C8800 User’s Guide
PREFACE Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it.
EMERGENCY FIRST AID Take care with toner powder: If swallowed, induce vomiting and seek medical attention. Never attempt to induce vomiting if person is unconscious. If inhaled, move the person to an open area for fresh air. Seek medical attention. If it gets into the eyes, flush with large amounts of water for at least 15 minutes keeping eyelids open. Seek medical attention. Spillages should be treated with cold water and soap to help reduce risk of staining skin or clothing.
CONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Emergency First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Importer to the EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Environmental Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Notes, Cautions and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blacks and greys . . . . . . . . . . . Black overprint . . . . . . . . . . Black printing (black generation) Composite black. . . . . . . . . . True (pure) black . . . . . . . . . Fine lines enhancement . . . . . . . Greyscale printing. . . . . . . . . . . Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 30 30 31 31 32 36 37 37 38 Colour printing (Basics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 3 - Select ICC profiles in the printer driver. Matching the colour of a monitor, scanner or camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simulating another printer - RGB source data . . . . Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CMYK ink simulations - CMYK source data . . .
Duplex (double-sided) printing . . . . . . . . . . Windows PostScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up) Windows PostScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poster printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintenance menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Usage menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Job log menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Replacing consumable items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consumable order details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toner cartridge replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Image drum replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer belt replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki Printing Solutions colour printer. Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear, vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office.
> “Ask Oki” – a user-friendly function for Windows that gives a direct link from your printer driver screen to a dedicated web site specific to the exact model you are using. This is where you’ll find all the advice, assistance and support you could need to help you get the best possible results from your Oki printer; > “WebPrint Internet Explorer 6.
PRINTER OVERVIEW FRONT VIEW 1 8 7 2 7 6 5 4 3 9 1. Output stacker, face down. Standard printed copy delivery point. Holds up to 250 sheets at 80g/m². 2. Operator panel. Menu driven operator controls and LCD display panel. 3. Paper tray. 4. Multi purpose tray. Used for feeding heavier paper stocks, envelopes and other special media. Also for manual feeding of single sheets when required. 5. ON/OFF switch. 6. Front cover release lever. 7. Multi-purpose tray release lever 8. Top cover release button. 9.
REAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. 6 4 3 5 1 7 2 1. ON/OFF switch. 5. Duplex unit (when fitted). 2. AC power socket. 6. Rear, face up, 100 sheet stacker. 3. USB interface. 7. Parallel port 4. Network interface.* * The Network Interface has a protective “plug” which must be removed before connection can be made.
CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The default language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing is English. If required, this can be changed to: German Danish French Dutch Italian Turkish Spanish Portuguese Swedish Polish Russian Greek Finnish Czech Hungarian Norwegian NOTE: 1. The list above is neither conclusive nor exhaustive. 2. See the information enclosed with the product (Operator Panel Language Set-up utility) on the procedure for changing the language setting.
PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, transparencies and envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75~90g/m² paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers. Suitable types are: > Arjo Wiggins Conqueror Colour Solutions 90g/m²; > Colour Copy by Neusiedler.
CASSETTE TRAYS SIZE DIMENSIONS A6 (Tray 1 only) 105 x 148mm A5 148 x 210mm B5 182 x 257mm Executive 184.2 x 266.7mm A4 210 x 297mm B4 250 x 353mm A3 420 x 297mm Letter 215.9 x 279.4mm Legal 13in. 216 x 330mm Legal 13.5in. 216 x 343mm Legal 14in.
For paper lengths exceeding 431.8mm use paper stock up to 128g/m² and the face up (rear) paper stacker. Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies. Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time, subject to a maximum stacking depth of 10mm. Paper or transparencies should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer. Do not use the duplex (two-sided printing) function.
LOADING PAPER CASSETTE TRAYS 1. Remove the paper tray from the printer. 2. Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges (1) and in the middle (2) to ensure that all sheets are properly separated, then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again (3).
3. Load paper long edge feed (LEF) (letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the right of the printer) (1) up to mark (a). 1 a 3 2 4. Adjust the rear stopper and paper guides (2) to the size of paper being used. For A6 paper, remove and re-install in the A6 position. To prevent paper jams: > Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper. > Do not overfill the paper tray. Capacity depends on the type of paper stock. > Do not load damaged paper.
5. If you have two trays and you are printing from the 1st (upper) tray, you can pull out the 2nd (lower) tray during printing to reload it. However, if printing from the 2nd (lower) tray, do not pull out the 1st (upper) tray. This will cause a paper jam. 6. For face down printing, make sure the face up (rear) stacker (3) is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). Stacking capacity is approximately 250 sheets, depending on paper weight. 7.
MULTI PURPOSE TRAY 1. Open the multi purpose tray (1). 2. Fold out the paper supports (2). 1 3 4 2 4 5 3. Press gently down on the paper platform (3) to ensure it is latched down. 4. Load the paper and adjust the paper guides (4) to the size of paper being used. > For single-sided printing on headed paper load the paper into the multi purpose tray with pre-printed side up and top edge into the printer.
> For two-sided (duplex) printing on headed paper load the paper with pre-printed side down and top edge away from the printer. (Optional duplex unit must be installed for this function.) > Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer. Do not select duplex printing on envelopes. > Do not exceed the paper capacity of about 100 sheets or 10 envelopes. Maximum stacking depth is 10mm. 5.
A GUIDE TO PRINTING This Chapter provides a convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your printer. HOW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver screens. How you access them depends on your computer and its operating system. WINDOWS DRIVERS The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes, offering a wide range choices about how you want to print your documents.
