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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Introduction ......... 9 Printer overview ........10 Front View .
Page 4 Mac OS 9.x / Classic ....... . . 55 Printer Drivers ........55 Software Installation .
Page 5 Printing Vivid Colours ......66 Oki Driver Options ....... . 67 OKI Printer Features .
Page 6 Printing Vivid Colours ......112 Oki Driver Options ....... 113 OKI Printer Features .
Page 7 Index ..........202 Oki contact details ........205...
Page 8: Notes, Cautions, And Warnings
NOTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS 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 9: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying an Oki 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.
Page 10: Printer Overview
PRINTER OVERVIEW FRONT 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. The LCD display language can be changed to show any of 12 different languages.
Page 11: Rear View
When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer 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 multipurpose feed tray, the paper path through the printer is essentially straight.
Page 12: Changing The Display Language
CHANGING 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 13: Paper Recommendations
PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, transparencies and envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75~90g/m²...
Page 14: Cassette Trays
10mm. Paper or transparencies should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer. Do not use the duplex (two sided printing) function. Dimensions Weight (g/m²)
Page 15: Face Down Stacker
FACE 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
LOADING PAPER CASSETTE 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: Multipurpose 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 20: Printer Settings In Windows
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 21: Postscript Emulation
Advanced options are also available, such as how to download TrueType fonts, and whether advanced options such as booklet printing are available. The printer driver contains extensive on-line help for these items to help you make the most appropriate choices. PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS > 21...
Page 22: Pcl Emulation
For two sided printing, you can choose to flip the page by the long edge or the short edge. Of course, this requires that a duplex unit be installed in your printer. If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set, you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them.
Page 23: Secure Printing Feature
OK. Click OK again to close the driver window, and again to close your application’s Print dialogue. The document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk but will not print until you request it. NOTE PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS > 23...
Page 24: Printing Secure Documents
PRINTING SECURE DOCUMENTS Secure documents stored on the printer’s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways: > From the printer’s operator panel; or… > From your PC desktop, using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 (Drivers and Utilities) with the printer.
Page 25 PC desktop. You might do this, perhaps, when the office is empty and your confidential documents can safely be printed remotely. From the Windows Start menu, run Storage Device Manager. If necessary, use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer.
Page 26: Proof And Print Feature
OK. Click OK again to close the driver window, and again to close your application’s Print dialogue. The document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk but only the first copy will print. NOTE PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS > 26...
Page 27: Printing The Remaining Copies
PRINTING THE REMAINING COPIES Documents stored on the printer’s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways: > From the printer’s operator panel; or… > From your PC desktop, using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 (Drivers and Utilities) with the printer.
Page 28 From the Windows Start menu, run Storage Device Manager. If necessary, use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer. Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents.
Page 29: Permanent Print Documents
0 to 7 (do not use 8 or 9), and click OK. Click OK again to close the driver window, and again to close your application’s Print dialogue. The document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk but will not print. NOTE PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS > 29...
Page 30: Printing Stored Documents
PRINTING STORED DOCUMENTS Documents stored on the printer’s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways: > From the printer’s operator panel; or… > From your PC desktop, using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 (Drivers and Utilities) with the printer.
Page 31 CD, you can also print permanently stored documents directly from your PC desktop. From the Windows Start menu, run Storage Device Manager. If necessary, use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer.
Page 32: Windows 9X Differences
PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS PCL OR POSTSCRIPT Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCL emulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print mainly from general “Office” applications choose the PCL driver. For faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript.
Page 33 When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which you can choose for this document. The window which opens when you click Properties depends on which printer driver has been installed. The PostScript driver offers different choices to the PCL driver.
Page 34 For two sided printing, you can choose to flip the page by the long edge or the short edge. Of course, this requires that a duplex unit be installed in your printer. If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set, you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them.
Page 35: Secure Printing Feature
SECURE PRINTING FEATURE With this feature you can send confidential documents to print and have them stored in the printer until you are ready to print them. Documents sent in this way are protected by a PIN (personal identification number), which must be entered before they will print.
Page 36 Click OK again to close the driver window, and again to close your application’s Print dialogue. The document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk, but will not print until you request it. See Chapter “Printer Settings in Windows” for information on printing secure documents.
