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Aficio MP 171LN Operating Instructions Manual

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Read this manual carefully before you use this machine and keep it handy for future reference. For safe and correct use, be sure to read "Safety
Information" before using the machine.
General Settings Guide
Getting Started
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Combined Function Operations
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User Tools ( System Settings )
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Troubleshooting
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Other Functions
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Specifications
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Operating Instructions

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Operating Instructions General Settings Guide Getting Started Combined Function Operations User Tools ( System Settings ) Troubleshooting Other Functions Specifications Read this manual carefully before you use this machine and keep it handy for future reference. For safe and correct use, be sure to read "Safety Information"...
  • Page 2 Introduction This manual contains detailed instructions and notes on the operation and use of this machine. For your safety and benefit, read this manual carefully before using the machine. Keep this manual in a handy place for quick reference. Important Contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice.

  • Page 3: Manuals For This Machine

    Manuals for This Machine The following manuals describe the operational procedures of this machine. For particular functions, see the relevant parts of the manual. Note ❒ Manuals provided are specific to machine type. ❒ Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary to view the manuals as a PDF file. ❖...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Manuals for This Machine ..................i Copyrights and Trademarks .................1 Trademarks ........................1 Information about Installed Software................2 How to Read This Manual ..................8 1. Getting Started Guide to Components ...................9 Options ......................... 11 External Options.......................11 Control Panel......................12 Display ........................13 Reading the Display and Using Keys...............14 2.
  • Page 5 5. Other Functions Other Functions ....................39 Displaying the Total Counter..................39 Changing the Language................... 39 6. Specifications Main Unit.......................41 Options ......................... 44 Exposure Glass Cover .....................44 Auto Document Feeder capable of scanning both sides of a sheet (ARDF)....44 Paper Tray Unit (Tray 2, 3) ..................45 Copy Paper ......................46 Recommended Paper Sizes and Types..............46 Unusable Paper .......................48...

  • Page 7: Copyrights And Trademarks

    Copyrights and Trademarks Trademarks Adobe, Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, and Reader are either registered trademarks or trade- marks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. ® ® ® ® Microsoft , Windows , Windows Server , Windows Vista , and Outlook are ei- ther registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the Unit- ed States and/or other countries.

  • Page 8: Information About Installed Software

    Information about Installed Software expat • The software including controller, etc. (hereinafter “software”) installed on this product uses the expat Version 1.95.2 (hereinafter “expat”) under the con- ditions mentioned below. • The product manufacturer provides warranty and support to the software of the product including the expat, and the product manufacturer makes the in- itial developer and copyright holder of the expat, free from these obligations.
  • Page 9 NetBSD 1. Copyright Notice of NetBSD For all users to use this product: This product contains NetBSD operating system: For the most part, the software constituting the NetBSD operating system is not in the public domain; its authors retain their copyright. The following text shows the copyright notice used for many of the NetBSD source code.
  • Page 10 2. Authors Name List All product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. The following notices are required to satisfy the license terms of the software that we have mentioned in this document: • This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.
  • Page 11 Sablotron Sablotron (Version 0.82) Copyright (c) 2000 Ginger Alliance Ltd. All Rights Re- serve a) The application software installed on this product includes the Sablotron soft- ware Version 0.82 (hereinafter, “Sablotron 0.82”), with modifications made by the product manufacturer. The original code of the Sablotron 0.82 is provided by Ginger Alliance Ltd., the initial developer, and the modified code of the Sablo- tron 0.82 has been derived from such original code provided by Ginger Alliance Ltd.
  • Page 12 SASL CMU libsasl Tim Martin Rob Earhart Rob Siemborski Copyright (c) 2001 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modifica- tion, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  • Page 13 Copyright (C) 1990-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. All rights reserved. License to copy and use this software is granted provided that it is identified as the “RSA Data Security, Inc. MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm” in all material mentioning or referencing this software or this function. License is also granted to make and use derivative works provided that such works are identified as “derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc.

  • Page 14: How To Read This Manual

    How to Read This Manual Symbols The following set of symbols is used in this manual. R WARNING: This symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation that might result in death or serious injury when you misuse the machine without following the in- structions under this symbol.

