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  • Page 1 C5700 / C5900 User’s Guide Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 2: Preface

    The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website: http://www.okiprintingsolutions.com Copyright ©...

  • Page 3: Emergency First Aid

    15 minutes keeping eyelids open. Seek medical attention. Spillages should be treated with cold water and soap to help reduce risk of staining skin or clothing. MPORTER TO THE Oki Europe Limited (trading as OKI Printing Solutions) Central House Balfour Road Hounslow TW3 1HY...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Preface ........2 Emergency First Aid ......3 Importer to the EU .
  • Page 5 Colour matching ......47 What this guide describes ....48 Printer colour management .
  • Page 6 Index ....... . . 190 Oki contact details ..... . . 193 Contents>...

  • Page 7: Notes, Cautions And Warnings> 7

    OTES AUTIONS AND ARNINGS NOTE: A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product. CAUTION! A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Multi-level technology produces subtler tones and smoother gradations of colour to lend photographic quality to your documents; > Up to 20 (C5700) or 26 (C5900) pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents; >...
  • Page 9 > “WebPrint Internet Explorer plugin” - another brand new function for Windows that enables you to print web pages properly; > Internal hard disk drive (standard on “h” models, optional on others) for storage of overlays, macros and downloadable fonts, and automatic collation of multiple copies of multipage documents and the download of ICC Profiles;...

  • Page 10: Printer Overview

    RINTER OVERVIEW RONT VIEW 1. Output stacker, face 4. Multi purpose tray (80g/m²). down. Used for feeding heavier paper Standard printed copy stocks, envelopes and other special delivery point. Holds media. Also for manual feeding of up to 250 sheets at single sheets when required.
  • Page 11 EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. 1. ON/OFF switch. 4. Network interface.* 2. AC power socket. 5. Duplex unit (when fitted). 3. USB interface. 6.

  • Page 12: Changing The Display Language

    HANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The default language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing is English. If required, this can be changed German Danish French Dutch Italian Turkish Spanish Portuguese Swedish Polish Russian Greek Finnish Czech Hungarian Norwegian See the information enclosed with the printer on the procedure...

  • Page 13: Paper Recommendations

    Window envelopes are not suitable. Transparencies should be of the type designed for use in copiers and laser printers. We strongly recommend Oki Printing Solutions transparencies (Order No. 01074101). In particular, avoid office transparencies designed for use by hand with marker pens.

  • Page 14: Cassette Trays

    ASSETTE TRAYS SIZE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT (G/M²) A6 (Tray 1 105 x 148mm only) 148 x 210mm Light 64-74g/m² 182 x 257mm Medium 75-90g/m² Executive 184.2 x 266.7mm Heavy 91-120g/m² 210 x 297mm Ultra heavy121-176g/m² Letter 215.9 x 279.4mm (Tray 2 only) Legal 13in.

  • Page 15: Face Down Stacker

    ACE DOWN STACKER The face down stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 250 sheets of 80g/m² standard paper, and can handle paper stocks up to 176g/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted in reading order (last page on top, facing down).

  • Page 16: Loading Paper

    OADING PAPER ASSETTE TRAYS Remove the paper tray from the printer. Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges (1) and in the middle (2) to ensure that all sheets are properly separated, then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again (3).
  • Page 17 Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the front of the printer, as shown. Adjust the rear stopper (1) and paper guides (2) to the size of paper being used. To prevent paper jams: • Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper.
  • Page 18 For face down printing, make sure the face up (rear) stacker (3) is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). Stacking capacity is approximately 250 sheets, depending on paper weight. For face up printing, make sure the face up (rear) stacker (3) is open and the paper support (4) is extended.
  • Page 19 ULTI PURPOSE TRAY Open the multi purpose tray (1). Fold out the paper supports (2). Press gently down on the paper platform (3) to ensure it is latched down. Load the paper and adjust the paper guides (4) to the size of paper being used.
  • Page 20 • For two-sided (duplex) printing on headed paper load the paper with pre-printed side down and top edge away from the printer. (Optional duplex unit must be installed for this function.) • Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer.

  • Page 21: Printer Settings In Windows

    RINTER SETTINGS IN INDOWS Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options. The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the operator panel menus.
  • Page 22 CRIPT EMULATION Page orientation sets portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) page orientation. The “rotated” rotates the paper through 90 degrees anti-clockwise. When printing double sided pages (duplex unit required). You can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge. Pages can be printed in forward or reverse order.
  • Page 23 EMULATION When you click the Properties button from your application’s Print dialogue, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as...

  • Page 24: Secure Printing

    ECURE PRINTING Secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment. The document does not print until a PIN (Personal Identification Number) is entered through the Printer Control Panel. You must go to the printer and enter the PIN.
  • Page 25 The Job PIN (Personal Identification Number) window opens. If the PIN window does not open, click the [PIN] button. In the Job PIN window, enter a [name] for this print job. The name may be up to 16 alpha-numeric characters. If you have more than one print job stored on the printer when you come to print, you will need a distinctive name to distinguish between each of your print jobs.
  • Page 26 Mac OS 9 If you use the Apple LaserWriter driver, the printing plug-in for secure printing must first be enabled in the printer driver. This step is not necessary for the Adobe PostScript driver. To enable the LaserWriter plug-in: On the desktop, click the printer icon for the printer for which you want to enable the plug-in.
  • Page 27 RINTING THE DOCUMENT Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the printer. ON LINE READY ENTER BACK ATTENTION MENU CANCEL When the printer is idle (“ONLINE” indicated in the display), use the +/- buttons to select the PRINT JOB menu, then press [ENTER].

