OKI C8800hn manual

User’s Guide C8800[...]

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. The manufac turer assumes no responsi bility for the results of errors beyond its control. T he manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made b y other manufacturers and referre[...]

Emergency First Aid > 3 E MERGENC Y F IRST A ID Take care with toner powder: If swallowed, induce vomiting and seek medical attention. Never attempt to induce vomiting if person is unconscious. 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 wit[...]

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

Contents > 5 Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 Blacks and greys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Black overprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Black printing (black gene ration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Composite black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Contents > 6 Step 3 - Select ICC profiles in the printer driver . . . 58 Matching the colour of a monitor, scanner or camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Simulating another[...]

Contents > 7 Duplex (double-sided) printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Windows PostScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Windows PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up) . . . . . . . 96 [...]

Contents > 8 Maintenance men u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 31 Usage menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Job log m enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Replacing consumable items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Consumable order d etails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Notes, Cautions and Warnings > 9 N OTES , C AUTIONS AND W ARNINGS NOTE: A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional information to su pplem ent the main te xt which may help you to use and unders tand the product. CAUTION! A caution appea rs in this manual like this. A cauti on provides additional information which, if ig[...]

Introduction > 10 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki Printing Solutions 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 print media for the office. Your printer includes these features: > Compact A3 desktop fo[...]

Introduction > 11 > “ Ask Oki” – a user-friendly function for Windows that giv es a direct link from your printer driver screen to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using. This is where you’ll find all the advice, assistance and support you could need to help you get the best possible results from your Oki print[...]

Introduction > 12 P RINTER OVERVIEW F RONT VIEW The LCD display lan guage can be chan ged to show different languages. ( See “Changing the display language” on page 14. ) 1. Output stacker, f ace down. Standard printed copy delivery point. Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g/m². 2. Operator panel. Menu driven operat or controls and LCD display pa[...]

Introduction > 13 R EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. * The Network Interface h as a protective “plug” whic h must be removed before connection can be made. When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer through the rea[...]

Introduction > 14 C HANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The default language used by yo ur printer for display messages and for report printing is English. If required, this can be changed to: German Danish French Dutch Italian Turkish Spanish Portuguese Swedish Polish Russian Greek Finnish Czech Hungarian Norwegian NOTE: 1. The list above i s neither [...]

Paper recommendations > 15 P APER RECOMMENDA TIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, transparencies and envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be obtained when using stand ard 75~90g/m² paper d[...]

Paper recommendations > 16 C ASSETTE TRAYS If you have identical paper stock lo aded in another tray (2nd tray if you have one, or multi purpose tray) you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper. When printing from Windows applications, this function is enable d in the driver se ttings.[...]

Paper recommendations > 17 For paper lengths exceeding 431.8mm use pap er stock up to 128g/m² and the face up (rear) paper stacker. Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies. Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time, subject to a maximum stacking depth of 10mm. Paper or transparen[...]

Loading paper > 18 L OADING PAPER C ASSETTE TRAYS 1. Remov e the paper tra y 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). 1 2 3[...]

Loading paper > 19 3. Load paper long edge feed (LEF) (letter headed paper - face down and top edge towards the right of the printer) (1) up to mark (a). 4. Adjust the rear stopper an d paper guides (2) to the size of paper being used. For A6 paper , remove and re-install in the A6 position. To prevent paper jams: > Do not leave space between[...]

Loading paper > 20 5. If you have two tr ays and you are printing from the 1st (upper) tray , you can pull out the 2nd (lower) tra y during printing to reload it. However , if printing from the 2nd (lower) tray , do not pull out the 1st (upper) tra y . This will cause a paper jam. 6. For face down printing, mak e sure the face up (rear) stacker [...]

Loading paper > 21 M ULTI PURPOSE TRAY 1. Open the multi purpose tray (1). 2. Fold out the paper supports (2). 3. Press gently down on the paper platform (3) to ensure it is latched down. 4. Load the paper and adjust the paper guides (4) to the size of paper being used. > F or single-sided printing on headed paper load the paper into the mult[...]

Loading paper > 22 > F or two-sided (duplex) printing on headed paper load the paper with pre-printed side down and top edge away from the printer . (Optional duplex unit must be installed for this function.) > Envelopes sh ould be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer . Do not select duplex printing on e[...]

A guide to printing > 23 A GUIDE TO PRINTING This Chapter provides a convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your printer. H OW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver screens. How you access them depends on your computer and its operating sy[...]

A guide to printing > 24 PCL OR P OST S CRIPT Three printer drive rs are supplied with your p rinter: one for PCL5c emulation, one for PCL6 emulation, and t he other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print mainly fr om general “Office” applications choose one of the PCL drivers. For faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript. If yo[...]

A guide to printing > 25 P OST S CRIPT EMULATION 1. Page orientation sets portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) page orientation. The “rotated” rotates the paper through 90 degrees anti- clockwise. 2. When printing double sided pages (duplex unit required). Y o u can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge. 3. Pages can be printed[...]