Page 37: Proof And Print Feature
Click OK again to close the driver window, and again to close your application’s Print dialogue. The document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk but only the first copy will print. See Chapter “Printer Settings in Windows” for information on printing the remaining copies.
Page 38: Store To Hard Disk
STORE TO HARD DISK With this feature you can create standard documents that you often need to print and store them on your printer’s internal hard disk. You can then print them at any time without having to send them again from your computer.
Page 39 Click OK again to close the driver window, and again to close your application’s Print dialogue. The document will be sent to the printer’s hard disk but will not print. See Chapter “Printer Settings in Windows” for information on printing stored documents.
Page 40: Colour Printing
Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications. MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor. WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES > 40...
Page 41: Matching Specific Colours
Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-Profiles provided by Oki, and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).
Page 42: Pcl Driver
PCL DRIVER ACCESSING 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.
Page 43: Setting The Colour Matching Options
Optimised for matching specific colours, such as a company logo colour. The colours within the printer's colour gamut are printed without any modification, and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified.
Page 44: Using The Colour Swatch Feature
The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch. If this is the case, it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour. Here, it is unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required colour.
Page 45: Postscript Driver
Oki Colour Matching PostScript Colour Matching CMYK Ink Simulation Windows ICM Matching Oki Colour Matching This is Oki’s proprietary colour matching system, and affects RGB data only. > Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images. > Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colours.
Page 46: Postscript Colour Matching
Optimised for matching specific colours, such as a company logo colour. The colours within the printer's colour gamut are printed without any modification, and only colours that fall outside the gamut (set of) printable colours are modified. POSTSCRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer, and affects both RGB and CMYK data.
Page 47: Cmyk Ink Simulation
This option simulates what the output will look like on a printing press using the ink types SWOP, Euroscale or Toyo. If using CMYK Ink Simulation, it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching. Select the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match option in the printer driver.
Page 48 Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colours in your documents to colours that the printer can reproduce. The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent control in the printer driver.
Page 49: Overlays And Macros
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 50 Storage Device Manager (SDM) and allow SDM to discover the printer. Choose Projects→New Project to start a new project. Choose Projects→Filter Macro File. The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue box appears. Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK.
Page 51 The project window will display one .BIN file for each printer file added. Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files. You will need them later. If you wish to edit the names or ID numbers, double-click the file entry and edit the details.
Page 52 If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them, you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file, or the printer’s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there.
Page 53: Installing Upgrades
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. The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP. Other Windows versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
Page 54 This driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed. Open the Printers window 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. On the Device Settings tab,...
Page 55: Mac Os 9.X / Classic
CD for the latest information on printer driver installation. If the settings selected manually in the printer differ from those selected in the printer driver, the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message. The following printer driver instructions are given as a guide only.
Page 56: Tcp/Ip Connection
If the correct PPD cannot be located automatically, you will be asked to manually select a file. If the printer cannot be discovered by the Chooser, it is most likely a connection problem. Close .
Page 57 Restart your computer if prompted to do so. Launch the Desktop. > The Desktop Printer Utility is not provided by Oki. There may be a copy of the Desktop Utility on your Mac hard disk, located in the “Applications (Mac OS 9)” folder, under “Utlities”. Alternatively, the utility can be installed by performing Custom installation from the Mac OS 9 Installation CD.
Page 58: Usb Connection
Launch the Desktop Printer Utility. > The Desktop Printer Utility is not provided by Oki. There may be a copy ofthe Desktop Utility on your Mac hard disk, located in the “Applications (Mac OS 9)” folder, under “Utlities”. Alternatively, the utility can be installed by performing Custom installation from the Mac OS 9 Installation CD.
Page 59: Installed Options
In the Change menu, select the hardware item(s) that you have installed, and change the To... values as appropriate. If your printer is connected via USB or AppleTalk, click the Auto Setup button. This queries the printer, and sets the options automatically.
Page 60: Paper Feed, Size And Media
If you select a paper tray (e.g. Tray 1), the printer takes paper from that source for your print job. MAC OS 9.X / CLASSIC > 60...