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    1. Getting Started Guide to Components CGU004 Exposure glass cover (optional) or Ventilation holes ARDF (optional). Prevents overheating. Do not obstruct the ventilation holes by placing objects See p.11 “External Options” near them or leaning things against them. Exposure glass If the machine overheats, a fault might Place originals here face down.
  • Page 16 Getting Started Main power indicator Front cover Lights when the main power switch is Open to access the inside of the machine. turned on, and goes off when the switch Paper tray (Tray 1) is turned off. Load paper here. Operation switch (On indicator) Paper tray unit (optional) Press to turn the power on (the On indi-...

  • Page 17: Options

    Options Options External Options CGU005 Exposure glass cover Paper tray unit (Tray 2) Lower this cover over originals. Holds 500 sheets. ARDF Paper tray unit (Tray 3) Place stacks of originals here. Holds 500 sheets. They will feed in automatically. This doc- ument feeder can be used for two-sided originals.

  • Page 18: Control Panel

    Getting Started Control Panel This illustration shows the control panel of the machine with options fully in- stalled. CGU002 {Copy} key {User Tools/Counter} key Press to activate the copy function. • User Tools Press to change default or operation {Scanner} key parameters according to requirement.

  • Page 19: Display

    Control Panel {On Line} key {Original Type} key Press to select the original type registered Reference in [Original Type 1 (Text)] or [Original Type 2 Printer/Scanner Reference (Photo)]. When the original type is select- ed, the corresponding indicator lights. Copier function keys {OK} key Reference Press to set a selected item or an entered...

  • Page 20: Reading The Display And Using Keys

    Getting Started Reading the Display and Using Keys This section explains how to read the display and use the Selection keys. CGU003 {Escape} key Selection keys Correspond to items at the bottom line on Press to cancel an operation or return to the display.

  • Page 21: Combined Function Operations

    2. Combined Function Operations Changing Modes Note ❒ You cannot switch modes in any of the following situations: • During immediate transmission • When accessing User Tools • While scanning an original ❒ The copying screen is displayed as default when the power is turned on. You can change this default setting.

  • Page 22: Multi-Access

    Combined Function Operations Multi-Access You can carry out another job using a different function while the current job is being performed. Performing multiple functions simultaneously like this is called “Multi-accessing”. This allows you to handle jobs efficiently, regardless of how the machine is being used.

  • Page 23: User Tools ( System Settings )

    3. User Tools ( System Settings ) User Tools Menu ( System Settings ) Reference For details about parallel interface, see Printer/Scanner Reference. ❖ General Features (See p.21 “General Features”.) Default (MFP) Default (Copier only) Panel Key Sound Copy Count Display Function Priority Copier Print Priority...
  • Page 24 User Tools ( System Settings ) ❖ Key Operator Tools (See p.24 “Key Operator Code”.) Default (MFP) Default (Copier only) User Code Man.:Copier Key Counter Management All Off Key Operator Code Display/Print Counter — Counter per User Code Display — —...

  • Page 25: Accessing User Tools ( System Settings )

    Accessing User Tools ( System Settings ) Accessing User Tools ( System Settings ) This section is for key operators in Select [System Settings] using {U} charge of this machine. or {T}, and then press the {OK} User Tools allow you to change or set key.

  • Page 26: Quitting User Tools

    User Tools ( System Settings ) Quitting User Tools Press the {User Tools/Counter} key. ARK004S...

  • Page 27: Settings You Can Change With User Tools

    Settings You Can Change with User Tools Settings You Can Change with User Tools Reference To access User Tools, see p.19 “Accessing User Tools ( System Settings )”. General Features ❖ Panel Key Sound The beeper (key tone) sounds when a key is pressed. Note ❒...

  • Page 28: Tray Paper Settings

    User Tools ( System Settings ) ❖ Measurement Unit You can switch the measurement between “mm” and “inch”. Note ❒ Default: • Metric version: mm • Inch version: inch Tray Paper Settings ❖ Paper Size: Tray 1–3 Select the size of the paper loaded in the paper tray. •...

