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Oki 3400n Printer User Manual

1. izza 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you Print Palette want to adjust and click an unmatched color An instruction appears in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you Peset specified and click Next lt Back Cancel Help C3400n User s Guide 120 11 The Enter Adjustment Value screen appears View the pull down menus for the Hue X and Brightness Y values You are finding the available ranges for both Hue X and Brightness Y The available ranges values vary according to color 12 Use the Sample Color Chart Find the color you want to adjust Locate the desired color within the identified available ranges values from Step 10 Find the values for both Hue X and Brightness Y C3400n User s Guide 121 13 On the Pallete Color Matching screen click the color you want to adjust The Enter Adjustment Value screen appears View the pull down menus for the Hue X and Brightness Y values Adjust the values for Hue and Brightness to match the values from Step 11 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you Print Palette want to adju
2. AUTO EXPLANATION If set to AUTO image density will be ADJUSTMENT MANUAL automatically adjusted at power on MODE when a new image drum or toner cartridge is installed and at intervals of 100 300 and 500 drum counts 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 DENSITY EXECUTE Selecting this will perform the auto ADJUSTMENT density set up immediately COLOR EXECUTE Performs automatic color REGISTRATION registration adjustment Normally ADJUSTMENT 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 POSITION REG FINE ADJUSTMENT C REG FINE 3 0 3 Performs fine adjustment of image ADJUST timing in relation to the black image M REG FINE 3 0 43 component ADJUST Y REG FINE 300 3 ADJUST C3400n User s Guide 68 System configuration menu This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION STATUS PAGE ENABLED Automatically prints status on power AUTO PRINT DISABLED up TIME TO POWER 5 MIN Adjusts the idling time before the SAVE MODE 15 MIN printer automatically switches into 30 MIN power saving m
3. Setup tab When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialog the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for the current document 1 Size Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer 2 Source You can choose the source of the paper to feed which may be Tray 1 the Cassette Tray or the Multi Purpose Tray You can either select the tray from the dropdown list or you can click on the appropriate part of the printer graphic to select your preferred tray 3 Weight The setting for paper weight should match the type of paper on which you intend to print 4 Paper Feed Options Click on the Paper Feed Options button to modify your document to fit to paper of a different size and to access advanced Cassette Tray and Multi Purpose tray settings 5 Finishing Mode 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 Select the Poster printing option to print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets 6 2 Sided Printing You can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2 sided printing duplex printing Your printer allows you to carry out manual dup
4. 24 Ib US Bond 90 g m2 e Xerox 4024 20 Ib US Bond 75 g m2 e Oki 52206101 Bright White Proofing Paper 32 Ib US Bond 120 g m 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 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 the labels peeling off during the printing process Suitable types are e Avery 5161 White Laser Label Letter size e Avery 7162 7664 7666 White Laser Labels size A4 C3400n User s Guide 16 Cassette Tray The Cassette Tray can handle paper in weights of 17 to 47 lb 64 g m2 to 176 g m2 The Cassette Tray is ideal for printing Letter size documents of more than 1 page in length TRAY WEIGHT SIZE DIMENSIONS Light A6 4 13 x 5 83 in 17 20 lb 105 x 148 mm 64 74 g m2 A5 5 83 x 8 27 in Cassette Medium 148 x 210 mm Tray 20 24 Ib B5 7 17 x 10 12 in 75 90 g m2 182 x 257 mm Heavy Executive 7 25 x 10 5 in 24 4
5. Black Finish Use this option to control the way black is printed in color documents Select Composite Black CMYK to use all 4 toner colors to represent black This option is recommended for color photos Select True Black K to use 100 black toner to represent black This option is recommended for text and business graphics Brightness Saturation This option allows you to increase brightness for a lighter print Modify saturation to change the strength or purity of a color If the printed colors are too strong reduce saturation and increase brightness As a general rule reduce saturation by the same amount as you increase brightness For example if you reduce saturation by 10 increase brightness by 10 to compensate Printer setup options Printer options Media weight Select the thickness or type of paper in the printer It is important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper For example if you are printing on normal Letter A4 paper do not select Labels as this may cause toner smearing and paper jams C3400n User s Guide 44 Paper size check Select Paper Size check if you want the printer to warn you when the document paper size is different from the paper in the printer A warning message is displayed and printing continues when you load the correct paper in the tray and press ON LINE When this option is deselected the printer uses the paper loaded in the
6. created in a spreadsheet application Again for most general purpose use Auto is the best choice 3 Brightness and Saturation Printed output may be made lighter or darker or the colors made more saturated and vibrant as required 4 Black Finish 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 5 Default Click the Default button to restore the default printer settings C3400n User s Guide 31 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 1 Features This area lists some of the main features of your printer 2 Printing Preferences This button opens the same windows for items which can be set from within application programs as described earlier in Printing preferences in Windows applications on page 26 Changes you make here however will become the new default settings for all Windows applications 3 Print Test Page This button prints a test p
7. Blue values This can be used to pick specific colors in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB values Simply click the Color Swatch button 1 and choose from the options available An example of using the Color Swatch function You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red The steps you would follow are 1 Print a color 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 color picker enter these same RGB values and change the logo to that color The RGB color displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the color swatch If this is the case it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce color Here it is unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required color C3400n User s Guide 59 Using the Color Correct Utility The Oki Color 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 Color Correct utility has the following features gt Microsoft Office palette colors can be individually adjusted This is useful if you want to change how a specific color is printed gt Colors can be adjusted by changing Hue Saturation and Gamma This is useful if you wish to change the overall color output Once these color a
8. D Darkness adjustment for color 133 Display language oooccccocncncncnnoncnnnos 74 E Envelopes A A ees recommended types F Fuser how to replace ocomcocococnncnnono nos 86 H Hue adjustment for color 133 I Image drum how to replace c sseecseseeseereees 82 Image drums life remaining seeeeeeeeee 73 L Labels recommended types 16 Language changing display and reports lan QUADS nd o 70 LEDOGISDIAY tratos astas hera naina 13 LED CAG umi did 94 C3400n User s Guide 142 Default print settings Page Setup Options Print COntrol ccceceeeeeeeeee eee eee Printing OptiOnS cceeeeeeeeeees Mac OS X Changing the default printer and pa per size Printer setup options setting default printer Setting Printing Options setting printing options 40 Maintenance Cleaning LED head 055 94 Manual Duplex Cassette Tray csccseerereeereneer 47 Multi Purpose Tray 0ee 49 Manual Duplex printing 5 47 Memory installing upgrade seee 95 menu FUNCTIONS Gesn naire 62 menu SettingS oooccocconcnnnncnnnnnonos 74 Menus Color Menu c ocococonencononenencononoss 68 Information menu 64 Maintenance Menu occccccccncnnonos 72 Media Menu c ccccccccononcnnononnnnnons 66 menu map printing o o o 74 Print MENU iesist ainiaan 65 Shutdown ME
9. current Page Setup settings as a standard for all documents Format for Allows you to select your printer model before changing options such as Paper size and Orientation Paper Size Select a paper size to match your document and the paper loaded in the printer The paper margin is 1 6 inch 4 2 mm at all edges To specify your own paper sizes select Manage Custom Sizes n Scale You can scale documents up or down to fit onto different paper sizes To fit your document on a specific paper size select Options in the Paper Handling drop down menu in the Print Options dialog box Orientation You can select a portrait or landscape option When using landscape you can rotate the document 180 degrees Print options Copies amp pages Copies This option allows you to enter the number of copies to print If you select Collate all pages of the document will print before the next copy prints Pages You can select whether to print all pages of a document or just a section of it C3400n User s Guide 41 Layout Pages per sheet You can shrink multiple pages and print them on a single sheet of paper For example choosing 4 up will tile four of your document s pages across a single sheet of paper You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border Scheduler This option lets you choose whether to print your document immediately or defer
10. in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border Print Options Options Media Weight Select the thickness type of paper in the printer It s important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper For example if you are printing on regular paper don t select Labels as this may cause toner smearing and paper jams Paper Size Check Select Paper Size check if you want the printer to warn you when the document paper size is different from the paper in the printer C3400n User s Guide 38 A warning message is displayed and printing continues when you load the correct paper and press ONLINE When this option is switched off the printer uses the paper loaded in the selected tray regardless of the document size Feed Manually from Multi Purpose Tray Select this if you want the printer to wait until you press the ON LINE button when feeding from the Multi Purpose Tray This can be useful if printing on envelopes Always Create 100 Black K Toner Select this if you want the printer to always use only black K toner when printing pure black RGB 0 0 0 This is effective even when Composite Black CMYK is selected in the color options Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing Depending on printing habits and usage patterns running the maintenance cycle before printing may ensure the best possible print quality This feature us
11. it flush again 3 3 Adjust the Rear Stopper 1 and Paper Guides 2 to the size of paper being used Use the markings on the printer as a guide C3400n User s Guide 21 Load the paper 1 Use the level indicators 2 as a guide For letter headed paper load face down with top edge towards the front of the printer To prevent paper jams Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper Do not overfill the Cassette Tray Capacity depends on the type of paper stock Do not load damaged paper Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same time Do not pull the Cassette Tray out during printing Close the Cassette Tray gently C3400n User s Guide 22 6 For face down printing make sure the Face Up rear Stacker is closed the paper exits from the top of the printer Stacking capacity is approximately 150 sheets depending on paper weight 7 For face up printing make sure the Face Up rear Stacker is open and the paper support 1 is extended Paper is stacked in reverse order and tray capacity is approximately 10 Letter A4 sheets depending on paper weight or 1 envelope or 1 sheet of heavier media 8 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 C3400n User s Guide 23 Multi Purpose Tray 1 Open the Multi Purpose Tray and press
