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Us er ’s G ui de B 44 0 0 /B 4 6 00 S er i e s[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Preface > 2 P REFACE Every effort has been made to ens ure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-da te. Th e manufacturer assumes no responsibi lity for the re sults of erro rs beyond its con trol. The manu facturer also cannot gua rantee that chan ges in software and equi pment mad[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Preface > 3 E MERGENCY 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 t[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Preface > 4 C ONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Emergency First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Importer to the EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Environmental information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Preface > 5 Printer drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Macintosh operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Installed options . . [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Preface > 6 Resetting the drum counte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 B4400, B4400n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 B4600, B4600n, B4600PS, B4600nPS . . . . . . . . . . 85 Generating a cleanin g page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 B4400, B4400n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Preface > 7 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 text wh ich may help you to use and unders tand the product. CAUTION! A caution appea rs in this manual like this. A caution provides ad ditional infor mation wh[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Introduction > 8 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this 26 pages per minute monochrome page printer. Your new printer is designed with a range of adv anced features to give you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print media. For your information, a summary of the main features of[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Introduction > 9 Additionally, the following option al features are also available: > 10/100 BASE- TX Network Inte rface Card: to make the B4400 and B4600 network compatib le > 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB RAM DI MM: to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files > RS232C Ca[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – About this manual > 10 A BOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is the user’s guide (check the Oki Printing Solutions website, www.okip rint ingsolutions.com, for the most up-to-date version) for your printer and forms part of the overall user support listed below: > Quick Set-up G uide: to describe how to unpack, conne[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – About this manual > 11 P RINTING P AGES The whole manual, Individual pages, or sections may be printed. The procedure is: 1. From the toolbar , select File > Print (or press the Ctrl + P keys). 2. Choose which pages you wish to print: (a) [All pages], for the entire manual. (b) [ Current page] for the page at wh[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – About this manual > 12 A BBREVIATI ONS USED The following abbreviations are used in this manual: ABBREVIATION MEA NING Ctrl Control dpi dots per inc h DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module n network card installed LED Light Emitt ing Diode NIC Network Interface Card PCL Printer Control Language PS PostScrip t (emulation)[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer components > 13 P RINTER COMPONENTS Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next chapter, the B4400, B4400n, B4600, B4600n, B4600PS and B4600nPS printers look similar fr om the outside. The important components are identified in the representations below. 1. Operator panel (B4400 shown) 2[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer components > 14 10. LED arra y 11. Image drum 12. Manual Feed T ray (single sheet) (shown in closed position) 13. Pa pe r T ray (250 sheets) 14. T oner cartridge 15. Fuser unit 16. To p c o v e r 16 15 14 13 12 11 10[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer components > 15 17. Power cable connection 18. Cooling fan 19. USB interface connection 20. Par allel interface connection 21. Second paper tray (optional) connection 22. Network card (standard on B4400n, B4600n, B4600nPS and optional on B4400, B4600, and B4 600PS) 23. RS232 serial interfac e card (optional[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 16 O PERATOR PANELS This chapter describes the function of the operator panel on your printer. It is useful to describe the Status Monitor software at this point as it provides the B4400, B4400n status information and the equivalent of the menu control panel on the B4600, B4600n, B4600PS, B4600nPS[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 17 Power on L ED (green) This indicator comes on and stays on when the printer is switched on using the main power switch. Ready LED (green ) > Indicator on - the printer is on-line and ready to receive data. > Indicator off - the printer is off -line and cannot receive data. The meaning of [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 18 O NLINE BUTTON The primary functions of the Online button are activated by pressing the switch momentarily and releasing. The primary functions are as follows: > T urning the printe r off- line. > T urning the printe r on-line (ready). > Resuming printing after a print ov errun, page o[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 