Page 61 If you select a media type (e.g. Plain), the printer takes paper from a tray that contains that type of media. To assign media types to specific paper trays, you need to use the printer’ s operator panel. If you choose Auto Select, the printer automatically chooses a tray in the printer that contains the correct size of paper.
Page 62: Operation
Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may override the settings in the printer driver. Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program’s colour management functions.
Page 63: Colour Matching
COLOUR MATCHING FACTORS 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. Some of the most important factors are listed below.
Page 64 Additionally, your monitor colour temperature influences how “warm” or “cool” the colours look. Several of the Printer Driver’s Colour Matching options make reference to your monitor’s Colour Temperature. Many modern monitors allow the colour temperature to be adjusted using the monitor’s control panel.
Page 65: Choosing A Colour Matching Method
Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications. MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor. RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor.
Page 66: Matching Specific Colours
Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-Profiles provided by Oki, and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).
Page 67: Oki Driver Options
OKI DRIVER OPTIONS This section references only the OKI-specific driver selections. OKI PRINTER FEATURES From within your application, select File then Print. Then open the drop-down menu at left and select Printer Features. Feature Set 1 The tab’s features are explained below.
Page 68 Printer Settings”, will override the setting at the printer. Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed When this is checked, the printer waits until the Online button is pressed before feeding paper from the Multipurpose Tray. This is useful for printing on stationery such as envelopes.
Page 69 Ink Simulation option. Also use this option if using an application program’s Colour Matching. OKI Colour Matching This is Oki’s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only. This is the default setting and provides the best colour matching for your printer.
Page 70 This option uses CMY to produce a Composite Black. Oki Colour Match Options These options are available when Oki Colour Matching is selected in “Colour Match Using...”. You can match to a device such as a Monitor or Digital Camera. Select the option desired based upon the information below.
Page 71 Optimised for matching specific colours, such as a company logo colour. This option attempts to simulate RGB colour. The colours within the printer's colour gamut are printed without any modification, and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified.
Page 72 This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together. Relative Colorimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer. Best for solid colours and tints. Much like Absolute Colorimetric, except that it scales the source white to the (usually) paper white;...
Page 73 Click on the checkbox to enable the option. Feature Set 3 The tab’s features are explained below. Ink Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only. YOUR PRINTER YOUR PRINTER MAC OS 9.X / CLASSIC > 73...
Page 74 Select the option desired. Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray. Only standard sizes are checked. Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving, but reduce print quality and provide a much lighter print.
Page 75: Colour Matching Options
YOUR PRINTER To access Colour Options: Select the desired printer from an application using File→Print. Open the drop down Menu and select Printer Colour Options. Select the option required. Colour Matching Option Oki Colour Matching PostScript Colour Matching CMYK Ink Simulation RGB data MAC OS 9.X / CLASSIC >...
Page 76: Oki Colour Matching
OKI COLOUR MATCHING This is Oki’s proprietary colour matching system, and affects RGB data only. > Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images. > Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce the brightest colours. > sRGB is the best choice for matching specific colours (such as printing logos).
Page 77: Postscript Colour Matching
The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place. The rendering intents that the printer driver provides are listed below: > Auto The best default selection, as this selects the optimal settings for a general office environment.
Page 78: Cmyk Ink Simulation
This option simulates how the output will look on a printing press using the ink types SWOP, Euroscale or Japan. If using CMYK Ink Simulation, it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching by selecting the No Colour Matching option under the “Colour Match Using”...
Page 79: Separations
CUSTOM GAMMA ADJUSTMENT This option requires the installation and use of the Oki PostScript utility. See the relevant section for further instructions. You will need to create a custom gamma profile using the Oki PostScript Utility before selecting one here.
Page 80: Printer Job Option
PRINTER JOB OPTION To access Printer Job Options: YOUR PRINTER Select File then Print. Select the relevant printer Open the drop down Menu and select Printer Job Options. Select the option required. Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired. >...
Page 81 If your software application has a collate option, use it instead of the collate option in the printer driver. Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray. Only standard sizes are checked. MP tray is handled as manual feed Checking this will cause the MP tray to be used in manual feed situations.
