Oki 14i manual

OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i and 14i/n User’s Guide[...]

ii OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i and 14i/n Preface Every effort has been made to ens ure that the informa- tion in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to- date. Oki assumes no responsibili ty for the res ults of er- rors beyond its con trol. Oki also cannot guara ntee that changes in software and equipment made by other man- ufacturers and referred to [...]

English User’s Guide iii Ta b l e o f c o n t e n t s P r e f a c e ........ ...... ......... ........ ...... i i EEC compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii E n e r g yS t a r ........ ...... ........ ...... ...... i i U n i v e r s a lS e r i a lB u s . ......... ..... ......... ... i i T a b l eo fc o n t e n t[...]

iv OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i and 14i/n F o n t s .......... ........ ......... ...... .....2 3 W h a ti saf o n t ? ...... ........ ...... ........2 3 P r i n t i n gaf o n tl i s t ........ ......... ..... ...2 3 U s i n gf o n t s ...... ........ ......... ..... ...2 3 S y m b o ls e t s .......... ...... ......... .....2 3 P r i n t e rm a i n t e n a n[...]

English User’s Guide 1 Safety instructions This printer has been carefully designed to giv e years of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equip- ment, however, there are a few basic precautions that should be taken to avoid personal injury or damaging the pr in ter: • Read this setup guide carefully and sav e it for future refere[...]

2 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n • The po wer outlet into whi ch the printer is con- nected must remain accessible at all times. • Opening an y cover may e xpose hot surf aces. These are clearly labelled. Do NO T touch them. • Do not insert anything into the ventilation slots on the print er; you could get a s hock or cause a fir e . • Aside from[...]

English User’s Guide 3 • Small amounts of toner sp illed on skin or cloth- ing can be readily remov ed with soap and cold water . Using heated water will ma ke remo ving the stain much m ore diff icult. Emerg ency f irst aid • IF TO NER IS SW ALLO WED: Indu ce vomit- ing and seek medical attention. Ne ver attempt to induce vomiting or give an[...]

4 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Printer contr ol pan el Ready LED i ndicator The R ead y LED i ndica tor ha s the follow ing fun ctio ns: • ON - printer is on-line ready to receive data. • OFF - printer is off-lin e, cannot receive data. All but ton functi ons on the c ontrol pan el are no w acti ve. • BLINKING - printer is recei ving data. Liquid[...]

English User’s Guide 5 Button functions To access the p rimary function o n a button, pr ess mo- mentarily and release. To gain access to the secondary func tion , pre ss and hold th e butt on fo r at le ast tw o se c- onds. MENU 1 / M enu 2 When printer is off-line: • Press to access printer menu 1. • Press and hold to access printer menu 2.[...]

6 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n • Press and hold to print t he current Menu S ettings . When the display show s MENU HP PCL6, press ENTER. TRA Y TYPE/ Pri n tF o n t s When the p rinter is off- line: • Press to en ter the T ray T ype quick menu. • Press and hold t o print a sample of all the resi- dent, card and soft fonts present. When the dis- p[...]

English User’s Guide 7 Printer menus It is possibl e, using the front pan el buttons, to chan ge the default configuration of the pr i nter to accommodate software application, specific pape r size, method of pa- per feed and interface connection . The menu structure consists o f three levels: Category Each ca tegory consists of se veral items, s[...]

8 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n 5. The curre nt active p arameter is indicated wi th an aster isk*. T o alter t he paramete r , pre ss the W W W W / Recover and X X X X / Reset buttons. T o ma ke a new parameter acti ve, press the ENTER b u tton when that parameter is d isplayed. 6. T o mo ve on to a ne w item o r categ ory , press the MENU 1 / Menu 2 b[...]

English User’s Guide 9 Paper Siz e Manual A4 Size A5 Size A6 Size B5 Size Com-9 C om-1 0 Monarc h DL Env C5 En v Lett er Exec Legal 1 4 Legal 13 Select s the phys ical paper si ze used for e ach paper f eed. Tr a y 2 A4 Size A5 Size A6 Size B5 Size Letter Ex ec Legal 14 L egal 13 Feed er A4 Size A5 Size A6 Size B5 Size Com-9 C om-1 0 Monarc h DL [...]

