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1. Setup Job Options Colour Es C Automatic Mz ara Sig Ons DE No Colour Matching Colour Swatch Default es C Greyscale ia OK J cac J ew Help Colour Setting Printer Colour Matching Rendering Intent Pure Black Graphics On Manual Settings Brightness Saturation C9800 User s Guide 13 CHAPTER 3 COLOR MATCHING FACTORS THAT AFFECT COLOR PRINTING There are many factors that affect color printing Some of the most important factors are gt gt gt the differences between the range of colors a monitor can reproduce versus the range of colors that a printer can reproduce See page 15 monitor settings See page 16 color settings in your software application See page 17 how your software application displays color See Page 17 color settings in your printer driver See page 17 viewing lighting conditions See page 17 paper type See page 17 MONITOR COLORS VS PRINTER COLORS Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce Neither a printer nor a monitor can reproduce the full range of colors seen by the human eye Each device is limited to a certain range of colors gt gt A printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displayed on a monitor A monitor cannot reproduce all of the colors printed by a printer C9800 User s Guide 15 Both devices u2. A4 LEF 210 x 287mm f av ST accom Mr Va 1 3 In the Booklet window you can set the signature size the number of pages per side of paper the binding margin and if the booklet will be read Right to Left or Left to Right The graphic in this window shows the effect of each choice you make Click Help for more information 4 Click OK If you do not have the Booklet option on the Setup tab check that the Duplex option is enabled in the driver See Setting the driver device options on page 9 C9800 User s Guide 25 COLLATING This feature allows multiple copies of a multipage document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence Uncollated pages print like this Collated pages print like this Application collate Some application programs have a collate feature in their print options In this case the application performs the document collation and may send the job multiple times to the printer Generally this method is slower but can be more reliable Printer collate This section describes the collate function built into the printer driver In this case the job is stored temporarily in printer memory or on the printer s hard disk if installed and the printer performs collation This method is normally faster but may not work from all applications
3. If you experience problems using printer collate use the collate option in your application s print options instead C9800 User s Guide 26 PRINTING COLLATED DOCUMENTS 1 On the Job Options tab choose how many Copies you want to print from the scrolling list 2 Click the Collate checkbox a checkmark appears Setup Job Options Colour Quality Job Type Normal O Secure Print Copies 12 V Collate Scale gt 1100 C Disable Photo 1200 Multilevel Orientation Fine Detail 12001200 Portrait 180 A Normal 600 x 600 O Landscape 180 Draft 600 x 600 Finisher Output Bin Stacker Face Dow w Watermarks Overlays Fonts Advanced Owner Info Default ox J Cancel J aem Help 3 Click OK C9800 User s Guide 27 SEPARATING QUEUED PRINT JOBS When you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user s job in a paper stack at the printer The separator page is set from the printer driver s default properties window Access to this is directly from Windows not from within your application program See Changing the driver defaults on page 6 Color Management Device Settings General Sharing Par Advanced Always available O Available from Driver New Driver Spool prin
4. Help 3 Choose the tray you want to feed the cover page from and the paper type in the Source and Weight drop down lists 4 Click OK to close the Paper feed options window C9800 User s Guide 29 CUSTOM PAGE SIZE This feature enables printing on non standard sized print media The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non standard media sizes Print media width can be from approximately 51mm to 328mm and its length can be from 128mm to 1200mm Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver you use and your computer s operating system Some software applications may not produce the desired results with non standard print media sizes and some experimentation may be required to obtain the results you want Notes If you are using heavy media transparencies envelopes or labels use the face up straight through paper feed path For face up printing straight through path make sure the rear exit is open and the paper support is extended gt Paper is stacked in reverse order gt Tray capacity is about 100 sheets Actual capacity depends on paper weight HOW TO CREATE EDIT AND DELETE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE 1 On the driver s Setup tab click the Paper Feed Options button In the Paper Feed Options window click Custom Size If you have previously saved any custom sizes they will be listed in the Custom Size window To create a new custom size a Enter the desired
