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Oki C5150n Technical Reference Manual

Oki C5150n Technical Reference Manual

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  • Page 2 The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Data website http://www.okidata.com http://my.okidata.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Color Print Matching ......6 Factors That Affect the Appearance of Printed Documents ..6 Range of Colors: Monitors Versus Printers .
  • Page 4 Print Quality ........21 Photo Enhance .

  • Page 5: Generic Screen Shots

    Note / Important Boxes NOTE A note appears like this. A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which helps you to use and understand the product. Important! An important message appears like this. An important message provides supplemental information which can prevent potential problems.

  • Page 6: Color Print Matching

    Color Print Matching The install utility provides a color matching profile for your printer. In general, using these Color Matching settings will provide reasonable default settings that produce good results for most documents. Many applications have their own color settings and these may override the settings in the printer driver.

  • Page 7: Printer Driver Color Settings

    standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer driver color settings The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a printed document. There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen.

  • Page 8: How Your Software Application Displays Color

    There are several settings found on a typical monitor: • 5000k* Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in graphics arts environments. • 6500k Cooler; approximates daylight conditions. • 9300k Cool; the default setting for many monitors and television sets. *k = degrees Kelvin, a measurement of temperature How Your Software Application Displays Color ®...

  • Page 9: Rgb Or Cmyk

    Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications. Matching Photographic Images RGB only Oki Color Matching (found in the printer driver under Color Control) is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor. Color Print Matching • 9...

  • Page 10: Matching Specific Colors

    • Alternatively, use PostScript Color Matching with the Absolute Colorimetric setting. Printing Vivid Colors RGB only • Use Oki Color Matching, with either the Monitor 6500k Vivid, sRGB or Digital Camera settings. RGB or CMYK • Use PostScript Color Matching with the Saturation option.

  • Page 11: Os X Printer Driver

    OS X Printer Driver Printer Drivers See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on installing the driver supplied with your printer. You can also go to http://my.okidata.com to see/download a copy of the Software Installation Guide or for the latest information on printer drivers.

  • Page 12: Accessing Print Features

    Accessing Print Features To access the print features, open your print driver from within an application by selecting File → Print Then open the drop-down list below and select the Presets feature you wish to set. NOTE If you use a particular group of settings for many documents, you can make the settings then save them as a Preset.

  • Page 13: Setting Black-Only Print Options

    Setting Black-Only Print Options: Grey Scale Normally, the printer prints black as a combination of the four toner colors (CYMK). To print a black-only document using only the black toner, select . This produces true black printing and Gray Scale conserves the cyan, magenta and yellow toner required for color print jobs.

  • Page 14: Setting Color Print Options

    Setting Color Print Options Auto Color Mode This uses the default color print settings. It is recommended to provide the best results for general color printing. OS X Printer Driver: • 14...

  • Page 15: Advanced Color Mode

    Advanced Color Mode Use the selection to change the color settings Advanced Color when needed to optimize the printing of specific documents. Auto Color The default. Produces the best results for a general office environment. OS X Printer Driver: • 15...
  • Page 16 Natural Color Monitor (6500K)/Perceptual Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K, This is best for printing photographic images. Monitor (6500K)/Vivid Optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K. Ideal for office graphics and text. Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colors.

  • Page 17: Copies & Pages Settings

    Brightness Use this slide bar to lighten or darken the appearance of the printed document Saturation Use this slide bar to adjust the vividness of the printed document. Black Finish Gloss This option produces printing with a more glossy finish. Matte This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter black.

  • Page 18: Collated

    Collated Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance. This option is useful when printing multiple copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence Pages Use to select which pages in the document are to be printed.

  • Page 19: Border

    Border When printing multiple pages on one sheet, use this to print border between the sheets, if desired. Two Sided Printing (only if the duplexer is installed) This section only appears when you have the duplex unit installed. • Off: Printing on one side only. •...

  • Page 20: Paper Source Settings

    Paper Source Settings Auto The printer automatically selects the paper feed source. Multi Purpose Tray / Tray1 Set a specific print tray. For example, if you are printing a particular job on special media such as letterhead stationery, place the media in the Multi-Purpose Tray and the select it here when printing the job.

  • Page 21: Print Quality Settings

    Print Quality Settings Print Quality high resolution, slower speed: Provides optimum results • Fine: when printing graphics • Normal: medium resolution, medium speed. For routine print jobs. hoose this for quick proofing of • Draft: low resolution, fast speed. C drafts Photo Enhance If you’re printing photographs, select Photo Enhance for best...