PCL OR POSTSCRIPT Three printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCL5c emulation, one for PCL6 emulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print mainly from general “Office” applications choose one of the PCL drivers. For faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript. If you print mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications, choose PostScript.
POSTSCRIPT EMULATION 1. Page orientation sets portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) page orientation. The “rotated” rotates the paper through 90 degrees anticlockwise. 1 2 3 2. When printing double sided pages (duplex unit required). You can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge. 3. Pages can be printed in forward or reverse order. If using the face down (top) paper stacker, forward order is usually appropriate to ensure that pages are stacked in numerical order.
PCL EMULATION When you click the Properties button from your application’s Print dialogue, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document. 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer. 1 2 3 4 5 2.
CHANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS WINDOWS XP/2000/SERVER 2003 1. Click [Start] → [Printers and Faxes] to open the Printers and Faxes window. 2. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing Preferences] from the context menu. WINDOWS VISTA 1. Click [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Printers] to open the Printers window. 2.
Recalling saved settings in the PCL drivers is a simple task that must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made. Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is described here. SAVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS 1. Make any changes to the driver settings you want, as described in the relevant section of this manual. 2. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, click [Save…]. 3. Enter a meaningful name for the settings you are saving, and click [OK]. RECALLING SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS 1.
SETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTIONS This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer. Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing), additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer driver on your computer knows they are there. In some cases the hardware configuration of your printer is automatically detected when the driver is installed.
BLACKS AND GREYS BLACK OVERPRINT Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed fonts and the coloured background. Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black text over a background colour. Black Overprint may not be available with some software applications. NOTE: 1. The Black Overprint feature is not included in the Windows PCL 6 driver. 2. When the background colour is very dark, the toner may not fuse correctly. Change the background colour to a lighter colour.
Mac OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2). 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]. 5. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (4). BLACK PRINTING (BLACK GENERATION) To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Graphic Pro must be the selected Print Mode. Your printer prints the colour black in one of two ways: Composite Black or True Black.
TRUE (PURE) BLACK Only black toner is used to print true black. Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics. If you use True Black to print photographs, dark sections of the photos may appear black. Windows (Office Colour) 1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1) and click the [Options] button. 1 2 2. On [Black Finish] (2), make your selection: [Auto] (allow printer to choose the best method depending on page content), [True Black] or [Composite Black].
Windows (Graphic Pro) 1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click the [Options] button. 1 2 2. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred setting.
Mac OS X (Office Colour) 1. From the [File] menu, select [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer. 3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features]. 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Office Colour]. 5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred setting.
Mac OS X (Graphic Pro) 1. From the [File] menu, select [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer. 3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features]. 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3]. 5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred setting.
FINE LINES ENHANCEMENT This feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine lines (minimum line width). With some software applications, if this feature is turned ON, the spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens, turn [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines] OFF. 1. In the driver’s [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced]. 2. Click the checkbox to turn on [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines]. If the option is turned on, a check mark appears in the box.
GREYSCALE PRINTING If you select Greyscale, the printer converts all colours into shades of grey, and prints using only black toner. Use Greyscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you do not need to print a colour document in colour. WINDOWS 1. If using the PCL driver, in the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose any previously saved [driver settings] you need. See “Recalling saved driver settings” on page 25 2. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], then click [Options].
3. If using the PS driver, on the [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], and then click [Advanced] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast. MAC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 5 6 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer. 3. From the next menu (2), select [Printer Features]. 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]. 5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Greyscale]. 6. Select [Always Use Printer Halftone] checkbox (5).
COLOUR PRINTING (BASICS) The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output. For general use the automatic settings will suffice, providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents. Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may override the settings in the printer driver.
Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions. For example, the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for manual colour can change the appearance of a print. There are several options available to help match the printed colours with those displayed on screen.
TIPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. PRINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Monitor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings. PRINTING FROM OFFICE APPLICATIONS Use the Monitor (9300k) setting. This may help if you are having problems with specific colours from applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint. PRINTING SPECIFIC COLOURS (E.G.
ACCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The colour matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source, such as a digital camera. To open colour matching options from the Windows Control Panel: 1. Open the Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes” in Windows XP). 2. Right-click the printer name and choose Properties. 3. Click the Printing Preferences button (1).
2. Choose Details and select from the following options: b c d (a) a e Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation. (b) Monitor (6500k) Vivid Optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. (c) Monitor (9300k) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness.
USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE To use the Colour Swatch feature, you must install the Colour Swatch Utility. This is supplied on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your printer. The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours. Note that this is not the full range of colours that the printer can produce. Listed on each sample colour are the corresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values.
USING THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY The Oki Colour Correct Utility is provided on your printer driver CD-ROM. You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver. The Colour Correct utility has the following features: > Microsoft Office palette colours can be individually adjusted. This is useful if you want to change how a specific colour is printed. > Colours can be adjusted by changing Hue, Saturation and Gamma.
COLOUR MATCHING (ADVANCED) This Chapter only discusses the printer colour management system. 1 3 2 Windows / Macintosh If you wish to learn more about your application program or operating system colour management, please see the documentation that was supplied with your application software or computer. BASICS There are three methods by which your document’s colour can be managed and adjusted: 1 3 2 1. Windows / Macintosh Application Colour Management (1).
2. Operating System Colour Management (2). Windows 2000 and XP have Windows ICM Colour Management. Mac OS X have Apple ColorSync. 3. Printer Colour Management (3). When you print your document and modify settings in the printer driver, the printer performs colour adjustments. NOTE: Only use one colour management system if you want the best results from your printer.
