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MPS420b
User’s Guide
59319301 my.okidata.com
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Copyright Information Copyright © 2009 by Oki Data. All Rights Reserved Document Information ___________________________________________________ MPS420b User’s Guide P/N 59319301, Revision 1.0 August, 2009 Disclaimer ______________________________________ __ __ __ _____________________ 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 manu
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Contents Notes, Cautions and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Printer features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Printer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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changing the length of time before entering power save mode . . . . . . . .38 disabling power save mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 2-Sided (Duplex) Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Auto duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Manual duplex printing using the paper tray (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Notes, 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 information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury. For the protection of your product, and in order to ensure that you benefit from its full functionality, this model has been designed to operate only with genuine ori
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Introduction PRINTER FEATURES • Memory: 64 MB • High speed printing: 30 ppm letter, 28 ppm A4 • Resolution: 2400 x 600 dpi • Paper handling: 530 sheets 20 lb. US Bond (75 g/m²) • Emulation: standard Printer Control Language PCL6, Epson FX, and IBM ProPrinter • Barcodes: embedded for SIDM emulations. • Flash DIMM: 5 MB, to allow the storage of additional fonts or bar codes. • USB 2.0 High speed and Parallel interfaces. • 10/100 BASE-TX Network: lets you share this valuable resource among user
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Printer Components FRONT VIEW 1 Operator panel 2 Output Stacker (150 sheets, face down) 3 Output Stacker extension 4 Top cover release button 5 Multi Purpose tray (show in open position): takes 50 sheets of 20-lb US Bond (75 g/m2) paper 6 Multi Purpose Tray extension 7 Paper Tray: takes 530 sheets 8 Paper Tray level indicator 9 ON/OFF switch 10 Rear Output cover Printer Components > 7
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BACK VIEW 11 Power cable connection 12 Duplex unit 13 Parallel interface connection 14 USB interface connection 15 LAN interface connection (only for Xxxxxdn) 16 Test button (only for Xxxxxdn) 17 Memory panel (to upgrade your printer’s memory RAM DIMM) Printer Components > 8
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The Printer Operator Panel The operator panel consists of an LCD display, a menu-driven control panel and two LED indicators. PANEL ELEMENTS 1 Liquid crystal display (LCD) panel • Two rows of up to 16 alphanumeric digits. • Displays print status, menu items in menu mode and error messages. 2 Menu Scroll Buttons. • Press and release to enter the Menu mode. • Press and release again to select the next menu. • Press and hold for more than 2 seconds to scroll through the different menus. 3 Bac
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7 Ready indicator (green). • ON indicates ready to receive data. • FLASHING indicates processing data. • OFF indicates Offline. 8 Attention indicator (red). • ON indicates a warning (e.g. low toner). • FLASHING indicates an error, (e.g. toner empty). • OFF indicates normal condition. CHANGING THE OPERATOR PANEL LANGUAGE The default language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing is English. If required, this can be changed to: •Canadian French • Latin American
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Menu functions The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as Information Menu or Print Menu. Some of these settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software. The settings that you can change using this software act as the printer’s defaults. These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application. For example, if you have set the number of copies
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PRINT MENUM ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS COPIES 1 DUPLEX OFF PAPER FEED TRAY1 AUTO TRAY SWITCH ON TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE MEDIA CHECK ENABLE RESOLUTION 1200DPI TONER SAVE MODE DISABLE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT LINES PER PAGE 64 LINES EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE MEDIA MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRAY 1 PAPERSIZE A4 TRAY 1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN TRAY 1 MEDIUM MEDIAWEIGHT TRAY2 PAPERSIZE A4 When tray 2 is installed TRAY2 MEDIATYPE PLAIN When tray 2 is installed TRAY2 MEDIUM When tray 2 is MEDIAWEIGH
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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS POW SAVE TIME 1 MIN PERSONALITY AUTO EMULATION PARA PS-PROTOCOL ASCII USB PS-PROTOCOL RAW CLRABLE WARNING ONLINE AUTO CONTINUE OFF MANUAL TIMEOUT 60 SEC TIMEOUT INJOB 40 SEC TIMEOUT LOCAL 40 SEC TIMEOUT NET 90 SEC LOW TONER CONTINUE JAM RECOVERY ON ERROR REPORT OFF START UP OFF PCL EMULATION ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT SOURCE RESIDENT FONT NO. I0 FONT PITCH 10.00 CPI SYMBOL SET PC-8 A4 PRINT WIDTH 78 COLUMN WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LF FUNC
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PPR EMULATION ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI FONT CONDENSE 12 CPI to 20 CPI CHARACTER SET SET-2 SYMBOL SET IBM-437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 LPI WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LF FUNCTION LF LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN FORM LENGTH 11.7 INCH TOF POSITION 0.0 INCH LEFT MARGIN 0.0 INCH FIT TO LETTER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME FX EMULATION ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI CHARACTER SET SET-2 SYMBOL SET IBM-437 LETTER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACT
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PARALLEL MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS PARALLEL ENABLE BI-DIRECTION ENABLE ECP ENABLE ACK WIDTH NARROW ACK/BUSY TIMING ACK IN BUSY I-PRIME DISABLE OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE USB MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS USB ENABLE SOFT RESET DISABLE SPEED 480Mbps OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE Menu functions > 15
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NETWORK MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TCP/IP ENABLE IP VERSION IPv4 NETBEUI ENABLE NETWARE ENABLE ETHERTALK ENABLE FRAMETYPE AUTO IP ADDRESS SET AUTO IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx SUBNET MASK xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx GATEWAY ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx WEB ENABLE TELNET DISABLE FTP DISABLE SNMP ENABLE NETWORK SCALE NORMAL HUB LINK SETTING AUTO NEGOTIATE FACTORY DEFAULTS EXECUTE PRINT STATISTICS MENU This menu provides information on the number of letter/A4 pages printed and allows you to reset the counter. ITEM
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MAINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE PAPER BLACK SET 0 DARKNESS 0 CLEANING EXECUTE RESTORE MENU EXECUTE Displayed in Menu when Menu settings have been stored. USAGE 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 o
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Printing menu settings (The Menu Map) Current menu settings can be confirmed by printing a Menu Map, using the control panel. 1 Press the up or down arrow button until INFORMATION MENU appears on the display, then press the Enter button. 2 Press the up or down arrow button until the display prompts you to print the menu map. 3 Press the Enter button to print the menu map. 4 Press the Cancel, Online or Back button repeatedly to exit the MENU mode. Printing menu settings (The Menu Map) > 18
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Paper Recommendations For guidance on the media you can use with your printer, which input tray and which exit path to use, see the section entitled “Paper and tray information” in the “Specifications” chapter. PAPER AND ENVELOPE TYPES Recommended guidelines when selecting paper and envelopes for use in your printer: • Paper and envelopes should be stored flat and away from moisture, direct sunlight and heat sources. • Use a smooth finished paper such as copier or laser type paper with a Shef
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POSTCARDS Recommended guidelines when selecting postcards for use in your printer: • Always manually feed single postcards using the Multi Puprose Tray. • Use unfolded double postcards. • Use postcards designed for use in laser type printers • Do not use postcards used for ink jet printers. • Do not use stamped or picture postcards. Paper Recommendations > 20