12. 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 11 Printing Defaults 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 12 Separator Page 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 C3400n User s Guide 34 Printing From Mac Mac OS 9 Choosing Printing Options 6 Use the print dialog to choose your printer and select options for how you want your document to print Open the document you want to print If you wish to change the paper size or page orientation choose File gt Page Setup Select File gt Print Select your printer from the Printer pop up menu If you wish to change any printer driver settings select the necessary options in the print dialog You can select more options from the Copies amp Pages menu Changing the default print settings describes how to set printer driver options Click Print Changing the default print settings If you print a document and change the printer driver settings these changes are only remembered for that particular docu
13. page 35 C3400n User s Guide 63 Printer menus Information menu This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer INFORMATION MENU ITEM ACTION EXPLANATION PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints complete menu listing with STATUS PAGE current settings shown PRINT PRINT NETWORK EXECUTE Prints a page that lists the printer s CONFIGURATION current network settings DEMO PRINT EXECUTE Prints demo page Shut down menu This menu provides an option to ensure that your printer can be safely switched off SHUT DOWN MENU ITEM ACTION EXPLANATION SHUT DOWN EXECUTE Prepares printer to be safely switched START off C3400n User s Guide 64 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 MANUAL FEED ON OFF Selects the default tray for paper feed Multi Purpose Cassette Tray or Multi Purpose Tray Tray MEDIA SIZE ENABLE Determines whether the printer checks CHECK 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 Color for the NORMAL type of print media in use C3400n User s Guide 65 Media menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide ran
14. paper around curves in the paper path inside the printer and enables feeding of up to 54 Ib 203g m2 media C3400n User s Guide Inside your printer roe 16 13 Fuser unit 16 Image drum units The Fuser unit contains a heated The toner from the toner roller that fixes toner to the print cartridges adheres to the outer media paper or card plate of the image drum The image drum then transfers the toner to the print media as it passes through the printer 14 Fuser lever The lever has a locked position for when the toner cartridge is in place and an unlocked position for 17 LED Heads removal and changing 4 LED Light Emitting Diode Heads direct light onto the 4 15 Toner cartridges and toner image drums cartridge levers The 4 toner cartridges hold dry powdered ink The lever locks the toner cartridge into place on the image drum or releases it for changing Press the Cover Open Release 7 to open the printer cover and look inside the printer C3400n User s Guide 9 The Operation Panel a A A The Operation Panel allows operator intervention and indicates both when the printer is operating normally and when it requires attention Detailed printer status is provided by the Status Monitor in Windows or Printer Driver in Mac See Using the Status Monitor on page 61 O fh A onune CAN 00006 The Operation Panel incorporates 3 LEDs and 2 push button switches as follows from
15. printing until later You can also assign a priority to a print job These features are useful if you are printing large documents that take a long time to print Paper handling Page order You can choose to print your document in the normal page order 1 2 3 or reverse order 3 2 1 Print This option allows you to choose whether to print only odd or even numbered pages This is useful if you are using manual duplex for which you first print all odd pages re insert the paper in the printer and then print all even pages Destination paper size Scale documents to fit on the size of paper in your printer For example you can take a document formatted for Legal A3 and print it on Letter A4 paper using an Letter A4 printer ColorSync Color conversion For Color Conversion Standard is the only option available for your printer model Quartz Filter Choose a Quartz filter if you wish to apply a special effect to your print job such as Sepia or Blue Tone This is only available on Mac OS X 10 3 Panther or later versions C3400n User s Guide 42 Cover page Choosing a cover page may help you to identify your printed document in a large pile of paper This is useful in a busy office with many people sharing the printer Paper source This option allows you to select which paper tray to use for your print job Print quality Print quality Use this option to selects the print resolution The setting produces
16. s Guide 108 ITEM Toner life SPECIFICATION Standard cartridge at 5 coverage C M Y approximately 1 000 pages B approximately 1 500 pages High capacity cartridge at 5 coverage C M Y approximately 2 000 pages B approximately 2 500 pages Image drum life 15 000 pages at 3 pages per job Belt life 50 000 letter size pages Fuser life 50 000 letter size pages C3400n User s Guide 109 Utilities Overview The following utilities are available for your printer Color Correction Utility Color Swatch Utility Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Network Print Status Utility Network Setup Utility Print Job Accounting Utility PrintSuperVision Web Driver Installer Accessing You may access the utilities two ways via the CD shipped with the printer via a download from the internet accesseed through the Menu Installer on the CD Here is a list of the utilities provided on the CD shipped with your printer Color Correction Utility Color Swatch Utility Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Network Print Status Utility Network Setup Utility Here is a list of the utilities provided via download Print Job Accounting Utility PrintSuperVision Web Driver Installer C3400n User s Guide 110 Descriptions of Utilities 1 4 5 Color Correction Utility This utility allows you to fine tune the printer s color settings and save them for future use See Co
17. select up to 999 copies to print consecutively although you will need to top up the Cassette Tray during such a long print run 6 Orientation Page orientation can be set to either portrait tall or landscape wide 7 Scale Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery 8 Watermark You can print watermark text behind the main page image This is useful for marking documents as draft confidential etc C3400n User s Guide 29 9 10 Advanced 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 Default Click the Default button to restore the default printer settings C3400n User s Guide 30 Color tab 1 Color Matching Auto or Manual Control over the color 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 choice other than Auto For grayscale printing the printer runs at the fastest print speed approx 20ppm and all pages are printed in black and white 2 Color Mode You can choose from a range of color matching options depending on the image source for your document For example a photograph taken on a digital camera might require different color matching from a business graphic
18. steps in Step 1 Print the Sample Color Chart see page 117 6 Click Next 7 The Pallete Color Matching screen appears me E RAAN 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you Print Palette want to adjust and click an unmatched color An instruction appears in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you specified and click Next lt Back Cancel led C3400n User s Guide 118 8 Click Test print The Color Adjustment Chart prints 9 Compare the printed Color Adjustment Chart to the Pallete Color Matching screen If the printed colors do not match the screen perform an adjustment You cannot adjust colors marked with an X C3400n User s Guide 119 Change the Pallete Color Step 3 Make the adjustments and save the settings First you must perform the steps in Step 1 Print the Sample Color Chart see page 117 and Step 2 Print the Color Adjustment Chart see page 118 When making the adjustments you are obtaining the best possible match between the values for Hue and Brightness on your Sample Color Chart and the Pallete Color Matching screen 10 On the Pallete Color Matching screen click the color you want to adjust
19. the Menu Installer located on the CD Additional Information For more information see the on line help in the utility C3400n User s Guide 115 Change the Pallete Color General Information NOTES This feature is not available for Windows Me 98 This feature is not available for shared printers When test printing use paper larger than B5 size There are four steps in changing the Pallete Color 1 Print the Sample Color Chart See page 117 2 Print the Color Adjustment Chart See page 118 3 Make the adjustments Save the adjustments using a name you select See page 120 4 When printing a document select the name of the saved adjustment settings See page 125 C3400n User s Guide 116 Change the Pallete Color Step 1 Print the Sample Color Chart 1 Click Start Programs All Applications Windows XP Click Start gt Programs gt Okidata gt Color Correct Utility gt Color Adjustment Utility 2 Select Adjust Pallete Color Click Next 3 The Select Printer screen appears Select the printer you are using Click Next The Color Correct Utility starts Installed printer drivers display You must setup each driver 4 The Select Setting screen appears From the list select the desired setting Click Sample Print 5 The Sample Color Chart prints C3400n User s Guide 117 Change the Pallete Color Step 2 Print the Color Adjustment Chart First you must perform the
20. the best graphic images but these images can take longer to print Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly improve quality when printing images The printer driver analyses any photographic images and processes them to improve the overall appearance This setting cannot be used together with the High Quality print quality setting Toner Saving Toner saving uses less toner when printing your document This is best suited to draft text documents as it lightens the print significantly Color Color mode elo Ko Hu olb DESCRIPTION Auto Color The driver selects the most appropriate color settings Advanced Color Allows you to manually adjust color and black and white settings or select Grayscale Convert all colors to shades of grey Color matching C3400n User s Guide 43 COLOR DESCRIPTION Monitor 6500K optimized for printing photos Colors are Perceptual printed with emphasis on saturation Monitor 6500K optimized for printing photos but with Vivid even more saturated colors Monitor 9300K optimized for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness Digital Camera Results will vary depending on the subject and conditions the image was taken sRGB The printer reproduces the sRGB color space This might be useful if color matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera
21. the printer can adjust its BOND internal parameters to better RECYCLED accommodate the selected type CARD STOCK of media Usertype 1 5 will be ROUGH displayed only when registered USERTYPE1 5 from the host PC MANUAL Multi MEDIUM Selects the media weight to be Purpose Tray 20 24 lb fed from the Multi Purpose Tray iota 75 50 orm HEAVY 24 32 lb 91 120 g m2 ULTRA HEAVY 32 54 Ib 121 203 g m2 CUSTOM PAPER MILLIMETRE Selects the unit of measure for SIZE INCH the next two items MEDIA SIZE UNIT CUSTOM PAPER 2 52 8 27 8 5 Selects the width of paper defined SIZE inches by the CUSTOM settings MEDIA WIDTH 64 210 216 referred to in the foregoing PAPER CUSTOM PAPER 5 83 11 47 24 Selects the length of paper SIZE inches defined by the Custom settings MEDIA 148 297 1200 referred to in the foregoing PAPER LENGTH MILLIMETRE SIZE settings Note that media of up to 47 24 in 1200 mm in length can be fed from the Multi Purpose Tray for banner printing C3400n User s Guide 67 Color menu The printer automatically adjusts color 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 COLOR MENU ITEM DENSITY SETTINGS