> This is a simpler colour management system designed for ease of use. Office Colour is recommended for users who are not experts in colour but want good results when printing from programs such as Microsoft Office. > Graphic Pro (3b) – “Graphic pro” on page 54 This is a powerful colour management system based on ICC colour profiles. Profiles can be down loaded to the printer hard disk using a special utility, and then colour matching can be applied to all incoming print jobs.
ABOUT THE PRINTER DRIVERS Depending on your operating system, you may have the choice of different drivers to use with your printer. You may wish to select a printer driver based on whether it supports CMYK data. SUPPORT FOR RGB DATA SUPPORT FOR CMYK DATA PCL 5c driver (Windows) ✔ ✘ PCL 6 driver (Windows) ✔ ✘ PostScript driver (Windows) ✔ ✔ PostScript driver (Mac) ✔ ✔ OFFICE COLOUR This section describes the features in the printer driver for “Office Colour” printer colour management.
Although the Office Colour options contain controls for CMYK data, it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro options instead. If you are printing CMYK data, the Graphic Pro options provide more power and flexibility. OFFICE COLOUR - RGB OPTIONS Office Colour provides a collection of several different colour matching presets for RGB data. These presets each change the colour of your print in a slightly different way. These RGB colour matching options are available in all printer drivers.
WINDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers. 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1) and click the [Options] button. 1 2 2. Select a preset from [Colour matching options] (2).
MAC OS X NOTE: When printing from some applications on Mac OS X, these RGB colour match options may not affect the colour of your print. If you discover that the colour of your print has not changed after applying one of the Office Colour Match presets, then the application is incompatible with this type of printer colour matching. As an alternative, Mac OS X 10.3.x users may be able to adjust the colour of their document using ColorSync Quartz filters. 1.
6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Office Colour]. 5 6 7. Select the [Office Colour] Preset (6) you wish to use. CUSTOMISING RGB OFFICE COLOUR WITH THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY (WINDOWS) If the Office Colour presets are not sufficient for your needs, the Colour Correct utility provides a means of further adjustment. The Colour Correct utility provides two methods for adjusting the Office Colour settings: 1.
GRAPHIC PRO This section describes the colour matching options available for Graphic Pro. The Graphic Pro colour matching system is based around ICC profiles. These profiles are down loaded to the printer using the Profile Assistant utility and then selected in the printer driver. When a job is sent to the printer, the ICC profiles are applied to the print job on the printer. NOTE: Some features of Graphic Pro colour matching can only be used if your printer is fitted with a hard disk.
MORE ACCURATE PRINTER COLOUR If you have created your own profiles with third-party ICC profile creation software, these can be download to the printer and used when printing. TYPES OF ICC PROFILE SUPPORTED There are four classes of ICC profile supported by the Graphic Pro colour matching system: PROFILE TYPE DESCRIPTION RGB Source (RGB Input) These profiles describe the device that was used to capture RGB data (e.g. scanner or digital camera).
GRAPHIC PRO WORKFLOW – OVERVIEW There are three steps to using the Graphic Pro colour matching system: 1. Gather or create ICC profiles (see below) 2. Download ICC profiles to the printer hard disk (page 56) 3. Select the ICC profiles in the printer driver when printing (page 58) STEP 1 - GATHER OR CREATE THE ICC PROFILES Where can I get the profiles I need? PROFILE TYPE WHERE TO GET PROFILES RGB Source (RGB Input) Obtain your RGB source profiles from your scanner, camera or monitor manufacturer.
If you know the Printer’s IP address, you can enter it manually. 3. The main screen of Profile Assistant displays the profiles resident on the selected printer’s hard disk. To download a new profile to the printer: (a) Click [Add]. (b) Select an ICC profile from your computer's hard disk. (c) Once you have selected a profile, you can add it to the printer as one of the 4 profile types - RGB Source, CMYK Simulation, Printer or Linked.
STEP 3 - SELECT ICC PROFILES IN THE PRINTER DRIVER What you select in the printer driver depends on the colour matching task that you wish to perform. Examples of selecting ICC profiles for different colour matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide. MATCHING THE COLOUR OF A MONITOR, SCANNER OR CAMERA The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to match the printer colour to an RGB input device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera. 1 1. RGB data 2 3 5 6 4 4.
WINDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers. To match the colour of an input RGB device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera, make the following selections in the printer driver: 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options]. 1 2 3 4 2. Select [ICC Profile Colour Matching] (2). 3. Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera (3).
4. Select a Printer Output Profile (4). If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here. NOTE: If you have selected your own printer output profile (4), you will also be able to adjust the rendering intent. See “Rendering intents” on page 72. MAC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3.
6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour Graphic Pro 1]. 5 6 7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. 8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour Graphic Pro 2]. 7 8 9. From the [RGB Profile source] (8), select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera.
profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. 10. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour - Graphic Pro 3] (9). 9 10 11. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu, select your printer profile (10). 12. If Auto is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see“Rendering intents” on page 72).
SIMULATING ANOTHER PRINTER - RGB SOURCE DATA The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer. 1 1. RGB data 2 3 5 6 4 4. Printed document 2. RGB source profile 5. Scanner, monitor, camera, etc. 3. Printer output profile 6. Leave on Auto or select your custom profile. NOTE: Be aware that if the device you are trying to simulate has different colour capabilities from your own printer, exact colour simulation will not be possible.
WINDOWS If you are using a source RGB document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver: 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options]. 1 2 3 5 4 2. Select [Printer Simulation] (2). 3. Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device used to capture or display your source document - this could be a monitor, scanner or digital camera (3). 4.