  • Page 28: Store To Hard Disk

    ELETING A SECURE PRINT DOCUMENT If you change your mind about printing a secure document, you can delete it from the printer’s hard disk without printing it first. Follow steps 1 to 4 in the above procedure for printing the document.
  • Page 29 ENDING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in the section “Sending the document” on page 24 for sending a secure document, except that on the [Job Options] tab in step 2, click [Store to HDD]. RINTING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in the section “Printing the document”...

  • Page 30: A Guide To Printing

    UIDE TO PRINTING This Chapter provides a convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your printer. OW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver screens. How you access them depends on your computer and its operating system.

  • Page 31: Changing The Driver Defaults

    HANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS XP/2000/S 2003 INDOWS ERVER Click [Start] → [Printers and Faxes] to open the Printers and Faxes window. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing Preferences] from the context menu. 98/M INDOWS Click [Start] →...

  • Page 32: Setting The Driver Device Options

    Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is described here. AVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS Make any changes to the driver settings you want, as described in the relevant section of this manual. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, click [Save…]. Enter a meaningful name for the settings you are saving, and click [OK].

  • Page 33: Configuring Hardware Options From The Desktop

    This procedure is essential if you subsequently add extra hardware features to your printer after the drivers have been installed and set up. INDOWS Access the driver’s [Properties] window. (See “Changing the driver defaults” on page 31.) Select the [Device Options] tab. In the Windows XP PostScript driver the tab may be called “Device Settings”.

  • Page 34: Configuring Hardware Options From Chooser (Appletalk Only)

    In the [Change] menu, select the hardware item(s) that you have installed, and change the [To] values as appropriate. NOTE: If your printer is connected via USB or AppleTalk, click the [Auto Setup] button. This queries the printer, and sets the options automatically.
  • Page 35 Select your printer driver on the left-hand pane of Chooser (for example “LaserWriter 8”). Select your printer model in the right-hand pane of Chooser. Click [Setup…]. Click [Auto Setup]. The printer is queried and additional hardware options are automatically detected. Printers connected via USB: It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers connected via USB in Classic Mode.

  • Page 36: Blacks And Greys

    LACKS AND REYS LACK OVERPRINT Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed fonts and the coloured background. Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black text over a background colour. Black Overprint may not be available with some software applications.
  • Page 37 Mac OS 9 Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Colour Options] (2). Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (3). Mac OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Printer Features] (2).

  • Page 38: Black Printing (Black Generation)

    LACK PRINTING BLACK GENERATION To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Graphic Pro must be the selected Print Mode. Your printer prints the colour black in one of two ways: Composite Black or True Black. OMPOSITE BLACK The cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toners are combined to create composite black.
  • Page 39 On [Black Finish] (2), make your selection: [Auto] (allow printer to choose the best method depending on page content), [True Black] or [Composite Black]. Windows (Graphic Pro) On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] click the [Options] button. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred setting.
  • Page 40 Mac OS 9 (Graphic Pro) From the [File] menu, select [Print]. From the [Printer] menu select your printer. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2]. For [Black Finish] menu (3), choose your preferred setting. Mac OS X (Office Colour) From the [File] menu, select [Print].
  • Page 41 Mac OS X (Graphic Pro) From the [File] menu, select [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features]. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3]. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred setting.

  • Page 42: Fine Lines Enhancement

    INE LINES ENHANCEMENT This feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine lines (minimum line width). With some software applications, if this feature is turned ON, the spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens, turn [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines] OFF.

  • Page 43: Greyscale Printing

    REYSCALE PRINTING If you select Greyscale, the printer converts all colours into shades of grey, and prints using only black toner. Use Greyscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you do not need to print a colour document in colour. INDOWS If using the PCL driver, in the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose any previously saved [driver settings] you need.
  • Page 44 If using the PS driver, on the [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], and then click [Advanced] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast. OS 9 In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer. From the next menu (2), select [Colour Options].
  • Page 45 This ensures best quality when using greyscale. From the menu below [Printer] (5), select [Job Options]. Select the [Use optimised greyscale halftones] checkbox (6). This may slow down printing slightly, but will produce superior results. OS X In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.
  • Page 46 From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Greyscale]. Select [Always Use Printer Halftone] checkbox (5). This ensures best quality when using greyscale. Select the [Use optimized greyscale halftones] checkbox (6). This may slow down printing slightly, but will produce superior results. A Guide to printing>...

  • Page 47: Colour Matching

    OLOUR MATCHING ASICS There are three methods by which your document’s colour can be managed and adjusted: Windows / Macintosh Application Colour Management (1). Some graphics and desktop publishing programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Quark Xpress have their own built-in colour management systems. See “Printer driver settings for ICC profile creation or no colour matching”...

  • Page 48: What This Guide Describes

    Printer Colour Management (3). When you print your document and modify settings in the printer driver, the printer performs colour adjustments. NOTE: Only use one colour management system if you want the best results from your printer. If you wish to use your printer’s colour management system, ensure that your application or operating system colour management is switched off.

