    Paper handling > 18 p aper handling this section describes how to use cut sheet paper and continuous forms in your printer. L oading cut sheet paper 1. Ensure that the printer is turned on. Note if there are any continuous forms in the printer, eject them as described in “removing continuous forms” ...

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    Paper handling > 19 4. Set the left margin of the paper by adjusting the paper guide (1) along the scale (2) relative to the start of printed line marker arrow (3). 5. Adjust the paper thickness lever (4) to suit the paper. See “setting the paper thickness lever” on page 26. Note if the paper thickn...

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    Paper handling > 20 note ensure that the paper is accurately aligned along the paper guide to avoid the possibility of skew printing. When printing an envelope, do not fold up the flap. A flap aligned along the paper guide can lead to skew printing. E jecting cut sheet paper when the printer reaches...

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    Paper handling > 21 2. Position the continuous forms supply directly below the printer, no more than 3 cm left or right of the printer paper path. 3. Ensure the rear of the printer is close to and parallel with the edge of the surface and at least 60 cm from any wall. F eeding continuous forms 1. En...

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    Paper handling > 22 5. Lift the locking lever (1) of the left pin tractor and slide the pin tractor as required to adjust the paper position relative to the first horizontal character centre mark (2). Press the locking lever back down to lock the pin tractor in the desired position. 6. Lift the lock...

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    Paper handling > 23 7. Open the left and right pin tractor covers (1) and feed the continuous forms in the direction of the arrows, locating the sprocket holes (2) in the forms onto the sprocket pins. Ensure that the forms are properly aligned on the sprocket pins (3), then close the covers. 8. Adju...

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    Paper handling > 24 10. Press the ff/load button. The continuous forms will be taken into the printer and positioned at the first line print position and the sel indicator will illuminate. T earing off continuous forms 1. With the sel indicator illuminated, press the tear button to eject the continu...

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    Paper handling > 25 2. Check the position of the tear-off perforations (1) relative to the paper cutter (2). (paper tray (3) is shown for clarity.) (a) to advance the forms, hold down the tear button and press the ff/load button. (b) to retract the forms, hold down the tear button and press the lf b...

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    Paper handling > 26 4. Open the rear cover by gently pulling it out horizontally to the end of its travel then swinging it upwards until it locks into position. 5. Lift the pin tractor covers (1) and remove the forms. 6. Close the pin tractor covers. 7. Close the rear cover by gently swinging it dow...

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    Paper handling > 27 set the paper thickness lever for overall paper thickness as follows: note printing with lever positions 5 – 9 is not guaranteed. If the lever position does not suit the paper thickness, paper feeding and printing may not work properly. Do not print bankbooks to avoid possible pi...

  • Page 28: Perating

    Operating instructions > 28 o perating instructions c ontrol panel the status/alarm indicators and button switches on the control panel allow you to check printer status and control the printer..

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    Operating instructions > 29 i ndicators indicator status meaning sel on printer is on-line i.E. Is available to print off printer is off-line i.E. Is not available to print flashing when flashing together with the alarm indicator, printing cannot be resumed at this stage. Turn the power off, verify ...

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    Operating instructions > 30 b utton switches switch status function sel on-line sets the printer to off-line off-line sets the printer to on-line and disalarms the printer shift used only in conjunction with one of the following buttons: sel, lf, ff/load, park, tear described below. Lf on-line feeds...

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    Operating instructions > 31 shift+lf microfeed (0.14 mm step) down hold this button combination down for continuous feeding or ejecting of paper. Shift+ff/load microfeed (0.14 mm step) up hold this button combination down for continuous feeding or ejecting of paper. Shift+park on-line ineffective of...

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    Operating instructions > 32 s etting menu values the following information explains the printer settings and how you can change them. Printer items and their values are printed for reference. C onfirming current settings to print the current menu settings, use a cut sheet of a4 paper or continuous f...

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    Operating instructions > 33 m enu setting note before changing menu settings, you may wish to print the current menu settings as in “confirming current settings” on page 32. Set menu item values (printed out for reference as you proceed) as follows: 1. Press lf (or shift and lf together) to step for...

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    Operating instructions > 34 proportional spacing select whether to use proportional spacing or not. Yes no style select either font style. Normal, italics size select the character scale size. Single, double character set select either ank character code table. Set i set ii language set select a lan...

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    Operating instructions > 35 code page select a code page. Usa canada french multilingual portugal norway turkey greek_437 greek_869 greek_928 grk_437 cyprus polska mazovia serbo croatic i serbo croatic ii ecma-94 hungarian cwi windows greek windows east europe windows cyrillic east europe latin ii- ...

