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  • Page 1 ES6150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2: Preface

    Copyright © 2009 Oki Europe Ltd. All rights reserved. Oki is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry, Company Ltd. Oki Printing Solutions is a registered trademark of Oki Data Corporation. Energy Star is a registered trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Page 3: Emergency First Aid

    Oki Data Corporation, 4-11-22 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8551, Japan MPORTER TO THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE Oki Europe Limited (trading as Oki Printing Solutions) Blays House Wick Road Egham Surrey, TW20 0HJ United Kingdom For all sales, support and general enquiries contact your local distributor.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Preface ...........2 Emergency first aid .
  • Page 5 Troubleshooting ......... . .25 When Paper Jams .
  • Page 6: Notes, Cautions And Warnings

    OTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text. CAUTION! A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage. WARNING! A warning provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury.
  • Page 7: Basic Operations

    ASIC PERATIONS OMPONENTS AND HEIR UNCTIONS TANDARD ONFIGURATION NOTE Images used in this manual may include optional features that your printer does not have installed. 9 10 NAME DESCRIPTION Centre output tray Print jobs are output here with the printed side facing down.
  • Page 8: With Optional Accessories

    PTIONAL CCESSORIES NAME DESCRIPTION Offset catch tray Allows you to stagger the output position for each print (optional) job (offset output). Cover D (optional) Open this when paper is jammed inside the offset catch tray. Rear tray Use this tray if you want to reduce curling of paper when (optional) printing heavyweight paper.
  • Page 9: Control Panel

    NAME DESCRIPTION Transfer roll Transfers the toner image on the surface of the cartridge photosensitive drum to the paper. Cover B Open this when removing jammed paper. ONTROL ANEL NAME DESCRIPTION MENU button Press to move to menu operation. INFO button Press to print the menu map.
  • Page 10: Display

    ISPLAY There are two types of screens shown: Print screen (for displaying printer status) and Menu screen (for setting configuration). NOTE The message displayed differs according to the options installed and setting status. RINT CREEN The Print screen appears when the machine is printing or waiting for data. The following contents are shown on the screen.
  • Page 11: Switching On And Off The Power

    WITCHING N AND FF THE OWER WITCHING N THE OWER Press the power switch of the printer to the <|> position. When the power is switched on, various screens will be displayed on the control panel. Check that this display changes to ONLINE.
  • Page 12: Power Save Modes

    OWER ODES This printer is equipped with a Power Save mode to reduce power consumption when it is left idle.The default idle time from last print activity until the Printer enters Power Save mode is 5 minutes. This time can be adjusted by the operator to any of the following: 5, 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes.
  • Page 13: Checking Status Of Print Data

    HECKING TATUS OF RINT Checking in Windows Double-click the printer icon on the task bar at the bottom right of the screen. From the displayed window, check the column, [Status]. ISPLAYING PTIONAL CCESSORY ONFIGURATION AND APER ETTINGS When using this printer as a network printer and with SNMP protocol enabled, you can display on the printer driver, the optional accessory configuration and settings configured at the control panel such as paper type or size.
  • Page 14: Printing

    RINTING RINTING ROM THE OMPUTER ® This section explains the basic flow when printing from application software in a Windows environment. (The procedure may differ according to the computer or system configuration used.) Important: > Do not switch off the power to the printer when printing is in progress. It may lead to a paper jam.
  • Page 15: Printing On Envelopes

    RINTING ON NVELOPES For details on the envelopes that can be used, refer to “Usable Paper” in the Reference Guide. The procedure to print on envelopes is as follows. OADING NVELOPES You have to close the flaps of the envelopes and load them with the address side facing up in the orientation shown in the diagram below.
  • Page 16: Printing On Transparencies

    Select the loaded paper tray from Source or click the Media Type and then select Com10. Click OK. Click Print in the Print dialog box to start printing. RINTING ON RANSPARENCIES OADING RANSPARENCIES Load transparencies in trays 1 to 4. Important: >...
  • Page 17: Printing On Custom Size Paper/Long Paper

    RINTING ON USTOM APER APER This section explains how to print on custom size paper such as long paper. The paper sizes that can be set on this printer are as follows: LONG EDGE SHORT EDGE REMARKS Tray 1 127–900mm (5”–35.4”) 76–216mm (3”–8.5”) To load long-size paper with the long...
  • Page 18: Setting Custom Paper Sizes

    ETTING USTOM APER IZES Before printing, set the custom size on the printer driver. You have to configure the settings on the control panel too when loading custom size paper in trays 1 to 4 for printing. For details on setting the control panel, refer to “Setting Custom Paper Sizes”...
  • Page 19: Printing On Custom Size Paper

    RINTING ON USTOM APER The procedure to print on custom size paper is as follows. This section explains the procedure using WordPad on Windows XP as an example. NOTE The way to display the printer properties dialog box differs according to the application software.
  • Page 20: Direct Printing Of Pdf Files

    PDF F IRECT RINTING OF ILES You can send a PDF file directly to the printer for printing without using the printer driver. As the print data is sent directly to the printer, the printing process is simpler than printing with the printer driver and it is done at a faster speed.
  • Page 21: Loading Paper

    OADING APER Place the paper tray on a flat surface and remove the lid (if installed). If the base plate of the paper tray is raised, push it down. When loading paper longer than A4 size, slide the left and right lock tabs in the paper tray outwards to unlock them.
  • Page 22 Close the lid of the paper tray and push the tray completely into the printer. CAUTION! > Do not place paper over the right width guide. > Do not load paper exceeding the maximum fill line or the maximum capacity allowed. >...
  • Page 23: Settings On The Control Panel > 23