  • Page 49: Printer Colour Management

    RINTER COLOUR MANAGEMENT NTRODUCTION Your printer has two separate colour management systems – Office Colour and Graphic Pro. Windows / Macintosh > Office Colour (3a) –“Office colour” on page 51 > This is a simpler colour management system designed for ease of use.

  • Page 50: About Rgb And Cmyk Colour

    CMYK BOUT COLOUR Some application programs give you the choice to create and edit documents using either RGB colour or CMYK colour. Typically, only professional graphics and desktop publishing software support CMYK colour. Most application programs only support RGB colour, for example Microsoft Office programs or web browsers.

  • Page 51: Office Colour

    FFICE COLOUR This section describes the features in the printer driver for “Office Colour” printer colour management. There are two different sets of options in Office Colour: CMYK O PTIONS RGB O PTIONS CRIPT ONLY Monitor (6500K) – Auto SWOP Monitor (6500K) –...

  • Page 52: Office Colour - Rgb Options

    - RGB FFICE COLOUR OPTIONS Office Colour provides a collection of several different colour matching presets for RGB data. These presets each change the colour of your print in a slightly different way. These RGB colour matching options are available in all printer drivers.
  • Page 53 INDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1) and click the [Options] button. Select a preset from [Colour matching options] (2). Colour matching> 53 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...
  • Page 54 OS 9 Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Colour Options] (2). From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Office Colour]. Select [Colour - Office Colour] (4). Select the Office Colour Preset you wish to use. Colour matching>...
  • Page 55 OS X NOTE: When printing from some applications on Mac OS X, these RGB colour match options may not affect the colour of your print. If you discover that the colour of your print has not changed after applying one of the Office Colour Match presets, then the application is incompatible with this type of printer colour matching.

  • Page 56: Customising Rgb Office Colour With The Colour Correct Utility (Windows)

    From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Office Colour]. Select the [Office Colour] Preset you wish to use. USTOMISING OFFICE COLOUR WITH THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY INDOWS If the Office Colour presets are not sufficient for your needs, the Colour Correct utility provides a means of further adjustment.
  • Page 57 When a job is sent to the printer, the ICC profiles are applied to the print job on the printer. NOTE: Some features of Graphic Pro colour matching can only be used if your printer is fitted with a hard disk. The printer hard disk is required if you wish to download and use your own ICC profiles to the printer.

  • Page 58: Types Of Icc Profile Supported

    YPES OF PROFILE SUPPORTED There are four classes of ICC profile supported by the Graphic Pro colour matching system: ROFILE TYPE ESCRIPTION RGB Source These profiles describe the device that was used to capture (RGB Input) RGB data (e.g. scanner or digital camera). The RGB Input Profile may also be your monitor profile if you are trying to match to your screen.

  • Page 59: Graphic Pro Workflow - Overview

    – RAPHIC PRO WORKFLOW OVERVIEW There are three steps to using the Graphic Pro colour matching system: Gather or create ICC profiles (see below) Download ICC profiles to the printer hard disk (page 59) Select the ICC profiles in the printer driver when printing (page 61) 1 - G ATHER OR CREATE THE...
  • Page 60 If you know the Printer’s IP address, you can enter it manually. The main screen of Profile Assistant displays the profiles resident on the selected printer’s hard disk. To download a new profile to the printer: Click [Add]. Select an ICC profile from your computer's hard disk.

  • Page 61: Matching The Colour Of A Monitor, Scanner

    3 - S ELECT PROFILES IN THE PRINTER DRIVER What you select in the printer driver depends on the colour matching task that you wish to perform. Examples of selecting ICC profiles for different colour matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide. ATCHING THE COLOUR OF A MONITOR SCANNER OR CAMERA The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to match...
  • Page 62 INDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers. To match the colour of an input RGB device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera, make the following selections in the printer driver: On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] and click [Options].
  • Page 63 Select a Printer Output Profile (4). If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here. NOTE: If you have selected your own printer output profile (4), you will also be able to adjust the rendering intent.
  • Page 64 From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (5), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. From the RGB Profile source, select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera (6). Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2”...
  • Page 65 OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Printer Features] (2). From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro]. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour - Graphic Pro 1].
  • Page 66 From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour - Graphic Pro 2]. From the [RGB Profile source] (8), select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera.
  • Page 67 From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour - Graphic Pro 3] (9). From the [Printer Output Profile] menu, select your printer profile (10). If Auto is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see“Rendering intents”...

  • Page 68: Simulating Another Printer - Rgb Source Data

    - RGB IMULATING ANOTHER PRINTER SOURCE DATA The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer. 1. RGB data 2. Printed document 3. RGB source profile 4. Scanner, monitor, camera, etc. 5. Printer output profile 6.
  • Page 69 INDOWS If you are using a source RGB document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver: On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] and click [Options]. Select [Printer Simulation] (2). Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device used to capture or display your source document - this could be a monitor, scanner or digital camera (3).
  • Page 70 This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [Preserve Black] option. Although this produces a better quality print, the black and grey colours will not be simulated accurately. Select your printer output profile (5).
  • Page 71 OS 9 / C LASSIC If you are using a source RGB document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver: Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Colour Options] (2).
  • Page 72 profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 59. From the [Simulation Target Profile] menu (7), select the profile of the device you wish to simulate. Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant.
  • Page 73 OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Printer Features] (2). From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), [Colour Options]. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro]. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1].
  • Page 74 From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2]. From the [RGB Profile source] (8), select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera. Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2”...
  • Page 75 From the [Feature Sets] menu (10), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3]. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (11), select your printer profile. If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see “Rendering intents”...

