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 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this
document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer
assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control.
The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software
and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this
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applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states
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 Notes, Cautions and Warnings
NOTE
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additional information to supplement the main text.

CAUTION!
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provides additional information which, if ignored, may result
in equipment malfunction or damage.

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provides additional information which, if ignored, may
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 Contents
Notes, Cautions and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Model Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Online usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
CD-ROM disk contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
CD1 - Drivers, Software Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
CD2 - Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Packaging and protective sheet removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Toner cartridge installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Manual feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Printing the MenuMap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Media settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Selecting paper feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Selecting the paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Selecting the media type and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Media recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Paper Sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Confirming current settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Changing the settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
List of administrator menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adjusting DRIVER options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Change PostScript® Printer Description (PPD) File . . . . . . . . . . .79
Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Color Print Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Factors that affect the appearance of prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

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 Choosing a Color Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
RGB or CMYK? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Matching Photographic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Matching Specific Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Printing Vivid Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
OKI Driver Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Color Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Job Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Job Option List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Job Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Job Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
General Printing Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Multiple Pages on One Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Macintosh OS 10.1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adjusting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Macintosh OS 10.1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Color Print Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Factors that affect the appearance of prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Monitor Color Profile Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Color Profile Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Choosing a Color Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
RGB or CMYK? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Matching Photographic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Matching Specific Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Printing Vivid Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Oki Driver Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
OKI Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
General Printing Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Multiple Pages on One Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Storage Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Storage Device Manager Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Open SDM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
SDM Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

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 SDM Menu Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Fonts Downloader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Color Swatch Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Open Color Swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Create a Custom Swatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
OkiNet Utility for EtherTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Rename Printer/Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Change Parse Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Print Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Check Print Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Configure Printer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Reset/Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Mac OS 10.1.5 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
LCD messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Paper jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Parallel transmission mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Problem solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Paper feed problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Paper jam has been cleared, but printer does not print. . . . . . . . .173
Problems printing from Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Cannot configure for USB connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Cannot print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Printing is slow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
Printer requests paper size change to continue printing. . . . . . . .177
Problems with poor quality printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Miscellaneous problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
The power is on, but the printer does not go online. . . . . . . . . . .180
Print processing does not start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Print processing cancels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Printer makes a strange noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
An asterisk (*) symbol appears on the display, repeatedly moving
across the first line then the second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Printer takes a long time to start printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Toner rubs off when you rub the printed surface. . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Adding Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Changing the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Changing the image drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Changing the transfer belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

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 Changing the fuser unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Cleaning the LED heads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Transporting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
OkiLAN 6200e Plus network Print server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Additional memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Internal hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Toner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Fuser Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Transfer Belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Print menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Media menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Color menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
System Config menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
PCL Emulation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
PPR Emulation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
FX Emulation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Parallel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
USB menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Network menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Memory menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Disk Maintenance menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
System Adjust menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Maintenance menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

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 Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing this color printer!
In this chapter you will find a summary of the main features of your
printer followed by some advice on how to use this User’s Guide to
get the most from your printer.

MODEL SUMMARY
Network Duplex Hard
Model Resolution Print speed card Unit Memory disk
C7100 600 dpi 16 ppm colora Option Optionb 64 Mb Option
C7100n 600 dpi 16 ppm color Standard
a
Option b 64 Mb Option
C7300 600 x 1200 20 ppm colora Option Optionb 64 Mb Option
dpi
C7300n 600 x 1200 20 ppm colora Standard Optionb 64 Mb Option
dpi
C7300dxn 600 x 1200 20 ppm colora Standard Standard 128 Mb Standard
dpi
C7500n 1200 dpi 20 ppm colora Standard Optionb 128 Mb Option
C7500dxn 1200 dpi 20 ppm colora Standard Standard 128 Mb Standard

a. 24 ppm monochrome
b. Requires additional memory

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 FEATURES
• Single pass digital technology for high quality, speed and
reliability.
• Duplex printing for fast two-sided output (standard on C7300dxn
and C7500dxn, optional on other models).
• High capacity 10Gb hard disk drive (standard on dxn models,
optional on others).
• Versatile paper handling:
– Standard 530-sheet paper tray
– Standard 100-sheet multi purpose tray for card stock, envelopes,
labels, etc.
– Optional 530-sheet paper trays providing up to a maximum of
1690-sheet capacity
• High capacity 10Gb hard disk drive (standard on dxn models,
optional on others).
• Flexible interfaces with automatic switching:
– USB
– High-speed, bi-directional parallel (IEEE-1284)
– Industry standard network connectivity via internal network
interface card (optional on models C7100 and C7300)
• Environmentally friendly: the advanced power save mode
minimizes power consumption and the separate toner and drum
design cuts down on waste.
• Automatic color balance adjustment: in order to ensure consistent
output at all times, the machine automatically performs a color
check when the machine is switched on, when the top cover is
opened and then closed, and adjusts the color balance
automatically. It can even be set to adjust the color balance during
long print runs.
• Auto media detect: detects the weight of the media being fed
through the printer then automatically adjusts the fusing
temperature, speed (if necessary) and transfer voltage to ensure
correct fusing and print quality.

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 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
This manual will lead you logically through the unpacking, setup and
operation of your printer to help you to make the best use of its
many advanced features.
It also includes:
• troubleshooting information
• maintenance guidelines
• instructions for adding optional accessories as your needs
evolve

NOTES
This User’s Guide has been written using one printer as a
model, and the illustrations/screenshots reflect this.
The information in this manual is supplemented by the
extensive online help facility associated with the printer
driver software.

Online usage
This manual is intended to be read on screen using Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Use the navigation and viewing tools provided in Acrobat.
You can access specific information in two ways:
• In the list of bookmarks down the left hand side of your screen,
click the topic of interest to jump to the required topic. (If the
bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.)
• In the list of bookmarks click Index to jump to the Index. (If the
bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.) Find
the term of interest in the alphabetically arranged index and click
the associated page number to jump to the page containing the
subject.

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 Printing Pages
The whole book, Individual pages, or sections may be printed. The
procedure for printing from Acrobat Reader is:
1. From the toolbar, select File, then Print (or press the
Ctrl + P keys).
2. Choose which pages you wish to print:
a. All pages for the entire manual.
b. Current page for the page at which you are looking.
c. Pages from and to for the range of pages you specify by
entering their page numbers.
3. Click OK.

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 Getting Started
UNPACKING

WARNING
This printer weighs of 106 lbs. (48 kg). 2 people are
required to lift the printer safely.

After unpacking the printer and choosing a suitable place to put it,
check that all the necessary parts are available to continue.

1.The printer.
2.4 toner cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow and black).
3.Power cable
4.CD-ROM disks.
5.LED lens cleaner (not illustrated).
6.Light-proof plastic bags (not illustrated).
7.Documentation (not illustrated): Setup Guide, Software
Installation Guide, Warranty booklet.
Retain all packing materials to faciliate transport.

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 CD-ROM DISK CONTENTS
The CD-ROM disks supplied with your printer contain the following
software:

CD1 - Drivers, Software Utilities

CD2 - Manuals

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 PRINTER LOCATION
Place the printer on a flat surface large enough and strong enough
to accept the size and weight of the printer. There must be sufficient
space around the printer to allow for access and printer
maintenance.

60cm
23.62in 48Kg
106lbs
40cm
15.75in
20cm
7.875in

20cm
7.875in
60cm
23.62

48kg
106lbs

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 PRINTER COMPONENTS
1. Top cover
2. Control panel
3. Top cover release catch
4. Multi purpose tray (manual feed)

5. Paper support extension

6. Paper guides
7. Front cover
8. Paper tray
9. Paper level indicator
10.Power switch

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 11.LED heads (4)
12.Discharge roller)
13.Fuser unit

14.Image drum and toner cartridge (cyan)

15.Image drum and toner cartridge (magenta)
16.Image drum and toner cartridge (yellow)
17.Image drum and toner cartridge (black)

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 18.Power connector
19.Rear exit paper tray
20.Interfaces and option card slott

21.USB interface connector

22.Parallel interface connector
23.Network interface card (optional on C7100)

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 Setting up
Before connecting this printer to a computer and power supply, the
toner cartridges must be installed and paper inserted in the paper
tray.

PACKAGING AND PROTECTIVE SHEET REMOVAL

1. Remove any adhesive tape and packaging from the printer.
2. Using the release handle, open the top cover.

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 3. Remove the LED head restrainer from behind the LED heads in
the top cover.

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 4. Remove the four image drums and place them on a level
surface.

CAUTION!
• Never expose image drums to light for more than 5
minutes.
• Always hold image drum by the ends.
• Never expose image drums to direct sunlight.
• Never touch the green surface of the drum.

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 5. Remove the protective sheets from each of the four image drums.

6. Replace the four image drums into the printer making sure each
image drum is installed in its correct color location.

(1)

7. Push the tab (1) inwards and remove the blanking plate from
each of the image drums.

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 TONER CARTRIDGE INSTALLATION

WARNING!
Take extreme care when handling toner.
• Toner can be harmful if inhaled, swallowed or if it gets
in the eyes.
• Toner can also stain hands and clothing.
See the Material Safety Data Sheets in your Warranty,
Regulatory and Safety Information booklet for more
information.

1. Remove the black toner cartridge from the package.

2. Shake the toner cartridge back and forth several times then,
holding it horizontally, remove the tape.

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 3. Remove the locking piece from behind the colored toner release
lever.

4. Insert the toner cartridge into the black image drum, left side first,
engaging the drum locating peg in the hole in the toner cartridge.
Make sure the colors of the toner cartridge and image drum
correspond.

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 5. Gently push the toner cartridge down engaging the locking pin
into the groove on the image drum.

6. Gently push the colored lever toward the rear of the machine
until it stops. This releases the toner into the image drum.

CAUTION!
The lever should go back easily. If the lever resists moving,
stop and press down on the toner cartridge to be sure it is
firmly in place before proceeding.

7. Repeat the process for each color toner cartridge, being careful
to match the color toner to the color image drum.

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 8. Close the top cover.

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 LOADING PAPER
1. Remove the paper tray from the printer.

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 2. Adjust the paper guides and rear stopper for the size of paper
being used.:

CAUTION!
To prevent paper jams
• Don’t leave space between the paper and the paper
guides and rear stopper.
• Don’t overfill the paper tray. Capacity depends on the
type of paper and the paper weight.
• Don’t load damaged paper.
• Don’t load paper of different sizes, paper quality or
thickness at the same time.
• Don’t remove the paper tray during printing.
• Close the paper tray gently.

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 3. If installed, a lower paper tray cannot be used to print if there is
no paper tray inserted above it.

9
(1)
(2)

9
(1)
(2)

(1)

(2)

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 4. For face down printing, make sure the rear paper exit is closed
(the paper exits from the top of the printer). Paper is stacked in
printed order and the paper tray capacity is approximately 500
sheets, depending on paper weight.
5. For face up printing, make sure the rear paper exit is open and
the paper supports are extended. Paper is stacked in reverse
order and tray capacity is approximately 100 sheets, depending
on paper weight.

CAUTION!
Don’t open or close the rear paper exit while printing, as it
may result in a paper jam.

NOTE
Always use the face down (rear) stacker for thick paper (card
stock, etc.)

6. Load letterhead paper face down as shown for both portrait and
landscape:

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 MANUAL FEED
1. Open the Multi-purpose tray and extend the paper feed guides.

2. Load the media face up, and adjust the paper guides to the size
of the media being used.

NOTE
• Don’t exceed the Paper Full line (about 100 sheets
depending on paper weight, 50 transparencies or 10
envelopes).
• Load envelopes face up (flap down) and letterhead
stationery face up as shown for both portrait and
landscape printing.

ABC
ABC

CAUTION!
Don’t open or close the rear paper exit while printing, as it
may result in a paper jam.

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 POWER CONNECTION

WARNING!
Ensure both the printer power switch and the AC supply
are switched OFF before connecting the power cable.

1. Connect the power cable (1) into the power socket on the printer,
then into a grounded power supply outlet.

2. Switch the printer ON using the main power switch (2).

The printer will go through its initialization and warm up sequence.
When the printer is ready, the READY indicator comes on and stays
on (green) and the LCD indicates ONLINE.

NOTE
After installing the new toner cartridges, the message
TONER LOW or CHANGE TONER may appear on the display.
If this message does not disappear after a few pages have
been printed, reinstall the appropriate toner cartridge.

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 CONTROL PANEL

1. Attention indicator (red). ON indicates that attention is

required, but printing will continue. FLASHING indicates that
attention is required, but printing will stop.
2. Ready indicator (green). ON - ready to receive data.
FLASHING indicates processing data or error.
3. Liquid crystal display. (LCD) panel. Two rows of up to 24
alphanumeric characters displaying print status, menu items in
menu mode and error messages.

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 CONTROL PANEL (CONTINUED)

1. Menu button. Press briefly to enter the MENU mode. Press

briefly again to select the next menu. Press for more than 2
seconds to scroll through the different menus.
2. Item( +) button. Press briefly to scroll forward to the next menu
item.
3. Value (+) button. Press briefly to scroll forward to the next value
setting for each menu item.
4. Select button. Press briefly to select the menu, item or value
indicated on the LCD.
5. Online button. Switches between online and offline status
– When pressed in Menu mode, it returns the printer to on line
status.
– When pressed with DATA PRESENT displayed, it forces the printer
to print out the remaining data in the printer.
– When there is an error message indicating wrong paper size,
pressing the ONLINE button forces the printer to print.
6. Item (–) button. Press briefly to scroll backward to the previous
menu item.
7. Value (–) button. Press briefly to scroll backward to the previous
value setting for each menu item.
8. Cancel button. Press to cancel a print job.

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 MENU SETTINGS

Changing the display language

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

Carry out the following instructions to change the language that is

displayed on the printer’s LCD.
1. Press the ONLINE button to put the printer offline.
2. Press the MENU button repeatedly until SYSTEM CONFIG MENU
is displayed.
3. Press the SELECT button.
4. Press the ITEM button repeatedly until LANGUAGE is displayed.
5. Press the VALUE button repeatedly until the required language
is displayed.
6. Press the SELECT button. An asterisk (*) appears next to the
selected language.
7. Press the ONLINE button when you have finished setting the
display language.

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 Printing the MenuMap

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

Print a list of menu settings to confirm that the printer is correctly

configured.
1. Make sure there is paper in the paper tray.
2. Press the MENU button until the INFORMATION MENU is displayed,
then press the SELECT button.
3. Confirm that PRINT MENU MAP is displayed on the LCD.
4. Press the SELECT button to print the menu map.

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 Media settings

NOTE
• If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on
your computer, the printer will not print and the LCD will
display an error message.
• The following printer settings are given as a guide only.
Some software applications require the paper feed, size
and media settings to be selected from within the
application (page setup).

Selecting paper feed

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

1. Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline.

2. Press the MENU button repeatedly until PRINT MENU is
displayed, then press the SELECT button.
3. Press the ITEM button until PAPER FEED is displayed.
4. Press the VALUE button until the required paper feed is
displayed, then press the SELECT button. An asterisk (*)
appears next to the selected paper feed.

NOTE
When AUTO TRAYSWITCH is set to ON and more than one
paper tray is installed, paper feed automatically switches to
the next available paper tray.

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 Selecting the paper size

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

NOTE
• When using paper trays, standard paper sizes are
recognized automatically with CASSETTE SIZE (default
setting) selected. Paper size need only be set for custom
paper sizes.
• When using the Multi-Purpose (MP) tray (manual feed),
the paper size has to be selected.

1. Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline.

2. Press the MENU button until PRINT MENU is displayed, then press
SELECT button.
3. Press either ITEM (+) or (–) button repeatedly until EDIT SIZE is
displayed.
4. Press either VALUE (+) or (–) button until the required paper size
is displayed, then press the SELECT button. An asterisk (*)
appears next to the selected paper size.
5. Press the ONLINE button to return the printer to online status.
6. Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before
printing the file.

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 Selecting the media type and weight
Your printer automatically detects paper type and weight. You have
the option, however, to override these settings as follows:

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

CAUTION!
If media type or media weight are not correctly set, print
quality deteriorates and the fuser roller may be damaged.

1. Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline.

2. Press the MENU button until MEDIA MENU is displayed, then
press the SELECT button.
3. Press the ITEM (+) or (–) button until MEDIA TYPE or MEDIA
WEIGHT for the required tray is displayed.

4. Press the VALUE (+) or (–) button until the required paper type
or weight is displayed, then press the SELECT button. An
asterisk (*) appears next to the selected paper type or weight.
5. Press the ONLINE button to return the printer back to online
status.
Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing
the file.

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 MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend the following guidelines when selecting media for
use in this printer:

CAUTION
Print media must be able to withstand 446°F (230°C) for 0.2
second.

Paper
• For recommended papers see your “C7100/C7300/C7500 Handy
Reference Guide” or check http://my.okidata.com.
• Paper should be stored flat and away from moisture, direct
sunlight and heat sources.
• Don’t use damp, damaged or curled paper.
• The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously affect
the life of the image drum and give poor print quality. Print
quality can be improved by changing the media setting to ‘Ultra
Heavy.’ However, this will reduce the output speed and prevent
the use of the duplex option.
• Don’t use very smooth, shiny or glossy paper.
• Don’t use heavily embossed headed paper, very rough paper or
paper that has a large grain difference between the two sides.
• Don’t use paper with perforations, cut-outs or ragged edges.
• Don’t use carbon paper, NCR paper, photosensitive paper,
pressure sensitive paper or thermal transfer paper.
• Don’t use recycled paper.

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 Envelopes
• Use only recommended envelopes (OKI 52206301 and
52206302: see page 227).
• Envelopes should be stored flat and away from moisture, direct
sunlight and heat sources.
• Don’t use envelopes with windows or metal clasps.
• Don’t use envelopes with self sealing flaps.
• Don’t use damp, damaged or curled paper envelopes.