Page 82: To Enable The Job Type Plug-In
This procedure can only be carried out from Mac OS 9.x or earlier. It cannot be performed from the Classic Environment. On the Desktop, click the icon of the printer you wish to enable the printing plug-in for. From the Printing menu, select Set Default Printer.
Page 83: Job Type
This plug-in allows you to utilise the options of the built-in hard drive of the printer. > The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing. >...
Page 84 Normal This is the default setting for which no further action is required. Job Spool If you wish to spool your print job to the printer’s hard drive, select Job Spool. Secure Print Setup This option allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment.
Page 85 Click Print to proceed with your print job. Print the document from the software application being used. The document will be stored on the printer’s hard disk and one copy will print for your perusal. After checking the proof, you can then print or delete (if incorrect) the remaining copies of the document using the procedures given below.
Page 86 Press ENTER. ENTER PASSWORD ...will appear on the display. Use +/ – to set the number for the first digit of the password, then press ENTER to enter the number and move to the next digit: ENTER PASSWORD ...will be displayed (showing first digit selection). Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password.
Page 87 This is ideal for forms, generic memos, letterhead stationery, etc. > The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing. >...
Page 88 Printing the Stored document from the printer Front Panel. Press + to enter the menu mode. PRINT JOBS MENU ...will appear on the display. Press ENTER. ENTER PASSWORD ...will appear on the display. Use +/ – to set the number for the first digit of the password,...
Page 89 This option allows you to improve your print quality if you suspect there is a problem with printing, such as too much graininess in the print. Select Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing to force the printer to automatically clean itself before printing. **** 5*** MAC OS 9.X / CLASSIC > 89...
Page 90: Multiple Pages On One Sheet
MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET The printer driver allows you to print multiple pages in one sheet, with each page image reduced in size. This is sometimes known as “n-up” printing. From the File menu, select Print. From the pop-up menu, select Layout.
Page 91: Duplex Printing
DUPLEX PRINTING Duplex Printing is printing on both sides of the paper. > The optional Duplex Unit must be installed in the printer, and configured in the printer driver. > Paper weight must be from 75 to 105 g/m². Printing with heavier or lighter paper weights can cause paper jams.
Page 92: Custom Page Sizes
CUSTOM PAGE SIZES The printer driver allows you to create your own custom paper sizes. Once defined, these appear at the bottom of the Paper menu in the Page Setup section of the printer driver. From the File menu, choose Page Setup.
Page 93: Print Resolution
From the File menu, select Print. From the pop-up menu select Printer Job Options. Under the Resolution setting, choose from either: Best - The highest resolution your printer is capable of. Normal - A medium resolution, suitable for most documents. Click Print.
Page 94 When the printer collates print jobs, this increases the print speed mainly because the job is only processed once. Selecting Collate in the General options enables driver collate. When the driver collates, the print job may be sent to the printer multiple times, thereby decreasing print speed. NOTE...
Page 95: Background Printing
Click Print. UTILITIES Two utilities are provided on your printer driver's CD-ROM; the Colour Swatch Utility and the Oki PostScript Utility. The installer programs for these utilities are found in the “Utilities” folder on your CD-ROM. COLOUR SWATCH UTILITY The Colour Swatch Utility prints out charts that contain a range of sample colours.
Page 96 Colour Swatch utility. Print a colour swatch, taking care to note the printer driver colour settings that you use. Select a shade of red that best suits your needs.
Page 97: Oki Postscript Utility
Print your document using the same driver settings as you originally used (see Step 1). OKI POSTSCRIPT UTILITY The Oki PostScript Utility works with printers connected via USB or AppleTalk. It does not work with printers connected via TCP/IP. The utility has the following features: >...
Page 98 Printer Driver Colour options. Creating a Gamma Adjustment, Step-by-step Ensure that your Oki printer is selected as default on your Desktop. You can do this by selecting the printer icon, and from the Printing menu select Set Default Printer.
Page 99 Click the New button. The printer’s gamma can be adjusted globally (all CMYK values together), or each separate primary printer colour can be adjusted individually. The gamma curves plot the input values (%) on the X axis against the output values (%) on the Y axis.
