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  • Page 1 C5600 / C5800 User’s Guide Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 2: Preface

    While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein. The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website: http://www.okiprintingsolutions.com Copyright ©...

  • Page 3: Emergency First Aid

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

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Preface ........2 Emergency First Aid ......3 Importer to the EU .
  • Page 5 Index ....... . . 114 Oki contact details ..... . . 116 Contents>...

  • Page 6: Notes, Cautions And Warnings> 6

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

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Multi-level technology produces subtler tones and smoother gradations of colour to lend photographic quality to your documents; > Up to 20 (C5600) or 26 (C5800) pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents; >...
  • Page 8 > Internal hard disk drive (standard on “h” models, optional on others) for storage of overlays, macros and downloadable fonts, and automatic collation of multiple copies of multipage documents ; > Template Manager 2006 utility for Windows enables the design and print of Business cards, banners, labels with ease.

  • Page 9: Printer Overview

    RINTER OVERVIEW RONT VIEW 1. Output stacker, face 4. Multi purpose tray (80g/m²). down. Used for feeding heavier paper Standard printed copy stocks, envelopes and other special delivery point. Holds media. Also for manual feeding of up to 250 sheets at single sheets when required.
  • Page 10 EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. 5. ON/OFF switch. 10. Network interface.* 8. AC power socket. 11. Duplex unit (when fitted). 9. USB interface. 12.

  • Page 11: Changing The Display Language

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

  • Page 12: Paper Recommendations

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

  • Page 13: Cassette Trays

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

  • Page 14: 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 15: 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 16 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 17 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 18 ULTI PURPOSE TRAY Open the multi purpose tray (1). Fold out the paper supports (2). Press gently down on the paper platform (3) to ensure it is latched down. Load the paper and adjust the paper guides (4) to the size of paper being used.
  • Page 19 • For two-sided (duplex) printing on headed paper load the paper with pre-printed side down and top edge away from the printer. (Optional duplex unit must be installed for this function.) • Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer.

  • Page 20: Printer Settings In Windows

    RINTER SETTINGS IN INDOWS Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options. The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the operator panel menus.
  • Page 21 ETUP TAB 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 the current document. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another...
  • Page 22 OB OPTIONS TAB The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. • The High Quality setting prints at 600 x 600dpi x 2 bit. This option requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. •...
  • Page 23 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 24: Setting From Windows Control Panel

    ETTING FROM INDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather than from within an application program, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications, and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next.
  • Page 25 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 26 Directs the spooler to check the document setup and match it to the printer setup before sending the document to print. 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 27 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> 27 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 28: Printer Settings In Mac

    RINTER SETTINGS IN OS 9 HOOSING RINTING PTIONS Use the print dialog to choose your printer and select options for how you want your document to print. Open the document you want to print. If you wish to change the paper size or page orientation, choose File >...
  • Page 29 Click Preferences. Change Page Setup Preferences or Print Preferences as required. These new settings will be saved as the printer driver defaults. ETUP PTIONS ENERAL Paper Choose the paper size that matches your document and the paper loaded in the printer. The paper margin is 1/6 inch (4.2 mm) at all edges.
  • Page 30 Reduce or Enlarge Documents can be scaled up or down to fit on different paper sizes. ETUP PTIONS AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper.
  • Page 31 ETUP PTIONS USTOM APER You can create and edit custom paper sizes. These appear in the paper size menu and can be selected just like any other paper size. RINT PTIONS ENERAL Copies Enter the number of copies to print. If Collate is selected, all the pages of the document print before the next copy prints.
  • Page 32 Pages Choose whether to print all the pages of your document or just a section of it. Paper Source Selects the paper tray to use for your print job. Quality Selects the print resolution. The High Quality (Multilevel) setting produces the best graphic images but it can take longer to print.
  • Page 33 RINT PTIONS RINT ONTROL If you are using the Windows Print Control Server software to manage printers, enter your assigned user name and ID. This information is sent along with your print job and is recorded by the printer. Printer settings in Mac> 33 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...
  • Page 34 RINT PTIONS OLOUR Color Mode Auto Color - The driver selects the most appropriate color settings. Advanced Color - Select this to manually adjust settings color and black settings. Grayscale - Converts all colors to grays. Color Matching Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimised for printing photos.
  • Page 35 Monitor (9300K) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness. Digital Camera Results will vary depending on the subject and conditions the image was taken. sRGB The printer reproduces the sRGB color space. This might be useful if color matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera.
  • Page 36 RINT PTIONS AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.
  • Page 37 RINT PTIONS PTIONS Media Weight Select the thickness/type of paper in the printer. It's important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you're printing on regular paper, don't select Labels or Transparency - this may cause toner smearing and paper jams.
  • Page 38 Feed Manually from Multipurpose Tray Select this if you want the printer to wait until you press the ONLINE button when feeding from the Multipurpose Tray. This can be useful if printing on envelopes. Always Create 100% Black (K) Toner Select this if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printing pure black (RGB = 0,0,0).
  • Page 39 RINT PTIONS ELECT ANEL ANGUAGE The default language for the printer LCD display is English. This feature allows you to change the LCD display to another language. NOTE: You will need to switch your printer off and back on again after changing the LCD display language.
  • Page 40 RINT PTIONS ATERMARK A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can be used to indicate that the document is "Draft" or perhaps "Confidential". You can create watermarks in the printer driver. Select a font and modify the watermark size, position, color, brightness and angle.
  • Page 41 Displays a summary of the current printer settings. The driver version is also displayed - this may be useful if you want to check the Oki website for a newer printer driver. Printer settings in Mac> 41 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 42: Mac Os X