Labels
• For recommended labels see your “C7100/C7300/C7500 Handy
Reference Guide” or check http://my.okidata.com.
• Use only labels designed for use in color laser printers and
photocopiers.
• Labels should cover entire carrier sheet.
• Carrier sheet or adhesive must not be exposed to any part of the
printer.

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 PAPER FEED AND EXIT
Selection of which paper feed and which paper exit to use for printing
and whether simplex (single sided) or duplex (double sided) printing
is available, depends upon the paper size, media weight and media
type that is used. Please refer to the following tables:

Paper Sizes

Feed Exit
MP Tray Rear Top
Paper size Tray 1 Tray 2/Tray 3 Manual (Face up) (Face down)
A4 S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
A5 S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
A6 Sa b Sa Sa b

B5 S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
Letter S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
Legal (13in) S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
Legal (14in) S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
Executive S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
Envelopes b b
Sa Sa b

Custom (width b b
Sa Sa b

76.2 to
215.9mm;
height 127.0 to
355.6mm)
a. S = Simplex; D = Duplex (printing on both sides of the paper).
b. Not Usable.

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 Paper weights and media settings
Feed Exit
Media Tray 2/ MP Tray Rear Top (face
weight Tray 1 Tray 3 (Manual) (face up) down)
Paper, US Bond (Metric)
17 lb. (64 g/m2) Light Sa Sa Sa Sa Sa
18 to 19 lb. Medium Sa Sa Sa Sa Sa
(68-71 g/m2) light
20 to 24 lb. Medium S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
(75-90 g/m2)
25 to 27 lb. Medium S, Da S, Da Sa S, Da S, Da
(91-104 g/m2) heavy
28 to 32 lb. Heavy b b
Sa Sa Sa
(105-122 g/m2)
33 to 54 lb. Ultra b b
Sa Sa b

(123-203 g/m ) heavy

2

Transaprencies: Media Weight Ignored

Set MediaType b Sa b Sa Sa b

= Transparency
Labels
0.1 to 0.17 mm Medium b b
Sa Sa b

thick Heavy
0.17 to 0.2 mm Ultra b b
Sa Sa b

thick Heavy
a. S = Simplex; D = Duplex (printing on both sides of the paper).
b. Not Usable.

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 PRINTER SETTINGS

Confirming current settings

Current menu settings can be confirmed by printing the MenuMap:
see “Printing the MenuMap” on page 35.

Changing the settings

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

1. Press the MENU button until the required menu is displayed, then
press the SELECT button.
2. Press the ITEM (+) or (–) button until the required item is
displayed.
3. Press the VALUE (+) or (–) button until the required value is
displayed.
4. Press the SELECT button. Selection of the value will be
confirmed by an asterisk (*) appearing to the right of it.
5. Press the ONLINE button to return the printer to online status.

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 LIST OF USER MENU SETTINGS
Listed in the following tables are the available printer settings. The
default settings for the printer are in bold text.

Print Jobs Menu

This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed.

Item Value Description

ENTER **** Sets password using a four-digit
PASSWORD number (0~9).
This item is also displayed even
when OP MENU “ALL CATEGORY”
is set to DISABLE in the Admin.
menu.
SELECT JOB No jobs; All jobs; File Selects printing job for Secure Print
name 1 to nn or Proof and Print.
This item is also displayed even
when OP MENU “ALL CATEGORY”
is set to DISABLE in the Admin.
menu.

Information Menu
Item Value Description
PRINT MENU MAP Execute Prints list of current menu settings.

PRINT FILE LIST Execute Prints job file list.

PRINT PCL FONT Execute Prints PCL font list.

PRINT PS FONT Execute Prints PostScript font list.

PRINT EPSON FX FONT Execute Prints an Epson FX font list.

DEMO1 Execute Prints demo page.

PRINT ERROR LOG Execute Prints error log.

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 Test Print Menu
Item Value Description
PRINT ID CHECK PATTERN Execute Prints ID check pattern to detect bad
ID.
Displayed only if "TEST PRINT
MENU" of the System Maintenance
Menu is set to ENABLE.

Shutdown Menu
Item Value Description
SHUTDOWN START Execute Printer shut down sequence which
prevents loss of data from the hard
disk drive. Appears only when the
hard disk drive is installed.

.
Print Menu
The default settings are bold face.

Item Value Description

COPIES 1 to 999 Sets the number of copies.

DUPLEX On; Off Specifies two-sided (duplex) printing

if the optional duplex unit is installed.
BINDING Long edge; Short Sets binding for duplex printing. Only
edge displayed if duplex is ON.
PAPER FEED Tray 1; Tray 2; Tray Selects source of paper feed. Tray 2
3; MP Tray and 3 only displayed if installed.
AUTO TRAY On; Off Automatic switching to next tray
SWITCH when tray in use empties.

TRAY Down; Up; Paper Specifies selection order priority for

SEQUENCE feed tray switching Auto Tray Select/Auto Tray
Switch.

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 Print Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold face.

Item Value Description

MP TRAY USAGE Normal tray; High Specifies MP tray usage.
priority tray; Feed Normal tray: (Tray select/switch)
when mismatching; Use as a normal tray.
Do not use High priority tray: (Valid with Tray
select only). If there is paper in the
MP tray and Duplex is not specified,
the printer uses the MP tray.
Feed when mismatching. When a
paper mismatch occurs (i.e. the
tray's paper size/media type does
not match the print data), a paper
request is issued to the MP Tray. If
the data is for Duplex print, a
specified tray is used instead of the
MP tray.
Do not use. Even if auto switching,
MP Tray will not be used. If MP Tray
is designated in Paper Feed, printer
behaves as though Normal Tray is
selected.
MEDIA CHECK Enable; Disable Sets whether the printer checks the
matching of paper size to that of the
tray. Only standard sizes are
checked.
TRANSPARENCY Auto; Disable Enable/Disable the transparency
CHECK OHP auto detect function. (Used for
cutting if the sensor wrongly
detects).
RESOLUTION C7100 - 600 x 1200 Selects print resolution.
dpi; 600 dpi
C7300 - 600 dpi x
1200 dpi
C7500 -1200 dpi,
Fast 1200 dpi, 600
dpi
TONER SAVE ON; OFF ON: Enables Toner Save mode.
MODE OFF: Disables Toner Save mode.

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 Print Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold face.

Item Value Description

MONO-PRINT Auto; color speed; Selects monochrome printing speed.
SPEED Normal speed Auto: prints at the most appropriate
speed for page process.
Color
: prints always at the color print
speed.
Normal: Always prints at the
monochrome print speed.
ORIENTATION Portrait; Landscape Sets page orientation for printing.

LINE PER PAGE 5 to 128. Default = 60. Sets the number of lines that can be
printed on a standard letter-size
page. Invalid in PostScript mode.
EDIT SIZE Cassette size; Letter; Cassette size is selected when using
Executive; Legal 14; standard sized paper in the paper
Legal 13.5; Legal 13; tray. Edit size is only used when
A4; A5; A6; B5; printing one page size onto a
Custom; Com-9* different paper size, e.g. A6 onto A4,
envelope; Com-10* edit size would be set to A6, but
envelope; Monarch* actual paper in paper tray is A4.
envelope; DL* Invalid in PostScript mode.
Envelope; C5*
Envelope
*Use short edge feed.

.
Media Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

TRAY1 Plain; Letterhead; Selects the media type for Tray 1.
MEDIATYPE Transparency; Bond;
Recycled; Card stock;
Rough.
TRAY1 AUTO, Light, Medium Sets the media weight for Tray 1.
MEDIAWEIGHT light, Medium, Medium
Heavy, Heavy, Ultra
Heavy
TRAY2 Plain; Letterhead; Bond; Sets the media type for optional
MEDIATYPE Recycled; Card stock; Tray 2. (Only displayed if installed)
Rough.
TRAY2 Auto; Light; Medium Selects the media WEIGHT for
MEDIAWEIGHT light; Medium; Medium optional Tray2. (Only displayed if
heavy; Heavy; Ultra installed)
heavy

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 Media Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

TRAY3 Plain; Letterhead; Bond; Selects the media type for optional
MEDIATYPE Recycled; Card stock; Tray3. (Only displayed if installed)
Rough.
TRAY3 Auto; Light; Medium Sets the paper weight for
MEDIAWEIGHT light; Medium; Medium optional Tray. 3. (Only
heavy; Heavy; Ultra
heavy
displayed if installed)

MP TRAY A4; A5; A6; B5; Legal 14; Sets the media size for the
PAPERSIZE Legal 13.5; Legal 13; multipurpose tray.
Letter; Executive;
Custom; Com-9
envelope; Com-10
envelope; Monarch
envelope; DL Envelope;
C5 Envelope
MP TRAY Plain; Letterhead; Selects the paper type for
MEDIATYPE Transparency; Labels; multipurpose tray.
Bond; Recycled; Card
stock; Rough
MP TRAY Auto; Light; Medium Sets the paper weight for the
MEDIAWEIGHT light; Medium; Medium multipurpose tray.
heavy; Heavy; Ultra
heavy
UNIT OF Inch; Millimeters Sets the units of measurement for
MEASURE custom paper size.

X DIMENSION 3 inches to 8.5 inches Sets the dimensions of custom

(76 mm to 216 mm) paper. For these dimensions to
work, the MP tray paper size must
be set to custom.
Y DIMENSION 5 inches to 47.2 inches; Sets the dimensions of custom
default = 11 inches paper. For these dimensions to
(127 mm to 1200 mm) work, the MP tray paper size must
be set to custom.

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 Color Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

AUTO DENSITY Auto; Manual Select whether density adjustment
MODE and Toner Response Curve (TRC)
compensation is automatic.
Auto: Density adjustment is
automatically run under specified
conditions, and reflected in the TRC
compensation.
Manual: Density adjustment is done
manually (see page 73).
ADJUST DENSITY Execute If EXECUTE is selected, the printer
will immediately adjust density and
reflect it in the TRC compensation.
Density adjustment must be
executed when the printer is idle. It
may become invalid if executed in
any other state.
COLOR TUNING Print pattern Prints the pattern for the user to
manually adjust TRC. Ordinarily this
function is not needed because TRC
is automatically adjusted. This
function permits TRC adjustment to
your requirement by using the
adjustment menu of HIGHLIGHT,
MID-TONE, and DARK for each of
CMYK. See page 73.
CYAN, MAGENTA, 0+1+2+3-3-2-1 Adjusts HIGHLIGHT (light area) of
YELLOW OR Cyan, Magenta, Yellow or Black
BLACK TRC.
HIGHLIGHT Plus indicates adjustment toward a
darker level and minus toward
lighter.
CYAN, MAGENTA, 0+1+2+3-3-2-1 Adjusts MID-TONE of Cyan,
YELLOW OR Magenta, Yellow or BlackTRC.
BLACK MID-TONE Plus indicates adjustment toward a
darker level and minus toward
lighter.
CYAN, MAGENTA, 0+1+2+3-3-2-1 Adjusts DARK of Cyan, Magenta,
YELLOW OR Yellow or Black TRC.
BLACK DARK Plus indicates adjustment toward a
darker level and minus toward
lighter.

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The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

CYAN, MAGENTA, 0+1+2+3-4-3-2-1 Adjusts Cyan, Magenta, Yellow or
YELLOW OR Black engine density.
BLACK Please do not change this setting.
DARKNESS
ADJUST Execute When this menu is selected, the
REGISTRATION printer performs an Auto Adjust
Registration.
Must be executed in the idle state
(Auto Registration OFF).
CYAN 0+1+2+3-3-2-1 Makes a fine adjustment to image
REGISTRATION - registration in Cyan, Magenta or
FINE ADJUST Yellow against Black in the horizontal
direction. The adjustment is reflected
MAGENTA 0+1+2+3-3-2-1
as an offset (addition) value to the
REGISTRATION - corrections through Auto color
FINE ADJUST
Registration Correction. Values are
YELLOW 0+1+2+3-3-2-1 adjusted in increments of .026 mm.
REGISTRATION - Example: if the paper movement is
FINE ADJUST upward - if a value is increased (+) it
means the image moves downward
in relation to it.
INK SIMULATION Off; SWOP The printer has its own process
simulation generator which simulates
standard colors in the printer.
This function is enabled only with
Postscript language jobs.
INK LIMIT Darkk; Medium; Selects the limit of the toner layer
Light thickness. If paper curl occurs in
DARK printing, select MEDIUM or
LIGHT. This sometimes helps
reduce curl.

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The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

CMY 100% Disable; enable Selects enable/disable 100% output
DENSITY against the CMY100% TRC
compensation. Ordinarily, the TRC
compensation function controls the
appropriate print density; thus, 100%
output is not always enabled.
Selecting ENABLE will allow 100%
output. In actual printing, the TCR
values, too, are controlled by color
Matching. This function is used for
special purposes; for example, to
specify the color for CMYK color
space in PS.

System Configuration Menu

The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

POWER SAVE 5 min; 15 min; 30 min; Sets the time before printer enters
DELAY TIME 60 min; 240 min. power save mode.

PERSONALITY Auto emulation; Selects the printer emulation

PCL; IBM PPR III XL; language. Note: the only printer
Epson FX; Adobe languages that can be selected are
PostScript those enabled in the Personality
section of the Maintenance
menu.
USB ASCII Specifies PostScript (PS)
PS-PROTOCOL RAW communication protocol mode of
data from USB. (In RAW mode,
Ctrl-T is invalid.)
NETWORK ASCII Displayed this Item when OkiLAN
PS PROTOCOL RAW 7300e is installed.
Specifies PS communication
protocol mode of data from OkiLAN
7300e .
(In RAW mode, Ctrl-T is invalid.)

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The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

CLEARABLE On; Job PCL emulation: Sets the time before
WARNING deleting error messages. If On,
press Error Delete switch to display
error. If Job, error remains displayed
until next print job is received.
PS emulation: Error messages are
only shown during job regardless of
setting.
AUTO On; Off Sets the printer to automatically
CONTINUE recover after a memory overflow or
print overrun.
MANUAL 60 sec; 30 sec; Off This parameter sets the period of
TIMEOUT time, that after requesting paper to
be inserted and is not inserted,
when the print job is cancelled.
Only works in PostScript mode.
WAIT TIMEOUT Off; 5 sec to 300 sec; Sets the time between receiving the
default = 40 sec last byte of data and the page being
automatically ejected.
Only works in PCL mode.
In PS mode the job will be
cancelled.
LOW TONER Continue; Stop If set to CONTINUE, allows printing
to continue when Low toner is
displayed. If STOP is selected -
when Low toner is displayed, the
printer goes off line.
JAM RECOVERY ON; OFF Sets whether or not printing will
continue after a paper jam has been
cleared. If set to OFF, the print job
that was being printed when the
paper jam occurred will be cancelled
after clearing the paper jam. When
set to ON, the print job will continue
after the jam has been cleared.
ERROR REPORT ON; OFF When set to ON, prints an error
report when internal error occurs.
Only works in PostScript mode.

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The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

LANGUAGE English; German; Selects the printer display language.
French; Italian;
Spanish; Swedish;
Norwegian; Danish;
Dutch; Turkish;
Portuguese; Polish

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 PCL Emulation Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

FONT Resident; DIMM0; Selects location of the PCL font
SOURCE Downloaded used.
DIMM0 is displayed only when font
DIMM ROM exists in the slot.
Downloaded only appears if fonts
have been down loaded to the
printer.
FONT NO. I000, C001, S001 Sets the PCL font number.
I = internal (resident font); I000 =
Courier.
C = Font stored in the printer's Flash
memory.
S = downloaded soft font, stored on
the printer's internal hard disk drive.
Applies only to printers with a hard
disk drive installed.
FONT PITCH 0.44 cpi to 99.99 cpi in 0.01 Sets the font width in characters per
cpi increments inch. Only displayed if the font is a
Default = 10.00 cpi fixed spacing outline font.
FONT HEIGHT 4.00 to 999.75 point, in 0.25 Sets the font point size. Applies only
point increments to fixed fonts (does not apply to
Default = 12.00 point proportional fonts).

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The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

SYMBOL SET PC-8, PC-8 Dan/Nor, PC-8 Selects a PCL character symbol set.
TK, PC-775, PC-850,
PC-852, PC-855, PC-857
TK, PC-858, PC-866,
PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font,
Plska Mazvia, PS Math, PS
Text, Roman-8, Roman-9,
Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1,
Serbo Croat2, Spanish,
Ukrainian, VN Int'l, VN Math,
VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt,
Win 3.1 Cyr, Win 3.1 Grk,
Win 3.1 Heb, Win 3.1 L1, Win
3.1 L2, Win 3.1 L5,
Wingdings, Dingbats MS,
Symbol, OCR-A, OCR-B, HP
ZIP, USPSFIM, USPSSTP,
USPSZIP, Bulgarian, CWI
Hung, DeskTop, German,
Greek-437, Greek-437 Cy,
Greek-928, Hebrew NC,
Hebrew OC, IBM-437,
IBM-850, IBM-860, IBM-863,
IBM-865, ISO Dutch, ISO L1,
ISO L2, ISO L5, ISO L6, ISO
L9, ISO Swedish1, ISO
Swedish2, ISO Swedish3,
ISO-2 IRV, ISO-4 UK, ISO-6
ASC, ISO-10 S/F, ISO-11
Swe, ISO-14 JASC, ISO-15
Ita, ISO-16 Por, ISO-17 Spa,
ISO-21 Ger, ISO-25 Fre,
ISO-57 Chi, ISO-60 Nor,
ISO-61 Nor, ISO-69 Fre,
ISO-84 Por, ISO-85 Spa,
Kamenicky, Legal, Math-8,
MC Text, MS Publish, PC Ext
D/N, PC Ext US, PC Set1,
PC Set2 D/N, PC Set2 US,
A4 PRINT 78 column; 80 column If you are printing a letter size
WIDTH document on an A4 size sheet,
select 80 column. This condenses
the print to fit on the slightly
narrower A4 sheet, without
changing the line breaks.