1 0 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Copies Copies 1 t o 999 Selects the number of copies to be printed. Euro S ign Euro S ign Enable D isable Used in certa in non-W indows appl ications to ena ble printing o f the Europea n currency symbol. Fonts & Symbols Font SRC Resident Card Selects the approp riate source for interna l printer fonts. If there are[...]

English User’s Guide 11 Lev el 2 menu setti ngs Categor y Item P arameter Explanation Print Mode Mode 600 V1200 (600 x 1200 ) 300 Printi ng reso lution s ettin g in dots p er inch (d pi). Auto Operatio n Autocont Off On The pri nter can rec ov er from a mem ory overflow or print overrun automa tically aft er about 15 seconds if s et to ON, otherw[...]

12 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Parrallel I/F I-Prime Off On When O N, this feat ure enab les t he compu ter to r eset t he pri nter b y togg ling th e state of the I-PRIM E line on the data interface. Netw ork (14i/n only) Frame Au t o 802.2 802.3 Snap Ethe r2 The ITE M and P ARA METER that app ear under Menu 2 will de pend on the type of net work the[...]

English User’s Guide 13 Language L anguage English D eutsch Fran cais Ital ian Castlan Svenska Nor sk D ans k Nederl Turkce Portug Polski This settings determines whi ch language is use d for LCD messa ges and menu print ing. Lev el 2 menu setti ngs Categor y Item P arameter Explanation[...]

14 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Pa p e r P aper and en velope types The manufacturer of this printer recommends the fol- lowing guidelines when selecting paper and envelopes for use in yo ur print er: • Paper an d en velopes should be stored flat and aw ay from moisture, direct sunlight and heat sources. • Use a smooth finished paper such as copier[...]

English User’s Guide 15 Installing pape r 1. Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printe r and place plain pa per in the tray , keeping the le vel of the paper in the tray bel o w the guide mark s (1). 2. Ad just the r ear pa per sup port (2 ) to the s ize of paper being used by lifting up a nd sliding for- ward s or backwards as necessa [...]

1 6 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Use the MEDIA TYPE settin g in MENU 1 to adjust for different thi cknesses of paper. The fol lowing table gives the range of paper weight for each media type. Print ing tr anspare ncies When printi ng transparencies, t he manual feed must be used and the media type changed to transparencies as follows: CA UTIO N: Damage[...]

English User’s Guide 1 7 To n e r When to re place toner ca r tridge Replace the toner cartrid ge after TONER LOW dis- play s in the co ntro l panel LCD . Afte r TONE R LO W displa ys, the pri nter p rints abo ut 100 more pages , then displays TONER EMPTY and stop s printing. Printing resumes after a new ton er cartridge has b een installed. CA U[...]

1 8 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n 4. Insert the cartridge into the printer , left end (1) first as illustrated. 5. Push the coloured tab (2 ) forward t o release t he toner into the toner hop per . 6. Close the top cover and press down to latch it closed.[...]

English User’s Guide 1 9 Image drum When to replace image drum When the drum reaches 90% of its life, a CHG DR UM message is displayed in the con trol panel LC D. Change the image drum cartridge when the print becomes f aint or begins to det eriorate. Image drum life The life of an image drum depends on a numb er of fac- tors, i ncluding te mpera[...]

2 0 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n 3. Install the ne w image drum (1) int o the printer placing the al ignment pins on eac h end into the slot s in t he print er . 4. Remove the spong e packaging from the image drum and discard. 5. Install a new toner cartridg e. Refer to “Replacing toner cartridge”. 6. Close the top cover and press down to latch it [...]

English User’s Guide 21 Status messages This section expalins the different m essages that are displa yed on one, or bot h lines in th e LCD of the pri nt- er. tttttt = TRAY1 , FEEDER, TRAY2 (optio n). TRAY1 = upper tray TRAY2 = lower tray FEEDER = multi media feeder » Indicates that the second line is a s crolling display. Message Description O[...]

22 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n ttttt mmm>> PA P E R > > REQUEST A request f or paper of siz e mmm. tttttt = TRA Y1, FEEDER, TRA Y2 (option). MEMOR Y OV E R F L O W Memory h as ov e rflowed for one of the following reasons. • T oo much da ta on page . • T o o much ma cro dat a. • T o o much D LL data . Press RECOVER to contin ue. Inst[...]