  • Page 76: Cmyk Ink Simulations - Cmyk Source Data

    CMYK - CMYK INK SIMULATIONS SOURCE DATA The ICC-based colour matching system can be used to simulate the output on commercial printing presses. You can select from the ink types most commonly used in different regions of the world: > Euroscale –...
  • Page 77 INDOWS NOTE: This information applies to the Windows PostScript driver only. If you are using a source CMYK document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation: On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] and click [Options].
  • Page 78 disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner. Select a Printer Output Profile (4). If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here.
  • Page 79 From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (5), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. From the [CMYK Input Profile source] (6), select the CMYK Input profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press. If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use, select it here as the appropriate “CMYK Source x”...
  • Page 80 OS X If you are using a source CMYK document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation: Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Printer Features] (2). From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options].
  • Page 81 From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2]. From the [CMYK Profile Type] menu (8), select [CMYK Input Profile]. From the [CMYK Input Profile source] (9), select the CMYK Input profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press.

  • Page 82: Rendering Intents

    ENDERING INTENTS When selecting the Printer Output Profile, if you select any other profile apart from [Auto], you can select the Rendering Intent. The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how colours that fall outside of the printable colours are treated. Select the rendering intent that best suits the document you are printing.

  • Page 83: Pure Black Text / Graphics

    URE BLACK TEXT GRAPHICS When your document is printed, often the pure black colours will not be printed using 100% black toner. Instead, these pure black colours are sometimes converted and printed using a mixture of CMYK toner. Using the Pure Black Text / Graphics feature ensures that 100% black text or graphics in your document is printed using pure black toner.

  • Page 84: Printer Driver Settings For Icc Profile Creation Or

    RINTER DRIVER SETTINGS FOR PROFILE CREATION OR NO COLOUR MATCHING If you are creating ICC profiles using third-party software, select [Disable Colour Matching for ICC Profile Creation]. This option switches off all printer colour management and also prevents the printer from restricting toner layer thickness. If you are using your application colour matching, select [Use Application Colour Matching].
  • Page 85 OS 9 Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Colour Options] (2). From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Graphic Pro]. Select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1] (4). From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (5), select [Disable Colour Matching for Profile Creation] if you are creating an ICC profile using third-party profile creation software.
  • Page 86 OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Printer Features] (2). From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro]. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1].

  • Page 87: Finishing Options

    INISHING OPTIONS Your printer offers a wide selection of document finishing options that help you to control the final form of your printed document. Depending on the hardware fitted, either as optional upgrades or included as standard and on which model you have, your system can offer a number of choices.
  • Page 88 Since this feature prints on both sides of the page, it requires a duplex unit to be installed in the printer, and 256MB of additional memory (512MB in total). NOTES: 1. To find out how much memory currently installed, print out a Configuration page from the printer control panel.
  • Page 89 INDOWS CRIPT (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 only) In the driver’s [Layout] tab, choose [Booklet] from the [Pages Per Sheet] drop-down list. Check that the duplex option is set to [Flip on Short Edge]. NOTE: If the Booklet choice is not shown, check that the Duplex option is enabled in the driver.
  • Page 90 INDOWS In the driver’s [Setup] tab, recall any saved [driver settings] you may wish to use. Choose [Booklet] from the [Finishing Mode] drop-down list, then click [Options]. In the Options window you can set the [signature] size, the number of [pages] per side of paper and the [binding margin] if your document is going to be thick.

  • Page 91: Collating

    OLLATING This feature allows multiple copies of a multi-page document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence. Uncollated pages print like this Collated pages print like this Application collate—Some application programs have a collate feature in their print options. In this case the application performs the document collation and may send the job multiple times to the printer.
  • Page 92 INDOWS If using the PCL driver, on the [Setup] tab first choose any saved [driver settings] that you wish to use. See “Recalling saved driver settings” on page 32. In the [Job Options] tab, choose how many [copies] you want to print from the scrolling list. Click the [Collate] checkbox.
  • Page 93 OS9. Choose [File] → [Print]. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model. Select [General] (2). Enter the number of [copies] you wish to print. Select [Job Options] (4). Select the [Collate] checkbox to enable printer collate. NOTE: The illustrations here show the Apple LaserWriter driver, which uses “printer collate”.
  • Page 94 OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Copies & Pages] (2). The [Collate] option in the [Copies & Pages] dialogue is for application collate. See “Collating” on page 91. Enter the number of [copies] you wish to print.

  • Page 95: Colour Separation

    OLOUR SEPARATION The colour separation feature prints each of four primary colours as separate greyscale images. This is a proofing facility that indicates the relative densities of each of the four toner colours in your print document. The darker an area appears, the more of the corresponding toner colour will be used when printing in full colour.
  • Page 96 Choose [File] → [Print]. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Colour Options] (2). From the [Separations] menu (3), select the separations you wish to print. OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Printer Features] (2).

  • Page 97: Separating Queued Print Jobs

    EPARATING QUEUED PRINT JOBS When you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user’s job in a paper stack at the printer. In Windows this page is called a “separator page”.
  • Page 98 OS 9 COVER PAGE The cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue. Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Cover Page] (2). Select the required options for the cover page (3). OS X COVER PAGE The cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue.