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 PCL Emulation Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

WHITE PAGE OFF; ON Change this setting to ON if you do
SKIP not wish to print blank pages; PCL
mode.
CR FUNCTION CR; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of CR
code in PCL mode.
LF FUNCTION LF; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of LF
code in PCL mode.
PRINT Normal; 1/5 inch; 1/6 inch Sets the width of the non-printed
MARGIN margins.
Normal: PCL emulation compatible
1/5 inch: domestic model emulation.
1/6 inch: HIPER-W emulation.
TRUE BLACK OFF, ON PCL only: Sets whether to use
Composite Black (CMYK mixed) or
Pure Black (K only) for the black
(100%) in image data.
OFF = Composite (CMYK) Black.
Provides best results when printing
photographs.
ON = Pure Black (black toner only).
Provides best results when printing
a combination of text and graphics.

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 PPR Emulation Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

PEN WIDTH ON; OFF IN PCL, when switched ON,
ADJUST emphasizes the pen width to
improve the appearance of
lines specified with minimum
width.
CHARACTER 10 CPI; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 Specifies character pitch in
PITCH CPI; PROPORTIONAL IBM PPR emulation.

FONT 12CPI to 20 CPI; Specifies 12CPI pitch for

CONDENSE 12CPI to 12CPI Condense Mode.

CHARACTER Set 2; Set 1 Specifies a character set.

SET

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 PPR Emulation Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

SYMBOL SET PC-8, PC-8 Dan/Nor, PC-8 Specifies a symbol set.
TK, PC-775, PC-850,
PC-852, PC-855, PC-857
TK, PC-858, PC-866,
PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font,
Plska Mazvia, PS Math, PS
Text, Roman-8, Roman-9,
Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1,
Serbo Croat2, Spanish,
Ukrainian, VN Int'l, VN Math,
VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt,
Win 3.1 Cyr, Win 3.1 Grk,
Win 3.1 Heb, Win 3.1 L1, Win
3.1 L2, Win 3.1 L5, ISO
Swedish1, ISO Swedish2,
ISO Swedish3, ISO-2 IRV,
ISO-4 UK, ISO-6 ASC,
ISO-10 S/F, ISO-11 Swe,
ISO-14 JASC, ISO-15 Ita,
ISO-16 Por, ISO-17 Spa,
ISO-21 Ger, ISO-25 Fre,
ISO-57 Chi, ISO-60 Nor,
ISO-61 Nor, ISO-69 Fre,
ISO-84 Por, ISO-85 Spa,
Kamenicky, Legal, Math-8,
MC Text, MS Publish, PC Ext
D/N, PC Ext US, PC Set1,
PC Set2 D/N, PC Set2 US,
Bulgarian, CWI Hung,
DeskTop, German,
Greek-437, Greek-437 Cy,
Greek-928, Hebrew NC,
Hebrew OC, IBM-437,
IBM-850, IBM-860, IBM-863,
IBM-865, ISO Dutch, ISO L1,
ISO L2, ISO L5, ISO L6, ISO
L9
LETTER 0 Disable; Enable Specifies the style that
STYLE replaces 9B Hex with the letter
o and 9D Hex with a zero
ZERO Normal; Slashed Sets the zero to be slashed or
CHARACTER unslashed.

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 PPR Emulation Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

LINE PITCH 6 LPI; 8 LPI Specifies the line spacing
(lines per inch).
WHITE PAGE OFF; ON Change this setting to ON if
SKIP you do not wish to print blank
pages.
Not available for duplex
printing.
CR FUNCTION CR; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of
CR code.
LF FUNCTION LF; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of
LF code.
LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN; 136 COLUMN Specifies the number of
characters per line.
FORM LENGTH 11 INCH; 11.7 INCH; Specifies the length of paper.
12 INCH
TOF POSITION 0.0 to 1.0 INCH, in 0.1-inch Specifies the distance of print
increments from the top edge of the paper.
LEFT MARGIN 0.0 to 1.0 INCH, in 0.1-inch Specifies the distance of print
increments from the left hand edge of the
paper.
FIT TO LETTER Disable; Enable Fits print data, equivalent to 11
inches (66 lines), in the
LETTER-size printable area.
TEXT HEIGHT Same; Diff Sets the height of a character.
SAME: Same height
regardless of CPI.
DIFF: Height varies depending
on CPI.

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 FX Emulation Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

CHARACTER 10 CPI; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 Specifies character pitch in this
PITCH CPI; PROPORTIONAL emulation.

CHARACTER Set 2; Set 1 Specifies which Epson

SET character set is used.

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 FX Emulation Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

SYMBOL SET PC-8, PC-8 Dan/Nor, PC-8 Specifies a symbol set.
TK, PC-775, PC-850,
PC-852, PC-855, PC-857
TK, PC-858, PC-866,
PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font,
Plska Mazvia, PS Math, PS
Text, Roman-8, Roman-9,
Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1,
Serbo Croat2, Spanish,
Ukrainian, VN Int'l, VN Math,
VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt,
Win 3.1 Cyr, Win 3.1 Grk,
Win 3.1 Heb, Win 3.1 L1, Win
3.1 L2, Win 3.1 L5, ISO
Swedish1, ISO Swedish2,
ISO Swedish3, ISO-2 IRV,
ISO-4 UK, ISO-6 ASC,
ISO-10 S/F, ISO-11 Swe,
ISO-14 JASC, ISO-15 Ita,
ISO-16 Por, ISO-17 Spa,
ISO-21 Ger, ISO-25 Fre,
ISO-57 Chi, ISO-60 Nor,
ISO-61 Nor, ISO-69 Fre,
ISO-84 Por, ISO-85 Spa,
Kamenicky, Legal, Math-8,
MC Text, MS Publish, PC Ext
D/N, PC Ext US, PC Set1,
PC Set2 D/N, PC Set2 US,
Bulgarian, CWI Hung,
DeskTop, German,
Greek-437, Greek-437 Cy,
Greek-928, Hebrew NC,
Hebrew OC, IBM-437,
IBM-850, IBM-860, IBM-863,
IBM-865, ISO Dutch, ISO L1,
ISO L2, ISO L5, ISO L6, ISO
L9
LETTER 0 DISABLE; ENABLE Specifies the style that
STYLE replaces 9B Hex with letter o
and 9D Hex with a zero
ZERO NORMAL; SLASHED Sets the zero to be slashed or
CHARACTER unslashed.

LINE PITCH 6 LPI; 8 LPI Specifies the line spacing

(lines per inch).

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 FX Emulation Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

WHITE PAGE OFF; ON Change this setting to ON if
SKIP you do not wish to print blank
pages
Not available for duplex
printing.
CR FUNCTION CR; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of
CR code.
LF FUNCTION LF; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of
LF code.
LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN; 136 COLUMN Specifies the number of
columns that will print on a
page (characters per line).
FORM LENGTH 11 inch; 11.7 inch; Specifies the length of print
12 inch media.
TOF POSITION 0.0 to 1.0 inch in 0.01-inch Specifies the distance of print
increments from the top edge of the paper.
LEFT MARGIN 0.0 to 1.0 inch in 0.01-inch Specifies the distance of print
increments from the left hand edge of the
paper.
FIT TO LETTER DISABLE; ENABLE Sets the printing mode that
can fit print data, equivalent to
11 inches (66 lines), in the
LETTER-size printable area.
TEXT HEIGHT SAME; DIFF Sets the height of a character.
SAME: Same height
regardless of CPI.
DIFF: Height varies depending
on CPI.

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 Parallel Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

PARALLEL ENABLE; DISABLE Selects parallel (Centronics)
interface.
BI-DIRECTION ENABLE; DISABLE Selects bi-directional
communication.
ECP ENABLE; DISABLE Selects ECP mode.

ACK WIDTH NARROW; MEDIUM; Sets ACK width for compatible

WIDE reception:
Narrow = 0.5 µS
Medium = 1.0 µS
Wide = 3.0 µS
ACK/BUSY ACK-IN-BUSY; Sets output order for ACK and
TIMING ACK-WHILE-BUSY BUSY during reception.
ACK IN BUSY: BUSY=LOW to the
end of the ACK pulse.
ACK WHILE BUSY: BUSY=LOW to
the center of the ACK pulse.
I-PRIME 3 MICRO SEC; 50 Sets or disables the i-Prime signal.
MICRO SEC;
DISABLE
OFFLINE ENABLE; DISABLE Enable = maintains reception
RECEIVE without changing the interface
signal, even though an alarm
occurs. The interface stays open
even if the ON LINE button is
pressed.
The interface issues a BUSY signal
only when the receive buffer is full.

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 USB Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

USB ENABLE; DISABLE Selects USB interface.

SOFT RESET ENABLE; DISABLE Enables/Disables soft reset

command.
OFFLINE ENABLE; DISABLE Enable = maintains reception without
RECEIVE changing the interface signal, even if
an alarm occurs. The interface stays
open even if the ON LINE button is
pressed. The interface issues a
BUSY signal only when the receive
buffer is full.

Network Menu
This menu only appears if a network card is installed.
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

TCP/IP ENABLE; DISABLE Selects TCP/IP protocol.
NETWARE ENABLE; DISABLE Selects Netware protocol.

ETHERTALK ENABLE; DISABLE Selects EtherTalk protocol.

NETBEUI ENABLE; DISABLE Selects NetBEUI protocol.

FRAME TYPE AUTO; 802.2; 802.3 Selects Ethernet frame type.
ETHER-II; SNAP
DHCP/BOOTP ENABLE; DISABLE Selects whether selection of DHCP/
BOOTP is automatic.
RARP ENABLE; DISABLE Selects whether selection of RARP is
automatic.
IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Configures IP address.

SUBNET MASK xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Configures subnet mask.

GATEWAY xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Configures gateway address.
ADDRESS
PRINT ON; OFF Selects printing of network menu
SETTINGS map.
ON = When printer exits the menu
mode it will print the network
MenuMap showing results of
self-diagnosis and settings.

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 Network Menu (continued)
This menu only appears if a network card is installed.
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

INITIALIZE ON; OFF Selects network initialization.
ON = network initializes as the
printer exits the menu.

Memory Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

RECEIVE BUFF AUTO; 0.5 MB; 1 Sets the size of the receive buffer
SIZE MB; 2 MB; 4 MB; 8 and depends on the amount of
MB; 16 MB; 32 MB memory installed in the printer.
RESOURCE AUTO; OFF; 0.5 MB; Set the size of the font cache area
SAVE 1 MB; 2 MB; 4 MB; 8 and depends on the amount of
MB; 16 MB; 32 MB memory installed in the printer.
FLASH EXECUTE Initializes flash memory if installed.
INITIALIZE
PS FLASH 0% [n.n MB] TO 90% Changes the size of the flash
RESIZE [n.n MB], in 10% memory area. “n.n” indicates the
increments actual size in MB.
Note: Special data is stored in the
Flash Memory, therefore you cannot
specify 100%.

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 CAUTION!
The Disk Maintenance Menu can be used to initialize the
printer's internal hard disk drive, to reassign the partition
contents, or to reformat the partitions.
Unless you know what you are doing, please avoid this
section of the Menu.
It is recommended that disk maintenance be done through
the OKI Storage Device Manager software by the System
Administrator, or by someone who is knowledgeable in this
area.

Disk Maintenance Menu

The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

HDD INITIALIZE EXECUTE Partitions hard disk and formats
each partition. Appears only if hard
disk drive is installed.
PARTITION SIZE nnn% / mmm% / Sets usage of hard disk drive
xxx% partitions:
nnn = Common
mmm = PCL
xxx = PS
Range for each partition: 1 to 98% in
1% increments.
nnn + mmm + xxx = 100%.
HDD PCL, COMMON, PS Formats specified partition.
FORMATTING

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 System Adjust Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

X ADJUST 0.00 MM; Adjusts overall print position
Range +0.25 TO +2.0 horizontally in 0.20 increments.
MM and – 2.0 TO –
0.25 MM in 0.25 mm
increments
Y ADJUST 0.00 MM; Adjusts overall print position
Range +0.25 TO +2.0 vertically in 0.20 increments.
MM and – 2.0 TO –
0.25 MM in 0.25 mm
increments
DUPLEX X ADJUST 0.00 MM; Adjusts overall print position of
Range +0.25 TO +2.0 print face horizontally in 0.20
MM and – 2.0 TO – increments.
0.25 MM in 0.25 mm
increments
DUPLEX Y ADJUST 0.00 MM; Adjusts overall print position of
Range +0.25 TO +2.0 print face vertically in 0.20
MM and – 2.0 TO – increments.
0.25 MM in 0.25 mm
increments
TRAY 1 LEGAL 14 LEGAL 14; LEGAL Sets Tray 1 legal paper size.
13.5
TRAY 2 LEGAL 14 LEGAL 14; LEGAL Sets Tray 2 legal paper size.
13.5 Appears only if optional Tray 2 is
installed.
TRAY 3 LEGAL 14 LEGAL 14; LEGAL Sets Tray 3 legal paper size.
13.5 Appears only if optional Tray 3 is
installed.
PCL TRAY 2 ID# 1 to 59; default = 5 Sets Tray 2 number for PCL
emulation.
Appears only if optional Tray 3 is
installed.
PCL TRAY 3 ID# 1 – 59; default = 20 Sets Tray 3 number for PCL
emulation.
Appears only if optional Tray 3 is
installed.
PCL MP TRAY ID# 1 – 59; default = 4 Sets MP tray number for PCL
emulation.

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 System Adjust Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

HEX DUMP EXECUTE Press SELECT to switch the
printer to the Hexadecimal Dump
mode in which all data received is
printed in both Hexadecimal and
ASCII format. To return to normal
print mode, switch the printer off
then on again.

Maintenance Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

EEPROM RESET EXECUTE Initializes EEPROM for each unit.
SAVE MENU EXECUTE Saves the current menu settings.

RESTORE EXECUTE Reverts to stored menu settings.

(Only displayed if there are saved
menu settings).
POWER SAVE ENABLE; DISABLE When no input is received for a
specified time, the printer will enter
Power Save Mode. See also
“Power Save Delay Time” under
the System configuration menu on
page 51.
PAPER BLACK 0; +1; +2; –2; –1 Not normally used.
SETTING
PAPER COLOR 0; +1; +2; –2; –1 Not normally used.
SETTING
TRANSPR BLACK 0; +1; +2; –2; –1 Not normally used.
SETTING
TRANSPR COLOR 0; +1; +2; –2; –1 Not normally used.
SETTING

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 Usage Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

TOTAL PAGE nnnnnn Shows total number of pages printed.
COUNT
TRAY 1 PAGE nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed from tray
COUNT 1.

TRAY 2 PAGE nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed from tray

COUNT 2. Displayed if optional tray 2 is installed.

TRAY 3 PAGE nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed from tray

COUNT 3. Displayed if optional tray 3 is installed.
MP TRAY PAGE nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed from
COUNT multipurpose paper tray.

COLOR PAGE nnnnnn Number of pages printed in color.

COUNT
MONOCHROME nnnnnn Number of pages printed in monochrome.
PAGE COUNT
BLACK DRUM REMAINING Displays the remaining life of the black
LIFE nnn% image drum as a percentage.

CYAN DRUM REMAINING Displays the remaining life of the cyan

LIFE nnn% image drum as a percentage.

MAGENTA REMAINING Displays the remaining life of the magenta

DRUM LIFE nnn% image drum as a percentage.

YELLOW DRUM REMAINING Displays the remaining life of the yellow

LIFE nnn% image drum as a percentage.

BELT LIFE REMAINING Displays the remaining life of the belt as a

nnn% percentage.
FUSER LIFE Remaining Displays the remaining life of the fuser
nnn% roller as a percentage.
BLACK TONER 15K = xxx%; Displays black toner remaining.
5K = xxx%
CYAN TONER 15K = xxx%; Displays cyan toner remaining.
5K = xxx%
MAGENTA 15K = xxx%; Displays magenta toner remaining.
TONER 5K = xxx%

YELLOW 15K = xxx%; Displays yellow toner remaining.

TONER 5K = xxx%

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 LIST OF ADMINISTRATOR MENU SETTINGS

NOTE
Only system administrators have access to this menu.

To enter this menu, turn on the printer while holding down the
ITEM+ button.
OP Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

ALL CATEGORY ENABLE, Enable/Disable all categories of User Menu.
DISABLE Set to Disable, the User Menu is not shown
except the PRINT JOB MENU. Panel Lock
is still available.
PRINT JOBS ENABLE, Enable/Disable PRINT JOBS MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, PRINT JOBS MENU is not
displayed. (PRINT JOB MENU is displayed
when this MENU setting is set to ENABLE
even though ALL CATEGORY is set to
DISABLE.)
INFORMATION ENABLE, Enable/Disable INFORMATION MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, INFORMATION MENU is
not displayed.
SHUTDOWN ENABLE, Enable/Disable SHUTDOWN MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, SHUTDOWN MENU is not
displayed.
PRINT MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable PRINT MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, PRINT MENU is not
displayed.
MEDIA MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable MEDIA MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, MEDIA MENU is not
displayed.
COLOR MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable color MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, color MENU is not displayed.
SYSTEM CONFIG ENABLE, Enable/Disable SYSTEM MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, SYSTEM MENU is not
displayed.