5. Enter a number from 0000 to 9999 in the PIN box Your PIN must be unique on this printer Each user should be allocated a PIN by the system administrator C9800 User s Guide 42 5 Click OK to accept your changes 6 Click OK to close the Printer Properties window 7 Print your document The print job will be sent to the printer but will not print at this time PRINTING THE DOCUMENT Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the printer ol S 2 IZOOO 1 When the printer is idle Ready to Print indicated in the display press ENTER to enter the menu mode 2 Use the AV buttons to select the PRINT SECURE JOB menu then press ENTER 3 Use the AV buttons to enter the first digit of your PIN then press ENTER 4 Repeat step 3 to enter the remaining three digits If you have more than one stored document a list appears in the display 5 Use the AY buttons to select the name of the print job you wish to print and press ENTER to select it 6 If necessary use the AV buttons to highlight the PRINT option 7 Press ENTER to confirm you wish to print the document C9800 User s Guide 43 8 Use the AV buttons to select the number of collated copies you require 9 Press ENTER to print your document When all required copies have been printed your document is automatically deleted from the printer s hard disk It is also possible to pr
6. Printer collate 26 Printer drivers colour settings 17 Printing face upset nen 30 R Recycled paper esess 17 Rendering Intents Absolute Colourimetric 19 Perceptual u i iirin 19 Relative Colourimetric 19 SaturatiON ococoncnnnrororononos 19 RGB vS CMYK retire 16 S Scale fit to page esee 37 Secure documents printing eese 43 sending u 42 Separator page sesser 28 Software applications colour settings sse 17 how colour is displayed 17 Stacker output capacity 30 Straight through paper feed path 30 T Toner black nee 11 Transparencies exit path stacker face up 30 V Viewing conditions fluorescent lighting vs sunlight 17 C9800 User s Guide 48
7. dimensions in the Width and Length boxes b Enter a name for the new size in the Name box and click Add gt gt to save it in the list C9800 User s Guide 30 To edit a previously saved custom size a Click its name in the list and edit its dimensions and or name b Click Modify To delete a previously saved custom size a Click its name in the list b Click Delete 4 Click OK to accept your changes and close the Custom Size window SELECTING A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE Once you have created a custom page size using the previous procedure 1 On the driver s Setup tab open the Size drop down list 2 Select your defined custom page If this is the size of your document but you want to scale it to fit a standard size of paper 1 On the driver s Setup tab click Paper Feed Options 2 Click Resize document to fit printer page and choose the printer s actual paper size from the Conversion drop down list It is also possible to select the page size within your software application See the documentation supplied with your software application for more information C9800 User s Guide 31 DUPLEX DOUBLE SIDED PRINTING If your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper to save paper weight bulk and cost gt Only paper can be used for duplex printing not transparencies or other media Use paper stock of 75 120 g m2 If you experience exce
8. the correct number of paper trays finisher duplex unit etc 4 Click OK to close the window and save your changes C9800 User s Guide 9 CHAPTER 2 PRINTING BLACK BLACK GENERATION You can specify whether black graphics in color documents are printed using gt Composite Black gt Pure Black Pure Black is the default setting Composite black The cyan magenta yellow and black toners are combined to create composite black This will sometimes give a glossier finish due to the increased amount of toner It can also appear as a slightly brownish black Pure black Only black toner is used to print pure black C9800 User s Guide 11 HOW TO CHOOSE COMPOSITE BLACK OR PURE BLACK PCL 1 On the color tab select Manual Settings and click Options 2 Select or deselect Pure Black Graphics If Pure Black Graphics is not selected prints will use composite black Setup Job Options Colour Colour Mode O Automatic b Manual Settings Colour Settings O No Colour Matching PAR x uv Rendering Intent F O Breyscale Pure Black Graphics Default Heb DK Cancel Apply Help C9800 User s Guide 12 PCL 6 1 On the color tab select Manual Settings and click Options From the Pure Black Graphics drop down list select On or Off If Pure Black Graphics is Off prints will use composite black