Page 100 Tips on Adjusting Colour To adjust the entire image using a particular colour as a reference, manually enter the desired values in the text fields. For example, if you print a red colour composed of the following values: 10% cyan, 90% magenta, 80% yellow and 5% black. You decide that it needs 5% more magenta and 3% less yellow.
Page 101 Click Add-> to add your Custom Gamma adjustment to the PPD file. Click Save. From the File menu, select Quit to exit the Oki PostScript Utility. To use the gamma adjustment when printing: From your application’s File menu, choose Print….
Page 102 From the printer driver’s pop-up menu, choose Printer Colour Options. Under the Custom Gamma Adjustment selection, choose the gamma adjustment you created. YOUR PRINTER MAC OS 9.X / CLASSIC > 102...
Page 103: Mac Os X > 103
CD1 contains the printer drivers. Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest information on printer driver installation. If the settings selected manually in the printer differ from those selected in the printer driver, the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message. >...
Page 104: Network Connection Using Appletalk
Choose the connection method most suitable for your needs. If the printer model is already displayed in the Print Center, Mac OS X may have automatically discovered it. Although Mac OS X may automatically discover the printer, it may not be using the correct PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file.
Page 105: Usb Cable Connection
From the pop-up menu, choose LPR Printers using IP. Enter the printer’s IP address. You can find out the printer’s IP address as follows: Press the Menu+ button repeatedly until the display shows INFORMATION MENU. Press the Enter button. The printer display reads...
Page 106: Configuring Installed Hardware Options
This information is for Mac OS X 10.2 or higher only. This feature is not available on Mac OS X 10.0 - 10.1.5. When you set up a printer using AppleTalk or USB, the printer’s installed hardware options are normally detected and automatically configured.
Page 107 From the menu, select Installable Options. Select all the relevant hardware options that are installed in your printer. MAC OS X > 107...
Page 108: Operation
Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may override the settings in the printer driver. Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program’s colour management functions.
Page 109: Colour Matching
COLOUR MATCHING FACTORS 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. Some of the most important factors are listed below.
Page 110 Additionally, your monitor colour temperature influences how “warm” or “cool” the colours look. Several of the Printer Driver’s Colour Matching options make reference to your monitor’s Colour Temperature. Many modern monitors allow the colour temperature to be adjusted using the monitor’s control panel.
Page 111: Choosing A Colour Matching Method
Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications. MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor. RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor.
Page 112: Matching Specific Colours
Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-Profiles provided by Oki, and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).
Page 113: Oki Driver Options
OKI DRIVER OPTIONS This section references only the Oki-specific driver selections. OKI PRINTER FEATURES From within your application, select File→Print. Then open the drop-down menu at left and select Printer Features. Feature Set 1 The tab’s features are explained below.
Page 114 Printer Settings”, will override the setting at the printer. Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed When this is checked, the printer waits until the Online button is pressed before feeding paper from the Multipurpose Tray. This is useful for printing on stationery such as envelopes.
Page 115 Ink Simulation option. Also use this option if using an application program’s Colour Matching. OKI Colour Matching This is Oki’s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only. This is the default setting and provides the best colour matching for your printer.
Page 116 This option uses CMY to produce a Composite Black. Oki Colour Match Options These options are available when Oki Colour Matching is selected in “Colour Match Using...”. You can match to a device such as a Monitor or Digital Camera. Select the option desired based upon the information below.
Page 117 Optimised for matching specific colours, such as a company logo colour. This option attempts to simulate RGB colour. The colours within the printer’s colour gamut are printed without any modification, and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified.
Page 118 Rendering Intents are only used when “Postscript Colour Matching” is selected. When a document is printed, a conversion takes place from the document’s colour space to the printer’s colour space. The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place.
Page 119 Relative Colorimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer. Best for solid colours and tints. Much like Absolute Colorimetric, except that it scales the source white to the (usually) paper white; i.e. unlike Absolute Colorimetric, this attempts to take the paper white into account.
Page 120 Feature Set 3 The tab’s features are explained below. Ink Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only. This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press using the ink types SWOP, Euroscale or Japan. If using...
Page 121 YOUR PRINTER Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees. MAC OS X > 121...
