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Oki Printing Solutions toner cartridges. These can be identified by the Oki Printing Solutions trademark. Any other toner cartridge may not operate at all, even if it is described as "compatible", and if it does work, your product's performance and print quality may be degraded.
NTRODUCTION B2200/B2400 desktop printers offer a crisp, high quality, fast printing solution in a lightweight and compact unit that can be conveniently located right at the point of need. This User’s Guide gives day-to-day operating guidance and simple maintenance procedures, and is applicable to all models: •...
Power on/off button. Manual feed guides. Top cover release button. On-Line button—switches printer on line or off line. To clear a current print job from printer memory, press and hold this button for about 5 seconds. B2200/2400 User’s Guide Introduction > 7...
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(approx. 2-sec.) when data is being received and processed, flashes faster (approx. 1-sec.) when printer is printing. requires paper in manual feeder. jam or cover open, occurs. B2200/2400 User’s Guide Introduction > 8 “LED...
RINT MEDIA Print media that can be used with your printer includes standard copier bond paper, certain types of envelope and certain types of transparency. APER The best type of paper to choose is standard 18 to 20 lb. (80-90g/ m²) bond paper designed for use in plain paper copiers and laser...
Slide the paper stack fully into the tray as far as it will go, print side downwards, top edge into the printer, and ensure the guides just touch each side of the stack.
Load the sheet to be printed, top edge first, print side up, into the feeder and push it gently until you feel slight resistance. The printer will advance the paper a short distance and retain it and the Load Paper light will stop flashing.
When the page image has been processed the paper will be drawn into the printer and your printed page will be ejected into the output tray. NOTE Pages are ejected face up. For multipage documents you may want to choose reverse print order in your print dialogue if your application offers it.
NVELOPES Envelopes can be directly printed in this printer as long as you choose suitable types. Avoid self sealing envelopes and those with windows or metal clasps. Preferably choose envelopes with rectangular flaps rather than triangular flaps. OADING ENVELOPES IN THE MANUAL FEEDER...
The printer will advance the envelope a short distance and retain it. The sheet will be drawn into the printer and the printed page will eject normally into the output tray. RINT QUALITY ADJUSTMENTS For most printing on standard bond paper the default (medium) setting for paper thickness is appropriate.
After the jam has been cleared and the top cover closed, the printer will automatically reprint the lost page If the printer has been printing for a while the fuser unit will be hot. This unit is clearly marked with a yellow warning label.
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If the paper was fed from the tray, pull the sheet as illustrated below: NOTE: To avoid damaging the printer, always remove jams in the direction of the feed path. • Leading edge of paper has passed through the fuser.
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If the top cover will not close, the print cartridge is not properly installed. Remove it and refit correctly. B2200/2400 User’s Guide Clearing paper jams > 17...
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 Status Monitor menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override the printer’s default settings.
Leave the weight as Printer Setting if using your normal paper, or choose a specific setting for special media types. A variety of document finishing options can be selected,...
(wide). In landscape the page image is rotated 90 degrees to the left (e.g. for printing envelopes). If Vector print mode is selected the internal printer fonts may be used. Raster print mode downloads the page as a bitmap image, which may be preferred if you use fonts not resident in the printer.
Set this control to print greyscale effects in black without dithering. You can manually adjust lightness (the higher the setting the lighter the print) and contrast (the higher the setting the greater the contrast). B2200/2400 User’s Guide Setting printing preferences > 21...
Page orientation (portrait or landscape) in PCL, PPR and FX emulation modes. (B2400 models only). PCL Emulation setting for B2400 models only. In PCL emulation, the print area when the host PC does not specify. B2200/2400 User’s Guide Printer menus > 22...
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TIMEOUT WAIT TIMEOUT LOW TONER RECOVERY ERROR REPORT B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Paper size for main tray. Paper type for main tray. Paper weight for main tray. Paper size for manual feeder. Paper type for manual feeder. Paper weight for manual feeder.
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SKIP CR FUNCTION LF FUNCTION PRINT MARGIN PEN ADJUST B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Specifies language used for report printing. B2400 models only. Specifies location of PCL default font. Specifies the PCL font number. Width of PCL default font in characters per inc when this is a fixed spaced font.
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FORM LENGTH POSITION LEFT MARGIN FIT TO LETTER TEXT HEIGHT B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Specifies character pitch. Specifies 12CPI pitch for condense mode. Determines character set for printing. Determines symbol set for printing. Specifies the style that replaces character (9B) or (9D) with (f) and (0).
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(B2400 models only) USB MENU SOFT RESET SERIAL NUMBER B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Specifies character pitch. Specifies required character set. Specifies required symbol set. See similar for LETTER 0 in PPR menu on page...
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(B2400 models only) Y ADJUST PCL TRAY 0 PCL TRAY 1 PLACE PAGE B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Sets fixed IP address or uses DHCP. Sets fixed IP address. Sets subnet mask. Sets default router address. Leave at 0.0.0.0. if no router.
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SETTING DARKNESS CLEANING USAGE MENU TOTAL PAGE COUNT DRUM LIFE TONER B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Resets all programmable settings to factory defaults. Resets drum count when new image drum installed. (See “Resetting the drum counter” on page 30.) Very fine adjustment of print density to correct streaks, light specks (reduce setting) or faded print (increase setting).
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MAINT. USAGE SIDM MN ID SIDM M2 ID SIDM T1 ID B2200/2400 User’s Guide FUNCTIONS Enables or disables items in this menu. Enables or disables these menus. Sets the Pn to specify manual feed for the Cut Sheet Feeder control command (ESC EM Pn) in FX and PPR emulations.
Start the Status Monitor for the printer. Select the Printer Setup tab, click on the Configuration button and then open the Maintenance Menu. Select “Reset Drum Count” and click on the Execute button to reset the drum counter.
If your printer detects an error condition the error LED will illuminate, either continuously or flashing. In this situation the printer may refuse to print or stop printing in the middle of a job, depending on the cause of the problem.
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ONER OR IMAGE DRUM CARTRIDGE INAPPROPRIATE If you install either a toner cartridge or image drum unit that is incompatible with your printer, the error LED will flash at approximately 1-second intervals and the printer will not start. OW TONER CONDITION If the toner cartridge is out of toner the error LED will flash.
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If your printer develops a hardware fault all three status LEDs will flash fast (flicker approximately four times a second). In this case you should contact your service representative or your Oki dealer for advice and support. B2200/2400 User’s Guide...
9 types to avoid9 types to use9 weights and measures34 Paper feed guides main tray10 manual11 manual feeder7 Print resolution34 speed34 Status lights8 Toner capacity35 Toner cartridge part number35 Transparencies recommended type12 B2200/2400 User’s Guide Index > 36...
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