Macintosh OS 10.3 Printer Driver
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1. a Select Print on Both Sides b Select which Binding you prefer 4 Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the printer dialog box 34 Collating Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance Important If your software application has a collate option use it instead of the collate option in the printer driver Doing so will prevent any conflicts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 The General dialog box should already be displayed If not then select General from the menu Background Printing Color Matching Cover Page Font Settings Job Logging Layout Paper Handling Plug In Preferences Save as File Color Option Job Option JobAccounting JobType 35 3 Select Collated 8 7 1 Copies 4 Collated Pages amp All Paper Source amp All pages from Auto Select O First page from Tray 1 Remaining from Tray 1 Cancer rrt 4 Click Print 36 Mac OS 9 x Utilities General Information Important These Utilities are unavailable for Mac OS 10 x The following utilities are supplied Fonts Downloader see page 39 This utility allows you to transfer fonts to the printer s RAM or optional2. JobAccounting Each feature on the Job Type screen is detailed below 23 Job Type Features Print Type 874 r JobType gt Print Type 8 Normal O Job Spool Secure Proof and Print Store to HDD Job Name Personal ID Number O Run maintenance cycle before printing Cron From here you select the type of printing you wish to use Normal The default setting Job Spool Lets you spool your print job to the printer s hard drive Secure see page 25 Allows you to print confidential documents on network printers by storing them on the printer s hard drive then going to the printer and using the control panel to print out the document Proof and Print see page 27 Allows printing of a single copy of a document for checking before printing multiple copies of the same document Store to HDD see page 29 Allows print jobs to be stored on the hard disk for future printings 24 Job Type Features Print Type Secure Print Allows you to print confidential documents on network printers by storing them on the printer s hard drive then going to the printer and using the control panel to print out the 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 T
3. 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired 8 74 r Layout direction c Border Single hairline IA A M Print on Both Sides Binding EF a Set the number of pages to be printed b Select the desired orientation portrait or landscape 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 32 Duplex Printing Printing on Both Sides of the Paper NOTE The duplex unit is optional for model ES2426n and must be installed in the printer and enabled before duplex printing can be carried out e Standard paper sizes only e Paper weight range 20 to 28 lb US Bond 75 to 105 g m Paper must be loaded print side up Only Tray 1 optional Trays 2 and 3 and the High Capacity Feeder trays can be used for duplex printing The MP tray cannotbe used for duplex printing 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Layout General Background Printing Color Matching Cover Page Font Settings Job Logging Paper Handling Plug In Preferences Save as File Color Option Job Option JobAccounting JobType 33 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired 8 7 1 Layout Layout direction Border Single hairline a Print on Both Sides FREESE
4. gt Cameras y Displays Make Default Display iMac e Y Printers Mode iMac gt Proofers Factory Profile Name iMac Path Library ColorSync Profiles Displays i Mac 4274040 icc Current Profile Change m Name Calibrated Profile Set to Factory Path Library ColorSyn d Profile icc Make Default Mode 3 From the Profile selection menu click the desired Oki Data ICC Profile then click Open to enable it Printer Driver Color Settings The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a printed document There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen These options are explained in subsequent sections 75 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 File Print 2 Click the drop down menu and select Printer Features and then select the Feature Set 2 tab for Color Setting 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 gt Displays gt 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 temperat
5. File Print and select your printer 2 The Copies amp Pages dialog box should display If not select Copies amp Pages from the menu 3 Select Collated Copies Pages m Copies 1 M Collated Pages All O From 1 to 1 4 Click Print 70 Mac OS 10 1 amp 10 2 Utilities With the exception of Job Accounting the utilities on the Drivers CD are unavailable for Mac OS X and will only run on Mac 9 x or Classic OS Once the Job Accounting utility has been set up by your Network Administrator it is transparent to the operation of the printer driver on your OS X system For more information on Job Accounting see the User s Guide Windows on the Manuals CD supplied with your printer 71 Macintosh OS 10 3 Printer Driver See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers Adjusting Options Apple Computer has not enabled Configure Printer for OS 10 3 Therefore direct configuration of the printer driver is unavailable at this time Printers View Printer List Add Printer Show Queue 360 Make Default 36D Close Printer List 38W Confic Print b nf gu piis Es a 72 Macintosh OS 10 5 Operation This section explains how to change the printer s operation for specific print jobs Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog This section will only detail options as they apply
