OKI C3300 manual

User’s Guide C3300n/C3400n C3300/C3400 C3000[...]

Preface> 2 P REFACE Every effort has been made to ensure th at the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Th e manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors be yond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarante e that changes in software and equipment made b y other manufacturers and referre d[...]

Emergency First Aid> 3 E MERGENCY F IRST A ID Take care with toner powder: If swallowed, give small amounts of cold water and seek medical attention. DO NOT attempt to induce vomiting. I f i n h a l e d , m o v e t h e p e r s o n t o a n o p e n a r e a f o r f r e s h a i r . Seek medical attention. If it gets into the eyes, flush with large a[...]

Contents> 4 C ONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Emergency First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Importer to the EU/authorised representative . . . 3 Environmental Information . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Contents> 5 Print Options - General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Print Options - Print C ontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Print Options - Colo r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Print Options - La yout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Print Options - Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Print Options - Wat[...]

Contents> 6 Using the Colour Swatch feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 Using the Colour Correct Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Using the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Status Monitor (Windows only ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Using the Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Printer State tab . .[...]

Notes, Cautions and Warn ings> 7 N OTES , C AUTIONS AND W ARNINGS NOTE A note provides additional information t o supplement t he main text w hich may help y ou to use and understand the product. CAUTION! A caution pr ovides additi on al information which, if ignored, may result in equi pment malfun ction or damage. WARNING! A warning provides a[...]

Introduction> 8 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki 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 office print media. Your printer includes these features: > ProQ2400 Multi-level technology produces subtle to[...]

Introduction> 9 Additionally, the following option al feature is available (C3400n model only): > Additional memory , to allow printing of more complex pages. P RINTER OVERVIE W F RONT VIEW 1. Printer cover . 2. Operation P anel. Status LEDs and operato r buttons. 3. Multi Pur pose F eeder T ray Rel e as e . (when closed, press to open). 4. M[...]

Introduction> 10 R EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel and the rear output stacker. When the rear paper stacker is folded down, paper exits through the rear of the printer and is stac ked face up. The rear stacker is mainly used for heavy print media. When used in conjunction with the Multi Purpose Tray, the paper path throu gh the pri[...]

Introduction> 11 I NSIDE YOUR PRINTER Press the Cover Open Release (7) to open the printer cover and look inside the print er. 13. Fuser unit. The Fuser unit contains a heated roller that fixes toner to th e print media (paper or card). 14. Fuser lever . The lever has a lock ed position for when the toner cartridge is in place and an unlock ed p[...]

Introduction> 12 T HE O PERATION P ANEL The Operation Panel allows operator intervention and indicates both when the printer is operating normally and when it requires attention. Detailed printer status is provided by the Status Monitor in Windows or Printer Driver in Mac. ( See “Using the Status Monitor” on page 84. ) The Operation Panel in[...]

Introduction> 13 S WITCHES Operation There are two switches on the op eration panel labelled ON LINE and CANCEL. Each has four modes of operation as follows: Function The results of operating the swit ches in different contexts are summarised below: MODE OF OPERATION DESCRIPTION Momentar y press (Press 1) Press the swit ch and release it withi n[...]

Introduction> 14 *1: The Menu Map (or Status Page) provides details of printer settings and stat us information. *2: Shifts to ON LINE after pri nting has started. *3: Cancels job 2 se conds after start of switch operat ion (even if the switch is held down longer ). Req ue st in g manual feed Loads paper from Cassette Tr a y – – – Cancels [...]

Introduction> 15 LED DISPLAYS General Printer status (as indicated by the LEDs) can be broadly categorised as follows: 1. Normal status (Green): the printer is operating normally e.g. it is ON LINE or processing. 2. W arning status (Amber): you can continue to use the printer without intervention but an error may result. 3. Error status (Amber ,[...]

Introduction> 16 Illumination and meaning To be able to indicate a large number of status situations both individually and in combination, the LEDs are illuminated as follows: The Status Monitor in Windows provides a readable description of the printer status corresponding to the indications of the LEDs. In Mac, the printer driver provides statu[...]

