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Contents Installing the Macintosh Printer Driver Safety Instructions ............4 (OKIPAGE 4m only) ........... 15 Features ................6 Using Fonts ..............16 Printer Components ............7 Choosing Paper .............. 17 Checking the Contents ............. 8 Paper Sizes ..............17 Paper Weight ............. 17 Setting Up Your Printer ...........
Safety Instructions Your Oki printer has been carefully designed to give you years • Be certain that your power source matches the rating listed of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, on the back of the printer. If you are not sure, check with however, there are a few basic precautions you should take to your dealer or with your local power company.
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• Aside from the routine maintenance described in this handbook, do not try to service the printer yourself; opening the cover may expose you to shocks or other hazards. • Lifting the top cover exposes hot surfaces. These are clearly labelled.
Features • Oki proprietary “Hiper-W” driver for Windows. Congratulations! You have selected a Windows (OKIPAGE 4w) or Macintosh (OKIPAGE 4m) compatible printer with • Hiper-W and RTSR (Real Time Synchronous easy operation, and high reliability. Rendering) driver for Macintosh (OKIPAGE 4m only).
Printer Components Paper Feeder Paper Exit Manual Feed Slot Power Switch LED Array Power Cable Receptacle Image Drum Cartridge with Toner Cartridge installed Parallel Interface Connector Serial Interface Connector (OKIPAGE 4m only) Read Me First...
Unpack your printer. You should have: 1. Printer (with Image Drum Cartridge installed but not ready for use). 2. Driver Disks. (Floppy disk pack for OKIPAGE 4w and CD-ROM for OKIPAGE 4m.) 3. Toner Cartridge. 4. Printer Handbook. 5. Power Cable.
Setting Up Your Printer Removing the protective sheet 1. Lift open the cover. 3. Remove the protective sheet by pulling it straight down. Be careful not to tear the sheet, or it may become difficult to remove. The Image Drum’s green surface is delicate. Do not touch it and take care not to scratch it.
1. Remove the protective plastic cover from the toner well 3. Unwrap the new cartridge. in the image drum unit. 2. Shake the toner cartridge gently to distribute toner 4. Remove the tape. evenly. Do not remove cartridge from packaging. OKIPAGE 4m/4w Plus...
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5. Insert the toner cartridge. 7. Close the printer cover. 6. Push the grey lever forward. Read Me First...
The parallel cable must support bidirectional communication and must be shielded. 1. Plug the interface cable from your computer into the parallel socket in the printer. 3. Switch the printer on. The ready light comes on. OKIPAGE 4m/4w Plus...
Connecting Your Printer to a Macintosh Computer (OKIPAGE 4m only) Make sure your printer is not plugged in and your 3. Plug the power cable into the printer, then into a nearby computer is turned off. earthed outlet. 1. Plug the supplied serial interface cable from your computer into the serial socket (1) in the printer.
Follow the on screen instructions. Insert the appropriate Windows NT 3.51 driver diskette into your disk drive. 1. In Program Manager, choose File, Run… 2. Type a:install in the Command Line box. 3. Click OK. Follow the on screen instructions. OKIPAGE 4m/4w Plus...
(OKIPAGE 4m only) Insert the appropriate Windows NT 4 driver diskette into your disk drive. The printer driver supplied with your Oki printer is 1. From the Windows desktop, click Start, Run… designed for use with Mac Operating System (MacOS) version 7.1.1 or higher.
Any font you can display on your screen in Windows or on 6. Open the Chooser from the Macintosh File menu. the Macintosh (OKIPAGE 4m only) will print on your printer. For best results, use TrueType fonts installed on 7. Click the OKIPAGE 4m icon.
Paper Sizes Choosing Paper Letter 8.5" x 11" • For best results, use smooth, high quality paper, such Legal 13 8.5" x 13" as copier type paper or paper with a Sheffield rating of Legal 14 8.5" x 14" 250 or less. Executive 7.25"...
3. Adjust the right paper guide to fit against the edge of the paper. Do not move the left guide again as this may • Printed pages exit face up. cause the paper to be skewed as it is fed in. OKIPAGE 4m/4w Plus...
Manual Feed Transparencies/Adhesive Labels Use manual feed for printing envelopes, transparencies, legal • Always use manual feed. and odd size paper. • Feed one sheet at a time. 1. Adjust guides. • Should be specifically made for laser printers or photocopiers.
• No self-sealing flaps. • Seams down the sides, not across the middle. 2. Insert envelope flap side down and to the left. • Squared-off flaps that do not cover the print area. Use this type envelope. OKIPAGE 4m/4w Plus...
Index Adhesive labels ......... 19 Macintosh Software software compatibility ......15 Macintosh ..........15 software installation ......15 Windows 3.1x ........14 Windows 95 .......... 14 Cable Windows NT 3.51 ......... 14 parallel ..........12 Windows NT 4 ........15 power ..........
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Oki Systems Company Oki Systems (UK) Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Trading Estate Slough Berks. SL1 4LE Tel: 01753-819819 Fax: 01753-819899 OKIPAGE 4m/4w Plus...