A guide to printing > 26 PCL EMULATION When you click the Properties button from your application’s Print dialogue, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document. 1. Paper size should be the same as th e page si ze of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and sh[...]

A guide to printing > 27 C HANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS W INDOWS XP/2000/S ERVER 2003 1. Click [Start] → [Printers and F a xes] to open the Printers and F ax es window . 2. In the Printers and F axes window , right -click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing Preferences] from the context menu. W INDOWS V ISTA 1. Click [S[...]

A guide to printing > 28 Recalling saved settings in the PCL drivers is a simple task that must be done first, before any job-specifi c changes are made. Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is described here. S AVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS 1. Make any changes to the driver settings you want, as described in the relevant[...]

A guide to printing > 29 S ETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTION S This section explains how to ensure that you r printer driver can utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer. Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing), additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer driver on your computer kn[...]

A guide to printing > 30 B LACKS AND GREYS B LACK OVERPRINT Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed fonts and the coloured background. Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black text over a background colour. Black Overprint may not be available with some software applications. Windows 1. On the [Job O[...]

A guide to printing > 31 Mac OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2). 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]. 5. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (4). B LACK PRINTING ( BLACK GENERATION ) To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Gra[...]

A guide to printing > 32 T RUE ( PURE ) BLACK Only black toner is used to print true black. Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics. If you use True Black to print photographs, dark sections of the photos may appear black. Windows (Office Colour) 1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab , select [Office Colour] (1) and click the[...]

A guide to printing > 33 Windows (Graphic Pro) 1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab , select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click the [Options] button. 2. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred setting. 1 2[...]

A guide to printing > 34 Mac OS X (Office Colour) 1. From the [File] menu, select [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer . 3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer F eatures]. 4. From the [Feature Sets] m enu (3), select [Colour – Office Colour]. 5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose y our preferred setting. 1 2 4 3[...]

A guide to printing > 35 Mac OS X (Graphic Pro) 1. From the [File] menu, select [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer . 3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer F eatures]. 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3]. 5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose y our preferred setting. 1 2 3 4[...]

A guide to printing > 36 F INE LINES ENHANCEMENT This feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine lines (minimum line width). With some software applications, if this feature is turned ON, the spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens, turn [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines] OFF. 1. In the driver’s [Job Options] tab , c[...]

A guide to printing > 37 G REYSCALE PRINTING If you select Greyscale, the printer converts all colours into shades of grey, and prints using only black toner. Use Greyscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you do not need to print a colour document in colour. W INDOWS 1. If using the PCL driver , in the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose[...]

A guide to printing > 38 3. If using the PS driver , on the [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], and then click [Advanced] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast. M AC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer . 3. From the next menu (2), select [Printer Features]. 4. F[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 39 C OLOUR PRINTING (B ASICS ) 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 set[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 40 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under 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 man[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 41 T IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. P RINTING PHOTOGRA PHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Mon itor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings. P RINTING FROM OFFICE APPLICATIONS Us[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 42 A CCESSING THE COLOUR MATCH ING OPTION S 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 win[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 43 2. Choose Details and select from the following options: (a) Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs. Colours a re printed with emphasis on saturation. (b) Monitor (6500k) Vi vid Optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 44 U SING THE COLOUR SWATCH 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 that this is n ot the full range of colours that th[...]