Introduction> 17 Service call erro r When a service call error occurs, all LEDs blink rapidly and simultaneously at 120ms intervals.[...]

Paper recommendations> 18 P APER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, including envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be ob tained when using stand ard 75~90g/m² paper designed fo[...]

Paper recommendations> 19 C ASSETTE T RAY The Cassette Tray can handle paper in weights of 64g/m² to 120g/m². The Cassette Tray is ideal for p rinting A4 documents of more than 1 page in length. M ULTI P URPOSE T RAY The Multi Purpose Tray can handle the same sizes as the Cassette Tray but in weights up to 203g/m². For very heavy paper stock,[...]

Paper recommendations> 20 Watermarked or Headed pape r should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer. F ACE D OWN S TACKER The Face Down Stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 150 sheets of 80g/m² standard paper, and can handle paper stocks up to 120g/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted in [...]

Loading Pape r> 21 L OADING P APER C ASSETTE T RAY 1. Remo ve the Cassette T r ay from the printer . 2. F an the paper to be loaded at the ed ges (1) and in the middle (2) to ensure that all sh eets are properly separ ated, then tap the edg es of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again.(3). 12 3[...]

Loading Pape r> 22 3. Adjust the Rear Stopper (1) and P ap er Guides (2) to the size of paper being used. Use the markings on the printer as a guide. 4. Load the paper (1). Use the level indicators (2) as a guide. For letter headed paper , load face down with top edge towards the front of the printer . 1 2 1 2[...]

Loading Pape r> 23 To prevent paper jams: • Do not lea ve space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper . • Do no t overfill the Cassette T r ay . Capacity depends on the type of paper stock. • D o not load damaged pape r . • Do no t load paper of different siz es or types at the same time. • Do no t pull the Cassette T r ay [...]

Loading Pape r> 24 6. For face down printing, make sure the F ace Up (rear) Stacker is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). Stacking capacity is approximately 150 sheets, depending on paper we ight. 7. For face up printing, make sure the F ace Up (rear) Stacker is open and the paper support (1) is extended. Paper is stacked in r[...]

Loading Pape r> 25 M ULTI P URPOSE T RAY 1. Open the Multi Purpose T ray and press gently down on the Paper Platform (2) to ensure it is latched down. 2. Adjust the P aper Guides (1) to the size of paper you are going to print on, using the mar kings on the P aper Platform. 3. Position a sheet of paper on the P aper Platform so that it is grippe[...]

Printing from Windows> 26 P RINTING FROM W INDOWS Your printer’s menus provide access to many options. See “Using the printer software” on page 83 for more information. The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the menus, and you print documents fro[...]

Printing from Windows> 27 P RINTING PREFERENCES IN W INDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your docu ment from a Windows application program a Print dialog box appears. This dialog usually specifies the name of th e printer on which you will print your document. Next to the printer nam e is a Properties button. When you click Properties a[...]

Printing from Windows> 28 S ETUP TAB When you click the Properties button from your application’s Print dialog, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for the current document. 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of y our document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and [...]

Printing from Windows> 29 5. A variety of document finishing options can be selected, such as normal one page per sheet, or N-up (where N can be a maximum of 16) for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet. Select the Poster printing option to print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets. 6. Y ou can choose to print [...]

Printing from Windows> 30 J OB O PTIONS TAB 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. • The ProQ2400 setting prints at 600 x 600dpi multi- level. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for printing photographs and reproducing colour details. • The Fine/Det[...]

Printing from Windows> 31 6. Page orientation can be set to either portr ait (tall) or landscape (wide). 7. Y our printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery . 8. Y ou can print watermark text behind the main page image. This is useful for marking documents as draft, confidential, etc. 9. Clicking the Advanced button gives yo[...]

Printing from Windows> 32 other than Auto. F or grayscale printing, the printer runs at the fastest print speed (approx. 20ppm) and all pages are printed in black and white. 2. Y ou can choose from a range of colou r matching options, depending on the image source for your document. For example, a photograph tak en on a digital camera might requ[...]

Printing from Windows> 33 S ETTING FROM W INDOWS C ONTROL P ANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather than from within an application pro gram, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications, and w ill be rememb[...]

