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  • Page 2: Copyright Information

    The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the web site: Trademark Information _______________________________ Oki, OkiLAN are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd. Apple, Macintosh, Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows Vista, Internet Explorer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    B410d and B410dn ........33...
  • Page 4 B410d and B410dn ........67...

  • Page 5: Notes, Cautions And Warnings > 5

    OTES AUTIONS AND NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text. A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage. A warning provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury. For the protection of your product, and in order to ensure that you benefit from its full functionality, this model has been designed to operate only with genuine original toner cartridges.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Memory: 32MB for B410d, B410dn and B420dn; 64MB for B430dn. > High speed printing: 28ppm A4 and 30ppm Letter. > Resolution: 1200 x 600 dpi for B410d, B410dn and B420dn; 1200 x 1200 dpi for B430dn. > Paper handling: 250 sheets (75g/m²) for B410d, B410dn, B430dn; 530 sheets for the B420dn.

  • Page 7: About This Manual

    BOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is the user’s guide (check the Oki Printing Solutions website, www.okiprintingsolutions.com, for the most up-to-date version) for your printer and forms part of the overall user support listed below: > Quick Setup Poster: easy to follow graphical instructions for quick printer setup.

  • Page 8: Abbreviations Used

    The following abbreviations are used in this manual: ABBREVIATION Ctrl DIMM MEANING Control dots per inch Dual In-line Memory Module duplex network card installed Light Emitting Diode Network Interface Card Printer Control Language PostScript (emulation) PostScript Emulation Random Access Memory About this manual > 8...

  • Page 9: Printer Components

    RINTER COMPONENTS Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next chapter, the B410d/ B410dn/B420dn/B430dn printers look similar from the outside. The important components are identified in the representations below. Operator panel (B430dn shown) Output Stacker (150 sheets, face down)
  • Page 10 Duplex unit Parallel interface connection USB interface connection LAN interface connection (only for B410dn, B420dn and B430dn) Test button (only for B410dn, B420dn and B430dn) Memory panel (to upgrade your printer’s memory RAM DIMM) Cooling fan Printer components > 10...

  • Page 11: Operator Panels

    This chapter describes the function of the operator panel on your printer. It is useful to describe the Printer Menu Setup Tool at this point as it provides the B410d and B410dn, the equivalent of the menu control panel on the B420dn, B430dn (See page 37 for installation of the Printer Menu Setup Tool.)

  • Page 12: Lcd

    Printing any data held in the buffer after printing has been cancelled. The other functions of the Online button are activated after turning the printer off line then pressing and holding the switch for seven seconds before releasing. The other functions are as follows: >...

  • Page 13: Changing Language

    Tool is used to control and change the various printer settings. Using the Printer Menu Setup Tool Viewing or changing the printer settings are carried out as follows: Click on Start > All Programs > Okidata > Printer Menu Setup Tool and select the Printer Menu Setup Tool. Danish...

  • Page 14: Menu Functions

    These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application. For example, if you have set the number of copies in the Printer Menu settings to one, this will be overridden if you select three copies of your document in the printer driver.
  • Page 15 Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. ITEM COPIES DUPLEX MANUAL PAPER FEED AUTO TRAY SWITCH TRAY SEQUENCE MEDIA CHECK RESOLUTION TONER SAVE MODE ORIENTATION LINES PER PAGE EDIT SIZE Media menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. ITEM TRAY1 PAPERSIZE TRAY1 MEDIATYPE...
  • Page 16 System configuration menu This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. ITEM POW SAVE TIME PERSONALITY CLRABLE WARNING AUTO CONTINUE MANUAL TIMEOUT TIMEOUT INJOB TIMEOUT LOCAL TIMEOUT NET LOW TONER JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT PCL Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation.
  • Page 17 PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. ITEM CHARACTER PITCH FONT CONDENSE CHARACTER SET SYMBOL SET LETTER O STYLE ZERO CHARACTER LINE PITCH WHITE PAGE SKIP CR FUNCTION LF FUNCTION LINE LENGTH FORM LENGTH TOF POSITION LEFT MARGIN...
  • Page 18 Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. ITEM PARALLEL BI-DIRECTION ACK WIDTH ACK/BUSY TIMING I-PRIME USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. ITEM SOFT RESET SPEED SERIAL NUMBER Network menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/100Base-TX network interface.
  • Page 19 RESTORE 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 20: Printing Menu Settings

    Press and hold down the Online button for at least four seconds, but less than seven seconds. The printer prints a list of the menu settings and a demo print page. button” on page 12. Using the Printer Menu Setup Tool Select Start >...