6. Light 18 19lb Medium 20 24lb Medium Heavy 25 27lb Heavy 28 32lb Ultra Heavy 33 54lb Labels1 Labels2 Transparency Heavy Hi Sheen Finish Any selection other than Printer Setting will override the printers menu setting 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 10096 black text Click the checkbox to enable the option 60 Feature Set 2 Printer XXX1 HJ Presets Standard HJ Printer Features HJ Feature Sets Set 2 HJ Color Control OKI Color Matching Black Finish Auto HJ Color Setting Monitor 6500K Auto HJ Rendering Intent f Auto HJ vi The Printer Halftone is always used Preview Save As PDF f Cancel Print gt Select from the following options Color Control v OKI Color Matching PostScript Color Matching No Color Matching Print in Grayscale OKI Color Matching Affects RGB data only This is the default setting and provides the fastest best color matching for your printer Postscript Color Matching Uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data 61 No Color Matching No color correction occurs when selected This option is beneficial when other matching regimens are used specifically if
7. Oki Data gt Swatch Utility Swatch Utility Swatch Utility R 255 R255 G 50 G 25 B 75 B 53 3 255 R 255 R228 R 203 A 178 c T6 c e 2 e B 30 B 27 B 24 B 21 B87 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 40 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 Customize Color H Hue ES Rea Saturation pom lt gt Lightness EG lt 1 cy 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
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9. 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 edit using the Edit button the profile and wish to store it in the Available Gamma Curves column 48 Create Edit a New Gamma Curve Profile 1 To create a new Gamma Curve click New To edit an existing Gamma Curve highlight the profile and click Edit Edit Gamma Curve Output Gamma Curve Name Ce 100 i Grays Anatomy 80 Bd AI CMYK Cyan Magenta O Yellow Black 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 Input 0o00 30 17 00 70 100 10000 m Jem ora aa we 50 41 00 em Gamma Value 20 6o 61 00 os _ Gamma Setting 2 To apply the curve to all four colors select All CMYK the default To edit a specific color deselect All CMYK and click the individual color 3 To modify a gamma curve click a point on the curve and drag it to change the shape of the curve Or if known enter the values in the fields at the bottom of the screen 4 Once the configuration is complete fill in a name and click Save Important 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 f
10. buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above 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 28 Store To Hard Disk 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 Using Store to Hard Disk 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 from 0000 to 9999 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 29 Printing a document stored on the hard disk 3 4 MENU ITEM VALUE SELECT 0 2D ON LINE CANCEL 0 5 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the pers
11. deut 33 F Fonts downloader utility 39 G Gamma curve adjuster 48 M Mac OS 10 1 10 2 choosing color matching methods 56 collating 70 color print matching 52 duplex printing 69 n up printing 68 operation 51 setting printer features 58 Mac OS 10 3 choosing color matching methods 77 collating 91 color print matching 74 duplex printing 89 n up printing 88 operation 73 setting printer features 79 Mac OS 9 x activating duplex unit 6 activating hard disk drive 6 activating optional memory 6 activating trays 6 choosing color matching methods 11 color option settings 13 color print matching 8 job option 19 job type 23 operation 7 selecting PPD 5 utilities color swatch utility 40 fonts downloader 39 installing 38 storage device manager 42 Maintenance cycle OS 9 x 31 Media check OS 10 1 10 2 66 OS 10 3 usus 87 OS8 9 X ecce 21 43 N N up printing OS 10 1 10 2 68 OS 10 32 ad ween eed a s 88 OSO K Rachie dite atus 32 P Page rotate OS 10 1 10 2 67 OS 10 3 87 OS OX wes LRL 22 PostScript color matching OS 10 1 10 2 61 OSADO ore iii m
12. not be able to print the exact color that you desire 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 41 Storage Device Manager Important When attempting to open the application ensure that the default printer is connected and turned on f your default printer is a virtual printer the application will return the error message This utility does not support this interface Reset your default printer to a real printer Open SDM Double click the local hard drive then double click Okidata SDM for Mac Storage Device Manager for Mac From the main screen you can set the default feed tray as well as paper sizes for the feed trays You can also enable the default or disable the Auto Tray Switch feature Storage Device Manager for Mac Printer Name XXx1 PaperTray Paper Size Legal Paper A3Paper Undo Tray 1 Letter long edge Legal 14 inch Tabloid Extra _ _ __ R tions O Tray 2 Legal 14inch A3Nobi O Tray 3 Legal 4inch A3Nobi J L_Help_ O Tray4 Legal 14 inch A3Nobi O Tray5 Legal 14 inch A3Nobi 4 O MP Tray Auto Tray Switch a gt 4 4h pr ae NOTE Trays that are not installed are grayed out and disabled 42 Using Storage Device Manager to set Options
13. selects the optimal settings for a general office environment 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 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 16 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 SWOP Euroscale Japan This option simulates what the output will look
14. the United States Environmental Protection Agency Freehand is a registered trademark of Macromedia Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company 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 Executive Series 2426 Printer Family Technical Reference Macintosh P N 59367001 Rev 1 1 Contents Macintosh OS Tirana aaron rU i ru RR 5 Printer Driver iii eeoetet eae Ree Ct I EO UD n 5 Setting Up the Printer Driver oooconnccnnccnoconoccnoccnononancnnncnnanancnnnnos 5 onc eel aie tee 7 Color Print Matching esee nere 8 Choosing a Color Matching Method s 11 Color Option i teet eb tete 13 Job Option iii 19 Job Type Plug in nene aset eei 23 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet N up Printing 32 Duplex Printing Printing on Both Sides of the Paper 33 Collatin gsc 2 5 ates dere WR tte ete ais 35 A oeque LA 37 General Informati0N oonncnnnccnnnnnonconnconnnnnnnnn conan cnncnnn crac cnn ncnnccns 37 Installing the Utilities eene 38 Fonts Downloader eene 39 Color Swatch Utility oooconoconoconoccnoccnononanonanonnccnn conc crac cnn n con acno 40 Storage Device Manager essere 42 Macintosh OS 10 1 8 10 Zion 50 Printer Diver NE 50 Operation