  • Page 29: Timer Settings

    Settings You Can Change with User Tools ❖ Ppr Tray Priority:Copier (copier) You can specify the tray to supply paper for output. Note ❒ Default: Tray 1 ❖ Ppr Tray Priority:Printer (printer) You can specify the tray to supply paper for output. Note ❒...

  • Page 30: Key Operator Code

    User Tools ( System Settings ) ❖ System Auto Reset Timer The System Reset setting automatically switches the screen to that of the func- tion set in Function Priority when no operations are in progress, or when an interrupted job is cleared. This setting determines the system reset interval. See p.21 “Function Priority”.

  • Page 31: Display/Print Counter

    Settings You Can Change with User Tools ❖ Key Operator Code Specify whether or not to use passwords (max. eight digits) to control Key Operator Tools settings for key operator code. Note ❒ Default: Off ❒ If you select [On], enter the key operator code (max. eight digits) using the number keys, and then select [On:Partial] or [On:All] to set the access limit.
  • Page 32 User Tools ( System Settings ) Select [Key Operator Tools] using {U} or {T}, and then press the {OK} key. Select [Display/Print Counter] using {U} or {T}, and then press the {OK} key. Press [Print]. Press the {Start} key. Press the {User Tools/Counter} key.
  • Page 33 Settings You Can Change with User Tools ❖ Counter per User Code Allows you to view and print the numbers of prints accessed with user codes, and to set those values to 0. Note ❒ Press {U} and {T} to show all the numbers of prints. ❒...

  • Page 34: User Code

    User Tools ( System Settings ) User Code Register user codes to restrict copier Select [Program] using {U} or {T}, functions to certain users, and check and then press the {OK} key. on their use of copier functions: Registering a New User Code Press the {User Tools/Counter} key.

  • Page 35: Deleting A User Code

    User Code Enter the registered user code you Select [Key Operator Tools] using {U} or {T}, and then press the want to change using the number keys, and then press the {OK} or {OK} key. {#} key. Select [Program/Change User Code] using {U} or {T}, and then press the {OK} key.

  • Page 36: Displaying The Counter For Each User Code

    User Tools ( System Settings ) Select [Counter per User Code] using Displaying the Counter for {U} or {T}, and then press the Each User Code {OK} key. Select [Print] using {U} or {T} and You can check the counter for each then press the {OK} key.

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    4. Troubleshooting If Your Machine Does Not Operate As You Want The following chart gives explanations of common problems and messages. If other messages appear, follow the instructions displayed. Note ❒ For further “Troubleshooting”, refer to the other manuals for this machine. See p.i “Manuals for This Machine”.
  • Page 38 Troubleshooting Problem Causes Solutions Misfeeds occur frequently. Copy paper size setting is Set the proper paper size. See p.22 not correct. “Paper Size: Tray 1–3” and p.46 “Copy Paper”. The tray's back fence may Check the back fence is set properly. not be set properly.

  • Page 39: Clearing Misfeeds

    x Clearing Misfeeds x Clearing Misfeeds ARK028S R CAUTION: • Some of this machine’s internal components get very hot. For this reason, take care when removing misfed paper. Not doing so could result in burns. Important ❒ When clearing misfeeds, do not turn off the power switch. If you do, your copy settings are cleared.
  • Page 40 Troubleshooting ARK029S...

  • Page 41: Changing The Paper Size

    Changing the Paper Size Changing the Paper Size Preparation When using A4L size paper Be sure to select the paper size A Place the back fence in the cor- with User Tools and the paper size selector. If you do not, misfeeds ner pocket on the left.

  • Page 42: Changing The Paper Size In The Paper Tray Unit (Tray 2, 3)

    Troubleshooting Square the paper and load it in While pressing the release lever, the tray. set the back fence to the new size. ARK015S ARK017S Important Push the paper tray in until it ❒ Be sure to set the paper under stops.
  • Page 43 Changing the Paper Size " × 14"L or Important When loading 8 ❒ Do not stack paper over the lim- " × 14"L size paper it mark. A Pull the back fence off from ❒ Load paper so that the paper the tray.

