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Oki CX3641MFP Technical Reference

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  • Page 2 EFI Fiery Printing from Windows Technical Reference Part Number: 59308802, Rev. 1.0 15 March 2008...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS ONTENTS ONTENTS NTRODUCTION Terminology and conventions About this document Setting up printing User software NSTALLING RINTER RIVERS Installing printer drivers by Point and Print ,Installing printer drivers Installing and connecting to a virtual printer Uninstalling printer drivers ETTING RINTING ONNECTIONS Printing connections Completing the SMB printing connection...
  • Page 4 ONTENTS RINTING TILITIES Job Monitor E-mail Service FTP printing Enabling Job Monitor Using E-mail Service Printing using an e-mail client Managing print jobs with e-mail commands Printing using Mail Port FTP printing RINTING Printing from applications Setting options and printing Using presets Customizing the Basic icon Defining and printing custom page sizes...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This document describes how to install the printer drivers and printer description files for the CX3641MFP and how to set up printing from Microsoft Windows computers. It also describes several printing utilities and how to print to the CX3641MFP. For information...

  • Page 6: About This Document

    • Installing CX3641MFP printing utilities • Printing from Windows computers Setting up printing The following table lists the procedures for installing printer drivers and setting up the printing connections for each Windows platform supported by the CX3641MFP. Action Reference Installing printer drivers “Installing printer drivers by Point and Print”...

  • Page 7: User Software

    NTRODUCTION User software The following table lists the user software that you need for setting up basic printing on the CX3641MFP. Other documents may describe other user software, depending on what you are trying to accomplish. User software Description PostScript Printer Description...

  • Page 8: Nstalling Rinter Rivers

    • From the CX3641MFP through Point and Print using SMB printing. • From the EFI Utilities(windows) CD If a CX3641MFP printer driver is already installed, you must uninstall it before you install a new one (see “Uninstalling printer drivers” on page 15).
  • Page 9 Windows Vista: Right-click Network and choose Open from the menu. 2 Type the name or IP address of the CX3641MFP and click Search Now. Windows Vista: Type the name or IP address of the CX3641MFP in the Search field and click Enter.
  • Page 10 11 Click Local Printer and click Next. 12 Click Create a New Port, choose Local Port from the menu, and click Next. 13 In the Port Name dialog box, type the name of the CX3641MFP, followed by the printing connection, and click OK.

  • Page 11: Installing Printer Drivers

    4 Select Create a New Port, choose Standard TCP/IP Port from the Type of port menu, and then click Next. The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard dialog box appears. 5 Type the IP address of the CX3641MFP. 6 Click Next. 7 Click Finish to close the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard dialog box.
  • Page 12 10 Make sure that Oemsetup.inf or Oemsetup is selected and click Open. The path is copied to the Install From Disk dialog box. 11 Verify that the path is correct and click OK. 12 In the Printers box, select the CX3641MFP printer driver as your printer and click Next.
  • Page 13 NSTALLING RINTER RIVERS 13 Type a name for the CX3641MFP in the Printer name field, indicate whether you want to make it the default printer, and click Next. This name is used in the Printers window and the queues window.

  • Page 14: Installing And Connecting To A Virtual Printer

    The virtual printer is displayed in the Printers or Printers and Faxes window. You can print to a virtual printer just as you would print to the CX3641MFP, as described in Printing. Depending on how the virtual printer is configured, you may not be able to set...

  • Page 15: Uninstalling Printer Drivers

    1 Click Start, choose Programs, and then choose Fiery. 2 Click FieryPrinterDeleteUtility. The Fiery Driver Uninstall Tool dialog box appears. Any CX3641MFP printer drivers found on your computer are listed. 3 To delete a printer, select the printer name and click Delete.

  • Page 16: Setting U P Printing Connections

    Windows printing runs via TCP/IP. You must configure TCP/IP on the CX3641MFP and on all computers that use SMB printing. After you enable SMB printing on the CX3641MFP, you can set up the Windows or SMB connection and install the printer driver in one procedure. For more information, see “Installing printer drivers by Point and Print”...

  • Page 17: Completing Standard Tcp/Ip Port (Raw Or Lpr) Printing Connections

    After you install the PostScript and printer driver files, you can add or configure the setup for the Standard TCP/IP Port (Raw or LPR) connection as follows: • Prepare the CX3641MFP to accept print jobs using Standard TCP/IP Port (Raw or LPR) protocols.
  • Page 18 ETTING RINTING ONNECTIONS 3 Click the Ports tab. 4 Click Add Port to add a new port. To change the port settings, proceed to step 11. 5 Windows 2000/Server 2003: Select Standard TCP/IP Port from the list of Available port types and click New Port Type.
  • Page 19 ETTING RINTING ONNECTIONS 7 Type the CX3641MFP IP address. 8 Click Next. 9 Make sure that Generic Network Card is selected as Standard for Device Type and click Next. 10 Click Finish to close the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard dialog box, and then click Close in the Printer Ports dialog box.
  • Page 20 Type the number exactly as shown. 14 Click OK to close the Configure Standard TCP/IP Port Monitor dialog box. The CX3641MFP supports LPR printing in the IPv6 environment. LPR printing is supported on the Windows XP/Server 2003 computer from a command line, but other methods may work.