9. 2 2 Printing the document on page 43 3 Deleting a secure print document on page 44 C9800 User s Guide 41 SENDING THE DOCUMENT 1 In the driver s Job Options tab click Secure Print The Job PIN Personal Identification Number window opens Setup Job Options Colour Quality Photo 1200 Multilevel Fine Detail 1200x1200 O Normal 600 x 600 Draft 600 x 600 Finisher Output Bin SF Stacker Face Dow v Job Type O Normal Secure Print Copies Scale 100 amp Disable A Orientation O Portrait O Landscape o 180 180 Watermarks Overlays J Fonts Advanced Owner Info J Default OK Cancer Apply Help Job Name Settings Job Name Personal ID Number PIN Enter 4 digits Request Job Name for each print job Use numbers 0 9 Cancel If the PIN window does not open click the PIN button job In the Job PIN window enter a Job Name for this print The name may be up to 16 alpha numeric characters If you have more than one print job stored on the printer when you come to print you will need a distinctive name to distinguish between each of your print jobs If you would like a prompt at the printer for the job name click the Request Job Name for each print job checkbox below the name entry
10. OKI C9800 Printing Guide 59374101 PREFACE C9800 User s Guide P N 59374101 Revision 2 0 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete accurate and up to date Oki assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by Oki While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible we make no warranty of any kind expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein The most up to date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki web site http www okidata com http myokidata com Copyright 2005 Oki Data Americas Inc Second Edition April 2005 Oki and Oki Printing Solutions are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors As an Energy Star Program Participant the manufacturer has m determined that this product
11. ab click Save Setup Job Options Colour Media Size A4 LEF 210 x 297mm ss Source Auto v Finishing Mode Standard v 2 Sided Printing Duplex ME river Settings Untitled A4 LEF 210 x 297mm Ok canca J w Help 3 Enter a meaningful name for the settings you are saving and click OK RECALLING SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS 1 In the driver s Setup tab choose any previously saved Driver Settings you need Proceed to make any other adjustments for this job as described in the relevant section in this manual C9800 User s Guide 8 SETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTIONS This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can utilise all of the hardware features installed in your printer Accessories such as hard disk duplex unit two sided printing additional paper trays etc will only be usable if the printer driver on your computer knows they are there In some cases the hardware configuration of your printer is automatically detected when the driver is installed However it is advisable to at least check whether all of the available hardware features are listed in the driver This procedure is essential if you subsequently add extra hardware features to your printer after the drivers have been installed and set up To set the driver device options 1 Access the driver s Properties window 2 Select the Device Options tab 3 Setthe options for any devices you have installed including
12. available varies according to your computer platform operating system color production method and printer driver type DESCRIPTIONS The following table provides a brief description of the available settings for color matching SETTING DESCRIPTION Automatic The printer driver will apply optimal settings based on the page content of your document Manual PCL Allows you to select the rendering intent and pure black See Rendering intents on page 19 See Black generation on page 11 PCL6 Allows you to select the rendering intent pure black and adjust the brightness and saturation levels See Rendering intents on page 19 See Black generation on page 11 See Brightness and saturation on page 20 Greyscale This option prints all documents as monochrome using only black toner No color prints The printer interprets all colors as a variation of greys Use Greyscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you don t need to print a color document in color No color Matching Use this option to turn off all printer color matching No color correction occurs when selected How to use You can change these settings on the color tab C9800 User s Guide 18 RENDERING INTENTS 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 determin
