Oki C8600 manual

User’s Guide C8600[...]

Preface> 2 P REFACE Every effort has been made to ensure th at the information in this document is complete, accu rate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no resp onsibility for the results of errors be yond its contr ol. The manufacture r also cannot guar antee that changes in software and equipment made b y other manufacturers and refe r[...]

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 with[...]

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

Contents> 5 Replacing consumable items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Consumable order de tails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Toner cartridge replace ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Image drum replacem ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Transfer belt replace ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Fuser replaceme[...]

Notes, Cautions and Warn ings> 6 N OTES , C AUTIONS AND W ARNINGS NOTE: A note appears in this manual lik e this. A note provides additional information to su pplement the main text which may help yo u to use an d understand the product . CAUTION! A caution appea rs in this manual like this. A caution provides additional information which, if ig[...]

Introduction> 7 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki Printing Solutions colour printer. Your new printer is desi gned 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 foo[...]

Introduction> 8 > T emplate Manager 2006 utility for Windows enables the design and print of Business cards, banners, labels with ease. Additionally, the following option al features are also available: > Automatic two-sided (duplex) printing for economical use of paper and compact printing of larger documents (standard on dn models); >[...]

Introduction> 9 P RINTER OVERVIEW F RONT VIEW The LCD display lan guage can be chan ged to show differe nt languages. (See “Changing the display language” on page 11.) 1. Output stacker , face 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 panel[...]

Introduction> 10 R EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer through the rear of the printer an d is stacked here face up. This is mainly used for heavy print media. When used in conju[...]

Introduction> 11 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 c[...]

Paper recommendations> 12 P APER RECOMMEND ATIONS 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 ob tained when using stand ard 75~90g/m² paper d[...]

Paper recommendations> 13 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 curr ent tray runs out of paper. When printing from Windows applications, this function is enable d in the driver settings. [...]

Paper recommendations> 14 F ACE DOWN STACKER The face down stacker on the top of th e printer can hold up to 250 sheets of 80g/m² standard paper, and can handle paper stocks up to 176g/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted in reading order (last page on top, facing down). F ACE UP STACK ER The face up stacker at the [...]

Loading paper > 15 L OADING PAPER C ASSETTE TRAYS 1. Remo ve the paper tr ay from the printer . 2. F an the paper to be loaded at the edge s (1) and in the middle ( 2) to ensure that all shee ts 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 > 16 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 stop per and paper g uides (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 betwe[...]

Loading paper > 17 5. Set paper size dial (3) to the size of paper being used (A4 in the abov e examp le). 6. 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) tray . This wi[...]

Loading paper > 18 M ULTI PURPOSE TRAY 1. Open the multi purpose tr ay (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 adju st the paper guides (4) to the size of paper being used. • For single-sided printing on headed paper load the paper into the mult[...]

Loading paper > 19 • 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 env[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 20 P RINTER SETTINGS IN W INDOWS Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options. The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in t[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 21 S ETUP TAB 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 the current document. 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 22 J OB OPTIONS TAB 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. • The High Quality setting prints at 600 x 600dpi x 2 bit. This option requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. • The Fine/Detail setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi and is adequate for all but the most dis[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 23 C OLOUR TAB 1. Control over the colour output of your printer ma y be performed automatically , or for adv anced control, by manual adjustment. The automatic setting will be appropriate in most cases. The other options in this window only become visible when you select a choice other than Auto. F or greyscale prin[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 24 S ETTING FROM W INDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather than from within an application pro gram, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications, and w ill be re[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 25 A DVANCED TAB 1. Y ou can specify which times of day your printer will be available. 2. Indicates current priority , from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. 3. Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print file) before being printed. The document is the[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 26 7. Directs the spooler to check the document setup and match it to the printer setup before sending the document to print. If a mismatch is detected, the docum ent is held in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and the do cument restarted from the print queue. Mismatched documents[...]

