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  • Page 1 ML5100FB User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Preface

    Copyright © 2009 Oki Europe Ltd. All rights reserved. Oki is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd. Oki Printing Solutions is a registered trademark of Oki Data Corporation. Hewlett-Packard, HP, and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

  • Page 3: Manufacturer

    Oki Data Corporation, 4-11-22 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8551, Japan MPORTER TO THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE Oki Europe Limited (trading as OKI Printing Solutions) Blays House Wick Road Egham Surrey TW20 OHJ United Kingdom For all sales, support and general enquiries contact your local distributor.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Preface ...........2 Manufacturer .
  • Page 5 Index ........... .51 Oki Printing Solutions contact details ......52...

  • Page 6: Notes, Cautions And Warnings

    OTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text. CAUTION! A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage. WARNING! A warning provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    NTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this printer! The ML5100FB is designed to provide highly reliable letter quality printing and high resolution graphics for the desktop/office printing environment. It combines state-of-the- art, 24-pin, serial impact dot matrix printing technology with advanced materials and superior construction to provide high performance and versatility in a desktop sized unit.

  • Page 8: Printing

    RINTING PAGES The whole manual, individual pages, or sections may be printed. The procedure is: From the toolbar, select File, then Print (or press the Ctrl + P keys). Choose which pages you wish to print: All pages, (1), for the entire manual. Current page, (2), for the page at which you are looking.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    ETTING STARTED WARNING! If you have not already done so, familiarise yourself with the content of the Installation Safety booklet supplied with your printer. ETAINING PACKING MATERIALS After setting up your printer according to the instructions in the Set-up Guide, retain your packing materials and container in case you ever need to ship or transport your printer.

  • Page 10: Rear View

    EAR VIEW USB connector: connect to USB interface cable. Parallel connector: connect to parallel interface connector. Serial connector: connect to serial interface cable. Pin Tractor: to load and feed continuous forms. Power connector: connect to printer power cable. Operator Panel: contains button switches and indicators (described in detail later) that allow you to operate the printer.

  • Page 11: Powering On Your Printer

    OWERING ON YOUR PRINTER WARNING! Operations of this equipment are not warranted when the equipment is connected to UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) and/or inverter. Doing so may result in damage of this equipment. Do not use an UPS and/or inverter. Ensure that your printer Power Switch is set to OFF.

  • Page 12: Producing A Test Print

    RODUCING A TEST PRINT To check that your printer is operational, produce a test print on a sheet of 80 gsm A4 paper (for example) as follows: CAUTION! > Allow at least 5 seconds between turning the printer ON after turning it OFF.

  • Page 13: Connecting To A Computer

    ONNECTING TO A COMPUTER In this section you will interconnect your printer and computer, install the printer driver in your computer and print a test page. NTERCONNECTING PRINTER AND COMPUTER NTERFACES Your printer is equipped with three data interfaces: CAUTION! Do not use more than one of the following data interface methods to connect to your PC.

  • Page 14: Installing The Printer Driver

    NSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Insert the Drivers CD into your computer and follow the on-screen instructions to install the printer driver for use with your printer. RINTING A TEST PAGE As an example, using Windows XP: Use Start > Printers and Faxes to show the Printers and Faxes window. Highlight the driver for your printer.

  • Page 15: Printing From A Computer

    RINTING FROM A COMPUTER When printing to your printer from, for example, a Windows application on your computer, make your printing selections from the driver windows that appear on screen. These driver windows have been designed to be easy to use and intuitive while supplementary on-line help is available by clicking each window Help button.

  • Page 16: Paper Handling

    APER HANDLING This section describes how to use cut sheet paper and continuous forms in your printer. OADING CUT SHEET PAPER Ensure that the printer is turned ON. NOTE If there are any continuous forms in the printer, eject them as described in “Removing continuous forms”...