Page 122: Operations
The following instructions explain how to select collating using a printer driver. To access, first select your desired printer from an application using File→Print.. The Copies & Pages dialogue box should already be displayed. If not, then select Copies & Pages from the menu.
Page 123: Duplex
Duplex printing can only be carried out on standard paper sizes and paper weights between 20 and 28 lb. (75 and 105 g/m > The optional duplex unit must be installed in the printer and enabled before duplex printing can be carried out. >...
Page 124: Paper Feed/Type Select
The Paper Feed option allows the selection of different types of paper or trays. The options selected affect only the current document being printed. To access, first select your desired printer from an application using File→Print. Open the drop-down menu at left and select Paper Feed.
Page 125 Paper Options When you select a paper-type option, the printer automatically accesses the proper tray. For example, when Labels is selected, the printer will pull from the Multipurpose tray where the labels should be inserted. Tray Options Select the drawer desired for the current print job.
Page 126: Colour Printing
FACTORS 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. Some of the most important factors are listed below.
Page 127 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 128: Choosing A Colour Matching Method
RGB. Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications. MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor. COLOUR PRINTING > 128...
Page 129: Matching Specific Colours
Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-Profiles provided by Oki, and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).
Page 130: Pcl Driver
PCL DRIVER ACCESSING 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.
Page 131: Setting The Colour Matching Options
Optimised for matching specific colours, such as a company logo colour. The colours within the printer's colour gamut are printed without any modification, and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified.
Page 132: Using The Colour Swatch Feature
The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch. If this is the case, it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour. Here, it is unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required colour.
Page 133: Postscript Driver
Windows ICM Matching Using ICC Profiles 1. Not Windows NT 4. 2. Not Windows 95/98/Me Oki Colour Matching This is Oki’s proprietary colour matching system, and affects RGB data only. > Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images. >...
Page 134: Postscript Colour Matching
Optimised for matching specific colours, such as a company logo colour. The colours within the printer’s colour gamut are printed without any modification, and only colours that fall outside the gamut (set of) printable colours are modified. POSTSCRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer, and affects both RGB and CMYK data.
Page 135: Cmyk Ink Simulation
This option simulates what the output will look like on a printing press using the ink types SWOP, Euroscale or Toyo. If using CMYK Ink Simulation, it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching. Select the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match option in the printer driver.
Page 136: Using Icc Profiles
“Add…” and locate the ICC profiles for your printer. Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colours in your documents to colours that the printer can reproduce. The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent control in the printer driver.
Page 137 Rendering Dictionary), and this is used to match the colours as closely as possible. This feature may not work for all application programs. However, many professional graphics applications offer a similar feature in their print settings, with the ability to choose a source (input) colour space, and a print (output) colour space.
Page 138: 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 139: Print Jobs Menu
Prints complete menu listing with current settings shown. Prints a list of overlays, macros, fonts and other files stored on the printer’s hard disk drive (if installed). Prints complete list of all internal PCL fonts plus those stored in ROM (slot 0), flash memory and in hard disk (if installed).
Page 140: Shutdown Menu
SHUTDOWN 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. SHUTDOWN MENU Item Settings Explanation SHUTDOWN START EXECUTE...
Page 141: Print Menu
1 (upper), Tray 2 (lower, if installed) or MP Tray (multipurpose tray). If two trays contain identical paper, the printer can switch to an alternative source when the current tray runs out in the middle of a print job. Determines tray sequence order when automatically switching.
Page 142 PRINT MENU Item Settings LINES PER PAGE 5-64-128 CASSETTE SIZE EDIT SIZE LETTER EXECUTIVE LEGAL14 LEGAL13.5 LEGAL13 A4 / A5 / A6 / B5 CUSTOM COM-9 ENVELOPE COM-10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE Explanation Sets the number of lines of text per page when raw text is received from systems other than Windows.
Page 143: Media Menu
CUSTOM setting see X-DIMENSION and Y- DIMENSION later in this table. Selects the type of media loaded in this tray. This will help the printer to adjust its internal operating parameters, such as engine speed and fusing temperature, to better accommodate the media to be fed.