13. driver 1 Click the color tab 2 Select Manual Settings and click Options 3 Select Printer color Matching and choose the desired rendering intent from the drop down list C9800 User s Guide 19 BRIGHTNESS AND SATURATION Note This feature is available with PCL 6 only Before printing a document you can adjust the brightness and saturation settings SETTING DESCRIPTION Brightness Determines the total amount of light white in the color Zero brightness is black 100 Brightness is white Intermediate values are light or dark colors Saturation The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity or intensity To adjust these settings 1 Click the color tab 2 Select Manual Settings and click Options 3 Use the horizontal scroll bars to adjust the brightness and saturation levels MATCHING SPECIFIC COLORS Use the color Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches Select your desired RGB values from the swatches and enter the values in your application s color picker See the Utilites guide for more information C9800 User s Guide 20 CHAPTER 4 PRINT RESOLUTION The resolution for a print job controls the print speed and print quality of a job Raising the print resolution can maximise the image quality of a print job You usually do this for final versions of documents or when printing images photographs Lowering the print resolu
14. e how this color conversion takes place colorimetric SETTING DESCRIPTION Auto Best choice for printing general documents This setting is used by default Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut while maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colors are shifted together This option attempts to simulate RGB color Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colors if you don t care how accurate the colors are Best choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colors in the source gamut to fully saturated colors in the printer s gamut Relative Good for proofing CMYK color images on a desktop printer colorimetric Much like Absolute colorimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white Unlike Absolute colorimetric Relative colorimetric attempts to take the paper white into account Absolute Best for printing solid colors and tints such as Company logos Matches colors common to both devices monitor and printer exactly 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 To change these settings in your printer
15. es described are accessed via the printer driver windows How you access them depends on your computer and its operating system The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes offering a wide range of choices about how you want to print your documents There are two ways to access the driver features 1 Directly from the Windows Printers folder Printers and Faxes folder in Windows XP If you choose this method any changes you make will become the driver defaults This means they will remain active for all your applications unless you specifically change them from within the application s Print dialogue 2 From your application s Print dialogue C9800 User s Guide 5 If you choose this method any changes you make will usually only last for as long as the particular application is running or until you change them again In most cases once you quit the application the driver defaults will return IMPORTANT Settings made from the printer s own control panel are the printer defaults They determine how your printer will behave unless you specify otherwise from your computer The driver defaults override the printer defaults Application Print settings override both the printer defaults and the driver defaults CHANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS Windows XP 2000 Server 2003 1 Click Start Settings gt Printers and Faxes to open the Printers and Faxes window In the Printers and Faxes window right click o
16. et printing allows printing of multipage documents with their pages ordered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet Typically letter or tabloid pages would be reduced to half letter or letter and printed side by side on both sides of letter or tabloid paper so that the paper can be folded into a booklet Since this feature prints on both sides of the page it requires a duplex unit to be installed in the printer and 256MB of additional memory 512MB in total Notes 1 To find out how much memory is currently installed print a Configuration Page from the printer control panel See the C9800 User s Guide 2 A few applications do not support booklet printing but most do Note that the number of pages in a booklet is always a multiple of four since two pages are printed on each side of each sheet of paper If your document is not a multiple of four pages long the last one two or three pages in your folded booklet will be blank ACTIVATING BOOKLET PRINTING 1 On the driver s Setup tab choose Booklet from the Finishing Mode drop down list C9800 User s Guide 24 2 Click Options Options Signature Setup Job Options Colour Nom VO Media Fazer Size A4 LEF 210 x 297mm v Source Auto Y xS Bight to Left Paper Feed Options Bind Margin Einishing Mode lt OK Cancel Help Options Driver Settings Untitled v