19 > Resuming data processing. The secondary functions of the Online button are activated after turning the printer off line, then pressing and holding th e switch for four seconds before releasing. The secondary functions are as follows: > Printing the demo and menu pages. > Printing any[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 20 S TATUS M ONITOR After installing the printer driver software onto your computer, the Status Monitor is then installed to indicate what is happening to the printer when it is being used. (See the chapter entitled “Printer Drivers”.) This Status Monitor is also used to control and change the[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 21 Printer Setup Tab Selecting the Printer Setup tab provides access to the Printer Menu button, which, when selected, enables yo u to: > Select which printer to connect to via the Select Printer button. > Configure the printer settings via the Op en Configur ation button. At all stages, det[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 22 Preference s Tab Selecting this tab provides the means to choose the information displayed by the S tatus Monitor and how/when the S tatus Monitor appears. The default Alert view setting ensures that the Status Monitor pops up to inform you of a condit ion that requires your attention e.g. tone[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 23 M ENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. You can think of this as the software equivalent of an LCD operator panel display that appears on the front of some printers. The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as Informa[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 24 Informatio n Menu This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer. Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. INFORMATION MENU ITEM ACTION PRINT MENU MAP Apply PRINT FILE LIST Apply PRINT PCL FONT Apply PRINT PSE FONT Ap[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 25 Media Menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. System configuration men u This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. MEDIA MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS TRA Y1 MEDIA SIZE A4 SIZE TRA Y1 MEDIA TYPE PLAIN TRA Y1 MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM TRA[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 26 PCL emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation. PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. ST ATUS DISPLA Y LANGUAGE ENGLISH PCL MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT SOURCE RESDENT FONT No. I000 FONT PITCH 10.00 FONT SIZE 12.00 Not displayed in default setup SYMBO[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 27 FX Emulation This menu controls the printer’s FX emulation. Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. LEFT MARGIN 0.0 INCH FIT TO LET TER DISABLE TEXT HEIGHT SAME FX MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT PITCH 10 CPI CHARACTE R SET SET -2 SYMBOL SET I[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 28 RS232C menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s RS232C data interface. USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. Network men u This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX network interface. RS232C MENU ITEM DEFA[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 29 Memory me nu This menu determines how printer memory is used. System adjustment menu This menu provides fine adjust ment of image position on the printed page in step s of 0.25mm. ETHERT ALK ENABLE Only when NIC is instal led FRAME TYPE AUTO Only when NIC is installed IP ADDRESS SET AUT O O nly[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 30 Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. Usage menu This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full s[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 31 P RINTING MENU SETTINGS The menu settings can be printed as a menu map as follows. Using the Online button 1. Press the Online button to take the printer off -line. 2. Press and hold down the Online button for at least four seconds, but less than seven seconds. 3. The printer prints a list of t[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 32 B4600, B460 0 N , B4600PS, B4600 N PS O PERA TOR PANEL The B4600, B4600n, B4600PS , B4600nPS operator panel consists of a menu driven contro l panel, an LCD display and a LED indicator. P ANEL ELEMENTS Ready indicator (green). ON - ready to receive data. FLASHING indicates processing data or er[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 33 8. Item (–) button. Press briefly to scroll backward to the previous menu item. 9. Online button. Press to switch between online and offline status. M ENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. The settings are grouped into categories or ?