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  • Page 1 C5250 User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Preface

    The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website: Copyright © 2005. All rights reserved.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction ......6 Printer overview......7 Front view.
  • Page 4 Index ........80 Oki contact details ......82...

  • Page 5: Notes, Cautions, And Warnings

    OTES AUTIONS AND 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. A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Photo Enhance mode to improve printouts of photographic images; > “Ask Oki” – a brand new, user-friendly function that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen (but not illustrated in this guide) to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using.

  • Page 7: Printer Overview

    > Additional memory allows printing of more complex pages, including two-sided and booklet pages with the optional duplex unit. RINTER OVERVIEW RONT VIEW 1. Output stacker, face down. Standard printed copy delivery point. Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g/m². 2.

  • Page 8: Rear View

    When the rear paper stacker is folded down, paper exits through the rear of the printer and is stacked here face up. This is mainly used for heavy print media. When used in conjunction with the multi purpose feed tray, the paper path through the printer is essentially straight.

  • Page 9: Changing The Display Language

    HANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing can be changed quickly and easily as follows: READY ATTENTION Press the + key repeatedly to access the System Configuration Menu. Press the ENTER key to enter the System Configuration Menu.

  • Page 10: 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 transparencies (Order No. 01074101). In particular, avoid office transparencies designed for use by hand with marker pens. These will melt in the fuser and cause damage.

  • Page 11: Cassette Trays

    Legal 14in. If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray (2nd tray if you have one, or multi purpose tray) you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper. When printing from Windows applications, this function is enabled in the driver settings.

  • Page 12: 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 13: 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 14 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 15 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. Paper is stacked in reverse order and tray capacity is approximately 100 sheets, depending on paper weight.

  • Page 16: Multi Purpose Tray

    • Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer. Do not select duplex printing on envelopes. • Do not exceed the paper capacity of about 50 sheets or 10 envelopes.

  • Page 17: Printer Settings In Windows

    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 18: Setup Tab

    Booklet printing requires the duplex unit to be installed in your printer. Poster printing will print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets.

  • Page 19: Job Options Tab

    The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. • The highest quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi. This option requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. • The normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is adequate for all but the most discerning applications.

  • Page 20: Colour Tab

    OLOUR TAB Control over the colour output of your printer may be performed automatically, or for advanced control, by manual adjustment. The automatic setting will be appropriate in most cases. The other options in this window only become visible when you select a choice other than Auto.

  • Page 21: Setting From Windows Control Panel

    Windows applications, and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next. ENERAL TAB This area lists some of the main features of your printer, including optional items, such as duplex (two-sided) printing. This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs.

  • Page 22: Advanced Tab

    DVANCED TAB You can specify which times of day your printer will be available. Indicates current priority, from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print file) before being printed. The document is then printed in the background, allowing your application program to become available more quickly.
  • Page 23 If a mismatch is detected, the document is held in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and the document restarted from the print queue.

  • Page 24: Device Options Tab

    EVICE OPTIONS TAB In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. This is covered in more detail in the section in this guide about installing upgrades. Printer settings in Windows> 24...

  • Page 25: Colour Printing

    ACTORS THAT AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF PRINTS If you wish to manually adjust the colour settings in your printer driver, please be aware that colour reproduction is a complex topic, and there are many factors to take into consideration.
  • Page 26 Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for manual colour can change the appearance of a print. There are several options available to help match the printed colours with those displayed on screen.

  • Page 27: Tips For Printing In Colour

    Use the Monitor (9300k) setting. This may help if you are having problems with specific colours from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint. RINTING SPECIFIC COLOURS There are 2 utilities on your printer driver CD-ROM that can help match specific colours: Colour Correct Utility Colour Swatch Utility...

  • Page 28: Accessing The Colour Matching Options

    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...
  • Page 29 Your results will vary depending on the subject and the conditions under which the photograph was taken. sRGB The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB colour space. This may be useful if colour matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera.

  • Page 30: Using The Colour Swatch Feature

    The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours. Note that this is not the full range of colours that the printer can produce. Listed on each sample colour are the corresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values. This can be used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB values.

  • Page 31: Using The Colour Correct Utility

    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.

  • Page 32: Menu Functions

    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 33: Information Menu

    If this function is not enabled, the printer will stop and request the correct size of paper to be loaded. Determines whether the printer check...
  • Page 34 16ppm for colour pages. This setting is therefore most appropriate when the majority of print jobs are entirely black and white. The printer runs at 16ppm for all print jobs. This setting is most appropriate when the majority of print jobs are in colour.

  • Page 35: Media Menu

    Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in thus tray. Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 2 (lower) if installed. For...
  • Page 36 DIMENSION and Y-DIMENSION later in this table. Selects the type of media to be fed from the multi purpose tray so that the printer can adjust its internal parameters to better accommodate the selected type of media. Selects the media weight to be fed from the multi purpose tray.
  • Page 37 MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS Y-DIMENSION 148-297-1200 MILLIMETRE EXPLANATION Selects the length of paper defined 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 38: 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 39: System Configuration Menu

    YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS POW SAVE TIME 5 CLEARABLE WARNING MANUAL TIMEOUT WAIT TIMOUT 5~40~300 LOW TONER CONTINUE STOP JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT ON...

  • Page 40: Usb Menu

    French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Turkish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Greek, MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. USB MENU ITEM SETTINGS VERSION SOFT RESET ENABLE / DISABLE ETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-T network interface.