17. fferent size page without modifying the print data How TO USE 1 On the Setup tab click Paper Feed Options 2 Click Resize document to fit printer page A checkmark appears in the box Fit to Page v Resize document to fit printer page Conversion A4 LEF gt A5 v Cover Printing Paper feed options Use different source for first page v Auto Tray Change v Paper Check Multipurpose Tray Settings Use MP tray as manual feed 3 Choose the scaling factor you need from the Conversion drop down list 4 Click OK to close the Options window C9800 User s Guide 37 WATERMARKS Note This feature is not available with the PCL 6 driver A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document This can be used to indicate that the document is Draft or perhaps Confidential How TO CREATE A NEW WATERMARK 1 2 On the Job Options tab click Watermarks Click New and enter the text for your watermark Watermarks Position None Upper Right v O Circle Single Frame Double Frame X 0 evo g Watermark Adjustment OK Cancel Help ok j Ces J Hee Det Adjust your watermark s size angle font color position and border trim if required Click OK to accept your changes The new watermark is now in the Watermark list HOW TO CHOOSE A PREVIOUSLY CREATED WATERMARK On t
18. hat the Duplex option is enabled in the driver See Setting the driver device options on page 9 C9800 User s Guide 33 PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET N UP This feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per sheet This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout or distribute your document in a more compact format It saves paper bulk weight and cost If you have a duplex unit installed you can even combine this feature with duplex printing to save even more How TO PRINT MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET pa In the driver s Setup tab choose the number of pages you want to print on each sheet from the Finishing Mode drop down list Standard is normal and 8 up PCL 6 and 16 up PCL is maximum C9800 User s Guide 34 2 this feature Setup Job Options Colour AA LEF 210 x 297mm Media Size Click Options to choose from the available options for Source Auto J Paper Feed Options Finishing Mode 2up Options 2 Sided Printing Duplex Pages per sheet EN x None z QA Page Borders Driver Settings m Untitled Page layout A4 LEF 210 x 297mm Portrait J Bind Margin None Lok cance Apy J o nee OK Cancel Help Lok J Cancel C Hee From here you can choose the page printing order the page layout whe
19. he Job Options tab click Watermarks On the Watermarks window select the watermark in the list A preview of the watermark is shown Select the First page only checkbox if required C9800 User s Guide 38 4 Click OK HOW TO EDIT AN EXISTING WATERMARK 1 On the Job Options tab click Watermarks 2 Select the watermark you want to edit then click Edit 3 Modify the text for your watermark 4 Modify the attributes font color size angle for your watermark and click OK to accept your changes C9800 User s Guide 39 CHAPTER 6 SECURE PRINTING Secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment The document does not print until a PIN Personal Identification Number is entered through the Printer Control Panel You must go to the printer and enter the PIN This feature requires the hard disk drive in your printer this device must be enabled in the printer driver See Setting the driver device options on page 9 If there is not enough hard disk space for the spooled data a Disk Full message displays and only one copy prints The secure printing feature may not be available from within some PC applications If your application software has a collate print option turn it off Otherwise secure printing will not work There are three parts in secure printing 1 Sending the document on page 4
20. int and delete secure documents remotely from your PC using the Storage Device Manager utility DELETING A SECURE PRINT DOCUMENT If you change your mind about printing a secure document you can delete it from the printer s hard disk without printing it first 1 Follow steps 1 to 5 in the previous procedure for printing the document 2 Use the AY buttons to highlight the DELETE option and press ENTER 3 If necessary use the AV buttons to highlight the YES choice and press ENTER to confirm the deletion Your document is deleted from the printer s hard disk without printing C9800 User s Guide 44 CHAPTER 7 FONT SUBSTITUTION This advanced feature allows you to substitute printer fonts for TrueType fonts This may be useful if you have a document formatted with a font that is not installed on your system but the font is built in to the printer When using Font Substitution the general layout of a document does not change but accurate font design is lost For this reason Font Substitution is generally not recommended as it becomes very difficult to predict the appearance of your document when printed since there is no way of previewing how the document will print with these substituted fonts Notes 1 If your software application uses a proprietary printer driver Font Substitution may not work 2 Not all TrueType fonts can be replaced with printer fonts Tip You can print a sample of each of the printer
