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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 ENERGY STAR is a trademark of the United States Environmental control. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in software Protection Agency. and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of t
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Contents Toner Cartridge Life ...................................................17 Safety Instructions ............................................................4 Replacing the Toner Cartridge ...................................17 Important Wiring Instructions .......................................... 6 Image Drum .................................................................... 19 Printer Control Panel ........................................................ 7 When to Replace the Image D
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Safety Instructions 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
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• Aside from the routine maintenance described in this handbook, do not try to service the printer yourself; opening the cover may expose you to shocks or other hazards. • Do not make any adjustments other than those outlined in the handbook you may cause damage requiring extensive repair work. • It is recommended that the printer be switched off prior to opening or removing covers. If anything happens that indicates that your printer is not working properly or has been damaged, unplug it imme
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Important Wiring Instructions This product complies with the requirements of the Council The wires in the power cable are coloured in accordance with Directives 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC on the approximation of the following code: the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic Green and Yellow — Earth compatibility and low voltage. Blue — Neutral As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Oki has determined that this product Brown — Live meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. If the c
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Printer Control Panel The Ready Light ON Printer is on-line ready to receive data. OKIPAGE 12i/n OFF Printer is off-line, cannot receive data. All button functions are now active. BLINKING Printer is receiving data. The Display Window Indicates the following: • What the printer is doing during normal operation. OKIPAGE 10ex • When you need to add paper or change consumables. • When there is something wrong with the printer. Printer Buttons These allow the user to access, view and change printer
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ON LINE Button Functions When printer is off-line: switches printer to on-line. To access the primary function on a button, press momentarily When printer is on-line: and release. To gain access to the secondary function, press and switches printer to off-line. hold the button for at least two seconds. When in menu mode: MENU 1/Menu 2 press to end Menu session. When printer is off-line: PAPER SIZE/Print Menu press to access printer menu 1. When the printer is off-line: press and hold to access p
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Printer Menus Viewing and Modifying Menu Settings It is possible, using the front panel buttons, to change the Two menus are available: default configuration of your printer to accommodate your 1. Press ON LINE to place the printer off-line. software application, specific paper size, method of paper feed and interface connection. 2. Enter Menu 1 or Menu 2 as required. Menu 1 is selected by momentarily pressing and releasing The menu structure consists of three levels: the MENU 1/Menu 2 button. C
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Level 1 Menu Category Items Parameters PERSONALITY EMULATE AUTO, HP PCL 6, EPSONFX, IBM PPR, ADOBE PS (OKIPAGE 12/n) TRAY SELECT MANUAL OFF, ON PAPER IN TRAY 1, TRAY 2 (if installed), FEEDER (if installed) AUTO TRAY (if Tray 2 is installed) OFF, ON EDIT SIZE EDT SIZE CASSETT, LETTER, EXEC, LEGAL14, LEGAL13, A4 SIZE, A5 SIZE, A6 SIZE, B5 SIZE, COM-9, COM-10, MONARCH, DL ENV, C5 ENV PAPER SIZE TRAY 1 A4 SIZE, A5 SIZE, A6 SIZE, B5 SIZE, LETTER, EXEC, LEGAL14, LEGAL13 MANUAL A4 SIZE, A5 SIZE, A6 SIZ
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Category Items Parameters PAPER SIZE CHK SIZE CHK ENABLE, DISABLE COPIES COPIES 1 to 999 FONTS & SYMBOLS FONT SRC RESIDENT, CARD (appears if installed) DLLSOFT (appears if loaded) FONT NO. I000 to I048 FONT CPI (appears if selected font is scalable/fixed spaced) 10.00, 0.44 to 99.99 FONT HGT (appears if selected font is scalable proportional spaced) 12.00, 4.00 to 999.75 SYMBOL PC-8, (89 symbol sets are available) PAGE LAYOUT 1 A4 WIDTH 78 COL, 80 COL BLNKSKIP OFF, ON CR FUNCTION CR, CR+LF LF FU