  • Page 99: Cover Print

    OVER PRINT Cover print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray. This feature is not available in the Windows PostScript Drivers. Do not confuse Cover Print with “Cover Page”.
  • Page 100 OS9. Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [General] (2). From [Paper Source] (3), select the trays or paper types you wish to use for the first page and remaining pages. OS X Choose [File] →...

  • Page 101: Custom

    USTOM PAGE SIZE This feature enables printing on non-standard sized print media. The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non-standard media sizes. Print media width can be from approximately 76mm to 328mm, and its length can be from 90mm to 1200mm. Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver you use and your computer’s operating system.
  • Page 102 In the PostScript Custom Page Size Definition window, Choose your [paper feed direction] from the drop-down list. The available choices are: Short edge The page is portrait (tall) format and you will first feed the top of the page into the printer. Long edge The page is landscape (wide) format and you first...
  • Page 103 In the driver’s window, choose the [Multipurpose Tray] as the [Paper Source]. INDOWS In the driver’s [Setup] tab, select any previously saved settings you wish to use. Click the [Paper Feed Options] button. In the Paper Feed Options window, click [Custom Size]. If you have previously saved any special custom sizes they will be listed in the Custom Size window.
  • Page 104 Click [OK] to accept your chosen size and close the Custom Size window. If this is the size of your document but you want to scale it to fit a standard size of paper, click [Resize document to fit printer page] in the Paper Feed Options window, and choose the printer’s actual paper size from the [Conversion] drop-down list.
  • Page 105 OS X In your application program, choose [File] → [Page Setup]. Select [Custom Page Size] (1). Click the [New] button to define a new paper size and enter a name for the paper size. Enter the [Width] and [Height] of your paper. Specify paper [margins] as required.

  • Page 106: Duplex (Double-Sided) Printing

    UPLEX DOUBLE SIDED PRINTING If your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper, to save paper, weight, bulk and cost. > Only paper can be used for duplex printing, not transparencies or other media. >...
  • Page 107 INDOWS In the driver’s Setup tab, under [2-Sided Printing], select the binding edge you want. WINDOWS 98 WINDOWS XP For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [Long Edge]. For landscape (wide) page layout the usual choice is [Short Edge]. Choosing [Off] turns off duplex printing and your document will be printed single-sided.
  • Page 108 Select the binding edge that you want. The graphic shows how you paper will be flipped, either on the short or the long edge. Which choice you make will usually depend on whether your page format is portrait (tall) or landscape (wide), and how you plan to turn the paper over to read the second side.

  • Page 109: Printing Multiple Pages On One Sheet (N-Up)

    RINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET This feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per sheet. This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout, or distribute your document in a more compact format. It saves paper, bulk, weight and cost.
  • Page 110 INDOWS In the driver’s Layout tab (Windows XP) or Setup tab (Windows 98), choose the number of pages (“N-up”) you want to print on each sheet. 1-up is normal, 16-up is maximum. Click [Options] to choose from the available options for this feature.
  • Page 111 From the [Pages per Sheet] menu (3), select the number of pages you want to fit onto a single sheet of paper. If required, change the direction the document pages are laid out on each sheet of paper. OS X In your application program, choose [File] →...

  • Page 112: Poster Printing

    OSTER PRINTING This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces (sometimes called “tiles”). Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, you combine the separate sheets to create a poster. Poster Print is only available with the Windows PCL printer drivers.

  • Page 113: Scale To Page

    CALE TO PAGE Scale to Page allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a different size page, without modifying the print data. This feature is only available with the Windows PCL drivers. In the driver’s Setup tab, click the [Options] button. Check the [Fit to Page] checkbox.

  • Page 114: Watermarks

    ATERMARKS A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can used to indicate that the document is “Draft”, or perhaps “Confidential”. This feature is not available on Mac OS X. The illustration below shows the Windows PostScript driver. The PCL driver is very similar.
  • Page 115 To create a new watermark In the Watermarks window, click [New…]. Enter the text you want for your watermark. Adjust your watermark’s font, size, colour, angle, position and border (trim) as required. Click [OK] to accept your changes. To choose a previously created watermark In the Watermarks window, click the watermark in the list.
  • Page 116 OS 9 The illustrations here are for the Adobe PostScript driver. Watermarks are not featured in the Apple LaserWriter driver. In your application program, choose [File] → [Page Setup]. Select [Watermarks] (1). Select which pages you want to print watermarks on (2). [None] (no watermarks), [First] or [All].

  • Page 117: Menu Functions

    ENU FUNCTIONS This sections lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer’s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window. It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings in the Windows printer drivers. However, several of the driver settings can be left at “Printer Setting”, which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus.

  • Page 118: Print Jobs Menu

    RINT JOBS MENU This menu only appears when the hard disk drive is installed. It is used for printing of documents stored on the internal hard disk. These will be stored using either the secure printing feature or the proof and print feature. Please refer to these features elsewhere in this manual for instructions on how to use.