21. ir own color settings The application settings may override the settings in the printer driver Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on that particular program s color management functions HOW THE APPLICATION DISPLAYS COLOR Some graphics applications such as Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Freehand may display color differently from office applications such as Microsoft Word Please see your application s online help or user manual for more information PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS The color settings in your printer driver can change the appearance of a document The default driver settings produce good results for most documents There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen See How to perform color matching on page 18 LIGHTING VIEWING CONDITIONS A document can look very different under various lighting conditions For example the colors may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting 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 C9800 User s Guide 17 HOW TO PERFORM COLOR MATCHING There are several ways to achieve color matching with your printer The range of options
22. meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89 336 EEC EMC and 73 23 EEC LVD as amended C9800 User s Guide 2 CONTENTS Before you start unununnanananananunununnnnnnananananunununnnnnnnnanen 5 About this DoOk ier ec RR Rex Re Rn 5 How to access the driver screens 5 Changing the driver defaults 6 Windows XP 2000 Server 2003 6 Windows NT u da I en 6 Windows 98 Me llle 7 Changing the application s driver settings 7 Driver settings i sies le neues 7 Saving a set of driver settings 8 Recalling saved driver settings 8 Setting the driver device options 9 Printing black nuauauanananununununnnnnnananananununnnnanananananen 11 Black generation 2 2 n 11 Composite black o o ooooooooo 11 Pure blacks six RIDERS IE 11 How to choose composite black or pure black 12 PEL 2 ne dd di El 12 A a ee are a Sub 13 color matching uauananananunnnunununnnnananananananananunnnnnnnnn 15 Factors that affect color printing 15 Monitor colors vs printer COl0rS 15 Monitor settings leen 16 Software settings ooo ooo 17 How
23. n Brenn E ae 37 Watermarks is saci a e RR A 38 How to create a new watermark 38 How to choose a previously created watermark 38 How to edit an existing watermark 39 Secure printing unuauanananananannnunununnanananananananununnnnnnann 41 Sending the document o o o o oooo ooo 42 Printing the document o ooo oo 43 Deleting a secure print document 44 Font SubstitutiON omomononorocacananacnnnononanannrararannnnnnanass 45 HOW TO USE ir eae ule A A a 45 O A TT 47 C9800 User s Guide 4 CHAPTER 1 BEFORE YOU START ABOUT THIS BOOK This book is delivered as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file It provides a convenient on screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your C9800 There are many cross references within this book each highlighted as blue text When you click on a cross reference within Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader also supplied on the Manuals CD the display will instantly jump to the part of the manual containing the referred material By using the button in Adobe Reader you can navigate directly back to where you were before If you need to print a part of this manual use Adobe Reader s print command and choose which pages you want to print Some pages are deliberately left blank so that the page format is appropriate for duplex double sided printing if you wish HOW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS Most of the featur
24. n the appropriate printer driver icon and choose Printing Preferences from the context menu Windows NT 1 Click Start Settings gt Printers to open the Printers window In the Printers window right click on the appropriate printer driver icon and choose Document Defaults from the context menu C9800 User s Guide 6 Windows 98 Me 1 Click Start Settings gt Printers to open the Printers window 2 Inthe Printers window right click on the appropriate printer driver icon and choose Properties from the context menu CHANGING THE APPLICATION S DRIVER SETTINGS 1 In your application open the file you want to print 2 Onthe File menu choose Print 3 In the application s Print dialogue make sure the printer shown is the appropriate one and click Properties DRIVER SETTINGS This feature allows you to save the printer driver settings and reuse them later This could be useful if you frequently print many different types of document that require different printer driver settings Recalling saved settings is a simple task that must be done first before any job specific changes are made Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual it is described here C9800 User s Guide 7 SAVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS 1 Make any changes to the driver settings you want as described in the relevant section of this manual 2 Inthe driver s Setup t