Page 144 X-DIMENSION and Y-DIMENSION later in this table. Selects the type of media to be fed from the multipurpose 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 multipurpose tray.
Page 145: Color Menu
COLOR 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 146 COLOR MENU Item Settings AUTO EXECUTE REGISTRATION C REG FINE ADJUST -3~0~+3 M REG FINE ADJUST -3~0~+3 Y REG FINE ADJUST -3~0~+3 INK 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.
Page 147: System Configuration Menu
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU Items Settings POW SAVE TIME PERSONALITY AUTO IBM PPR III XL EPSON FX PS3 EMULATION USB PS PROTOCOL RAW ASCII...
Page 148 Explanation 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. If ON, the printer will print error details when a PostScript Emulation error occurs.
Page 149: Pcl Emulation
PCL EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode. PCL EMULATION Item Settings Font Source RESIDENT / DIMM0 / DIMM1 / DOWNLOADED FONT No. I000 / C001 / S001 FONT PITCH 0.44~10.00~99.99 FONT HEIGHT 4.00~12.00~999.75 Point size of selected default font.
Page 150 PCL EMULATION Item Settings SYMBOL SET PC-8 / PC-8 Dan/Nor / PC-8 TK / PC-775 / PC-850 / PC-852 / PC-855 / PC-857 TK / PC-858 / PC-866 / PC-869 / PC-1004 / Pi Font / Plska Mazvia / PS Math / PS Text / Roman-8 / Roman-9 / Roman Ext / Serbo Croat1 /...
Page 151 PCL EMULATION Item Settings SYMBOL SET Math-8 / MC Text / (continued) MS Publish / PC Ext D/N / PC Ext US / PC Set1 / PC Set2 D/N / PC Set2 US / USPSZIP / Bulgarian / CWI Hung / DeskTop / German / Greek-437 / Greek- 437 Cy / Greek-928 /...
Page 152: Parallel Menu
ACK WHILE BUSY I-PRIME 3 MICRO SEC 50 MICRO SEC DISABLE USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. USB MENU Item Settings ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables operation of this port. VERSION 1.1 / 2.0...
Page 153: Network Menu
NETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/100Base- TX network interface. NETWORK MENU Item Settings TCP/IP ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables this network protocol. NETBEUI ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables this network protocol. NETWARE ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables this network protocol.
Page 154: Maintenance Menu
MAINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. MAINTENANCE MENU Item Settings MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables automatic power save PAPER BLACK –2~0~+2 SETTING PAPER COLOR –2~0~+2 SETTING TRANSPR BLACK –2~0~+2...
Page 155: Usage Menu
USAGE 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 156: Overlays And Macros
You can use PostScript overlays to generate all your special stationery and store it in the printer for use whenever you need it. If you have chosen to install the PCL driver, macros perform a similar function.
Page 157: Creating Postscript Overlays
(.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. The project file will contain one or more overlay images which are functionally related, such as the cover page and the continuation page images for business letters.
Page 158: Create And Download The Project
Navigate to the folder where the .PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set. You can have more than one printer (.PRN) file in a project. For example, one for top pages and another for continuation pages.
Page 159: Test Printing The Overlay
Printers→Test Form. In the Test PostScript Form window, to test each overlay select it and click OK. There will be a short pause while the printer processes the form, and then it will print. When each overlay has been tested, click Exit.
Page 160 If you forgot to note the overlay names when you created them, you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file, or the printer’s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there.
Page 161: Printing With Postscript Overlays
Remember, if necessary, to format the document so that it will fit within the appropriate space. Open your application’s Print… dialogue and choose any options you will require, ensuring that the target printer is your PostScript printer driver in which the overlays have been defined.
Page 162: Creating Pcl Overlays
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 163: Create And Download Macros
OK to clear the message. The project window will display one .BIN file for each printer file added. Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files. You will need them later.
Page 164: Test Printing The Macro
Choose Printers→Test Macro. In the Test Macro window, enter its ID number and click OK. After a short pause the printer will print the macro. When each macro has been tested, click Exit. Click the standard Windows Close (X) button, or choose Projects→Exit to close Storage Device Manager.
Page 165 If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them, you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file, or the printer’s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there.