22. 30V 43377002 Belt Belt 43378001 Memory 64 MB RAM 70042801 256 MB RAM 70042901 Only use genuine Oki Original products 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 C3400n User s Guide 75 Toner cartridge replacement 1 CAUTION To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors do not change the toner cartridge s until TONER EMPTY is displayed through the Status Monitor 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 by placing it 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 Before changing the toner cartridge switch off the prin
23. 6 Setting from Windows Control Panel 32 Printing From MaC cooooococommmnncrnana o 35 MACOS Mii A O AA A E 35 MacOS Xt a ee we ee as 40 Printing usina ore este eee re a a ee ee 46 Test printing sid ee be Rae ee eee So a t 46 2 sided printing Windows only o o oooooo 46 Printing on different media o 51 Setting other printing options ooooo 52 Cancelling a print job o oooooooooooo o 53 Color PrintinG lt lt lt lt lt lt lt ooooooooommonarananas 54 Factors that affect the appearance of prints 54 Tips for printing incolor 2 2 0 0 eee es 56 Accessing the color matching options 57 Setting the color matching options 57 Using the Color Swatch feature oooooooo o 59 Using the Color Correct Utility 60 Using the printer software 0000 eee eee eee 61 Status Monitor Windows only o o oooooooo o 61 Printer functions User Settings oo 62 Printer Menu utility Mac Only 63 Printer MENUS 6 ce ee 64 Information Menu 2 ooo ooo 64 Shut dOWn MENU s s a a a ee 64 C3400n User s Guide 3 PRIME MOMS ad seek a Soe a A Sea te es 65 Media Menus via eee Spa ale ee ak BE as 66 Color Menus 2 066068 b a A 68 System configuration Menu 000 02 eee 69 USB MENU BF Sean oe Bean an eat egy ne ea aE A 71 System adju
24. 7 Ib 184 2 x 266 7 mm 91 176 g m2 A4 8 27 x 11 69 in 210 x 297 mm Letter 8 5 x 11 in 215 9 x 279 4 mm Legal 13in 8 5 x 13 in 216 x 330 mm Legal 13 5in 8 5 x 13 5 in 216 x 343 mm Legal 14in 8 5 x 14 in 216 x 356 mm C3400n User s Guide 17 Multi Purpose Tray The Multi Purpose Tray can handle the same sizes as the Cassette Tray but in weights up to 54 Ib 203 g m2 For very heavy paper stock always 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 3 94 in 100 mm and lengths up to 47 24 1200mm banner printing For paper lengths exceeding Legal 14in 356mm use paper stock between 24 and 34 Ib 90 g m and 128 g m and the face up rear paper stacker When using the Multi Purpose Tray each sheet of paper can only be fed one at a time Watermarked or Headed paper should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer C3400n User s Guide 18 TRAY Multi Purpose Tray WEIGHT Light 17 20 lb 64 74 g m2 Medium 20 24 Ib 75 90 g m2 Heavy 24 32 Ib 91 120 g m2 Ultra heavy 32 47 Ib 121 176 g m2 SIZE DIMENSIONS A6 4 13 x 5 83 in 105 x 148mm A5 5 83 x 8 27 in 148 x 210mm B5 7 17 x 10 12 in 182 x 257mm Executive 7 25 x 10 5 in 184 2 x 266 7mm A4 8 27 x 11 69 in 210 x 297mm Letter 8 5 x 11 in 215 9
25. OKI C3400n oc User s Guide 59381601 Copyright Information Copyright 2007 by Oki Data All Rights Reserved Document Information C3400n User s Guide P N 59381601 Revision 1 2 February 2007 Disclaimer OOO 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 web site http www okiprintingsolutions com Trademark Information Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Apple Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in th
26. STATUS in the PostScript and PCL drivers that allows the client to monitor the selected printer s status Load this program from the Menu Installer located on CD1 Installation 1 Insert the Drivers Color and Network Utilities disk into the CD ROM drive If CD does not AutoPlay click Start gt Run gt Browse Browse to your CD ROM Double click Install exe Click OK 2 Click Network Software gt Administration Tools Network Printer Status Follow the on screen instructions C3400n User s Guide 137 Using 1 Click Start gt Settings gt Printers Right click the Sharp Printer icon Click Properties 2 Click on the STATUS tab 3 Click the UPDATE button to see device settings The following screen displays Setup Job Options Color Device Options PostScript General Details Color Management Status Fonts Device Setting 492 168 1 19 El Tray E Tray1 Multi Purpose Tray E Duplex Installed Disi Memory H RAM E Flash Memory Toner Remaining Black 99 Cyan 99 Magenta 99 Yellow 99 TF Auto Status Check Web Setting OK Cancel Apply Help Click on an item to see this information Trays Paper Type weight Duplex Installed not installed Disk Memory RAM size and used Flash Memory size and used Toner Remaining toner remaining in all cartridges C3400n User s Guide 138 NOTE If the Automatic Status Check box
27. 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 elo Ho FUNCTION Power Green Indicates POWER ON ON LINE OFF LINE Ready static power saving data receiving printing job cancelling warming up density adjustment temperature adjustment in progress Paper Green Indicates paper out warning alarm static and manual feed request Amber blinking Consumable Green Indicates consumables life warning alarm static and consumables installation error Amber blinking Alarm Green Indicates paper jam cover open error static and Amber blinking C3400n User s Guide 13 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 Green adjustment temperature adjustment in progress Blinking 3 120mS cycle Job cancelling in progress Blinking 4 4 5S ON and Power saving mode 500mS OFF OFF ON LINE ON A warning is indicated printing possible Blinking 1 2S cycle An error has occurred but printing can continu
28. access to printer 112 Accounting printer USAYO ooccccocncncncnncnnnnnos 112 Adjusting color color swatch samples 130 creating custom colors 133 dark occ aaa aa 133 A ATA 133 in software applications 133 lightness vu nin ci bs 133 Of your MONitOF ooccccoconncnncncn nos 133 RGB numbers for applications 132 saturation cocci n 133 vividness Advanced features enabling or disabling 34 B Belt how to replace ocococcncncacoconcnnos 89 Black printing glossy or Matte 31 C Cassette Tray paper Metrics oococcoccnnnnnnnnnnono 17 Changing display language 74 Color adjusting color swatches s 130 131 darkness He uier ito 133 huSo au oep n i kiya 133 in software applications 133 NIGHENCSS incoada oly winced aiena 133 of your monitor 133 Saturati0N omcocococcncnnnnonancnnnnos 133 VIVIONESS Haire a eketia 133 Color correction utility 115 Color matching choosing image source 57 general advice sesers 54 general settings s src erene 31 NOW tO ACCOSS ococcccnnnnonononennonnnos 57 printing color swatch s es 59 Color samples swatchesS 130 Color swatch utility Color swatches print sample ooococcnccocnnonnnnnnnnns 131 read me file for swatch utility 131 133 Costs trackinQ cococcconcoconnnnoncnnnos 112 Custom colors creating 130 133
29. age to check that your printer is working Advanced tab 1 Available From You can specify which times of day your printer will be available 2 Priority Indicates current priority from 1 lowest to 99 highest Highest priority documents will print first 3 Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster Specifies that documents should be spooled stored in a special print file before being printed The document is then printed in the background allowing your application program to become available more quickly 4 Start printing after last page is spooled C3400n User s Guide 32 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 Start printing immediately This is the opposite choice to the one above Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling 6 Print directly to the printer 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 sin
30. an 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 Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge C3400n User s Guide 79 9 Holding the cartridge by its top center with the colored 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 11 Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated push the colored lever 1 towards the rear of the printer This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit C3400n User s Guide 80 12 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly so that the cover latches closed C3400n User s Guide 81 Image drum replacement WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is cl
31. ancels data being OFF LINE job received 3 processing or printing Requesting Loads Cancels manual paper from job feed Cassette 3 Tray Paper is set Shifts to Prints Prints Forcefully in Multi OFF LINE Menu Demo ejects Purpose Map Print paper Tray no 1 print job No paper in gt Cancels Cassette job Tray or 3 Cassette Tray open Memory Recovers Prints Prints S overflow or from the Menu Demo invalid data error and Map Print shifts to ON 1 LINE Paper jam 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 Cancels job 2 seconds after start of switch operation even if the switch is held down longer C3400n User s Guide 12 LED displays General Printer status as indicated by the LEDs can be broadly categorised as follows 1 Normal status Green the printer is operating normally e g it is ON LINE or processing 2 Warning status Amber you can continue to use the printer without intervention but an error may result 3 Error status Amber blinking you cannot continue to use the printer Intervention is required to recover from the error Fatal errors are irrecoverable and require a service call When several different status situations occur concurrently only the status with the highest priority is displayed on the LEDs
32. and 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 C3400n User s Guide 5 Introduction Congratulations on buying this Oki color printer Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear vibrant color prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of office print media Your printer includes these features gt Multi level technology produces subtle tones and smooth gradations of color to lend photographic quality to your documents Prints up to 16ppm pages per minute in full color for fast printing of high impact color presentations and other documents Prints up to 20ppm pages per minute in black and white for fast and efficient printing of all general purpose documents not requiring color 600 x 600dpi dots per inch 1200 x 600dpi and 600 x 600dpi x 2bit print resolution for high quality image production showing the finest detail Single Pass Color Digital LED technology for high speed processing of your printed pages 10Base T and 100Base TX network connection lets you share this valuable resource among users on your office network High speed USB 2 0 interface Additionally the following optional feature is available gt Additional memory to allow printi
33. at particular program s color management functions Factors that affect the appearance of prints If you wish to manually adjust the color settings in your printer driver please be aware that color reproduction is a complex topic and there are many factors to take into consideration Some of the most important factors are listed below Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce gt 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 In addition to this a printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displayed on a monitor and vice versa gt 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 gt 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 C3400n User s Guide 54 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions For example the colors in a print ma
34. at you want to appear in your printed document 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 C3400n User s Guide 132 Creating Custom Swatch Colors Rp A Ok A NOTE The Swatch Utility does not guarantee that the printer prints the same color as displayed on your monitor Consider the displayed color as a reference The printer may not be able to print the exact color that you desire If you don t find your desired color you can create or customize colors Select Custom Swatch from the File menu On the pop up window there are 3 slide bars that allow you to customize swatches e Hue bar changes the hue of the swatches for example red to green or blue to yellow e Saturation bar changes vividness e Lightness bar changes darkness Adjust the bars until you see the desired color Color variations are created to help you find the best match Click OK Print the custom swatch page Repeat these steps until you find the desired printed color For additional information see the Swatch Utility Read me file located in the Windows Programs list The file includes e Applying Color Value in your Application e Setting Mo