6. This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate. 7. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [Preserve Black] option. Although this produces a better quality print, the black and grey colours will not be simulated accurately. 8. Select your printer output profile (5). 9. If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used.
6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. 5 6 7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [Printer Simulation]. If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [Preserve Black] option. Although this produces a better quality print, the black and grey colours will not be simulated accurately. 8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2]. 7 8 9 9.
profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. 10. From the [Simulation Target Profile] menu (9), select the profile of the device you wish to simulate. Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. 11. From the [Feature Sets] menu (10), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3]. 10 11 12.
CMYK INK SIMULATIONS - CMYK SOURCE DATA The ICC-based colour matching system can be used to simulate the output on commercial printing presses. You can select from the ink types most commonly used in different regions of the world: > Euroscale – Europe > Swop – North America > Toyo – Japan To print CMYK Ink Simulations, you must use PostScript printer driver supplied. 1 2 3 5 6 4 1. CMYK data 4. Printed document 2. CMYK input profile 5. CMYK device you wish to simulate (e.g. SWOP press) 3.
WINDOWS NOTE: This information applies to the Windows PostScript driver only. If you are using a source CMYK document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation: 1 2 4 3 5 1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options]. 2. Select [ICC Profile Colour Matching] (2). 3. Select the [CMYK Input profile] (3) that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press.
Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56. Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner. 4. Select a Printer Output Profile (4).
6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. 5 6 7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching]. Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner. 8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2]. 7 8 9 9.
11. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3] (10). 10 11 12. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (11), select your printer profile. If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see “Rendering intents” on page 72).
RELATIVE COLORIMETRIC This option is best for printing solid colours and tints. Use Relative Colorimetric when printing from a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia Freehand. ABSOLUTE COLORIMETRIC This option is recommended if you are proofing images on your printer that are intended for final output on a printing press. This may result in a visible colour cast on your print as it will also try to simulate the paper white of the target device.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS FOR ICC PROFILE CREATION OR NO COLOUR MATCHING If you are creating ICC profiles using third-party software, select [Disable Colour Matching for ICC Profile Creation]. This option switches off all printer colour management and also prevents the printer from restricting toner layer thickness. If you are using your application colour matching, select [Use Application Colour Matching]. This option switches off all printer colour management. (Mac OS X page 75.) WINDOWS PCL 1.
MAC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2). 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]. 5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro]. 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1]. 5 6 7.
FINISHING OPTIONS Your printer offers a wide selection of document finishing options that help you to control the final form of your printed document. Depending on the hardware fitted, either as optional upgrades or included as standard and on which model you have, your system can offer a number of choices.
BOOKLET PRINTING (IMPOSITION) Booklet printing in the Windows drivers printing allows printing of multi-page documents with their pages ordered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet. Typically, A4 pages would be reduced to A5 and printed side by side on both sides of A4 paper, so that the paper can be folded into a booklet.
WINDOWS POSTSCRIPT 1. In the driver’s [Layout] tab, choose [Booklet] from the [Pages Per Sheet] drop-down list. 2. Check that the duplex option is set to [Flip on Short Edge]. NOTE: If the Booklet choice is not shown, check that the Duplex option is enabled in the driver.
WINDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, recall any saved [driver settings] you may wish to use. 2. Choose [Booklet] from the [Finishing Mode] drop-down list, then click [Options]. 3. In the Options window you can set the [signature] size, the number of [pages] per side of paper and the [binding margin] if your document is going to be thick. The graphic in this window shows the effect of each choice you make.
COLLATING This feature allows multiple copies of a multi-page document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence. Uncollated pages print like this 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 Collated pages print like this 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 Application collate—Some application programs have a collate feature in their print options. In this case the application performs the document collation and may send the job multiple times to the printer. Generally, this method is slower but can be more reliable.
WINDOWS 1. If using the PCL driver, on the [Setup] tab first choose any saved [driver settings] that you wish to use. See “Recalling saved driver settings” on page 28. 2. In the [Job Options] tab, choose how many [copies] you want to print from the scrolling list. 3. Click the [Collate] checkbox. MAC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 2. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model.
3. Select [Copies & Pages] (2). The [Collate] option in the [Copies & Pages] dialogue is for application collate. See “Collating” on page 80. 4 5 6 4. Enter the number of [copies] (3) you wish to print. 5. Select [Printer Features] (4). 6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Job Options]. 7. Select the [Collate] checkbox (6) to enable printer collate.
COLOUR SEPARATION The colour separation feature prints each of four primary colours as separate greyscale images. This is a proofing facility that indicates the relative densities of each of the four toner colours in your print document. The darker an area appears, the more of the corresponding toner colour will be used when printing in full colour. WINDOWS POSTSCRIPT 1. In the driver’s [Colour] tab, click [Advanced]. 2. Select which [separations] you want to print from the drop-down list.
MAC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Printer Features] (2). 4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options] 5. From the [Separations] menu (4), select the separations you wish to print.
SEPARATING QUEUED PRINT JOBS When you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user’s job in a paper stack at the printer. In Windows this page is called a “separator page”. On the Mac it is called a “cover page”. NOTE: Do not confuse Cover Page with “Cover Print”. Cover Print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from a different tray.
MAC OS X COVER PAGE The cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue. 1 2 3 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Cover Page] (2). 4. Select the required options for the cover page (3).
COVER PRINT Cover print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray. This feature is not available in the Windows PostScript Drivers. Do not confuse Cover Print with “Cover Page”. A Cover Page is an identification sheet inserted between the print jobs of a network printer. See “Separating queued print jobs” on page 85. WINDOWS PCL 1. In the Setup tab, choose any saved driver settings you wish to use.