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    Operating instructions > 36 rcv buffer select size of the received buffer. 0, 2 k, 32 k, 64 k print suppress effective set whether to enable or disable a print suppress setup command. Yes no auto lf select whether to perform auto lf operation or not upon receiving a cr code. Yes no auto cr *ibm ppr ...

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    Operating instructions > 37 pe detection select whether to detect paper end or not. Off on table print set whether to divide a path or not to print on occasions when printing by the same headpin continues for 3 in or more in the same print block. Standard special line spacing select line feed pitch....

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    Operating instructions > 38 tof (continuous) select the reference position for the tof position when auto loading continuous form paper from the rear of the printer. (up to the mid-section of characters in the first line.) “1chr. Set pos.” is printed if the tof position is set by using shift + park ...

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    Operating instructions > 39 wait time select the waiting time between setting paper on the tray and feeding it while the printer is waiting for paper to be fed in cut-paper manual feed mode. 500 ms 1 sec 2 sec i-prime select whether to print or clear buffer contents upon initialisation by receiving ...

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    Operating instructions > 40 i nitialising menu settings to restore the menu settings to their initial values, carry out the steps below. Note the values adjusted by the adjustment menus are not initialised by the following procedure. 1. Set the power switch to off. 2. Press and hold down the sel and...

  • Page 41: Tof

    Operating instructions > 41 a djusting tof position use the following procedure to set tof to accord with the reference position (6.35 mm (0.25 in)). The reference position refers to the first line of the paper i.E. The position to which the printer feeds the paper when automatically loading the pap...

  • Page 42: Caution!

    Operating instructions > 42 set the printer off-line and press and hold down the shift and park buttons for 3 seconds. Note do not turn the platen knob or switch off the printer during the above procedure. Q uick printer settings p rinter impact mode when switched on, the printer enters the impact m...

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    Operating instructions > 43 note if the paper on top is so thick that duplication on the paper below it fails, use emphasis printing. In emphasis printing mode, printing is carried out twice. The print may become blurred if high density characters and graphics are printed using a new ribbon. In emph...

  • Page 44: Roubleshooting

    Troubleshooting > 44 t roubleshooting c learing paper jams c ut sheet paper jammed in printer 1. Set the power switch to off. 2. Open the top cover. 3. Set the paper thickness lever to the replace ribbon position (position 10). Warning! Do not carry out any operations inside the printer with the pow...

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    Troubleshooting > 45 4. Move the print head away from the paper. 5. Rotate the platen knob in the relevant direction and pull the cut sheet out from the front or rear of the printer. 6. If a paper fragment remains inside the printer: (a) use forceps to grip and extract it or (b) insert a triple fold...

  • Page 46: Warning!

    Troubleshooting > 46 c ontinuous forms jammed in printer 1. Set the power switch to off. 2. Tear off any unprinted continuous forms. 3. Open the rear cover by gently pulling it out horizontally to the end of its travel then swinging it upwards until it locks into position. 4. Raise each pin tractor ...

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    Troubleshooting > 47 r esponding to alarm conditions use the following table for guidance on how to respond to indicated alarm conditions. Indicator alarm meanings and actions sel alarm off on paper has run out. Add paper and press the sel button. Off flashing the paper type lever is wrongly set for...

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    Troubleshooting > 48 r esponding to general problems use the following table to help you to identify symptoms with possible causes and take suggested remedial actions. Problem cause action no power no power the power cable is not properly connected. Check the power cable is properly connected at bot...

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    Troubleshooting > 49 printing slows down print direction changes suddenly to unidirectional . When the print head overheats, the printer automatically starts unidirectional split printing. When the print head temperature drops sufficiently, the printer will return to its original operation. Pe warni...

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    Troubleshooting > 50 the printout differs from the screen display. Printout of completely different characters or symbols. Incorrect print setup for the user application. Reselect print setup for the applications according to priority. The application control codes for the previous print operation a...

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    Troubleshooting > 51 when cut sheets are used, the content of a single sheet is printed on two sheets. The paper setting selected in the application does not match the physical paper size. Match the paper setting selected in the application with the physical paper in use. It does not match the lines...

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    Troubleshooting > 52 the platen rotates without paper feed, or continuous forms instead of cut sheets are fed. Sheets are not loaded to the end. Load sheets to the end. The printer is in the continuous forms mode. Eject the continuous forms and select cut sheet mode for the printer. Paper distortion...