Colour printing (Basics) > 45 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 si nce it is not installed along with the printer driver. The Colour Correct utility has the following features: > Microsoft Office palette colours can be individually adju[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 46 C OLOUR MATCHING ( ADVANCED ) This Chapter only discusses the printer colour management system. If you wish to learn more about your application pro gram or operating system colour management, please se e the documentation that was supplied with your application software or computer. B ASICS There are three metho[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 47 2. Operating System Colour Management (2) . Windows 2000 and XP have Windows ICM Colour Management. Mac OS X have Apple ColorSync. 3. Printer Colour Management (3) . When you print your document and modify settings in the printer driver, the printer performs colour adjustments. P RINTER COLOUR MANAGEMENT I NTRODU[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 48 > This is a simpler colour management system designed for ease of use. Office Colour is recommended for u sers who are not experts in colour but want good results when printing from progr ams such as Microsoft Office. > Graphic Pro (3b) – “Gr aphic pro” on page 54 This is a powerful colour management [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 49 A BOUT THE PRINTER DRIVERS Depending on your operating system, you m ay have the choice of different drivers to use with your printer. You may wish to select a printer driver based on whether it supports CMYK data. O FFICE COLOUR This section describes the features in the printer driver for “Office Colour” pr[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 50 Although the Office Colour options contain controls for CMYK data, it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro options instead. If you are printing CMYK data, the Graphic Pro options provide more power and flexibility. O FFICE COLOUR - RGB OPTION S Office Colour provides a collection of several differ[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 51 W INDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers. 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1) and click the [Options] button. 2. Select a preset from [Colour matching options] (2). 1 2[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 52 M AC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2) . 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3) , select [Colour Options]. 5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4) , select [Office Colour]. NOTE: When printing from s[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 53 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5) , select [Colour – Office Colour]. 7. Select the [Office Colour] Preset (6) you wish to use. C USTOMISING RGB OFFICE COLOUR WITH THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILIT Y (W INDOWS ) If the Office Colour presets are not sufficient for your need s, the Colour Correct utility provides a mean[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 54 G RAPHIC PRO This section describes the colour matching options available for Graphic Pro. The Graphic Pro colour matching system is based around ICC profiles. These profiles are down loaded to the printer using the Profile Assistant utility and then selected in the printer driver. When a job is sent to the print[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 55 M ORE ACCURATE PRINTER COLOUR If you have created your own prof iles with third-party ICC profile creation software, these can be download to the printer and used when printing. T YPES OF ICC PROFILE SUPPORTED There are four classes of ICC profile supported by the Graphic Pro colour matching system: PROFILE TYPE [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 56 G RAPHIC PRO WORKFLOW – OVERVIEW There are three steps to using the Graphic Pro colour m atching system: 1. Gather or create ICC profiles (see below) 2. Download ICC profiles to the printer hard disk ( page 56 ) 3. Select the ICC profiles in the printer driver when printing ( page 58 ) S TEP 1 - G ATHER OR CREA[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 57 If you know the Printer’s IP address, you can enter it manually. 3. The main screen of Profile Assistant displays the profiles resident on the selected printer’s hard disk. T o download a new profile to the printer: (a) Click [Add]. (b) Select an ICC profile f rom your computer's hard disk. (c) Once you [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 58 S TEP 3 - S ELECT ICC PROFILES IN THE PRINTER DRIVER What you select in the printer driver depends on the colour matching task that you wish to perform. Examples of selecting ICC profile s for different colour matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide. M ATCHING THE COLOUR OF A MONITOR , SCANNER[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 59 W INDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers. To match the colour of an input RGB device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera, make the following selections in the printer driver: 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options]. [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 60 4. Select a Printer Output Profile (4) . If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile cre ation software, select it here. M AC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , sele[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 61 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5) , select [Colour - Graphic Pro 1]. 7. From the [Colour Matching T ask] menu (6) , select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. 8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7) , select [Colour - Graphic Pro 2]. 9. From the [RGB Profile source] (8) , select the ICC profile that corresponds to the d[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 62 profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. 10. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour - Graphic Pro 3] (9) . 11. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu, sele ct your printer profile (10) . 12. If Auto is selected, the factory default profile s that are embedded in the pri[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 63 S IMULATIN G ANOTHER PRINTER - RGB SOURCE DATA The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer. To simulate the output of another printer, you need to download at least 2 profiles to your printer using Profile Assistant: > RGB Source Profile > Simulation T[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 64 W INDOWS If you are using a source RGB document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver: 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options]. 2. Select [Printer Simulation] (2) . 3. Select the ICC profile that corresponds to [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 65 6. This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate. 7. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner , enable the [Preserve Black] option. Although this produces a better quality print, the black and grey colours will not be simulated accurately . 8. Select you[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 66 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5) , select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. 7. From the [Colour Matching T ask] menu (6) , select [Printer Simulation]. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [Preserve Black] option. Although this produces a better quality pr[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 67 profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. 10. From the [Simulation T arget Profile] menu (9) , select the profile of the device you wish to simulate. Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using P[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 68 CMYK INK SIMULATIONS - CMYK SOURCE DATA The ICC-based colour matching system can be used to simulate the output on commercial printing presses. You can select from the ink types most commonly used in different regions of the world: > Euroscale – Europe > Swop – North America > To y o – J a p a n To[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 69 W INDOWS If you are usin g a source CM YK docume nt, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation: 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options]. 2. Select [ICC Profile Colour Matching] (2) . 3. Select the [CMYK Input profile] (3) that correspond[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 70 Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disable[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 71 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5) , select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. 7. From the [Colour Matching T ask] menu (6) , select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disabled, the grey components may be pri[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 72 11. From the [Featu re Sets] menu, select [Colour – Gr aphic Pro 3] (10) . 12. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (11) , select your printer profile. If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profil[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 73 R ELATIVE COLORIMETR IC This option is best for printing solid colours and tints. Use Relative Colorimetric when printing fr om a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia Freehand. A BSOLUTE COLORIMET RIC This option is recommended if you are proofing images on your printer that are intended for f[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 74 P RINTER DRIVER SETTINGS FOR ICC PROFIL E CREATIO N OR NO COLOUR MATCHING If you are creating ICC profiles using third-party software, select [Disable Colour Matching for ICC Profile Creation]. This option switches off all printer colour manageme nt and also prevents the printer from restricting toner layer thick[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 75 M AC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2) . 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3) , select [Colour Options]. 5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4) , select [Graphic Pro]. 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5) , select [Colour – [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 76 F INISHING OPTION S Your printer offers a wide sel ection of document finishing options that help you to control the final for m of your printed document. Depending on the hardware fitted, either as optional upgrades or included as standard and on which model you have, your system can offer a number of choices. F[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 77 B OOKLET PRINTING ( IMPOSITION ) Booklet printing in the Windows drivers printing allows printing of multi-page documents with their pages ord ered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet. Typically, A4 pages would be reduced to A 5 and printed side by side on both sides of A4 paper[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 78 W INDOWS P OST S CRIPT 1. In the driver’s [La yout] tab , choose [Booklet] from the [Pag es P er Sheet] drop -down list. 2. Check that the duplex option is set to [Flip on Short Edge]. NOTE: If the Booklet choice is not shown, check that the Dupl ex option is enabled in t he driver. ( “Setting the dr iver dev[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 79 W INDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab , recall any sav ed [drive r settings] you may wish to use. 2. Choose [Booklet] from the [Finishing Mode] drop-down list, then click [Options]. 3. In the Options window you can set the [signature] size, the number of [pages] per side of paper and the [binding margin] [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 80 C OLLATIN G This feature allows multiple copies of a multi-page document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence. Uncollated pages print like this Collated pages print like this Application collate —Some application programs have a collate feature in their print options. In this case the applicati[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 81 W INDOWS 1. If using the PCL driver , on the [Setup] tab first choose any saved [driver settings] that you wish to use. See “Recalling sa ved driver settings” on page 28. 2. In the [Job Options] tab, choose how many [copies] you want to print from the scrolling list. 3. Click the [Collate] checkbox. M AC OS X[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 82 3. Select [Copies & Pages] (2) . The [Collate] option in the [Cop ies & Pages] dialogue is for application collate. See “Collating” on page 80 . 4. Enter the number of [copies] (3) you wish to print. 5. Select [Printer Features] (4) . 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5) , select [Job Options]. 7. Sele[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 83 C OLOUR SEPARA TION The colour separation feature prints each of four primary colours as separate greyscale images. This is a proofing facility that indicates the relative densities of each of the four toner colours in your print document. The darker an area appears, the more of the corresponding toner colour wil[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 84 M AC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the printer menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2) . 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3) , select [Colour Options] 5. From the [Separations] menu (4) , select the separations you wish to print. 1 2 4 3[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 85 S EPARATING QUEUED PRINT JOBS When you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user’s job in a paper stack at the printer. In Windows this page is called a “separator page”. On the Mac it is called a “cover page”. W INDOWS SEPARATO[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 86 M AC OS X COVER PAGE The cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue. 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Cover P age] (2) . 4. Select the required options for the cover page (3) . 1 2 3[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 87 C OVER PRINT Cover print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray. This feature is not available in the Windows PostScript Drivers. Do not confuse Cover Print with “Cover Page”. A Cover Page is an identif[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 88 M AC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Paper F eed] (2) . 4. Select the trays or paper t ypes you wish to use for the first page and rem aining pages (3) . 1 2 4 3[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 89 C USTOM PAGE SIZE This feature enables printing on non-standard sized print media. The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non-standard media sizes. Print media width can be from approximately 76mm to 328mm, and its length can be from 90mm to 1200mm. Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 90 3. In the PostScript Custom Page Siz e Definition window , Choose your [paper feed direction] from the drop-down list. The available choices are: Notice that the size ranges available swap places when you change the paper feed direction between a portrait and a landscape choice. Remember that the width of the mul[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 91 W INDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab , select any previously saved settings you wish to use. 2. Click the [Paper F eed Options] button. 3. In the Paper F eed Options window , click [Custom Size]. 4. If you have previously sav ed any special custom sizes they will be listed in the Custom Size window . 5. [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 92 7. If this is the size of your document but y ou want to scale it to fit a standard size of paper , click [R esize document to fit printer page] in the P aper Feed Options window , and choose the printer’s actual paper size from the [Conversion] drop-down list. M AC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 93 D UPLEX ( DOUBLE - SIDED ) PRINTING If your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper, to save paper, weight, bulk and cost. > Only paper can be used for duplex printing, not transparencies or other media. > Use paper stock of 64–105 g/m². If you experience excessive cu[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 94 W INDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s Setup tab , under [2-Sided Printing], select the binding edge you want. For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [Long Edge]. For landscape (wide) p a ge layout the usual choice is [Short Edge]. Choosing [Off] turns off d uplex printing and your document will be printe[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 95 M AC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Layout] (2) . 4. From the [T wo Sided Printing] options (3) , select either [Long Edge Binding] or [Short Edge Binding]. Which choice you make will usually depend on whether [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 96 P RINTING MULTIP LE PAGES ON ONE SHEET (N- UP ) This feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per she et. This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout, or distribute your document in a more compact format. It saves paper, bulk, weight and cost. If yo[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 97 W INDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s Setup tab (Windows XP), choose the number of pages (“N-up”) you w ant to print on each sheet. 1-up is normal, 16-up is maximum. 2. Click [Options] to choose from the av ailable options for this feature. From here you can choose the page printing order, the page layout, whethe[...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 98 M AC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1) , select your printer model. 3. Select [Layout] (2) . 4. From the [Pages per Sheet] menu (3) , select the number of pages you want to fit onto a single sheet of paper . 5. If required, change the direction (4) the [...]

