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Oki is a registered trademark of document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd. responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also is a trademark of the NERGY cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other...
Safety Instructions Your Oki printer has been carefully designed to give you years • Be certain that your power source matches the rating of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, listed on the back of the printer. If you are not sure, check however, there are a few basic precautions you should take to with your dealer or with your local power company.
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Energy Star • The printer has been dropped, or the cabinet is damaged. As an E Partner, Oki has determined that this product NERGY • The printer does not function normally when you are meets the E guidelines for energy efficiency.
N or coloured blue or black. Brown Must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter L or coloured red. This printer must be earthed! If you are in any doubt regarding the wiring, please contact a qualified electrician. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
Choosing Print Media Paper Transparencies/Adhesive Labels • For best results, use paper that is smooth and of high quality, • Use manual feed. like copier type paper or paper with a Sheffield rating of • Should be specifically made for laser printers or 100-250.
Media Type (default) Minimum – Maximum – 66 g/m² Light (60) – 73 g/m² Medium light (68) – 88 g/m² Medium (75) Medium Heavy (90) – 104 g/m² – 120 g/m² Heavy (105) OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
Manual feed 3 Adjust the right paper guide to fit against the edge of the Use manual feed for printing envelopes, transparencies, paper. Do not move the left guide again as this may cause heavyweight and odd size paper. the paper to skew as it is fed in. Insert envelopes with flap side down and to the left.
However, you should 2 Shake the new toner cartridge gently to distribute toner replace the toner cartridge as soon as possible to maintain evenly. print quality and avoid possible damage to the imaging system. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
3 Unwrap the new cartridge. 6 Push the lock lever forward. 4 Remove the tape. 5 Insert the toner cartridge. 7 Close the printer cover. Cleaning the LED Array Clean the LED array… • Whenever you install a new toner cartridge. •...
At this point, be sure you have a new 1 Open the cover and remove the used image drum cartridge. drum on hand. Replace the old one as soon as print quality becomes faint or starts to deteriorate. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
2 Unwrap the new image drum cartridge and remove the 4 Remove the protective plastic cover from the toner well in protective sheet. the image drum unit. 5 Insert the toner cartridge. Resetting the Drum Counter 1 Enter the printer status monitor. 2 Click on the tab.
OKIPAGE 8p Fonts are of a fixed size, and scaling makes them look ragged. These typefaces are resident in the OKIPAGE 8p: Scalable fonts are stored as a set of mathematical curves. At print time the printer uses the stored curves to make up a bitmap •...
Demo page print Cleaning print. (menu, demo) Low toner — — — Ready Off-line — — The status monitor has a comprehensive on–line help system which provides explanations and advice on all features and settings that are available. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
Printer Maintenance Transporting Your Printer Cleaning the Printer If you need to transport your printer to another location, To obtain the best performance from your printer, it must be including return for service, be sure to take the following cleaned regularly. precautions: Disconnect your printer from mains power.
Basic Troubleshooting Paper Jams 3 Remove the jammed paper. 4 Replace the image drum. 1 Open the cover. The fuser unit at the back of the printer is hot. 2 Lift out the image drum. 5 Close the cover. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
Print Quality Problems Problem Solution Printed page is blank. The toner cartridge is missing or empty. Install a new toner cartridge. Entire page prints faintly. The toner cartridge is installed incorrectly. Re–install the toner cartridge. Make sure the tape is removed from the bottom of the toner cartridge, the cartridge is seated correctly and the toner lock lever is pushed all the way forward.
Image drum problem; contact service. Software Problems It is essential to ensure that you have installed the correct Oki printer drivers. If printing from a DOS text box, your application should be set up for printing with an HP LaserJet™ II or compatible driver.
Hardware Problems Problem Solution When you try to print nothing happens. Configuration error. Check cable connection. If more than one printer is available, make sure your printer has been selected. Check printer status. If the printer light flashes slowly, the print job is progressing. If the light flashes rapidly, use the control panel software to examine printer status.
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This is perfectly normal. If the top cover becomes too hot to touch, switch the printer off and call your dealer for advice. Printed paper emerges wrinkled. Use the printer control panel to change the paper thickness setting to light. OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
CPU (8p, 8w) Core MIPS R3000, OKI nX8 Clock 28MHz, 16MHz RAM (8p, 8w) Resident 2MB, 512KB Option Additional 4MB (Okipage 8p only) ROM (8p, 8w) 6MB, 62KB Electrical Voltage 230VAC ±10% Frequency 50/60Hz ± 2% AC Cable Standard 1.8m cable fitted with appropriate power plug.
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1 month in fully packed state minus toner and image drum Transit – for up to 1 month in fully packed state minus toner and image drum Humidity (%) Operating – 25.0°C Non–operating – 26.8°C Wet bulb temperature. Storage – 35.0°C Transit – 40.0°C OKIPAGE 8p/8w...
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1 500 pages (5% print density) Image Drum 10 000 pages – continuous print 8 000 pages – 3 pages/job (without power save) Emulation Standard HP LaserJet5 PCL5e, PCLXL (Okipage 8p only) IBM Proprinter EPSON FX Optional None Acoustic noise Operating...