15. to the Executive Series 2426 printer driver 73 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 Printed Documents 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 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
16. 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 Glossy Matte 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 Color Setting This option allows you to select your color settings as they appear on your monitor Y Monitor 6500K Auto Monitor 6500K Perceptuai Monitor 6500K Vivid Monitor 9300K Digital Camera sRGB 62 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 t
17. Click the Options button and make any desired changes in the settings When you are done making changes click Save to download the settings to the printer Manual Timeout Printing Timeout Media Check Paper Jam Recovery Power Save Power Save Delay Manual Timeout When manual feed is selected and the printer detects that there is no paper in the requested feed tray it will show a message requesting that paper be loaded and wait a period of time for the paper to be loaded before cancelling the print job This sets the period of time the printer will wait 30 seconds v 60seconds Off Printing Timeout When printing a job and the paper in the selected tray runs out the printer will wait a period of time for more paper to be loaded before cancelling the print job This sets the period of time the printer will wait 5seconds 20seconds v 40seconds 5 minutes Off Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked This should be disabled when printing transparencies or labels It can also be disabled in the driver as a job is being printed 43 Paper Jam Recovery This parameter when enabled sets whether or not printing continues 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 th
18. 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 9300K 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 15 sRGB This option attempts to simulate RGB color Optimized for matching specific colors such as a company logo 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 Perceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric Absolute Colorimetric Select the desired option Auto The best default This
19. 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 Media Type Many options are available for selecting the media type Normally the Printer Setting is used v Printer Setting Light 171b Medium Light 18 19Ib Medium 20 24lb Medium Heavy 25 27Ib Heavy 28 321b Ultra Heavy 33 54lb Labels1 Labels2 Transparency Heavy Hi Sheen Finish Any selection other than Printer Setting will override the printer s menu setting MP tray is handled as manual feed Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed lv No DIS Yes Black Overprint 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 Click the checkbox to enable the option 81 Color Control Y OKI Color Matching PostScript Color Matching No Color Matching Print in Grayscale OKI Color Matching Affects RGB data only This is the default setting and provides the fastest best color matching for your printer Postscript Color Matching Uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data No Color Matching No color correction occurs when selected This option is beneficial w
20. ally print the PS PDF files unless they are specified to be stored on the hard disk 1 Click Utilities Download File 2 Select the file you wish to download to the printer 3 Click Open to start the download process Display Font List Shows a list of fonts currently loaded in the printer Printer ROM Free Space 0 AdobeSansMM AdobeSerifMM AlbertusMT AlbertusMT Italic AlbertusMT Light AntiqueOlive Bold AntiqueOlive Compact AntiqueOlive Italic AntiqueOlive Roman Apple Chancery Arial Bold ItalicMT Arial BoldMT 46 Initialise Disk Initialise Printer Hard Disk Disk 0 C Disk 1 Disk 2 CAUTION This utility erases the printer s hard disk and causes it to rebuild the directories This action cannot be undone 1 Click Utilities Initialise Disk 2 Select the Disk to erase and click Initialise Substitute Fonts This function is not supported for a non kanji printer 47 PS Gamma Adjuster save PPD File Edit PS Gamma Adjuster Available Gamma Curves Add Remove eas Delete This option allows adjusting the gamma output or toner density when printing a job 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
21. ap amp recutive Series 8486 Printer Family T echnical Reference Macintosh 59367001 OKI 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 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 the manufacturer 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 2004 Oki Data Inc All rights reserved VER As an ENERGY STAR Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets PX the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency ENERGY STAR OKI is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd Apple LaserWriter Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Adobe AdobePS and Photoshop are either trademarks or a registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Energy Star is a registered trademark of
22. aylight 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 55 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 its 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 guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most o