Printer settings in Windows> 27 D EVICE OPTIONS TAB In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. This is covered in more detail in the section in this guide ab out installing upgrades.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 28 P RINTER SETTINGS IN M AC M AC OS 9 C HOOSING P RINTING O PTIONS Use the print dialog to choose your printer and select options for how you want your docu ment to print. 1. Open the document you want to print. 2. If you wish to change th e paper size or page orientation, choose File > P age Setup. The P age Setup o[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 29 4. Click Preferences. 5. Change Page Setup Preferences or Print Preferences as required. These new settings will be saved as the printer driver defaults. P AGE S ETUP O PTIONS - G ENERAL Paper Choose the paper size that matches your document and the paper loaded in the printer. The paper margin is 1/6 inch (4.2 mm) at[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 30 Reduce or Enlarge Documents can be scaled up or down to f it on different paper sizes. P AGE S ETUP O PTIONS - L AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order i[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 31 P AGE S ETUP O PTIONS - C USTOM P APER S IZE You can create and edit custom paper sizes. These appear in the paper size menu and can be selected just like any other paper size. P RINT O PTIONS - G ENERAL Copies Enter the number of copies to print. If Collate is selected, all the pages of the document print before the [...]

Printer settings in Mac> 32 Pages Choose whether to print all the pages of your document or just a section of it. Paper Sourc e Selects the paper tray to use for your print job. Quality Selects the print resolution. The High Quality (Multilevel) setting produces the best graphic images but it can take longer to print. Photo Enhance Use Photo Enh[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 33 P RINT O PTIONS - P RINT C ONTROL If you are using the Windo ws Print Control Server software to manage printers, enter your assigned user name and ID. This information is sent along with your print job and is recorded by the printer.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 34 P RINT O PTIONS - C OLOUR Color Mode Auto C olor - Th e driver selects the most appropriate color settings. Advanced Color - Select this to manually adjust settings color and black settings. Grayscale - Converts all colors to grays. Color Matching Monitor (6500K) Pe rceptua l Optimised for printing photos. Colors are [...]

Printer settings in Mac> 35 Monitor (9300K) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness. Digital Ca mera Results will vary depending on the subject and conditions the image was taken. sRGB The printer reproduces the sRGB color space. This might be useful if color match[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 36 P RINT O PTIONS - L AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 37 P RINT O PTIONS - O PTIONS Media Weight Select the thickness/type of paper in the printer. It's important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you're printing on regular paper, don't select Labels or Transparency - this may cause t[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 38 Feed Manually from Multipurpose Tray Select this if you want the printer to wait until you press the ONLINE button when feeding from the Multipurpose Tray. This can be useful if printing on envelopes. Always Create 100% Black (K) Toner Select this if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printin[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 39 P RINT O PTIONS - S ELECT P ANEL L ANGUAGE The default language for the pr inter LCD display is English. This feature allows you to chan ge the LCD display to another language. NOTE: You will need to switch your printer off and back on again after changing the LCD display language .[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 40 P RINT O PTIONS - W ATERMARK A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can be u sed to indicate that the document is "Draft" or perhaps "Confidential". You can create watermarks in the printer driver. Select a font and modify the watermark size, position, [...]

Printer settings in Mac> 41 P RINT O PTIONS - I NFORMATION Displays a summary of the current printer settings. The driver version is also displayed - this may be useful if you want to check the Oki website for a newer printer driver.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 42 M AC OS X The information in this section is based on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4 ). Other versions such as Panther (10.3) and Jaguar(10.2) versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same. S ETTING P RINTING O PTIONS You can choose your printer and select options for how you want your documents to pri[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 43 description of these options, see “Print options” on page 46. 7. Click the Print button. S ETTING P RINTING O PTIONS - S AVING D RIVER SETTINGS You can save a set of printer driver options to use for future documents. 1. Open the document you want to print. 2. T o change the paper size or page orientation, sele ct[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 44 3. Select Save As Defau lt from the Settings drop-down menu. 4. T o save the current printer driver settings as a preset, select Save As from the Preset menu. 5. Enter a name for your preset and click OK. C HANGING THE DEFAULT PRINTER AND PAPER SIZE The following steps describe how to change your default printer and t[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 45 P AGE SETUP OPTIONS This section provides a discription of the page setup options available to you. Page setup options Page Attributes You can select “Save As Default” to use the current Page Setup settings as a standard for all documents. Format for Allows you to select your printer model before changing options [...]

