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User’s Guide
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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in Oki is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry Company, this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki Ltd. assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in software and Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this Protection Agency guide will not affect the applicability of t
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Contents Safety ....................................................................................... 4 Replacing Toner Cartridges ................................................... 31 When to Change a Toner Cartridge .................................. 31 Symbols in this Book .............................................................. 5 Replacing a Toner Cartridge ............................................. 32 Operator Panel Menus .........................................................
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Safety Your Oki printer has been carefully designed to give you years Be certain that your power source matches the rating listed of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, on the back of the printer. If you are not sure, check with however, there are a few basic precautions you should take to your dealer or with your local power company. avoid hurting yourself or damaging the printer: Your printer has an earthed, 3-pin plug as a safety feature, and it will only fit int
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Aside from the routine maintenance described in this Symbols in this Book handbook, do not try to service the printer yourself; opening the cover may expose you to shocks or other hazards. This symbol marks a ‘note’. Notes are hints or tips which Always contact your local dealer. offer additional information to help you. Do not make any adjustments other than those outlined in This symbol marks a ‘caution’. Cautions are special the handbook you may cause damage requiring extensive notices wh
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Viewing and Using Menu 1 & Menu 2 Operator Panel Menus To display a menu, press the ON LINE key to take the printer The keys on the operator panel and the LCD display provide a OFF LINE. means of controlling the operation of your printer. There are two main menus: Menu 1 and Menu 2. To enter Menu 1, press and release the MENU 1 / Menu 2 key. The first category in Menu 1 will be displayed on the top line. Each menu is organised into three levels: Categories, Items and Settings. To enter Menu 2, p
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To cycle through the available settings when a menu item is Continue holding down the MENU 1 / Menu 2 key until the displayed, press the ← ← ← ← ← or → → → → → keys to move through the available menu name (USER MNT) appears. settings in either direction. Press and release the MENU 1 / Menu 2 key to cycle through To choose the currently displayed setting and make it active, the available items. When the item you require is displayed, press the ENTER key. An asterisk (*) character will appear pres
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Menu 1 CATEGORY ITEM SETTING EXPLANATION PERSONALITY EMULATION AUTO* Selects emulation. Auto is standard. PCL5e or PCL5c Adobe PostScript can be selected manually. ADOBE POSTSCRIPT TRAY SELECT PAPER FEED TRAY1* Selects the standard tray to feed paper from. May TRAY2 be overridden by software application. NOTE Tray FRONT 2 only appears in Menu 1 if the optional Tray 2 is fitted to the printer. AUTO TRAY SWITCH OFF* If ON, when a paper tray runs empty and another tray is ON loaded with the same st
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CATEGORY ITEM SETTING EXPLANATION 2 MEDIA TYPE TRAY1 LIGHT(59-66 g/m ) Selects the appropriate print media type (e.g. 2 MEDIUM LIGHT (67-73 g/m ) lightweight paper, normal paper, cardstock, etc.) 2 MEDIUM* (74-88 g/m ) 2 MEDIUM HEAVY (89-104 g/m ) 2 HEAVY (105-122 g/m ) 2 TRAY2 LIGHT(59-66 g/m ) Selects the appropriate print media type (e.g. 2 MEDIUM LIGHT (67-73 g/m ) lightweight paper, normal paper, cardstock, etc.) 2 MEDIUM* (74-88 g/m ) NOTE Tray 2 only appears in Menu 1 if the optional 2 ME
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CATEGORY ITEM SETTING EXPLANATION FONTS & SYMBOLS FONT No. I000* Selects the appropriate font from the internal font (Cont) set to use for received text files. These may be identified by printing the font list from the operator panel. FONT PITCH 10.00 CPI* Sets the horizontal character spacing in characters per inch. Adjustable in steps of 0.01 CPI. SYMBOL SET Roman-8* Selects the symbol set to be used for printing. A wide range of character sets in a number of European languages are available f
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CATEGORY ITEM SETTING EXPLANATION TRUE BLACK TRUE BLACK OFF* Determines whether black image areas print using (PCL emulation only) ON a mixture of primary colours (OFF) or only black toner (ON). The OFF setting results in glossy black, the ON setting results in matt black. This setting affects picture images only, not plain text. PAGE LAYOUT 2 ORIENTATION PORTRAIT* Selects which way round the page prints. Portrait is (PCL emulation only) LANDSCAPE tall, landscape is wide. LINES PER PAGE 64 LINES