  • Page 119: Shutdown Menu

    HUTDOWN MENU This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed. This item should always be selected before switching the printer off, to ensure that no hard disk data is lost. ETTINGS XPLANATION SHUTDOWN EXECUTE Performs controlled shutdown of the printer, START ensuring that all files on the internal hard disk are closed before power is turned off.
  • Page 120 ETTINGS XPLANATION MEDIA CHECK ENABLE Determines whether the printer DISABLE check the size of paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print. RESOLUTION 600x1200DPI Sets the default resolution for 600DPI printing (dots per inch). 600x1200DPI uses more memory and requires more time to process, but prints at a higher quality.
  • Page 121 COLOR SPEED The printer runs at 20 ppm (C5700), 26ppm ((C5900)for all print jobs. This setting is most appropriate when the majority of print jobs are in colour.
  • Page 122 ETTINGS XPLANATION ORIENTATION PORTRAIT Selects default page orientation LANDSCAPE between portrait (tall) and landscape (wide). LINES PER PAGE 5-64-128 Sets the number of lines of text per page when raw text is received from systems other than Windows. The default for A4 portrait is 65, and for Letter is 60.

  • Page 123: Media Menu

    EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. ETTINGS XPLANATION TRAY1 Selects the size of paper loaded in A5 / A6 / PAPERSIZE Tray 1 (upper tray if both trays installed). For CUSTOM setting see LEGAL14 X-DIMENSION and Y-DIMENSION LEGAL13.5...
  • Page 124 ETTINGS XPLANATION TRAY2 LIGHT (64- Adjusts the printer for the weight of MEDIAWEIGHT 74g/m²) paper stock loaded in this tray (if MEDIUM (75- installed). 90g/m²) HEAVY (91- 176g/m²) MPT PAPERSIZE LETTER Selects the size of paper to be fed EXECUTIVE from the multi purpose tray.
  • Page 125 ETTINGS XPLANATION Y-DIMENSION 148-297-1200 Selects the length of paper defined MILLIMETRE by the “Custom” settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings. Note that media of up to 1200mm in length can be fed from the multi purpose tray for banner printing.

  • Page 126: Colour Menu

    OLOUR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals, optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs.
  • Page 127 ETTINGS XPLANATION C DARKNESS -3~0~+3 Adjusts darkness of each colour M DARKNESS -3~0~+3 component (cyan, magenta, yellow Y DARKNESS -3~0~+3 and black). Normal setting is 0. K DARKNESS -3~0~+3 AJST EXECUTE Performs automatic colour REGISTRATION registration adjustment. Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed.

  • Page 128: System Configuration Menu

    YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. TEMS ETTINGS XPLANATION POW SAVE TIME 5 Adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. In this mode power consumption is reduced to a low level required to just keep the printer operating and ready to...
  • Page 129 TEMS ETTINGS XPLANATION LOW TONER CONTINUE Specifies whether the printer should STOP continue printing even after a low toner condition is detected. JAM RECOVERY Specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred. If ON, the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared.

  • Page 130: Pcl Emulation

    EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode. ETTINGS XPLANATION FONT RESIDENT / Specifies the location of the PCL SOURCE DIMM0 / DIMM1 / default font. Normally this will be DOWNLOADED INTERNAL unless additional fonts are installed in the expansion ROM slot or additional fonts have been downloaded to RAM as permanent...
  • Page 131 ETTINGS XPLANATION TRUE BLACK OFF / ON Selects whether black image data is printed using black toner (ON) or 100% CMY (OFF). (Valid in PCL emulation mode only.) PEN WIDTH ADJUST Tray ID# MP TRAY Menu functions> 131 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 132: Ppr Emulation

    EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PPR emulation mode. ETTINGS XPLANATION CHARACTER 10 CPI; 12 CPI; 17 Specifies character pitch in IBM PITCH CPI; 20 CPI; PPR emulation. PROPORTIONAL FONT 12CPI - 20CPI; Specifies 12CPI pitch for Condense CONDENSE 12CPI - 12CPI Mode.
  • Page 133 ETTINGS XPLANATION TEXT HEIGHT Same; Diff Sets the height of a character. SAME: Regardless of CPI, same height DIFF: As CPI, character heights vary. Menu functions> 133 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 134: Fx Emulation

    EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in FX emulation mode. ETTINGS XPLANATION CHARACTER 10 CPI; 12 CPI; 17 Specifies character pitch in this PITCH CPI; 20 CPI; emulation. PROPORTIONAL CHARACTER Set 1; Set 2 Specifies a character set. SYMBOL SET IBM 437 Specifies a symbol set.

  • Page 135: Usb Menu

    MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. ETTINGS XPLANATION SOFT RESET ENABLE / Enables or disables the SOFT RESET DISABLE command. SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE / DISABLE OFFLINE ENABLE / RECEIVE DISABLE SPEED 12 / 480 Mps Selects the interface speed ETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/...

  • Page 136: Maintenance Menu

    ETTINGS XPLANATION SUBNET MASK xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Current assigned subnet mask. To change, proceed as above. GATEWAY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Current assigned gateway address. ADDRESS To change, proceed as above. FACTORY EXECUTE Reloads the settings present when DEFAULTS the unit was setup by the manufacturer.

  • Page 137: Usage Menu

    ETTINGS XPLANATION PAPER BLACK –2~0~+2 Used for small adjustment when you SETTING experience faded print or light specks / streaking in monochrome printing on white paper. Select a higher value to reduce fading, or a lower value to reduce specks or streaking in high density print areas.