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 OP Menu (continued)
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

PCL EMULATION ENABLE, Enable/Disable PCL EMULATION MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, PCL EMULATION MENU is
not displayed.
PPR EMULATION ENABLE, Enable/Disable PPR EMULATION MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, PPR EMULATION MENU is
not displayed.
FX EMULATION ENABLE, Enable/Disable FX EMULATION MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, FX EMULATION MENU is
not displayed.
PARALLEL MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable PARALLEL MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, PARALLEL MENU is not
displayed.
USB MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable USB MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, USB MENU is not displayed.
IEEE 1394 MENU ENABLE, Displayed only when the IEEE 1394 board
DISABLE is installed.
Enable/Disable IEEE 1394 MENU.
Set to Disable, IEEE 1394 MENU is not
displayed.
NETWORK ENABLE, Displayed only when the Network Interface
MENU DISABLE Card is installed.
Enable/Disable NETWORK MENU.
Set to Disable, NETWORK MENU is not
displayed.
MEMORY MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable MEMORY MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, MEMORY MENU is not
displayed.
DISK ENABLE, Enable/Disable DISK MAINTENANCE
MAINTENANCE DISABLE MENU.
Set to Disable, DISK MAINTENANCE
MENU is not displayed.
SYSTEM ADJUST ENABLE, Enable/Disable SYSTEM ADJUST MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, SYSTEM ADJUST MENU is
not displayed.
MAINTENANCE ENABLE, Enable/Disable MAINTENANCE MENU.
MENU DISABLE Set to Disable, MAINTENANCE MENU is
not displayed.
USAGE MENU ENABLE, Enable/Disable USAGE MENU.
DISABLE Set to Disable, USAGE MENU is not
displayed.
PEAK POWER Normal/Low Sets PEAK POWER CONTROL.
CONTROL

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 Color Menu
The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

RESET C EXECUTE Reset the stored TRC data (retained for
GAMMA FILTER tracking).
For example, correct values could not be
RESET M EXECUTE
taken due to “out of order” situation.
GAMMA FILTER
This is mainly for maintenance purposes
RESET Y EXECUTE and not ordinarily used.
GAMMA FILTER
RESET K EXECUTE
GAMMA FILTER

Block Device Menu

The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

INITIALIZE LOCK YES, NO Change to YES to block the operator panel
from showing FLASH INITIALISE ITEM and
PS FLASH RESIZE ITEM in the Disk
maintenance and Memory menus.

Peak Power Control Menu

The default settings are bold.

Item Value Description

PEAK POWER NORMAL, Sets Peak Power Control.
CONTROL LOW

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 SETTING COLOR TUNING FROM THE FRONT PANEL

Important!
• In most cases, using Color Tuning is not necessary as the
printer is optimized for color printing at its default settings.
• Once you change these settings, they remain in effect until
you go back in and change them.
• To return the settings to the defaults, use the steps below to
set each value back to 0 (zero).

You can use the printer’s menu to adjust the color intensity for a
specific color by adjusting the HIGHLIGHT, MID-TONE and DARK
(shadows) Color Tuning Patterns.
• To increase the color intensity, use a higher positive setting
(default = 0, maximum = +3).
• To decrease the color intensity, use a higher negative setting
(default = 0, maximum = -3).
For example, to adjust the intensity of the magenta portion:

NOTE
When using the Print Job Accounting utility, you cannot
print when "Local Print" is set to "No printing" or "No color
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 1. Print the Color Tuning Pattern:

a. Make sure letter size paper is loaded in the tray.

b. Press the MENU button one or more times, until COLOR MENU
displays.
c. Press the ITEM button one or more times, until COLOR TUNING
displays.
d. Press SELECT.
The Color Tuning Pattern prints.
2. Adjust the Magenta highlight color.
a. Press the ITEM button one or more times, until MAGENTA
HIGHLIGHT nn displays.

b. Press the VALUE button one or more times, until the new
value you wish to use displays (e.g., +3).
c. Press the SELECT button.
An asterisk (*) appears at the right of the number.

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 3. Adjust the Magenta mid-tone color:
a. Press the ITEM button one or more times, until MAGENTA
MID-TONE nn appears.

b. Press the VALUE button one or more times, until the new value
you wish to use displays (e.g., nn = +3).
c. Press the SELECT button.
An asterisk (*) appears at the right of the number.
4. Adjust the Magenta dark color:
a. Press the ITEM button one or more times, until MAGENTA DARK
nn displays.

b. Press the VALUE button one or more times, until the new value
you wish to use displays (e.g., nn = +3).
c. Press the SELECT button.
An asterisk (*) appears at the right of the number.
5. Press the ON LINE button to save the new setting and return the
printer to online status
6. Print from your application.
Repeat the above steps until you get the desired magenta color
intensity.

NOTE
To adjust these settings for the Cyan, Yellow or Black color
intensity, substitute the appropriate color name in the steps
above.

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 SWITCHING OFF
In normal circumstances the power save facility should be used to
avoid having to switch the printer off. However if you do wish to
switch the printer off manually, please carry out the following
procedure:

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

CAUTION!
• Never turn the printer off while it is printing.
• If the optional hard disk has been installed, the
following procedure must be followed before turning off
to protect any data that is stored on the hard disk.
• It is recommended that you follow this shutdown
procedure each time the printer is switched off for any
reason.
• After switching the printer off, wait at least 10 seconds
before switching it on again. This allows the internal
power levels to drop. Switching on too soon could
cause the printer to malfunction.

1. Press the MENU button until SHUTDOWN MENU is displayed,

then press the SELECT button.
2. Press the SELECT button again to begin the shutdown
sequence.
3. When PLEASE POWER OFF SHUTDOWN COMPLETED is displayed,
turn the printer off using the power switch.

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 INTERFACES
Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces:

1. Parallel – For direct connection to a PC. This port requires a

bi-directional (IEEE 1384 compliant) parallel cable.
2. USB – For connection to a PC running Windows 98 or above
(not Windows 95 upgraded to Windows 98) or Macintosh. This
port requires a cable conforming to USB version 1.1 or above.
• The operation of a printer is not assured if a USB compatible
device is connected concurrently with other USB-compatible
machines.
• When connecting multiple printers of the same type, they
appear as *****, ***** (2), ***** (3), etc. These numbers depend
on the order of connecting or turning on each printer.
3. Ethernet – For network cable connection. This port is standard
on all “n” models, optional on others.

NOTE
Administrator’s authority is required when installing a
network connection.

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 See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on:
• Making the interface connections
• Installing the printer drivers
• Installing network software,.
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
your printer.

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 Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2
Printer Driver
See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on
installing printer drivers.
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.

ADJUSTING DRIVER OPTIONS

Certain options such as additional memory, the duplexer, or
additional trays may be installed in your printer.
The printer drivers allow you to enable/disable options. You most
likely will only need to do this once.
To access the Printer Driver:
1. Select the Destkop Printer and leave highlighted.
2. From the Menu, click
Printing - Change
Setup....
3. Pressing the Auto Setup
button will automatically
access the printer and
set the options for you.
You can also manually
alter each option, as
explained below.

Change PostScript® Printer Description (PPD) File

The printer’s correct settings are controlled by the PPD file. To
change the Description file:
1. Select the Destkop Printer and leave highlighted.
2. From the Menu, click Printing - Change Setup....
3. Click Change and select from the list the desired file.

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 4. Click Select to activate the Description file.

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 Installable Options: Available Tray
If your printer utilizes more than one tray, select the appropriate
number of trays with this option.
1. Select the Destkop Printer and leave highlighted.
2. From the Menu, click Printing - Change Setup.... The current
setup appears under Installable Options. To manually alter the
setup:
a. To the right of Change, click on the down arrow and select
Available Tray.
b. To the right of To, click on the number of trays installed. For
example, your printer might be installed with 2 trays, so you
would select 2 (1 Optional Tray).

3. Click OK to save and exit.

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 Installable Options: Duplex
If your printer has a duplex unit installed, you activate it here.
1. Select the Destkop Printer and leave highlighted.
2. From the Menu, click Printing - Change Setup.... The current
setup appears under Installable Options. To manually alter the
setup:
a. To the right of Change, click on the down arrow and select
Duplex.
b. To the right of To, click Installed or Not Installed to enable.
A check mark ✓ appears for the current selection.

3. Click OK to save and exit.

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 Installable Options: Hard Disk
If your printer has a hard disk unit installed, you can activate it here.
1. Select the Destkop Printer and leave highlighted.
2. From the Menu, click Printing - Change Setup.... The current
setup appears under Installable Options. To manually alter the
setup:
a. To the right of Change, click on the down arrow and select
Hard Disk.
b. To the right of To, click Installed or Not Installed to enable. A
check mark ✓ appears for the current selection.

3. Click OK to save and exit.

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 Installable Options: Memory Configuration
This setting allows you to select the total amount of memory
installed.
1. Select the Destkop Printer and leave highlighted.
2. From the Menu, click Printing - Change Setup.... The current
setup appears under Installable Options. To manually alter the
setup:
a. To the right of Change, click on the down arrow and select
Memory Configuration.
b. To the right of To, select from the drop down list the correct
amount of memory that is installed in the printer. A check
mark ✓ appears for the current selection.

3. Click OK to save and exit.

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 Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2
Operation
The preceding section on Printer Drivers explained how to set up the
default operation of the various features using the Desktop Printer
Setup.
This section explains how to change the printer’s operation for
specific print jobs directly from within an application.
Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from
within the document print dialogue.
This section will only detail options as they apply to the LaserWriter
8 driver. Refer to manufacturer’s guidelines regarding other driver
operations, for example the AdobePS driver.

COLOR PRINT MATCHING

The install utility provides a color matching profile for your printer, as
well as Color Option utility in the print driver. In general, using the
Auto 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. Please refer to the
documentation for your software application for details on how that
particular program’s color management functions.

Factors that affect the appearance of prints

If you wish to manually adjust the color settings in your printer driver,
please be aware that color reproduction is a complex topic, and there
are many factors to take into consideration. Some of the most
important factors are listed below.

Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer

can reproduce
• Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full
range of colors visible to the human eye. Each device is restricted
to a certain range of colors. Additionally, a printer cannot
reproduce all of the colors displayed on a monitor and vice versa.

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 • Both devices use very different technologies to represent color. A
monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB) phosphors (or LCDs),
a printer uses Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and Black (CMYK) toner or
ink.
• A monitor can display very vivid colors such as intense reds and
blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using
toner or ink. Similarly, there are certain colors, (some yellows, for
example), that can be printed, but cannot be displayed
accurately on a monitor. This disparity between monitors and
printers is often the main reason that printed colors do not match
the colors displayed on screen.

Viewing conditions
A print can look very different under different lighting conditions. For
example, the colors in a print may look different when viewed
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 print. There are several options available to help match the printed
colors with those displayed on screen. These options are explained
in subsequent sections of the User Manual.
To access the color matching options in the driver discussed below:
1. Access the printer settings page via the Print dialog from any
application (usually accessed via File — Print).
2. Click on the General drop down menu and select Color Option.

Monitor settings
The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change
how your document looks on-screen. Additionally, your monitor
color temperature influences how "warm" or "cool" the colors look.

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 NOTE
Several of the Color Matching options make reference to
your monitor’s Color Temperature. Many modern monitors
allow the color temperature to be adjusted using the
monitor’s control panel.

There are several settings found on a typical monitor:

• 5000k or D50 Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in
graphics arts environments.
• 6500k or D65 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

Some graphics applications such as Macromedia Freehand or
Adobe Photoshop may display color differently from "office"
applications such as Microsoft Word. Please see your application’s
online help or user manual for more information.

Paper type
The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed color.
For example, a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one
on specially formulated glossy paper.

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 CHOOSING A COLOR MATCHING METHOD
There is no one correct way to achieve a good color match between
the document displayed on your monitor, and it's printed equivalent.
There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and
reproducible color.
However, the following guidelines may help in achieving good color
output from your printer. There are several suggested methods,
depending on the type of document you are printing.

RGB or CMYK?

NOTE
These suggestions are for guidance only. Your results may
vary depending on the application from which you are
printing. Some applications will override any color matching
settings in the printer driver without warning.

The guidlines for choosing a color matching method makes

distinctions between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, Black (CMYK).
Generally, most office documents you print will be in RGB format.
This is the most common, and, if you do not know your document’s
color mode, assume that it is RGB.
Typically CMYK documents are only used in professional Desktop
Publishing and Graphics applications.

Matching Photographic Images

RGB only
OKI’s Color Matching (found in the printer driver under Color
Matching) is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method
appropriate to your monitor.

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 RGB or CMYK
If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application
such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to
simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use
the ICC-Profiles provided by OKI, and then print using the ICC
profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).

Matching Specific Colors

(For instance, a Company logo.)

RGB only
• OKI Color Matching, and the sRGB setting.
• PostScript Color Matching using the Absolute Colorimetric option.
• Use the Color Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches
and enter your desired RGB values in your application's color
picker.

RGB or CMYK
• If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe
Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the
printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-
Profiles provided by OKI, and then print using the ICC profiles as
the Print Space (or Output space).
• 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.

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 OKI DRIVER OPTIONS
This section references only the OKI-supplied driver selections,
Color Option and Job Option, as well as the plug-ins Job
Accounting and Job Type - if available.

Color Option

1. Open your printer driver (by choosing File — Print from an

application) and select your desired OKI printer.

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 2. Then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer
and select Color Option.

Color Control
The Color Control option allows you to determine the scheme in
which the printer will display colors.

1. Select the option desired.

OKI Color Matching

This is OKI’s proprietary color matching system and affects RGB
data only. This is the default setting and provides the fastest, best
color matching for your printer.

Postscript Color Matching

This uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built-in to the
printer, and affects both RGB and CMYK data.

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 No Color Matching
No color correction occurs when selected. This option is beneficial
when other matching regimens are used, specifically if you select a
Color Simulation option.

Print In Grayscale
No color will print. The printer will interpret all colors as a variation
of grays.

Color Setting
This option allows you to select your color settings as they appear
on your monitor.

1. Select the option desired.

Monitor(6500k) Auto
The default setting that selects the best options for your printer.
This selection works best for office situations.

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.

Monitor (9300k)
Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a
color temperature of 6500K.

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 Digital Camera
Optimized for printing photographs taken with a digital camera. This
tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colors. For some
photographs, other settings may be better depending on the subjects
and the conditions under which they were taken. Vivid or Digital
Camera settings produce brightest colors.

sRGB
Optimized for matching specific colors, such as a company logo
color. This option attempts to simulate RGB color. The colors within
the printer's color gamut are printed without any modification, and
only colors that fall outside the printable colors are modified.

Rendering
When a document is printed, a conversion takes place from the
document's color space to the printer color space. The rendering
intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this color
conversion takes place.
1. Select the option desired.

Auto
The best default select as this selects the optimal settings for a
general office environment.

Perceptual
Best choice for printing photographs. Compresses the source gamut
into the printer's gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of
an image. This may change the overall appearance of an image as
all the colors are shifted together.

Saturation
Best choice for printing bright and saturated colors if you don't
necessarily care how accurate the colors are. This makes it the
recommended choice for graphs, charts, diagrams etc. Maps fully

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 saturated colors in the source gamut to fully saturated colors in the
printer's gamut.

Relative Colorimetric
Good for proofing CMYK color images on a desktop printer. Much
like Absolute Colorimetric, except that it scales the source white to
the (usually) paper white; i.e. unlike Absolute Colorimetric, this
attempts to take the paper white into account.

Absolute Colorimetric
Best for printing solid colors and tints, such as Company logos etc.
Matches colors common to both devices exactly, and clips the out
of gamut colors to their nearest printed equivalent. Tries to print
white as it appears on screen. The white of a monitor is often very
different from paper white, so this may result in color casts,
especially in the lighter areas of an image.

Color Simulation
Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer
environments only.

This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press
using the ink types SWOP, Euroscale or Japan. If using CMYK Ink
Simulation, it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer
Color Matching by selecting the No Color Matching option under the
Color Match option in the printer driver.
1. Select the option desired.

Black Finish
This setting determines Black Toner usage only.

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 Auto
This option is best for an office environment, with the printer
determining which style is better.

Glossy
This option uses more CMYK and less Black while producing a
shinier black.

Matte
This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter
black.

Separations
This option affects output only, allowing you to print all colors or
separate plates.

1. Select the option desired.

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 Custom Gamma Adjustment

NOTE
You must select a non-generic PostScript Printer
Description (PPD) file for a printer that supports color
separations.

You will need to create a custom gamma profiles using the SDM
before selecting one here.

1. Click on the arrows to select the profile required.

Black Overprint
This option prevents registration errors and only works for 100%
black text.

1. Click on the checkbox to enable the option.

Printer Halftone
This option prevents the halftone of a high-end graphics application
from printing.

1. Click on the checkbox to enable the option.

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 Job Option

1. To access Job Option, first select your desired OKI printer.

2. Then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer
and select Job Option.

Quality
A straightforward selection of the print quality desired.

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 • Fast: 600 x 600 dpi
• Fine: 1200 x 1200 dpi
1. Select your desired print quality.

Media Type
Many options are available for selecting the thickness of the paper
type. Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient.

1. Select your desired Media Type. Any option, other than Printer
Setting, will override the setting at the printer.
2. The following chart (also found in the Printer’s Setup
documentation) provides a guide for selection.