English User’s Guide 23 Fonts What is a font? A font refers t o a set of printable c haracters in a p artic- ular typeface of a speci fic size (e. g. 12 poin t) and st yle (e.g. roman, bo ld or bold-italic). In com puter printing, however, this term has been used in a wider context to refer to all sizes and styles of a particular typef ace. In pr[...]

24 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Printer maintenance Maintenance m enu This menu is used for printer maintenance and setting some opera ting functions. To e nter the mai ntenance menu: 1. T urn of f the printer . 2. Press and hold MENU 1/ Menu 2 and turn the printer on. US ER MNT displays. 3. Press MENU 1/ Menu 2 repeatedly to adv ance to the category r[...]

English User’s Guide 25 3. Pull do wn the manual feed tray (1) and adjust the paper guide s to t he width of the paper . 4. Insert a sheet of A4 plain paper into the m anual feed tray . 5. The LCD sho ws PRINT CLEANING as the paper i s fed. The paper emerges f rom the print er with grey shading and this sheet of paper may be disc arded . 6. Retur[...]

2 6 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n T r oubleshooting Pa pe r j a m s The printer may experience a paper jam in one of t hree areas. The prin ter status monitor wil l indicate which area has caused the jam : • INPUT J AM - paper has failed to lea ve the selected fed tray and enter the internal pap er path of the printer . • FEED J AM - paper has enter[...]

English User’s Guide 2 7 3. Carefully lift out th e image drum, co mplete with the toner cartridge. B e careful not to touch or scratch the green drum surface. 4. Remo ve any jammed sh eets from the paper path. 5. Re-install the image drum , ensurin g that it cor- rectly locates into the slots on each side of the printer . 6. Close the top cov er[...]

2 8 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Software problems Your soft ware (ope rating env ironme nt, applica tions and printer drivers) controls the printing p rocess. Make sure you h ave selected the ri ght driver for us e with your printer. See y our software documentatio n for more in- formation. Oblong are a of fai nt p rin t appea rs on each page. Drop ou[...]

English User’s Guide 2 9 Hard ware problem s Printe r’ s output is belo w rated speed . Much of the print ing delays w ill be caused by your applica tion. Sometime s purely tex t docu ments wil l print slowly depending on the sele cted fonts a nd how they are tran sferred t o the printer. Fo r maximum sp eed, use text in you r docume nt and use[...]

3 0 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i, 14i/n Specifications Prin ting Pro cess: LED array imaging to organic photo- conduc tive dr um. Powe r Supp ly: Voltag e: 230V ±10% to 240V ±10% A C Freq uency: 5 0/60H z ±2% Po wer C abl e: 1.8m s eparate cable, te rminated with country specific plu g. Physical: Dimen sions: 215× 3 45 × 395 m m (H × W × D ) W e i gh t[...]

English User’s Guide 31 Produ ct life: Duty: 15,000 pages per month maximu m. Consumables: Image drum 20,000 pages (continuo us) Tone r 4,000 pages @ 5% densi ty Environm ent: Operating: 10 to 32°C at 20 to 80% humidity Non-operating : 0 t o 43°C at 10 to 90% humid ity Storage: -10 to 43°C at 10 to 90% humidity Noise: Operating: 50 dBA Standby[...]

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English User’s Guide 33 Index B B u t t o nf u n c t i o n s. ............ ........ ......... . 5 C C l e a n i n gp a g e ...... ............ ........ ...... 2 4 D D r u mc o u n t e r ......... ......... .............. 2 0 E Envelopes P r i n t i n g .......... ......... ..... ......... 1 5 T y p e s ......... .............. ............ 1 4 E [...]

34 OKIPAGE 14ex, 14i and 14i/n Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 L a b e lt y p e s.. ........ ...... ......... .....1 4 P a p e rt y p e s.. .............. ........... ...1 4 T r a n s p a r e n c i e s ....... ......... ........ ... 1 4 P a p e rj a m s......... ........ ............ .....2 6 P r i n t [...]

English User’s Guide 35 OKI SYSTEMS COMPANIES Oki Systems ( UK) Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Tradin g Es tate Slough Berks SL1 4LE Tel: +44 (0) 1753 819 819 Fax: +44 (0) 1753 819 899 http://www.oki.co .uk Oki Systems (Irelan d) Limited The Square In dustrial C omplex Tallaght Dublin 24 Tel: +353 (01) 459 866 6 Fax: +353 (01) 459 884 0 http://w [...]

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