MAC OS X 1. Choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Paper Feed] (2). 4. Select the trays or paper types you wish to use for the first page and remaining pages (3).
CUSTOM PAGE SIZE This feature enables printing on non-standard sized print media. The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non-standard media sizes. Print media width can be from approximately 76mm to 328mm, and its length can be from 90mm to 1200mm. Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver you use and your computer’s operating system.
3. In the PostScript Custom Page Size Definition window, Choose your [paper feed direction] from the drop-down list. The available choices are: Short edge first The page is portrait (tall) format and you will feed the top of the page into the printer. Long edge first The page is landscape (wide) format and you will feed the top of the page into the printer. Short edge first flipped The page is portrait (tall) format and you will feed the bottom of the page into the printer.
WINDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, select any previously saved settings you wish to use. 2. Click the [Paper Feed Options] button. 3. In the Paper Feed Options window, click [Custom Size]. 4. If you have previously saved any special custom sizes they will be listed in the Custom Size window. 5. To use a previously saved custom size, click its name in the list. To create a new custom size: 6. (a) Enter its dimensions in the [Width] and [Length] boxes.
7. If this is the size of your document but you want to scale it to fit a standard size of paper, click [Resize document to fit printer page] in the Paper Feed Options window, and choose the printer’s actual paper size from the [Conversion] drop-down list. MAC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Page Setup]. 1 2 3 4 2. Select [Custom Page Size] (1). 3. Click the [New] button (2) to define a new paper size and enter a name for the paper size. 4.
DUPLEX (DOUBLE-SIDED) PRINTING If your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper, to save paper, weight, bulk and cost. > Only paper can be used for duplex printing, not transparencies or other media. > Use paper stock of 64–105 g/m². If you experience excessive curling with 75–90 g/m² paper, use 105 g/m². > Use standard sized paper stock only, e.g. A4, A3, Letter, etc. > Load the paper print side up.
WINDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s Setup tab, under [2-Sided Printing], select the binding edge you want. For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [Long Edge]. For landscape (wide) page layout the usual choice is [Short Edge]. Choosing [Off] turns off duplex printing and your document will be printed single-sided.
MAC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Layout] (2). 4. From the [Two Sided Printing] options (3), select either [Long Edge Binding] or [Short Edge Binding]. Which choice you make will usually depend on whether your page format is portrait (tall) or landscape (wide), and how you plan to turn the paper over to read the second side.
PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET (N-UP) This feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per sheet. This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout, or distribute your document in a more compact format. It saves paper, bulk, weight and cost. If you have a duplex unit installed, you can even combine this feature with duplex printing to save even more. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 WINDOWS POSTSCRIPT 1.
WINDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s Setup tab (Windows XP), choose the number of pages (“N-up”) you want to print on each sheet. 1-up is normal, 16-up is maximum. 2. Click [Options] to choose from the available options for this feature. From here you can choose the page printing order, the page layout, whether you want printed page borders, and a binding margin if you need it.
MAC OS X 1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print]. 1 2 3 4 5 2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model. 3. Select [Layout] (2). 4. From the [Pages per Sheet] menu (3), select the number of pages you want to fit onto a single sheet of paper. 5. If required, change the direction (4) the document pages are laid out on each sheet of paper. 6. If required, you can surround each page with a border (5).
POSTER PRINTING This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces (sometimes called “tiles”). Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, you combine the separate sheets to create a poster. Poster Print is only available with the Windows PCL printer drivers. WINDOWS PCL 1. In the driver’s Setup tab, under [Finishing Mode], choose [Poster Print]. 2. Click [Options] to open the Options window.
SCALE TO PAGE Scale to Page allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a different size page, without modifying the print data. This feature is only available with the Windows PCL drivers. 1. In the driver’s Setup tab, click the [Options] button. 2. Check the [Fit to Page] checkbox. 3. Choose the scaling factor you need from the [Conversions] drop-down list.
WATERMARKS A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can used to indicate that the document is “Draft”, or perhaps “Confidential”. This feature is not available on Mac OS X. The illustration below shows the Windows PostScript driver. The PCL driver is very similar. WINDOWS The Watermarks Feature is found in the driver’s [Job Options] tab. Click the [Watermarks] button.
To create a new watermark 1. In the Watermarks window, click [New…]. 2. Enter the text you want for your watermark. 3. Adjust your watermark’s font, size, colour, angle, position and border (trim) as required. 4. Click [OK] to accept your changes. To choose a previously created watermark 1. In the Watermarks window, click the watermark in the list. To edit an existing watermark 1. In the Watermarks window, click the watermark’s name in the list. 2. Click [Edit…]. 3.
SECURITY SECURE PRINTING Secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on machines that are shared with other users in a network environment. The document does not print until a PIN (Personal Identification Number) is entered through the Printer Control Panel. You must go to the machine and enter the PIN. This feature requires the hard disk drive option to be fitted toyour machine and enabled in the printer driver.
3. The Job PIN (Personal Identification Number) window opens. 4. If the PIN window does not open, click the [PIN] button. 5. In the Job PIN window, enter a [name] for this print job. 6. The name may be up to 16 alpha-numeric characters. 7. If you would like a prompt at the machine for the job name, click the [Request…] checkbox below the name entry. 8. Enter a number from 0000 to 9999 in the [PIN] box. 9. Your PIN must be unique on this machine.
