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1. 3 Pull the two fuser retaining levers 2 towards the front of the printer so that they are fully upright 4 Holding the fuser by its handle 1 lift the fuser straight up and out of the printer If the fuser is still warm place it on a flat surface which will not be damaged by heat 5 Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material 6 Holding the new fuser by its handle make sure that it is the correct way round The retaining levers 2 should be fully upright and the two locating lugs 3 should be towards you Replacing consumable items gt 66 Lower the fuser into the printer locating the two lugs 3 into their slots in the metal partition which separates the fuser area from the image drums Push the two retaining levers 2 towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place Call Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed Replacing consumable items gt 67 CLEANING THE LED HEAD Clean the LED head when printing does not come out clearly has white lines or when text is blurred 1 Switch off the printer and open the top cover 2 Gently wipe the LED hea
2. 23 Index 83 OKI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems UK Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Trading Estate Slough SL1 4LE Tel 44 0 1753 819819 Fax 44 0 1753 819899 http www oki co uk Oki Systems Ireland Limited The Square Industrial Complex Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland Tel 4353 1 4049590 Fax 353 1 4049591 http www oki ie Technical Support Tel 353 1 4049570 Fax 353 1 4049555 E mail tech support oki ie OKI Systems Ireland Ltd Northern Ireland 40 Sydenham Park Belfast BT4 1PW Tel 44 0 28 90 20 1110 http www oki ie Technical Support Tel 44 0 28 90 221919 E mail tech support oki ie Oki Data Corporation 4 11 22 Shibaura Minato ku Tokyo 108 8551 Japan Tel 81 3 5445 6158 Fax 81 3 5445 6189 http www okidata co jp Oki Data Singapore Pte Ltd 78 Shenton Way 09 01 Singapore 079120 Tel 65 221 3722 Fax 65 421 1688 http www okidata com sg Oki Systems Thailand Ltd 956 Udomvidhya Building 6th Floor Rama IV Rd Bangkok 10500 Thailand Tel 662 636 2535 Fax 662 636 2536 http www okisysthai com Oki Hong Kong Limited Suite 1909 Tower3 China Hong Kong City 33 Canton Rd Tsimshatsui Kowloon Hong Kong Tel 852 2736 0130 Fax 852 2376 3725 The IPL Group 63 85 Victoria Street Beaconsfield NSW 2015 Australia Tel 61 2 9690 8200 Fax 61 2 9690 8300 http www oki com au Comworth Systems Ltd 10 Constellation Drive
3. Administrator Settings This tab is intended to be used only by designated staff When you click on the Administrator Settings tab an alert pops up to remind you to take care as changing settings here may affect the operation of your printer The Administrator Settings tab has the settable items including access to the user menus on the left and allows you to configure a selected setting on the right If you disable a menu from this tab it does not appear on the User Settings tab The Status Monitor gt 37 Click the Save button to save the new setting or the Undo button to undo the change Use File Exit to return to the Printer Setup Tab Printer Settings MY_PRINTER Acid Fle He User Setiinge Administrator Settings Select a category OP MENU ALL CATEGORY lt Enable gt INFORMATION MENU Enable gt PRINT MENU lt Enable gt MEDIA MENU lt Enable gt COLOR MENU lt Enable gt SYS CONFIG MENU lt Enable gt USB MENU lt Enable gt MEMORY MENU Disable gt SYS ADJUST MENU lt Disable gt MAINTENANCE MENU lt Enable gt USAGE MENU lt Enable gt COLOR MENU BLOCK DEV MENU INITIAL LOCK lt NO gt eve Undo NOTE You can access the printer menu settings window direct by clicking Start All Programs and selecting Okidata OKI C3200 Printer Name Printer Settings The Status Monitor 38 PREFERENCES TAB Selecting this tab provides
4. Alarm Indicates paper jam cover open error Illumination and meaning To be able to indicate a large number of status situations both individually and in combination the LEDs are illuminated as follows LED ILLUMINATION STATUS OFF Power OFF ON ON LINE idle Blinking 1 2S cycle OFF LINE this blinking pattern always takes place while an Power error is occurring Ready Blinking 2 500mS cycle Data being received printing warming up density adjustment temperature adjustment in progress Blinking 3 120mS cycle Job cancelling in progress Blinking 4 4 55 ON and Power saving mode 500mS OFF Green Introduction gt 12 LED ILLUMINATION OFF ON Blinking 1 2S cycle Paper Consumable Blinking 2 500mS cycle Alarm Amber Blinking 3 120mS cycle STATUS ON LINE A warning is indicated printing possible An error has occurred but printing can continue if you press the ON LINE or CANCEL switch An error has occurred You need to replace consumables or remove jammed paper for example The printer then recovers from the error and printing becomes possible again A serious error has occurred rebooting or a service call is required The Status Monitor provides a readable description of the printer status corresponding to the indications of the LEDs If you have the Status Monitor Preferences set to Pop up on alerts this readable message will be presented on screen whenever an abnormal
5. To open colour matching options 212 from the Windows Control Panel cereal staal Pate darn Car Magen erez in A m F t 1 Open the Printers window 2N called Printers and Faxes ae in Windows XP Wes CCS 2 Right click the printer name Di and choose Properties an Maximum resolution 1200 dpi Ez 3 Click the Printing Preferences button 1 ee To open colour matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click the Properties button next to the printer name SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1 On the Colour tab select Advanced Colour 1 below for Colour Matching Mv PR NTER Printing Preferences abi Setup Job Options Colour FJ Ask Oki Colour Mode Auto Colour Advanced Colour C Greyscale Colour Matching Auto C Manual Disabled Auto Composite Black CMYK C True Black K Black Finish Manual Settings Brightness 0 O E KE Satuation 0 Aul o Colour Swatch Default Aa Colour Printing gt 31 2 Choose the Manual colour setting 2 and select from the following options a b c d e 21x Colour Matching Black Finish Auto jtal Car H Composite Black CMYK d cur C True Black K e Manual Settings Brightness 0 O af m
6. A4 pages Specifications gt 81 NDEX A Advanced features enablingordisabling 27 Belt how to replace life expectancy Black printing giossyormatte 24 Business cards recommended type 14 C Changing display language 50 Colour matching choosing image source 32 generaladvice 28 general settings 24 how to access 1 1111 011n 31 printing colour swatch 33 D Displaylanguage 50 E Envelopes ISSO esamesi reiki PRAG ek 20 F Fuser howtoreplace 65 lifeexpectaney 51 I Image drum howtoreplace 59 lifeexpectaney 51 Image drums liferemaining 49 L Labels recommendediypes 14 Language changing display and reports Ec AAA 46 LED head oi eee 68 M Maintenance Cleaning LED head 68 Memory installing upgrade menu functions menu settings Menus Colourmenu 44 Informationmenu 40 Maintenancemenu 48 Mediamenu 41 Memorymenu 47 menu map printing 40 50 Printmenu 40 Sy
7. Load the paper for letter headed paper load face down with top edge towards the front of the printer LL 1101 4 Adjust the rear stopper 1 and paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used To prevent paper jams e Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper e Do not overfill the paper tray Capacity depends on the type of paper stock e Do not load damaged paper e Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same time e Do not pull the paper tray out during printing e Close the paper tray gently Loading Paper 18 5 For face down printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is closed the paper exits from the top of the printer Stacking capacity is approximately 250 sheets depending on paper weight 6 For face up printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is open and the paper support 4 is extended Paper is stacked in reverse order and tray capacity is approximately 100 sheets depending on paper weight 7 Always use the face up rear stacker for heavy paper card stock etc CAUTION Do not open or close the rear paper exit while printing as it may result in a paper jam Loading Paper gt 19 MULTI PURPOSE TRAY 1 Open the multi purpose tray and press gently down on the paper platform 1 to ensure it is latched down 2 Load the paper and adjust the