  • Page 22: Printer Option Settings

    Printer Option Settings Thickness Select the thickness/type of media on which you are printing a particular job, to produce optimum print results. This setting will override the setting in the printer menu (the default printer menu setting is Medium (20-27 lb. US Bond, 75-101 g/m ).

  • Page 23: Auto Tray Switch

    Auto tray switch If two trays contain identical print media, the printer can automatically switch to the other tray if the media runs out in the middle of a print job. If you will be using different media in the different trays, deselect this.

  • Page 24: Osx General Printing

    OSX General Printing This section explains how to use common features while printing a job. Collating NOTE The optional Hard Disk Drive (see the “Options” section in your on-line User’s Guide) is recommended to increase performance if you use collating frequently.
  • Page 25 dialog box should already be displayed. If Copies & Pages not, select from the drop-down menu below Copies & Pages Presets Select the number of copies to be printed, then make sure there is a check mark in the box next to : if not, click the box to Collate enable the function.

  • Page 26: Multiple Pages On One Sheet (N-Up Printing)

    Multiple Pages on One Sheet (N-Up Printing) With the file to be printed open in your application, click File → Print Select from the drop-down menu below Layout Presets From the Layout screen, select the options desired. a. For Multiple Pages, set the number of Pages per sheet (up to 16).

  • Page 27: Duplex Printing

    Duplex Printing (Printing on Both Sides of the Sheet) IMPORTANT! • Your printer must be equipped with the duplex unit to use this feature. • The duplex unit can be used for paper only, at weights up to 28-lb. Us Bond (105 g/m2 metric, 58 lb. Index) •...
  • Page 28 Select the duplex option desired. • Long-Edge Binding: OSX General Printing: • 28...
  • Page 29 • Short Edge Binding: Click Print OSX General Printing: • 29...

  • Page 30: Media Type Select

    Media Type Select Use the Printer Option screen to select print media for the job being printed. With the file to be printed open in your application, click File → Print Select from the drop-down menu below Printer Option Presets OSX General Printing: •...
  • Page 31 Select the desired print media from the drop-down Thickness menu. Normal, Thick, Thicker, Thickest For printing paper of various thicknesses: Normal: 16-19 lb. US Bond (60-71 g/m • Thick: 20-27 lb. US Bond (75-101 g/m • Thicker: 28-32 lb. US Bond, 58-67 lb. Index (105-120 g/m •...
  • Page 32 For example, try Strathmore 24 or 28 lb. paper using the Thicker or Thickest setting. NOTE Do not use rough print media for duplex printing. OHP Sheet For printing transparencies. NOTE Use only recommended transparencies (3M CG3720, Oki 52205701). Click Print OSX General Printing: • 32...

  • Page 33: Paper Feed Select

    Paper Feed Select Use the Paper Source screen to tell the printer what tray to use to print the job. This is especially helpful if you wish to print on media which is basically the same as that in Tray 1, but is a different color or is a preprinted form.

  • Page 34: Os X Utilities

    OS X Utilities Apple ColorSync Utility Apple provides a ColorSync Utility that allows selection of the ICC color profile for your display and for the printer. Setting the Display (Monitor) Profile The Display profile will attempt to calibrate the display to more closely match the printer’s output.
  • Page 35 Click the arrow next to and select your monitor. In the Displays area click the arrow and select to access Current Profile Other... the Color Profile. OS X Utilities: • 35...
  • Page 36 Click the desired ICC Profile and then click Open OS X Utilities: • 36...

  • Page 37: Setting The Printer Profile

    Setting the Printer Profile Navigate to the utility by accessing your Local Hard Drive → Applications → Utilities → ColorSync Utility → Devices OS X Utilities: • 37...
  • Page 38 Click the arrow next to and select your printer, then click Printers . Under , click the arrow and select Color(sRGB) Current Profile to access the Color Profile. Other... OS X Utilities: • 38...

  • Page 39: Job Accounting

    Click the desired profile, then click Open Job Accounting This utility, designed specifically for Oki printers, allows you to track printer usage, calculate printing costs, and specify user access to the printer, including setting rights to print black and white only or to print color as well.

  • Page 40: Using Job Accounting

    Open the menu, then check Print Time Filters Print Time Filters JobType JobAccounting Click , then click Save Settings Click Cancel Using Job Accounting Select on the menu. Print Windows... File Ensure that your printer model is selected, then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer and select Accounting Enter your...

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