  • Page 21: Completing Ipp Connections

    ETTING RINTING ONNECTIONS Completing IPP connections With Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), print jobs are sent to the CX3641MFP over the Internet. Before you begin, perform the following tasks: • Configure the CX3641MFP for TCP/IP printing and IPP printing. For more information, see Configuration and Setup.
  • Page 22 6 If you are installing the PostScript printer for the first time, follow the procedure “To install and complete the print connection for Windows” on page 11, step 8. 7 Indicate whether you want to make the CX3641MFP the default printer and click Next. 8 Click Finish.

  • Page 23: Configuring The Connection For Mail Port

    ONNECTIONS Configuring the connection for Mail Port Mail Port allows you to print to and control the CX3641MFP remotely. Jobs are sent to the CX3641MFP in the form of e-mail attachments. Set up e-mail printing on Windows computers by adding the Mail Port software as a printer port.
  • Page 24 6 Click Advanced. The E-Mail Port Configuration dialog box appears. 7 Type the following information. For Fiery Server: • The e-mail address you typed for the CX3641MFP appears here. E-mail Address: • The print connection on the CX3641MFP that you want. Queue:...
  • Page 25 If a job exceeds this size, it is split into multiple messages, each not to exceed this size. The messages are then sent to the CX3641MFP. The CX3641MFP automatically combines all split messages into the original single print job for printing.

  • Page 26: Configuring Installable Options

    PTIONS After you complete the printer driver installation, you must configure the CX3641MFP for the options installed to allow the CX3641MFP to take advantage of the options. Configure the options manually or, for TCP/IP network connections, use the Two-Way Communication feature to configure the options automatically.

  • Page 27: Configuring Installed Options And Updating Print Options Settings Automatically

    CX3641MFP. When the printer driver is first installed, the options reflect the default settings that were set up in CX3641MFP Setup or ColorWise Pro Tools. When you update the printer driver using the Two-Way Communication feature, you allow the printer driver to retrieve the settings from the CX3641MFP.

  • Page 28: Printing Utilities

    RINTING TILITIES RINTING TILITIES In addition to printing jobs from the CX3641MFP printer driver, you can print jobs using these utilities: Job Monitor You can view information about the print jobs sent to the CX3641MFP. Job Monitor is automatically installed when you choose the printer driver to install on your computer.

  • Page 29: Enabling Job Monitor

    5 Click the Printer icon. 6 Select the Monitor my print job check box. Job Monitor opens a utility window when you send your first print job to the CX3641MFP and establishes a connection to the CX3641MFP. If you have installed and configured printer drivers for more than one copier/printer, Job Monitor automatically establishes connections to all the CX3641MFP servers.

  • Page 30: Using E-Mail Service

    You can submit print jobs to the CX3641MFP in the form of an e-mail attachment using your e-mail application. When you send an e-mail with an attachment, E-mail Service extracts the file and sends it to the CX3641MFP Print queue. The file format must be one supported by the CX3641MFP.
  • Page 31 As part of creating the e-mail attachment with the CX3641MFP printer driver, type the appropriate user name and password on the Job Info tab of the printer driver. The user name and password must match those defined by the administrator in the Users and Groups section of Configure.

  • Page 32: Managing Print Jobs With E-Mail Commands

    You receive a notification indicating that the job has been cancelled and did not print to the CX3641MFP. You can only cancel a job if you sent the job or are an administrator. To get help, type #Help in the Subject line.

  • Page 33: Printing Using Mail Port

    The Direct connection is not supported when you print with Mail Port. O PRINT USING 1 Choose Print in your application. 2 Make sure that the CX3641MFP is selected as your printer and that you have installed the Mail Port for the CX3641MFP. 3 Click Properties.

  • Page 34: Ftp Printing

    TILITIES FTP printing If FTP Services are enabled on the CX3641MFP, the CX3641MFP is set up as an FTP server and you can send jobs to the CX3641MFP using FTP printing. For more information about configuring FTP Services, see Configure Help.