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9. Selects the size of paper loaded in PAPERSIZE LEGAL14 Tray 1 For CUSTOM setting see LEGAL13 5 X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION LEGAL13 later in this table LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM The Status Monitor gt 41 MEDIA MENU ITEM TRAY MEDIATYPE TRAY1 MEDIAWEIGHT MPT PAPERSIZE MPT MEDIATYPE SETTINGS PLAIN LETTERHEAD BOND RECYCLED ROUGH USERTYPE1 5 LIGHT 64 74g m2 MEDIUM 75 90g m HEAVY 91 120g m A4 A5 A6 B5 LEGAL14 LEGAL13 5 LEGAL13 LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE PLAIN LETTERHEAD TRANSPARENCY LABELS BOND RECYCLED CARD STOCK ROUGH USERTYPE1 5 EXPLANATION Selects the type of media loaded in this tray This will help the printer to adjust its internal operating parameters such as engine speed and fusing temperature to better accommodate the media to be fed For example letterhead may benefit from a slightly lower fusing temperature to ensure that its ink does not offset Usertype 1 5 will be displayed only when registered from the host PC Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in this tray Selects the size of paper to be fed from the multi purpose tray For CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION later in this table Selects the type of media to be fed from the multi purpose tray so that the printer can adjust its internal parameters to better accommodate the sele
10. be individually adjusted This is useful if you want to change how a specific colour is printed gt Colours can be adjusted by changing Hue Saturation and Gamma This is useful if you wish to change the overall colour output Once these colour adjustments have been made the new settings can be selected from the printer driver Colour tab To select adjustments made with the Colour Correct Utility 1 From your application program click File and point to Print Click Properties This displays the printer driver options Click the Colour tab B M Click Advanced Colour 5 Click User Defined Select the colour adjustment you made with the Colour Correct Utility Colour Printing 34 THE STATUS MONITOR The Status Monitor software is distinct from and installed separately from the driver software NOTE For reliable operation of the Status Monitor ensure that the USB cable is of length 2m maximum The Status Monitor provides a readable indication of the printer status as displayed on the indicator LEDs on the Status Panel See The Status Panel on page 9 and allows you to access the printer menus listed at the end of this chapter to set printer parameters such as paper size etc USING THE STATUS MONITOR NOTE You are advised to refer to the extensive on line help as required when using the Status Monitor Viewing the status of the printer and viewing or changing the printer menu setti
11. giz Color Yes Paper available Double sided No Staple No Speed 2 ppm Mas mum resolution 1200 dpi i 2 ining Preferences Pim Test Page ul 3 CX cm 1 This area lists some of the main features of your printer 2 This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs Changes you make here however will become the new default settings for all Windows applications 3 This button prints a test page to ensure that your printer is working Printer settings in Windows gt 25 ADVANCED TAB ixi General Sharing Pars Advanced Color Management 1 Alay vale poe C Available hom D 00 00 2 Bew 3 Driver OKI C3100 m _New Diver Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster 7 Start printing after last page is spooled Start printing immediately 5 7 9 6 Pin rect io he it T Hold mismatched documents 8 IV Pint spooled do TT Keep print 10 r nae 12 Separator Page 1 T 11 Cancel 1 You can specify which times of day your printer will be available 2 Indicates current priority from 1 lowest to 99 highest Highest priority documents will print first 3 Specifies that documents should be spooled stored in a special print file before being printed The document is then printed in the background allowing y
12. gt 71 13 14 15 16 17 Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4 Close the front cover and close the top cover pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on When the printer is ready print a menu map by holding down the ON LINE button on the Status Panel for 2 seconds Examine the first page of the menu map Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This list contains the figure for total memory size This should indicate the total memory now installed which should be the size of memory board you have installed plus 32MB Installing additional memory gt 72 CLEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media and you keep the media in good condition prior to use your printer should give years of reliable service However paper jams occasionally do occur and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point on the paper path through the printer When a jam occurs the printer immediately stops and the Alert LED on the Status Panel together with the Status Monitor informs you of the event If printing multiple pages or copies do not assume that having cleared an obvious sheet others
13. o 26 Colour Printing sies 28 Factors that affect the appearance of prints 28 Tips for printing in colour 30 Printing photographic images 30 Printing from Microsoft Office applications 30 Printing specific colours e g a company log Zi dos RE re QUAS riae Ee trus 30 Adjusting the brightness or intensity of a PEIRE arini aa le dee Harden deck oe vc e Dia A 30 Accessing the colour matching options 31 Setting the colour matching options 31 Using the Colour Swatch feature 33 Using the Colour Correct Utility 34 Preface gt 3 The Status Monitor enn 35 UsingtheStatusMonitor 35 Printer State tabs s ea 2 5 vve 36 Printer Setup tab 0 0 0004 36 Preferences tab 2 2 05 2 concisa 39 Printer functions User Settings 40 Informattonmenu 40 PEINE MeN are scs arda om e a al a 40 Media menu ivme la 41 Colourmenu 44 System configuration menu 45 USBIMENU e erk BR ere Pade es es 46 Memorymenu 000 47 Systemadjustmentmenu 47 Maintenance menu omo 48 sagemenu ooo ooo momo 49 Printing settings 50 Changing the display language 50 Replacing consumable items 51 Consumableorderdetails 52 Tonercartr
14. options available de viv PRINTER Printing Preferences ES Setup Job Options Colour EN Ask Oxi Colour Mode C Auto Colour Advanced Colour C Greyscale Colour Matching C Auto C Manual Disabled anes Composite Black CMYK True Black K Black Finish Manual Settings Brohiness 0 O aj pes Sawa 9 El o 1 Colour Swatch Defaut seca eran er An example of using the Colour Swatch function You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red The steps you would follow are 1 Print a colour swatch then select the shade of red that best suits your needs 2 Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that you liked 3 Using your program s colour picker enter these same RGB values and change the logo to that colour The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch If this is the case it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour Here it is unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required colour Colour Printing 33 USING THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY The Oki Colour Correct Utility is provided on your printer driver CD ROM You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver The Colour Correct utility has the following features gt Microsoft Office palette colours can
15. the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rear left corner of the unit and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer Turn the two fasteners 5 90 to the right until they lock This will secure the belt unit in place Replace the four image drums complete with their toner cartridges into the printer in the same sequence as they came out cyan nearest the rear magenta yellow and black nearest the front Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed Replacing consumable items gt 64 FUSER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units WARNING If the printer has recently been powered on some fuser components will be very hot Handle the fuser with extreme care holding it only by its handle which will only be mildly warm to the touch A warning label clearly indicates the area If in doubt switch the printer off and wait at least 10 minutes for the fuser to cool before opening the printer cover Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully Replacing consumable items gt 65 2 Identify the fuser handle 1 on the top of the fuser unit Sis