23. ccessed via File Print 2 Click 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 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 e 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphics arts environments 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions e 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 10 Choosing a Color Matching Method There is no one way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor and its printed
24. cient 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 Using Proof and Print 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 from 0000 to 9999 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 can print or delete if incorrect the remaining copies of the document using the procedures given below Printing the copies of a Proof and Print document 1 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU then press the SELECT button 2 Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above 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 27 Deleting a Proof and Print document before printing the copies 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 Use the numbered
25. ct the usability of that particular printer function Macintosh OS 9 x Printer Driver This section describes how to change the PPD file and how to activate optional accessories in the printer driver once you have installed them in the printer See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers Setting Up the Printer Driver 1 From the Apple menu select Chooser 2 Double click LaserWriter8 3 Select the name of the new icon which appeared after you installed the driver then click Setup Select the PPD 4 Click Select PPD Click Printing Change Setup 6 Select your printer model from the list then click Open al Activate Installed Options in the Driver 7 10 11 12 13 14 Click Configure E Current Printer Description File PPD Selected p UXXX1 Installable Options Available Tray 1 Standard Duplex Not Installed Hard Disk Not Installed E Memory Configuration 64 MB RAM Optional Trays To engage optional trays change the setting for Available Tray to 2 or 3 depending on how many trays you have installed Duplex Unit To engage the Duplex Unit change the setting to Installed Hard Disk Drive To engage the hard disk drive change the setting to Installed DIMMs To engage additional memory set Memory Configuration to the new total value of memory installed standard memory any in
26. de any color matching settings in the printer driver without warning RGB or CMYIO The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make 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 77 Matching Photographic Images RGB Only The standard Color Matching found in the printer driver under Printer Features Feature Set 2 is generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor 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 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 and th
27. e print job will continue after the jam has been cleared 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 5 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes v 60minutes 240 minutes SDM Menu Items File Menu BI Edit Utilities Help Refresh R Update PPD Quit 88Q Refresh Downloads the latest settings from the printer Update PPD Loads the latest PPD file 44 Utilities Menu File Edit UJIT Change Printer Name Zone Download File Display Font List Initialise Disk Substitute Fonts PS Gamma Adjuster Change Printer Name Zone Only available if the printer is on an AppleTalk network Changing Printer Name Zone Select Zone No zones Current Name XXX1 New Name iso Cancel ino save This changes the name that is stored in the PostScript interpreter in the printer However this will not change the name displayed in the Chooser 1 Click Utilities Change Printer Name Zone 2 If available choose the Zone required 3 Rename the printer with the desired name and press Save 45 Download File e Date Modified gt Y A 7 20 04 gt C3 eBooks 7 20 04 gt Y Microsoft User Data Today This utility allows you to download PS PDF Font files to the printer s hard drive for faster printing The printer will automatic
28. eduler Paper Handling ColorSync Cover Page Error Handling Paper Feed Microsoft Word Printer Features Summary 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired Print Printer XXX1 E Presets Standard E f Layout a Pages per Sheet 4 MW 1 2 b Layout Direction 4 ES n IBN 3 4 Two Sided Printing Off O Long Edge Binding O Short Edge Binding Preview Save As PDF C Fax C Print a For Multiple Pages access Pages per sheet b Select the desired Layout Direction c Select a Border between the sheets if desired 88 Duplex Printing Printing on Both Sides of the Paper 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Layout Copies amp Pages v Layout Output Options Scheduler Paper Handling ColorSync Cover Page Error Handling Paper Feed Microsoft Word Printer Features Summary 3 Under Two Sided Printing select the binding Print Printer XXX1 H Presets Standard Hj f Layout HJ Pages per Sheet 1 s Layout Direction 2 ra A N 1 Border None HJ Two Sided Printing Off O Long Edge Binding O Short Edge Binding Cr D 89 Long Edge Binding Pages per Sheet 1 B Layout Direction va N B il Border None 4 Two Sided Prin
29. en 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 78 Driver Options OKI Printer Features To access Feature Set 1 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Printer Features Copies amp Pages Layout Output Options Scheduler Paper Handling ColorSync Cover Page Error Handling Paper Feed Microsoft Word v Printer Features Summary 79 Feature Set 1 Print Printer XXX1 Presets Standard Hd Printer Features Feature Sets Set 1 E gt Quality Fine B Collate Media Type Printer Setting H4 Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed Noo Mj 7 Black Overprint Color Control OKI Color Matching dH Preview Save As PDF C Fax Print Select from the following options Quality Fast 600 x 600 dpi both models Fine Models ES2426n ES2426dn 600 x 1200 dpi Model ES2426e 1200 x 1200 dpi Collate m Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive provide greater 80 performance
