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Handy Reference Guide 59342703 Record your printer’s Serial Number: _____________________________ • For the latest info, go to http://my.okidata.com. • For more detailed information, see your on-line User’s Guide (on the Publications CD supplied with your printer).
Order Numbers • Consult the dealer where you Toner Cartridges, Type C6 purchased your printer. • Consult an Oki Data Authorized Sales or Service Dealer. (For the nearest dealer, call 1-800-654-3282.) • U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands only: Order on the Internet www.okidata.com...
Media Settings Why Change Media Resetting to Original Defaults Settings? : The … which appears in these Note Improper media settings: steps indicates that you should keep pressing the button • cause poor quality printing repeatedly until you see the •...
Media Settings (cont.) Media Settings for Table 1: Media Weight Settings, US Bond Individual Print Jobs Setting US Bond (Metric) If you are printing a job on special 16 to 19 lb. media, you can temporarily load the Light media in a tray and change the media (60 to 71 g/m settings for that tray in the driver as 20 to 27 lb.
Changing Default Media Settings Trays 1 & 2 To Change the Media Weight NTER Default for Trays 1 & 2 5. Press Note : The default media weight The second line of the display starts setting for Trays 1 and 2 is Medium.
Changing Default Media Settings MP Tray To Set Transparencies NTER as the Default Media 5. Press in the MP Tray The second line of the display starts blinking. : For the MP Tray, the default Note Media Type setting is Plain. 6.
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Changing Default Media Settings MP Tray (cont.) To Set Heavy Paper, 4. Press … Labels, or Envelopes as the Default Media MPT PAPER SIZE in the MP Tray LETTER Note : For the MP Tray, the default NTER Media Size setting is Letter and 5.
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Changing Default Media Settings: MP Tray (cont.) Then, Set the Media Type The printer goes back on line. (Heavy Paper and Labels 6. You’re done! Only) 1. Press MPT MEDIATYPE PLAIN NTER 2. Press The second line of the display starts blinking.
Loading Media Trays 1 & 2 Tray 1:16 to 32 lb. US Bond (60 to 120 g/m Media Weight Range: Tray 2:16 to 47 lb. US Bond (60 to 177 g/m Letter, Legal-14, Legal-13.5, Legal-13, A4, A5, A6, B5, Media Size Range: Executive, Custom (min.
Loading Media Multi-Purpose Tray Weight Range: 20 to 54 lb. US Bond (42 to 113 lb. Index, 75 to 203 g/m metric) Min. 3.94" x 5.83" [100 to 148 mm], max. 8.5" x 14" [216 x 356 Size Range: mm] (Non-standard sizes must be defined in driver before printing: see your on-line User’s Guide [on the Publications CD].) Banners: 8.25 to 8.5'' [210 to 216 mm] wide by up to 47.25'' [1.2 m] long.
US Bond paper. Media Sizes Feed Tray Exit Tray Recommended Media Weight • Light • Letter • Oki 52206101 Bright Tray 1 • Medium • Executive White Proofing Paper, Rear • Heavy • Legal-14 32 lb. (see page 17 for Medium •...
Use only recommended transparencies. Usable Feed Exit Media Media Type Recommended Sizes Tray Tray Weight • OKI 52205701 (see page 18 for • Letter MP Tray more Rear Only Transparency Ignored. Only • A4 information) • 3M CG3720 Printing Transparencies Windows Me/98 Properties →...
Selecting/Using Labels Specifications Insert labels in the Multi-Purpose tray label side up, top edge aimed into the printer. Caution! Labels must be able to withstand 446°F (230°C) for 0.2 second, including echanical pressures to 25 psi (1.8 kg/cm Usable Media Media Feed Tray Exit Tray...
Media Weight • Tray1: Heavy • MP Tray & Optional Tray2: Heavy, Ultra Heavy Recommended • Oki Premium Card Stock (see page 18) Media Weight, Index (see page 5). Printing Thick Paper Media Weight, Metric: Look for this to confirm Index vs US Bond (see...
25 seals: psi (1.8 kg/cm Media Media Size Feed Tray Exit Tray Recommended Type Weight OKI 52206301 MP Tray COM-10 Rear Only Only Setting Setting OKI 52206302 Printing Envelopes Making Envelopes the Default Print Media for the...
• Exit Tray: Rear Only • Media Type: Transparency For best results: • Media Weight: Any (ignored) Temperature range Humidity 65 to 77°F 40 to 65%RH (18 to 25°C) To purchase Oki media, contact your local Oki dealer or visit us www.okidata.com...
Secure Print To print out a secure (confidential) NTER document, you must know: 5. Press to engage the number • your personal password (PIN) and move to the next digit. • the name used to place the document on the Hard Disk Drive ENTER PASSWORD 5*** To Print The Document...