16. the means to choose the information displayed by the Status Monitor and how when the Status Monitor appears E MY PR NTER Bii xi Status E ONLINE mmm Printer State Printer Setup Preferences Display Status Panel Minimized View Display taskbar status Display icon only Pop up on alerts C Always on Top Alert View C Never pop up sn The default Alert view setting Pop up on alerts ensures that the Status Monitor pops up to inform you of a condition that requires your attention e g a missing or badly fitted toner cartridge lola Status ce Toner sensor error Black Printer State Printer Setup Preferences oo E gt About OFFLINE zl xi The Status Monitor 39 PRINTER FUNCTIONS USER SETTINGS The printer settings made from the Status Monitor can be seen collectively on a printed Menu Map or Status Page For details of how to print such a map see the next section It should be noted that many of these settings can be and often are overridden by settings made in the printer drivers However several of the driver settings can be left at Printer Setting which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus Factory default settings are shown in bold type in the following tables INFORMATION MENU This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored withi
17. 50 000 A4 3 job 42158712 Average life 20 pages at continuous print 50 pages at 3 pages per job and 30 pages at 1 page per job Only use genuine Oki Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware Non Oki Original products may damage your printer s performance and invalidate your warranty Specifications subject to change without notice All trademarks acknowledged Replacing consumable items gt 52 TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT CAUTION To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors do not change the toner cartridge s until TONER EMPTY is displayed The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder It is contained in four cartridges one each for cyan magenta yellow and black Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly inside the pack that the new one came in Follow any regulations recommendations etc which may be in force concerning waste recycling If you do spill any toner powder lightly brush it off If this is not enough use a cool damp cloth to remove any residue Do not use hot water and never use solvents of any kind They will make stains permanent WARNING If you inhale any toner or get it in your eyes drink a little water or bathe your eyes liberally in cold water Seek medical attention immediately
18. C3200 OKI PRINTING SOLUTIONS INTEL User s Guide uoo ox PREFACE 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 The most up to date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website http www okieurope com Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or tr
19. IAL NUMBER ENABLE Specifies the USB serial number to DISABLE differentiate between USB devices connected to the PC If ENABLED the serial number is transmitted If DISABLED the serial number is not transmitted The Status Monitor gt 46 MEMORY MENU This menu determines how printer memory is used MEMORY MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION RECEIVE AUTO 0 5MB Sets the size of buffer memory for BUFFER SIZE 1MB receiving incoming data Normally this is allocated dynamically as required FLASH EXECUTE Clears all data from flash memory INITIALIZE SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT MENU This menu provides fine adjustment of image position on the printed page in steps of 0 25mm SYS ADJUST MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION X ADJUST Horizontal position 2 00 Y ADJUST 2 00 v0 Vertical position 2 00 DRUM ON ON rotates the drum without CLEANING OFF printing prior to printing to reduce any horizontal white line effect on the print The Status Monitor gt 47 MAINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions MAINTENANCE MENU ITEM SETTINGS MENU RESET EXECUTE SAVE MENU EXECUTE POWER SAVE ENABLE DISABLE PAPER BLACK 2 0 2 SET PAPER COLOUR 2 0 2 SET TRANSPR 2 0 2 BLACK SET TRANSPR 2 0 2 COLOUR SET EXPLANATION Resets menus to default settings Saves current menu settings as default values At confirmation prompt press ENTER to confirm save or CANCEL t
20. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover Replacing consumable items gt 53 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Replacing consumable items gt 54 3 Carry out one of the following a b If you are replacing a toner cartridge that has been supplied with your printer release lever has 3 positions pull the coloured toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer in the direction of the arrow but stop at the central upright position 1 If you are replacing any other toner cartridge lever has 2 positions pull the coloured toner release lever 1 on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer Replacing consumable items gt 55 4 Lift the right hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end as shown and withdraw the toner cartridge from the printer 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper t
21. ademarks of their proprietors As an Energy Star Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89 336 EEC EMC and 73 23 EEC LVD as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage mi Preface gt 2 CONTENTS Preface Xx iii a Ree ae ee i a kr 2 Notes Cautions and Warnings 5 Introduction aaa 6 Printer Overview akika segman Bil 7 Front VIEW e a e es 7 Re r VIEW ss A Bee RACE dur Ga 8 The Status Panel coco corra ga 9 SWItChGSs cia e a ee bed Bee eons 10 LED displays 2 iius ik REX EGO RR i 11 Paper recommendations rs 14 Cassette tray td feck ss ure a atate d 15 Multi purpose tray 15 Facedownstacker 16 Face up stacker i Sava Pee a 16 LoadingPaper 1 aaa 17 Casselte trdy i apd eos e alo jos edm Rmo 17 Multi purpose tray 20 Printer settings in Windows 21 Printer driversettings 21 Printing preferences in Windows applications 21 Setup tab iis imi xa xx 22 JobOptionstab 23 Colour tab ama ei l Ma a e 24 Setting from WindowsControlPanel 25 General tab seveyim 25 Advanced tab ss ena
22. aining image drum units 7 Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit e To remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of the belt 1 carefully lift the sheet from the belt and pull it forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet CAUTION Do not use any sharp or abrasive objects to separate sheets from the belt This may damage the belt surface Clearing paper jams gt 75 e Toremove a sheet from the central area of the belt 2 carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet cello y e To remove a sheet just entering the fuser 3 separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt push the fuser pressure release lever 4 towards the front and down to release the fuser s grip on the sheet and withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area Then allow the pressure release lever to rise again NOTE If the sheet is well advanced into the fuser only a short length is still visible do not attempt to pull it back Follow the next step to remove it from the rear of the printer Clearing paper jams 76 8 Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser replace the four image drums into the drum cavity maki
23. and release it within 2 seconds of Press 1 pressing it The operation starts immediately the switch is released 2 second press Press the switch and release it between2 and 5 Press 2 seconds after pressing it The operation starts immediately the switch is released except at job cancellation 5 second press Press the switch and hold it for 5 seconds or more Press 5 The operation starts 5 seconds after pressing the switch even if you hold it pressed for more than 5 seconds Function The results of operating the switches in different contexts are summarised below STATUS ONLINE SWITCH CANCEL SWITCH BEFORE PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESSING 1 2 5 1 2 5 ON LINE Shifts to Prints Prints idling OFF LINE Menu Demo mode Map Print 1 OFF LINE Shifts to Prints prints idling ON LINE Menu Demo mode Map Print 2 ON LINE Shifts to Cancels data being OFF LINE job received 3 processing or printing Introduction gt 10 STATUS ONLINE SWITCH CANCEL SWITCH BEFORE PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESSING 1 2 5 1 2 5 Reguesting Cancels manual paper job feed no supply 3 paper in MP Tray or paper size mismatch No paper in Cancels B Tray 1 or job Tray 1 open 3 Memory Recovers overflow or from the invalid data error and shifts to ON LINE Paper jam B At cover Recognises gt Recognises open close the toner the