  • Page 21: B420Dn, B430Dn

    Press to exit the menu and displays ONLINE, when in the MENU mode. NOTE When pressed in Menu mode, the Online button returns the printer to status. Also when there is an error indicating wrong paper size, pressing the Online button forces the printer to print.

  • Page 22: Menu Functions

    These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application. For example, if you have set the number of copies in the Printer Menu settings to one, this will be overridden if you select three copies of your document in the printer driver.
  • Page 23 MPT PAPERSIZE MPT MEDIATYPE MPT MEDIAWEIGHT UNIT OF MEASURE X DIMENSION Y DIMENSION System configuration menu This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. ITEM POW SAVE TIME PERSONALITY PARA PS-PROTOCOL USB PS-PROTOCOL NET PS-PROTOCOL...
  • Page 24 ITEM TIMEOUT NET LOW TONER JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT START UP PCL emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation. ITEM FONT SOURCE FONT NO. FONT PITCH SYMBOL SET A4 PRINT WIDTH WHITE PAGE SKIP CR FUNCTION LF FUNCTION PRINT MARGIN...
  • Page 25 WHITE PAGE SKIP CR FUNCTION LINE LENGTH FORM LENGTH TOF POSITION LEFT MARGIN FIT TO LETTER TEXT HEIGHT Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface. ITEM PARALLEL BI-DIRECTION ACK WIDTH ACK/BUSY TIMING I-PRIME OFFLINE RECEIVE DEFAULT...
  • Page 26 USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. ITEM SOFT RESET SPEED OFFLINE RECEIVE SERIAL NUMBER Network menu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/100Base-TX network interface. ITEM TCP/IP IP VERSION NETBEUI NETWARE...
  • Page 27 RESTORE 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 28: Printing Menu Settings

    RINTING MENU SETTINGS Current menu settings can be confirmed by printing a Menu Map, using the control panel. Press the Menu press button. Press the button until the display prompts you to print the menu map. Press the button to print the menu map. Press the Cancel or Online or the button until the INFORMATION MENU is available, then button repeatedly to exit the MENU mode.

  • Page 29: Paper Recommendations

    “Paper and tray information” in the “Specifications” chapter. NOTE The reference to Manual Feed Tray is for the B410d and B410dn models and the Multi Purpose Tray is for the B420dn and B430dn models. APER AND ENVELOPE TYPES...

  • Page 30: Postcards

    This ensures that the oldest paper is used first to help prevent paper jams. Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printer and place plain paper (1) in the tray, keeping the level of the paper in the tray below the paper full guide arrowheads shown on the paper guides (2).
  • Page 31 For face down printing, make sure the Rear cover is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). The Output Stacker on the top of the printer stacks printed pages face down, capacity 150 sheets of weight 75g/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted in reading order (last page on top, facing down).

  • Page 32: Multi Purpose Tray And Manual Feed Tray

    For single-sided printing on headed paper load the paper with the pre-printed side up and top edge into the printer. > For two-sided (duplex) printing on headed paper, load the paper with the pre- printed side down and top edge away from the printer. Paper recommendations > 32...

  • Page 33: Paper Feed, Size And Media Setting

    B420, B430: If required, set the media size and orientation in the media menu using the control panel, then issue the print command. B410: If required, set the media size and orientation in the Printer Menu Setup tool, then issue the print command.

  • Page 34: B420Dn, B430Dn

    Paper feed selection The paper feed, paper size, paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printer using the control panel as follows. Press the Menu press the button.
  • Page 35 An asterisk (*) appears next to the selected paper size. Press the Cancel or Online or the Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file. Media type and weight Set media type and weight as follows: If media type or media weight are not correctly set, print quality deteriorates and the fuser roller may be damaged.

  • Page 36: Interfaces

    If you are connecting your printer directly to a stand alone computer proceed to the chapter entitled “Printer Drivers”. If your printer is to be installed as a network printer, please refer to the relevant section in the User’s Guide for the network interface card for further details on how to configure the network connection before installing the printer drivers.

  • Page 37: Printer Drivers

    Ensure that any installed options are enabled in the printer driver. HOOSING A AC DRIVER The B410d, B410dn and B420dn models allow you to use only a PCL Mac driver. The B430dn models can also use a PS driver on Macintosh operating systems. Printer drivers > 37...

  • Page 38: Operation

    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 and Printer Menu Setup Tool menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those settings in the operator panel and Printer Menu Setup Tool menus.
  • Page 39 You can choose the source of the paper to feed, which may be Tray 1 (the standard paper tray), Manual Feed Tray (B410d and B410dn), Tray 2 (if you have the optional second paper tray installed) or the Multi Purpose Tray (B420dn, B430dn). You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray.
  • Page 40 The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. > The ProQ1200 setting for B410d and B410dn prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery.
  • Page 41 Image tab Dithering produces an intermediate greyscale by adjusting the combination of dots used in printing. Selecting a setting determines the degree of detail with which a graphics image will be printed. Mesh determines that a screen of dots is used for dithering while Line Art determines that an array of lines is used for dithering.