Printer settings in Mac> 46 P RINT OPTIONS Copies & pages Copies This option allows you to enter the number of copies to print. If you select Collate, all pages of the document will print before the next copy prints. Pages You can select whether to print all pages of a document or just a section of it.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 47 Layout Pages per sheet You can shrink multiple pages and print them on a single sheet of paper. For example, ch oosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a borde[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 48 Scheduler This option lets you choose whether to print your document immediately, or defe r printing unt il later. You can also assign a priority to a print job. These features are useful if you are printing large documents that take a long time to print.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 49 Paper handling Page order You can choose to print your document in the normal page order (1,2,3..) or reverse order (..3 ,2,1). Print This option allows you to choose whether to print only odd or even numbered pages. This is useful if you are using manual duplex for which you first print all odd pages, re- insert the [...]

Printer settings in Mac> 50 ColorSync Color conversion For Color Conversion, Standard is the only option available for your printer model. Quartz Filte r Choose a Quartz filter if you wish to apply a special effect to your print job, such as Sepia or Blue Ton e. This is only available on Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later versions.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 51 Cover page Choosing a cover page may help you to identify your printed document in a large pile of paper. This is useful in a busy office with many people sharing the printer. Duplex If you have an optional duplex unit fitted to your printer, you can print on both sides of the paper. Long-Edge Binding prints pages tha[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 52 Paper sourc e This option allows you to select the paper tray to use for your print job.[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 53 Print quality Print quality Use this option to select the print resolution. The High Quality (ProQ2400) setting produces the best graphic images, but these images can take longer to print. Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly improve quality when printing images. The printer driver analyses any photographi[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 54 Colour Colour mode COLOUR MODE DESCRIPTION Advanced Colour The driver selects the mos t appropriate color settings. Manual Allows you to manually adju st colour and black and white se ttings o r select. Gra yscale Convert all colors to shades of gr ey .[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 55 Color matching Black Fini sh Use this option to control the way black is printed in colour documents. Select Composite Black (CMYK) to uses all 4 toner colours to represent black. This option is recommended for color photos. Select True Black (K) to uses 100% black toner to represent black. This option is recommended [...]

Printer settings in Mac> 56 P RINTER SETUP OPTION S Printer option s Media weight Select the thickness or type of paper in the printer. It is important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you are printing on normal A4 paper, do not select Labels or Transparency as this may[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 57 Feed manually from Multipurpose Tray Select this option if you want the printer to wait until you press the ONLINE button when feeding fro m the Multipurpose Tray. This can be useful if printing on envelope s. Always create 100% black (K) toner Select this option if you want the printer to always use only black (K) to[...]

Printer settings in Mac> 58 Summary This option displays a summary of all selected print options for the current job.[...]

Colour printing> 59 C OLOUR PRINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output. For general use the automatic settings will suffice, providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents. Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may [...]

Colour printing> 60 Viewing conditions A print can look very different un der different lighting conditions. For example, the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for manual colou[...]

Colour printing> 61 T IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. P RINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Mon itor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings. P RINTING FROM OFFICE APPLICATIONS Use the Monit[...]

Colour printing> 62 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 window (calle[...]

Colour printing> 63 2. Choose the Manual colour setting 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) Vivid Optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual [...]

Colour printing> 64 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 th at this is not the full range of colours that the printer [...]

Colour printing> 65 U SING THE C OLOUR C ORRECT U TILITY The Oki Colour Correct Utility is provided on your printer driver CD-ROM. You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver. The Colour Correct utility has the following features: > Microsoft Office palette colours can be individually adjusted. This [...]

Menu functions> 66 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:Ready to receive data. Blinking:Processing data. OFF: Offline. 2. DISPLAY Displays the printer status and any error messa ges. 3. MENU Button Enters the M[...]

Menu functions> 67 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 applicable,[...]

Menu functions> 68 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. W[...]

Menu functions> 69 15. Press the “ ONLINE ” button to switch to [ONLINE]. M ENUS I NFORMATION MENU This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer. P RINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. I TEM A CTION E XPLANATIO N PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints complete menu list[...]