24. button When set to JOB they are cleared when the print job resumes MANUAL OFF Specifies how many seconds the TIMEOUT 30 SEC printer will wait for paper to be fed 60 SEC in manual feed mode before cancelling the job WAIT TIMEOUT OFF Specifies how many seconds the 5590 300 printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject In PostScript Emulation mode the job will be cancelled if timeout occurs LOW TONER CONTINUE Specifies whether the printer should STOP continue printing even after a low toner condition is detected JAM RECOVERY ON Specifies whether the printer should OFF perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred If ON the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared ERROR REPORT ON Specifies whether to print an error OFF report when an internal error occurs The Status Monitor 45 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION LANGUAGE English Sets the language used for the German Status Monitor and printed reports French Italian Spanish Swedish Norwegian Danish Dutch Turkish Portuguese Polish Russian Greek USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface SETTINGS EXPLANATION SOFT RESET ENABLE Enables or disables the SOFT RESET DISABLE command Only available on Windows 98 and Windows Me SPEED 12MBPS Specifies the maximum transfer 480MBPS speed SER
25. condition occurs Introduction gt 13 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media including a range of paper weights and sizes transparencies and envelopes This section provides general advice on choice of media and explains how to use each type The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75 90g m2 paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types are e Arjo Wiggins Conqueror Colour Solutions 90g m2 e Colour Copy by Neusiedler Use of heavily embossed or very rough textured paper is not recommended Pre printed stationery can be used but the ink must not offset when exposed to the high fuser temperatures used in the printing process Envelopes should be free from twist curl or other deformations They should also be of the rectangular flap type with glue that remains intact when subjected to hot roll pressure fusing used in this type of printer Window envelopes are not suitable Transparencies should be of the type designed for use in copiers and laser printers We strongly recommend Oki transparencies Order No 01074101 In particular avoid office transparencies designed for use by hand with marker pens These will melt in the fuser and cause damage Labels should also be of the type recommended for use in copiers and laser printers in which the base carrier page is entirely covered by labels Other types of label stock may damage the printer due to th
26. cted type of media Usertype 1 5 will be displayed only when registered from the host PC The Status Monitor gt 42 MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MPT MEDIUM 75 Selects the media weight to be MEDIAWEIGHT 90g m fed from the multi purpose tray HEAVY 91 120g m2 ULTRA HEAVY 121 203g m2 UNIT OF MILLIMETRE Selects the unit of measure for MEASURE INCH the next two items X DIMENSION 64 210 216 Selects the width of paper defined MILLIMETRE by the CUSTOM settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings Y DIMENSION 148 297 1200 Selects the length of paper MILLIMETRE defined by the Custom settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings Note that media of up to 1200mm in length can be fed from the multi purpose tray for banner printing The Status Monitor 43 COLOUR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs Settings revert to their default values when the next print job is complete COLOUR MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION DENSITY AUTO If set to AUTO image density will be CONTROL MANUAL automatically adjusted at power on when a new image drum or toner cartridge is installed and at intervals of 100 300 and 500 drum c
27. d ensure that all paper is stacked properly is undamaged and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack When satisfied replace the tray 15 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed When the jam has been cleared if Jam Recovery is set to ON in the System Configuration Menu the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams Clearing paper jams 80 SPECIFICATIONS ITEM Dimensions Weight Print speeds Resolution Emulations SPECIFICATION 425 x 561 x 345mm W x Dx H 26Kg approximately 12 pages per minute colour 20 pages per minute monochrome 600dpi or 1200 x 600dpi Windows GDI Auto Features Auto registration Memory Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset 32MB standard upgradable to 96MB or 288MB Paper capacity 300 sheets in main tray at 80g m2 Paper weight Paper output Printer life Duty cycle Toner life Image drum life Belt life Fuser life 100 sheets in multi purpose tray 64 120g m in main tray 75 203g m in multi purpose tray 250 sheets in face down top stacker 80g m2 100 sheets in face up rear stacker 80g m2 420 000 pages or 5 years 35 000 pages per month max 1 500 pages at 5 coverage standard capacity 3 000 pages at 5 coverage high capacity 14 000 pages typical office usage 50 000 A4 pages at 3 pages per job 45 000
28. d from its wrapping Try to handle the board only by its short edges avoiding contact with any metal parts as far as possible In particular avoid touching the edge connector Notice that the memory board has a small cutout in the edge connector which is closer to one end than the other Installing additional memory gt 70 8 10 11 12 Identify the RAM expansion slot 1 in the printer OO Oo O OO 5 O O O Y If the RAM expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one To remove it proceed as follows otherwise skip to step 10 a Identify the locking clips 2 at each end of the RAM expansion slot 1 b Push the clips outward and back into the printer The board will pop out slightly c Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot d Place the removed memory board in the antistatic bag which originally contained the new memory board Hold the new memory board by its short edges so that the edge connector faces in towards the RAM expansion slot and the small cutout is closer to the bottom of the printer Gently push the board into the RAM expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any further Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer Installing additional memory
29. d surface with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue CAUTION Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvents on the LED head as damage to the lens surface will occur 3 Close the top cover Replacing consumable items gt 68 NSTALLING ADDITIONAL MEMORY This section explains how to install additional RAM memory into your printer as a memory upgrade RDER CODES Use the following order codes for additional memory gt 64MB RAM 01110301 256MB RAM 01110302 MEMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 32MB of main memory This can be upgraded with an additional memory board containing 64MB or 256MB giving a maximum total memory capacity of 288MB Installation takes a few minutes and requires a medium size cross head Philips type screwdriver 1 Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch Installing additional memory 69 Lift the front cover latch and pull open the front cover BE ae gt Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown and pull the cover away from the printer at the top Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer Place it safely to one side Carefully remove the new memory boar