Feed Exit
Media Tray 2/ MP Tray Rear Top (face
weight Tray 1 Tray 3 (Manual) (face up) down)
Paper, US Bond (Metric)
17 lb. (64 g/m2) Light Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex
18 to 19 lb. Medium Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex
(68-71 g/m2) light
20 to 24 lb. Medium Simplex/ Simplex/ Simplex Simplex/ Simplex/
(75-90 g/m2) Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex
25 to 27 lb. Medium Simplex/ Simplex/ Simplex Simplex/ Simplex/
(91-104 g/m2) heavy Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex

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Media Tray 2/ MP Tray Rear Top (face
weight Tray 1 Tray 3 (Manual) (face up) down)
28 to 32 lb. Heavy * * Simplex Simplex Simplex
(105-122 g/m2)
33 to 54 lb. Ultra * * Simplex Simplex *
(123-203 g/m ) heavy
2

Transaprencies: Media Weight Ignored

Set MediaType * Simplex Simplex Simplex *
= Transparency
Labels
0.1 to 0.17 mm Medium * * Simplex Simplex *
thick Heavy
0.17 to 0.2 mm Ultra Siimplex Simplex
thick Heavy
Heavy-Hi Heavy * * Simplex Simplex *
Sheen Finish
*not applicable

Job Option List

A list of options to modify the printer.

Collate
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 wish for them to be printed in sequence.

NOTE
If your software application has a collate option, use it
instead of the collate option in the printer driver.

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 1. Click to enable collation of your documents.

1 2
1 1

Media Check
Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that
of the tray. Only standard sizes are checked.

MP tray is handled as manual feed

Checking this will cause the MP tray to be used in manual feed
situations. The MP tray cannot be used for duplex printing.

Page Rotate
Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180
degrees.

Toner Saving
Checking this will enable toner saving.

Job Accounting
This plug-in manages and tracks how many pages are printed in
color and black and white. Account ID is the number this System

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 uses to identify the users. Before you can log in, you must be set up
as a user in the Administration Utility.

1. To access Job Accounting, first select your desired OKI printer.

2. Then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer
and select Job Accounting.

3. Enter your User Name and Password and press the Print button
to proceed with your print job. If applicable, your User Name is
not necessarily the same as your network login.

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 Job Type
This plug-in allows you to utilize the options of the built-in harddrive
of the printer.

NOTE
• The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and
enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final
printing.
• If the hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled
data, DISK FULL is displayed and only one copy printed.
• If the software application being used has a collate print
option, this must be turned OFF for secure printing to
operate correctly.
• Secure printing may not be available in some software
applications.

1. To access Job Type, first select your desired OKI printer.

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 2. Then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer
and select Job Type.

Each option on the Job Type screen is detailed below.

Print Type
From here you will select your desired option.

Normal
This is the default setting for which no further action is required.

Job Spool
1. If you wish to spool your print job to the printer’s hard drive, select
Job Spool.

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 Secure Print Setup
This option allows you to print confidential documents on printers
that are shared with other users in a network situation.

1. Select the Secure option.

2. Enter a job name of up to 16 characters next to Job Name and
a four digit personal ID number in the ID Number box.
3. Press Print to proceed with your print job. The document will be
stored on the printer’s hard disk.
4. Walk up to the printer to print out the document using the front
panel (see below).

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 Secure Printing at Printer
MENU ITEM VALUE SELECT
0 1 2 3
ON LINE CANCEL
4 5 6 7
1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and
press the SELECT button.
2. Enter the personal ID number you set above using the buttons on
the printer control panel.
3. Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name
is displayed.
4. Press the SELECT button.
The document will print and be deleted from the hard disk drive.

Deleting the confidential document before printing it

1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and
press the SELECT button.
2. Enter the personal ID number you set above using the buttons on
the printer control panel.
3. Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name
is displayed.
4. Press the CANCEL button to delete the job from the printer.

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 Proof and Print
Proof and print allows printing of a single copy of a document for
checking before printing multiple copies of the same document.

NOTES
• The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and
enabled, to allow for spooling of the print job before final
printing.
• If the hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled
data, DISK FULL is displayed and only one copy is printed.
• If the software application being used has a collate print
option, it must be turned OFF for proof and print to
operate correctly.
• Proof and print may not be available in some software
applications.

1. Select Proof and Print.

2. Enter a job name of up to 16 characters under Job Name
Setting and a four digit personal ID number.

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 3. Click Print to proceed with your print job. Print the document
from the software application being used. The document will be
stored on the printer’s hard disk and one copy will print for your
perusal.
4. After checking the proof, you then will print or delete (if incorrect)
the remaining copies of the document using the procedures given
below.

Printing copies from Proof and Print

1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU, then
press the SELECT button.
2. Enter your personal ID number using the buttons on the printer
control panel.
3. Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name
is displayed.
4. Press the SELECT button to print the remaining copies of the
document.

Deleting copies from Proof and Print

If the proof is not ready for printing, the job must be deleted from the
printer:
1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and
press the SELECT button.
2. Enter your personal ID number using the buttons on the printer
control panel.
3. Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name
is displayed.
4. Press the CANCEL button to delete the remaining copies of the
document.
5. When the deletion confirmation message appears, confirm by
pressing the SELECT button.

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 Store To Hard Disk
Store to HDD (job spooling) allows print jobs to be temporarily
stored on the hard disk before printing.

NOTES
• The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and
enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final
printing.
• If the hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled
data, DISK FULL is displayed and only one copy printed.
• If the software application being used has a collate print
option, this must be turned OFF for store to hard disk to
operate correctly.
• Store to hard disk may not be available in some software
applications.

1. Select Store to HDD.

2. Enter a job name of up to 16 characters under Job Name and a
four digit personal ID number.

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 3. Click Print to proceed with your print job. The document will be
stored on the printer’s hard disk.
4. The document can then be printed or deleted using the
procedures given below.

Printing copies
MENU ITEM VALUE SELECT
0 1 2 3
ON LINE CANCEL
4 5 6 7
1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and
press the SELECT button.
2. Enter the personal ID number you selected above using the
buttons on the printer control panel.
3. Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name
is displayed.
4. Press the SELECT button to print the document.

Deleting the stored job from the hard disk drive

1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and
press the SELECT button.
2. Enter the personal ID number you selected above using the
buttons on the printer control panel.
3. Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name
is displayed.
4. Press the CANCEL button to delete the remaining copies of the
document.
5. When the deletion confirmation message appears, confirm by
pressing the SELECT button.

Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing

This option allows you to improve your print quality if you suspect
there is a problem with printing, such as too much graininess in the
print.

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 1. Select Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing to force the
printer to automatically clean itself before printing.

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 GENERAL PRINTING DIRECTIONS
What follows are descriptions of common printing issues common to
the Macintosh environment. This section does not attempt to cover
all the options that might occur, but rather, the typical printing
operations that can benefit from detailed descriptions.
You can also refer to your Macintosh online help or manual for further
information.

Multiple Pages on One Sheet

1. To access, first select your desired OKI printer.
2. Then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer
and select Layout.

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 3. From the Layout screen, select the options desired.

b
c

a. For Multiple Pages, access Pages per sheet

b. Select the desired direction.
c. Select a border between the sheets, if desired.
4. Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the
printer dialog box.

Duplex
1. To access, first select your desired OKI printer.

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 2. Then open the drop-down menu directly underneath the printer
and select Layout.

3. From the Layout screen, select the options desired.

a
b

a. For Duplexing (printing on both sides of the sheet), press the

button for Print on Both Sides.

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 b. Select which Binding you prefer. Normally, the first option is
the default.

NOTES
• Duplex printing can only be carried out on standard
paper sizes and paper weights between 20 and 28 lb. (75
and 105 g/m²).
• The optional duplex unit must be installed in the printer
and enabled before duplex printing can be carried out.
• Paper must be loaded into the paper tray with the print
side facing upwards. The multi purpose tray cannot be
used for duplex printing.

3. Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the

printer dialog box.

Collating
Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive
installed. However, installing an HDD will achieve greater
performance.
If the software application being used has a collate print option, it is
recommended to use only one collate option to prevent any
conflicts in printing, i.e. collate from the software application or
collate from the printer driver.
The following instructions explain how to select collating using a
printer driver.
1. To access, first select your desired OKI printer.

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 2. The General dialog box should already be displayed. If not, then
select General from the menu.

3. From the General screen, click the button next to Collate to

enable the function.

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 Macintosh OS 10.1.5
Printer Drivers
See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on
installing printer drivers.
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.

ADJUSTING OPTIONS
Apple Computer has not enabled Configure Printer... as of release
OS 10.1.5. Therefore, direct configuration of the printer driver is
unavailable at this time.

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 Macintosh OS 10.1.5
Operation
This section explains how to change the printer’s operation for
specific print jobs when required and is accessed directly from within
an application.
Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from
within the document print dialogue.
This section will only detail options as they apply to the OKI printer
driver. Refer to manufacturer’s guidelines regarding other driver
operations.

COLOR PRINT MATCHING

The install utility provides a color matching profile for your printer. In
general, using the OKI 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. Please refer to the
documentation for your software application for details on how that
particular program’s color management functions.

Factors that affect the appearance of prints

If you wish to manually adjust the color settings in your printer driver,
please be aware that color reproduction is a complex topic, and there
are many factors to take into consideration. Some of the most
important factors are listed below.

Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer

can reproduce
• Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full
range of colors visible to the human eye. Each device is restricted
to a certain range of colors. Additionally, a printer cannot
reproduce all of the colors displayed on a monitor and vice versa.
• Both devices use very different technologies to represent color. A
monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB) phosphors (or LCDs), a

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 printer uses Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and Black (CMYK) toner or
ink.
• A monitor can display very vivid colors such as intense reds and
blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using
toner or ink. Similarly, there are certain colors, (some yellows, for
example), that can be printed, but cannot be displayed
accurately on a monitor. This disparity between monitors and
printers is often the main reason that printed colors do not match
the colors displayed on screen.

Viewing conditions
A print can look very different under different lighting conditions. For
example, the colors in a print may look different when viewed
standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under
standard office fluorescent lighting.

Monitor Color Profile Select

Apple provides a ColorSync Utility — Devices that allows
selection of the OKI supplied ICC color profile for your monitor. The
profile will attempt to calibrate the monitor to more closely match the
printer’s output. However, merely selecting the profile will not
automatically produce perfect results as many factors will contribute
to the gamut of color selection.
1. Navigate to the utility by accessing your Local Hard Drive —
Applications — Utilities — ColorSync Utility.

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 2. Click the arrow next to Displays and select your monitor (in this
example it is iMac). In the Current Profile area click the down
arrow and select Other... to access the OKI Color Profile.

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 3. From the Profile selection menu, find and click on the desired
ICC Profile (in this example the OKI C7500 1200dpi) and then
press Open to enable.

Color Profile Select

Not to be confused with the ColorSync Utility — Devices, Apple
also provides a System Preference utility, ColorSync, for selection
of color profiles for the printer and documents.
1. Navigate to the utility by accessing your System Preferences
— ColorSync.

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 2. On the first tab, Device Profiles, select your Output profile by
pressing the double arrows, select Other Profile and highlight
the profile desired (in this example OKI C7500 1200dpi (PS)).

3. On the second tab, Document Profiles, for the CMYK Default

option, press the double arrows and highlight the profile desired
(in this example OKI C7500 1200dpi (PS)).

Printer driver color settings

The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a
print. There are several options available to help match the printed
colors with those displayed on screen. These options are explained
in subsequent sections of the User Manual.
To access the color matching options in the driver discussed below:
1. Access the printer settings page via the Print dialog from any
application (usually accessed via File — Print).
2. Click on the drop down menu and select Printer Features and
then select the Features 2 tab for Color Control.

Monitor settings
The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change
how your document looks on-screen. You can calibrate your
monitor’s color regimen in System Preferences — Displays —
Color. Additionally, your monitor color temperature influences how
"warm" or "cool" the colors look.

NOTE
Several of the Color Matching options make reference to
your monitor’s Color Temperature. Many modern monitors
allow the color temperature to be adjusted using the
monitor’s control panel.

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 There are several settings found on a typical monitor:
• 5000k or D50 Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in
graphics arts environments.
• 6500k or D65 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

Some graphics applications such as Macromedia Freehand or
Adobe Photoshop may display color differently from "office"
applications such as Microsoft Word. Please see your application’s
online help or user manual for more information.

Paper type
The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed color.
For example, a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one
on specially formulated glossy paper.

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 CHOOSING A COLOR MATCHING METHOD
There is no one correct way to achieve a good color match between
the document displayed on your monitor, and it's printed equivalent.
There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and
reproducible color.
However, the following guidelines may help in achieving good color
output from your printer. There are several suggested methods,
depending on the type of document you are printing.

NOTE
These suggestions are for guidance only. Your results may
vary depending on the application from which you are
printing. Some applications will override any color matching
settings in the printer driver without warning.

RGB or CMYK?
The guidlines for choosing a color matching method makes
distinctions between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, Black (CMYK).
Generally, most office documents you print will be in RGB format.
This is the most common, and, if you do not know your document’s
color mode, assume that it is RGB.
Typically CMYK documents are only used in professional Desktop
Publishing and Graphics applications.

Matching Photographic Images

RGB only
Oki’s Color Matching (found in the printer driver under Printer
Features — Features 2) is a generally a good choice. Select a
matching method appropriate to your monitor.

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 RGB or CMYK
If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application
such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to
simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use
the ICC-Profiles provided by Oki, and then print using the ICC
profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).

Matching Specific Colors

(For instance, a Company logo.)

RGB only
• Oki Color Matching, and the sRGB setting.
• PostScript Color Matching using the Absolute Colorimetric
option.

RGB or CMYK
• If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe
Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the
printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-
Profiles provided by Oki, and then print using the ICC profiles as
the Print Space (or Output space).
• 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.

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 OKI DRIVER OPTIONS
This section references only the OKI-supplied driver selections,
Printer Features.

OKI Printer Features

1. To access Features 1, first select your desired OKI printer.
2. Then open the drop-down menu at left and select Printer
Features.

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 Features 1

The tab’s features are explained below.

Quality
A straightforward selection of the print quality desired.

• Fast: 600 x 600 dpi

• Fine: 1200 x 1200 dpi
1. Select your desired print quality.

Collate
Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive
installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide

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 greater performance. This option is useful when printing multiple
copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence.

NOTE
If your software application has a collate option, use it
instead of the collate option in the printer driver.

1. Click to enable collation of your documents.

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1 1

Media Type
Many options are available for selecting the thickness of the paper
type. Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient.

1. Select your desired Media Type. Any option, other than Printer
Setting, will override the setting at the printer.

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 2. The following chart (also found in the Printer’s Setup
documentation) provides a guide for selection.

Feed Exit
Media Tray 2/ MP Tray Rear Top (face
weight Tray 1 Tray 3 (Manual) (face up) down)
Paper, US Bond (Metric)
17 lb. (64 g/m2) Light Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex
18 to 19 lb. Medium Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex Simplex
(68-71 g/m2) light
20 to 24 lb. Medium Simplex/ Simplex/ Simplex Simplex/ Simplex/
(75-90 g/m2) Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex
25 to 27 lb. Medium Simplex/ Simplex/ Simplex Simplex/ Simplex/
(91-104 g/m2) heavy Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex
28 to 32 lb. Heavy * * Simplex Simplex Simplex
(105-122 g/m2)
33 to 54 lb. Ultra * * Simplex Simplex *
(123-203 g/m ) heavy
2

Transaprencies: Media Weight Ignored

Set MediaType * Simplex Simplex Simplex *
= Transparency
Labels
0.1 to 0.17 mm Medium * * Simplex Simplex *
thick Heavy
0.17 to 0.2 mm Ultra Siimplex Simplex
thick Heavy
Heavy-Hi Heavy * * Simplex Simplex *
Sheen Finish
*not applicable

MP tray is handled as manual feed

Select the option desired — the default is No. The MP tray cannot
be used for duplex printing.

Black Overprint
This option prevents registration errors and only works for 100%
black text.

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 1. Click on the checkbox to enable the option.

Features 2

The tab’s features are explained below.

Color Control

OKI Color Matching

This is OKI’s proprietary color matching system and affects RGB
data only. This is the default setting and provides the fastest, best
color matching for your printer.

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 Postscript Color Matching
This uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built-in to the
printer, and affects both RGB and CMYK data.

No Color Matching
No color correction occurs when selected. This option is beneficial
when other matching regimens are used, specifically if you select a
Color Simulation option.

Print In Grayscale
No color will print. The printer will interpret all colors as a variation
of grays.

Black Finish
This setting determines Black Toner usage only.

Auto
This option is best for an office environment, with the printer
determining which style is better.

Glossy
This option uses more CMYK and less Black while producing a
shinier black.

Matte
This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a
flatter black.

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 Color Setting
This option allows you to select your color settings as they appear on
your monitor.

1. Select the option desired based upon the information below.

Monitor(6500k) Auto
The default setting that selects the best options for your printer. This
selection works best for office situations.

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.

Monitor (9300k)
Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color
temperature of 6500K.

Digital Camera
Optimized for printing photographs taken with a digital camera. This
tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colors. For some
photographs, other settings may be better depending on the subjects
and the conditions under which they were taken. Vivid or Digital
Camera settings produce brightest colors.

sRGB
Optimized for matching specific colors, such as a company logo
color. This option attempts to simulate RGB color. The colors within

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 the printer's color gamut are printed without any modification, and
only colors that fall outside the printable colors are modified.

Rendering Intent
When a document is printed, a conversion takes place from the
document's color space to the printer color space. The rendering
intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this color
conversion takes place.
1. Select the option desired.

Auto
The best default select as this selects the optimal settings for a
general office environment.

Perceptual
Best choice for printing photographs. Compresses the source
gamut into the printer's gamut whilst maintaining the overall
appearance of an image. This may change the overall appearance
of an image as all the colors are shifted together.

Saturation
Best choice for printing bright and saturated colors if you don't
necessarily care how accurate the colors are. This makes it the
recommended choice for graphs, charts, diagrams etc. Maps fully
saturated colors in the source gamut to fully saturated colors in the
printer's gamut.