Colour matching (advanc ed) > 99 P OSTER PRINTING This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces (sometimes called “tiles”). Each piece prints, enlarged, on a sep arate sheet. Then, you combine the separate sheets to create a poster. Poster Print is only available with the Windows PCL printer [...]

Colour matching (advan ced) > 100 S CALE TO PAGE Scale to Page allows you to print d ata formatted for one size page onto a different size page, without modifying the print data. This feature is only available with the Windows PCL drivers. 1. In the driver’ s Setup tab, click the [Options] button. 2. Check the [Fit to Page] checkbox. 3. Choose[...]

Colour matching (advan ced) > 101 W ATERM ARKS A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can used to indicate that the document is “Draft”, or perhaps “Confidential”. This feature is not available on Mac OS X. The illustration below shows the Windows PostScript driver. The PCL driver is very sim[...]

Colour matching (advan ced) > 102 To create a new watermark 1. In the W atermarks window , click [New …]. 2. Enter the text you want for yo ur watermark. 3. Adjust your watermark’ s font, size, colour , angle, position and border (trim) as required. 4. Click [OK] to accept your changes. To choose a previously created watermark 1. In the W at[...]

Security > 103 S ECURITY S ECURE PRINTING Secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on machines that are shared with other users in a network environment. The document does not print until a PIN (Personal Identification Number) is entered through the Printer Control Panel. You must go to the machine and enter the PIN. This featu[...]

Security > 104 3. The Job PIN (Personal Identification Number) window opens. 4. If the PIN window does not open, click the [PIN] button. 5. In the Job PIN window , enter a [name] for this print job . 6. The name may be up to 16 alph a-numeric characters. 7. If you would like a prompt at the machine for the job name, click the [R equest…] check[...]

Security > 105 P RINTING THE DOCUMENT Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the machine. 1. When the machine is idle (“ONLINE” indicated in the display), use the +/- buttons to select the PRINT JOB menu, then press [ENTER]. 2. Select “ENCRYPTED/ST ORED JOB” . 3. Use the +/- buttons to enter the [...]

Security > 106 3. If necessary , use the +/- buttons to highlight the YES choice, and press [ENTER] to confirm the deletion. 4. Y our document is deleted from the machine’ s hard disk without printing. S TORE TO HARD DISK This feature allows print jobs to be created on the PC and stored on the machine’s hard disk for printing on demand. This[...]

Security > 107 S ENDING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in the section “Sending the document” on page 103 for sending a secure document, except that on the [Job Options] tab in step 2, click [Store to HDD]. P RINTING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in “Printing the document” on page 107 for print[...]

Security > 108 E NCRYPTE D SECURE PRINTING Security over the network is an increasing concern for some organisations. Encrypted secure printing allows you to send, store and print confidential do cuments on machin es that are shared with other users in a network environment. Encrypting your documents before sending them to your machine will prev[...]

Security > 109 3. The Encrypted Secure Print window opens. 4. In the Encrypted Secure Prin t window , enter a [P assword] for this print job: The password must be betw een 4 and 12 alpha-numeric characters. Numbers 1 to 9 and letters a to z are all valid. If you would like a prompt at the machine for the job password, click the [Always ask for p[...]

Security > 110 Specify a period of time (hours:minutes) during which the print job is stored in the machine’s HDD. When t his period expires, the print job is automatically erased from the HDD. 7. Click [OK] to accept your changes. 8. Click [OK] to close the Printer Properties window . 9. Print your document. P RINTING THE DOCUMENT Follow the [...]

Menu functions > 111 M ENU FUNCTIONS This section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer’s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window. O PERATOR P ANEL : 1. ONLINE LED ON:R eady to receiv e data. Blinking:Processing data. OFF: Offline. 2. DISPLAY Displays the prin ter status and any error messa ges. 3. MENU Button Enters [...]

Menu functions > 112 H OW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS - U SER It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings in the Windows printer drivers. However, several of the driver settings can be left at “Printer Setting”, which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus. Where applicabl[...]

Menu functions > 113 H OW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS - A DMINISTRATOR You can set whether to ENABLE or DISABLE each category in the user menu. Disabled categories are not displayed in the User’s menu. Only a system administrator can change these settings. 1. Tu r n OFF the printer . 2. Tu r n ON the printer while pressing the “ ENTER ” button.[...]

