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NTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki Printing Solutions colour printer. Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear, vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office.
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> “Ask Oki” – a user-friendly function for Windows that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using. This is where you’ll find all the advice, assistance and support you could need to help you get the best possible results from your Oki printer;...
RINTER OVERVIEW RONT VIEW 1. Output stacker, face down. Standard printed copy delivery point. Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g/m². 2. Operator panel. Menu driven operator controls and LCD display panel. 3. Paper tray. Standard blank paper tray. Holds up to 300 sheets of 80g/m²...
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. 2. AC power socket. 3. USB interface. 4. Network interface.* * The Network Interface has a protective “plug” which must be removed before connection can be made.
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 French Italian Spanish Swedish Russian Finnish Hungarian NOTE: 1. The list above is neither conclusive nor exhaustive. 2.
Envelopes should be handled by the Multi Purpose tray. 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.
ASSETTE TRAYS SIZE DIMENSIONS A6 (Tray 1 105 x 148mm only) 148 x 210mm 182 x 257mm Executive 184.2 x 266.7mm 210 x 297mm 250 x 353mm 420 x 297mm Letter 215.9 x 279.4mm Legal 13in. 216 x 330mm Legal 13.5in. 216 x 343mm Legal 14in.
For paper lengths exceeding 431.8mm use paper stock up to 128g/m² and the face up (rear) paper stacker. Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies. Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time, subject to a maximum stacking depth of 10mm.
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).
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Load paper long edge feed (LEF) (letter headed paper - face down and top edge towards the right of the printer) (1) up to mark (a). Adjust the rear stopper and paper guides (2) to the size of paper being used. For A6 paper, remove and re-install in the A6 position.
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If you have two trays and you are printing from the 1st (upper) tray, you can pull out the 2nd (lower) tray during printing to reload it. However, if printing from the 2nd (lower) tray, do not pull out the 1st (upper) tray. This will cause a paper jam.
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.
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> 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.
GUIDE 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.
CRIPT Three printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCL5c emulation, one for PCL6 emulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print mainly from general “Office” applications choose one of the PCL drivers. For faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript.
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.
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...
HANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS XP/2000/S INDOWS 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. INDOWS ISTA Click [Start] →...
Recalling saved settings in the PCL drivers is a simple task that must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made. 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.
ETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTIONS This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer. Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing), additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer driver on your computer knows they are there.
LACKS AND GREYS 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.
Mac 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]. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (4). LACK PRINTING BLACK GENERATION To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Graphic Pro must be the selected Print Mode.
PURE BLACK Only black toner is used to print true black. Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics. If you use True Black to print photographs, dark sections of the photos may appear black. Windows (Office Colour) On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1) and click the [Options] button.
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Windows (Graphic Pro) On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click the [Options] button. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred setting. A guide to printing > 33...
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Mac OS X (Office Colour) 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 – Office Colour]. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred setting.
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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.
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.
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.
If using the PS driver, on the [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], and then click [Advanced] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast. OS X In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer. From the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].
OLOUR PRINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output. For general use the automatic settings will suffice, providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents. Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may override the settings in the printer driver.
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Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions. For example, the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for manual colour can change the appearance of a print.
IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. RINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Monitor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings.
CCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The colour matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source, such as a digital camera. To open colour matching options from the Windows Control Panel: Open the Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes”...
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Choose Details and select from the following options: Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation. Monitor (6500k) Vivid Optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. Monitor (9300k) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office.
SING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE To use the Colour Swatch feature, you must install the Colour Swatch Utility. This is supplied on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your printer. The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours.
SING THE OLOUR The Oki Colour Correct Utility is provided on your printer driver CD-ROM. You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver. The Colour Correct utility has the following features: > Microsoft Office palette colours can be individually adjusted.
OLOUR MATCHING This Chapter only discusses the printer colour management system. If you wish to learn more about your application program or operating system colour management, please see the documentation that was supplied with your application software or computer. ASICS There are three methods by which your document’s colour can be managed and adjusted: Application Colour Management (1).
Operating System Colour Management (2). Windows 2000 and XP have Windows ICM Colour Management. Mac OS X have Apple ColorSync. 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.