Relative Colorimetric
Good for proofing CMYK color images on a desktop printer. Much
like Absolute Colorimetric, except that it scales the source white to
the (usually) paper white; i.e. unlike Absolute Colorimetric, this
attempts to take the paper white into account.

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 Absolute Colorimetric
Best for printing solid colors and tints, such as Company logos etc.
Matches colors common to both devices exactly, and clips the out of
gamut colors to their nearest printed equivalent. Tries to print white
as it appears on screen. The white of a monitor is often very different
from paper white, so this may result in color casts, especially in the
lighter areas of an image.

Printer Halftone
This option prevents the halftone of a high-end graphic application
from printing.

1. Click on the checkbox to enable the option.

Features 3

The tab’s features are explained below.

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 Color Simulation
Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer
environments only.

This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press
using the ink types SWOP, Euroscale or Japan. If using CMYK Ink
Simulation, it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer
Color Matching by selecting the No Color Matching option under the
Color Match option in the printer driver.
1. Select the option desired.

Separations
This option affects output only, allowing you to print all colors or
separate plates.

1. Select the option desired.

NOTE
You must select a non-generic PostScript Printer
Description (PPD) file for a printer that supports color
separations.

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 Feature 3 Options
1. Click to enable the option desired.

Media Check
Sets whether the printer checks the
matching of paper size to that of the tray.
Only standard sizes are checked.

Toner Saving
Checking this will enable toner saving but reduce print quality.

Page Rotate
Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180
degrees.

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 GENERAL PRINTING DIRECTIONS
What follows are descriptions of common printing issues common
to the Macintosh environment. This section does not attempt to
cover all the options that might occur, but rather, the typical printing
operations that can benefit from detailed descriptions.
You can also refer to your Macintosh online help or manual for
further information.

Multiple Pages on One Sheet

1. To access, first select your desired OKI printer.
2. Then open the drop-down menu at left and select Layout.

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 3. From the Layout screen, select the options desired.

a. For Multiple Pages, access Pages per sheet

b. Select the desired Layout Direction.
c. Select a Border between the sheets, if desired.

Duplex
1. To access, first select your desired OKI printer.
2. Then open the drop-down menu at left and select Duplex.

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 3. From the Duplex screen, select the options desired.

a. For Duplexing (printing on both sides of the sheet), select

Print on Both Sides.
b. Select which Binding you prefer. Normally, the first option is
the default.

NOTES
• Duplex printing can only be carried out on standard
paper sizes and paper weights between 20 and 28 lb. (75
and 105 g/m²).
• The optional duplex unit must be installed in the printer
and enabled before duplex printing can be carried out.
• Paper must be loaded into the paper tray with the print
side facing upwards. The multi purpose tray cannot be
used for duplex printing.

Collating
Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive
installed. However, installing an HDD will achieve greater
performance.
If the software application being used has a collate print option, it is
recommended to use only one collate option to prevent any
conflicts in printing, i.e. collate from the software application or
collate from the printer driver.
The following instructions explain how to select collating using a
printer driver.
1. To access, first select your desired OKI printer.

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 2. The Copies & Pages dialog box should already be displayed. If
not, then select Copies & Pages from the menu.

3. From the General screen, click the button next to Collate to

enable the function.

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 Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities
This section explains how to install and use the included utilities
supplied.

Important!
These Utilities are unavailable for Mac OS 10.1.5.

• Storage Device Manager

• Fonts Downloader
• OKI Swatch Utility
• OkiNet Utility for Macintosh

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 GENERAL INFORMATION

Storage Device Manager

Using the software improves the internal performance of the printer
allowing you to adjust printer options.

Important!
The printer’s internal hard drive does not communicate directly
back to the Storage Device Manager software; it sends any error
messages to the printer display. If things seems to be “stuck,”
check the display of the printer.

Fonts Downloader
This utility allows you to transfer fonts to the printer’s RAM or hard
disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript printer. This utility is an
Adobe product and will not be supported by OKI Data. Please read
the Read Me file for further information.

Important!
These two utilities will only communicate with the printer via
AppleTalk and are incompatible with USB connections.

Color Swatch Utility

This utility enables you to print samples of colors on your OKI printer.
The printed color samples (Swatches) allow you to select colors for
printing in the same manner as you would to choose paint chips to
pick the right color for your home. Each swatch is identified with
information your software package needs to reproduce that color
accurately.
Things To Remember:
• Your software may not be able to match colors using the
information provided by the swatch files. In that case, you may
need to use other means of matching.

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 • Many other factors influence how you see color: the color and
finish of the paper, the light you are using, even the colors
surrounding the one you are identifying.

OkiNet Utility for Macintosh

This utility allows adjusting some of the parameters of a printer,
such as the Zone and Name of the OKI printer on a network.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
The OKI CD supplied with the printer provides the necessary
installation software.
1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Double-click the OKI CD icon that appears on the desktop.
3. Open the MAC folder and open the following folders: Mac —
PSDRV — English and double click the Mac Installer icon to
open and run. Click Continue.

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 4. Select Custom Install to access the Utility Installation.

5. Click in the boxes on the left hand side of the Utilities you wish to
install and click the Install button to complete. This will install the
Utilities into the folder specified during installation process.

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 STORAGE DEVICE MANAGER OPERATION

Important!
• When attempting to open the application, ensure that the
default printer is connected and turned on.
• If your default printer is a virtual printer, the application will
return the error message “This utility does not support this
interface.” Re-set your default printer to a real printer.

Open SDM
1. Access the Storage Device Manager (SDM) program by
accessing Local Hard Drive — Okidata — SDM for Mac.
From the main screen, you can adjust basic options.

Printer Name
Displays the currently selected printer name (if AppleTalk-
connected) or desktop printer name (if USB-connected).

Save button
1. Clicking this button will prompt converting the settings in this
dialog box to PS commands and send them to change the
printer settings.

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 2. This button is grayed out and disabled if no change has been
made to the settings in this dialog box.

Undo button
1. Clicking this button will restore the settings in the dialog box
effective before any changes that may have been made.
2. This button is grayed out and disabled if no has been made to the
settings in this dialog box.

Option button
1. Clicking this button will prompt displaying the Option dialog box
where the printer options can be set. For further description, see
SDM Options below.
2. Closing the Option dialog box will prompt returning to the Main
dialog box.

Help button
1. Clicking this button will prompt displaying the Help dialog box
covering the items in this Main dialog box.
The following items depend on the printer models.

Paper Tray
Selects the location of paper for your printer. The trays that are not
installed are grayed out and disabled.

Paper Size
Selects the size of paper for each tray. The currently selected paper
is displayed.

Paper Size/Legal Paper Size

Sets the sizes of paper that are too similar to be automatically
recognized by your printer.

Auto Tray Switch

Sets automatic tray switch.

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 SDM Options
1. There are other parameters unique to the SDM available by
pressing the Options... button.

2. For each option, click on the drop-down arrows to select your

choice.

Manual Timeout
This parameter sets the period of time, that after requesting paper
to be inserted and is not inserted, when the print job is cancelled.

Printing Timeout
This parameter determines how long the printer waits for paper to
be inserted after a request. After that interval, the job is cancelled.

Media Check
Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that
of the tray. Only standard sizes are checked.

Jam Recovery
This parameter, when enabled, sets whether or not printing will
continue after a paper jam has been cleared. If set to Disable, the
print job that was being printed when the paper jam occurred will be
cancelled after clearing the paper jam. When set to Enable, the
print job will continue after the jam has been cleared.

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 Power Save
This will enable Power Save Delay.

Power Save Delay

When no input is received for the specified time, the printer will enter
Power Save Mode.

SDM Menu Items

Not all menu items are available for the SDM.
File Menu
Menu Item Value Description
REFRESH EXECUTE Downloads the latest settings from
the printer.
UPDATE PPD EXECUTE Loads the latest PPD file.

Utilities Menu
Menu Item Value Description
CHANGE PRINTER EXECUTE Only available if printer is on an
NAME/ZONE AppleTalk network.

DOWNLOAD FILE EXECUTE Allows a file to be loaded into the

printer.
DISPLAY FONT EXECUTE Displays the current font list loaded
LIST into the printer.

INITIALISE DISK EXECUTE This will erase the hard drive and
cause the printer to rebuild the
directory structures automatically.
SUBSTITUTE EXECUTE Unavailable - This function is not
FONTS supported for a non-kanji printer.

PS GAMMA OPENS ADJUSTER Allows the creation and loading of

ADJUSTER WINDOW Gamma Adjustment Profiles.

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 Change Printer Name/Zone

This will change the name that is stored in the PostScript interpreter
in the printer. However, this will not change the name displayed in
the Chooser - only the OkiNet utility has that ability.
1. Access the function from the Utilities menu.
2. If available, choose the Zone required.
3. Rename the printer with the desired name and press Save.

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 Download File

This utility allows you to download to the printer’s hard drive PS/PDF/
Font files for faster printing. The printer will automatically print the
PS/PDF files unless they are specified to be stored in the hard disk.
1. After selecting Download File from the Utilities menu, select the
file you wish to load into the printer.
2. If you wish to empty the hard drive, use the Initialise Disk
function. Remember that this will erase the entire disk and the
printer will automatically rebuild it.

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 Display Font List

1. To identify the fonts already loaded into the printer, select

Display Font List from the Utilities menu.
2. Press Close to return to the main screen.

Initialise Disk

This utility will erase the hard disk of the printer and cause it to
rebuild the directories.
1. Select the Disk to erase and click the button to execute. This
action, once executed cannot be undone.

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 Substitute Fonts
This function is not supported for a non-kanji printer.

PS Gamma Adjuster

This option allows adjusting the gamma output, or toner density,

when printing from the printer. The Gamma Curve profile is sent to
the printer with the print job.
1. Because Gamma Curve profiles are tied to the displayed PPD
file, select the correct PPD file before proceeding.
2. To add an available Gamma Curve profile, highlight the desired
profile and press the Add button.
3. To remove a Gamma Curve profile from the PPD column, press
the Delete button, NOT the Remove button. Only use the
Remove button if you had edited (using the Edit button) the
profile and wished to store it in the Available Gamma Curves
column.

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 Create/Edit a New Gamma Curve Profile

1. To create a new Gamma Curve, press the New button. To edit,

highlight the profile and press the Edit button.
2. Select either All or an individual color (deselect All first). To
modify a curve, click on a point on the curve - the drag point -
and drag it to change the shape of the curve. Or if known, enter
the values in the fields below.
3. Once the configuration is completed, name and press the save
button to save the profile.
4. Remember, the Gamma Curve profile is tied to the displayed
PPD file; so the PPD file must be selected in the printer setup to
gain access to the Gamma Curve profile saved to the same
PPD file.

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 FONTS DOWNLOADER
This utility allows you to transfer Fonts to the printer’s RAM or hard
disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript printer. This utility is an
Adobe product. Please read the Read Me file for further information.

Important!
This utility will only communicate with the printer via AppleTalk
and is incompatible with USB connections.

COLOR SWATCH UTILITY

The swatches represent selected samples of the OKI C Series
Printers color palette and can be used to find the desired colors for
your printed documents.

Open Color Swatch

1. Access the Swatch utility by accessing Local Hard Drive —
Okidata — Swatch Utility and double-clicking the file. You are
presented with the Simple Swatch. The Simple Swatch covers
the commonly used colors.

2. Each color block, or sample, is identified with information your

software package needs to reproduce that color accurately. The
numbers under each block specify the amounts of the primary
colors—red (R), green (G), and blue (B), that mix to form each
particular shade. The amounts are given as a numerical value
between 0 and 255.

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 Create a Custom Swatch
1. If the color you are seeking is not in the Simple Swatch, create a
new color by selecting Custom Swatch from the File menu.

2. Drag the handles as required and press OK to create the new

color.
• Hue bar changes the hue of the swatches, for example, red
to green or blue to yellow.
• Saturation bar changes vividness.
• Lightness bar changes light intensity.
3. The utility then creates many different possibilities from which
you can choose.
4. Once satisfied, print the swatch from the menu using File —
Print or repeat the steps to find the color desired.

NOTE
• Swatch utility does not guarantee that the printer will
print the same color as displayed; consider this only as a
reference from which you can adjust parameters.
• The printer may not be able to print the exact color that
you desire.

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 • For additional information, including Applying Color Value in
your Application, and Setting Monitor Color, see the Swatch
Utility ReadMe file located in the Mac folder.

OKINET UTILITY FOR ETHERTALK

This utility allows changing the Zone and Name of the OKI printer on
a network.

Rename Printer/Zone
1. After opening the OkiNet application, press the Search button to
select the printer you wish to name.

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 2. Then, once found, follow the directions by pressing
Command+N on the keyboard to rename the printer or
Command+Z to select the zone for the printer.

Printer Select

Printer Rename

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 3. Alternatively, you can use the Menu at this point to rename/
change printers/zones.

Change Parse Type

1. After selecting the printer, from the menu select Configure —

Parsing.
2. Select the option desired and press OK to enable.

Print Config
1. After selecting the printer, from the menu select File — Print
Config to gain a printout of the current configuration.

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 Check Print Server Status
1. After selecting the printer, from the menu select File — Status.

2. You will be presented with the Status screen. Press OK to

return to close.

Configure Printer Type

1. After selecting the printer, from the menu select Configure —
Type.

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 2. Enter the new name in and press Change Type 1. If you have
altered Current Type 2, you would press the Change Type 2
button.

Reset/Restore

1. To reset the board or restore the defaults, from the menu select
Reset and then the option desired. The program will ask if you
intend to complete the task, answer accordingly.

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 Mac OS 10.1.5 Utility
Important!
All Utilities on the installation CD are unavailable for Mac OS 10.x
and higher and will only run on Mac Classic OS.

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 Troubleshooting
LCD MESSAGES
The liquid crystal display (LCD) on the control panel indicates the
printer status and if there is a problem with the printer. Status and
error messages are listed below together with an explanation of what
each message means:

LCD Message Meaning

***** DRUM NEAR LIFE An image drum is nearing the end of its life.
(***** indicates color)

***** EMPTY Warning that Tray ***** is empty. MP Tray is Tray

0.

***** NEAR END The paper in the selected ***** is nearly finished.
(***** indicates paper tray).

***** TONER LOW Toner is low (***** indicates color).

***** TONER SENSOR Error with the toner sensor (***** indicates
ERROR color). Call for service.

BELT UNIT MISSING Transfer belt unit is missing.

CANCELLING JOB Cancelling the current job.

CENTRO I/F ERROR Centronics interface error (parallel interface).

CHANGE ***** IMAGE DRUM Change the image drum (***** indicates color).

CHANGE BELT UNIT Change the transfer belt.

CHANGE FUSER UNIT Change the fuser unit.

CHANGE PAPER TO ***** Paper must be changed to correct paper size

and/or media type (***** indicates size or media
type).

CHECK ***** Check Tray ***** for paper jam. MP tray is Tray
0.

CHECK BELT UNIT Check the transfer belt for paper jam, correct
installation, etc.

CHECK DUPLEX Check the duplex unit for paper jam, correct
installation, etc.

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 LCD Message Meaning

CHECK FUSER UNIT Check the fuser unit for paper jam, correct
installation, etc.

CHECK IMAGE DRUM Check the image drum for correct installation,
etc. Color will be indicated.

COLLATE FAIL Collating of multiple copies has failed.

COLOR ADJUSTING Adjusting head so that colors do not shift on to

each other.

COLOR BALANCE ADJUST Adjust the color balance.

COMMUNICATION ERROR There is an error with communications to

computer.

DATA ARRIVE Data has been received but processing has not
started yet.

DATA PRESENT Un-printed data remains in buffer. Waiting for

data to follow.

DISK FILE OPERATION Error with hard disk operations.

FAILED

DISK FILESYSTEM IS FULL Hard disk/flash memory full.

DISK FULL The internal hard drive is full.

EEPROM INITIALIZE Call for service.

ERROR

EMPTY Indicates which paper tray is empty.

ERROR POSTSCRIPT A PostScript error has occurred.

FATAL ERROR Call for service.

FUSER UNIT MISSING Fuser unit is missing.

INSTALL ADDITIONAL Additional memory is required before job can be

MEMORY printed.

INSTALL NEW IMAGE Install a new image drum. Color will be

DRUM indicated.

INSTALL NEW TONER Install a new toner cartridge. Color will be

indicated.

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 LCD Message Meaning

INSTALL PAPER Install the paper cassette. Paper tray will be

CASSETTE indicated.

INVALID DATA Data is incorrect.

LOAD Load correct paper size/type. Size/type will be

indicated.

MEDIA MISMATCH Paper type set via menu does not match that
sent via driver.

NETWORK ERROR Network error.

OFFLINE Shows off line status.

ONLINE Shows on line status.

OPEN UPPER COVER Open the upper cover.

PAPER JAM Indicates there is a paper jam.

PAPER SIZE ERROR Indicates wrong paper size.

PLEASE POWER OFF Printer must be switched off after disk/flash

initialization.

POWER SAVE The printer is in power save mode.

PRINTING Data is being printed.

PROCESSING Data is being processed.

RAM CHECK RAM is being checked after switching printer on.

REGISTRATION ADJUST Registration adjustment being tested.

TEST

REGISTRATION ERROR An error has occurred setting up the registration.

REMOVE THE PAPER Indicates wrong paper being used.

RS232C FRAMING ERROR Serial framing error. Check configuration of

serial card.

RS232C OVERFLOW Serial overflow error. Check configuration of

ERROR serial card.

RS232C OVERRUN Serial overrun error. Check configuration of

ERROR serial card.

RS232C PARITY ERROR Serial parity error. Check configuration of serial

card.

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 LCD Message Meaning

SERVICE CALL A serious error has occurred. Call for service.

SHUTDOWN Starts the shutdown procedure to protect the file

system on hard disk.