30. ends 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 63 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 Perceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric Absolute Colorimetric 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 p
31. 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 CMYIO The guidelines for choosing a color matching method makes distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most 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 supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications Matching Photographic Images RGB Only The standard Color Matching found in the printer driver under Color Matching is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor 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 and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space 11 Ma
32. er sheet b Select the desired Layout Direction c Select a Border between the sheets if desired 68 Duplex Printing Printing on Both Sides of the Paper 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu at left and select Duplex Copies amp Pages Layout Y Duplex Output Options Error Handling Paper Feed Printer Features Summary 3 From the Duplex screen select the options desired 3 Duplex al A A mM Print on Both Sides Binding 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 Ib 75 and 105 g m The duplex unit is optional for model ES2426n and 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 69 Collating Collating can be carried out with or without the optional hard disk drive However using the HDD improves 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 1 Click
33. eral Background Printing Color Matching Cover Page Font Settings Job Logging Layout Paper Handling Plug In Preferences Save as File Color Option Job Option JobAccounting JobType 13 Color Control Color Control allows you to determine the scheme in which the printer will display colors v OKI Color Matching PostScript Color Matching No Color Matching Print in Grayscale Select from a OKI Color Matching This is OKs proprietary color matching system It affects RGB data only This is the default setting This option provides the fastest best color matching for your printer b PostScript Color Matching This uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer It affects both RGB and CMYK data c 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 d Print in Grayscale No color will print The printer will interpret all colors as a variation of grays 14 Color Setting This option allows you to select your color settings as they appear on your monitor Y Monitor 6500K Auto x Monitor 6500K Perceptual Monitor 6500K Vivid Monitor 9300K Digital Camera sRGB Select the method you wish to use Monitor 6500k Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer This selection works best for office situations
34. es SWOP Euroscale or Japan If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer 65 Color Matching by selecting the No Color Matching option under the Color Match option in the printer driver Separations This option affects output only allowing you to print all colors or Separate plates CMYK CMY OnlyCyan OnlyMagenta OnlyYellow OnlyBlack NOTE You must select a non generic PostScript Printer Description PPD file for a printer that supports color separations Media Check Y Media Check 3 Toner Saving 3 Page Rotate 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 66 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees 67 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet N up Printing 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Layout Copies amp Pages v Layout Duplex Output Options Error Handling Paper Feed Printer Features Summary 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired Layout a le Pages per Sheet 4 ve ns Layout Direction TL S IA el c Border Single thin line a For Multiple Pages access Pages p
35. est 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 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 85 Printer Halftone This option prevents the halftone of a high end graphic application from printing Click the checkbox to enable the option W The Printer Halftone is always used Color Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in o
36. ffice 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 56 Matching Photographic Images RGB Only The standard Color Matching found in the printer driver under Printer Features Feature Set 2 is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor 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 Data 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 and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space Alternatively use PostScript Color Matching with the Absolute Colorimetric setting 57 Printing Vivid Colors RGB Only Use OKI Color Matching with either
37. ffset printer environments only SWOP Euroscale Japan 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 Separations This option affects output only allowing you to print all colors or separate plates CMYK CMY OnlyCyan OnlyMagenta OnlyYellow OnlyBlack NOTE You must select a non generic PostScript Printer Description PPD file for a printer that supports color separations 86 Feature Set 5 Print Printer XXX1 HH Presets Standard zs Printer Features 3 Feature Sets Set 3 4 v Media Check Toner Saving 7 Page Rotate Preview Save As PDF Fax Cancel Select from the following options 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 enables toner saving but reduce print quality Page Rotate Checking this rotates the printed material on the page 180 degrees 87 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet N up Printing 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Layout Copies amp Pages v Layout Output Options Sch