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Menu 2 CATEGORY ITEM SETTING EXPLANATION COLOR REG ADJUST COLOR REG ADJUST EXECUTE This item enters the colour registration adjustment routine. Executing this item prints a colour registration chart and moves automatically to the first of nine adjustable settings for possible manual correction. This procedure is documented separately. COLOR BALANCE COLOR BALANCE Adjusts the print density of CMYK to achieve optimum colour balance for the paper in use. this feature is documented in detail later in
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CATEGORY SETTING SETTING EXPLANATION AUTO OPERATION AUTO CONTINUE OFF* The printer can recover from a memory overflow or print ON overrun automatically after about 15 seconds if set to ON, otherwise you will need to press the Recover key. WAIT TIME OUT OFF* Most computer software will send a form feed character 5-90*-300 SECONDS at the end of the print job so that the last page is ejected. If it does not, the printer can automatically eject the last page after a period of inactivity. MANUAL TIM
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CATEGORY ITEM SETTING EXPLANATION PARALLEL I/F PARALLEL SPEED HIGH* Most modern PCs can download data at very high MEDIUM speed. If you experience data corruption on printed pages, reduce the setting to MEDIUM. BI-DIRECTION ENABLE* The printer can send status information back to the DISABLE computer. You will need a printer data cable compliant with IEEE1284 to use this feature. I-PRIME OFF* When ON, this feature enables your computer to ON reset the printer by toggling the state of the I-PRIME
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User Maintenance Menu ITEM SETTING / ACTION EXPLANATION MENU RESET Resets all Menu 1 settings to factory defaults. HEX DUMP — Prints received data in ASCII HEX format (e.g. “A” is printed as “41”, “B” as “42”, etc.). Used by programmers and systems specialists such as network administrators. When data length exceeds one page, that page will print and eject automatically. When data is less than one page, take the printer OFF LINE and press the Form Feed key to print and eject the page. To exit th
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7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7 -7 Adjusting Colour Registration Each of the four image drums is responsible for producing that 3. Press the ENTER key. The display will show part of the printed image corresponding to its particular colour. INITIALIZING for a few seconds and then PRINT The three primary colours and black are mixed in various PATTERN. proportions to obtain other colours. After a short delay the registrati
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Although this page at first appears complicated, upon The rest of the 9 settings are similar. Although this may at examination you will see that it actually has 9 areas which first seem a little complicated, by the time you have are virtually identical. There are three adjustments for each completed 2 or 3 settings it will become fairly a simple and colour, and these adjustments are simply repeated. The straight forward procedure to adjust colour registration. whole process should take no more t
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When you have completed the 9th setting and pressed the Adjusting Colour Balance MENU 1 / Menu 2 key to move on, the display will read PRINT EXECUTE. Your printer uses three primary colours plus black mixed in appropriate proportions to print images in a wide range of 6. Press the ENTER key to print a new test pattern and colours. The relative density of each primary colour determines compare the results. the actual colour printed. This property is known as colour balance. You may need to repeat
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3. Momentarily press and release the MENU 1 / Menu 2 key 5. Examine each of the coloured circles carefully to determine so that the message PRINT PATTERN COLOR BALANCE which one is most closely matched in colour to the large is displayed. area A, then make adjustments as described in the next step. 4. Press the ENTER key. After a short delay the colour balance 6. Each primary colour and its current setting is displayed in test pattern will emerge, and the printer will enter its turn. Use the ← o
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7. Press the MENU 1 / Menu 2 key to move forward to the next primary colour. When you have completed the last setting and pressed the MENU 1 / Menu 2 key to move on, the display will read PRINT EXECUTE. 8. Press the ENTER key to print a new test pattern and compare the results. You may need to repeat these adjustments 2 or 3 times to achieve optimum colour balance. 9. After the new test pattern has been printed the display will show EXIT. Press the ENTER key to exit from this adjustment, or the