Menu functions> 70 M EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. MONO-PRINT SPEED AUTO NORMAL SPEED COLOR S PEED If the first page of a print job is black and white, the printer runs at 32ppm (pages per minute). When a colour p age is detected the printer slows down t o 26ppm for the rest of that job. This settin[...]

Menu functions> 71 TRA Y1 MEDIAWEIGHT LIGHT (64~74g/ m²) MEDIUM (75~90g/m²) HEAV Y (91~ 120g/m²) Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in this tra y . TRA Y1 LEGAL SIZE LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 LEGAL 13 Specifies the legal pa per size for TRA Y1. TRA Y2 PAPERSIZE CASSETTE SIZE CUST OM Selects the size of paper loaded in T ray 2 [...]

Menu functions> 72 MPT PAPERSIZE A3 A4 SEF A4 LEF A5 SEF A6 B4 B5 SEF B5 LEF LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 LEGAL 13 LETT ER SEF LETT ER LEF EXECUTIVE CUST OM COM-10 ENVELOPE DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVEL OPE C4 ENVEL OPE Selects the size of paper to be fed from the multi purpose tr ay . For CUSTOM setting se e X-DIMENSION a nd Y - DIMENSION later in this table. MP[...]

Menu functions> 73 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. Settings rever[...]

Menu functions> 74 S YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. I TEMS S ETTINGS E XPLANATI ON POWER SAVE 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 reduced to a low leve l requi[...]

Menu functions> 75 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. I TEM S ETTINGS E XPLANAT ION SOFT RESET ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables the SO FT RESET comman d. SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE / DISABLE Specif[...]

Menu functions> 76 M EMORY MENU S YSTEM A DJUST MENU FTP ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables communication via FTP . SNMP ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables SNMP pr otocol. NETWORK SCALE NORMAL / SMALL Selects network size. HUB LINK SET TING AUTO NEGOTIATE 100BASE- TX FULL 100BASE- TX HALF 10BASE- T FULL 10BASE- T HALF Sets full or h alf dupl[...]

Menu functions> 77 DUPLEX X ADJUST 0.00 MM +0.25 MM +2.00 MM -2.00 MM -0.25 MM In duplex printing, horizon tally adjusts the print position of the entire image on the rear surface at 0.25 mm pitch. Any image that lies outside the printable area is not printed. DUPLEX Y ADJUST 0.00 MM +0.25 MM +2.00 MM -2.00 MM -0.25 MM In duplex prin ting, ve rt[...]

Menu functions> 78 M AINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. I TEM S ETTINGS E XPLANATION MENU RESET EXECUTE Resets menus t o default settings. SAVE MENU EXECUTE Saves the c urrent menu settings . The last menu executed is saved and the menu previously saved is overwritten and erased . When you pres s [...]

Menu functions> 79 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. BG SET TING –3~ 0 ~+3 Comp[...]

Replacing consumable items> 80 R EPLACING CONSUMAB LE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due. As a guide, the life expectancy of these items is: > Toner : The printer is shipped with sufficient Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black toner for 6,000 A4 pag es in the print cartridges. > Image drum: Approximately 20,0[...]

Replacing consumable items> 81 C ONSUMABL E ORDER DETAILS * Average life: 20% pages a t continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pa ges at 1 page per job. Only use genuine Oki Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non Oki Original products may adversely affect your printer's perfor[...]

Replacing consumable items> 82 Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly, inside the pack that the new one came in. Follow any regulations, recommendations, etc., which may be in force concerning waste recycling. If you do spill any toner powder, light ly brush it off. If this is not enough, use a cool, damp cloth to remove any residue. Do not us[...]

Replacing consumable items> 83 (a) Pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer. 3. Lift the right-hand en d of the cartridge and then dra w the cartridge to the right to release the left-han d end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge and image drum unit together out of th[...]

Replacing consumable items> 84 6. Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end sever al times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge. 7. Remo ve the wr apping 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, lowe[...]

Replacing consumable items> 85 9. Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum unit first, push ing it against the spring on the drum unit, then lower the right end of the cartridge down onto the image drum unit. 10. Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towar[...]

Replacing consumable items> 86 I MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover fully . 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. CAUTI[...]

Replacing consumable items> 87 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 r[...]