35. b Accounting Utility The Print Job Accounting software designed specifically for OKI printers in a network environment provides job accounting features that allow you to track printer usage calculate printing costs and specify access available to each client user 7 PrintSuperVision PrintSuperVision is a web based application for managing printing devices connected to a network PrintSuperVision provides access to networked printer data for monitoring reporting and managing networked printers It provides a full range of management functions for OKI printers and for other brands of printers as well 8 Web Driver Installer This utility is a web based application It automates tasks for a network administrator e Discovering printers connected to a TCP IP network e Displaying discovered printers on a web page e Sending users e mail notification of the URL that permits the downloading of printer driver installation programs for discovered printers Administrators can use this utility to manage printers and users organized in groups such as departments or floors C3400n User s Guide 112 Installing the Utilities Windows Utilities on the CD Load the utilities from the Menu Installer located on the CD supplied with your printer Download Utilities Download the utilities from the internet accessed through the Menu Installer on the CD Macintosh OS 9 x Utilities on the CD Insert the CD supplied with your pr
36. cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge C3400n User s Guide 89 3 Lift each of the image drum units 1 starting from the rear out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light 2 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 Locate the two fasteners 1 at each side of the belt 3 and the lifting bar 2 at the front end C3400n User s Guide 90 Turn the two fasteners 1 90 to the left This will release the belt from the printer chassis Pull the lifting bar 2 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 the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer Locate the C3400n User s Guide 91 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 8 Turn the two fasteners 1 90 to the right until they lock This will secure the belt unit in place 9 Rep
37. ce there is no spool file 7 Hold mismatched documents 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 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 8 Print spooled documents first Specifies that the spooler should favor documents which have completed spooling when deciding which document to print next even if completed documents are lower priority than documents which are still spooling If no documents have completed spooling the spooler will favor 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 9 Keep printed documents 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 C3400n User s Guide 33 printing again from the application program If you use this option frequently it will require large amounts of disk space on your computer 10 Enable advanced printing features Specifies whether advanced features such as page order and pages per sheet are available depending
38. ch type of media or you can change the print media settings through your Windows printer properties or Mac Print options any time you print on different media Printing on envelopes NOTE Do not use envelopes with clear windows Use paper envelopes only 1 In the Multi Purpose Tray adjust the paper guides using the indicators marked on the printer 2 Place your envelopes in the tray face up with the short edge facing into the printer and the flap to the right Do not load more than 1 envelope at a time 3 From your operating system access the print media menu and select your envelope size 4 Print in the usual manner for your operating system software C3400n User s Guide 51 Setting other printing options This sections briefly describes how to set printing options for your particular print job Fit to page printing You can choose to print your document on larger or smaller sized paper depending on the size of print media available to you 1 Insert paper in the Cassette Tray or Multi Purpose Tray in the usual manner 2 Select File gt Print and click the Properties button Then click the Paper Feed Options button Under Fit to Page select the page size from the Conversion drop down list Printing multiple pages to one sheet In Windows open the Printing Preferences Setup Tab Under Finishing Mode select the number of document pages that you want to print per sheet of paper from the drop down list Pr
39. d printed reports French Italian Spanish Swedish Norwegian Finnish Danish Dutch Turkish Portuguese Polish Russian Greek C3400n User s Guide 70 USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface USB MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION SOFTWARE ENABLED Enables or disables the SOFT RESET RESET DISABLED command Only available on Windows 98 and Windows Me MAXIMUM 12MBPS Specifies the maximum transfer SPEED 480MBPS speed SERIAL NUMBER ENABLED DISABLED Specifies the USB serial number to differentiate between USB devices connected to the PC If ENABLED the serial number is transmitted If DISABLED the serial number is not transmitted System adjustment menu This menu provides access to USB settings for your printer SYS ADJUST MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION X ADJUST 2 000 O Horizontal position 2 00 Y ADJUST 2 000 O Vertical position 2 00 DUPLEX X 2 00 O Horizontal position ADJUST 2 00 DUPLEX Y 2 00 70 Vertical position ADJUST 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 POWER SAVE ON Enables or disables automatic power OFF save mode Delay before entering this mode is set in the system configuration menu C3400n User s Guide 71 Maintenance menu This menu provid
40. de 126 10 Change the slide bar values of gamma hue brightness and saturation to adjust the color Use primary colors of ink Select this to adjusts the settings to the standard hues for the printer Hue Toner printing R Red 50 yellow and 50 magenta Y Yellow 100 yellow G Green 50 cyan and 50 yellow C Cyan 100 cyan B Blue 50 magenta and 50 cyan M Magenta 100 magenta The Gamma slide bar adjusts tota brightness The Hue Brightness slide bar adjusts output color Use the printer color buttons to switch to a different color Brightness For Brighter color slide the Gamma bar to the eft Hue Adjustments are made relative to positions on the color wheel Move forward counter clockwise Move backward clockwise C3400n User s Guide 127 Example adjust the Y yellow slide bar Move forward counter clockwise the color becomes more green Move backward clockwise the color becomes more red G Green Y C cyan B Blue M Magenta 11 Click Test Print 12 The Adjustment Confirmation Sample prints 13 If the sample meets your requirements click Set If the sample does not meet your requirements repeat Steps 10 12 until your requirements are met Then click Set 14 Click Save 15 Enter the setting name 16 Click OK 17 Click OK NOTE When you update or reinstall a printer driver the Color Correct Ut
41. djustments have been made the new settings can be selected from the printer driver Color tab To select adjustments made with the Color Correct Utility From your application program click File and point to Print Click Properties This displays the printer driver options Click the Color tab Click Advanced Color Click User Defined Select the color adjustment you made with the Color Correct Utility aS UON p C3400n User s Guide 60 Using the printer software Status Monitor Windows only 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 Operation Panel see The Operation Panel on page 10 and allows you to access the printer menus listed at the end of this chapter to set printer parameters such as paper size etc NOTE The Status Monitor is available to Windows operating systems only Mac OS X has a Printer Menu utility that allows you to change the user settings outlined in this chapter 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 settings are carried out thou
42. e United States and or other countries Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors Regulatory Information This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89 336 EEC EMC 73 23 EEC LVD and 1999 5 EC R amp TTE as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Low Voltage and Radio amp Telecommunications Terminal Equipment C3400n User s Guide 2 Copyright Informati0N lt lt lt ooooooooooooommms 2 Document Information o o ooo 2 DisclaiMe P a coria ds e e a 2 Trademark Informati0N o ooo ooo 2 Regulatory Information o oooooooooo es 2 Notes Cautions and Warning9S lt lt lt lt lt o 5 Introduction 2 cee ee 6 Printer OVErVieW a asana e a Sha ay Be a ewe 7 The Operation Panel i ee ee 10 Paper recommendations 0 00000 eee eee 16 Cassette Thay ites eee sow A ek Ge ae Sag ay posed 17 Multi Purpose Tray 1 0 0 ee es 18 Face Down Stacker ooo eben ee ee es ee 20 Face Up Stackers ici ee ew eg le al ar a 20 Loading Paper 0c eee eee ee 21 Cassette Tayi A tee A a a at 21 Multi Purpose Tray o o oooooooorre eee 24 Printing from Windows 000 eee eee ee 25 Printer driver SettinQ9S o 25 Printing preferences in Windows applications 2
43. e if you press the ON LINE or CANCEL Paper switch Consumable Blinking 2 500mS cycle An error has occurred You Alarm need to replace consumables Amber or remove jammed paper for example The printer then recovers from the error and printing becomes possible again Blinking 3 120mS cycle A serious error has occurred rebooting or a service call is required The Status Monitor in Windows provides a readable description of the printer status corresponding to the indications of the LEDs In Mac the printer driver provides status information once you have sent a document to print In Windows if you have the Status Monitor Preferences set to Pop up on alerts this readable message will be presented on screen whenever an abnormal condition occurs See Using the printer software on page 61 for more information C3400n User s Guide 14 Service call error When a service call error occurs all LEDs blink rapidly and simultaneously at 120ms intervals C3400n User s Guide 15 Paper recommendations Your printer will handle a variety of print media including a range of paper weights and sizes including 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 20 24 Ib 7590 g m paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types are e Hammermill Laser Printer Radiant White
44. early labelled Do not touch Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover CAUTION 2 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 2 Note the positions of the 4 cartridges C3400n User s Guide 82 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Holding it by its top center lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge 1 up and out of the printer Put the old unit down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture 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 C3400n User s Guide 83 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 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 protective sheets from the image drum unit Keep it the same way round as the old unit Pac
45. es access to various printer maintenance functions MAINTENANCE MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MENU RESET EXECUTE Resets menus to default settings POWER SAVE ON OFF Enables or disables automatic power MODE save mode Delay before entering this mode is set in the system configuration menu PAPER BLACK 200 2 Used for small adjustment when you SET 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 PLAIN PAPER 2 0 4 2 As above but for color printing Color SET C3400n User s Guide 72 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 SHEETS TOTAL TRAY MANUAL TRAY MPT Color PAGE MONO EXPLANATION The total number of prints output by the printer The total number of pages fed from Tray The total number of pages fed from the Multi Purpose Tray The total number of pages printed in color The total number of pages printed in monochrome C DRUM M DRUM Y DRUM BELT FUSER CONSUMABLE LIFE BLACK K DRUM Percentage of li