Printing from Windows> 34 A DVANCED TAB 1. Y ou can specify which times of day your printer will be available. 2. Indicates current priority , from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. 3. Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print file) before being printed. The document is then prin[...]

Printing from Windows> 35 5. This is the opposite choice to the one abov e. Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling. 6. This specifies that the document should no t be spooled, but printed directly . Y our application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete. This requires less dis[...]

Printing from Windows> 36 12. Y ou can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents. (This is particularly useful on a shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack.)[...]

Printing From Mac> 37 P RINTING F ROM M AC M AC OS 9 C HOOSING P RINTING O PTIONS Use the print dialog to choose your printer and select options for how you want your docu ment to print. 1. Open the document you want to print. 2. If you wish to change th e paper size or page orientation, choose File > P age Setup. 3. Select File > Print. 4[...]

Printing From Mac> 38 4. Click Print Preferences . 5. Change Page Setup Preferences or Print Preferences as required. These new settings will be saved as the printer driver defaults. P AGE S ETUP O PTIONS - G ENERAL Paper Choose the paper size that matches your docu ment and the paper loaded in the printer. The paper margin is 1/6 inch (4.2 mm) [...]

Printing From Mac> 39 Reduce or Enlarge Documents can be scaled up or down to fit on different paper sizes. P AGE S ETUP O PTIONS - L AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which[...]

Printing From Mac> 40 P AGE S ETUP O PTIONS - C USTOM P APER S IZE You can create and edit custom paper sizes. These appear in the paper size menu and can be selected just like any other paper size. P RINT O PTIONS - G ENERAL Copies Enter the number of copies to print. If Collate is selected, all th e pages of the document print before the next [...]

Printing From Mac> 41 Pages Choose whether to print all the pages of your document or just a section of it. Paper Source Selects which paper tray to use for your print job. Quality Selects the print resolution. The ProQ2400 setting produces the best graphic images but it can take longer to print. Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly [...]

Printing From Mac> 42 P RINT O PTIONS - P RINT C ONTROL If you are using the Windo ws Print Control Server software to manage printers, enter your assigned user name and ID. This information is sent along with your print job and is recorded by the printer.[...]

Printing From Mac> 43 P RINT O PTIONS - C OLOR Color mode Color matching COLOR MODE DESCRIPTION Auto Color The driver selects the mo st appropriate color settings. Advanced Color Allows you to manually adjust color and black and white se ttings o r select. Gra yscale Convert all colors to shades of gr ey . COLOR DESCRIPTION Monitor (6500K) Per c[...]

Printing From Mac> 44 Black Fini sh Controls the way black is printed in color documents. Composite Black (CMYK): Uses all 4 toner colors to represent black. Recommended for color photos. True Black (K): Uses 100% black toner to represent black. Recommended for text and business graphics. Brightness / Saturation Increase Brightness for a lighter[...]

Printing From Mac> 45 P RINT O PTIONS - L AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.[...]

Printing From Mac> 46 P RINT O PTIONS - O PTIONS Media Weight Select the thickness/type of paper in the printer. It's important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you are printing on regular paper, don't select Labels as this may cause toner smearing and paper j[...]

Printing From Mac> 47 Always Crea te 100% Black (K ) Toner Select this if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printing pure black (RGB = 0,0,0). This is effective even when Composite Black (CMYK) is selected in the color options. Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing Depending on printing habits and us age patterns, runn[...]

Printing From Mac> 48 P RINT O PTIONS - W ATERMARK A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can be u sed to indicate that the document is "Draft" or perhaps "Confidential". You can create watermarks in the printer driver. Select a font and modify the watermark size, position, color,[...]

Printing From Mac> 49 P RINT O PTIONS - I NFORMATION Displays a summary of the current printer settings. The driver version is also displayed. This may be useful if you want to check the Oki website for a newer printer driver.[...]

Printing From Mac> 50 M AC OS X The information in this section is based on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4 ). Other versions such as Panther (10.3) and Jaguar(10.2) versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same. S ETTING P RINTING O PTIONS You can choose your printer and select options for how you want your documents to print fro[...]