SIZE MISMATCH Change paper to correct size/type. Press On-

line to continue.

STACKER FULL Stacker is full. Remove the paper.

UNSUITABLE SIZE Indicates wrong paper size.

USB I/F ERROR USB interface error has occurred.

WARMING UP The printer is warming up.

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 PAPER JAMS
Paper jams are indicated by an error message on the display. Paper
jams are cleared as follows:
1. Open the top cover of the printer.

NOTE
Do not close the top cover completely (until it latches)
during this process. If the top cover is closed too soon, the
paper jam error will not be cleared.
To minimize possible damage to the drums due to exposure
to light, lower the top cover when appropriate, but do not
press down to latch it.

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 2. Check the paper tray: Pull out the paper tray and remove any
jammed paper from the printer, then gently push the paper tray
back in.

3. Check behind the front cover. Open the front cover and
remove any jammed paper, then close the front cover.

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 4. Check the transfer belt.
a. Remove all four image drums as one unit in their cradle. and
place the cradle on a flat surface to prevent damage to the
shiny green surface on the bottom of the drums.

CAUTION!
To avoid damage to the drums:
• Be careful to place the drums on a flat surface so that
nothing contacts the shiny green surface in the bottom
of the drum.
• Keep the image drums away from light.

b. Carefully remove any jammed paper from the transfer belt and
top paper exit.
c. Replace all four image drums as one unit into the printer.

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 5. Check behind the rear cover: open the rear cover and remove
any jammed paper, then close the rear cover.

6. Check the fuser unit:

WARNING!
The fuser unit is very hot after printing. Always use the
handle when lifting it.

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 a. If necessary, lift out the toner/drum cradle to access the
jammed page.

a. Release the fuser roller lock levers at either end of the fuser and
slowly remove the jammed paper.

b. Re-lock the levers at either end of the fuser.

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 7. Check the duplex unit.
a. Open the front cover, then slide out the duplex unit.

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 b. Open the duplex top cover and remove any jammed paper.

c. Close the duplex top cover and slide the duplex unit back into
the printer.
d. Close the front cover.
8. Check any additional paper trays: if any optional paper tray(s)
are installed, pull them out and check that no paper is jammed
along the various parts of the exit path.
9. Close the top cover.

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 PARALLEL TRANSMISSION MODE
The parallel port supports IEEE-1284 and ECP mode. If your
computer's parallel port is not compatible with one of these modes,
the printer may not print at all or it may print corrupted data.
To correct for this, enter the printer's Parallel Menu and change the
ECP setting to Disable.

Menu Item Value Select

Ready

Attention
Online Cancel

1. Press the MENU button until PARALLEL MENU is displayed, then

press the SELECT button.
2. Press the ITEM button until ECP is displayed.
3. Press the VALUE button to change the display to DISABLE.
4. Press the SELECT button.
An asterisk (*) appears to the right of the selected setting.
5. Press the ONLINE button to return the printer to online status

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 PROBLEM SOLVING

Paper feed problems.

If paper jams are frequent:
• More than one sheet feeds at a time.
• Paper curls.
• Paper feeds at an angle.

Possible cause Remedy

The printer is not Place the printer on a stable, level surface.
horizontal.
The paper is too thin. Use the correct type of paper (see
Specifications).
The paper is moist or Store paper within specified temperature and
affected by static. humidity levels.
The paper is creased Remove the creased/wrinkled paper from the
or wrinkled. feed tray.
The paper is not Adjust tray or manual feed guides.
aligned correctly.
Paper doesn’t feed. Correct paper feed selection in the printer
driver.

Paper jam has been cleared, but printer does not print.

Possible cause Remedy

The top cover has Removing a paper jam is not sufficient:
not remained open Raise and gently lower the top cover, especially if
until all paper jams the paper jam has been removed from behind the
have been cleared. front cover.

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 PROBLEMS PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH

Cannot configure for USB connection.

Possible cause Remedy

USB cable does Use USB cable to specification Ver.1.1.
not meet
specifications.
Interface is Check that USB interface is set to Enable.
disabled.
Configuration Configure again from the beginning.
procedure was not
correctly followed
or cancelled.
USB cable is Reconnect or try another cable.
disconnected or
faulty.
A USB hub is The printer cannot be used with a USB hub.
being used. Connect the printer and computer directly.

Cannot print.
• PRNUSBX WRITE ERROR is displayed.

Possible cause Remedy

Printer is switched Switch ON.
OFF.
Printer interface Reconnect the printer interface cable.
cable is
disconnected.
A converter, buffer, Test by connecting the printer and computer
extension cable or directly.
USB hub is being
used.
Printer driver output Set correct output port to which the printer
port is incorrect. interface cable is connected.

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 Possible cause Remedy
Printer is not selected Select the printer or set to default printer.
in the printer driver.
Incorrect printer Delete this printer driver and install correct printer
driver is being used. driver.

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 Application error or general protection fault is displayed.

Possible cause Remedy

Application is not Upgrade the application.
suitable for
Windows version.
Memory is Close all other applications.
insufficient for
number of
applications running.
Print file is Correct or recreate the file.
corrupted.
Memory is Increase computer’s memory.
insufficient for
application.
Insufficient free Delete unnecessary files.
space on hard disk.
Printer driver is Correctly configure printer driver.
incorrectly
configured.

Printing is slow.

Possible cause Remedy

Print processing is Use a computer with a faster processor.
carried out by the
computer.
Print resolution is Set lower print resolution in the printer driver.
set high.
Data is too complex. Simplify data.

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 Printer requests paper size change to continue printing.

Possible cause Remedy

Paper loaded in tray Either change paper in tray to match size
is different size from formatted in application and press ONLINE to
that formatted in continue, or continue printing on existing paper by
software pressing ONLINE.
application.

PROBLEMS WITH POOR QUALITY PRINTING

Longitudinal white stripes

Possible cause Remedy

LED head is dirty. Clean LED head with lens cleaner or soft tissue.
Toner is low. Change toner cartridge.
Image drum Change image drum.
damaged.

Longitudinal fading

Possible cause Remedy

LED head is dirty. Clean LED head with lens cleaner or soft tissue.
Toner is low. Change toner cartridge.
Paper is Use recommended paper.
unsuitable for
printer.

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 Faint printing

Possible cause Remedy

The toner cartridge Reinstall the toner cartridge.
is incorrectly
installed.
Toner is low. Change toner cartridge.
The paper is Store paper within specified temperature and
moist. humidity levels.
Paper is Use recommended paper.
unsuitable for
printer.

Fading in patches

Possible cause Remedy

The paper is moist. Store paper within specified temperature and
humidity levels.

Longitudinal black stripes

Possible cause Remedy

Image drum is Replace image drum.
damaged.
Toner is low. Change toner cartridge.
Periodic black lateral • If the lines or spots occur at intervals of
lines or spots. approximately 44 - 94 mm, the image drum
(green tube) is damaged or dirty. If damaged,
replace the image drum cartridge. If dirty, wipe
the image drum gently with soft tissue. If this
does not work, replace the image drum.
• If the lines or spots occur at intervals of
approximately 113 mm, the fuser roller is
damaged. Change the fuser unit.

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 Possible cause Remedy
The image drum has Remove the image drum from the printer and
been exposed to store it in a dark place for several hours. If this
light. does not work, replace the image drum.

Faint shading on unprinted sections

Possible cause Remedy

Paper has been Store paper within specified temperature and
affected by static humidity levels.
electricity.
Paper is too thick. Use recommended paper.
Toner is low. Change toner cartridge.

Blurred letter edges

Possible cause Remedy

LED is dirty. Clean LED with lens cleaner or soft tissue.
Cannot print desired Replace toner cartridge.
color because toner
is low.
Black formation Open the printer driver and set black formation to
method does not CMYK.
match application.

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 MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS

The power is on, but the printer does not go online.

Possible cause Remedy

Bad connection Switch off the printer and disconnect the power
cable. Reconnect power cable and switch
printer on. If this does not clear the fault, call
for service.

Print processing does not start.

Possible cause Remedy

Printer error Check the control panel. If an error message is
displayed, correct the problem.

Print processing cancels.

Possible cause Remedy

The printer interface Replace the printer interface cable.
cable is faulty.
The time out setting is Reset time out to a higher value.
too short.

Printer makes a strange noise.

Possible cause Remedy

The printer is not Place the printer on a stable, level surface.
horizontal.
There are scraps of Check the inside of the printer and remove any
paper or other foreign such objects.
matter inside the
printer.

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 Possible cause Remedy
The top cover is not Press the left and right sides of the top cover.
firmly shut.

An asterisk (*) symbol appears on the display, repeatedly

moving across the first line then the second.

Possible cause Remedy

The main board is not Turn the printer off, then reseat the main board
properly seated in the and turn the printer back on again.
printer.

Printer takes a long time to start printing.

Possible cause Remedy

The printer has to warm In the printer menu settings, set power save to
up returning from power a higher value to increase the length of time
save mode. before entering power save mode.
The image drum carries Wait until this process has been completed.
out a cleaning process
to ensure print quality,
which takes time.
The fuser unit adjusts Wait until this process has been completed.
temperature, which
takes time.
The printer is Wait until this data is processed.
processing data from
another interface.

Toner rubs off when you rub the printed surface.

Possible cause Remedy

Media Weight and Set the value of media weight to the next
Media Type settings heaviest one.
may not be appropriate.

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 Possible cause Remedy
Packing materials were Careful! FUser my be HOT!
left on the fuser when it Open the top cover and check to be sure that
was installed. all the packing materials were removed from
the fuser. To remove the fuser see “Changing
the fuser unit” on page 201.

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 Maintenance
ADDING PAPER
The display indicates when the number of sheets of paper in any
paper tray falls below 30.

1. Remove the paper tray.

2. Remove the remaining sheets of paper.
3. Refill the tray with up to a ream (500 sheets) of paper, then
replace the sheets removed in step 2 (this ensures that the oldest
paper is used first, to help preventing paper jams).

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 4. Check that the paper guides and rear stopper are correct for the
size of paper being used.

5. Close the paper tray gently.

Important!
To prevent jams:
• Make sure there is no space between the paper and the
paper guides and rear stopper.
• Don’t overfill the paper tray. Capacity depends on the type of
paper and the paper weight (max 530 sheets of 80gm²).
• Don’t load damaged paper.
• Don’t mix paper of different sizes, paper quality or thickness.
• Don’t remove the paper tray during printing.

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 6. If installed, a lower paper tray cannot be used to print if there is
no paper tray inserted above it.

9
(1)
(2)

9
(1)
(2)

(1)

(2)

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 CHANGING THE TONER CARTRIDGE
When the toner is running low, *** TONER LOW is displayed in the
control panel (*** is the color name). If printing continues without
replacing the toner cartridge, CHANGE *** TONER is displayed and
printing is cancelled. Depending on the operating environment, print
may become faint before this message is displayed. At this stage,
remove the toner cartridge and check whether it is empty; if so, the
toner cartridge needs to be replaced.
Cartridge life is approximately 10,000 letter-size pages at 5% print
density. The first toner cartridge installed in a new image drum
needs to be replaced after less than this amount because the toner
cartridge has to fill a new image drum.

WARNING!
Take extreme care when handling toner.
• Toner can be harmful if inhaled, swallowed or if it gets
in the eyes.
• Toner can also stain hands and clothing.
See the Material Safety Data Sheets in your Warranty,
Regulatory and Safety Information booklet for more
information.

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 1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover.

2. Check the color label of the toner cartridge to be changed.

3. Move the colored lever (1) on the right of the toner cartridge in the
direction of the arrow as far as it will go then remove the toner
cartridge (2), lifting the lever end of the cartridge first to

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 disengage the locating peg on the image drum from the toner
cartridge.

CAUTION!
Dispose of the toner cartridge in accordance with local
legislation.

4. Unpack the new toner cartridge and remove the orange

shipping clip.

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 5. Shake the new toner cartridge back and forth several times. Then
holding the toner cartridge horizontally, remove the tape.

6. Insert the new toner cartridge into the image drum, left side first,
engaging the drum locating peg in the hole in the toner cartridge.

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 7. Gently push the toner cartridge down, engaging the locking pin
into the groove on the image drum.

8. Gently push the colored lever forward until it stops. This

releases the toner into the image drum.

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 9. Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or a soft
tissue.

CAUTION
Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on the LED head
otherwise damage to the lens surface will occur.

10.Close the top cover.

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 NOTE
After installing the new toner cartridge, the message on the
display TONER LOW or CHANGE TONER should disappear.
However, this sometimes does not disappear until printing
has been carried out. If it still does not disappear, reinstall
the toner cartridge.

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 CHANGING THE IMAGE DRUM
When the image drum reaches the end of its product life, *** CHANGE
DRUM is displayed in the control panel (*** is the color name). If
printing continues without replacing the image drum, CHANGE ***
IMAGE DRUM is displayed and printing is cancelled.

Change the toner cartridge and clean the LED head at the same time
as changing the image drum.
Image drum life is approximately 23,000 sheets of letter-size media.
This assumes a typical office environment where 20% of print jobs
are one page emails, 30% are 3-page documents containing only
words (no graphics) and 50% are print runs of 15 pages or more.

CAUTION!
• Never expose the image drum to light for more than 5
minutes and never expose the image drum to direct
sunlight.
• Never touch the surface of the green drum inside the
image drum unit.

1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover.

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 2. Remove the appropriate image drum/toner cartridge from the
printer.

3. Make sure the replacement image drum is the correct color and
remove it from the packaging.
4. Remove the protective sheet from the new image drum.

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 5. Install the new image drum in the printer.

6. Push the tab inwards and remove the blanking plate from the
image drum.

7. Install a new toner cartridge: see “Changing the toner cartridge”

on page 186.
8. Close the top cover.

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 CHANGING THE TRANSFER BELT
When the transfer belt reaches the end of its product life, CHANGE
BELT UNIT is displayed in the control panel. Transfer belt life
depends on the number of sheets per print job. When single sheets
are printed, transfer belt life is reduced.
1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover.

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 2. Remove the cradle complete with the four image drums and toner
cartridges from the printer.

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 3. Press back the lock lever (1) and, using the handles (2 and 3),
remove the old transfer belt from the printer.

4. Remove the new transfer belt unit from its packaging.

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 5. Using the handles (2 and 3), align the pins (4) with the grooves
(5) on the printer and insert the new transfer belt into the printer.

6. Move the lock lever (1) toward the front of the printer and ensure
it locks the transfer belt into place.

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 7. Reinstall the cradle complete with the four image drums and
toner cartridges in the printer.

8. Close the top cover.

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 CHANGING THE FUSER UNIT
When the fuser unit reaches the end of its product life, CHANGE
FUSER UNIT is displayed in the control panel. Fuser unit life is
approximately 60 000 A4 sheets.
1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover.

WARNING!
The fuser unit is very hot after printing. Always use the
handle when lifting it.

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 2. Move the two locking levers (1) to the rear of the machine to
release the fuser unit, then use the handle to remove the fuser
from the printer.

(1)

(1)

3. Using the handle (2), remove the fuser unit from the printer.
4. Remove the new fuser unit from its packaging and lift off the
shipping tape at either end. As you remove the tape, the levers
at either end of the fuser should move into the locked position.

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 5. Using the handle (2), install the new fuser unit into the printer.
Make sure the two spring loaded locking levers (1) lock the fuser
unit into place.

6. Close the top cover.s

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 CLEANING THE LED HEADS
Clean the LED heads when printing does not come out clearly, has
white lines or when text is blurred.
1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover.

CAUTION!
Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on the LED head
otherwise damage to the lens surface will occur.

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 2. Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or soft
tissue.

3. Close the top cover.

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 TRANSPORTING THE PRINTER
This printer is a precision machine. If it is transported without its
protective packaging it may be prone to mechanical damage.
To prepare the printer for transportation:
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Disconnect the power cable and printer interface cable from the
printer and remove any paper from the paper trays.
3. Open the top cover and remove the four image drums.

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 4. Seal the aperture on each image drum and its toner cartridge with
plastic adhesive tape (1) to prevent any toner spillage during
transportation.

5. Place the four image drums complete with their toner cartridges
back into the printer.
6. Using the original packaging material, place the printer inside its
box and seal the box.

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 Accessories
Depending on the configuration of your printer, you may wish to add
one or more of the following options as your needs evolve:
• OkiLAN 6200e Plus Network Print Server: see below
• Additional Memory: see page 209
• Hard Disk Drive: see page 214
• Duplex Unit: see page 217
• Paper Trays: see page 218

OKILAN 6200E PLUS NETWORK PRINT SERVER

The print server is an Ethernet board that supports EtherTalk, TCP/
IP, IPX/SPX, IPP, SNMP, NDS and NetBEUI protocols. It can be
connected using 10/100BASE-TX.
1. Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cable.

2. Loosen the two screws and remove the cover (1) from the lower
option slot.

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 3. Insert the network interface card (2) into the option slot and
secure with the two thumbscrews (3).
4. Connect the power cable and switch on the printer.
5. Print a MenuMap as follows to confirm the network interface card
is correctly installed.
a. Press the MENU button twice to access the INFORMATION
MENU.

b. Press the SELECT button and confirm that PRINT MENU MAP is
displayed.
c. Press the SELECT button to print the MenuMap.
d. Check that NETWORK MENU appears on the MenuMap.

ADDITIONAL MEMORY
Additional memory increases the printer’s capacity to process
complex data.
• Installing additional memory is recommended if carrying out
duplex printing or if error messages appear when printing complex
data.
• Also used for graphic intensive applications on Networks.

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 • Additional memory is available in 64Mb, 128Mb, and 256Mb
modules.