38. hard disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript printer This utility is an Adobe product and is not supported by Oki Data Please see the Read Me file for further information Color Swatch Utility see page 40 The Color Swatch Utility allows you to print color samples or swatches on your color printer The swatches are used with your software program to select and reproduce color accurately The swatches represent selected samples of the your printer s color palette and can be used to find the desired colors for your printed documents Storage Device Manager see page 42 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 37 Installing the Utilities 1 Insert the CD supplied with your printer into the CD ROM drive 2 Double click the CD icon that appears on the desktop 3 4 Click PSDRV gt English then double click the Mac Installer Open the MAC folder icon Mac Installer Click Continue and accept the Software License Agreement Select Custom Install to access the Utility Installation Mac Installer Driver Selection Oki Plug Ins Apple Laser Writer Oki Plug I
39. hen 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 82 Feature Set 2 Print Printer XXX1 E Presets Standard H4 Printer Features Feature Sets Set 2 Hd Black Finish Auto 3 Color Setting Monitor 6500K Auto Hj Rendering Intent f Auto 3 Mi The Printer Halftone is always used Color Simulation None HJ Separations off Hd O Preview Save As PDF C Fax Print Select from the following options Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only Glossy Matte 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 83 Color Setting This option allows you to select your color settings as they appear on your monitor Y Monitor 6500K Auto e Monitor 6500K Perceptua Monitor 6500K Vivid Monitor 9300K Digital Camera sRGB 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
40. ile 49 Macintosh OS 10 1 amp 10 2 Printer Driver See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers Adjusting Options Apple Computer has not enabled Configure Printer for OS 10 1 and 10 2 Therefore direct configuration of the printer driver is unavailable at this time Printers View Printer List Add Printer Show Queue 360 Make Default 36D Close Printer List 38W Confic Print k Conf a a 50 Macintosh OS 10 1 amp 10 2 Operation This section explains how to change the printer s operation for specific print jobs Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog This section will only detail options as they apply to the Executive Series 2426 printer driver 51 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 Printed Documents If you wish to manually adjust the color settings in your printer driver please be aware that color reproductio
41. ish for them to be printed in sequence Click to enable collation of your documents 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 Selecting this will cause the MP tray to be used in manual feed situations The MP tray cannot be used for duplex printing 21 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving 22 Job Type Plug in This plug in allows you to utilize features through the printer s optional hard disk drive 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 no es To access Job Type 1 Select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Job Type General Background Printing Color Matching Cover Page Font Settings Job Logging Layout Paper Handling Plug In Preferences Save as File Color Option Job Option
42. 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 the printer s color gamut are printed without any modification and only colors that fall outside the printable colors are modified 84 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 v Auto Perceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric Absolute Colorimetric Auto The best default select as this selects the optimal settings for a general office environment Perceptual B
43. n 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 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 52 Monitor Color Profile Select Apple provides a ColorSync Utility Devices that allows selection of the Oki Data sup
44. ns Adobe PS Please click I for more information Color Profiles Selection Storage Device Manager Oki Swatch Utility Fonts Downloader Disk space available gt 46B Approximate disk space needed OK Install Location The folder Okidata will be created on the disk mac hd Click the boxes beside the Utilities you wish to install then click Install The Utilities install into the folder you specify during the installation process 38 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 is not supported by Oki Data Please see the Read Me file for further information Important This utility only communicates with the printer via AppleTalk and is incompatible with USB connections 39 Color Swatch Utility 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 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 The swatches represent selected samples of your printer s color palette and can be used to find the desired colors for your printed documents Open Color Swatch Double click the local hard drive icon then double click
45. o send a confidential document to the printer using Secure Print 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 from 0000 to 9999 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 To print a confidential document MENU ITEM VALUE SELECT 0 ON LINE CANCEL 1 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button 25 Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name is displayed Press the SELECT button The document will print and be deleted from the hard disk drive To delete a confidential document before printing it Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name is displayed Press the CANCEL button to delete the job from the printer 26 Proof and Print 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 insuffi