  • Page 17: Ejecting Cut Sheet Paper

    Adjust the Paper Thickness Lever (4) to suit the paper. See “Setting the Paper Thickness lever” on page 22. NOTE If the Paper Thickness Lever setting does not match the paper being used, paper feeding and printing may not work properly. With the printing side upwards and the left edge aligned with the Paper Guide (1), carefully insert the paper on the Paper Tray (2) into the printer until it is gripped.

  • Page 18: Loading Continuous Forms

    OADING CONTINUOUS FORMS ETTING UP CONTINUOUS FORMS To avoid paper feeding problems, carry out the following: >= >= Check your printer is on a surface approximately 75 cm above the floor. Position the continuous forms supply directly below the printer, no more than 3 cm left or right of the printer paper path.
  • Page 19 Lift the locking lever (1) of the left Pin Tractor and slide the Pin Tractor as required to adjust the paper position relative to the first horizontal character centre mark. Press the locking lever back down to lock the Pin Tractor in the desired position. Lift the locking lever (1) of the right Pin Tractor and slide the Pin Tractor to the required position to accommodate the width of the continuous forms to be used.

  • Page 20: Tearing Off Continuous Forms

    Adjust the right Pin Tractor (1) to accommodate the width of the continuous forms, taking care that the forms are held neither too loosely nor too tightly between the Pin Tractors. Press the locking lever (2) down to lock the right Pin Tractor in the desired position.

  • Page 21: Aligning The Tear-Off Perforations

    LIGNING THE TEAR OFF PERFORATIONS If the tear-off perforations are not aligned with the paper cutter on the Top Cover, align them as follows: With the SEL indicator illuminated, press and hold the LOAD/PARK button to move the tear-off perforations to the paper cutter on the Top Cover. Check the position of the tear-off perforations (1) relative to the paper cutter (2).

  • Page 22: Setting The Paper Thickness Lever

    Lift the Pin Tractor covers (1) and remove the forms. Close the Pin Tractor covers. ETTING THE APER HICKNESS LEVER There are 9 lever positions, the first 9 for printing purposes and the ninth to also facilitate ribbon replacement. Set the Paper Thickness lever for different paper types as follows: PAPER TYPE LEVER POSITION 5 - 9...
  • Page 23 Set the Paper Thickness lever for overall paper thickness as follows: OVERALL PAPER THICKNESS LEVER POSITION 0.06 – 0.12 mm 0.13 – 0.21 mm 0.22 – 0.30 mm 0.31 – 0.39 mm 0.40 – 0.48 mm 0.49 – 0.57 mm 0.58 –...

  • Page 24: Operating Instructions

    PERATING INSTRUCTIONS PERATOR PANEL The status/alarm indicators and button switches on the operator panel allow you to check printer status and control the printer. NDICATORS INDICATOR STATUS MEANING Printer is on-line i.e. is available to print. Printer is off-line i.e. is not available to print. Flashing When flashing together with the ALARM indicator, printing cannot be resumed at this stage.

  • Page 25: Button Switches

    UTTON SWITCHES SWITCH STATUS FUNCTION On-line Sets the printer to off-line. Off-line Sets the printer to on-line and disalarms the printer. LF/FF Cut sheet manual mode Ineffective. On-line Off-line Feeds paper by one line. Holding the button down ejects the cut sheet.

  • Page 26: Setting Menu Values

    ETTING MENU VALUES The following information explains the printer settings and how you can change them. Printer items and their values are printed for reference. ONFIRMING CURRENT SETTINGS To print the current menu settings, use a cut sheet of A4 paper or continuous forms of width at least 254 mm.