30. e other than Auto For grayscale printing the printer runs at 20ppm and all pages are printed in black and white You can choose from a range of colour matching options depending on the image source for your document For example a photograph taken on a digital camera might require different colour matching from a business graphic created in a spreadsheet application Again for most general purpose use Auto is the best choice Printed output may be made lighter or darker or the colours made more saturated and vibrant as required Black areas may be printed using 100 cyan magenta and yellow giving a more glossy appearance composite black or using only black toner true black giving a more matte appearance Choosing the Auto setting allows the driver to make the most appropriate choice based on image content A single on screen button restores the default settings Printer settings in Windows gt 24 SETTING FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows rather than from within an application program a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next GENERAL TAB Per PRINTER properties KE General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management CA mane Location Comment Modet OKI C3100 1
31. e labels peeling off during the printing process Suitable types are e Avery White Laser Label types 7162 7664 7666 A4 or 5161 Letter e Kokuyo A693X series A4 or A650 B5 Business cards recommended are produced by Oki Order No 09002985 Paper recommendations 14 CASSETTE TRAY SIZE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT G M2 A6 105 x 148mm A5 148 x 210mm B5 l 182 x 257mm Light 64 74g m Executive 184 2 x 266 7mm Medium 75 90g m A4 210 x 297mm Letter o aY 91 1209 m Legal 13in 216 x 330mm Legal 13 5in 216 x 343mm Legal 14in 216 x 356mm If you have identical paper stock loaded in the multi purpose tray you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper When printing from Windows applications this function is enabled in the driver settings See Printer settings in Windows on page 21 When printing from other systems this function is enabled in the Print Menu See Printer functions User Settings on page 40 MULTI PURPOSE TRAY The multi purpose tray can handle the same media sizes as the cassette trays but in weights of 75g m2 to 203g m2 For very heavy paper stock use the face up rear paper stacker This ensures that the paper path through the printer is almost straight The multi purpose tray can feed paper widths as small as 105mm and lengths up to 1200mm banner printing For paper lengths exceeding 356mm Legal 14in use paper st
32. ettings and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next The driver settings you make from within a Windows application are those required for a particular job In both cases you can save and name on the Setup tab specific sets of driver settings which can be recalled for future use PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialogue box appears This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document Next to the printer name is a Properties button Printer settings in Windows gt 21 When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running SETUP TAB When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialogue the driver window i MY PRINTER Properties Ax Setup Job Options Color ema opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for the e 4 current document 1 Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another
33. fficient toner for 3 000 pages standard capacity or 6 000 pages high capacity in the cartridge The printer is shipped with sufficient toner for 2 250 A4 pages in each print cartridge of which 1 500 A4 pages worth of toner is used to charge each image drum Image drum 14 000 pages calculated on typical office usage where 20 of printing is 1 page only 30 is 3 page documents and 50 is print runs of 15 pages or more gt Transfer belt Approximately 50 000 A4 pages at 3 pages per job Fuser Approximately 45 000 A4 pages Standard capacity toner cartridge High capacity toner cartridge Replacing consumable items 51 CONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS Toner black standard 1 500 A4 5 43034808 Toner cyan standard 1 500 A4 5 43034807 Toner magenta standard 1 500 A4 O 5 43034806 Toner yellow standard 1 500 A4 O 5 43034805 Toner black high capacity 3 000 A4 5 42804540 Toner cyan high capacity 3 000 A4 5 42804539 Toner magenta high capacity 3 000 A4 5 42804538 Toner yellow high capacity 3 000 A4 5 42804537 Image drum kit black 14 000 A4 pages 42126665 Image drum kit cyan 14 000 A4 pages 42126664 Image drum kit magenta 14 000 A4 pages 42126663 Image drum kit yellow 14 000 A4 pages 42126662 Fuser 45 000 A4 pages 42625503 Transport belt
34. for changing the colour output For general use the automatic settings will suffice providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents Many applications have their own colour 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 colour management functions FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF PRINTS If you wish to manually adjust the colour settings in your printer driver please be aware that colour 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 colours a monitor or printer can reproduce gt Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colours visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colours In addition to this a printer cannot reproduce all of the colours displayed on a monitor and vice versa gt Both devices use very different technologies to represent colour A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs a printer uses Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black CMYK toner or ink gt A monitor can display very vivid colours such as intense reds and blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink Similarly there are certain colours some ye
35. i eli Saturation o r la Colour Swatch Defaut Cancel Apply Hep Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing photographs but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera Your results will vary depending on the subject and the conditions under which the photograph was taken sRGB The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB colour space This may be useful if colour matching from an SRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera Colour Printing gt 32 USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE To use the Colour Swatch feature you must install the Colour Swatch Utility This is supplied on the CD ROM that was supplied with your printer The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours Note that this is not the full range of colours that the printer can produce Listed on each sample colour are the corresponding RGB Red Green Blue values This can be used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB values Simply click the Colour Swatch button 1 and choose from the
36. icrosoft Word Please see your application s on line help or user manual for more information Paper type The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed colour For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper Colour Printing gt 29 TIPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer PRINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting If the colours look too dull try the Monitor 6500k Vivid or Digital Camera settings PRINTING FROM MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS Use the Monitor 9300k setting This may help if you are having problems with specific colours from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Powerpoint PRINTING SPECIFIC COLOURS E G A COMPANY LOGO There are 2 utilities on your printer driver CD ROM that can help match specific colours Colour Correct Utility Colour Swatch Utility ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OR INTENSITY OF A PRINT If the print is too light dark you can use the Brightness control to adjust it If the colours are too intense not intense enough use the Saturation control Colour Printing gt 30 ACCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The Colour Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source such as a digital camera
37. idgereplacement 53 Imagedrumreplacement 59 Replacingthebeltunit 62 Fuserreplacement 65 CleaninggtheLEbDhead 68 Installing additional memory 69 Ordercodes sii bcr a ei 69 Memoryupgrade 69 Clearingpaperjams anna 73 Specifications eese 81 Index i 0 0 aa a a pe eae xe rt ew 82 Oki contact details e 84 Preface 4 NOTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product CAUTION A caution provides additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage WARNING A warning provides additional information which if ignored may result in a risk of personal injury Notes Cautions and Warnings gt 5 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki colour printer Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of office print media Your printer includes these features gt Upto 12 pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents gt Up to 20 pages per minute in black and white for fast and efficient printing of all general purpose documents n