Proof & Print To print a proofed document, you NTER must know: 6. Press to engage the • your personal password (PIN) number and move to the next digit. • the name used to place the document on the Hard Disk Drive ENTER PASSWORD 5*** To Print a Proofed Document...
Printing Built-In Reports Printing the MenuMap Print a Font List (Listing of the Current To print a list of the PCL emulation, Postscript emulation, IBM Proprinter Menu Settings) emulation or Epson FX emulation fonts stored in the printer: : The “…” in these steps Note indicates that you should keep 1.
Printing Built-In Reports (cont.) Print the File List Note: This item will not appear in the menu unless you have the optional Hard Disk Drive installed (see your on-line User’s Guide for more information). To print a list of the files stored on the printer’s hard drive: 1.
Setting Power Save Parameters Power Save 4. Press … Power Save sets how long the printer waits before going into standby mode. POW SAVE TIME This saves energy, but the printer XX† MIN requires time to warm up when it receives a print job or if you want to †...
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Power Save Parameters (cont.) 4. Press … POWER SAVE ENABLE† 5. Press POWER SAVE DISABLE† † Pressing the button toggles back and forth between Enable and Disable. NTER 6. Press , press The new setting is engaged and the second line of the display stops blinking.
Control Panel Buttons EADY N INE NTER TTENTION ANCEL Back On Line N INE Press this button to go back Press ON LINE to to the previous Item or switch the printer Category, or to place the between on line and printer back on line.
Control Panel Lights EADY N INE NTER TTENTION ANCEL Ready LED EADY (Green) : printer is on line. : printer is off line. : printer is Flashing receiving data. Attention LED TTENTION (Red) : Warning or Error status : Normal status. Flashing : Alarm status.
Clearing Media Jams Jam 382 OPEN TOP COVER 382: PAPER JAM CAUTION! Fuser may be HOT! To remove the sheet if it is trapped in the fuser, reach inside the printer and push the fuser pressure release lever (1) towards the front and down, and pull out the sheet.
Clearing Media Jams (cont.) Jam 381 Remove the image drums/ toner cartridges: OPEN TOP COVER 381: PAPER JAM Caution! To avoid damage to the drums: • Be sure to set the drums on a flat surface. • Do not touch the shiny green area on the bottom of the drums.
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Clearing Media Jams (cont.) Warning! If the printer has been printing, the fuser will be HOT! To remove a sheet trapped in the fuser, grasp the edge of the sheet, push the fuser pressure release lever (1) towards the front and down, and lift out the sheet.
Clearing Media Jams (cont.) Jams 370, 373 & 383 OPEN DUPLEX COVER nnn: PAPER JAM nnn = 370, 373, 383...
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Clearing Media Jams (cont.) CAUTION! Fuser may be HOT! If the sheet is trapped in the fuser, lift the top cover, reach in and push the fuser pressure release lever (1) towards the front and down, and pull out the sheet.
Clearing Media Jams (cont.) Jam 390 CHECK MP TRAY 390: PAPER JAM If the Sheet Has Just Begun to Enter the Printer If the Sheet Can’t Easily Be Pulled Out from the Front...
Changing Toner Cartridges Toner Cartridge Order #s, see page 3 Note: Use only Type C6 Toner. REPLACE TONER 1 = Cyan 2 = Magenta nnn: XXXX TONER EMPTY 3 = Yellow 4 = Black 4 Make sure the lever is pulled nnn: XXXX = all the way forward before 410: YELLOW...
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Changing Toner Cartridges (cont.) Important! TONER LOW message should disappear from the display. If it doesn’t, try printing a page. If it still doesn’t disappear, reinstall the toner cartridge.
Error Messages Some of the more common error messages appear below. For additional XXXX DRUM NEAR LIFE error messages, see “Error Messages” under “Troubleshooting” in your Appears on the second line of the on-line User’s Guide. display to indicate that color XXXX (e.g, BLACK...
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Error Messages (cont.) SET XXX ON MPTRAY REMOVE THE PAPER AND PUSH ON-LINE SWITCH 480: STACKER FULL The printer has received a job for The stack of paper in the top (face printing from the Multi-Purpose Tray down) output tray is blocking the and no media is loaded in the tray.
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Either print out or delete some of the files already on the printer’s hard drive ( see pages 20 and 21). :You can also use the OKI Note Storage Device Manager utility to clean up the printer’s hard disk drive.
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Error Messages (cont.) PRESS ONLINE SW INVALID DATA The hard disk drive is not available and job spooling cannot take place. What to Do Press the ON LINE button. CANCELLING JOB (USER DENIED) The Job Accounting software has detected a print job from a user who is either •...
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