PRINTING THE DOCUMENT Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the machine. 1 2 3 4 On Line On Line Back Attention Enter Menu 5 6 Cancel 7 8 1. When the machine is idle (“ONLINE” indicated in the display), use the +/- buttons to select the PRINT JOB menu, then press [ENTER]. 2. Select “ENCRYPTED/STORED JOB”. 3. Use the +/- buttons to enter the first digit of your PIN, then press [ENTER]. 4. Repeat step 3 to enter the remaining three digits. 5.
3. If necessary, use the +/- buttons to highlight the YES choice, and press [ENTER] to confirm the deletion. 4. Your document is deleted from the machine’s hard disk without printing. STORE TO HARD DISK This feature allows print jobs to be created on the PC and stored on the machine’s hard disk for printing on demand. This is good for forms, generic memos, letterhead, stationery, etc.
SENDING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in the section “Sending the document” on page 103 for sending a secure document, except that on the [Job Options] tab in step 2, click [Store to HDD]. PRINTING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in “Printing the document” on page 107 for printing a secure document. In this case the document will not be deleted from the hard disk after it has been printed.
ENCRYPTED SECURE PRINTING Security over the network is an increasing concern for some organisations. Encrypted secure printing allows you to send, store and print confidential documents on machines that are shared with other users in a network environment. Encrypting your documents before sending them to your machine will prevent unauthorised personnel accessing confidential or sensitive information.
3. The Encrypted Secure Print window opens. 4. In the Encrypted Secure Print window, enter a [Password] for this print job: The password must be between 4 and 12 alpha-numeric characters. Numbers 1 to 9 and letters a to z are all valid. If you would like a prompt at the machine for the job password, click the [Always ask for password] checkbox below the password entry. 5.
Specify a period of time (hours:minutes) during which the print job is stored in the machine’s HDD. When this period expires, the print job is automatically erased from the HDD. 7. Click [OK] to accept your changes. 8. Click [OK] to close the Printer Properties window. 9. Print your document. PRINTING THE DOCUMENT Follow the same procedures as described in the section “Printing the document” on page 107 for printing a secure document.
MENU FUNCTIONS This section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer’s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window. OPERATOR PANEL: 1 2 3 4 On Line On Line Back Attention Enter Menu 5 6 Cancel 7 8 1. ONLINE LED ON:Ready to receive data. 2. Blinking:Processing data. OFF: Offline. DISPLAY Displays the printer status and any error messages. 3. MENU Button Enters the Menu mode. In 4. Menu mode, forwards or reverses the menu item displayed. Press for 2 secs.
HOW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS - USER It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings in the Windows 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. Where applicable, factory default settings are shown in bold type in the following tables. In the normal operating condition, known as “standby,” the printer’s LCD window will show “ONLINE.
HOW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS - ADMINISTRATOR You can set whether to ENABLE or DISABLE each category in the user menu. Disabled categories are not displayed in the User’s menu. Only a system administrator can change these settings. 1. Turn OFF the printer. 2. Turn ON the printer while pressing the “ENTER” button. When [ADMIN MENU] appears, take your finger off the button. 3. Press the “ENTER” button. 4.
MENUS PRINT JOBS MENU This menu only appears when the hard disk drive is installed. It is used for printing of documents stored on the internal hard disk. These will be stored using either the secure printing feature or the proof and print feature. Please refer to these features elsewhere in this manual for instructions on how to use. You will be prompted for your password or personal identification number (PIN).
ITEM ACTION EXPLANATION COLOR PROF LIST EXECUTE Prints a list of stored colour profiles. SHUTDOWN MENU This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed. This item should always be selected before switching the printer off, to ensure that no hard disk data is lost. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION SHUTDOWN START EXECUTE Performs controlled shutdown of the printer, ensuring that all files on the internal hard disk are closed before power is turned off.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE WHEN MISMATCH If a document to be printed demands a paper size not installed in the selected tray, the printer can automatically feed from the multi purpose tray instead. If this function is not enabled, the printer will stop and request the correct size of paper to be loaded. MEDIA CHECK ENABLE DISABLE Determines whether the printer check the size of paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MONO-PRINT SPEED AUTO SPEED If the first page of a print job is black and white, the printer runs at 32ppm (pages per minute). When a colour page is detected the printer slows down to 26ppm for the rest of that job. This setting operates in the same way as AUTO SPEED, except that the printer runs at 32ppm until a colour page is detected.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE A3 / A4 SEF/ A4 LEF/ A5 SEF/ A6 / B4 /B5 SEF / B5 LEF LEGAL14 LEGAL13.5 LEGAL13 LETTER SEF LETTER LEF EXECUTIVE CUSTOM COM-10 ENVELOPE DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE C4 ENVELOPE Sets the size of the printable page area to match the size of paper in use. This is not the same as the physical paper size, which is always slightly larger. For dimensions of physical page sizes, see “Paper Recommendations” section in this guide.
MEDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY1 PAPERSIZE CASSETTE SIZE CUSTOM Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 1 (upper tray if both trays installed). For CUSTOM setting see X-DIMENSION and Y-DIMENSION later in this table. TRAY1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN LETTERHEAD BOND RECYCLED ROUGH GLOSSY Selects the type of media loaded in this tray.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT LIGHT (64~74g/m²) MEDIUM (75~90g/m²) HEAVY (91~120g/m²) Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in this tray (if installed). TRAY2 LEGAL SIZE LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.5 LEGAL 13 Specifies the legal paper size for TRAY2. (Displayed if an optional second tray unit is installed). MPT PAPERSIZE A3 A4 SEF A4 LEF A5 SEF A6 B4 B5 SEF B5 LEF LEGAL 14 LEGAL 13.