46. es the printer s image drums and transfer belt the life of these printer parts may be shortened if the maintenance cycle is run frequently Adjust Character Spacing Select this if you are having problems with the spacing between characters when printing text For example spacing is too wide or characters appear printed over the top of each other This feature can slow down printing so only use it if you are having problems Print Options Watermark A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document This can be used to indicate that the document is Draft or perhaps Confidential You can create watermarks in the printer driver Select a font and modify the watermark size position color brightness and angle Print Options Information Displays a summary of the current printer settings The driver version is also displayed This may be useful if you want to check the Oki website for a newer printer driver C3400n User s Guide 39 Mac OS X The information in this section is based on Mac OS X Tiger 10 4 Other versions such as Panther 10 3 and Jaguar 10 2 versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same Setting Printing Options You can choose your printer and select options for how you want your documents to print from the Print dialog box To set your printer options 1 Open the document you want to print N To change the paper size or page orien
47. ext copy prints Pages Choose whether to print all the pages of your document or just a section of it Paper Source Selects which paper tray to use for your print job Quality Selects the print resolution The High Quality setting produces the best graphic images but it can take longer to print Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly improve quality when printing images The printer driver analyses any photographic images and processes them to improve the overall appearance This setting C3400n User s Guide 36 cannot be used together with the High Quality print quality setting Toner Saving Toner saving uses less toner when printing your document This is best suited to draft text documents as it lightens the print significantly Print Options Print Control If you are using the Windows Print Control Server software to manage printers enter your assigned user name and ID This information is sent along with your print job and is recorded by the printer Print Options Color Color mode COLOR MODE DESCRIPTION Auto Color The driver selects the most appropriate color settings Advanced Color Allows you to manually adjust color and black and white settings or select Grayscale Convert all colors to shades of grey Color matching COLOR DESCRIPTION Monitor 6500K Perceptual optimized for printing photos Colors are printed with emphasis on saturatio
48. fe remaining in these consumable items TONER LIFE BLACK K CYAN C MAGENTA M YELLOW Y Current toner level C3400n User s Guide 73 Printing settings To print a list of the printer settings 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 oi ake a oe Click on the Printer Menu 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 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 UT AAN Click on the Save button C3400n User s Guide 74 Part Numbers Life Expectancy See Specifications on page 108 Toner Black High Capacity 43459304 Cyan High Capacity 43459303 Magenta High Capacity 43459302 Yellow High Capacity 43459301 Black standard 43459404 Cyan standard 43459403 Magenta standard 43459402 Yellow standard 43459401 Image Drum Black 43460204 Cyan 43460203 Magenta 43460202 Yellow 43460201 Fuser 120 V 43377001 2
49. fit to page 0 id le e 52 other print options 000 52 slow printing C3400n User s Guide 143 Priority print queue priority oooococcccoco oo 32 R Reports color swatch sample 131 Resolution setting in WINdOWS 0oococcccconoooo 29 RGB numbers for software applications 132 S Sample color swatches o ooommoccom 131 Saturation adjustment for color 133 Separator page separating print jobs 34 Setting MENUS riscos ra 62 Slow printing suis iewdenteeievisedenerents 136 Software utilities a se 136 Spooling Windows settings ocomocccococooso 32 Status page print status Pagl ocococccconcnncnnonso 46 T Test printing ida 46 Toner how to replace 76 life remaining ceeeeeeee 23 U Utilities Color Correction Utility 115 Color Swatch ococcccnconoconcnnononos 130 Network Printer StatuS 136 OKI Admin Manager 141 OKT LPR cacas 134 vV Vividness adjustment for color 133 W Watermark printing in WiINdOWS ococcccoco co 29 C3400n User s Guide 144
50. ge of print media MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY A4 A5 A6 B5 Selects the size of paper loaded in MEDIA SIZE LETTER Tray 1 For CUSTOM setting See EXECUTIVE X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION LEGAL14 later in this table LEGAL13 LEGAL13 5 CUSTOM TRAY PLAIN Selects the type of media loaded BOND printer to adjust its internal RECYCLED operating parameters such as ROUGH engine speed and fusing Glossy 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 TRAY LIGHT Adjusts the printer for the weight MEDIA 17 20 Ib of paper stock loaded in this tray WEIGHT 64 74 g m2 MEDIUM 20 24 lb 75 90 g m2 HEAVY 24 32 lb 91 120 g m2 C3400n User s Guide 66 MEDIA MENU ITEM MANUAL Multi Purpose Tray PAPER SIZE A4 A5 A6 B5 SETTINGS LETTER EXECUTIVE LEGAL14 LEGAL13 LEGAL13 5 CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE EXPLANATION 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 MANUAL Multi PLAIN Selects the type of media to be Purpose Tray LETTERHEAD fed from the Multi Purpose Tray MEDIA TYPE LABELS so that
51. gently down on the Paper Platform 2 to ensure it is latched down so 2 Adjust the Paper Guides 1 to the size of paper you are going to print on using the markings on the Paper Platform 3 Position a sheet of paper on the Paper Platform so that it is gripped in place e Load your chosen media one sheet at a time 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 An envelope should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge facing into the printer Set the correct paper size for the Multi Purpose Tray in the Media Menu See Printer functions User Settings on page 62 C3400n User s Guide 24 Printing from Windows Your printer s menus provide access to many options See Using the printer software on page 61 for more information 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 the printer in Windows XP 2000 Other Windows versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same Printer driver settings A printer driver is a software program that controls a printer The printer driver feeds data about printing requirements for a docume
52. gh the Status Monitor Click on Start All Programs and select Okidata OKI 3400 Status Monitor The current printer status is shown Printer State tab This tab is visible by default on opening the Status Monitor and displays detailed information about the status of the printer C3400n User s Guide 61 Printer Setup tab Selecting this tab provides access to the Select Printer button which when selected allows you to monitor the status any printer configured for use with your computer The Printer Menu button enables you to access the printer menu settings From the printer menu you can configure your printer settings Preferences tab Selecting this tab provides the means to choose the information displayed by the Status Monitor and how when the Status Monitor appears 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 paper out in Cassette Tray Printer functions User Settings The printer settings made from the Status Monitor can be seen collectively on a printed Menu Map or Status Page To print a status page press printer ON LINE button and hold for 2 seconds User Settings On the Status Monitor Setup tab click Printer Menu The User Settings Print Menu appears You change user settings options from this menu To save your changes click the Apply the changed settings icon in the top left hand c
53. he Properties button next to the printer name Setting the color matching options 1 On the Color tab select Advanced Color for Color Matching 2 Choose the Manual color setting and select from the following options a Monitor 6500k Perceptual b c d e optimized for printing photographs Colors are printed with emphasis on saturation Monitor 6500k Vivid optimized for printing photographs but with even more saturated colors than the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting Monitor 9300k optimized for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness Digital Camera optimized 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 C3400n User s Guide 57 The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB color space This may be useful if color matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera C3400n User s Guide 58 Using the Color Swatch feature To use the Color Swatch feature you must install the Color Swatch Utility This is supplied on the CD ROM that was supplied with your printer The Color Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colors Note that this is not the full range of colors that the printer can produce Listed on each sample color are the corresponding RGB Red Green
54. ility reloads the created Color Matching names Make sure that the Color Matching names appear in the Setting Selection Click Complete 18 Click Complete to exit the Color Correct Utility 19 When printing a document select the setting name C3400n User s Guide 128 Adjusting the Gamma Value and Hue Use the saved settings to print a document Windows Open the file you want to print Click File Print In the Print dialog box select your printer Bb WN FR Next Windows XP Click Properties Click Advanced Windows 2000 Go to the next step 5 On the Color tab under Color Mode under User Setting select the Color Matching name you created using the Color Correct Utility NOTE When you update or reinstall a printer driver the Color Correct Utility reloads the created Color Matching names Make sure that the Color Matching names appear in the Setting Selection Click End 6 Click OK 7 Print the document C3400n User s Guide 129 Color Swatch Utility General Information The Color Swatch Utility allows you to e print color samples swatches on your color printer e create custom color swatches The swatches are used with your software program to select and reproduce color accurately The swatches represent selected samples of the printer s color palette Use the swatches to find the desired colors for your printed documents NOTE The Swatch Utility does not guarantee that the
55. ing with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser replace the four image drums into the drum cavity making 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 center lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity 10 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 C3400n User s Guide 104 11 Open the rear stacker and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area 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 1 12 If you are not using the rear stacker close it once paper has been removed from this area C3400n User s Guide 105 13 Press the front cover release and pull open the front cover 14 Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find then close the cover 15 Pull out the Cassette Tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly is undamaged and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack Whe
56. inter into the CD ROM drive Double click the CD icon that appears on the desktop Open the MAC folder Click PSDRV gt English Double click the Mac Installer icon Click Continue Accept the Software License Agreement Select Custom Install to access the Utility Installation Oh A A INE Click the boxes beside the Utilities you wish to install Click Install The Utilities install into the folder you specify during the installation process Download Utilities Download the utilities from the internet accessed through the Menu Installer on the CD Macintosh OS 10 1 10 2 and 10 3 Utilities on the CD The utilities on the CD are not available for Mac OS X and will only run on Mac 9 x or Classic OS Once the Print 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 C3400n User s Guide 113 Download Utilities Download the utilities from the internet accessed through the Menu Installer on the CD C3400n User s Guide 114 Color Correction Utility General Information This utility allows you to fine tune the printer s color settings and save them for future use The Color Correct Utility is the best choice for working with Microsoft Excel or Word You can use the Color Correct Utility to e Change the Pallete Color see page 116 e Adjust the Gamma Value and Hue see page 126 How to Install Load this program from