> This is a simpler colour management system designed for ease of use. Office Colour is recommended for users who are not experts in colour but want good results when printing from programs such as Microsoft Office. > Graphic Pro This is a powerful colour management system based on ICC colour profiles.
BOUT THE PRINTER DRIVERS Depending on your operating system, you may have the choice of different drivers to use with your printer. You may wish to select a printer driver based on whether it supports CMYK data. PCL 5c driver (Windows) PCL 6 driver (Windows) PostScript driver (Windows) PostScript driver (Mac)
Although the Office Colour options contain controls for CMYK data, it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro options instead. If you are printing CMYK data, the Graphic Pro options provide more power and flexibility. - RGB FFICE COLOUR Office Colour provides a collection of several different colour matching presets for RGB data.
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 (advanced) > 51...
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.
From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Office Colour]. Select the [Office Colour] Preset USTOMISING WITH THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY If the Office Colour presets are not sufficient for your needs, the Colour Correct utility provides a means of further adjustment. The Colour Correct utility provides two methods for adjusting the Office Colour settings: You can adjust the overall appearance of the print by...
RAPHIC PRO This section describes the colour matching options available for Graphic Pro. The Graphic Pro colour matching system is based around ICC profiles. These profiles are down loaded to the printer using the Profile Assistant utility and then selected in the printer driver. When a job is sent to the printer, the ICC profiles are applied to the print job on the printer.
ORE ACCURATE PRINTER COLOUR If you have created your own profiles with third-party ICC profile creation software, these can be download to the printer and used when printing. YPES OF PROFILE SUPPORTED There are four classes of ICC profile supported by the Graphic Pro colour matching system: PROFILE DESCRIPTION...
RAPHIC PRO WORKFLOW 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 Select the ICC profiles in the printer driver when printing (page 1 - G ATHER OR CREATE THE...
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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.
3 - S ELECT 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 The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to match the printer colour to an RGB input device such as a monitor,...
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].
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.
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From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour - Graphic Pro 1]. 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.
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profile using Profile Assistant. on page 56. 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.
IMULATING ANOTHER PRINTER The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer. 1. RGB data 2. RGB source profile 3. Printer output profile NOTE: Be aware that if the device you are trying to simulate has different colour capabilities from your own printer, exact colour simulation will not be possible.
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).
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).
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From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [Printer Simulation]. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [Preserve Black] option.
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profile using Profile Assistant. on page 56. From the [Simulation Target Profile] menu (9), 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.
CMYK INK SIMULATIONS 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 – Europe > Swop –...
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].
Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. on page 56. Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner.
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From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner.
From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3] (10). 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 “Rendering intents”...
ELATIVE COLORIMETRIC This option is best for printing solid colours and tints. Use Relative Colorimetric when printing from a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia Freehand. BSOLUTE COLORIMETRIC This option is recommended if you are proofing images on your printer that are intended for final output on a printing press.
RINTER DRIVER SETTINGS FOR 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].
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].
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.
OOKLET PRINTING IMPOSITION Booklet printing in the Windows drivers printing allows printing of multi-page documents with their pages ordered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet. Typically, A4 pages would be reduced to A5 and printed side by side on both sides of A4 paper, so that the paper can be folded into a booklet.
INDOWS CRIPT 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.
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.
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.
INDOWS If using the PCL driver, on the [Setup] tab first choose any saved [driver settings] that you wish to use. “Recalling saved driver settings” on page 28. In the [Job Options] tab, choose how many [copies] you want to print from the scrolling list. Click the [Collate] checkbox.
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Select [Copies & Pages] (2). The [Collate] option in the [Copies & Pages] dialogue is for application collate. Enter the number of [copies] Select [Printer Features] (4). From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Job Options]. Select the [Collate] checkbox Colour matching (advanced) >...
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.
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 [Separations] menu (4), select the separations you wish to print. Colour matching (advanced) >...
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”.
OS X 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). Colour matching (advanced) >...
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”.
OS X Choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Paper Feed] (2). Select the trays or paper types you wish to use for the first page and remaining pages (3). Colour matching (advanced) > 88...
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.