[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 34 Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. Media Menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. DEMO 1 Apply PRINT MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS COPIES 1 MANUAL FEED OFF PAP E R FE E D TR AY1 AUTO TRA Y SWITCH OFF ON No optional tra y i[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 35 System configuration men u This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. PCL emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation. MANUAL MEDIA TYPE PLAIN MANUAL MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM UNIT OF MEASURE mm X DIMENSION 210 mm Y DIMENSION 297 mm SYSTEM CONFIGURATI[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 36 PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. FX Emulation This menu controls the printer’s FX emulation. A4 PRINT WIDTH 78 COLUMN WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LF FUNCTION LF PRINT MARGIN NORMAL PEN WIDTH ADJUST ON PPR MENU ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI F[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 37 Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. RS232C menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s RS232C data interface. LET TER O STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 LPI WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTION CR LINE LENGTH 80 COLU[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 38 USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. Network men u This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX network interface. DA T A BITS 8 BITS Only when RS232C is installed PARITY NONE Only when RS232C is installed MIN. BUSY 200mSEC[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 39 Memory me nu This menu determines how printer memory is used. System adjustment menu This menu provides fine adjust ment of image position on the printed page in step s of 0.25mm. Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. SNMP ENABLE Only when NIC is i[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operator panels > 40 Usage menu This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to han d and you need to know how soon you will need th[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 41 P APER RECOMMENDA TIONS For guidance on the media you can use with your printer, which input tray and which ejection method to use, see the section entitled “Paper and tray information” in the “Specifications” chapter. P APER AND ENVELOPE TYPES The manufacturer of this printer re[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 42 T RANSPARENCIES AND ADHESIVE LABELS The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting transpar encies and adhesive labels for use in your printer: > Always manually feed single sheets using a Manual Feed Tr a y. > Always use rear output. > Media[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 43 I NSTALLING PAPER 1. Remo ve the paper tra y from the bottom of the printer and place plain paper in the tray , keeping the level of the paper in the tra y below the guide arrowheads shown on the paper guides (1). NOTE If you are topping up the paper in a paper tray, it is recommended th[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 44 2. Adjust the rear paper support (2) to the size of paper you are using by gripping the lugs (3), tilting and sliding the support forwards or backwards as necessary . 3. Adjust the paper guides (1). It is important to adjust the paper guides correctly to ensure that the paper is not skew[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 45 A UTOMATIC FEED SEQUENCE With no optional feed trays installed, the Autotray function in the Print Menu is set by default to OFF and the Tray sequence function is set to DOWN. Ensure that the Autotray function is set to ON (default) when you have either or both optional feed trays instal[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 46 H EAVYWEIGHT PAPER OR CARDSTOCK The normal paper path from a main paper tray to the top output stack involves two complete U-turns. This may sometimes cause very heavyweight paper or cardstock to jam or misfeed. Use the Manual Feed Tray to feed this type of paper and the Rear Output Stac[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 47 Printing transp arencies When printing transparencies, the Manual Feed Tray must be used and the media type changed to transparencies as follows: 1. Open the Manual Feed T ray on the printer and place the transparency face up between the paper guides. 2. Adjust the paper guides to the wi[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 48 > the type of paper Paper feed selection The paper feed, pap er size, paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printer using the control panel as follows. 1. Press the Online button to return the printer to offline status. 2. Press the Menu button repeatedly until PRINT [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 49 Paper size Set the paper size as follows. 1. Press the On Line button to return the printer to offline status. 2. Press the Menu button until PRINT MENU is display ed, then preset Select button. 3. Press either Item (+) or (-) button repeatedly until EDIT SIZE is displayed. 4. Press eith[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Pa per recommendations > 50 3. Press the Item (+) or (-) button until MEDIA TYPE or MEDIA WEIGHT for the required tray is displayed. 4. Press the Value (+) or (-) button until the required paper type or weight is disp layed, then press the Select button. A plus (+) appears next to the selected paper type or weight.[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Interfaces > 51 I NTERFACES Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces: 1. Parallel – F or direct connection to a PC. This port requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable. 2. USB – For connection to a PC running Windows 98 or above (not Win dows 95 upgraded to Windows 98) o[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer drivers > 52 P RINTER DRIVERS This chapter describes how to install a printer driver on two types of operating system – Windows and Macintosh. The printer drivers are all contained on the printer driver CD-ROM (CD1). Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest information on printer driver i[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer drivers > 53 Ensure that your options are set up in the printer driver(s) by making the appropriate setting s on the Device Op tions tab (PCL emulation) and/or Device Settings tab (PS emulation) described in the chapter entitled “Operation”. M ACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS Please refer to the readme file o[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 54 O PERATION This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your printer from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment. In the former, while PCL emulation is available on all printer models, PS emulation is standard only on the B4600nPS model and is optional on the B4600 and B4600n models.[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 55 PCL EMULATION The tabs available are the Setup Tab , the Job Options Tab and the Image Tab . Setup Tab. 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 should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 56 4. Under Manual 2-sided Print ing, you can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2-sided printing (duplex printing). Y our printer allows you to carry out manu al duplex printing, meaning you must pass the paper through the printer twice. Fo r more information, see “2- sided printi[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 57 > The Fine/Detail setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text. > The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs. > The Draft setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for printing draft docum[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 58 Image tab 1. Dithering produces an intermediate greyscale by adjusting the combination of dots used in printing. Selecting a setting determines the degr ee of detail with which a graphics image will be printed. Mesh determines that a screen of dots is used for dithering while Line Art determines tha[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 59 Layout tab 1. Page orientation can be set to portr ait (tall), landscape (wide) or landscape rotated by 180 degrees. 2. Printed page order can be set as front to back or back to front of the document. 3. Set the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet. 1 2 3 4[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 60 4. Click the Advanced button to be able to set further document options as follows: 1. Select the required printed paper size. 2. Y ou can substitute another font for T rue T ype F ont. 3. Y ou can set other document options as required, including PostScript options and printer features. 1 2 3[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 61 Paper/Quality tab You can set the paper source or leave it as automatic selection and by using the Advanced button you have access to the same set of options as described above for th e Layout Tab.[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 62 Job Options tab 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. > The ProQ1200 setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for printing photographs. > The High Quality setting prints at[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 63 only)” on page 71. The Overlays button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing. 3. Y ou can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively , although you will need to top up the paper tr ay during such a long print run. 4. Y our printed pages can be scaled to fit larger o[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 64 General tab 1. This area lists some of the main features of your printer , including optional items. 2. This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs. Changes y ou make here, however , will become the new default settings for all [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 65 Advanced 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 d[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 66 4. This specifies that the document should not 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 disk space on your computer , since there is no spool file. 5. Directs the spooler to check the document [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 67 shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack. Device Options tab In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled “Installing options”. PS emulation The main tabs are the General Tab , Advanc ed Tab and[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Gu ide – Operation > 68 Device Settings tab 1. Y ou can set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays. 2. Y ou can make a variety of f ont settings depending on your application. 3. Y ou can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer . See the chapter entitled “Installing options”[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – 2-sided printing (Windows only) > 69 2- SIDED PRINTING (W INDOWS ONLY ) To carry out 2-sided, or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice. You can carry out 2-sided printing using the Paper Tray or the Manual Feed Tray. 2-sided Printing is supported on Windows operating systems only. M A[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – 2-sided printing (Windows only) > 70 4. Open the Paper T ra y . 5. T ake the printed paper from the Output Stacker and place it in the Paper T ray , ensuring that the printed side is facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer . 6. Close the Paper T ray and press the Online button. The message wind[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 71 O VERLAYS AND M ACROS (W INDOWS ONLY ) W HAT ARE OVERLAYS AND MACROS ? If you would like to print on special stationery, such as forms and letterhead, but do not want to use pre-printed stationery, you can create your own using these advanced features. You can use PostScript [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 72 C REATING THE OVERLAY IMAG E 1. Use your preferred application, perhaps a graphics program, to create the required overlay image and save it. 2. Open your application’ s Pr int… dialogue. 3. Make sure that the selected printer name (1) is that of your PostScript printer d[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 73 C REATE AND DOWNLOA D THE PROJECT 1. From the Windows Start men u, start Storage Device Manager (SDM) and allow SDM to discover the printer . 2. Choose Printers → New Project . 3. Choose Printers → Add File to Project . 4. Set the Files of Type drop-down list to PRN Files[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 74 T EST PRINTING THE OVERLAY 1. Click on the printer icon for the relev ant printer and choose Printers → Test Form . 2. In the T est PostScript Form window , to test each overlay select it and click OK . There will be a short pause while the printer processes the form, and t[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 75 7. Click OK to close the Define Overlay window . The new overlay now appears in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window. 8. Repeat th e above procedure if y ou wish to define more overlays. 9. When done, click OK to close the printer properties window. Your[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 76 6. If you want to use another overlay , in this case it is the Continuation page, click the second overlay (4) and then click the Add button (3) again. 7. When you ha ve selected all the ov erlays you w ant to use for this document, click OK . 8. Finally , in your application[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 77 5. When prompted for a print file name, enter a meaningful name with the extension .PRN . 6. Close your application. C REATE AND DOWNLOA D MACROS 1. From the Windows Start men u, start Storage Device Manager (SDM) and allow SDM to discover the printer . 2. Choose Printers →[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 78 8. Choose Projects → Save Projec t and enter a meaningful name (e.g. “Letter Stationery”) so that you can recognise it. 9. Choose Projects → Send Proj ect Files to Printer to download the project to the printer . 10. When the message “Command Issued” appears confi[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 79 5. In the Define Overlays window , enter the name (a) and I D( b ) of the required overlay , and define which page(s) (c) of your documents will use this overlay . Then click the Add button (3) to add this overla y to the list of defined overlays. Repeat for an y other relate[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 80 P RINTING WITH PCL OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish. The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters. Th e first prints on just the top page, and the second prints on any or all subsequent pa[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 81 C ONSUMABL ES AND MAINTENANCE This section deals with the replacement of the toner cartridge and image drum and general maintenance. C ONSUMABL E ORDER DETAILS *typical for continuous printing Please always use genuine consumables. T ONER CARTRIDGE LIFE How long your toner cartridge[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 82 W HEN TO REPLACE THE TONER CARTRIDGE B4400, B4400 N Replace the toner cartridge after Toner Low displays in the printer Status Monitor. Also, the Error LED indicator slowly blinks when toner is low. After Toner Low displays, the pr inter will print about 100 more pages then display [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 83 Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the top cover. 1. Press the top cover release button and open the printer’s top cover fully . 2. Pull the coloured lever on the righ t side of the toner cartridge towards the front of the printe[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 84 B4600, B4600 N , B4600PS, B4 600 N PS When the drum reaches 90% of its life, a CHANGE DRUM message is displayed in the operator panel LCD. Change the image drum when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate. R EPLACING THE IMAGE DRUM It is recomme nded that you c hange the t[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 85 5. Gently wipe the LED array su rface with the LED lens cleaner that came with the new toner cartridge or soft tissue. 6. Close the top cover and press it down to latch it closed. R ESETTING THE DRUM COUNTER After replacing the image drum, reset the drum counter to keep a correct co[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 86 G ENERATING A CLEANING PAGE If the printed page shows signs of fading, streaking or erratic marks, the problem may be cleared by generating a drum cleaning page as follows. B4400, B4400 N Using the prin ter Status Monito r 1. Start the Status Monitor for the printer . 