Printing From Mac> 51 description of these options, see “Print options - Copies & pages” . 7. Click the Print button. S AVING P RINTING O PTIONS You can save a set of printer driver options to use for future documents. 1. Open the document you want to print. 2. T o change the paper size or page orientation, sele ct File > Pag e S et u[...]

Printing From Mac> 52 3. Select Save As Defau lt from the Settings drop-down menu. 4. T o save the current printer driver settings as a preset, select Save As from the Preset menu. 5. Enter a name for your preset and click OK. C HANGING THE DEFAULT PRINTER AND PAPER SIZE The following steps describe how to change your default printer and the pap[...]

Printing From Mac> 53 Page Attributes You can select “Save As Default” to use the current Page Setup settings as a standard for all documents. Format for Allows you to select your printer model before changing options such as Paper size and Orientation. Paper Size Select a paper size to match your docume nt and the paper loaded in the printe[...]

Printing From Mac> 54 P RINT OPTION S - C OPIES & PAGES Copies This option allows you to enter the number of copies to print. If you select Collate, all pages of the document will print before the next copy prints. Pages You can select whether to print all pages of a document or just a section of it.[...]

Printing From Mac> 55 Layout Pages per sheet You can shrink multiple pages and print them on a single sheet of paper. For example, ch oosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.[...]

Printing From Mac> 56 Scheduler This option lets you choose whether to print your document immediately, or defe r printing unt il later. You can also assign a priority to a print job. These features are useful if you are printing large documents that take a long time to print.[...]

Printing From Mac> 57 Paper handling Page order You can choose to print your document in the normal page order (1,2,3..) or reverse order (..3 ,2,1). Print This option allows you to choose whether to print only odd or even numbered pages. This is useful if you are using manual duplex for which you first print all odd pages, re- insert the paper [...]

Printing From Mac> 58 ColorSync Color conversion For Color Conversion, Standard is the only option available for your printer model. Quartz Filte r Choose a Quartz filter if you wish to apply a special effect to your print job, such as Sepia or Blue Ton e. This is only available on Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later versions.[...]

Printing From Mac> 59 Cover page Choosing a cover page may help you to identify your printed document in a large pile of paper. This is useful in a busy office with many people sharing the printer. Paper sourc e This option allows you to select which paper tray to use for your print job.[...]

Printing From Mac> 60 Print quality Print quality Use this option to selects the print resolution. The ProQ2400 setting produces the best graphic imag es, but these images can take longer to print. Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly improve quality when printing images. The printer driver analyses any photographic images and proces[...]

Printing From Mac> 61 Color Color mode COLOR MODE DESCRIPTION Auto Color The driver selects the mo st appropriate color settings. Advanced Color Allows you to manually adju st color and black and white se ttings o r select. Gra yscale Convert all colors to shades of gr ey .[...]

Printing From Mac> 62 Color matching Black Fini sh Use this option to control the way black is printed in color documents. Select Composite Black (CMYK) to use all 4 toner colors to represent black. This option is recommended for color photos. Select True Black (K) to use 100% black toner to represent black. This optio n is recommended for text [...]

Printing From Mac> 63 P RINTER SETUP OPTIONS P RINTER OPTION S Media weight Select the thickness or type of paper in the printer. It is important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you are printing on normal A4 paper, do not select Labels as this may cause toner smearing [...]

Printing From Mac> 64 Always create 100% black (K) toner Select this option if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printing pure black (RGB = 0,0,0). This is effective even when Composite Black (CMYK) is selected in the color options. Run maintenance cycle before printing Depending on printing habits and us age patterns,[...]

Printing From Mac> 65 Summary This option displays a summary of all selected print options for the current job.[...]

Printing> 66 P RINTING This chapter describes how to carry out basic printing tasks using your printer. T EST PRINTING P RINT A DEMO PAGE Switch on the printer and allow it to warm up. Press the ON LINE button on your printer and hold down for 5 seconds. A demo page should print. P RINT A STATUS PAGE Switch on the printer and allow it to warm up[...]