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In the PostScript Custom Page Size Definition window, Choose your [paper feed direction] from the drop-down list. The available choices are: Short edge first The page is portrait (tall) format and you will feed the top of the page into the printer. Long edge first The page is landscape (wide) format and you will feed the top of the page into the printer.
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. To use a previously saved custom size, click its name in the list.
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.
UPLEX DOUBLE SIDED 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. >...
INDOWS In the driver’s Setup tab, under [2-Sided Printing], select the binding edge you want. 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.
OS X In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Layout] (2). From the [Two Sided Printing] options (3), select either [Long Edge Binding] or [Short Edge Binding]. 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.
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.
INDOWS In the driver’s Setup tab (Windows XP), 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. From here you can choose the page printing order, the page layout, whether you want printed page borders, and a binding margin if you need it.
OS X In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. Select [Layout] (2). 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 are laid out on each sheet of paper.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
ECURITY ECURE PRINTING Secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on machines 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 machine and enter the PIN.
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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 would like a prompt at the machine for the job name, click the [Request…] checkbox below the name entry.
RINTING THE DOCUMENT Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the machine. On Line Attention When the machine is idle (“ONLINE” indicated in the display), use the +/- buttons to select the PRINT JOB menu, then press [ENTER].
If necessary, use the +/- buttons to highlight the YES choice, and press [ENTER] to confirm the deletion. Your document is deleted from the machine’s hard disk without printing. TORE TO HARD DISK This feature allows print jobs to be created on the PC and stored on the machine’s hard disk for printing on demand.
ENDING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in the section the document” on page 103 except that on the [Job Options] tab in step 2, click [Store to HDD]. RINTING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in document”...
NCRYPTED SECURE PRINTING Security over the network is an increasing concern for some organisations. Encrypted secure printing allows you to send, store and print confidential documents on machines that are shared with other users in a network environment. Encrypting your documents before sending them to your machine will prevent unauthorised personnel accessing confidential or sensitive information.
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The Encrypted Secure Print window opens. In the Encrypted Secure Print window, enter a [Password] for this print job: The password must be between 4 and 12 alpha-numeric characters. Numbers 1 to 9 and letters a to z are all valid. If you would like a prompt at the machine for the job password, click the [Always ask for password] checkbox below the password entry.
Specify a period of time (hours:minutes) during which the print job is stored in the machine’s HDD. When this period expires, the print job is automatically erased from the HDD. Click [OK] to accept your changes. Click [OK] to close the Printer Properties window. Print your document.
ENU FUNCTIONS This section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer’s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window. PERATOR ANEL On Line Attention 1. ONLINE LED ON:Ready to receive data. Blinking:Processing data. OFF: Offline. 3. MENU Enters the Menu mode.
OW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS 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.
OW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS You can set whether to ENABLE or DISABLE each category in the user menu. Disabled categories are not displayed in the User’s menu. Only a system administrator can change these settings. Turn OFF the printer. Turn ON the printer while pressing the “ENTER”...
ENUS 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.
ITEM ACTION COLOR PROF EXECUTE LIST 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. ITEM SETTINGS SHUTDOWN EXECUTE...
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ITEM SETTINGS MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE WHEN MISMATCH MEDIA CHECK ENABLE DISABLE RESOLUTION 600DPI 600 x 1200DPI 600DPI M- LEVEL TONER SAVE MODE EXPLANATION If a document to be printed demands a paper size not installed in the selected tray, the printer can automatically feed from the multi purpose tray instead.
ITEM SETTINGS MONO-PRINT AUTO SPEED SPEED MONO 32PPM COLOR SPEED MIXED SPEED ORIENTATION PORTRAIT LANDSCAPE LINES PER PAGE 5~64~128 EXPLANATION If the first page of a print job is black and white, the printer runs at 32ppm (pages per minute). When a colour page is detected the printer slows down to 26ppm for the rest of that job.
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ITEM SETTINGS EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE A3 / A4 SEF/ A4 LEF/ A5 SEF/ A6 / B4 /B5 SEF / B5 LEF LEGAL14 LEGAL13.5 LEGAL13 LETTER SEF LETTER LEF EXECUTIVE CUSTOM COM-10 ENVELOPE DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE C4 ENVELOPE X SIZE (mm) 64~210~297 Y SIZE (mm) 105~297...
EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. ITEM SETTINGS TRAY1 CASSETTE SIZE PAPERSIZE CUSTOM TRAY1 PLAIN MEDIATYPE LETTERHEAD BOND RECYCLED ROUGH GLOSSY TRAY1 LIGHT MEDIAWEIGHT (64~74g/m²) MEDIUM (75~90g/m²) HEAVY (91~105g/m²) TRAY1 LEGAL LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 SIZE LEGAL 13...
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ITEM SETTINGS TRAY2 LIGHT MEDIAWEIGHT (64~74g/m²) MEDIUM (75~90g/m²) HEAVY (91~120g/m²) TRAY2 LEGAL LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 SIZE LEGAL 13 MPT PAPERSIZE A4 SEF A4 LEF A5 SEF B5 SEF B5 LEF LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 LEGAL 13 LETTER SEF LETTER LEF EXECUTIVE CUSTOM COM-10...
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.
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ITEM SETTINGS AJST EXECUTE REGISTRATION C REG FINE -3~0~+3 AJST M REG FINE -3~0~+3 AJST Y REG FINE -3~0~+3 AJST SIMULATION SWOP EUROSCALE JAPAN MEDIUM HIGH CMY 100% DISABLE DENSITY ENABLE EXPLANATION Performs automatic colour registration adjustment. Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed.
YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. ITEMS SETTINGS POWER SAVE DELAY TIME PERSONALITY AUTO IBM PPR III XL EPSON FX EMULATION PARA PS-PROTOCOL ASCII USB PS PROTOCOL ASCII NET PS PROTOCOL ASCII CLRABLE...
ITEMS SETTINGS JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode. ITEMS SETTINGS FONT SOURCE RESIDENT / DIMM0 / DIMM1 / DOWNLOADED FONT No. I0/ C001 / S001 FONT PITCH 10.00CPI +/- SYMBOL SET PC-8...
ITEMS SETTINGS LF FUNCTION LF / LF+CR PRINT MARGIN NORMAL 1/5 INCH 1/6 INCH TRUE BLACK OFF / ON PEN WIDTH ON/OFF ADJUST TRAY ID# MP TRAY 1~4~59 EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PPR emulation mode. ITEM SETTINGS CHARACTER...
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ITEM SETTINGS CR FUNCTION CR / CR+LF LF FUNCTION LF / LF+CR LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN; 136 COLUMN FORM LENGTH 11 Inch; 11.7 Inch 12 Inch TOF POSITION 0.0 INCH - 1.0 Inch LEFT MARGIN 0.0 Inch - 1.0 Inch FIT TO LETTER Disable;...
EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in FX emulation mode. ITEM SETTINGS CHARACTER 10 CPI; PITCH 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; PROPORTIONAL CHARACTER Set 1; Set 2 SYMBOL SET IBM 437 LETTER 0 STYLE Disable;...
MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. ITEM SETTINGS SOFT RESET ENABLE / DISABLE SPEED 12 / 480 Mps OFFLINE ENABLE / RECEIVE DISABLE SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE / DISABLE ENABLE / DISABLE NOTE: When you have changed any settings in the USB MENU, turn the printer OFF, then ON again.
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ITEM SETTINGS FRAME TYPE AUTO / 802.2 / 802.3 / ETHERNET II / SNAP IP ADDRESS AUTO / MANUAL IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx SUBNET MASK xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx GATEWAY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ADDRESS FACTORY EXECUTE DEFAULTS ENABLE / DISABLE TELNET ENABLE / DISABLE ENABLE / DISABLE EXPLANATION Selects the Ethernet MAC layer frame...
AINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. ITEM SETTINGS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE / DISABLE PAPER BLACK –2~0~+2 SETTING PAPER COLOR –2~0~+2 SETTING TRANSPR BLACK –2~0~+2 SETTING TRANSPR –2~0~+2 COLOR SETTING EXPLANATION Resets menus to default settings.
SAGE MENU This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them.
EPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due. NOTE: When the LCD display indicates TONER LOW, or if print appears faded, first open the top cover and try tapping the cartridge a few times to evenly distribute the toner powder. This will enable you to obtain the best "yield"...