57. inting color documents in black and white You can save both time and toner by printing color documents in black and white Access the Color tab in printing properties and select the Monochrome option in Windows or the Grayscale option in Mac before printing your document C3400n User s Guide 52 Cancelling a print job You can cancel a print job from your software application from the print queue or by using the CANCEL button on your printer PRINTING STATE HOW TO CANCEL Document has not Try to cancel printing job within software started printing application Document is waiting Delete print job from Print Queue You can in a print queue access the print queue from the System Tray in Windows or the Print Center Queue in Mac Document has Press the CANCEL button on your printer started printing Any pages that are already moving through the printer will be printed You will need to press CANCEL for each print job you wish to stop C3400n User s Guide 53 Color Printing The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the color 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 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 th
58. ion e Printers Names of added printers You can add up to 30 printers e Status C3400n User s Guide 134 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR status empty connecting sending paused checking status not connected e Finish Number of completed jobs e Queue Number of jobs waiting to be printed Additional Information For help click on HELP in the program C3400n User s Guide 135 Network Printer Status Utility Windows e Available on TCP IP network connection only The Network Printer Status utility is available if your administrator has installed it If the utility is installed the printer driver Properties dialog box changes e anew Status tab is added e an Option button is added to the Device Option tab This utility allows you to view but not change the status of the following on the Status tab e paper trays installed and the media assigned to them e total size and percentage used of disk memory e percentage of toner remaining Important If you select Automatic Status Update in the Status tab the driver automatically pings the printer for the latest status information every time you open the Properties dialog box This causes a significant delay until the Properties dialog box opens To avoid this use the Update Status button in the Status tab to manually update the information on demand C3400n User s Guide 136 General Information This utility creates an additional tab
59. is checked this utility pings the printer every time you open the Printer Properties dialog in the printer driver This severely slows opening Printer Properties C3400n User s Guide 139 Checking the Printer Status Click the WEB SETTING button The following screen displays Z http 77192 168 1 197 Microsoft Internet Explorer E la xl Eie Edt View Favorites Toos Help ek a O A A Qseach Favorites Hristoy Sp fe E Address http 2 192 168 1 197 T Go Links gt Printer Status Login as Admin Print Jobs Job Log Printer Menu NE Network Network Summary General Settings Printer Port NetWare TCP IP EtherTalk Email Alerts SNMP Traps Admin Web EY Do a Click on the items listed on the left to see e Network Summary e Login for Administrators e Job Login e Printer Menu To see real time printer status click the UPDATE STATUS button C3400n User s Guide 140 Network Setup Utility General Information This utility provides an easy way to configure your printer on a network How to Install Load this program from the Menu Installer located on the CD Additional Information See the online Network User s Guide for details on how to use this utility The Network User s Guide is found on the CD shipped with your printer C3400n User s Guide 141 Index Numerics 2 Sided printinQ ococcococcnncncnncnnonos 46 A Access user
60. k the old ID unit inside the packaging material for disposal 7 Holding the complete assembly by its top center lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end 1 into their slots 2 in the sides of the printer cavity C3400n User s Guide 84 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 C3400n User s Guide 85 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 2 Identify the fuser handle 1 on the top of the fuser unit C3400n User s Guide 86 Pull the two fuser retaining levers 2 towards the front of the printer so that they are fully upright Holding
61. lace the 4 image drums complete with their toner cartridges into the printer in the correct positions as shown C3400n User s Guide 92 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge 10 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed C3400n User s Guide 93 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 head surface 1 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 C3400n User s Guide 94 Installing additional memory This section explains how to install additional RAM memory into your printer as a memory upgrade Part Numbers See Part Numbers on page 75 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 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully If the printer has been powered o
62. left to right Power Ready LED green Paper 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 C3400n User s Guide 10 Switches Operation There are two switches on the operation panel labelled ON LINE and CANCEL Each has four modes of operation as follows MODE OF DESCRIPTION OPERATION Momentary press Press the switch and release it within 2 seconds of Press 1 pressing it On releasing the switch operation starts 2 second press Press the switch and hold for between 2 and 5 Press 2 seconds after pressing it On releasing the switch operation starts except in the case of a job cancellation 5 second press Press 5 Press the switch and hold it for 5 seconds or more The operation starts 5 seconds after pressing the switch even if you hold it pressed for more than 5 seconds Press at Power On At Power On press the switch C3400n User s Guide 11 Function The results of operating the switches in different contexts are summarised below STATUS ONLINE SWITCH CANCEL SWITCH BEFORE PRESSING PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS 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 1042 ON LINE Shifts to a C
63. lex printing meaning you must pass the paper through the printer twice For more information see 2 sided printing Windows only on C3400n User s Guide 27 page 46 The Duplex Help button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing 7 Driver Settings If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set under a specific name you can recall them under driver settings Saving driver settings means that you can avoid having to set printing preferences individually each time you need them 8 Default Click the Default button to restore the default printer settings C3400n User s Guide 28 Job Options tab 1 Print Resolution The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows e The High Quality setting prints at 600 x 600dpi multi level This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print It is the best option for printing photographs and reproducing color details e The Fine Detail setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text e The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs 2 Photo Enhance Select this option to improve the quality of photographic images 3 Toner Saving Select to help save your toner 4 Skip Blank Pages Select this option to avoid printing out any blank pages that are in your document 5 Copies You can
64. lor Correction Utility on page 115 Color Swatch Utility This 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 See Color Swatch Utility on page 130 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR allows you to print directly to a printer on the network without a print server It creates a Printer Port and installs a pop up status box so you can monitor printer status The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR operates in Windows Me 98 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems See Direct Network Printing Utility LPR on page 134 Network Print Status Utility This utility allows you to view but not change the status of the following on the Status tab e paper trays installed and the media assigned to them e total size and percentage used of disk memory e percentage of toner remaining See Network Printer Status Utility on page 136 Network Setup Utility This utility provides an easy way to configure your printer on a network See the online Network User s Guide for details on how to use this utility See Network Setup Utility on page 141 C3400n User s Guide 111 6 Print Jo
65. ment To change the printer driver settings for all future print jobs Select Apple menu gt Chooser Select your printer driver in the left hand panel of the Chooser window Select your printer model in the right hand panel of Chooser Click Print Preferences Change Page Setup Preferences or Print Preferences as required These new settings will be saved as the printer driver defaults Page Setup Options General Paper Choose the paper size that matches your document and the paper loaded in the printer The paper margin is 1 6 inch 4 2 mm at all edges Orientation C3400n User s Guide 35 Selects either portrait tall or landscape wide If using landscape you can flip the orientation 180 degrees Reduce or Enlarge Documents can be scaled up or down to fit on different paper sizes Page Setup Options Layout Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper For example choosing 4 up will tile four of your document s pages across a single sheet of paper You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border Page Setup Options Custom Paper Size You can create and edit custom paper sizes These appear in the paper size menu and can be selected just like any other paper size Print Options General Copies Enter the number of copies to print If Collate is selected all the pages of the document print before the n
66. n Monitor 6500K Vivid optimized for printing photos but with even more saturated colors Monitor 9300K optimized for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness Digital Camera Results will vary depending on the subject and conditions the image was taken C3400n User s Guide 37 DESCRIPTION sRGB The printer reproduces the sRGB color space This might be useful if color matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera Black Finish Controls the way black is printed in color documents Composite Black CMYK Uses all 4 toner colors to represent black Recommended for color photos True Black K Uses 100 black toner to represent black Recommended for text and business graphics Brightness Saturation Increase Brightness for a lighter print Modify saturation to change the strength or purity of color If the printed colors are too strong reduce saturation and increase brightness As a general rule the saturation should be stepped down an equal amount to the increased brightness For example if you reduce saturation by 10 increase brightness by 10 to compensate Print Options Layout Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper For example choosing 4 up will tile four of your document s pages across a single sheet of paper You can control the order
67. n recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch C3400n User s Guide 95 3 Remove each image drum units starting with the front Cover the image drum units to protect them from direct light Locate the two fasteners 1 at each side of the belt 3 and the lifting bar 2 at the front end C3400n User s Guide 96 5 Unlock the fasteners and remove the belt as shown 6 Carefully remove the new memory board 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 7 Notice that the memory board has a small cutout in the edge connector which is closer to one end than the other C3400n User s Guide 97 8 10 Identify the RAM expansion slot in the printer Unclip the plastic cover to open this slot 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 at each end of the RAM expansion slot 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 boa