  • Page 41: Memory Menu

    TELNET ENABLE / DISABLE ENABLE / DISABLE SNMP ENABLE / DISABLE NORMAL / SMALL EMORY MENU This menu determines how printer memory is used. MEMORY MENU ITEM SETTINGS RECEIVE BUF AUTO, 0.5MB, SIZE 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB FLASH EXECUTE...

  • Page 42: System Adjustment Menu

    SYS ADJUST MENU ITEM SETTINGS X ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ +2.00 Y ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ +2.00 AINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. MAINTENANCE MENU ITEM SETTINGS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE...

  • Page 43: Usage Menu

    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.

  • Page 44: Replacing Consumable Items

    (standard capacity) or 10,000 pages (high capacity) in the cartridge. The printer is shipped with sufficient toner for 3,000 A4 pages in the print cartridges of which 1,500 A4 pages of toner are used to charge the image drum.

  • Page 45: Consumable Order Details

    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 damage your printer's performance and invalidate your warranty.

  • Page 46: Toner 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.
  • Page 47 Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 3.
  • Page 48 (lever has 3 positions), pull the coloured toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer, in the direction of the arrow, but stop at the central (upright) position (1).
  • Page 49 Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes. If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this, please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light.
  • Page 50 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...
  • Page 51 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.

  • Page 52: Image Drum Replacement

    MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 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 53 Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. Replacing consumable items> 53 2. Magenta cartridge 4. Black cartridge...
  • Page 54 5 minutes. If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this, please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light.
  • Page 55 was placed. Keep it the same way round as the old unit. Pack the old cartridge inside the packaging material for disposal. Place the toner cartridge onto the new image drum cartridge as shown. Push the left end in first, and then lower the right end in.
  • Page 56 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. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.

  • Page 57: Replacing The Belt Unit

    The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 50,000 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 58 Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes. If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this, please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light.
  • Page 59 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. Turn the two fasteners (5) 90° to the right until they lock.

  • Page 60: Fuser Replacement

    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.
  • Page 61 Holding the fuser by its handle (1), lift the fuser straight up and out of the printer. If the fuser is still warm, place it on a flat surface which will not be damaged by heat.
  • Page 62 Lower the fuser into the printer, locating the two lugs (3) into their slots in the metal partition which separates the fuser area from the image drums. Push the two retaining levers (2) towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place.

  • Page 63: Cleaning The Led 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 64: Installing Upgrades> 64

    The duplex unit slides straight into the rear of the printer and requires no tools to install. Ensure printer is switched off at the AC outlet and remove cable from printer AC input socket.
  • Page 65 Near the top of the page, between the two horizontal lines, you will see the current printer configuration. This list should indicate that the duplex unit is now installed. All that remains is to adjust the Windows printer driver to make full use of the new features. Installing upgrades> 65...

  • Page 66: Memory Upgrade

    Remove the screw 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.
  • Page 67 Identify the locking clips (2) at each end of the RAM expansion slot (1). Push the clips outward and back into the printer. The board will pop out slightly. Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot.
  • Page 68 Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4. Close the front cover and close the top cover, pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed.

  • Page 69: Second Paper Tray

    Connect the printer interface cable and power cable, then switch on the printer. All that remains is to adjust the Windows printer driver to make full use of the new features. WARNING! Installing upgrades> 69...

  • Page 70: Adjusting Windows Printer Drivers

    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...

  • Page 71: Clearing Paper Jams

    These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation. If a sheet is well advanced out of the top of the printer, simply grip it and pull gently to draw it fully out. If it does not remove easily, do not use excessive force.
  • Page 72 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. 2. Magenta cartridge 4. Black cartridge Clearing paper jams> 72...
  • Page 73 Repeat this removal procedure for each of the remaining image drum units. Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit. • To remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of...
  • Page 74 If the sheet is well advanced into the fuser (only a short length is still visible), do not attempt to pull it back. Follow the next step to remove it from the rear of the printer. Clearing paper jams> 74...
  • Page 75 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. 2. Magenta cartridge 4.
  • Page 76 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 77 If your printer has a duplex unit installed, press the cover release at the centre of the unit, open the cover and remove any sheets in this area, then close the cover. Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover.
  • Page 78 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. Clearing paper jams> 78...

  • Page 79: Specifications

    75 ~ 203g/m² in multi purpose tray Paper output 250 sheets in face down (top) stacker @ 80g/m² 100 sheets in face up (rear) stacker @ 80g/m² Printer life 420,000 pages or 5 years Duty cycle 50,000 pages per month max., 4,000 pages per month...

  • Page 80: Index

    NDEX Additional paper trays ... 69 Adjusting Windows printer drivers... 70 Advanced features enabling or disabling... 23 Belt how to replace ... 57 life expectancy... 44 Black printing glossy or matte... 20 Booklet printing PCL emulation ... 18 Colour matching choosing image source...
  • Page 81 39 Print order face down stacker ... 14 face up stacker ... 15 Print settings how to save... 18 Printer default settings Windows defaults ... 21 Printing adjusting image position ... 42 Priority print queue priority ... 22 Resolution setting in Windows ...

  • Page 82: Oki Contact Details

    E-mail: tech.support@oki.ie Oki Data Corporation 4-11-22 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8551, Japan Tel:(81) 3 5445 6158 Fax:(81) 3 5445 6189 http://www.okidata.co.jp Oki Data (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 78 Shenton Way, #09-01, Singapore 079120 Tel:(65) 221 3722 Fax:(65)421 1688 http://www.okidata.com.sg Oki Systems (Thailand) Ltd.
  • Page 83 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 07067701 iss.02...

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