Average life: 20% pages at continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pages at 1 page per job. 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 To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors, do not change the toner cartridge(s) until “TONER EMPTY” is displayed. The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder. It is contained in four cartridges: one each for cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
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Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge Pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer. Replacing consumable items > 136 2. Magenta cartridge 4.
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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. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture. Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment.
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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. Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum unit first, pushing it against the spring on the drum unit, then lower the right end of the cartridge down...
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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. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.
MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT 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. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot.
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Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface.
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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.
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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.
RANSFER BELT REPLACEMENT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 80,000 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.
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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. 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.
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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.
USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. 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.
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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. Lower the fuser into the printer. Push the retaining lever (2) towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place.
LEANING THE 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 a soft tissue. Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on the LED head as damage to the lens surface will occur.
NSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > Additional Memory > Hard disk drive > additional paper tray UPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two-sided printing, using less paper and making large documents easier to handle.
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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.
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 only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools.
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Remove the screw (1) securing the right-hand side cover. 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.
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Identify the RAM expansion slot (1) in the printer. 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 11. Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot.
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Close the access door and slide shut. Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer. Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4.
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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. This should indicate the total memory now installed. If you are using the Windows PostScript driver, follow the instructions later in this section to adjust the driver.
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 only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools.
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Remove the screw (1) securing the right-hand side cover. 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.
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Close the front cover and the top cover, pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed. After installing additional memory (hard disk drive), any covers removed or doors opened must be closed or replaced and secured to prevent risk of fire. Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on.
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 (a), place printer on top of the additional paper tray. Re-connect the AC power cable and switch the printer ON. Installing upgrades >...
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.
LEARING PAPER JAMS IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check that the Paper Setting roller switch on the front of the paper tray is set to the size of paper in the tray. 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.
APER SENSOR ERROR CODES CODE # LOCATION Duplex unit * Duplex unit * Duplex unit * Duplex unit * Paper feed Paper path Paper exit * (if fitted). If a sheet is well advanced out of the top of the printer, simply grip it and pull gently to draw it fully out.
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Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 3. Yellow 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.
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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. 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.
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forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet. Do not use any sharp or abrasive objects to separate sheets from the belt. This may damage the belt surface. > To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet.
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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 3. Yellow cartridge > 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.
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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).
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Open the duplex unit cover (if installed) and remove any sheets in this area. Lift the front cover release and pull down the front cover. Clearing paper jams > 169...
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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.
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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.
PECIFICATIONS C8800 - N34220B ITEM Dimensions Weight Print method Print speeds Resolution Emulations Auto Features Memory, Resident: Optional: HDD (option) Operating platform Windows Paper capacity at 80g/m² Paper weight Paper output Paper feed * Media size - any tray Media size - MP...
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ITEM SPECIFICATION Media type Plain, Letterhead, Transparency, Bond, Recycled, card stock, Rough, Labels and Glossy Paper capacity Paper tray: 300 sheets approx. (depending on Manual feed: 100 sheets approx. paper weight) Optional additional paper tray: 530 Exit capacity Face up: 100 sheets approx. (depending on Face down: 500 sheets approx.
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a. Exit method is limited by paper size, media weight and paper feed. b. To comply with the requirements of Energy Star, when no data is present for a set period of time, the printer goes into a power-saving mode. The printer has a “wake-up” feature which, when initiated from a host device or the operator panel, will revert the printer to its “running”...
NDEX About RGB and CMYK colour Belt ...144 how to replace ...133 life expectancy ...132 life remaining Booklet printing ...26 PCL emulation PostScript emulation Booklets, printing ...78 Windows PS Changing the application’s driver ...27 settings Cleaning the LED head CMYK ink simulations - CMYK ...68 source data Collating...
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Image drum ...140 how to replace ...133 life expectancy Image drums ...132 current usage state Labels recommended types ...131 Maintenance menu Major printer components and ...162 paper path Matching the colour of a monitor, ...58 scanner or camera ...111 Menu functions How to change the settings - ...113 Administrator...
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...85 Separator page Simulating another printer - RGB ...63 source data ... 26 Store to hard disk ...115 Switching off correctly Toner ...132 current usage state ...135 how to replace ...133 life expectancy Transparencies recommended types Types of ICC profile supported Upgrades ...152 memory...
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