    OS X The information in this section is based on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4). Other versions such as Panther (10.3) and Jaguar(10.2) versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same. ETTING RINTING PTIONS You can choose your printer and select options for how you want your documents to print from the Print dialog box.
  • Page 43 select more options from the Copies & Pages menu. For a description of these options, see “Print options” on page 46. Click the Print button. ETTING RINTING PTIONS AVING RIVER SETTINGS You can save a set of printer driver options to use for future documents.
  • Page 44 Select Save As Default from the Settings drop-down menu. To save the current printer driver settings as a preset, select Save As from the Preset menu. Enter a name for your preset and click OK. HANGING THE DEFAULT PRINTER AND PAPER SIZE The following steps describe how to change your default printer and the paper size options.

  • Page 45: Page Attributes

    AGE SETUP OPTIONS This section provides a discription of the page setup options available to you. Page setup options Page Attributes You can select “Save As Default” to use the current Page Setup settings as a standard for all documents. Format for Allows you to select your printer model before changing options such as Paper size and Orientation.
  • Page 46 RINT OPTIONS Copies & pages Copies This option allows you to enter the number of copies to print. If you select Collate, all pages of the document will print before the next copy prints. Pages You can select whether to print all pages of a document or just a section of it.
  • Page 47 Layout Pages per sheet You can shrink multiple pages and print them on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.
  • Page 48 Scheduler This option lets you choose whether to print your document immediately, or defer printing until later. You can also assign a priority to a print job. These features are useful if you are printing large documents that take a long time to print. Printer settings in Mac>...
  • Page 49 Paper handling Page order You can choose to print your document in the normal page order (1,2,3..) or reverse order (..3,2,1). Print This option allows you to choose whether to print only odd or even numbered pages. This is useful if you are using manual duplex for which you first print all odd pages, re- insert the paper in the printer and then print all even pages.

  • Page 50: Color Conversion

    ColorSync Color conversion For Color Conversion, Standard is the only option available for your printer model. Quartz Filter Choose a Quartz filter if you wish to apply a special effect to your print job, such as Sepia or Blue Tone. This is only available on Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later versions.
  • Page 51 Cover page Choosing a cover page may help you to identify your printed document in a large pile of paper. This is useful in a busy office with many people sharing the printer. Duplex If you have an optional duplex unit fitted to your printer, you can print on both sides of the paper.
  • Page 52 Paper source This option allows you to select the paper tray to use for your print job. Printer settings in Mac> 52 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...
  • Page 53 Print quality Print quality Use this option to selects the print resolution. The High Quality (Multilevel) setting produces the best graphic images, but these images can take longer to print. Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly improve quality when printing images.

  • Page 54: Colour Mode

    Colour Colour mode COLOUR MODE DESCRIPTION Advanced Colour The driver selects the most appropriate color settings. Manual Allows you to manually adjust colour and black and white settings or select. Grayscale Convert all colors to shades of grey. Printer settings in Mac> 54 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 55: Color Matching

    Color matching COLOUR DESCRIPTION Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimised for printing photos. Colors are printed with emphasis on saturation. Monitor (6500K) Vivid Optimised for printing photos, but with even more saturated colors. Monitor (9300K) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office.