  • Page 138: Job Log Menu

    XPLANATION K TONER C TONER Cartridge size and current toner level. M TONER Y TONER SETTING XPLANATION JOB LOG ENABLE/ Prints a list of jobs carried out DISABLE on this printer. Menu functions> 138 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 139: Overlays And Macros (Windows Only)

    VERLAYS AND ACROS INDOWS ONLY HAT ARE OVERLAYS AND MACROS If you would like to print on special stationery, such as forms and letterhead, but do not want to use pre-printed stationery, you can create your own using these advanced features. You can use PostScript overlays to generate all your special stationery and store it in the printer for use whenever you need it.

  • Page 140: Creating Postscript Overlays

    REATING CRIPT OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay: Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer (.PRN) file. Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a “project file,” import the.PRN file(s), and download the generated filter (.HST) file to the printer.
  • Page 141 On the Overlay tab, choose Create Form from the drop-down list (4). Click OK to close the Document Properties window. Click OK again to close the Print dialogue. When prompted for a print file name, enter a meaningful name with the extension.PRN.
  • Page 142 Choose Projects→Save Project and enter a meaningful name (e.g. “Letter Stationery”) so that you can recognise it later if you want to modify it. Choose Projects→Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer. If you have a hard disk in the printer, SDM will automatically download files to it.
  • Page 143 In the Define Overlays window, enter a suitable name (2) for this overlay and choose which page(s) (3) of your documents will use this overlay. Enter the name of the overlay file (4) exactly as it appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window.

  • Page 144: Printing With Postscript Overlays

    RINTING WITH CRIPT OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish. The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters. The first prints on just the top page, and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages. Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software.

  • Page 145: Creating Pcl Overlays

    PCL O REATING VERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay: Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer (.PRN) file. Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a “project file,” import the .PRN file, and download the generated filter (.BIN) files to the printer.
  • Page 146 REATE AND DOWNLOAD MACROS From the Windows Start menu, start Storage Device Manager (SDM) and allow SDM to discover the printer. Choose Printers→New Project to start a new project. Choose Printers→Filter Macro File. The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue box appears. Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK.
  • Page 147 Note that the names are case sensitive, and will be needed later exactly as they appear in this list. Choose Projects→Save Project and enter a meaningful name (e.g. “Letter Stationery”) so that you can recognise Choose Projects→Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer.
  • Page 148 In the Overlay window, Click the Define Overlays button (1). In the Define Overlays window, enter the name (a) and ID (b) of the required overlay, and define which page(s) (c) of your documents will use this overlay. Then click the Add button (3) to add this overlay to the list of defined overlays.

  • Page 149: Printing With Pcl Overlays

    RINTING WITH OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish. The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters. The first prints on just the top page, and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages. Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software.

  • Page 150: Replacing Consumable Items

    10,000 5,000 2,500 The C5700 is shipped with sufficient Cyan, Magenta & Yellow toner for 2,000 A4 pages in the print cartridges, of which 800 A4 pages of toner are used to charge the image drum (1,200 A4 pages remaining).

  • Page 151: Consumable Order Details

    43381723 Image drum, C5900, magenta x 4 20,000 A4 pages* 43381722 Image drum, C5900,yellow x 4 20,000 A4 pages* 43381721 Image drum, C5700, black 20,000 A4 pages* 43381708 Image drum, C5700, cyan 20,000 A4 pages* 43381707 Image drum, C5700, magenta...

  • Page 152: Toner Cartridge Replacement

    Only use genuine Oki Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non Oki Original products may adversely affect your printer's performance and invalidate your warranty. ONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT CAUTION! To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors, do not change the toner cartridge(s) until “TONER EMPTY”...
  • Page 153 Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge Pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer. Replacing consumable items> 153 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...
  • Page 154 Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the printer. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture.
  • Page 155 Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge. Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge. Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right, lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed.
  • Page 156 drum unit, then lower the right end of the cartridge down onto the image drum unit. Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towards the rear of the printer. This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit.

  • Page 157: Image Drum Replacement

    MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. CAUTION! Static sensitive devices, handle with care. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully.
  • Page 158 Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface.
  • Page 159 Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge. Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture.
  • Page 160 Push the coloured release lever (1) away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it. Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity.

  • Page 161: Replacing The Belt Unit

    EPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 60,000 pages. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully.
  • Page 162 Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes.
  • Page 163 Lower the new belt unit into place, with the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer. Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rear left corner of the unit, and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer.

  • Page 164: Fuser Replacement

    USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. WARNING! If the printer has recently been powered on, some fuser components will be very hot. Handle the fuser with extreme care, holding it only by its handle, which will only be mildly warm to the touch.
  • Page 165 Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material. Holding the new fuser by its handle, make sure that it is the correct way round. The retaining levers (2) should be fully upright, and the two locating lugs (3) should be towards you.

  • Page 166: Cleaning The Led Head

    LEANING THE HEAD Clean the LED head when printing does not come out clearly, has white lines or when text is blurred. Switch off the printer and open the top cover. Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue.

  • Page 167: Installing Upgrades

    NSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > additional RAM memory; > 40GB hard disk drive. > additional paper tray > cabinet UPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two-sided printing, using less paper and making large documents easier to handle.
  • Page 168 Print a menu map as follows: Press the + button to access the Information Menu. Press ENTER once for the menu map. Press ENTER again to print the menu map. When the menu map is printed, press ON LINE to exit the menu system.

