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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it.
Safety instructions Your Oki printer has been carefully designed to give you years of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, however, there are a few basic precautions you should take to avoid hurting yourself or damaging the printer: •...
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• Do not make any adjustments other than those outlined in the handbook. You may cause damage requiring extensive repair work. • It is recommended that the printer be switched off prior to opening or removing covers. If anything happens that indicates that your printer is not working properly or has been damaged, unplug it immediately and contact your dealer.
• Bidirectional Centronics IEEE 1284 parallel interface • Onscreen soft operator panel for printer setup and control, and status monitor for realtime printer status information • 600 × 600 DPI output Additional features for OKIPAGE 8p • HP PCL ® 6 (HP LaserJet ®...
Checking the contents Carefully remove all the contents from the box and unpack your printer. In addition to the printer manual(s) you should have the following items: • Printer • Toner cartridge • Paper input tray • Image drum cartridge...
The area should be free of electromagnetic interference and not suffer from extremes or drastic changes in temperature or humidity. The printer should be placed on a surface which is not be subject to shock or vibration.
Do not touch the image drum’s green surface. 3 Remove the protective sheet. Keep the image drum as level as possible to avoid toner spillage. (Some toner is added during the test phase.) 4 Replace the image drum. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
1 Remove the tape and shipping insert from the image drum cartridge. 2 Shake the toner cartridge to evenly distribute toner. 3 Unwrap the toner cartridge. 4 Remove the tape. Setup Guide 5 Insert the toner cartridge. 6 Push the lock lever forward. 7 Close the printer cover.
Adjust the guides for a snug, but not tight, fit. For use of envelopes, transparencies, other print media and the manual feed slot, refer to the User’s Guide (in some countries this may be found on the CD). OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
LPT1). Setup Guide Connecting power to your printer A suitable AC power cable is supplied with your printer, terminated with the appropriate plug for connection to a standard AC wall outlet. 1 Ensure the printer on/off switch (1) is off.
Installing a Windows™ printer driver A printer driver is a software program which runs on your PC. It passes data from your applications suitably formatted for the printer, and also controls a number of printer functions. Your printer comes with printer drivers for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT4.
D:\SETUP.EXE and click File–Run… 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to add the driver for your printer to your system. When installation is complete, the new printer will be available in the from within your Windows applications. A:\SETUP.EXE Start menu, choose...