25. printer driver colour settings 17 RGB vs CMYK eese 16 viewing conditions 17 Colour settings and software applications 17 Composite black 11 Custom page size general ne 30 D Diagrams colour matching 19 F Face up exit printing cese 30 Finishing options general information 23 Fit to page ccccccncccncnncnnnnanannns 37 G Glossy paper eeseeeenn 17 Graphics applications vs office applications esee 17 Graphs colour matching 19 Greyscale printing 18 L Labels exit path face up stacker 30 Lighting sunlight vs fluorescent 17 M Messages DISK FULL Proof and Print 41 Monitor display doesn t match out DUEk yeo cR ERE das 15 O Office applications vs graphics ap plications eie 17 Output output doesn t match monitor display 15 16 Output tray face up capacity snenie 30 P Page size CUStOIm cioe enit nd 30 Paper exit capacity face Up essere eres 30 Paper Type esee 17 Paper weight effect on stacker capacity 30 Paper glossy paper 17 Paper Recycled 17 Photographs colour matching 19 Print quality black printing 11 C9800 User s Guide 47 Print quality problems output doesn t match monitor 15
26. s built in fonts from the Printer Operator Panel See the User s Guide HOW TO USE 1 On the Job Options tab click Fonts 2 Choose either Download as Outline Font or Download as Bitmap Font 3 Check the Font Substitution checkbox to activate font substitution or clear it to deactivate this function The TrueType and Printer Font panes list the fonts on your system and which fonts will be substituted for them on the printer If you click on one of the TrueType fonts in the list its associated printer font will be highlighted You can change this if you wish by clicking on a different printer font Click Default to restore the default settings 4 Click OK to confirm your changes C9800 User s Guide 45 INDEX A Application collate 26 B Black printing black ss 11 Booklets printing cesses 24 25 C Charts colour matching 19 CMYK Vs RGB iEn 16 Collatie ih 26 application collate 26 printer collate sess 26 Colour casts monitor white vs paper white 19 Colour matching bright colours uunesererere rer 19 no colour matching 18 saturated colours 19 solid colours 19 warm or cool colours 16 Colour matching Factors that af fect how software displays colour 17 monitor settings 16 paper types eeeeeese 17
27. se very different technologies to represent color gt A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs gt A printer uses Cyan Yellow Magenta and Black CMYK toner or ink Very vivid colors such as intense reds and blues can be displayed on a monitor These same colors cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink There are certain colors for example some yellows that can be printed but cannot be displayed accurately on a monitor These differences between monitor colors and printer colors are the main reasons why printed colors do not always match the colors displayed on screen MONITOR SETTINGS The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Your monitor color temperature also influences how warm or cool the colors look Several of the color matching options make reference to your monitor s color temperature Many monitors allow you to adjust the color temperature through their control panels There are several settings found on a typical monitor 5000k or D50 Warmest yellowish Typically used in graphics arts lighting 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 C9800 User s Guide 16 SOFTWARE SETTINGS Many software applications have the
28. ssive curling with 75 90 g m paper use 105 g m2 Use standard sized paper stock only e g A4 A3 Letter etc Load the paper print side up Ream wrappers are usually marked with an arrow indicating which is the print side Paper can be fed from standard paper trays including the high capacity feeder if you have one but not from the multipurpose tray Do not set the paper weight to Ultra Heavy Do not enable the White Page Skip function C9800 User s Guide 32 ACTIVATING DUPLEX PRINTING 1 On the driver s Setup tab under 2 Sided Printing select the binding edge you want Setup Job Options Colour Media Paper Feed Options A Finishing Mode Standard Y Sided Printing Duplex Long Edge ry v WINDOWS XP EEM Finishing Mode Standard Job Options Colour Device Options General Detale Color Management Sharing Setup Media Size amp A j pv Source Auto ight Panter Sening zi Paper Feed Options Ai i Ls Sided Printing Duplex Long Edge 44 210 x 297 mm WINDOWS 98 Default Cancel Apply Help For portrait tall page layout the usual choice is Long Edge For landscape wide page layout the usual choice is Short Edge Choosing None turns off duplex printing and your document will be printed single sided If you have a duplex unit installed but do not have the 2 sided printing option on the Setup tab check t