  • Page 56: Media Weight

    RINTER SETUP OPTIONS Printer options Media weight Select the thickness or type of paper in the printer. It is important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you are printing on normal A4 paper, do not select Labels or Transparency as this may cause toner smearing and paper jams.
  • Page 57 Feed manually from Multipurpose Tray Select this option if you want the printer to wait until you press the ONLINE button when feeding from the Multipurpose Tray. This can be useful if printing on envelopes. Always create 100% black (K) toner Select this option if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printing pure black (RGB = 0,0,0).
  • Page 58 Summary This option displays a summary of all selected print options for the current job. Printer settings in Mac> 58 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 59: Colour Printing

    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.
  • Page 60 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.

  • Page 61: Tips For Printing In Colour

    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.

  • Page 62: 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 from the Windows Control Panel: Open the Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes”...
  • Page 63 Choose the Natural colour setting 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.

  • Page 64: Using The Colour Swatch Feature

    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.

  • Page 65: Using The Colour Correct Utility

    SING THE OLOUR ORRECT TILITY 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: >...

  • Page 66: Menu Functions

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

  • Page 67: Print Jobs Menu

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

  • Page 68: Print Menu

    RINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. ETTINGS XPLANATION COPIES 1-999 Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed from 1 to 999. DUPLEX ON/OFF Turns the duplex (2-sided) printing function on or off if this feature is installed.
  • Page 69 COLOR SPEED The printer runs at 20 ppm (C5600), 26ppm (C5800)for all print jobs. This setting is most appropriate when the majority of print jobs are in colour.

  • Page 70: Media Menu

    EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. ETTINGS XPLANATION TRAY1 Selects the size of paper loaded in A5 / A6 / PAPERSIZE Tray 1 (upper tray if both trays installed). For CUSTOM setting see LEGAL14 X-DIMENSION and Y-DIMENSION LEGAL13.5...
  • Page 71 ETTINGS XPLANATION TRAY2 LIGHT (64- Adjusts the printer for the weight of MEDIAWEIGHT 74g/m²) paper stock loaded in this tray (if MEDIUM (75- installed). 90g/m²) HEAVY (91- 176g/m²) MPT PAPERSIZE LETTER Selects the size of paper to be fed EXECUTIVE from the multi purpose tray.
  • Page 72 ETTINGS XPLANATION Y-DIMENSION 148-297-1200 Selects the length of paper defined MILLIMETRE by the “Custom” settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings. Note that media of up to 1200mm in length can be fed from the multi purpose tray for banner printing.

  • Page 73: 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 74: System Configuration Menu

    YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. TEMS ETTINGS XPLANATION POW SAVE TIME 5 Adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. In this mode power consumption is reduced to a low level required to just keep the printer operating and ready to...

  • Page 75: Usb Menu

    MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. ETTINGS XPLANATION SOFT RESET ENABLE / Enables or disables the SOFT RESET DISABLE command. SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE / DISABLE SPEED 12 / 480 Mps Selects the interface speed ETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX network interface.

  • Page 76: Maintenance Menu

    ETTINGS XPLANATION ENABLE / Enables or disables communication DEFAULT via FTP. SNMP ENABLE / Enables or disables SNMP protocol. DISABLE NETWORK NORMAL / Selects network size. SCALE SMALL HUB LINK AUTO Sets full or half duplex for SETTING NEGOTIATE communication via a network hub. 100BASE-TX FULL 100BASE-TX...

  • Page 77: 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 78: Replacing Consumable Items

    This section explains how to replace consumable items when due. As a guide, the life expectancy of these items is: > Toner: A4 PAGE COVERAGE 2.5% 5.0% (OF THIS COLOUR) Black C5600 12,000 6,000 3,000 C5800 12,000 6,000 3,000 Cyan...

  • Page 79: 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 adversely affect your printer's performance and invalidate your warranty.

  • Page 80: Toner Cartridge Replacement

    ONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT CAUTION! 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 81 Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge Pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer. Replacing consumable items> 81 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...
  • Page 82 Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the printer. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture.
  • Page 83 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...
  • Page 84 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. Replacing consumable items> 84 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

  • Page 85: Image Drum Replacement

    MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. CAUTION! Static sensitive devices, handle with care. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully.
  • Page 86 Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface.
  • Page 87 Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge. Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture.
  • Page 88 Push the coloured release lever (1) away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it. Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity.

  • Page 89: Replacing The Belt Unit

    EPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 60,000 pages. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully.
  • Page 90 Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes.
  • Page 91 Lower the new belt unit into place, with the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer. Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rear left corner of the unit, and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer.

  • Page 92: Fuser Replacement

    USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. WARNING! If the printer has recently been powered on, some fuser components will be very hot. Handle the fuser with extreme care, holding it only by its handle, which will only be mildly warm to the touch.
  • Page 93 Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material. Holding the new fuser by its handle, make sure that it is the correct way round. The retaining levers (2) should be fully upright, and the two locating lugs (3) should be towards you.