46. 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 No Color Matching under the Color Match option in the printer driver Select the option desired Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only Glossy Matte 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 17 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 four colors as separate plates CMYK CMY OnlyCyan OnlyMagenta OnlyYellow OnlyBlack Black Overprint This option prevents registration errors and only works for 10096 black text Click the checkbox to enable the option IM Black Overprinty Printer Halftone This option prevents the halftone of a high end graphics application from printing Click the checkbox to enable the option The Printer Halftone is always used Rh M Custom Gamma Adjustment Not available 18 Job Option 8 7 1 Job Option PPD ver 6 0 Quality Media Type Printer Setting O Collate LJ Page Rotate MM Media Check Toner Saving O MP tray is handled as manual feed To acce
47. onal ID number you set above Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name is displayed Press the SELECT button to print the document Deleting a stored document from the hard disk drive 1 2 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name is displayed Press the CANCEL button to delete the remaining copies of the document When the deletion confirmation message appears confirm by pressing the SELECT button 30 Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing 8 7 1 Printer E Destination JobType Print Type 6 Normal O Job Spool Secure Proof and Print Store to HDD Job Name Persona ER Crp Selecting Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing forces the printer to automatically clean itself before printing This option allows you to improve your print quality if there is a problem with printing such as too much graininess 31 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet N up Printing 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Layout General Background Printing Color Matching Cover Page Font Settings Job Logging Paper Handling Plug In Preferences Save as File
48. or EoOEL page ranges separated by M Show Quick Preview commas e g 2 5 8 Page Setup Preview Save As PDF Fax E Print 4 Click Print 91 Mac OS 10 3 Utilities With the exception of Job Accounting the utilities on the Drivers CD are unavailable for Mac OS 10 3 and will only run on Mac 9 x or Classic OS Once the Job Accounting utility has been set up by your Network Administrator it is transparent to the operation of the printer driver on your OS 10 3 system For more information on Job Accounting see the User s Guide Windows on the Manuals CD supplied with your printer 92 Index B Black finish OS 10 1 10 2 62 OS 10 3 83 OS OX Maye iX el s 17 Black overprint OS 10 1 10 2 60 OS 10 3 ere ads 81 QS OKs cain ues 18 C Collating 70 OS 10 1 10 2 70 OS 10 3 91 OS 9X us e ER EIL 35 Color control OS 10 10 2 61 OS 10 3 x die ats 82 AA 14 matching methods OS 10 1 10 2 56 OS EA 77 OSI 11 option settings 13 print matching OS 10 1 10 2 52 OS MB 74 OSO Mae we Se 8 setting OS 10 1 10 2 62 OS 10 3 84 OS OX bees vig 15 simulation OS 10 1 10 2 65 OS 10 3 86 OS 9 Xeni ubi 17 swatch utility 40 93 D Duplex printing OS 10 140 2 69 OS 10 3 89 OSOK ox EL
49. plied 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 double clicking your local hard drive then double clicking Applications Utilities ColorSync Utility 2 Click the arrow next to Displays and select your monitor in this example it is iMac For Current Profile select Other 000 ColorSync Utility Devices Profile First Aid Profiles Devices Registered ColorSync devices Display iMac Device Default gt Scanners Registered for any user of current machine gt Cameras Y Displays Make Default Display iMac e Y Printers Mode iMac gt Proofers Factory Profile Name iMac Path Library ColorSync Profiles Displays i Mac 4274040 icc Current Profile i Change m Name Calibrated Profile Set to Factory Path Library ColorSyn d Profile icc PO DAN vier M Make Default Mode 3 From the Profile selection menu click the desired Oki Data ICC Profile then press Open to enable it 53 Color Profile Select Apple ColorSync 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 Click System Preference
50. 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 74 Monitor Color Profile Select Apple provides a ColorSync Utility Devices that allows selection of the Oki Data 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 double clicking your local hard disk then double clicking Applications Utilities ColorSync Utility Devices 2 Click the arrow next to Displays and select your monitor in this example it is iMac For Current Profile select Other 6000 ColorSync Utility Devices Profile First Aid Profiles Devices Registered ColorSync devices Display iMac Device Default gt Scanners Registered for any user of current machine
51. rinter 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 64 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 Click the checkbox to enable the option W The Printer Halftone is always used Feature Set 5 Printer XXX1 dj E Presets Standard Printer Features Hj Feature Sets Set 3 HJ Color Simulation None HJ Separations Off 3 Y Media Check 7 Toner Saving Page Rotate 4 se b BKcsscatdl Y Preview Save As PDF Cancel Print gt Select from the following options Color Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only SWOP Euroscale Japan This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press using the ink typ
52. s gt ColorSync 2 On the Device Profiles tab select your Oki Data Output profile 3 On the Document Profiles tab for the CMYK Default option highlight the Oki Data profile desired Printer Driver Color Settings The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a printed document There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen These options are explained in subsequent sections 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 File Print 2 Click the drop down menu and select Printer Features and then select the Feature Set 2 tab for Color Control 54 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 gt Displays gt 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 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 d