  • Page 42: Ps Emulation (B430Dn)

    EMULATION The tabs available are the Layout Tab, the Paper/Quality Tab and the Job Options Tab. Layout tab My Printer Printing Preferences Page orientation can be set to portrait (tall), landscape (wide) or landscape rotated by 180 degrees. Print on both sides (duplex printing) can be set to long edge or short edge of the document.
  • Page 43 The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. > The ProQ1200 for B410d and B410dn setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for printing photographs.

  • Page 44: Setting From Windows Control Panel

    The main tabs are the General Tab, Advanced Tab and Device Options Tab. General tab This area lists some of the main features of your printer, including optional items. This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs.
  • Page 45 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. Mismatched documents in the queue will not prevent correctly matched documents from printing.
  • Page 46 Changes made via the Windows Control Panel become the Windows default settings. You can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents. This is particularly useful on a shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack. NOTE The above features are provided by the Windows XP operating system and will vary with other operating systems.

  • Page 47: Printer Settings In Macintosh

    You can set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays. You can make a variety of font settings depending on your application. You can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled “Installing options”.

  • Page 48: Power Saving Mode

    CHANGING THE LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE ENTERING POWER SAVING MODE B410d and B410dn Use the Menu Setup Tool Select Start > Programs > Oki Data > OKI B410 printer Menu Setup Tool > Printer Menu Setup Tool. Double-click System Configuration Menu then select Power Save Time.
  • Page 49 B420dn and B430dn Use the Printer Menu via the Operator Panel Press the Menu Press until Power Save appears. Press Press until Disable appears. Press confirm the selection. Press Online. button until Maintenance Menu appears. Press . An asterisk (*) will appear to...

  • Page 50: 2-Sided Printing

    To carry out Auto Duplex Printing: Select File -> Print and click the Properties button. Select the input tray: Tray1 (or optional Tray2), or Manual Feed Tray (B410d and B410dn), or Multi Purpose Tray (B420dn, B430dn) from the Source drop down.

  • Page 51: Manual Duplex Printing Using The Paper Tray (Windows Only)

    Manual Duplex printing is available only for Windows PCL Driver. You cannot use A6 paper size for printing from Tray 1 or Tray 2 (option). To carry out 2-sided, or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice.
  • Page 52 Take the printed paper from the Output Stacker (3) and place it in the Paper Tray, ensuring that the printed side is facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer (4). Close the Paper Tray and press the Online button. The message window should disappear from your screen and the document finishes printing the remaining pages of your document.

  • Page 53: Manual Duplex Printing Using The Manual Feed Tray (B410D And B410Dn) Or The Multi-Purpose Tray (B420Dn And B430Dn)

    Set the paper one page at a time in the B410 Manual Feed Tray (or the entire stack in the B420dn and B430dn Multi-Purpose Feeder) with the printed side facing down and the top of the page facing into the printer. Ensure that the paper is gripped in place.

  • Page 54: Short Edge

    HORT Press the Online button. The remaining page(s) of your document print on the blank side of the paper, one sheet at a time as you feed it into the B410 Manual Feed Tray or the stack of pages from the Multi-Purpose Feeder (B420 and B430). 2-sided printing >...

  • Page 55: Overlays And Macros (Windows Only)

    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. You can create several overlays or macros, and combine them in any way you like to produce a variety of forms and other special stationery.

  • Page 56: 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. Use standard Windows techniques (Shift or Ctrl keys) to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to.

  • Page 57: Printing With Postscript Overlays

    Click Add (5) to add this overlay into the defined overlays list. Click OK to close the Define Overlay window. The new overlay now appears in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window. Repeat the above procedure if you wish to define more overlays.

  • Page 58: Creating Pcl Overlays

    VERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay: 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,”...

  • Page 59: Test Printing The Macro

    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 60: Printing With Pcl Overlays

    The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window. When done, click OK to close the printing preferences window. Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish.

  • Page 61: Consumables And Maintenance

    3500 pages. Remember, this is only an average:actual results may vary. The first toner cartridge installed in a new printer has to fill the image drum reservoir and saturate the developing roller with toner. The toner cartridge that is supplied with this printer normally produces about 1,500 pages after installation.
  • Page 62 Seek medical attention immediately. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the top cover. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled.
  • Page 63 Holding the cartridge by its top center with the colored lever to the right (5), 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 image drum unit first. Align it under the tabs (6), and push it against the shiny pins in the drum unit.
  • Page 64 Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the colored lever towards the rear of the printer (8). Push the lever all the way forward until the pointers on the drum and the toner are aligned (8a). This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit.