68. n satisfied replace the tray C3400n User s Guide 106 16 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 C3400n User s Guide 107 Specifications ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 14 8 x 18 86 x 11 42 WxDxH 376 x 479 x 290mm W x D x H Weight 46 3 lbs 21 Kg approximately Print speeds 16 pages per minute color 20 pages per minute monochrome Resolution 600 x 600dpi 1200 x 600dpi 600 x 600dpi x 2bit Emulations Windows GDI Direct Raster Auto Features Auto registration Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset Auto IP address set Memory 32MB standard upgradable to 96MB or 288MB Paper capacity 20 Ib 80 g m 250 sheets in the Cassette Tray 100 sheets in Multi Purpose Tray Paper weight Standard Printing Cassette Tray 17 32 lb 64 120 g m2 Multi Purpose Tray 20 54 Ib 75 203 g m 2 Sided Manual Duplex Printing Cassette Tray 17 28 lb 64 120 g m2 Multi Purpose Tray 20 Ib 28 lb 75 105 g m2 Paper output 20 Ib 80 g m Printer life Duty cycle Face down top stacker 150 sheets Face up rear stacker 10 sheets 300 000 pages or 5 years 35 000 pages per month maximum or 5 000 average C3400n User
69. nU sssssesereerereeree 64 System configuration menu 69 Usage Menu ici coito 73 USB MENU iii ccces corista 71 Multi Purpose Tray howto USO aiina aranna 24 paper Metrics ssssssrererrrrserre 18 N Network Printer Status Utility 136 O OKI Admin Manager Utility 141 OKI LPR utility oocooocccncccnnnncnn oso 134 P Page orientation setting in WINdOWS ocoocccococnnnoos 29 Paper jam clearing ooococoonocnnocnnnnoss loading Cassette Tray loading letterhead n recommended types size setting in Windows supported sheet sizes 5 tray selection in Windows 27 Poster printing 0 c6ccceceeeeeeeee ees 27 Power saving delay time eceeeeeeeeeee ee ees 69 Preferences Menu cscsceereeerereees 62 Print Job Accounting tracking usage and costs 112 Print order face down stacker face up stacker ccsceeeeeee ees Print quality adjusting COlOr eeeeeeee 133 adjusting your monitor s colors 133 Print settings howto SV anra e 28 Printer ACCESS A A 112 tracking USADO ooccococncncnccncnnnos 112 Printer default settings Windows defaults oocococcccnconos 32 Printing adjusting image position 71 cancelling print jobs 53 color to black and white 52 creating custom colors 130 133 different media cceeereeeeees 51
70. ng of more complex pages C3400n User s Guide 6 Printer overview Front view Printer cover Operation Panel Status LEDs and operator buttons Multi Purpose Feeder Tray Release when closed press to open Multi Purpose Tray shown open Used for manual duplex feeding heavier paper stocks envelopes and other special media Also for manual feeding of single sheets when required Cassette Tray Standard blank paper tray Holds up to 250 sheets of 20 Ib 80g m2 paper Printer Cover Open Release push to open Front Cover Open Release press to open ON OFF switch C3400n User s Guide 7 Rear view This view shows the connection panel and the rear output stacker 9 10 Output stacker face down Standard printed copy delivery point Holds up to 150 sheets at 20 Ib 80g m2 Rear Stacker face up Can hold up to 10 sheets of 20 Ib 80g m2 standard paper and can handle paper stocks of up to 54 Ib 203g m2 11 AC Power Socket 12 USB interface and LAN Port USB cable must be of length 2m maximum for reliable Status Monitor operation When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits through the rear of the printer and is stacked face up The rear stacker is mainly used for heavy print media When used in conjunction with the Multi Purpose Tray the paper path through the printer is essentially straight This avoids bending the
71. nitor Color C3400n User s Guide 133 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR General Information The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR allows you to print directly to a printer on the network without a print server It creates a Printer Port and installs a pop up status box so you can monitor printer status The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR operates in Windows Me 98 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems Load this program from the Menu Installer located the CD How to Install 1 The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR supports TCP IP Your network administrator will first need to set up an IP address and TCP IP properties for your printer Your network administrator may have already installed this software If you need to install it manually load it from the Menu Installer on the CD Place the CD supplied with your printer in your CD ROM drive Wait for the Menu Installer to open If the CD does not AutoPlay click Start gt Run gt Browse Browse to your CD ROM Double click Install exe Click OK Click Next to accept the terms in the license agreement Click Optional Utilities gt Install Direct Network Printing Utility Follow the on screen instructions Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Status Box al x File Remote Print Option Help Printer Queue Status Finish Queue The Direct Network Printing Utility LPR Status Box displays the following informat
72. nt to the printer 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 the Windows Printing Preferences dialog box are essentially default settings and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next The driver settings you make from within a Windows application e g in the File gt Print dialog box in Microsoft Word are those required for a particular job and will not be remembered the next time you open this application In both cases you can save and name on the Setup tab specific sets of driver settings which can be recalled for future use C3400n User s Guide 25 Printing preferences in Windows applications When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialog box appears This dialog usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document Next to the printer name is a Properties button 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 C3400n User s Guide 26
73. ode 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 ON When ON non critical warnings JOB such as requests for a different paper size can be cleared by pressing the ON LINE button When set to JOB they are cleared when the print job resumes OFF Specifies how many seconds the CLEAR ALARMS MANUAL FEED Multi Purpose 30 90 300 printer will wait for paper to be fed Tray TIMEOUT SEC in manual feed mode before cancelling the job PRINT TIMEOUT OFF Specifies how many seconds the 5 90 300 printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject PRINT CONTINUE Specifies whether the printer should CONTINUATION CANCEL continue printing even after a low AT TONER toner condition is detected SHORTAGE LOW TONER 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 ON Specifies whether to print an error OFF report when an internal error occurs ERROR REPORT C3400n User s Guide 69 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION LANGUAGE English Sets the language used for the German Status Monitor an
74. or future use Click Save Click OK C3400n User s Guide 124 Change the Pallete Color Step 4 Use the saved settings to print a document Windows Open the file you want to print Click File Print In the Print dialog box select your printer KR WN e Next Windows XP Click Properties Click Advanced Windows 2000 go to the next step 5 On the Color tab under Color Mode under User Setting select the Color Matching name you created using the Color Correct Utility 6 Click OK 7 Print the document C3400n User s Guide 125 Adjust the Gamma Value and Hue General Information NOTES This feature is not available for Windows Me 98 This feature is not available for shared printers When test printing use paper larger than B5 size You must have Administrator authority when setting up a network connection in Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 Server 2003 1 Click Start Programs All Applications 2 Your action depends on your operating system WindowsXP ClickOkidata gt ColorCorrectUtility gt All Applications Windows 2000 Go to the next step Select Correct gamma and hue 4 Click Next 5 The Select printer screen appears Select the printer you want to adjust 6 Click Next 7 The Color Correct Utility starts The installed printer drivers display You must setup the Color Correct Utility for each driver 8 In the list box select the mode 9 Click Next C3400n User s Gui
75. orner To undo a change click the Undo changed settings icon Administrator Settings This menu is intended to be used only by designated staff On the User Settings window select Display gt Administrator Menu The User Settings menu is updated to include the Administrator menu options The Administrator Settings menu has the settable items including access to the user menus If you disable a menu from this tab it does not appear on the User Settings tab C3400n User s Guide 62 To save your changes click the Apply the changed settings icon as shown below in the top left hand corner To undo a change click the Undo changed settings icon NOTE You can access the printer menu settings window direct by clicking Start All Programs and selecting Okidata OKI C3400n Printer Name Printer Settings 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 Printer Menu utility Mac only There is no status monitor in Mac You can change printer user settings through the Printer Menu utility You can use Windows Print Control Server Software to manage your printer in Mac For more information see Printing From Mac on
76. ou to achieve good color output from your printer Printing photographic images Use the Monitor 6500k Perceptual setting If the colors 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 colors from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Powerpoint Printing specific colors e g a company logo There are 2 utilities on your printer driver CD ROM that can help match specific colors Color Correct Utility Color 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 colors are too intense not intense enough use the Saturation control C3400n User s Guide 56 Accessing the color matching options The Color Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colors to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source such as a digital camera To open color matching options from the Windows Control Panel 1 Open the Printers window called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP Right click the printer name and choose Properties Click the Printing Preferences button 1 To open color matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click t
77. 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 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 C3400n User s Guide 100 3 Note the positions of the 4 cartridges 0 08 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 4 Holding it by its top center lift the cyan image drum complete with its toner cartridge 1 up and out of the printer C3400n User s Guide 101 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 ba
78. print Print a status page Switch on the printer and allow it to warm up To print a status page hold down the ON LINE button on your printer for 2 seconds A status page should print 2 sided printing Windows only To carry out 2 sided or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice You can carry out 2 sided printing using the Cassette Tray or the Multi Purpose Tray 2 sided Printing is supported on Windows operating systems only C3400n User s Guide 46 Manual duplex printing using the cassette tray 1 5 Ensure that there is enough paper in the cassette tray to carry out the print job Select File gt Print and click the Properties button In the 2 sided printing drop down menu select either Long Edge or Short Edge according to your printing preferences If you require further information click the Duplex Help button Then Click the Print button Every second page of your document is printed first When this is complete a message appears on screen prompting you to take the paper flip it and replace it in the Cassette Tray Open the Cassette Tray Take the printed paper from the Output Stacker and place it in the Cassette Tray with the printed side facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer C3400n User s Guide 47 6 Close the Cassette Tray and press the ON LINE button as directed in the status message The message window should disappea