53. ss Job Option 1 Click File Print and select your printer Cr 2 Open the drop down list directly below Printer and select Job Option v General Background Printing Color Matching Cover Page Font Settings Job Logging Layout Paper Handling Plug In Preferences Save as File Color Option Job Option 3 Make the desired selections Quality Media Type Miscellaneous Selections 19 Job Option Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired Fast 600 x 600 dpi both models Fine Models ES2426n ES2426dn 600 x 1200 dpi Model ES2426e 1200 x 1200 dpi Fast Media Type Many options are available for selecting the type of the print media Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient Select your desired Media Type Y Printer Setting Light 171b Medium Light 18 191b Medium 20 241b Medium Heavy 25 271b Heavy 28 321b Ultra Heavy 33 541b Labels1 Labels2 Transparency Heavy Hi Sheen Finish NOTE Any selection other than Printer Setting will override the printer s Menu setting 20 Job Option Miscellaneous Selections Lj Collate Page Rotate d Media Check O Toner Saving O MP tray is handled as manual feed 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 w
54. stalled optional DIMM memory When done click OK Click OK Close Chooser Macintosh OS 9 x Operation 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 dialog 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 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 e
55. tching Specific Colors e g a company logo RGB Only e Standard 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 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 Color Matching with the Monitor 6500k Vivid SRGB or Digital Camera settings RGB or CMYK Use PostScript Color Matching with the Saturation option 12 Color Option 8 7 1 Destination PPD ver 2 4 Printer Color Option Color Control OKI Color Matching Color Setting Monitor 6500K Auto Rendering Color Simulation Black Finish Black Overprint Li The Printer Halftone Separations Zi ixatwapt used Custom Gamma Adjustment not specified Save Settings 1 Open your printer driver by choosing File Print from an application and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Color Option v Gen
56. the Monitor 6500k Vivid sRGB or Digital Camera settings RGB or CMYK Use PostScript Color Matching with the Saturation option Driver Options OKI Printer Features To access Features 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Printer Features v Copies Pages Layout Duplex Output Options Error Handling Paper Feed Printer Features Summary 58 Feature Set 1 Printer XXX1 HJ Presets Standard HJ Printer Features HJ Feature Sets st W Quality Fine A C Collate Media Type Printer Setting HJ Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed No M9 C Black Overprint C f uk 2 X f N f Preview Save As PDF Cancel f Print gt Select from the following options Quality Fast 600 x 600 dpi both models Fine Models ES2426n ES2426dn 600 x 1200 dpi Model ES2426e 1200 x 1200 dpi Collate pE FL Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide 59 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 Media Type Many options are available for selecting the media type Normally the Printer Setting is used Light 171b Medium
57. ting Off Long Edge Binding O Short Edge Binding Short Edge Binding REEL ugespersheet Layout Direction 2 1 Border f None ES Two Sided Printing Off O Long Edge Binding 9 Short Edge Binding NOTES Duplex printing can only be carried out on standard paper sizes and paper weights between 20 and 28 Ib 75 and 105 g m The duplex unit is optional for model ES2426n and 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 90 Collating Collating can be carried out with or without the optional hard disk drive However using the HDD improves 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 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 The Copies amp Pages dialog box should display If not select Copies amp Pages from the menu 3 Select Collated Print Printer XXX1 HJ Presets Standard Hu Copies amp Pages H4 Copes 1 amp M Collated Pages O All O Current page 3 Selection O From 1 to 1 O Page range f Enter page numbers and
58. ure 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 e 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 76 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 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 its 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 overri
59. y us 82 OS ON at ta ia 14 Print quality OS 10 1 10 2 59 OSOS ls uns 80 OS 0 Xi oisxbnssteeues 20 Printer drivers Mac OS 10 3 72 OS 10 1 10 2 50 OS Okie el deese 5 Proof and print OS 9 x 27 PS Gamma Adjuster 48 R Rendering intents OS 10 1 10 2 64 OSADO i id 85 OSOK voee eb 16 S Secure print OS 9 x 25 Separations OS 10 1 10 2 66 OS 103 es rra Hawk 86 OS OE Xess dst 18 Storage device manager 42 Store to hard disk OS 9 x 29 U Utilities OS 9 x 37 colorswatch 40 fonts downloader 39 storage device manager 42
60. ye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colors In addition to this 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 printer uses Cyan Magenta Yellow 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 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 Printer Driver Color Settings The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a document There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen These options are explained in subsequent sections of this 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 a
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