  • Page 169: Memory Upgrade

    EMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 256MB of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board of 256MB or 512MB, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 768MB. Installation takes a few minutes, and requires a medium size cross-head (philips type) screwdriver.
  • Page 170 Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover away from the printer at the top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. Carefully remove the new memory board from its wrapping.
  • Page 171 If the RAM expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board, that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one. To remove it, proceed as follows, otherwise skip to step 10. Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot.
  • Page 172 When the menu map is printed, press ON LINE to exit the menu system. Examine the first page of the menu map. Near the top of the page, between the two horizontal lines, you will see the current printer configuration. This list contains the figure for total memory size.

  • Page 173: Hard Disk Drive

    ARD DISK DRIVE The optional internal hard disk drive (HDD) enables collating of printed pages and can be used to store overlays and macros, fonts, and secure or proof documents waiting to be printed. Installation takes a few minutes, and requires a medium size cross-head (philips type) screwdriver.
  • Page 174 top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. Locate the clip (1)on the top of the disk unit into the slot (2) in the printer. Plug the end of the connecting cable (3) into the disk unit connector (4) in the printer.

  • Page 175: Additional Paper Tray

    DDITIONAL PAPER TRAY Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable. Place additional paper tray on desired location. Observing safety rules for lifting and, using locating guides, place printer on top of the additional paper tray. Re-connect the AC power cable and switch the printer ON. Installing upgrades>...

  • Page 176: Adjusting Windows Printer Drivers

    DJUSTING INDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed, you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications. Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers, the driver must be adjusted on each user’s machine.
  • Page 177 CRIPT DRIVER This driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed. Open the Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes” in Windows XP) via the Start Menu or from the Windows Control Panel. Right-click the printer icon for this printer, and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.

  • Page 178: Clearing Paper Jams

    LEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on the use of print media, and you keep the media in good condition prior to use, your printer should give years of reliable service. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply.
  • Page 179 APER SENSOR ERROR CODES CODE # LOCATION CODE # LOCATION Duplex unit * Paper exit Duplex unit * Duplex unit * Duplex unit * MP Tray Duplex unit * Paper Tray Paper feed Paper tray * Paper path Paper size * (if fitted).
  • Page 180 Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path. Holding it by its top centre, lift the cyan image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer.
  • Page 181 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes.
  • Page 182 • To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet. • To remove a sheet just entering the fuser (3), separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt, push the fuser pressure release lever (4) towards the front and down to release the fuser’s grip on the sheet, and withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area.
  • Page 183 Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser, replace the four image drums into the drum cavity, making sure to locate them in the correct order. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge •...
  • Page 184 Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets. Open the rear exit tray (5) and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area (6).
  • Page 185 Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover. Pull out the paper tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly, is undamaged, and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack.
  • Page 186 Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. When the jam has been cleared, if Jam Recovery is set to ON in the System Configuration Menu, the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams.

  • Page 187: Specifications

    26Kg approx. (without Duplex unit) Print method LED exposed light source electronic photographic memory Print speeds C5700: 20 pages per minute colour / 32 pages per minute monochrome C5900: 26 pages per minute colour / 32 pages per minute monochrome Resolution...
  • Page 188 Toner life Black: C5700/C5900 - 6,000 pages at 5% coverage CMYK: C5700 - 2,000 pages at 5% coverage C5900 - 5,000 pages at 5% coverage Image drum 20,000 pages (25000 at continuous print, 18,000 at 3 life pages per job and 9,000 pages at 1 page per job)
  • Page 189 ITEM SPECIFICATION Power Operating: 1200 max.; 490 W av. (25°C) consumption Stand-by: 100 max.; 150 W av. (25°C) Power saving: 45 W max. (20ppm colour) Power saving: 70 W max. (26ppm colour) Operating Operating 10 to 32 °C/20 to 80% RH environment (optimum 25 °C wet, 2 °C dry) Off: 0 to 43 °C/10 to 90% RH...

  • Page 190: Index

    NDEX ........50 Configuring hardware options from ..50 About RGB and CMYK colour ........34 chooser Configuring hardware options from Belt ......33 the desktop .....161 how to replace ........97 Cover page .....150 life expectancy ......99 Windows PCL .......137 life remaining Custom page size Black printing (black ..103 Windows XP/2000 PCL...
  • Page 191 Fuser Menus .....164 ......126 how to replace Colour menu .....150 ..117 life expectancy factory default settings .......137 ......134 life remaining FX emulation ......117 how to use ....118 Information menu ........56 Graphic pro ....136 Maintenance menu Graphic pro workflow – ......123 Media menu ........59 overview...
  • Page 192 ..144 ..83 printing with overlays Pure black text / graphics Page orientation ......82 Rendering intents ....22 portrait or landscape Paper Secure documents ......178 jam clearing ........27 printing ......179 jam codes ....16 loading cassette trays ......24 Secure printing ....17 loading letterhead ......97 Separator page ....179...

  • Page 193: Oki Contact Details

    KI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems (UK) Limited Oki Data (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 550 Dundee Road 78 Shenton Way, #09-01, Slough Trading Estate Singapore 079120 Slough, SL1 4LE Tel: (65) 221 3722 Tel:44 (0) 1753 819819 Fax: (65)421 1688 Fax:44 (0) 1753 819899 http://www.okidata.com.sg...
  • Page 194 OKI Europe Limited Central House Balfour Road, Hounslow TW3 1HY, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 20 8219 2190 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8219 2199 www.okiprintingsolutions.com 07073201 iss.01 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

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