COLOUR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals, optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION AJST REGISTRATION EXECUTE Performs automatic colour registration adjustment. Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed. This process accurately aligns the cyan, magenta and yellow images to the black image. C REG FINE AJST M REG FINE AJST Y REG FINE AJST -3~0~+3 Performs fine adjustment of image timing in relation to the black image component.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION POWER SAVE DELAY TIME 5 15 30 60 240 Adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. In this mode power consumption is reduced to a 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.
ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION JAM RECOVERY ON OFF Specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred. If ON, the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared. ERROR REPORT ON OFF If ON, the printer will print error details when a PostScript Emulation error occurs. PCL EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode.
ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION LF FUNCTION LF / LF+CR Selects whether a received line feed character (0Ah) also causes a carriage return. PRINT MARGIN NORMAL 1/5 INCH 1/6 INCH Sets the non-printable page area. NORMAL is PCL compatible. TRUE BLACK OFF / ON Selects whether black image data is printed using black toner (ON) or 100% CMY (OFF). (Valid in PCL emulation mode only.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION CR FUNCTION CR / CR+LF Selects whether a received carriage return character (0Dh) also causes a line feed. LF FUNCTION LF / LF+CR Selects whether a received line feed character (0Ah) also causes a carriage return. LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN; 136 COLUMN Specifies the number of characters per line. FORM LENGTH 11 Inch; 11.7 Inch 12 Inch Specifies the length of paper. TOF POSITION 0.0 INCH 1.0 Inch Specifies the distance of print from the top edge of the paper.
FX EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in FX emulation mode. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; PROPORTIONAL Specifies character pitch in this emulation. CHARACTER SET Set 1; Set 2 Specifies a character set. SYMBOL SET IBM 437 Specifies a symbol set.
PARALLEL MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s Parallel data interface. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION PARALLEL ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables the parallel port. BIDIRECTIONAL ENABLE / DISABLE ENABLE/DISABLE the bi-directional capability of the parallel interface.
USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION SOFT RESET ENABLE / DISABLE Enables or disables the SOFT RESET command. SPEED 12 / 480 Mps Selects the interface speed. OFFLINE RECEIVE ENABLE / DISABLE OFFLINE RECEIVE. SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE / DISABLE Specifies whether to ENABLE or DISABLE a USB serial number. The USB serial number is used to identify the USB device connected to your PC.
ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION FRAME TYPE AUTO / 802.2 / 802.3 / ETHERNET II / SNAP Selects the Ethernet MAC layer frame type. IP ADDRESS SET AUTO / MANUAL Specifies whether IP address allocation is automatic (DHCP) or manually assigned. IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Current assigned IP address. To change, press ENTER and use +/– keys to increment 1st octet, then press ENTER again to move on to next octet. When 4th octet has been set, press ENTER again to register new address. SUBNET MASK xxx.xxx.xxx.
MAINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MENU RESET EXECUTE Resets menus to default settings. SAVE MENU EXECUTE Saves the current menu settings. The last menu executed is saved and the menu previously saved is overwritten and erased. When you press the ENTER button, the following confirmation message is displayed. “DO YOU WANT TO EXECUTE THIS FUNCTION?” YES/NO If you select NO, the display returns to the previous menu.
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. ITEM EXPLANATION TRAY1 PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from tray 1. TRAY2 PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from tray 2 (if fitted).
REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due. NOTE: When the LCD display indicates TONER LOW, or if print appears faded, first open the top cover and try tapping the cartridge a few times to evenly distribute the toner powder. This will enable you to obtain the best "yield" from your toner cartridge.
CONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS ITEM LIFE ORDER NO. Toner, black 6,000 A4 @ 5%* 43487712 Toner, cyan 6,000 A4 @ 5%* 43487711 Toner, magenta 6,000 A4 @ 5%* 43487710 Toner, yellow 6,000 A4 @ 5%* 43487709 Toner Rainbow pack (1 ea.
TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT CAUTION! To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors, do not change the toner cartridge(s) until “TONER EMPTY” is displayed. The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder. It is contained in four cartridges: one each for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one. Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly, inside the pack that the new one came in.
2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge (a) Pull the coloured toner release lever (1) on the cartridge to be replaced fully towards the front of the printer.
3. 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. 1 2 4. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture. 5. Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment. 6. Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge.
7. Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge. 8. Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right, lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed. 9. 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 down onto the image drum unit.
10. Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towards the rear of the printer. This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit. 1 11. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.
IMAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT CAUTION! Static sensitive devices, handle with care. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4.
3. Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer. 4. Put the assembly down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes.
6. 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 out of the image drum cartridge. Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture. 2 1 7. Take the new image drum cartridge out of its packaging and place it on the piece of paper where the old cartridge was placed. Keep it the same way round as the old unit. Pack the old cartridge inside the packaging material for disposal.
9. Push the coloured release lever (1) away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it. 1 10. Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity. 11. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.
TRANSFER BELT REPLACEMENT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 80,000 pages. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges.
3. Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes. If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this, please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light.
7. 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 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 (5) 90° to the right until they lock. This will secure the belt unit in place. 9.
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. 1.
5. Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material. 6. Holding the new fuser by its handle, make sure that it is the correct way round. The retaining levers (2) should be fully upright. 2 7. Lower the fuser into the printer. 8. Push the retaining lever (2) towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place. C 2 M Y K Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed. 9. Switch the printer ON.
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 with a 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.
INSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: > duplex (two-sided printing) unit; > Additional Memory > Hard disk drive > additional paper tray DUPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two-sided printing, using less paper and making large documents easier to handle. It also enables booklet printing, which uses even less paper and makes large documents even easier to handle.