CAUTION!
• Due to the design of the memory modules, it is very
important to install the modules in sequence according
to the part number/capacity printed on the module
• Use the sequence Slot 1 → Slot 3 → Slot 2, placing the
highest capacity (MB) module in Slot 1.
• If the modules being installed are higher in capacity
than the one(s) already installed, remove the ones
installed, sort them properly with the new ones and
reinstall them in the proper 1 → 3 → 2 sequence.
For example:

SDRAM: 256 MB 128 MB 64 MB

Place in: Slot 1 Slot 3 Slot 2

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 Installing additional memory

NOTE
If the maximum amount of memory is being installed in the
printer (three 256 MB modules), the memory modules that
were originally installed must be removed.

1. Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable and printer
interface cable.
2. Loosen the two screws (1) and remove the main board.

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 3. Insert the memory modules the slots as follows:
a. Push out the white tabs at either end of the socket.

CAUTION!
The printer may not operate correctly if memory modules are
not fitted correctly and IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE.

b. Align the module with the narrow strip (1) on its metallic
contact edge to the right (toward the slot identifier numbers )
of the control board.

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 c. Carefully insert the module in the socket, placing the ends into
the slot in the lock tabs. Press down firmly, until you feel the
board engage the connector, then make sure the white tabs
come up to lock the module in place.

4. Replace the main board and secure it with the two screws.
5. Reconnect the printer interface cable and power cable, then
switch on the printer.

NOTE
If the error message SERVICE CALL/034 appears on the LCD
after switching the printer on, turn the printer off and pull the
main board back out and make sure the memory modules
have been installed correctly.

6. Print a MenuMap (see “Printing the MenuMap” on page 35) and

check that the Total Memory Size shown at the top of the
MenuMap matches the memory now installed in the printer. If it
doesn’t, turn the printer off and pull out the main board and check
to be sure that the modules are all firmly seated in their
connectors.

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 INTERNAL HARD DISK
The optional internal hard disk is used for proof and print, password
or secure printing.

Installing the hard disk drive

1. Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable and printer
interface cable.
2. Loosen the two screws (1) and remove the main board.

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 3. Hold the hard disk drive by the locking handle (1).

4. Insert the handle locating lugs (2) and four locating feet (3) into
the holes in the main board making sure the hard disk connector
(4) starts to engage with the socket on the control board.
5. Gently push down on the locking handle (1) making sure the hard
disk moves forward and fully engages with the socket.
6. Replace the main board and secure it with the two screws.
7. Connect the printer interface cable and power cable, then switch
on the printer.
8. Print a Menu Map (see “Printing the MenuMap” on page 35) and
check that the HDD appears at the top of the MenuMap. If it
doesn’t, turn the printer off then pull the main board back out and

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 reseat the hard disk drive. Turn the printer on again and reprint
the MenuMap.

NOTE
• When initializing the hard disk, any fonts, overlays or
print jobs that have been acknowledged will be erased.
• The Storage Device Manager can also be used to
initialize the hard disk after installation. Please refer to
the User Guide for the Storage Device Manager.

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 DUPLEX UNIT

Installation
1. Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable.

2. Open the front cover (1).

3. Insert the duplex unit (2) into the printer engaging the sides of the
duplex unit in the slots in the printer.
4. Gently slide the duplex unit (2) fully into the printer.
5. Close the front cover (1).
6. Connect the power cable and switch the printer on.
7. The printer will automatically configure to include this option.

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 ADDITIONAL PAPER TRAYS
Two additional paper trays can be installed and, when combined
with the standard paper tray, paper capacity increases to
approximately 1590 sheets.

Installation
1. Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable and printer
interface cable.

WARNING!
The printer weighs 106 lbs. (48 kg). 2 people are required to
lift the printer safely and prevent any personal injury.

NOTE
If installing both additional paper trays, put the two
additional paper trays together as one unit first, then install
the printer on top of the two additional paper trays.

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 2. Lower the printer gently on to the additional paper tray aligning
the holes and connection socket on the base of the printer with
the locating pegs and connector on the additional paper tray unit.

3. Connect the printer interface cable and power cable, then switch
on the printer.
4. Print a Menu Map (see “Printing the MenuMap” on page 35) and
check that TRAY 2 (and TRAY 3 if installed) appear under MEDIA
MENU.
5. The printer will automatically configure to include this option.

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 Specifications
Print method. LED exposed light source electronic photographic
memory

Resolution C7100 - 600 x 1200dpi

C7300 - 600 x 1200 dpi
C7500 - 1200 x 1200dpi

.Colors Cyan, magenta, yellow, black (CMYK)

CPU Power PC 750 processor, 32 bit RISC CPU, 450 MHz,

64 bit

Memory C7100 - 64 Mb standard

(128 Mb required for Duplex unit)
C7300N - 64 Mb standard
(128 Mb required for Duplex unit)
C7300DN - 128Mb standard
C7500 - 256 Mb standard
(Up to 1 Gb max with optional memory modules)

Print language PostScript3, PCL5c

Internal font PostScript 3, PCL5c fonts

Print Start First print time: 10 secs (mono), 15 secs (.color)

Warm up time: 90 secs

Parallel Interface IEEE Std 1284-1994 parallel

Connections 36-pin receptacle

Cable IEEE Std 1284-1994 compatible cable of up to 1.8

metres .

Transmission Compatible, Nibble mode ECP

mode

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 Interface level Low+0.0 – 0.8V
High+2.4 – 5.0V

Universal Serial USB specification Version 1.1

Bus (USB)
interface

Connections USB type B

Cable USB specification Version 1.1 cable (shielded)

Transmission Full speed (12 Mbps + 0.25% maximum)

mode:

Power control Self-powered device

Network 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T (option)

Print speed in Model Color Mono Transparency Color

pages per minute C7300 16ppm 24ppm 12ppm
(ppm) C7500 20ppm 24ppm 12ppm
[Print speed varies
C7500 20ppm 24ppm 12ppm
with paper size, media
weight and paper
feed.] Duplex color: 13ppm

Media size Letter, Legal-14, Legal-13.5, Legal-13, Executive

Trays 1, 2, 3 A4, A5, B5
A6: Tray 1 only

Media size Letter, Legal-14, Legal-13.5, Legal-13, Executive

MP tray A4, A5, A6, B5
Envelopes: C5, DL, Com-9, Com-10, Monarch
Custom (up to 1200 mm length)

Media weight Trays 1 to 5: 20 to 47 lb. US Bond (75 to 177 g/m²)

Multi-purpose tray: 17 to 54 lb. US Bond—up to 113
lb. Index—(64 to 203 g/m²)
Duplex unit: 20 to 28-lb. US Bond (75 to 105 g/m²)

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 Paper capacity Paper tray: 530 sheets approx.
(depending on Manual feed: 100 sheets approx.
paper weight)

Exit capacity Face up: 100 sheets approx.

(depending on Face down: 500 sheets approx.
paper weight)

Print margin ¼-inch (6.4 mm) minimum

Print accuracy Start: ±2 m

Paper skew: ±1 mm per 100 mm
Image expansion/compression: ±1 mm per 100 mm

Startup time Less than 3 min. from powering up (25°C)

Power supply 120 (115-127) volts AC, 60 Hz ± 2 Hz

OR
230 (198-264) volts AC, 50 Hz ± 2 Hz

Power Operating: 1350 max.; 500 W average (25°C)

consumption Standby: 1200 max.; 150 W average (25°C)
Power saving: 45 W max.

Operating Operating:
environment • 50 to 90°F (10 to 32 °C)
• 20 to 80% RH
maximum wet bulb temperature 77°C (25°C)
For maximum print quality
• 62.6 to 80.6°F ( 17 to 27 °C)
• 50 to 70% RH
Off
• 32 to 110°F (0 to 43 °C)
• 10 to 90% RH
Storage
• -14 to 110°F (-10 to 43°C)
• 10 to 90% RH

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 Product life 5 years or 600,000 sheets

Dimensions Width: 16.9 inches (430 mm)

Depth: 24.4 inches (620 mm)
Height: 16.9 inches (430 mm)

Weight 106 lbs. (48 kg) not including optional accessories and
paper

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 Consumables
TONER

Description ................................... Order No.

Black Toner......................................41963004
Cyan Toner ......................................41963003
Magenta Toner ................................41963002
Yellow Toner....................................41963001

DRUMS

Description ................................... Order No.

Black Image Drum ...........................41962804
Cyan Image Drum............................41962803
Magenta Image Drum ......................41962802
Yellow Image Drum .........................41962801

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 FUSER UNITS

Description ................................... Order No.

Fuser Unit, 120V ............................. 41945601
Fuser Unit, 230V ............................. 41945607

TRANSFER BELT

Description ................................... Order No.

Transfer belt .................................... 41945501

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 OKI® PRINT MEDIA

OKI SynFlex™: Waterproof and Tear proof

Order No.
White, 8½ x 11''. 100 sheets............................................ 52205901

OKI Bright White Proofing Paper

Order No.
32-lb. US Bond, 8½ x 11''. 500 sheets............................. 52206101

OKI Premium Card Stock

Order No.
White, 60 lb. Cover, 8½ x 11''. 250 sheets ...................... 52205601
White, 90 lb. Index, 8½ x 11''. 250 sheets ....................... 52205602
White, 110 lb. Index, 8½ x 11''. 250 sheets ..................... 52205603

OKI Premium Color Transparencies

Order No.
8½ x 11''. 50 sheets ......................................................... 52205701

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 OKI® PRINT MEDIA (CONTINUED)

OKI Premium Envelopes: Security Tint, Redi-Strip Seal

Order No.
White, COM-10. Box 100 .................................................52206301
White, COM-10. Box 500 .................................................52206302

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 Factory Default Settings
PRINT MENU
Item Factory default setting
COPIES 1
DUPLEX OFF
BINDING LONG EDGE
PAPER FEED TRAY1
AUTO TRAY SWITCH ON
TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN
MP TRAY USAGE FEED WHEN MISMATCHING
MEDIA CHECK ENABLE
TRANSPARENCY AUTO
DETECT
RESOLUTION
600dpi LED model 600 X 1200 dpi
1200dpi LED model FAST 1200 dpi
TONER SAVE MODE OFF
MONO-PRINT SPEED AUTO
ORIENTATION PORTRAIT
LINE PER PAGE 60
EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE

MEDIA MENU
Item Factory default setting
TRAY1 MEDIATYPE: PLAIN
TRAY1 MEDIAWEIGHT AUTO
TRAY2 MEDIATYPE: PLAIN
TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT AUTO
TRAY3 MEDIATYPE: PLAIN
TRAY3 MEDIAWEIGHT AUTO

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MPP TRAY LETTER
PAPERSIZE
MP TRAY MEDIA PLAIN
MP TRAY AUTO
MEDIAWEIGHT
UNIT OF MEASURE INCH
X DIMENSION 8.5 INCH
Y DIMENSION 11 INCH

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 COLOR MENU
Item Factory default setting
AUTO DENSITY MODE AUTO
ADJUST DENSITY [EXECUTE]
COLOR TUNING [PRINT PATTERN]
CYAN HIGH-LIGHT 0
CYAN MID-TONE 0
CAN DARK 0
MAGENTA HIGH-LIGHT 0
MAGENTA MID-TONE 0
MAGENTA DARK 0
YELLOW HIGH-LIGHT 0
YELLOW MID-TONE 0
YELLOW DARK 0
BLACK HIGH-LIGHT 0
BLACK MID-TONE 0
BLACK DARK 0
CYAN DARKNESS 0
MAGENTA DARKNESS 0
YELLOW DARKNESS 0
BLACK DARKNESS 0
ADJUST REGISTRATION [EXECUTE]
CYAN REG FINE 0
ADJUST
MAGENTA REG FINE 0
ADJUST
YELLOW REG FINE 0
ADJUST
INK SIMULATION OFF
INK LIMIT DARK
CMY100% density DISABLE

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 SYSTEM CONFIG MENU
Item Factory default setting
POWER SAVE DELAY 60 mins.
TIME
USB PS-PROTOCOL RAW
NETWORK RAW
PS-PROTOCOL
PERSONALITY AUTO EMULATION
CLEARABLE WARNING ON
AUTO CONTINUE OFF
MANUAL TIMEOUT 60 sec.
WAIT TIMEOUT 40 sec.
LOW TONER CONTINUE
JAM RECOVERY ON
ERROR REPORT OFF
LANGUAGE ENGLISH

PCL EMULATION MENU

Item Factory default setting
FONT SOURCE RESIDENT
FONT No. I000
FONT PITCH 10.00 cpi
FONT HEIGHT 12.00 point
SYMBOL SET PC-8
A4 PRINT WIDTH 78 column
WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF
CR FUNCTUION CR
LF FUNCTION LF
PRINT MARGIN NORMAL
TRUE BLACK OFF
PEN WIDTH ADJUST ON

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 PPR EMULATION MENU
Item Factory default setting
CHARACTER PITCH 10 cpi
FONT CONDENSE 10 cpi to 12 cpi
CHARACTER SET SET - 2
SYMBOL SET IBM-437
LETTER 0 STYLE DISABLE
ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL
LINE PITCH 6 lpi
WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF
CR FUNCTUION CR
LF FUNCTION LR
LINE LENGTH 80 column
FORM LENGTH 11 inches
TOF POSITION 0.0 inch
LEFT MARGIN 0.0 inch
FIT TO LETTER ENABLE
TEXT HEIGHT SAME

FX EMULATION MENU
Item Factory default setting
CHARACTER PITCH 10 cpi
CHARACTER SET SET - 2
SYMBOL SET IBM-437
LETTER 0 STYLE DISABLE
ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL
LINE PITCH 6 lpi
WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF
CR FUNCTUION CR
LINE LENGTH 80 column
FORM LENGTH 11 inch

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TOF POSITION 0.0 inch
LEFT MARGIN 0.0 inch
FIT TO LETTER ENABLE

PARALLEL MENU
Item Factory default setting
PARALLEL ENABLE
BI-DIRECTION ENABLE
ECP ENABLE
ACK WIDTH NARROW
ACK/BUSY TIMING ACK-IN-BUSY
I-PRIME DISABLE
OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE

USB MENU
Item Factory default setting
USB ENABLE
SOFT RESET DISABLE
OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE

NETWORK MENU
Item Factory default setting
TCP/IP ENABLE
NETWARE ENABLE
ETHERTALK ENABLE
NETBEUI ENABLE
FRAME TYPE AUTO
DHCP/BOOTP ENABLE
RARP DISABLE
IP ADDRESS 0.0.0.0
SUBNET MASK 0.0.0.0

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 Item Factory default setting
GATEWAY ADDRESS 0.0.0.0
PRINT SETTINGS OFF
INITIALIZE OFF

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 MEMORY MENU
Item Factory default setting
RECEIVE BUFF SIZE AUTO
RESOURCE SAVE OFF
FLASH INITIALIZE EXECUTE
PS FLASH RESIZE 0.5MB

DISK MAINTENANCE MENU

Item Factory default setting
PARTITION #1 PCL
PARTITION #2 COMMON
PARTITION #3 PS

SYSTEM ADJUST MENU

Item Factory default setting
X ADJUST 0.0 mm
Y ADJUST 0.0 mm
DUPLEX X ADJUST 0.0 mm
DUPLEX Y ADJUST 0.0 mm
TRAY1 LEGAL14 LEGAL 14
PAPER
TRAY2 LEGAL14 LEGAL 14
PAPER
TRAY3 LEGAL14 LEGAL 14
PAPER
PCL TRAY2 ID# 5
PCL TRAY3 ID# 20
PCL MP TRAY ID# 4
HEX DUMP EXECUTE

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 MAINTENANCE MENU
Item Factory default setting
EEPROM RESET EXECUTE
POWER SAVE ENABLE
PAPER BLACK 0
SETTING
PAPER COLOR 0
SETTING
TRANSPR BLACK 0
SETTING
TRANSPR COLOR 0
SETTING

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 Index adjusting driver options 79
color option 90
A job accounting 100
Additional memory 209 job option 97
Additional paper trays 218 job type 102
oki driver options 90
C operation 85
Components 15 printer drivers 79
Connection Utilities 140
Power cable 31 color swatch utility 153
Control panel 32 fonts downloader 153
install 142
D okinet utility for ethertalk
Disk Maintenance 65 155
Display language 34 storage device manager
Duplex printing 114 144
Macintosh OS 10.1.5
Duplex unit 217
Operation 117
E general printing directions
136
Envelope types 39
monitor color profile se-
Envelopes 227 lect 118
Error messages 161 oki driver options 125
Maintenance
F Cleaning LED head 204
Fuser unit 201 Fuser unit 201
H Image drum 193
Hard disk 214 Toner cartridge 186
Transfer belt 196
I Manual feed 30
Image drum 193 Media Menu 45
INFORMATION MENU 44 Menu settings 35

L N
LED head 204 Network interface card 208
Location 14 Network Menu 63

M O
Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 OKI print media 226

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 Options Toner cartridge installation 22
Additional memory 209 Status messages 161
Additional paper trays 218 Synflex print media 226
Duplex unit 217 System Adjust Menu 66
Internal hard disk 214 System Config. Menu 51
Network interface card 208
T
P Toner cartridge 186
Paper Toner cartridge installation 22, 186
Feed 36 Transfer belt 196
Loading 26 Transporting 206
Manual feed 30 Troubleshooting
Sizes 37 Miscellaneous problems 180
Types 39
Parallel Menu 62 U
Power cable 31 Unpacking 12
Print Jobs Menu 44 Usage Menu 68
PRINT MENU 45
Printer
Changing display language 34
Components 15
Control panel 32
Location 14
Menu settings 35
Unpacking 12
Printer settings
Changing 43
Confirming 43
List of settings 44
Printing menu list 43
Printing
Duplex 114
Protective sheet removal 18

S
Setting up
Power cable 31
Protective sheet removal 18

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