    ETTINGS ON THE ONTROL ANEL BOUT THIS HAPTER This chapter introduces the control panel and its functions, and also demonstrates how to navigate through the control panel menus and submenus that allow you to view and change the printer settings. Full details of the menu system are given in the Reference Guide.
  • Page 24: Lcd Display

    LCD D ISPLAY The LCD display shows status and error messages that inform you of the current status of the printer, and also displays menus, submenus and printer settings when you are in the menu system. AVIGATING THE ONTROL ANEL ENUS When you press the Menu button on the control panel, you enter the printer’s menu system.
  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    ROUBLESHOOTING APER CAUTION! When removing jammed paper, make sure that no pieces of torn paper are left in the machine. If a sheet of paper is wrapped around the heat roller, or when clearing a jammed paper that is difficult or impossible to see, do not try to remove it by yourself.
  • Page 26: Inside Coverb

    NSIDE OVER Remove the rear tray when opening the back cover. Raise the lever as shown in the diagram and open the cover B (1). After opening cover B, open the cover of the fuser unit (2) and remove any jammed paper. CAUTION! The fuser unit is hot.
  • Page 27: When Problems Occur

    ROBLEMS CCUR Before treating the problem as a machine breakdown, refer to the following table and check the printer condition again. WARNING! > Never open or remove machine covers that are secured with screws unless specifically instructed in the user guide. A high voltage component can cause electric shock.
  • Page 28 SYMPTOM REASON/ACTION Print job sent but Is the interface cable disconnected? Switch off the power and the light of the check the connection of the interface cable. READY indicator Is the interface configured? Check the port status of the interface. is not blinking or Is the computer environment correctly set up? Check the computer environment, such as the printer driver.
  • Page 29 SYMPTOM REASON/ACTION Printing is very The receive buffer is insufficient. When printing documents of high slow. resolution, reduce the memory capacity of items not in use. It is recommended to disable ports not in use, and channel the memory to other purposes. Is the printer driver set to 1200dpi on the Graphics tab? Changing the setting to 600dpi will shorten the print time.
  • Page 30: When The Print Quality Is Poor

    SYMPTOM REASON/ACTION Strange noise. Is the printer placed on a flat location? Place the printer on a stable surface. Is cover A open? Close cover A securely. Is the paper tray set correctly? Push the paper tray completely into the printer. Are there foreign objects inside the printer? Switch off the power and remove any foreign objects inside the printer.
  • Page 31 SYMPTOM REASON/ACTION White dots appear The paper used is not suitable. Load the correct type of paper. in black filled See “Usable Paper” in the Reference Guide. areas. The drum/toner cartridge is defective or damaged. Replace with a new drum/toner cartridge. See “Drum/Toner Cartridge Replacement”...
  • Page 32: Network Related Troubles

    SYMPTOM REASON/ACTION Transparencies The type of transparency or envelope loaded cannot be used in and envelopes are this printer. Load the correct type of paper. not printed See “Usable Paper” in the Reference Guide. clearly. Check that the paper type on the printer driver or the control panel is correctly set.
  • Page 33: Daily Care

    AILY ONER ARTRIDGE EPLACEMENT The drum/toner cartridge includes the toner and the photosensitive drum. A message will appear on the control panel when it is about time to replace the drum/toner cartridge. If the message indicates that the printer is still ready to print you should still be able to print about 200 pages before actually replacing the cartridge, otherwise you should replace it immediately.
  • Page 34 Hold the drum/toner cartridge by the grip and pull it out slowly. NOTE To prevent the toner from dirtying the floor, lay a piece of paper on the floor first before putting the drum/toner cartridge down. Take the new drum/toner cartridge out of the packaging box and shake it 7 to 8 times as shown in the diagram.
  • Page 35: Cleaning The Printer

    LEANING THE RINTER This section describes how to clean the printer in order to maintain it in good condition and print clean printouts all the time. WARNING! Be sure to switch off and unplug the machine before accessing the interior of the machine for cleaning, maintenance, or fault clearance.
  • Page 36: Cleaning The Feed Rolls

    LEANING THE OLLS When feeding cannot be done, follow the procedure below to wipe the feed roll gently with a well-wrung soft cloth. There are feed rolls in the interior of this printer (two locations, total of four), tray module (one location) and paper tray (one location). Follow the cleaning procedure (page 36) to clean the feed rolls at each location.
  • Page 37: When Moving The Printer

    While pushing the retard part (see right diagram) down (1), widen the tab on the feed roll to loosen it (2) and then slowly remove the feed roll from the shaft of the paper tray (3). Wipe the rubber parts with a wet but well-wrung soft cloth. Turn the short tab of the feed roll to the right and slowly push it onto the shaft of the paper tray.
  • Page 38 CAUTION! Do not tilt the machine more than 10 degrees. Correct Moving Procedure Carry out the following procedure when moving the printer. Press the power switch of this printer to the <O> position to switch the power off. Remove all cords, such as the power cord and interface cables. Remove any paper in the centre output tray and return the paper stopper to its original position if it’s raised.
  • Page 39: Index

    NDEX printed image smudges when rubbed with your finger/the A4 universal tray when moving the printer .....8 ..37 toner is not fixed on the arrow buttons when paper jams ....9, 23 ....25 paper ......31 <ATTENTION> indicator when problems occur ...
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