79. printer prints the same color as displayed on your monitor Consider the displayed color as a reference The printer may not be able to print the exact color that you desire Your software may not be able to match colors using the swatch information You may need to use other matching methods The color swatch samples do not show all the colors your printer can print Other factors influence how you see color the color and finish of the paper ambient light even the color surrounding the one you are looking at C3400n User s Guide 130 How to Install Load this program from the Menu Installer located the CD Additional Information For additional information see the Swatch Utility Read me file located in the Windows Programs list Printing Color Swatches NOTE e The color swatch samples do not show all the colors your printer can print e The Swatch Utility does not guarantee that the printer prints the same color as displayed on your monitor Consider the displayed color as a reference The printer may not be able to print the exact color that you desire 1 Install the utility from the CD using the Menu Installer Windows 2 ClickStart gt Programs gt ColorSwatch gt ColorSwatchUtility A swatch page displays showing commonly used colors 4 Select print to print sample pages C3400n User s Guide 131 watch Utility x File Help 5 Use the color blocks to pick the specific colors th
80. r from your screen and the document finishes printing the remaining pages of your document C3400n User s Guide 48 Manual duplex printing using the Multi Purpose Tray NOTE When using the Multi Purpose Tray feed pages one sheet at a time 1 Position the paper guides on the Multi Purpose Tray according to the paper size 2 Place paper one sheet at a time in the Multi Purpose Tray The paper is automatically gripped in position 3 Select File gt Print to display the Print dialog box Click the Properties button On the 2 sided printing drop down menu select either Long Edge or Short Edge according to your printing preferences If you require further information click the Duplex Help button 5 When every second page has printed take the paper from the output stacker 6 Set the paper one page at a time in the Multi Purpose Tray with the printed side facing down and the top of the page facing into the printer Ensure that the paper is gripped in place C3400n User s Guide 49 Press the ON LINE button The remaining pages of your document print on the blank side of the paper C3400n User s Guide 50 Printing on different media This section describes how to print on material other than normal Letter A4 paper Printing on legal paper When printing on legal paper you need to change the media settings for the printer software to get the best results You can either set a default driver for ea
81. rd 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 C3400n User s Guide 98 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Gently push the board into the RAM expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any further Close the RAM expansion slot Replace the belt and image drum units See Image drum replacement on page 82 See Replacing the belt unit on page 89 Close the top cover of the printer 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 Operation 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 C3400n User s Guide 99 Troubleshooting 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
82. se 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 Repeat this removal procedure for each of the remaining image drum units Cover the image drum units to protect them from direct light Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit Remove any sheets of paper as follows 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 C3400n User s Guide 102 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 e To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet e To remove a sheet just entering the fuser separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt push the fuser pressure release lever 1 towards the front and down to release the fuser s grip on the sheet and withdraw the sheet C3400n User s Guide 103 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 9 Start
83. selected tray regardless of the document size Feed manually from Multi Purpose Tray Select this option if you want the printer to wait until you press the ON LINE button when feeding from the Multi Purpose Tray This can be useful if printing on envelopes Always create 100 black K toner Select this option if you want the printer to always use only black K toner when printing pure black RGB 0 0 0 This is effective even when Composite Black CMYK is selected in the color options Run maintenance cycle before printing Depending on printing habits and usage patterns running the maintenance cycle before printing may ensure the best possible print quality This feature uses the printer s image drums and transfer belt The life of these printer consumables may be shortened if the printer runs a maintenance cycle frequently Print control If you are using the Windows Print Control Server software to manage printers enter your assigned user name and ID This information is sent to the printer with your print job and is recorded by the printer Summary This option displays a summary of all selected print options for the current job C3400n User s Guide 45 Printing This chapter describes how to carry out basic printing tasks using your printer Test printing Print a demo page Switch on the printer and allow it to warm up Press the ON LINE button on your printer and hold down for 5 seconds A demo page should
84. st and click an unmatched color An instruction appears in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you specified and click Next Reset lt Back Cancel Help C3400n User s Guide 122 14 15 Click OK The Pallete Color Matching screen appears A lt amp 8 4 Click Print Palette button to print the color sample file 5 Compare the palette colors in the screen and sample colors you z want to adjust and click an unmatched color An instruction appears PM Palette in the screen Follow the instruction and adjust the colors 6 When you finish adjusting all the unmatched palettes click Print Reset Palette Confirm that the colors have changed to the ones you specified and click Next coca e C3400n User s Guide 123 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Click Test Print The Color Adjustment Chart prints Compare the printed Color Adjustment Chart to the Pallete Color Matching screen If you are satisfied with the comparison go to step 17 If you are not satisfied repeat steps 10 through 16 If you have another color you want to adjust repeat 10 through 16 When you have finished adjusting all desired colors click Next Enter the setting name Remember the name f
85. stment Menu 000 eee ees 71 Maintenance MENU ee nooo 72 Usage MENU sis a a ea ia 73 Printing SCUINGS 2 3 a aoa evo te eee ee Ge ae eS 74 Changing the display language ooooo 74 Part Numbers 200 cee eee ee 75 Toner cartridge replacement 00002 e neces 76 Image drum replacement 2 00000 e eee eee 82 Fuser replacement 2 000020 e eee eee ee 86 Replacing the belt unit 0000 eee eee 89 Cleaning the LED head 2 000 e eee eee eee 94 Installing additional memory lt lt oo lt lt oooo o 95 Part NUMbersi ho ai a ad ed os 95 Memory upgrade s aeos serora aa na neda aa 95 Troubleshooting ssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 100 Clearing paper jaMS 0 aa 100 Specifications ii ieis raona a a ee 108 Utilities iesi pariani aia Be eee a a 110 OCW A A A S 110 ACCESSING si a A A ae ees 110 Descriptions of Utilities o oooooooooo oo 111 Installing the Utilities gt s ss cuu inata anaa pisare maia 113 Color Correction Utility a saa aa a 115 Color Swatch Utility aa aaa eee ee 130 Direct Network Printing Utility LPR 134 Network Printer Status Utility 136 Network Setup Utility o ooo oo ooo 141 Ind ks a a a a eat 142 C3400n User s Guide 4 Notes Cautions and Warnings NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and underst
86. tation select File gt Page Setup Close the Page Setup dialog box Select File gt Print Select your printer from the Printer drop down menu 5 7 A To change any printer driver settings select the required options from the Settings drop down menu You can select more options from the Copies amp Pages menu For a description of these options see Print options Copies amp pages 7 Click the Print button Saving Printing Options You can save a set of printer driver options to use for future documents Open the document you want to print 2 To change the paper size or page orientation select File gt Page Setup 3 Select Save As Default from the Settings drop down menu To save the current printer driver settings as a preset select Save As from the Preset menu 5 Enter a name for your preset and click OK Changing the default printer and paper size The following steps describe how to change your default printer and the paper size options 1 Select Apple menu gt System Preferences C3400n User s Guide 40 Click the Print amp Fax icon Select your printer in the Selected Printer in Print Dialog drop down menu 4 Select your required paper size in the Default Size in Page Setup drop down menu Page setup options This section provides a description of the page setup options available to you Page Attributes You can select Save As Default to use the
87. ter and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully C3400n User s Guide 76 WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch this area 2 Note the positions of the 4 cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge C3400n User s Guide 77 3 Carry out one of the following a If you are replacing a toner cartridge that has been supplied with your printer release lever has 3 positions pull the colored 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 b If you are replacing any other toner cartridge lever has 2 positions pull the colored toner release lever 1 on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer 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 C3400n User s Guide 78 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to 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 th
88. 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 Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material 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 locating lugs 3 should be towards you There is one locating lug at each end of the fuser Holding the fuser handle 2 lower the fuser into the printer locating the two lugs into their slots in the metal partition which separates the fuser area from the image drums C3400n User s Guide 87 Push the two retaining levers 1 towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed C3400n User s Guide 88 Replacing the belt unit The belt unit is located under the four image drums This unit requires replacement approximately every 50 000 pages WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labelled Do not touch 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 2 Note the positions of the 4 cartridges It is essential that they go back in the same order 1 Cyan
89. x 279 4mm Legal 13in 8 5 x 13 in 216 x 330mm Legal 13 5in 8 5 x 13 5 in 216 x 343mm Legal 14in 8 5 x 14 in 216 x 356mm Custom sizes 8 5 x 47 24 in 216 x 1199 9 mm Letterhead 8 5 x 10 98 in 216 x 279 COM 9 3 87 x 8 87 in Envelope 98 4 x 225 4 mm COM 10 4 12 x 9 5 in Envelope 104 7 x 241 3mm Monarch 3 87 x 7 5 in Envelope 98 4 x 190 5mm C5 6 38 x 9 02 in 162 x 229mm C3400n User s Guide 19 Face Down Stacker The Face Down Stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 150 sheets of 20 Ib 80g m2 standard paper and can handle paper stocks up to 32 Ib 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 paper support extended 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 10 sheets of 20 Ib 80 g m2 standard paper and can handle stocks up to 54 Ib 203 g m2 Always use the Face Up Stacker and the Multi Purpose Tray for paper stocks heavier than 47 Ib 176g m2 C3400n User s Guide 20 Loading Paper Cassette Tray 1 Remove the Cassette 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
90. y look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting Printer driver color settings The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a print There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen Monitor settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Additionally your monitor s color temperature influences how warm or cool the colors 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 color Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display color differently from Office applications such as Microsoft 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 color For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated high quality paper C3400n User s Guide 55 Tips for printing in color The following guidelines may help y

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