  • Page 27: Menu Items And Settings

    ENU ITEMS AND SETTINGS In the menu settings tables below, factory default settings are shown emboldened. ITEM FUNCTION SETTING Emulation Mode Select EPSON LQ mode, IBM IBM PPR PPR mode, or IBM X24 AGM IBM AGM mode. EPSON LQ Print Mode Select quality of ANK LQ Courier characters.
  • Page 28 ITEM FUNCTION SETTING Code Page Select a code page. Canada French Multilingual Portugal Norway Turkey Greek_437 Greek_869 Greek_928 Grk_437 CYPRUS Polska Mazovia Serbo Croatic I Serbo Croatic II ECMA-94 Hungarian CWI Windows Greek Windows East Europe Windows Cyrillic East Europe Latin II-852 Cyrillic I-855 Cyrillic II-866 Kamenicky(MJK)
  • Page 29 ITEM FUNCTION SETTING Auto CR Select whether to perform auto *IBM PPR only CR operation upon receiving a carriage return command. SI Select Pitch (10CPI) Set how to handle an SI 15 CPI *IBM PPR/AGM only command received in 10 CPI 17.1 CPI mode.
  • Page 30 ITEM FUNCTION SETTING Continuous paper top LF Selects top LF correction -3 - -1 adjust Gap1 amount for continuous form paper, when paper thickness +3 - +1 level is 1 (Gap 1). The positive range adds correction amounts to the LF, and the negative range reduces the correction amounts to the LF.
  • Page 31 ITEM FUNCTION SETTING TOF (Continuous) Select the reference position for 2.12 mm (1/12 in) the TOF position when auto 4.23 mm (1/6 in) loading continuous form paper 6.35 mm (1/4 in) from the rear of the printer. (Up 8.47 mm (1/3 in) 10.58 mm (5/12 in) to the mid-section of characters in the first line.)
  • Page 32 ITEM FUNCTION SETTING Parity None: Absence of parity bit None (Displayed when Odd: Odd parity connected to a Serial Even: Even parity Even Interface) Ignore: Do not convert the Ignore character to ox40 in case of parity error. Serial Bits Select the data bit length.

  • Page 33: Initialising Menu Settings

    ITEM FUNCTION SETTING Registration Low Adjust the print starting -10 – -1 position on printing in the reverse direction. (The position +10 – +1 moves to the right or left in 1/ 720 in increments.) Registration Normal Adjust the print starting -10 –...

  • Page 34: Printer Settings

    After the paper has started to be taken into the printer, continue to press the LOAD/ PARK button and the paper is taken into the 6.35 mm (0.25 in) position. Align the paper with the first print line position as follows: In off-line mode, press the following buttons to adjust the first printing line: To feed the paper forward by a small amount, hold down the LOAD/PARK button and then press the SEL button.

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    ROUBLESHOOTING LEARING PAPER JAMS UT SHEET PAPER JAMMED IN PRINTER WARNING! Do not carry out any operations inside the printer with the Power Switch set to ON. Set the Power Switch to OFF. Open the Top Cover. Set the Paper Thickness lever to the Replace Ribbon position (position 9). WARNING! The Print Head may be hot after printing.
  • Page 36 Move the Print Head away from the paper. Pull the cut sheet out from the front or rear of the printer. If a paper fragment remains inside the printer, use forceps to grip and extract it. Hold (1) and lift the paper feed guide (2) and slide it along the rails in the direction indicated by the arrows until it locks back into position.

  • Page 37: Continuous Forms Jammed In Printer

    ONTINUOUS FORMS JAMMED IN PRINTER WARNING! Do not carry out any operations inside the printer with the Power Switch set to ON. Set the Power Switch to OFF. Tear off any unprinted continuous forms. Raise each Pin Tractor cover (1) and remove the continuous forms from the Pin Tractors.

  • Page 38: Responding To Alarm Conditions

    ESPONDING TO ALARM CONDITIONS Use the following table for guidance on how to respond to indicated alarm conditions. INDICATOR ALARM MEANINGS AND ACTIONS ALARM Paper has run out. Add paper and press the SEL button. Flashing The Paper Type lever is wrongly set for the type of paper in use.
  • Page 39 PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION Print position offset The horizontal printing The start position may When the printer is powered position is offset. change after the printer is ON, switch from off-line powered on. mode to on-line mode by pressing the SEL button. Reset the start position.
  • Page 40 PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION Too high or too low TOF The TOF is not correctly Initialise the printer. (where printing starts). selected. Select correct TOF for cut sheet and continuous forms. Select the first-line print position and adjust the paper top position. Reselect the margin correctly in the application.
  • Page 41 PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION Improper cut sheet feed No paper feed. Sheets are located off the Load sheets with their left paper guide. edges against the paper guide. Sheets are not loaded to the Load sheets to the end. end. Continuous forms instead of The printer is in the Eject the continuous forms cut sheets are fed.
  • Page 42 PROBLEM CAUSE ACTION Paper feed operations for The cut sheet is not ejected. Eject the cut sheet. both cut sheets and continuous forms are actuated. Troubleshooting > 42...