  • Page 94: Cleaning The Led Head

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

  • Page 95: Installing Upgrades

    NSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > additional RAM memory; > additional paper tray > cabinet UPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two-sided printing, using less paper and making large documents easier to handle.
  • Page 96 Print a menu map as follows: Press the + button to access the Information Menu. Press ENTER once for the menu map. Press ENTER again to print the menu map. When the menu map is printed, press ON LINE to exit the menu system.

  • Page 97: Memory Upgrade

    EMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 64MB of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board of 64MB or 256MB, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 320MB. Installation takes a few minutes, and requires a medium size cross-head (philips type) screwdriver.
  • Page 98 Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover away from the printer at the top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. Carefully remove the new memory board from its wrapping.
  • Page 99 If the RAM expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board, that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one. To remove it, proceed as follows, otherwise skip to step 10. Identify the locking clips (2) at each end of the RAM expansion slot (1).

  • Page 100: Additional Paper Tray

    Examine the first page of the menu map. Near the top of the page, between the two horizontal lines, you will see the current printer configuration. This list contains the figure for total memory size. This should indicate the total memory now installed. DDITIONAL PAPER TRAY Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable.

  • Page 101: Adjusting Windows Printer Drivers

    DJUSTING INDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed, you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications. Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers, the driver must be adjusted on each user’s machine.

  • Page 102: Clearing Paper Jams

    LEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on the use of print media, and you keep the media in good condition prior to use, your printer should give years of reliable service. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply.
  • Page 103 APER SENSOR ERROR CODES CODE # LOCATION CODE # LOCATION Duplex unit * Paper exit Duplex unit * Duplex unit * Duplex unit * MP Tray Duplex unit * Paper Tray Paper feed Paper tray * Paper path Paper size * (if fitted).
  • Page 104 Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path. Holding it by its top centre, lift the cyan image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer.
  • Page 105 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes.
  • Page 106 • To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet. • To remove a sheet just entering the fuser (3), separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt, push the fuser pressure release lever (4) towards the front and down to release the fuser’s grip on the sheet, and withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area.
  • Page 107 Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser, replace the four image drums into the drum cavity, making sure to locate them in the correct order. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge •...
  • Page 108 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 109 Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover. Pull out the paper tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly, is undamaged, and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack.
  • Page 110 Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. When the jam has been cleared, if Jam Recovery is set to ON in the System Configuration Menu, the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams.

  • Page 111: Specifications

    26Kg approx. (without Duplex unit) Print method LED exposed light source electronic photographic memory Print speeds C5600: 20 pages per minute colour / 32 pages per minute monochrome C5800: 26 pages per minute colour / 32 pages per minute monochrome Resolution...
  • Page 112 Black: C5600/C5800 - 6,000 pages at 5% coverage CMY: C5600 - 2,000 pages at 5% coverage C5800 - 5,000 pages at 5% coverage Image drum life 20,000 pages (25000 at continuous print, 18,000 at 3 pages per job and 9,000 pages at 1 page per...
  • Page 113 ITEM SPECIFICATION Operating Operating 10 to 32 °C/20 to 80% RH environment (optimum 25 °C wet, 2 °C dry) Off: 0 to 43 °C/10 to 90% RH (optimum 26.8 °C wet, 2 °C dry) Print 30 to 73% RH @ 10 °C; 30 to 54% RH @ 32 °C environment 10 to 32 °C @ 30% RH;...

  • Page 114: Index

    NDEX Image drums ....77 current usage state Advanced features ....26 enabling or disabling Labels ....12 recommended types Belt .......89 how to replace .......78 life expectancy ........28 Mac OS 9 ......77 life remaining Changing the default print Black printing .........28 settings ......23 ..28 glossy or matte...
  • Page 115 Print quality ...74 System configuration menu ........76 adjusting ......77 Usage menu ......75 Print settings USB menu ......21 how to save Multi purpose tray ......18 Printer default settings how to use ......13 ....24 paper metrics Windows defaults ......9 Printer overview Network addresses Priority ........75 ....25...

  • Page 116: Oki Contact Details

    KI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems (UK) Limited Oki Data (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 550 Dundee Road 78 Shenton Way, #09-01, Slough Trading Estate Singapore 079120 Slough, SL1 4LE Tel: (65) 221 3722 Tel:44 (0) 1753 819819 Fax: (65)421 1688 Fax:44 (0) 1753 819899 http://www.okidata.com.sg...
  • Page 117 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 07073101 iss.01 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals...

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