Menu functions > 114 M ENUS P RINT JOBS MENU This menu only appears when the hard disk drive is installed. It is used for printing of documents stored on the internal hard disk. These will be stored using either the secure printing feature or the proof and print feature. Please refer to these features elsewhere in this manual for instructions on[...]

Menu functions > 115 S HUTDOWN MENU This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed. This item should always be sele cted before switching the printer off, to ensure that no hard disk data is lost. P RINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. COLOR PROF LIST EXECUTE P rints a list of s tored colour[...]

Menu functions > 116 MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE WHEN MISMA T CH If a document to be pr inted demands a paper size not installed in the selected tray , the printer can automatically feed from the multi purpose tray instead. If this function is not enab led, the printer will stop and request the correct size of paper to be loa ded. MEDIA CHECK ENABL[...]

Menu functions > 117 MONO-PRINT SPEED AUTO SPEED MONO 32PPM COLOR SPEED MIXED SPEED If the first page of a print job is black and white, the printer runs at 32ppm (pages per minute). When a colo ur page is de tected the pr inter slows down to 26ppm for the rest of that job. This setting operates in the same wa y as AUTO SPEED , except that the p[...]

Menu functions > 118 EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE A3 / A4 SEF/ A4 LEF/ A5 SEF/ A6 / B4 /B5 SEF / B5 LEF LEGAL14 LEGAL13.5 LEGAL13 LET TER SEF LET TER LEF EXECUTIVE CUSTOM COM-10 ENVELOPE DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE C4 ENVELOPE Sets the size of the printable page area to match the size of paper in use. This is not the same as the physical paper size, whic[...]

Menu functions > 119 M EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRA Y1 PAP E R SI Z E CASSETTE SIZE CUSTOM Selects the siz e of paper loaded in T ray 1 (upper tray if both tr ays installed). For CUST OM setting see X -DIMENSION and Y -DIMENSION later in this table. TRA Y1 MEDIA TYPE P[...]

Menu functions > 120 TRA Y2 MEDIAWEIGHT LIGHT (64~74g/m²) MEDIUM (75~90g/m²) HEA VY (91~120g/m²) Adjusts the print er for the weight of paper stock loaded in this tra y (if installed). TRA Y2 LEGAL SIZE LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 LEGAL 13 Specifies t he legal paper s ize for TRA Y2. (Displayed if a n optiona l second tray unit is installed). MPT PAP[...]

Menu functions > 121 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. ITEM SETTING[...]

Menu functions > 122 AJST REGISTRA TION EXECUTE P erforms aut omatic colour registrati on adjustment. Normally this is done on power on and when the top co ver is opened and th en closed. This p rocess accurately aligns the cy an, magenta and yellow images to the black image. C REG FINE AJST M REG FINE AJST Y REG FINE AJST -3~ 0 ~+3 -3~ 0 ~+3 -3[...]

Menu functions > 123 S YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION POWER SA VE DELA Y TIME 5 15 30 60 240 Adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. In this mode power consumption is redu ced to a low level requir[...]

Menu functions > 124 PCL EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode. JAM RE COVERY ON OFF Specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a p aper jam has occurred. If ON, the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam h as been clear[...]

Menu functions > 125 PPR EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PPR emulation mode. LF FUNCTION LF / LF+CR S elects whether a received line feed character (0Ah) also c auses a carriage return. PRINT MARGIN NORMAL 1/5 INCH 1/6 INCH Sets the non-printabl e page area. NORMAL is PCL compatible. TRUE BLACK OF[...]

Menu functions > 126 CR FUNCTION CR / CR+LF S elects whether a received carriage return charac ter (0Dh) also causes a line feed. LF FUNCTION LF / LF+CR S elects whether a received line feed character (0Ah) also c auses a carriage return. LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN ; 136 COLUMN Specifies the number of characters per line. FORM LENGTH 11 Inch ; 11.7 I[...]

Menu functions > 127 FX EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in FX emulation mode. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI ; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; PROPOR TIONAL Specifies character pitch in thi s emulation. CHARACTER SET Set 1; Set 2 Specifies a character set. SYMBOL SET IB M 437 Specifies a sy[...]

Menu functions > 128 P ARALL EL M ENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s Parallel data interface. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION PAR A L LE L ENAB LE / DISABLE Enables or disables the parallel port. BI- DIRECTIONAL ENABLE / DISABLE ENABLE/DISABLE the b i-directional capability of the parallel interface. ECP ENABLE / DISABLE ACK WIDTH[...]

Menu functions > 129 USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. N ETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX network interface. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION SOFT RESET ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disabl es the SOFT RESET command. SPEED 12 / 480 Mps S elects the interfac[...]

Menu functions > 130 FRAME TYPE AUTO / 802.2 / 802.3 / ETHERNET II / SNAP Selects the Ethernet MA C layer fr ame type. IP ADDRESS SET AUTO / MANUAL Specifies whether IP address allocation is automatic (DHCP) or manually assigned. IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx C urrent assigned IP address. T o change, press ENTER and use + / – keys to increment 1s[...]