38. into place and release toner into the image drum unit 12 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed Replacing consumable items gt 58 MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover Static sensitive devices handle with care The printer contains four image drums cyan magenta yellow and black 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch Replacing consumable items 59 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge 3 Holding it by its top centre lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer Replacing consumable items gt 60 4 Put the old unit down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture 5 Take the new image drum unit complete with toner cartridge assembled according to the installation guide and place it on the piece of paper where the old ID unit was placed Keep it the same way
39. llows 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 colours do not match the colours displayed on screen Colour Printing gt 28 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions For example the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for Manual colour can change the appearance of a print There are several options available to help match the printed colours with those displayed on screen Monitor settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Additionally your monitor s colour temperature influences how warm or cool the colours look There are several settings found on a typical monitor gt 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphic art environments gt 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions gt 9300k Cool the default setting for many monitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature How your software application displays colour Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display colour differently from Office applications such as M
40. n the printer INFORMATION MENU ITEM ACTION EXPLANATION PRINT MENU EXECUTE Prints complete menu listing with current MAP settings shown DEMO1 EXECUTE Prints demo page PRINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION COPIES 1 999 Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed from 1 to 999 PAPER FEED TRAY1 Selects the default tray for paper feed MP TRAY Tray 1 or MP Tray multi purpose tray AUTO TRAY ON OFF Turns Auto Tray Switch function ON or SWITCH OFF TRAY SEQUENCE DOWN Select Tray Sequences of Auto Tray UP Select and Auto Tray Switch PAPER FEED TRAY The Status Monitor 40 PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT Ifa document to be printed demands a USE paper size not installed in the selected WHEN tray the printer can automatically feed MISMATCH from the multi purpose tray instead If this function is not enabled the printer will stop and request the correct size of paper to be loaded MEDIA CHECK ENABLE Determines whether the printer checks DISABLE the size of paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print MONO PRINT AUTO Selects the printer s print engine speed SPEED COLOUR for the SPEED type of print media in use NORMAL SPEED MEDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY1 A4 A5 A6 B5
41. ng sure to locate them in the correct order 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge e Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity Clearing paper jams 77 9 Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets 10 Opentherearexittray 5 and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area 6 e Pull out any sheets found in this area e If the sheet is low down in this area and difficult to remove it is probably still gripped by the fuser In this case raise the top cover reach around and press down on the fuser pressure release lever 7 ULL z pn 11 If you are not using the rear exit tray close it once paper has been removed from this area Clearing paper jams 78 12 Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover 13 Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find then close the cover Clearing paper jams gt 79 14 Pull out the paper tray an
42. ngs are carried out as follows 1 Click on Start All Programs and select Okidata OKI C3200 Printer Name Status Monitor The current printer status is shown inis E ONLINE IE The Status Monitor 35 2 Click on the window maximise button and the view will expand to include the Printer State Printer Setup and Preferences tabs lola Status E ONLNE 7 Printer State Printer Setup Preferences OKI gt e A About Ready to Print 2 zl PRINTER STATE TAB This tab is visible by default on opening the Status Monitor and displays detailed information about the status of the printer PRINTER SETUP TAB Selecting this tab provides access to the Printer Settings button which when selected enables you to configure the printer settings Status E ONLINE m Printer State Printer Setup Preferences Configure Printer Settings About Help The Status Monitor gt 36 User Settings This tab is intended to be used for normal day to day use by any user The User Settings tab has the menu items on the left and allows you to configure a selected setting on the right Click the Save button to save the new setting or the Undo button to undo the change Use File Exit to return to the Printer Setup Tab Printer Settings MY_PRINTER pbi Fle He User Settings Administrator Seting Tray Paper Size
43. o prevent toner from marking your furniture CAUTION The green image drum surface is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 6 Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment Replacing consumable items gt 56 7 Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge Vs 8 Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge 9 Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed 10 Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum unit first pushing it against the spring on the drum unit then lower the right end of the cartridge onto the image drum unit Replacing consumable items 57 11 Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated push the coloured lever 1 towards the rear of the printer This will lock the cartridge
44. o cancel Enables or disables automatic power save mode Delay before entering this mode is set in the system configuration menu Used for small adjustment when you experience faded print or light specks streaking in monochrome printing on white paper Select a higher value to reduce fading or a lower value to reduce specks or streaking in high density print areas As above but for colour printing As above but for mono printing on transparencies As above but for colour printing on transparencies The Status Monitor gt 48 USAGE MENU This menu is for information only and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them USAGE MENU ITEM EXPLANATION TOTAL PAGE COUNT The total number of prints output by the printer TRAY1 PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from Tray 1 MPT PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from the multi purpose tray COLOUR PAGE The total number of pages printed in colour COUNT MONO PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in monochrome K DRUM LIFE REMAINING C DRUM LIFE REMAINING M DRUM LIFE REMAINING Percentage of life remaining in these consumable Y DRUM LIFE items REMAINING BELT LIFE REMAINING FUSER LIFE REMAINING K TONER C TONER Current toner level f
45. ock between 90g m2 and 128g m2 and the face up rear paper stacker Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time subject to a maximum stacking depth of 10mm Paper or transparencies should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer Paper recommendations gt 15 FACE DOWN STACKER The face down stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 250 sheets of 80g m standard paper and can handle paper stocks up to 120g m2 Pages printed in reading order page 1 first will be sorted in reading order last page on top facing down FACE UP STACKER The face up stacker at the rear of the printer should be opened and the tray extension pulled out when required for use In this condition paper will exit via this path regardless of driver settings The face up stacker can hold up to 100 sheets of 80g m2 standard paper and can handle stocks up to 203g m2 Always use this stacker and the multi purpose feeder for paper stocks heavier than 120g m2 Paper recommendations gt 16 LOADING PAPER CASSETTE TRAY 1 Remove the paper tray from the printer 2 Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges 1 and in the middle 2 to ensure that all sheets are properly separated then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again 3 Ep Lo 1 2 3 Loading Paper gt 17 3