Printing> 67 M ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE CASSETTE TRAY 1. Ensure that there is enough paper in the cassette tr ay to carry out the print job. 2. Select File -> Print and click the Properties button. In the 2-sided printing drop down menu, select either “Lon g Edge” or “Short Edge” according to your printing preferences. If you r[...]

Printing> 68 4. Open the Cassette T ray . 5. T ak e the printed paper from the Output Stack er and place it in the Cassette T ra y with the printed side facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer .[...]

Printing> 69 6. Close the Cassette T ray and press the ON LINE button as directed in the status message. The message window should disappear from your screen and the document finishes printing the remaining pages of your document. M ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE M ULTI P URPOSE T RAY 1. Position th e paper guides on the Multi Purpose T r ay ac[...]

Printing> 70 2. Place paper one sheet at a time in the Multi Purpose T ray . The paper is automatically gripped in position. 3. Select File -> Print to display the Print dialog box. 4. Click the Properti es button. On the 2-sided printing drop down menu, select either “L ong Edge” or “Short Edge” according to your printing preferences[...]

Printing> 71 facing into the printer . Ensure that the paper is gripped in place. 7. Press the ON LINE button. The remain ing pages of your document print on the blank side of the paper . P RINTING ON DIFFERENT MEDIA This section describes how to print on material other than normal A4 paper. P RINTIN G ON LEGAL PAPER When printing on legal paper[...]

Printing> 72 1. In either the cassette tray or the Multi Pur pose T ray , adjust the paper guides using the indicators marked on the printer . 2. Place your envelopes in the tr ay , face up with the short edge facing into the printer and the flap to the right. Do not add more than 10 envelopes at a tim e. 3. From your oper ating system, access t[...]

Printing> 73 S ETTING OTHER PRINTING OPTIONS This sections briefly describes how to set printing options for your particular print job. F IT TO PAGE PRINTING You can choose to print your document on larger or smaller sized paper depending on the size of print media available to you. 1. Insert paper in the Cassette T ray or Multi Purpose T ray in[...]

Printing> 74 C ANCELLING A PRINT JOB You can cancel a print job from your software application, from the print queue or by using the CANCEL button on your printer. PRINTING STATE HOW TO CANCEL Document has not started printing T ry to cancel printing job within software application Document is wait ing in a print queue Delete print job from Prin[...]

Colour Printing> 75 C OLOUR P RINTING 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 documents. Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may[...]

Colour Printing> 76 Viewing conditions A print can look very different un der 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 driver colour settings The driver settings for Manual colou[...]

Colour Printing> 77 T IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. P RINTIN G PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Mon itor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings. P RINTIN G FROM M ICROSOFT O FFICE APPLICATIONS[...]

Colour Printing> 78 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 Windows Control Panel: 1. Open the Printers window (called [...]

Colour Printing> 79 S ETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1. On the Colour tab select Advanced Colour ((1) below) for Colour Matching. 2. Choose the Manual colour setting (2) and select from the following options: (a) Monitor (6500k) Pe rceptual Optimised for printing photographs. Colours a re printed with emphasis on saturation. 1 2 1 c 2 a e b [...]

Colour Printing> 80 (b) Monitor (6500k) Vivid Optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. (c) Monitor (9300k) Optimised for printing gr aphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness. (d) Digital Camera Optimised for print[...]

Colour Printing> 81 U SING THE C OLOUR S WATCH 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 th at this is not the full range of colours that the printe[...]

Colour Printing> 82 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 Office palette colours can be individually adjusted. This [...]