Replacing consumable items> 88 6. Lift the right-hand en d of the cartridge and then dra w 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 its[...]

Replacing consumable items> 89 9. Push the coloured release lever (1) awa y 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 . 11.[...]

Replacing consumable items> 90 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 cover fully . 2.[...]

Replacing consumable items> 91 3. Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer an d 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. This wil l release the belt from the pr[...]

Replacing consumable items> 92 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 right[...]

Replacing consumable items> 93 F USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover fully . 2. Identify the fuser handle (1) on the top of th[...]

Replacing consumable items> 94 5. Remo ve 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 to[...]

Replacing consumable items> 95 C LEANING THE LED HEAD Clean the LED head when printing does not come out clearly, has white lines or when text is blurred. 1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover . 2. Gently wipe the LED head surface with a soft tissue. 3. Close the top cover . CAUTION! Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on the [...]

Installing upgrades> 96 I NSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > additional paper tray > cabinet D UPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two - sided printing, using less paper and making large documents easier to handle.[...]

Installing upgrades> 97 5. Print a menu map as follows: (a) Press the + button to access the Information Menu. (b) Press ENTER on ce 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> 98 A DDITIONAL PAPER TRAY 1. Switch the printer off an d disconnect the 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 a[...]

Installing upgrades> 99 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 user?[...]

Clearing paper jams> 100 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. J[...]

Clearing paper jams> 101 P APER SENSOR ERROR CODES * (if fitted). 1. If a sheet is well advanced o ut of the top of th e printer , simply grip it and pull gently to dra w it fully out. If it does not remove easily , do not use excessive force. It can be removed from the rear later . 2. Press the cover release and open the printer’ s top cover [...]

Clearing paper jams> 102 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 cartridge[...]

Clearing paper jams> 103 5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from mark ing your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. 6. Repeat this remov al procedur e for each of the remaining image drum units. 7. Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the bel[...]

Clearing paper jams> 104 > 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 fuser pressure release lever (4) tow ards the front and down to r[...]

Clearing paper jams> 105 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 pe gs at each end into their slots in the sides of the[...]

Clearing paper jams> 106 9. Lower the top cover bu t 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 p aper in the rear path area (6). • Pull out any sheets found in this[...]

Clearing paper jams> 107 12. Open the duplex unit cove r (if installed) and remove any sheets in this area. 13. Lift the front cover release and pull down the front cover . a b b[...]

Clearing paper jams> 108 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> 109 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> 110 S PECIFICATIONS C8600 - N34210B ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 485 x 556 x 345mm (W x D x H) without Duplex unit We i g h t 40Kg approx. (without Duplex unit) Print method LE D exposed light so urce electronic photogr aphic memory Print speeds 26 pages per minute colour / 32 pages per minute monochrome Reso lution 600 x 600, 1[...]

Specifications> 111 Media type Plain, Letterhead, T ransparency , Bond, Recycled, card stock, Rough, Labels and Gl ossy Pap e r ca p a ci t y (depending on paper weight) Paper tr ay: 300 sheets appro x. Manual feed: 100 sheets approx. Optional additional paper tray: 530 Exit capacity (depending on paper weight) F ace up: 100 sheets approx. F ace[...]

Specifications> 112 Noise Levels Operating: Mono/Colou r - less than 5 4dBa Ready Mode: less than 37dBa Power Sa ving Mode: Background level 1. Exit method is li mited by paper size, media weight and paper feed. 2. To comply with the requ irements of Energy Star, whe n no data is present for a set period of time, the printer goes i nto a power-s[...]

Index > 113 I NDEX A Advanced features enabling or disabling .. ............ 26 B Belt how to replace ....................... 90 life expectancy ... .................... 80 life remaining ..... .................... 79 Black printing glossy or matte .. ................. ... 23 Booklet printi ng ............. ............ 21 C Cleaning the LED hea[...]

Index > 114 Media m enu ........................ ... 70 menu map ...................... ........ 69 Network menu ..................... ... 75 Print menu ..... ..................... ... 69 resetting ..... ................ ............ 78 System configuration men u ... 74 Usage menu ........................ ... 79 USB menu .................. .....[...]

Oki contact details > 115 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[...]

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