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    Troubleshooting > 53 the selected skip over perforation spacing does not match the physical tear-off perforation positions. The paper length selected in the application does not match the physical paper length. Match the paper length selected in the application with the physical paper length in use....

  • Page 54: Leaning

    Cleaning your printer > 54 c leaning your printer to keep your printer in good operating condition, you are advised to clean it regularly. P rinter exterior clean the exterior of the printer as required, but at least every six months or 300 hours of operation, whichever comes first. 1. Moisten a pie...

  • Page 55: Caution!

    Cleaning your printer > 55 using a soft cloth, cotton swabs and a vacuum cleaner, clean the interior of the printer as follows: where to clean what to clean the carriage (1) and the area around it clean and remove paper waste, dirt, dust and ribbon shreds. The paper travel surface (2) 1 2 caution! W...

  • Page 56: Onsumables

    Consumables and accessories > 56 c onsumables and accessories c onsumables when the printed image becomes faint or incomplete, replace the ribbon cartridge. C hanging a ribbon cartridge 1. Set the power switch to off. 2. Set the paper thickness lever to replace ribbon (position 10) and open the top ...

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    Consumables and accessories > 57 3. Move the carriage (1) to the cutout (2) for ribbon replacement position. 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge (1) with your fingers pressing on its ribbon guide (2) and slope it up and out to remove it from the carriage. 1 2 1 2.

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    Consumables and accessories > 58 5. Holding the ribbon cartridge (1) close to both ends, slope it up and out until it unlocks then remove it along the direction indicated by the arrows. 6. Dispose of the cartridge in accordance with your local guidelines. 7. Remove the new ribbon cartridge from its ...

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    Consumables and accessories > 59 8. In the direction indicated by the arrows, insert the pins at both ends of the ribbon cartridge (1) into the u grooves (2) in the printer until the ribbon cartridge is fully locked. Note it may be easier to mount the ribbon cartridge in place if you align it with t...

  • Page 60: Caution!

    Consumables and accessories > 60 10. Turn the knob (1) clockwise (in the direction of the arrow) to wind up the ribbon. 11. Close the printer top cover. 12. Set the paper thickness lever to match the paper being used. ( see “setting the paper thickness lever” on page 26. ) 13. Set the printer power ...

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    Consumables and accessories > 61 c onsumable order information a ccessories the following accessories are available for your printer: > rs-232c serial interface > ol7120e 100base-tx/10base-t network interface installation instructions are supplied with the accessories. The network configuration guid...

  • Page 62: Pecifications

    Specifications > 62 s pecifications item specification model no. D21008b (ml6300fb) print method impact dot matrix print head 24 pins, 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) diameter print direction bi-directional, short-line-seeking printing print speed high speed draft (hsd) letter quality (lq) utility 400cps @ 10 cp...

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    Specifications > 63 cut-sheet paper paper width paper length single-part weight multipart weight number of copies thickness 90 to 304.8 mm (3.54 to 12 in) 70 to 364 mm (2.76 to 14.33 in) 52 to 209 gsm 40 gsm standard original plus 5 copies 0.36 mm (0.014 in) maximum continuous paper paper width pape...

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    Specifications > 64 dust and corrosion use the printer in a general office environment. Environmental conditions operating storage 5°c – 40°c, 30% – 85% rh (testing condition for print precision: 15°c – 30°c, 40% – 70%rh) -20°c – 60°c, 0% – 95% rh when the printer is stored, it should be in its orig...

  • Page 65: Ppendix

    Appendix a – rear cover removal > 65 a ppendix a – r ear c over removal if required, the rear cover can be removed and refitted as described below. R emoval 1. Remove the rear cover in the direction shown: caution! When removing or refitting the rear cover, take care not to apply excessive force..

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    Appendix a – rear cover removal > 66 r efitting 1. Align the rear cover (1) with the protruding part of the printer top cover (2) and insert in the direction shown: 1 2.

  • Page 67: Ndex

    Index > 67 i ndex a accessories list ......................................... 61 ordering.................................. 61 alarm indications .......................... 47 aligning perforations ..................... 24 b button switches ............................ 30 c cleaning exterior ..........

  • Page 68: Rinting

    Oki printing solutions contact details > 68 o ki p rinting s olutions 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, ...

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    Oki europe limited central house balfour road hounslow tw3 1hy united kingdom tel: +44 (0) 208 219 2190 fax: +44 (0) 208 219 2199 www.Okiprintingsolutions.Com 07076701 iss1.