Using the printer softwar e> 83 U SING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE S TATUS M ONITOR (W INDOWS ONLY ) The Status Monitor software is distinct from and installed separately from the driver software. The Status Monitor provides a readable indication of the printer status as displayed on the indicator LEDs on the Operation Panel ( see “The Operation Pane[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 84 U SING THE S TATUS M ONITOR Viewing the status of the printer, and viewing or changing the printer menu settings are carried out though the Status Monitor. Click on [Start], [All Programs] and select Okidata|OKI C3300_3400| S tatus Monitor . The current printer status is shown. P RINTER S TATE TAB This tab is visi[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 85 The Printer Menu button enables you to access the printer menu settings. From the printer menu, you can configure your printer settings.[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 86 P REFEREN CES TAB Selecting this tab provides the means to choose the information displayed by the S tatus Monitor and how/when t he Status Monitor appears. The default Alert view setting (Pop up on alerts) ensures that the Status Monitor pops up to inform you of a condition that requires your attention e.g. paper[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 87 P RINTER FUNCTIONS (U SER S ETTINGS ) The printer settings made from the Status Monitor can be seen collectively on a printed Menu Map (or Status Page). To print a status page, press printer ON LINE button and hold for 2 seconds. U SER S ETTINGS On the Status Monitor Setup tab, click Printer Menu . The User Settin[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 88 Administr ator Setti ngs This menu is intended to be used only by designated staff. On the User Settings window, select Display -> Administrator Menu. The User Settings menu is updated to in clude the Administrator menu options. The Administrator Settings menu has the settable items, including access to the use[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 89 To save your changes, click the “Apply the changed settings” icon (as shown below), in the top left hand corner. To undo a change, click the Undo changed setting s icon . 2 1 NOTE You can access the prin ter menu settings window direct by clicking [Start], [Al l Programs] and se lecting Okidata|OKI C3 3 00_C34[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 90 It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings made in the printer drivers. However, several of the driver settings ca n be left at “Printer Se tting”, which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus. Factory default settings are shown in bol[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 91 P RINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. M EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION COPIES 1 -999 Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed from 1 to 999. MANUA L FEED (Multi Purpose Tr a [...]

Using the printer softwar e> 92 TRA Y - MEDIA TYPE PLAIN LET TERHEAD BOND RECYCLED ROUGH USERTYPE1 – 5 Selects the type of m edia loaded in this tray . Th is will help t he printer to adj ust its internal operating parameters, such as engine speed and fusing temper ature, to bet ter accommodate the media to be fed. For exampl e, letterhead may[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 93 MANUAL ( Multi Purpose T ra y) - MEDIA WEIGHT MEDIUM (75- 90g/m²) HEAVY (91- 120g/m²) UL TRA HEAVY (121-203g/m²) Selects the me dia weight to be fed from the Multi Purpose T ray . CUSTOM P APER SIZE - MEDIA SIZE UNIT MILLIMETRE INCH Selects the unit of measure for the next two ite ms. CUSTOM P APER SIZE - MEDIA[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 94 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 particularly difficult print jobs. S[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 95 S YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION ST A TUS PAGE AUTO PRINT ENABLE D DISABLED Automatically pri nts status on power up. TIME TO POWER SAVE MODE 5 MIN 15 MIN 30 MIN 60 MIN 240 MIN Adjusts the [...]

Using the printer softwar e> 96 USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. JAM RECOVERY ON OFF Specifies whether the print er should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred. If ON, the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cl eared. ERROR REPO[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 97 S YSTEM ADJUSTMENT MENU This menu provides fine adjust ment of image position on the printed page in ste ps of 0.25mm. SYS ADJUST MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION X ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ +2.00 Horizontal position. Y ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ +2.00 V ertical position. DUPLEX X ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ +2.00 Horizontal position. DUPL[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 98 M AINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. MAINTENANCE MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MENU RESET EXECUTE Rese ts menus to default settings. POWER SA VE MODE ON/OFF Enables or disables automatic power save mode. Del ay before entering this mode is set in the sy stem config[...]

Using the printer softwar e> 99 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 you will need them. USAGE MENU ITEM [...]

Using the printer software> 100 P RINTIN G SETTINGS To print a list of the printer settings: 1. Start the Status Monitor . 2. Select the Printer Setup tab. 3. Click on the Printer Settings button on the Printer Setup tab. 4. Click on the Information menu and then select Print Menu Map. 5. Click on the Printer Menu button to print a Menu Map of p[...]

Replacing consumable items> 101 R EPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due. As a guide, the life expectancy of these items is: > To n e r Starter Cartridge: The machine is shipped with sufficient Black, Cyan, Magenta & Yellow toner for 500 A4 pages, all of which is used to initially fill the[...]