  • Page 44: Selecting The Paper Size With User Tools

    Troubleshooting Select the paper size using the Selecting the Paper Size with scroll keys, and then press the User Tools {OK} key. Press the {User Tools/Counter} key. The “ ” message ap- Programmed pears. Press the {User Tools/Counter} key. ARK004S Select [System Settings] using {U} or {T}, and then press the {OK} key.

  • Page 45: Other Functions

    5. Other Functions Other Functions Displaying the Total Counter Changing the Language You can display the total counter val- You can change the language used on ue used for all functions. the display. English is set as default. Press the {User Tools/Counter} key. Press the {User Tools/Counter} key.
  • Page 46 Other Functions...

  • Page 47: Specifications

    6. Specifications Main Unit ❖ Configuration: Desktop ❖ Photosensitivity type: OPC drum ❖ Original scanning: One-dimensional solid scanning system through CCD ❖ Copy process: Dry electrostatic transfer system ❖ Development: Dry two-component magnetic brush development system ❖ Fusing: Heating roll pressure system ❖...
  • Page 48 Specifications ❖ Copy paper size: " × 11"L, 5 " × 8 • Trays: A4L, B5 JISL, A5K, 8 "K, 16KL " × 14"L, 8 " × 11"L, 5 " × 8 • Bypass: A4L, A5KL, B5 JISL, 8 "KL, "...
  • Page 49 Main Unit ❖ Copy paper capacity: • Tray 1: 250 sheets (80 g/m , 20 lb) • Bypass: 100 sheets (80 g/m , 20 lb) ❖ Power consumption: Main unit only Complete system Warm up Less than 900 W Less than 900 W Stand-by About 80 W About 85 W...

  • Page 50: Options

    Specifications Options Exposure Glass Cover Lower this over originals. Auto Document Feeder capable of scanning both sides of a sheet (ARDF) ❖ Mode: • ADF mode ❖ Original size: • Regular size: One-sided originals: A4L - A5KL " × 14"L - 5 "...

  • Page 51: Paper Tray Unit (Tray 2, 3)

    Options Paper Tray Unit (Tray 2, 3) ❖ Paper weight: 60 – 90 g/m (16 – 24 lb.) ❖ Paper size: " × 14"L, 8 " × 13"L, 8 " × 11"L, 8 " × 13"L, 8 " × 14"L A4L, 8 ❖...

  • Page 52: Copy Paper

    Specifications Copy Paper Recommended Paper Sizes and Types The following limitations apply to each tray: Metric version Inch version Paper weight Paper capacity " × 11"L, Paper tray 1 A4L, B5 JISL, A5K, 8 60 – 90 g/m 250 sheets "...
  • Page 53 Copy Paper Important ❒ If you use damp or curled paper, a misfeed might occur. In such a case, try turning over the paper stack in the paper tray. If there is no improvement, change to copy paper with less curl. Note ❒...

  • Page 54: Unusable Paper

    Specifications Unusable Paper R CAUTION: • Do not attempt to print on stapled sheets, aluminum foil, carbon paper, or any kind of conductive paper. Doing so risks fire. Important ❒ Do not use any of the following kinds of paper or a fault might occur: •...

  • Page 55: Index

    INDEX Accessing user tools ( System Settings ) Front cover AOF (Always On) Function Priority ARDF Auto off timer Auto reset timer General Features copier Guide to components Bypass tray If your machine does not operate as you want Internal tray Internal tray guide Changing a user code Changing default settings...
  • Page 56 Panel Key Sound Paper size Paper Storage Paper tray Paper tray priority copier printer Paper tray unit Paper tray unit (Tray 2) Paper tray unit (Tray 2, 3) Paper type Bypass tray Printing the counter for each user code Print Priority Program/Change User Code Quitting user tools Reading the display and using keys...
  • Page 57 The meanings of the symbols for the switches on this machine are as follows: a means POWER ON. b means POWER OFF. Copyright © 2011...
  • Page 58 EN GB D109-7006...

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