2. Select the [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Consumables and maintenance > 87 B4600, B4600 N , B4600PS, B4 600 N PS 1. Open the Manual Feed T ray and insert a sheet of A4 plain paper between the paper guides. T o print from the P aper T ray , press the Online button when the LCD display prompts you to insert a sheet of paper in the Manual Feed Tr a y. 2. Pres[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 88 T ROUBLESHOOTING S TATUS AND ERROR MESSAGE S Your printer has been designed to give you help ful status feedback not only during normal operation bu t also if a printing problem occurs so that you can take appropriate corrective action. B4400, B4400 N Both status and error messages are displaye[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 89 The printer may experience a pape r jam in one of three areas. > INPUT JAM - paper has failed to lea ve the selected feed tray and enter the internal paper path of the printer . A typical message indicates a paper jam and identifies the tray to ch eck. > FEED JAM - paper has entered the p[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 90 3. Carefully lift out the image drum, complete with the toner cartridge. Be careful not to touch or scratch the green drum surface. 4. Remo ve any jammed sheets from the paper path. 5. Re-install the image drum co mplete with toner cartridge, ensuring that it correctly locates into the slots on[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 91 P RINT QUALITY PROBLEMS Before consulting a service representative regarding a print quality problem, check the table below to see if there is a solution, or something you might have overlooked. SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLU TION Blank sheets printed. Image drum cartridge not properly installed. Reinst [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 92 Fuzzy print. LED array is dirty . Clean LED array . Distorted print. Paper path, lamp assembly , or fusing unit proble m. Generate clea ning page. Contact service. F aded print. T oner cartridge is not correctly installed. To n e r l o w . Install toner cartridg e correctly . Replace ton er car[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 93 S OFTWARE PROBLEMS Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls the printing process. Make sure you have selected the right driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more information. H ARDWARE PROBLEMS SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLU TION Pr[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Troubleshooting > 94 Printer freezes or displays error message when computer is rebooted. Booting the computer while the printer is on can cause a communications error . T urn printer off before rebooting computer . Odours. Gases are giv en off by forms or adhesive s passin g through the hot fusing unit. Make sure [...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Installing options > 95 I NSTALLING OPTIONS The following options are available to extend the performance of your printer: > 10/100 BASE- TX Network Inte rface Card: to make the B4400 and B4600 network compatible > 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the pr[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Installing options > 96 with the PS option and install only the PS DIMM. The result will be that the amount of overall memory available to the printer w ill decrease by 16MB as the PS code expands into 16MB of RAM currently installed. For example, a user who already has 128MB installed (total memory is therefore 12[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Specifications > 97 S PECIFICATIONS G ENERAL A summary of the basic characteristics of your printer appears in the table below: ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions B4400 (N22105B): 355mm x 395mm x 200mm (W x D x H) B4600 (N22106B): 355mm x 395mm x 215mm (W x D x H) W eight 9 kg approximately Printing method Electro-photo[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Specifications > 98 Pow e r consumption T ypical: 400W Idle: 70W Pow e r s av e mo d e: 7 -1 0 W Pape r output capacity at 80g/m² F ace up: 50 sheets F ace down: 150 sheets Monthly duty cycle 30,000 pages Consumables T oner cartridge, Image drum Power cable Approximately 1.8 m max. le ngth (not provided) Noise lev[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Specifications > 99 P APER AND TRAY INFORMATION Feed and ejection methods vary depending on the type, size and thickness of medium used. Use the chart below and the notes/ symbols/terms on the following pa ge for initial guidance. (Minor variations to settings may be necessary depending on user setup and environmen[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Specifications > 100 N OTES / SYMBOLS / TERMS Notes: 1. When an optional second pape r tr ay is used, the original tray is referred to as T ra y 1 and the optional tray as T ray 2. 2. It is not possible to use custom paper sizes with the PS emulation driver . 3. T ray 2 can accommodate paper with width of 148 to 21[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Index > 101 I NDEX Numerics 2-sided printing ............. ............ ... 69 A Adhesive labels .................... ........ 42 Advanced features enabling or disab ling......... ........ 66 C Cleaning page B4400 ........ .................... ........ 86 D Drum counte r........... ............ ........ 85 E Envelo[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Index > 102 Overlays and macros general ............ ............. ..... 57, 71 Overlays, PCL how to create ........ ............. ..... 76 printing with over lays .......... 78, 80 Overlays, PostScr ipt defining in the Windows driver ....... ............. ............... 74 how to create ........ ............. ...[...]
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Oki contact details > 103 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 40495[...]
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Oki Europe Limi ted Cent ral Hous e Balfour Road Hounslow TW3 1HY United Kingdo m Tel: +44 (0) 208 219 2190 Fax: +44 (0) 208 219 2199 www.okiprintingsolutions.com 07083001 iss.1[...]