Replacing consumable items> 102 C ONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS * Average life: 20% pages at continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pa ges 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 ma y damage your printer's performance and [...]

Replacing consumable items> 103 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 hav e somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one. Dispose of the old cartridge re[...]

Replacing consumable items> 104 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover fully . 2. Note the positions of the 4 cartridges. WARNING! If the printer has been po wered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch this area. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Y ellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge[...]

Replacing consumable items> 105 3. Carry out one of the following: (a) If you are replacing a tone r cartridge that has been supplied with your printer (release lever has 3 positions), pull the coloured toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer, in the direction of the arrow, but stop at the central (up[...]

Replacing consumable items> 106 4. Lift the right-hand en d of the cartridge and then dra w the cartridge to the right to release the left -hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge from th e printer . 5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner fro m marking your furn iture. 6. Remo ve the new cartridge fr [...]

Replacing consumable items> 107 8. Remov e the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge. 9. Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right, lower it into the printer o ver the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was remov ed. 10. Insert the left end of the cartrid[...]

Replacing consumable items> 108 11. 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. 12. Finally , close the top cover and press down firmly so that the cover latches closed. 1[...]

Replacing consumable items> 109 I MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover fully . WARNING! If the printer has been powere d on, the [...]

Replacing consumable items> 110 2. Note the positions of the 4 cartridges. 3. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge (1), up and out of the printer . 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Y ellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge 1[...]

Replacing consumable items> 111 4. Put the old unit down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner fro m marking your furn iture. 5. T ak e the new image drum unit, complete with toner cartridge (assembled according to the installation guide) and place it on the piece of paper where the old ID unit was p la ced. 6. Remov e the protective she[...]

Replacing consumable items> 112 7. Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer , locating the pegs at each end (1) into their slots (2) in the sides of the printer cavity . 8. Finally , close the top cover an d press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. 1 2 NOTE If you need to re tur[...]

Replacing consumable items> 113 R EPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 50,000 pages. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover fully . 2. [...]

Replacing consumable items> 114 3. Lift each of the image drum units (1), starting from the rear , out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of h eat and light (2). 2 1 CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of ea ch cartridge is very deli cate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it [...]

Replacing consumable items> 115 4. Locate the two fasteners (1) at each side of the belt (3) and the lifting bar (2) at the front end. 5. T urn the two fasteners (1) 90° to the left. This will rele ase the belt from the printer chassis. 6. Pull the lifting bar (2) upwards so that belt tilts up towards the front, and withdraw the belt unit from [...]

Replacing consumable items> 116 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. T urn the two fasteners (1) 90 ° to the rig[...]

Replacing consumable items> 117 9. Replace the 4 image drums, complete with their toner cartridges, into the printer in the correct positions as shown. 10. Finally , close the top cover an d press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Y ellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge[...]

Replacing consumable items> 118 F USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover fully . WARNING! If the printer has recently been powere[...]

Replacing consumable items> 119 2. Identify the fuser handle (1) on the top of the fuser unit. 3. Pull the two fuser retaining levers (2) towards the front of the printer so that they are fully upright. 4. Holding the fuser by its handle (1), lift the fuser straight up and out of the printer . If the fuser is still warm, place it on a flat surfa[...]

Replacing consumable items> 120 7. Holding the fuser handle (2), lower the fuser into the printer , locating the two lugs into their slots in the metal partition which separ ates the fuser area from the image drums. 8. Push the two retaining levers (1) tow ards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place. 9. Finally , close the top cover [...]

Replacing consumable items> 121 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 (1) with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue. 3. Close the top cover . 1 CAUTION! Do not use methyl alcohol [...]

Installing additional memory (C3400n only)> 122 I NSTALLING ADDITIONAL MEMORY (C3400 N ONLY ) This section explains how to install additional RAM memory into your printer as a memory upgrade. This option is only available for the C3400n printer. There is no memory upgrade available for the C3300. O RDER CODES Use the following order codes for ad[...]

Installing additional memory (C3400n only)> 123 3. Remo ve each image drum units, starting with the front. Cover the image drum units to protect them from direct light 4. Locate the two fasteners (1) at each side of the belt (3) and the lifting bar (2) at the front end. WARNING! If the printer has been powe red on recently, the fuser will be hot[...]