  • Page 65: Image Drum Life

    Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. Holding it by its top centre, remove the used image drum and toner cartridge, out of the printer.
  • Page 66 Holding the complete assembly by its top center, lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs (1 & 2) at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity (3).

  • Page 67: Generating A Cleaning Page

    Open the Manual Feed Tray and insert a sheet of Letter/A4 plain paper between the paper guides, then click OK. The printer grips the paper and prints a cleaning page. If subsequent printing appears faded or uneven, try replacing the toner cartridge.
  • Page 68 Press the button. The printer grips the paper and prints a cleaning page. The printer should now be ON LINE. If subsequent printing appears faded or uneven, try replacing the toner cartridge. Consumables and maintenance > 68...

  • Page 69: Cleaning The Led Array

    LEANING THE ARRAY Clean the LED array whenever a new toner cartridge is installed or if there are faded vertical areas or light printing down a page. Wipe the LED array gently with a soft tissue. Consumables and maintenance > 69...

  • Page 70: Troubleshooting

    Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on 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 71: Input Jam

    Remove the tray and clear any misfed sheets as given above. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover. If the printer has been powered on, the fuser area will be hot. This area is clearly marked. Do not touch it.
  • Page 72 Re-install the image drum complete with toner cartridge, ensuring that the pegs (1 & 2) correctly locate into the slots on each side of the printer (3). Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drum from excessive exposure to room lighting, while you check the remaining area for jammed sheets.
  • Page 73 > If the paper is difficult to remove, push the cover in the arrow direction, raise it and remove the paper. Open the Multi Purpose Tray (1) (Manual Feed Tray for B410d and B410dn). Troubleshooting > 73...

  • Page 74: Print Quality Problems

    Remove any paper that you find (2), and then close the tray. Close the top cover and press down to latch it closed. The printer will warm up and commence printing when ready. The page lost through the jam will normally be reprinted.
  • Page 75 Faded print. Toner cartridge is not correctly installed. Toner low. Smeared or blotched Dirty rollers; toner print. dropped inside printer or image drum problem. Printed page is light/ Is toner low? blurred. Is paper meant for laser printers? LED array is dirty.

  • Page 76: Paper Feed Problems

    The printer menu setting is Set the size of the paper in incorrect. the Setup Menu of the printer. Printing does not resume only Open and close the top cover. by removing paper jam. Troubleshooting > 76...

  • Page 77: Software Problems

    OFTWARE PROBLEMS Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls the printing process. Make sure you have selected the right driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more information. SYMPTOM PROBLEM Printing is garbled. Incorrect driver is installed.

  • Page 78: Installing Options

    NSTALLING OPTIONS The following options are available to extend the performance of your printer: > 128 and 256MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files > Second paper tray: to increase your printer’s paper handling capacity by 530 sheets (75g/m²)

  • Page 79: Specifications

    A summary of the basic characteristics of your printer appears in the table below: ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions B410d, B410dn and B420dn: 369mm x 395mm x 268mm (W x D x H) B420dn, B430dn: 369mm x 395mm x 268mm (W x D x H) Weight B410/B420/B430: 10.3 kg approximately (without second tray...
  • Page 80 Paper feed B420dn, B430dn: Automatic feeding via paper trays (including optional second tray and Multi Purpose Tray) B410d, B410dn and B420dn: Automatic feeding via paper trays (including optional second tray) and Manual feeding of single sheets Paper feed capacity B410d, B410dn and B430dn: Tray 1: 250 sheets at 75g/m²...

  • Page 81: Paper And Tray Information

    APER AND TRAY INFORMATION Feed and ejection methods vary depending on the type, size and thickness of medium used. Use the chart below and the notes/symbols/terms on the following page for initial guidance. (Minor variations to settings may be necessary depending on user setup and environmental conditions).
  • Page 82 Paper Size Wei- type Plain L, ML, paper M, MH Letter Legal (13) Legal (14) L, ML, MH, H Executive Statement L, ML, MH, H L, ML, MH, H Custom L, ML, M, MH W: 90 - 216 L: 148 - 356 Postcards Enve- Com-9...

  • Page 83: Notes/Symbols/Terms

    When printing using Auto Duplex, paper will not be ejected face up. The printing speed is reduced when you set the paper size of A5, A6, Postcards, Envelopes as Heavy. Label mode must be selected in the printer driver, if you want to print on heavy media which exceeds 120g/m SYMBOL/...

  • Page 84: Service And Support

    ERVICE AND UPPORT Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week > Visit our multilingual web site: www.okiprintingsolutions.com > Call 1-800-654-3282 Service and Support > 84...

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