  • Page 43: Cleaning Your Printer

    LEANING YOUR PRINTER To keep your printer in good operating condition, you are advised to clean it regularly. WARNING! Set the printer Power Switch to OFF and disconnect the power cable from the printer before cleaning the printer. RINTER EXTERIOR CAUTION! Keep the Top Cover closed to avoid the possibility of detergent entering the printer...
  • Page 44 Using a soft cloth, cotton swabs and a vacuum cleaner, clean the interior of the printer as follows: WHERE TO CLEAN WHAT TO CLEAN The carriage (1) and the area Clean and remove paper around it waste, dirt, dust and ribbon shreds.

  • Page 45: Consumables And Accessories

    ONSUMABLES AND ACCESSORIES ONSUMABLES When the printed image becomes faint or incomplete, replace the ribbon cartridge. HANGING A RIBBON CARTRIDGE CAUTION! Only use genuine Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non Original products may damage your printer’s performance and invalidate your warranty.
  • Page 46 Hold (1) and lift the paper sheet guide (2) and slide it along the rails in the direction indicated by the arrow until it locks into position. Hold the ribbon cartridge (1) with your fingers pressing on its ribbon guide (2) and slope it up and out to remove it from the carriage.
  • Page 47 Remove the new ribbon cartridge from its wrapping and note the position of the Ribbon Guide (1), Knob (2) and Pin (3). In the direction indicated by the arrows, insert the pins at both ends of the ribbon cartridge (1) into the U grooves (2) in the printer until the ribbon cartridge is fully locked.

  • Page 48: Consumable Order Information

    Turn the knob (1) clockwise (in the direction of the arrow) to wind up the ribbon. CAUTION! > Do not turn the knob anticlockwise as the ribbon might jam. > Make sure that the ribbon is not twisted or damaged when it goes through the gap between the Print Head and the ribbon guide.

  • Page 49: Specifications

    PECIFICATIONS ITEM SPECIFICATION Model No. D22501B Print method Impact dot matrix Print head 24 pins, 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) diameter Print direction Bi-directional, Unidirectional, short-line-seeking printing Print speed High Speed Draft (HSD) 333cps @ 10 cpi Letter Quality (LQ) 83cps @ 10 cpi Utility 250cps @ 10 cpi Line Feed (LF) time...
  • Page 50 Original plus 4 copies Thickness 0.325mm (0.012in) maximum Multiple-part paper should be fastened by spot-pasting or crimping on both sides, and should be free of wrinkles. Original OKI cartridge ribbon Ink color Black Ribbon life 2 million characters (Utility mode) Print head life 300 million dots per pin.

  • Page 51: Index

    NDEX alarm indications test page ....38 ....... 14 aligning perforations ..... 21 saving ....... 34 setting ......33 button switches ..... 25 user guide cleaning list ........7 exterior printing ......43 ....... 8 interior ......43 drivers ........14 ejecting paper continuous forms ....

  • Page 52: Oki Printing Solutions Contact Details > 52

    Oki Data (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Mid Valley City, 78 Shenton Way, #09-01, Lingkaran Syed Pura 59200, Singapore 079120 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel:(65) 221 3722 Tel: (60) 3 2287 1177 Fax:(65)421 1688 Fax: (60) 3 2287 1166 http://www.okidata.com.sg Oki Printing Solutions contact details > 52...
  • Page 53 Oki Europe Limited Blays House Wick Road Egham Surrey TW20 0HJ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 208 219 2190 Fax: +44 (0) 208 219 2199 www.okiprintingsolutions.com 07101601 iss.1...

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