Installing additional memory (C3400n only)> 124 5. Unlock the fasteners and remove the belt as shown. 6. Carefully remove the new memory board from its wrapping. T ry to handle the board only by its short edges, avoiding contact with an y metal parts as far as possible. In particular , avoid touching the edge connector . 7. Notice that the memor[...]

Installing additional memory (C3400n only)> 125 8. Identify the RAM expansion slot in the printer . Unclip the plastic cover to open this slot. 9. 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. T o remove it proceed as follows, otherwise skip to step 10 . [...]

Installing additional memory (C3400n only)> 126 11. Gently push the board into th e RAM expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any further . 12. Close the RAM expansion slot. 13. Replace the belt and image drum units as described in “Replacing consumable items” on page 101. 14. Close the top cover of the printer . 15. Reconnect t[...]

Troubleshooting> 127 T ROUBLESHOOTING C LEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on 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 explains how to clear them quickly and [...]

Troubleshooting> 128 3. Note the positions of the 4 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 (1), up and out of the printer . 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Y ellow cartridge 4.[...]

Troubleshooting> 129 5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from mark ing your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. 6. Repeat this remov al procedur e for each of the remaining image drum units. Cover the im age drum units to protect them from direct light. 7. Look into the printer to check whe[...]

Troubleshooting> 130 8. Remo ve any sheets of paper as follows: • T o remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of the belt (1), carefully lift the sheet from the belt and pull it forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet. • T o remove a sheet from the centr al area of the belt, carefully separate the sheet from t[...]

Troubleshooting> 131 withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area. Then allow the pressure release lever to rise again. 9. Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser , replace the four image drums into the dru m cavity , making sure to locate them in the correct order . • Holding the comple te assembly by its top centre, lower[...]

Troubleshooting> 132 11. Open the rear stacker and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area. • Pull out any sheets found in this area. • If the sheet is low down in this area and difficult to remove, it is probably still gr ipped by the fuser . In this case raise the top cov er , reach around and press down on the fuser pressure rele[...]

Troubleshooting> 133 13. Press the front cover release and pull open the front cover . 14. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover . 1 1 2[...]

Troubleshooting> 134 15. Pull out the Cassette T ra y and ensure that all paper is stacked properly , is undamaged, and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edge s of the paper stack. When satisfied, replace the tra y . 16. Finally , close the top cover an d press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. W[...]

Specifications> 135 S PECIFICATIONS C3300 N34111B ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 376 x 479 x 290mm (W x D x H) We i g h t 21Kg approximately Print speeds 12 pages per minute colour 16 pages per minute monochrome Res ol ut io n 600 x 600dpi 1200 x 600dpi 600 x 600dpi x 2bit Emulations Windows GDI, Direct Raster Auto Features Auto re gistration Aut[...]

Specifications> 136 C3400 N34112B ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 376 x 479 x 290mm (W x D x H) We i g h t 21Kg approximately Print speeds 16 pages per minute colour 20 pages per minute monochrome Res ol ut io n 600 x 600dpi 1200 x 600dpi 600 x 600dpi x 2bit Emulations Windows GDI, Direct Raster Auto Features Auto re gistration Auto density adjust[...]

Index> 137 I NDEX Numerics 2-sided printing ............. ............ ... 66 A Advanced features enabling or disab ling............ ..... 35 B Belt how to replac e ............ ............ 113 life expectancy .......... ............ .. 101 Black printing glossy or matte ................... ..... 32 C Cassette Tray paper metrics ...............[...]

Index> 138 Shutdown m enu ........ ............ ... 90 System configuration me nu ....... 95 Usage menu .................... ........ 99 USB menu ............. ............. ..... 96 Multi Purpose Tray how to us e ..... .......... ............ ... 25 paper metrics ................ .......... 19 P Page orientation setting in Windows ........... .[...]

Oki contact details> 139 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 Com plex Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland Tel:+353 1 4049590 Fax:+353 1 4049591 http://www.oki.ie OKI Systems[...]

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