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Level 2 Menu Category Items Parameters PRINT MODE MODE (resolution) 600, V1200 (600 × 1200 dpi), 300 AUTO OPERATION AUTOCONT OFF, ON WAIT TIME OKIPAGE 10ex: OFF, ON, 5 secs, 6 secs....300 secs OKIPAGE 12i/n: OFF, ON, 5 secs, 6 secs...90 secs...300 secs MAN TIME 60 secs, OFF, 30 secs PR PROTEK GOOD, BETTER, BEST DARKNESS CONTROL DARKNESS 0, +1, +2, -2, -1 POWER SAVING POWER SAVING 0 SEC, 8 MIN, DISABLE LOW TONER LOW TNR ON, OFF TONER SAVING TONER DISABLE, MEDIUM, LIGHT CLEARABLE WARNINGS CLR WRNG
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Category Items Parameters NETWORK FRAME AUTO, 802.2, 802.3, SNAP, ETHER2 (OKIPAGE 12i/n) TCP/IP ENABLE, DISABLE DHCP OFF, ON RARP OFF, ON IP BYTE 1 193, 0-255 IP BYTE 2 132, 0-255 IP BYTE 3 3, 0-255 IP BYTE 4 99, 0-255 SM BYTE 1 255, 0-255 SM BYTE 2 255, 0-255 SM BYTE 3 255, 0-255 SM BYTE 4 0, 0-255 GW BYTE 1 192, 0-255 GW BYTE 2 168, 0-255 GW BYTE 3 99, 0-255 GW BYTE 4 254, 0-255 NETWARE ENABLE, DISABLE ETHERTALK ENABLE, DISABLE NET MNT STATUS - STATUS18 SELF TEST OK, NG LANGUAGE LANGUAGE ENGLI
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Paper Choosing Paper Paper Sizes * • For best results, use paper that is smooth and of high LETTER COM-9 * quality, like copier type paper or paper with a Sheffield EXEC COM-10 rating of 100-250. * LEGAL 14 MONARCH * • Store paper in its ream wrapper until you are ready to LEGAL 13 DL ENV * use it. Keep it away from moisture or other conditions A4 C5 ENV that can cause it to wrinkle or curl. A5 • Preprinted forms must not scorch, melt, offset, or release * A6 ( manual feed only) hazardous emis
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Installing Paper 1. Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printer and 3. Adjust the paper guides (1). place plain paper in the tray, carefully keeping the level of the paper in the tray below the guide marks (1). 1 1 2. Adjust the rear paper support (2) to the size of paper you are 4. Replace the tray in the printer. The paper level indicator (3) using by lifting up and sliding forwards or backwards as provides a visual indication of how much paper is left in the necessary. tray. 2 3 User
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Printing Envelopes Feeding Heavyweight Paper or Cardstock 1. Pull out the rear exit extender until it locks and lift out The normal paper path from a main paper tray to the top the support bar. Pull down the manual feed tray and adjust output stack involves two complete U-turns. This may the paper guides. sometimes cause very heavyweight paper or cardstock to jam or misfeed. 2. Insert the envelope, flap down and to the left, until the printer grips it. 3. Set envelope size and landscape orienta
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Toner When to Replace the Toner Cartridge Replacing the Toner Cartridge Do NOT remove cartridge from packaging. Replace the toner cartridge after TONER LOW displays in the printer control panel window. After TONER LOW displays, the printer will print about 100 more pages, then display Use OKI Type 5 image drum and toner cartridges only. TONER EMPTY and stop printing. Printing will resume after a new toner cartridge has been installed. 1. Open the cover and remove the used toner cartridge. The us
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3. Unwrap the new cartridge. 6. Push the coloured tab forward to release the toner into the toner hopper. 4. Remove the tape. 5. Insert the cartridge into the printer, left end first as illustrated. 7. Close the printer cover. 2 1 18 OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 10exuGB.p65 18 28/09/98, 11:49
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Image Drum When to Replace the Image Drum Cartridge Replacing the Image Drum Cartridge When the drum reaches 90% of its life, the CHG DRUM The image drum is fragile. To avoid damage to the new drum, message will display in the printer control panel window. take these precautions while handling the new image drum Change the image drum cartridge when the print becomes cartridge: faint or begins to deteriorate. Ideally you should keep a new • Do not touch the green drum surface. cartridge on hand.
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2. Remove the new image drum from the package. 5. Remove the shipping insert from the toner well and discard. Reset the drum counter (see below), and install a new toner 3. Remove the protective paper. cartridge following the instructions in the previous section. Resetting the Drum Counter After replacing the image drum cartridge, reset the drum counter to keep a correct count of the number of pages printed on the image drum. 1. Turn the printer on while holding the MENU 1/Menu 2 button. USERMNT