Menu functions > 131 M AINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MENU RESET EXECUTE Resets menus to default settings. SA VE MENU EX ECUTE Saves the cu rrent menu settings. The last menu executed is saved and the menu previously saved is overwritten and erased . When you press th[...]

Menu functions > 132 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 han d and you need to know how soon you will need them. J OB LOG MENU ITEM EXPLANA[...]

Replacing consumable items > 133 R EPLACING CONSUMAB LE ITEMS This section explains how to re place consumable item s when due. As a guide, the life expectancy of these items is: > Toner : Starter Cartridge: The printer is shipped with sufficient Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black toner for 2,000 A4 pag es in the print cartridges, of which 750[...]

Replacing consumable items > 134 C ONSUMABL E ORDER DETAILS * A ver age life: 20% pages at continuous print, 5 0% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pages 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 may adversely affect your printer's per[...]

Replacing consumable items > 135 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 r[...]

Replacing consumable items > 136 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. (a) Pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Y ellow c artridge 4. Black cartridge 1[...]

Replacing consumable items > 137 3. Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then dr aw the cartridge to the right to release the left-han d end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge. 4. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from mark ing your furn iture. 5. Remov e the new cartridge fr om its box but lea v[...]

Replacing consumable items > 138 7. Remov e the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge. 8. 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. 9. Insert the left end of the cartrid[...]

Replacing consumable items > 139 10. 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. 11. Finally , close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover la[...]

Replacing consumable items > 140 I MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top co ver fully . 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. CAUTION! Static sensitive devices, handle with care. WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the[...]

Replacing consumable items > 141 3. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer . 4. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from mark ing your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. 5. With the coloured toner release lever (1) to the[...]

Replacing consumable items > 142 6. Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then dr aw the cartridge to the right to release the left-han d end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge. Place the cartridge on a piece of pape r to avoid marking y our furniture. 7. T ake the new image drum cartridge out of it[...]

Replacing consumable items > 143 9. Push the coloured release le ver (1) away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it. 10. Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer , locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavit y . 1[...]

Replacing consumable items > 144 T RANSFER BELT REPLACEMENT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 80,000 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 co ver fully . [...]

Replacing consumable items > 145 3. Lift each of the image drum units ou t of the printer and place them in a safe place awa y from direct sources of heat and light. 4. Locate the two fasteners (5) at each side of the belt and the lifting bar (6) at the front end. 5. T urn the two fasteners 90° to the left. T his will release the belt from the [...]

Replacing consumable items > 146 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 (5) 90° to the rig[...]

Replacing consumable items > 147 F USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. Switch off the printer. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top co ver fully . 2. Identify the fuser handle (1) on the top of the fuser unit. 3. Pull the fuser retaining lever (2) tow ards the front o[...]

Replacing consumable items > 148 5. Remov e the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material. 6. Holding the new fuser by its handle, make sure that it is the correct way round. The retaining lev ers (2) should be fully upright. 7. Lower the fuser into the printer . 8. Push the retaining lever (2) towards the rear of the printer [...]

Replacing consumable items > 149 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 an d open the top co ver . 2. Gently wipe the LED head surface with a soft tissue. 3. Close the top cover . CAUTION! Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on [...]

Installing upgrades > 150 I NSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > Additional Memory > Hard disk drive > additional paper tray D UPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two-sided printing, using less paper and making la[...]

Installing upgrades > 151 5. Print a menu map as follows: (a) Press the + button to access the Information Menu. (b) Press ENTER once for the menu map. (c) Press ENTER again to print the menu map. (d) When the menu map is printed, press ON LINE to exit the menu system. 6. Examine the first page of the menu map . Near the top of the page, between[...]

Installing upgrades > 152 M EMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 256MB of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board of 256MB or 512MB, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 768MB. Installation only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools. 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect th e A[...]

Installing upgrades > 153 4. Remov e the screw (1) securing the right -hand side cov er . 5. Lift the edge of the side cov er slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover aw ay from the pr inter at the top. Lift the cov er slightly to detach it from the printer . Place it safely to one side. 6. Carefully remove the new memory board from [...]

Installing upgrades > 154 9. Identify the RAM expansion slot (1) in the printer . 10. 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 1 1. (a) Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out[...]

Installing upgrades > 155 13. Close the access door and slide shut. 14. Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer . 15. Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4. 16. Close the front cover and close the top co[...]

Installing upgrades > 156 Near the top of the page, between the two horizontal lines, you will see the current printer configuration. This list contains the figure for total memory size. This should indicate the total memory now installed. If you are using the Windows PostScript driver, follow the instructions later in this section to adjust the[...]

Installing upgrades > 157 H ARD DISK DRIVE The optional internal hard disk drive (HDD) enables collating of printed pages and can be used to store overlays and macros, fonts, and secure or proof documents waiting to be printed. Installation only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools. 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect th e AC[...]