46. ocuments are lower priority than documents which are still spooling If no documents have completed spooling the spooler will favour larger spooling documents over shorter ones Use this option if you want to maximise printer efficiency When this option is disabled the spooler chooses documents based only on their priority settings Specifies that the spooler should not delete documents after they are completed This allows documents to be re submitted to the printer from the spooler instead of printing again from the application program If you use this option frequently it will require large amounts of disk space on your computer Specifies whether advanced features such as page order and pages per sheet are available depending on your printer For normal printing keep this option enabled If compatibility problems occur you can disable the feature However these advanced options may then not be available even though the hardware might support them This button provides access to the same setup windows as when printing from applications Changes made via the Windows Control Panel become the Windows default settings You can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents This is particularly useful on a shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack Printer settings in Windows gt 27 COLOUR PRINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls
47. or 3 000 page C3100 M TONER cartridges Y TONER The Status Monitor 49 PRINTING SETTINGS To print a list of the printer settings 1 2 3 Start the Status Monitor Select the Printer Setup tab Click on the Printer Settings button on the Printer Setup tab Click on the Information menu and then select Print Menu Map Click on the Execute button to print a Menu Map of printer settings NOTE A menu map of printer settings can also be printed from the Status Panel by holding down the ON LINE button for 2 seconds CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE If required carry out the following instructions to change the language that is displayed in the Status Monitor 1 2 3 Start the Status Monitor Select the Printer Setup tab Click on the Printer Settings button on the Printer Setup tab In the System Configuration menu select the required language Click on the Save button The Status Monitor gt 50 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due As a guide the life expectancy of these items is gt Toner 1 500 standard capacity or 3 000 high capacity A4 pages at 5 coverage which means that 5 of the addressable print area is printed with this colour Toner life is directly affected by coverage e g at 10 coverage there is sufficient toner for 750 pages standard capacity or 1 500 pages high capacity conversely at 2 5 there is su
48. ot requiring colour gt 1200 x 600dpi dots per inch print resolution for high quality image production showing the finest detail V Single Pass Colour Digital LED technology for high speed processing of your printed pages High speed USB 2 0 interface V V Photo Enhance mode to improve printouts of photographic images V Ask Oki a brand new user friendly function that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen but not always illustrated in this guide to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using This is where you ll find all the advice assistance and support you could need to help you get the best possible results from your Oki printer Additionally the following optional feature is available Additional memory to allow printing of more complex pages Introduction 6 PRINTER OVERVIEW FRONT VIEW Output stacker face down Standard printed copy delivery point Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g m2 Multi purpose feeder release 2 press Status Panel Status LEDs and operator buttons Front Cover release lift 5 Paper tray Standard blank paper tray Holds up to 300 sheets of 80g m paper 6 Multi purpose feeder shown closed Used for feeding heavier paper stocks envelopes and other special media Also for manual feeding of single sheets when required 7 ON OFF switch Introduction gt 7 REAR VIEW This view sho
49. ounts If a 500 drum count interval occurs during a print job it will occur at the end of that job and will take up to 55 seconds If set to MANUAL this adjustment will only be performed when initiated by the next menu item ADJUST EXECUTE Selecting this will perform the auto DENSITY density set up immediately AJST EXECUTE Performs automatic colour REGISTRATION registration adjustment Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed This process accurately aligns the cyan magenta and yellow images to the black image C REG FINE 3v0v43 ADJUST 3v043 r M REG FINE Performs fine adjustment of image ADOS 3 0 3 timing in relation to the black image component Y REG FINE ADJUST The Status Monitor gt 44 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION POW SAVE TIME 5 MIN Adjusts the idling time before the 15 MIN printer automatically switches into 30 MIN power saving mode In this mode 60 MIN power consumption is reduced to a 240 MIN low level required to just keep the printer operating and ready to receive data When a job is sent the printer will require a warm up time of up to 1 minute before printing can begin CLEARABLE ON When ON non critical warnings WARNING JOB such as requests for a different paper size can be cleared by pressing the ON LINE
50. our application program to become available more quickly 4 This specifies that printing should not start until the last page has been spooled If your application program needs a lot of time for further computation in the middle of printing causing the print job to pause for more than a short period the printer could prematurely assume that the document has finished Selecting this option would prevent that situation but printing will be completed a little later as the start is delayed 5 This is the opposite choice to the one above Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling 6 This specifies that the document should not be spooled but printed directly Your application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete This requires less disk space on your computer since there is no spool file 7 Directs the spooler to check the document setup and match it to the printer setup before sending the document to print If a mismatch is detected the document is held Printer settings in Windows gt 26 10 11 12 in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and the document restarted from the print queue Mismatched documents in the queue will not prevent correctly matched documents from printing Specifies that the spooler should favour documents which have completed spooling when deciding which document to print next even if completed d
51. paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used e When printing on headed paper load the paper into the multi purpose tray with pre printed side up and top edge into the printer e Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer e Do not exceed the paper capacity of about 50 sheets or 10 envelopes Maximum stacking depth is 10mm 3 Press the tray latch button 3 inwards to release the paper platform so that the paper is lifted and gripped in place Set the correct paper size for the multi purpose tray in the Media Menu See Printer functions User Settings on page 40 Loading Paper gt 20 PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS Your printer s menus accessed via the The Status Monitor on page 35 provide access to many options The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the menus and you print documents from Windows the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the menus The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP Other Windows versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS You can make printer driver settings either from Windows Printers window called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP or from within a Windows application The driver settings you make from Windows are essentially default s