29. t documents so program finishes printing faster Separator pages are used at the beginning of each document to make it easy to find a document among others at Ihe printer Separator page Browse C Hold mismatched V Print spooled doc C Keep v Enable advanced printi OTS lenta Te 1 In the driver s Advanced tab click the Separator Page button 2 Click Browse and navigate to a file containing an image of the separator page you wish to use then click OK C9800 User s Guide 28 COVER PRINT Cover print is when the first page cover of a print job is fed from one paper tray and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray HOW TO USE COVER PRINT 1 On the Setup tab click Paper Feed Options 2 Under Cover Printing select Use different source for first page Setup Job Options Colour Media Size A4 LEF 210x 237mm v Source Auto EJ Paper Feed Options Fit to Page Resize document to fit printer page Finishing Mode HUM Standard Conversion A4 LEF gt A4 LEF v Cover Printing Paper feed options 7 Use different source for first page 7 Auto Tray Change 2 Sided Printing Duplex CERA Beer Multipurpose Tray w Multipurpose Tray Settings Driver Settings Weight 7 Use MP tray as manual feed Uried Printer Selling x A4 LEF 210 x 297mm Defauk ok Cancel Help Ok Jj tee J w
30. the application displays color 17 Printer driver SettinGS o ooooooo o 17 Lighting Viewing conditions 17 Paper type us kati al edd Lom Gia ae a dee e 17 How to perform color matching 18 DESEFIPTIONS scs Sen ee Pn UR ee 18 How to USE as a Pa eo a a 18 Rendering intents 000 eee eee 19 Brightness and saturation ooo 20 Matching specific colors o o oooooooo 20 Print resolution zuu sananananananunananunununnananananananen 21 Howto USC iugo a CRI RR 21 C9800 User s Guide 3 Finishing options coomonononononanananararannnnnnonnnnnnrararncncnons 23 Booklet printing o ooo ooo ooo 24 Activating Booklet Printing 24 collating s ers et Gee Re Ae 26 Printing collated documents 27 Separating queued printjobS 28 GOVEF DrIDE unse aoa Male ana 29 How to use cover pPridt oooooooo 29 CUSTOM page size ae e xm Rr re RR eA es 30 How to create edit and delete a custom page size 30 Selecting a custom page SiZe 31 Duplex double sided printing 32 Activating duplex printing 33 Printing multiple pages on one sheet N up 34 How to Print Multiple Pages on One Sheet 34 Poster printing s s Ro RR a 36 Printing Posters a 1 o 36 Fitto pages isis a Pe ee nen 37 How to USE usu a e
31. ther you want a binding margin if you need it Click OK C9800 User s Guide printed page borders and 35 POSTER PRINTING Note Poster printing is not available with the PCL 6 driver This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces sometimes called tiles Each piece prints enlarged on a separate sheet Then you combine the separate sheets to create a poster A gt PRINTING POSTERS 1 Inthe driver s Setup tab under Finishing Mode choose Poster Print 2 Click Options to open the Poster Print window Setup Job Options Colour Media Size A4 LEF 210x 297mm y Source Auto y Paper Feed Options Finishing Mode Poster Print I Options too HI V Driver Settings Untitled v Add Registration Marks A4 LEF 210 x 297mm Add Overlap C ok Cancel Lo Heb OK Cancel Help a Choose the enlargement required for your document to fill the poster C9800 User s Guide 36 b Registration marks can be printed if required so that your printed pages tiles can be trimmed exactly to the edge of the image c An overlap may help you to match adjacent tiles when making up your final poster 3 Click OK to close the Paper Feed Options window FIT TO PAGE Fit to Page allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a di
32. tion can increase print speed reduce the need for toner and reduce the wear on the image drum You usually do this for proof or draft versions of documents How TO USE 1 On the Job Options tab select the desired Quality level Setup Job Options Colour Quality Job Type l Normal O Secure Print Copies 1 Collate Scale 100 C Disable Photo 1200 Multilevel Orientation Fine Detail 1200x1200 Portrait E1180 A Normal 600 x 600 O Landscape 180 Draft 600 x 600 Finisher Output Bin Stacker Face Dow v Watermarks __Overlays Fonts _ Advanced OK Cancel App Help The available options are V Photo 1200 Multilevel best possible V Fine Detail 1200 x 1200 V Normal 600 x 600 V Draft 600 x 600 2 Click OK C9800 User s Guide 21 CHAPTER 5 FINISHING OPTIONS Your printer has many features that help control the form of your printed document gt gt gt Booklet printing on page 24 Collating on page 26 Separating queued print jobs on page 28 Cover print on page 29 Custom page size on page 30 Duplex double sided printing on page 32 Printing multiple pages on one sheet N up on page 34 Poster printing on page 36 Fit to page on page 37 Watermarks on page 38 C9800 User s Guide 23 BOOKLET PRINTING Bookl
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