Installing upgrades > 158 4. Remov e the screw (1) securing the right -hand side cov er . 5. Lift the edge of the side cov er slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover aw ay from the pr inter at the top. Lift the cov er slightly to detach it from the printer . Place it safely to one side. 6. Slide the access door in the metal plate an[...]

Installing upgrades > 159 10. Close the front cover and the top co ver , pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed. 11. Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on. 12. When the printer is ready , print a menu map as follows: 13. Press the + button to access the Information Menu. 14. Press ENTER once for the menu map. 15. P[...]

Installing upgrades > 160 A DDITIONAL PAPER TRAY 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect th e AC power cable. 2. Place additional paper tray on desired location. 3. Observing safety rules for lifting and, using locating guides (a), place printer on top of the additional paper tra y. 4. Re-connect the AC power cable and switch the printer ON. a [...]

Installing upgrades > 161 A DJUSTING W INDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed, you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications. Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers, the driver must be adjusted on each use[...]

Clearing paper jams > 162 C LEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on the 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 simply. [...]

Clearing paper jams > 163 P APER SENSOR ERROR CODES * (if fitted). 1. If a sheet is well advanced o ut of the top of the printer , simply grip it and pull gently to dra w it fully out. If it does not remove easily , do not use excessiv e force. It can be removed from the rear later . 2. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top co ver[...]

Clearing paper jams > 164 3. Note the positions of the four 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, up and out of the printer . 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Y ellow cartr idg[...]

Clearing paper jams > 165 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 procedure for each of the remaining image drum units. 7. Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the bel[...]

Clearing paper jams > 166 forwards into the intern al drum cavity and withdr aw the sheet. > T o remove a sheet from the ce ntral area of the belt (2 ), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet. > T o remove a sheet just entering the fuser (3), separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt, push the[...]

Clearing paper jams > 167 8. 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 complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer , locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of th[...]

Clearing paper jams > 168 9. Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets. 10. Open the rear exit tray (5) and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area (6). > Pull out any sheets found in this[...]

Clearing paper jams > 169 12. Open the duplex unit cov er (if installed) and remove an y sheets in this area. 13. Lift the front cover release and pull down the front cover . a b b[...]

Clearing paper jams > 170 14. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover . 15. Pull out the paper tra y and ensure that all paper is stacked properly , is undamag ed, and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edge s of the paper stack. When satisfied, replace the tray .[...]

Clearing paper jams > 171 16. Finally , close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. When the jam has been cleared, if Jam Re covery is set to ON in the System Configuration Menu, the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams.[...]

Specifications > 172 S PECIFICATIONS C8800 - N34220B ITEM S PECIFICATION Dimensions 485 x 556 x 345m m (W x D x H) without Duplex unit W eight 36K g appro x. (without Duplex unit) Print method L ED exposed light source electronic pho tographic Print speeds 26 pages per minute colou r / 32 pages per minute monochrome Resolution 600 x 600, 1200 x [...]

Specifications > 173 Media type Plain, Letterhead, T r ansp arency , Bond , R ecycled, card stock, R ough, Labels and Glossy Paper capacity (depending on paper weight ) Paper tr ay: 300 sheets approx. Manual feed: 100 sheets approx. Optional additional paper tr ay: 530 Exit capacity (depending on paper weight ) F ace up: 100 sheets approx. F ace[...]

Specifications > 174 a. Exit method is limite d by paper size, media weight and paper feed. b. To comply with th e requirements of Energy Star, wh en no data is present for a set period of time, the printer goes int o a power-saving mode. The prin ter has a “wake-up” feature which, when initiat ed from a host device or the operat or panel, w[...]

Index > 175 I NDEX A About RGB and CMYK colour ..... 48 B Belt how to replace .................... . 144 life expectancy ........... .......... 133 life remaining ............. .......... 132 Booklet printi ng PCL emulation ..................... ... 26 PostScript emulation .............. 25 Booklets, pri nting Windows PS .................... ...[...]

Index > 176 Image drum how to replace .................... . 140 life expectancy ........... .......... 133 Image drums current us age state .............. 132 L Labels recommended types .............. 15 M Maintenance menu ................. . 131 Major printer components and paper path .................... .......... 162 Matching the colour of [...]

Index > 177 Separator page ...... ................. ... 85 Simulating another printer - RGB source data .................. ............ 63 Store to hard disk .......... ... 26 , 106 Switching off correctly ....... ...... 115 T Toner current us age state .............. 132 how to replace ..................... 135 life expectancy ........... .....[...]

Oki contact details > 178 O KI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems (U K) 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, Dublin 24, Ireland Tel:+353 1 40495 90 Fax:+353 1 4049591 http://www.oki.ie OKI Syste[...]

OKI Europ e Limi ted Cent ral Hous e Balfour Road, Hounsl ow TW3 1HY, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 20 8219 2190 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8219 2199 www.okiprintingsolutions.c om 07084101 iss.01[...]