  • Page 35: Printing

    The following procedures explain how to use the printer driver to specify print options for a particular job and print it to the CX3641MFP. You can also set default print settings using the driver. For information about specific print options, see Print Options.
  • Page 36 O SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR A SPECIFIC INDOWS PRINT JOB USING THE PRINTER DRIVER 1 Choose Print in your application. 2 Select the CX3641MFP as your printer and click Properties. 3 Click the Fiery Printing tab. Presets (Job Templates), see Help...
  • Page 37 RINTING 5 In the Expert Color Settings dialog box, click Update to display the current CX3641MFP settings. If the Update button does not appear, make sure that the Two-Way Communication option is selected, as described in “Configuring installed options and updating print options settings automatically”...
  • Page 38 If you do not have a user name and password or if you want to send jobs as a public user, select the I’m a Guest option. The CX3641MFP must be configured to allow guest printing. Otherwise, clear the I'm a Guest option.
  • Page 39 Some print options that are selectable from an application are similar to print options that are specific to the CX3641MFP. In these cases, use the print options specific to the CX3641MFP. These options appear on the Fiery Printing tab. The application may not set up the file properly for printing on the CX3641MFP, resulting in unexpected finishing, printing errors, or longer processing time.
  • Page 40 RINTING Adding and editing watermarks The Windows printer driver provides the watermarks feature. This feature allows you to select from a list of available watermarks, create new watermarks, edit text, font size, color, position, and orientation of the watermark, delete the currently selected watermark, and specify other settings.
  • Page 41 RINTING 3 Specify Font and Size of the text in the Watermark Text area. 4 Specify an angle for the watermark text in the Angle area. Alternatively, you can click and hold one end of the watermark text in the preview area and drag it to the desired orientation.

  • Page 42: Using Presets

    Windows Server 2003: Click Start, choose Control Panel, and then choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Vista: Click the Start button, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2 Right-click the CX3641MFP icon and choose Printing Preferences. 3 Click the Fiery Printing tab.
  • Page 43 Windows Server 2003: Click Start, choose Control Panel, and then choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Vista: Click the Start button, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2 Right-click the CX3641MFP icon and choose Printing Preferences. 3 Click the Fiery Printing tab.
  • Page 44 Windows Server 2003: Click Start, choose Control Panel, and then choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Vista: Click the Start button, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2 Right-click the CX3641MFP icon and choose Printing Preferences. 3 Click the Fiery Printing tab.
  • Page 45 RINTING 5 Click Import. 6 In the Import Job Templates dialog box, browse to the disk and folder containing the preset that you want to import. 7 Select the preset file and click Open. 8 Click OK to close the Job Templates dialog box. When you import presets, they appear in the Preset menu under the preset name, not the file name.

  • Page 46: Customizing The Basic Icon

    Windows Server 2003: Click Start, choose Control Panel, and then choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Vista: Click the Start button, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2 Right-click the CX3641MFP icon and choose Printing Preferences. 3 Click the Fiery Printing tab.
  • Page 47 RINTING 4 Click the Basic icon and then click Customize. The Customize Basic View dialog box is displayed. This dialog box contains the shortcuts for print options. The print options that currently appear in Basic are listed under Current Shortcuts. 5 To add an option to Basic, select the desired option in the Available Shortcuts list and click Add.

  • Page 48: Defining And Printing Custom Page Sizes

    Windows XP: Click Start and choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Server 2003: Click Start, choose Control Panel, and then choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Vista: Click the Start button, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2 Right-click the CX3641MFP PS icon and choose Printing Preferences.
  • Page 49 RINTING 3 Click the Paper Source icon. 4 Choose PostScript Custom Page Size from the Page Size menu, and then click Custom. The Enter Custom Paper Size dialog box appears. 5 Specify options to define the custom page size. Specify the width and height of the print job. Custom Page Size Dimensions: Select a unit of measurement for the print job.

  • Page 50: Viewing The Copier/Printer Status

    CRIPT PRINTER DRIVER 1 Choose Print in your application. 2 Select the CX3641MFP as the printer and click Properties. 3 Click the Fiery Printing tab, and then click the Paper Source icon. 4 From the Paper Source menu, choose the paper tray that contains the custom-size paper for the job.

  • Page 51: Saving Files To Print At A Remote Location

    Saving files to print at a remote location If you do not have a CX3641MFP onsite and are preparing files to take to a service bureau or other location, print the final files to the File port (as opposed to one of the local ports).

  • Page 52: Index

    NDEX NDEX NDEX ColorWise print options 27 LPR connection 17 custom page size, see defining a custom page size, printing a custom page size Mail Port configuring 23 default print options 39 on User Software DVD 7 defining a custom page size Manage print jobs with e-mail commands 32 all Windows PCL printer drivers 48 managing print jobs 32...
  • Page 53 NDEX TCP/IP connection 17 Two-Way Communication 27, 37 User Authentication 38 virtual printer installing using Point and Print 14 virtual printer, setup 14 watermarks, adding and editing 40 WebTools, Docs tab 35 Windows IPP connection 21 LPR or Port 9100 connection 17 printer driver, installing from User Software DVD 11 TCP/IP connection 17...

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