52. rly labelled Do not touch Replacing consumable items gt 62 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges It is essential that they go back in the same order 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge 3 Lift each of the image drum units starting from the rear out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting Replacing consumable items gt 63 4 10 Locate the two fasteners 5 at each side of the belt and the lifting bar 6 at the front end k m Turn the two fasteners 90 to the left This will release the belt from the printer chassis Pull the lifting bar 6 upwards so that belt tilts up towards the front and withdraw the belt unit from the printer Lower the new belt unit into place with
53. round as the old unit Pack the old ID unit inside the packaging material for disposal The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 6 Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity Replacing consumable items gt 61 7 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed NOTE If you need to return or transport your printer for any reason please make sure you remove the image drum unit beforehand and place in the bag provided This is to avoid toner spillage REPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums This unit requires replacement approximately every 50 000 pages Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clea
54. size and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer Add i A4 210 x 297mm About Den 6 YES AE Hes 2 You can choose the source of the paper to feed which may be Tray 1 the standard paper tray or the multi purpose feeder You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray 3 The setting for paper weight should match the type of paper on which you intend to print 4 A variety of document finishing options can be selected such as normal one page per sheet or N up where N can be a maximum of 16 for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet Poster printing will print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets 5 If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them 6 A single on screen button restores the default settings Printer settings in Windows gt 22 JoB OPTIONS TAB 1 The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows e The highest quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi This option requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print e The normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is adequate for all but the most discerning applications e The draft setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for draft documents where print quali
55. stem adjustment menu 47 System configuration menu 45 Usagemenu 49 USB MENU Mame sesin led es 46 Multi purpose tray NOW tO USO uestro Res 20 papermetrics 15 P Page orientation setting in Windows 23 Paper jamdcdlearing loading cassette tray loading letterhead recommendediypes size setting in Windows 22 supported sheet sizes 15 tray selection in Windows 22 Index 82 Poster printing 22 Power saving delay figa c eie esee rme vies 45 PreferencesMenu 39 Print order face down stacker 19 face up Stacker 19 Print settings howtosave 22 Printer default settings Windowsdefaults 25 Printing adjusting image position 47 Priority print queue priority 26 R Resolution setting in Windows 23 S Separator page separating print jobs 27 Setting THendss slayer e n ree 37 Spooling Windows settings StatusMonitor T Toner how to replace life expectancy liferemaining Transparencies recommendediypes 14 Ww Watermark printing in Windows
56. toner after the has been has not waste toner changed been has become changed full 1 The Menu Map or Status Page provides details of printer settings and status information 2 Shifts to ON LINE after printing has started 3 Executes job cancellation 2 seconds after start of switch operation even if the switch is held down longer LED DISPLAYS General Printer status as indicated by the LEDs can be broadly categorised as follows 1 Normal status the printer is operating normally e g it is ON LINE or processing 2 Warning status you can continue to use the printer without intervention but an error may result Introduction gt 11 3 Error status you cannot continue to use the printer Intervention is reguired to recover from the error Fatal errors are irrecoverable and reguire a service call When several different status situations occur concurrently only the status with the highest priority is displayed on the LEDs Warning status combined with the highest priority normal status is displayed on the LEDs Function A summary of the functions of each LED is given below LED FUNCTION Power Indicates POWER ON ON LINE OFF LINE power saving Ready data receiving printing job cancelling warming up density adjustment temperature adjustment in progress Paper Indicates paper out warning alarm manual feed request Consumable Indicates consumables life warning alarm consumables installation error
57. ty is less critical 2 You can print watermark text behind the main page image This is useful for marking documents as draft confidential etc 3 You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively although you will need to top up the paper tray during such a long print run 4 Page orientation can be set to either portrait tall or landscape wide 5 Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery 6 Clicking the Advanced button gives you access to further settings For example you can elect to have black areas printed using 100 K toner a more matte appearance 7 A single on screen button restores the default settings The quality of photographic images can be improved Printer settings in Windows gt 23 COLOUR TAB de MY PR NTER Printing Preferences BE zi xi Setup Job Options Colour Ell Ask Oki 5 Colour Mode Auto Colour Advanced Colour Greyscale 2 a eoa Matching G Auto C Manual arma ee aena C Disabled girs 4 MN C Composite Black CMYK C True Black K Manual Stings Biges 0 O El res Satuation o 9 a Fl o Colour Swatch bean i 3 pese Control over the colour output of your printer may be performed automatically or for advanced control by manual adjustment The automatic setting will be appropriate in most cases The other options in this window only become visible when you select a choic
58. will not also be stopped somewhere along the path These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation 1 If a sheet is well advanced out of the top of the printer simply grip it and pull gently to draw it fully out If it does not remove easily do not use excessive force It can be removed from the rear later 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch Clearing paper jams 73 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path Holding it by its top centre lift the cyan image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer Clearing paper jams gt 74 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes 6 Repeat this removal procedure for each of the rem
59. ws the connection panel and the rear output stacker 8 USB interface USB cable must 10 Rear face up 100 sheet stacker be of length 2m maximum for reliable Status Monitor operation 9 AC power socket When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits through the rear of the printer and is stacked here face up This is mainly used for heavy print media When used in conjunction with the multi purpose feed tray the paper path through the printer is essentially straight This avoids bending the paper around curves in the paper path and enables feeding of up to 203g m2 media Introduction gt 8 THE STATUS PANEL The Status Panel allows operator intervention and indicates both when the printer is operating normally and when it reguires attention Detailed printer status is provided by the Status Monitor See Using the Status Monitor on page 35 ON LINE CANCEL Y pp The Status Panel incorporates 4 LEDs and 2 push button switches as follows Power Ready LED green Paper LED amber Consumable LED amber Alarm LED amber ON LINE switch CANCEL switch The switches enable printer operation while the LEDs display the status of the printer operation 5 WEN Introduction gt 9 SWITCHES Operation The switches are labelled ON LINE and CANCEL and each has three modes of operation as follows MODE OF DESCRIPTION OPERATION Momentary press Press the switch

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