Page 166: Printing With Pcl Overlays
Open your application’s Print… dialogue and choose any options you will require, ensuring that the target printer is your PCL printer driver in which the overlays have been defined. Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window.
Page 167: Replacing Consumable Items
Image drum, yellow Fuser Transport belt Average life Please always use genuine Oki consumables. Use of “compatibles” and counterfeit items may impair performance and could cause product damage, which is not covered under the warranty. Life 5,000 A4 @ 5%...
Page 168: Toner Cartridge Replacement
TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT 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. Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one.
Page 169 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 labeled. Do not touch. Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 3.
Page 170 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. REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS > 170...
Page 171 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. Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting.
Page 172 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...
Page 173: Image Drum Replacement
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. This area is clearly labeled. Do not touch. CAUTION! WARNING! REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS >...
Page 174 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 > 174 2. Magenta cartridge 4. Black cartridge...
Page 175 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. Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting.
Page 176 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 177 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 178: Replacing The Belt Unit
Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labeled. Do not touch. Note the positions of the four cartridges. It is essential that they go back in the same order 1.
Page 179 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.
Page 180: Fuser Replacement
A warning label clearly indicates the area. If in doubt, switch the printer off and wait at least 10 minutes for the fuser to cool before opening the printer cover.
Page 181 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 182 The retaining levers (2) should be fully upright, and the two locating lugs (3) should be towards you. 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.
Page 183: Installing Upgrades
The duplex unit requires an additional 64MB memory upgrade. The duplex unit slides straight into the rear of the printer and requires no tools to install. Unpack the new unit and remove any transit material from it.
Page 184 Switch the printer on and wait for it to warm up (about 1 minute). 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.
Page 185: Memory Upgrade
Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. If the printer has been powered on recently, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labeled. Do not touch.
Page 186 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 187 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.
Page 188: Hard Disk Drive
Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. If the printer has been powered on recently, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labeled. Do not touch.
Page 189 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.
Page 190 This should now indicate that the hard disk unit is installed. All that remains is to configure the Windows printer driver so that it knows the hard disk unit has been fitted, and the additional features can be made available immediately.
Page 191: Adjusting Windows Printer Drivers
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. The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP. Other Windows versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
Page 192: Postscript Driver
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. On the Device Settings tab, locate the list of installable options.
Page 193: Clearing Paper Jams
It can be removed from the rear later. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labeled. Do not touch. WARNING!
Page 194 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 image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 2. Magenta cartridge 4. Black cartridge...
Page 195 5 minutes. Repeat this removal procedure for each of the four image drum units. Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit. >...
Page 196 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. NOTE CLEARING PAPER JAMS > 196...
Page 197 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. Black cartridge...
Page 198 Lower the top cover down 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 199 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 200 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 > 200...
Page 201: Specifications
Resolution 600dpi or 600 x 1200dpi Emulations PostScript 3 PCL 5c, HP-GL, PCL XL Epson FX IBM Pro Printer III XL Auto Features Auto registration Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset Memory 64MB standard, upgradable to 128MB, 192MB or 320MB...
Page 202: Index
Labels recommended types ...13 Language display and report language selection ...148 Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 job option ...80 job type...83 Macintosh Printer driver installation ...55 Macintosh OS 10.2 Operation collating ...122 duplex ...123 general printing directions ...122 INDEX > 202...
Page 203 Poster printing... 22 Power saving delay time ...147 enabling or disabling...154 Print order face down stacker...18 face up stacker ...18 face up/down stacker ...21 Print quality adjusting...154 Print settings how to save ... 22 Printer driver Installation...55 INDEX > 203...
Page 204 Printing Custom page sizes...92 Printing confidential documents ... 23 Proof printing ... 26 Standard documents printing stored documents...30 storing in the printer... 29 Store to Hard Disk...38 Switching off correctly...140 Toner current usage state...155 how to replace...168 life expectancy ...167 Transparencies recommended types ...13...
Page 205: Oki Contact Details
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 206 C5300n central house balfour road, hounslow tw3 1hy united kingdom tel +44 (0) 20 8219 2190 07038901 Iss.03 Fax +44 (0) 20 8219 2199...

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