5. 6. Print a menu map as follows: (a) Press the + button to access the Information Menu. (b) Press ENTER once for the menu map. (c) Press ENTER again to print the menu map. (d) When the menu map is printed, press ON LINE to exit the menu system. 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 should indicate that the duplex unit is now installed.
MEMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 256MB of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board of 256MB or 512MB, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 768MB. Installation only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools. CAUTION Observe antistatic precautions when carrying out this installation. 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable. 2. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. 3.
4. Remove the screw (1) securing the right-hand side cover. 1 2 5. Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover away from the printer at the top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. 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.
9. Identify the RAM expansion slot (1) in the printer. 10. 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 11. (a) Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot. (b) Place the removed memory board in the antistatic bag which originally contained the new memory board. 11.
13. Close the access door and slide shut. 14. Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer. 15. Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4. 16. Close the front cover and close the top cover, pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed.
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. If you are using the Windows PostScript driver, follow the instructions later in this section to adjust the driver.
HARD DISK DRIVE The optional internal hard disk drive (HDD) enables collating of printed pages and can be used to store overlays and macros, fonts, and secure or proof documents waiting to be printed. Installation only takes a few minutes, and does not require any tools. CAUTION Observe antistatic precautions when carrying out this installation. 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable. 2. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. 3.
4. Remove the screw (1) securing the right-hand side cover. 1 2 5. Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown, and pull the cover away from the printer at the top. Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer. Place it safely to one side. 6. Slide the access door in the metal plate and open. 2 3 3 1 7. Plug the end of the connecting cable (1) into the disk unit connector (2) in the printer. 8. Tighten the two thumbscrews (3). 9.
10. Close the front cover and the top cover, pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed. CAUTION! After installing additional memory (hard disk drive), any covers removed or doors opened must be closed or replaced and secured to prevent risk of fire. 11. Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on. 12. When the printer is ready, print a menu map as follows: 13. Press the + button to access the Information Menu. 14. Press ENTER once for the menu map. 15.
ADDITIONAL PAPER TRAY 1. Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable. 2. Place additional paper tray on desired location. 3. Observing safety rules for lifting and, using locating guides (a), place printer on top of the additional paper tray. a a 4. Re-connect the AC power cable and switch the printer ON.
ADJUSTING WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed, you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications. Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers, the driver must be adjusted on each user’s machine. The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP. Other Windows versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
CLEARING PAPER JAMS IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check that the Paper Setting roller switch on the front of the paper tray is set to the size of paper in the tray. Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on the 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.
PAPER SENSOR ERROR CODES 382 385 381 380, 400 390 383 370 391 373 392 371 CODE # LOCATION 372 CODE # LOCATION 370 Duplex unit * 383 Duplex unit * 371 Duplex unit * 385 Fuser Unit 372 Duplex unit * 390 MP Tray 373 Duplex unit * 391 Paper Tray 380 Paper feed 392 2nd Paper tray * 381 Paper path 400 Paper size 382 Paper exit * (if fitted). 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.
3. Note the positions of the four cartridges. 1 2 3 4 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 centre, lift the cyan image drum, complete with its toner cartridge, up and out of the printer.
5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes. 6. Repeat this removal procedure for each of the remaining image drum units. 7.
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. > To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet.
8. Starting 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 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge > Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity.
9. Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets. 10. Open the rear exit tray (5) and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area (6). 6 5 > Pull out any sheets found in this area. > If the sheet is low down in this area and difficult to remove, it is probably still gripped by the fuser.
12. Open the duplex unit cover (if installed) and remove any sheets in this area. b a b 13. Lift the front cover release and pull down 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 paper 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. When satisfied, replace the tray.
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.
SPECIFICATIONS C8800 - N34220B ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 485 x 556 x 345mm (W x D x H) without Duplex unit Weight 36Kg approx.
ITEM SPECIFICATION Media type Plain, Letterhead, Transparency, Bond, Recycled, card stock, Rough, Labels and Glossy Paper capacity (depending on paper weight) Paper tray: 300 sheets approx. Manual feed: 100 sheets approx. Exit capacity (depending on paper weight) Face up: 100 sheets approx. Face down: 500 sheets approx.
a. Exit method is limited by paper size, media weight and paper feed. b. To comply with the requirements of Energy Star, when no data is present for a set period of time, the printer goes into a power-saving mode. The printer has a “wake-up” feature which, when initiated from a host device or the operator panel, will revert the printer to its “running” mode. Specifications subject to change without notice. All trademarks acknowledged.
INDEX A About RGB and CMYK colour .....48 Custom page size Windows XP/2000 PCL ...........91 Windows XP/2000 PS .............89 B Customising RGB office colour ..53 Belt how to replace .....................144 life expectancy .....................133 life remaining .......................132 Booklet printing PCL emulation ........................26 PostScript emulation ..............25 Booklets, printing Windows PS............................78 D C F Changing the application’s driver settings.......
Image drum how to replace .....................140 life expectancy .....................133 Image drums current usage state ..............132 Network protocols enabling or disabling ............129 L Operator Panel ........................111 Labels recommended types ..............15 P M Maintenance menu ..................131 Major printer components and paper path ..............................162 Matching the colour of a monitor, scanner or camera ...................58 Menu functions ...............
Separator page ..........................85 Simulating another printer - RGB source data ..............................63 Store to hard disk............. 26, 106 Switching off correctly .............115 T Toner current usage state ..............132 how to replace .....................135 life expectancy .....................133 Transparencies recommended types ..............15 Types of ICC profile supported ..55 U Upgrades memory ................................152 Usage menu ............................
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