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User’s Guide
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Notice Trademarks Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this Oki is a registered trademark of document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd. responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also ENERGY STAR is a trademark of the cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other United States Environmental Protection Agency manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the
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Contents Safety Instructions .................................................................. 4 Fonts ......................................................................................14 What is a Font? ................................................................. 14 Important Wiring Instructions ................................................ 6 Using Fonts ......................................................................14 Choosing Print Media ...................................
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Safety Instructions Your Oki printer has been carefully designed to give you years • Be certain that your power source matches the rating of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, listed on the back of the printer. If you are not sure, check however, there are a few basic precautions you should take to with your dealer or with your local power company. avoid hurting yourself or damaging the printer: • Your printer has an earthed, 3-pin plug as a safety • Read the set up in
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Conventions • Aside from the routine maintenance described in this This symbol marks a ‘note’. Notes are hints or tips which handbook, do not try to service the printer yourself; offer additional information to help you. opening the cover may expose you to shocks or other This symbol marks a ‘caution’. Cautions are special hazards. Always contact your local dealer. notices which you should read and follow carefully to • Do not make any adjustments other than those outlined in avoid possible dama
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Important Wiring Instructions The wires in the power cable are coloured in accordance with the following code: Green and Yellow — Earth Blue — Neutral Brown — Live If the colours of the wires in the power cable of this printer do not correspond with the markings of the terminals of your plug, proceed as follows: Green and Yellow Must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter E (or the safety earth symbol) or the terminal coloured green or green and yellow. Blue Must be connected to the
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Choosing Print Media Paper Transparencies/Adhesive Labels • For best results, use paper that is smooth and of high quality, • Use manual feed. like copier type paper or paper with a Sheffield rating of • Should be specifically made for laser printers or 100-250. photocopiers. • Store paper in its ream wrapper until you are ready to use it. • Must be able to withstand 200ºC for 0.1 second. Keep it away from moisture or other conditions that can • Labels should cover entire carrier sheet. cause it
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Paper Sizes Loading Paper Paper format Width × Length The paper feeder handles up to 100 sheets of 75g/m² (20lb.) paper. Letter 8½" × 11" Legal 13 8½" × 13" 1 Set the left paper guide to the marker for the required Legal 14 8½" × 14" paper size and move the right guide to a position slightly Executive 7¼" × 10½" wider than your paper width. A4 210mm × 297mm A5 148mm × 210mm B5 176mm × 250mm A6 105mm × 148mm Free size (min) 76.2mm × 216.0mm (max) 127.0mm × 355.6mm Paper Weight Minimum – Maximum A
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Manual feed 3 Adjust the right paper guide to fit against the edge of the Use manual feed for printing envelopes, transparencies, paper. Do not move the left guide again as this may cause heavyweight and odd size paper. the paper to skew as it is fed in. Insert envelopes with flap side down and to the left. 1 Adjust guides. 4 Lift the paper out of the tray again slightly (about 1 cm) 2 Insert paper squarely into the guides. and re-insert it gently, allowing it to drop under its own Insert letter
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Toner Cartridge Replacing the Toner Cartridge Do not remove the new cartridge from its packaging. Toner Cartridge Life 1 Open the cover and remove the used toner cartridge. Toner cartridge life depends on the page density, the percentage Opening the cover exposes hot surfaces which are clearly of each page that is printed black. The higher the print density, labelled. Do NOT touch them. the more toner is used. On average, a toner cartridge will produce approximately 1500 sheets at 5% print densi
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3 Unwrap the new cartridge. 6 Push the lock lever forward. 4 Remove the tape. 5 Insert the toner cartridge. 7 Close the printer cover. Cleaning the LED Array Clean the LED array… • Whenever you install a new toner cartridge. • If you see faded vertical areas or light printing down a page. • If printing is fuzzy or blurred. Wipe the LED array gently using a clean, lint–free cloth. User’s Guide 11 8pwugb.p65 11 03/09/98, 13:27 English
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Image drum Cartridge Image Drum Cartridge Life Replacing the Image Drum Cartridge The life of an image drum depends on a number of factors, The image drum is a delicate unit and care should be taken not including temperature, humidity, the type of paper you use, to damage it. It is therefore necessary to follow the guidelines and the number of pages per job. listed below so the best print quality can be obtained from your printer. The image drum cartridge should last about 10,000 pages for conti
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2 Unwrap the new image drum cartridge and remove the 4 Remove the protective plastic cover from the toner well in protective sheet. the image drum unit. 5 Insert the toner cartridge. Resetting the Drum Counter 1 Enter the printer status monitor. 2 Click on the Printer Setup tab. 3 Click on the Printer Menu button. 4 Click on the Maintenance tab. 3 Insert the new image drum cartridge. 5 Click the Reset button next to “Drum Counter Reset”. User’s Guide 13 8pwugb.p65 13 03/09/98, 13:27 English
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Fonts What is a Font? Using Fonts Strictly speaking, a font refers to a set of printable characters in The easiest way to select fonts is through your software program. a particular typeface of a specific size (e.g. 12 point) and style Your software can send a printer command that consists of a set (e.g. roman, bold or bold italic). In computer printing however, of codes, one for each of the font characteristics. If your software this term has been used in a wider context to refer to all sizes h
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Front Panel Indication (OKIPAGE 8p) LED Indication As well as error indication on the host PC, the OKIPAGE 8p has a set of LEDs that inform the user of certain conditions. State Comments Ready ll R — Cancelling data processll © Buffer contents – cleared (data remains in the buffer) printed Recieving, processing orll « — printing data Each of the LEDs can be in any one of five states: Manual request l« l — R ON Change drum, toner low © –– — or toner sensor warning l OFF © Blinking (slow) repe
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Front Panel Switch Functions Viewing and using the menus The menus can be viewed by opening the printer status monitor. State before press short press 2 sec. press 5 sec. press This indicates printer status and also allows access to the printer menus. Power turned on. — Sets internal menu Sets internal menu to factory default. to factory default. Receiving, printing or Data process is — — processing data. cancelled. Data in buffer. Data process is re- Prints buffer data Printer is reset st
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Printer Maintenance Transporting Your Printer Cleaning the Printer If you need to transport your printer to another location, To obtain the best performance from your printer, it must be including return for service, be sure to take the following cleaned regularly. precautions: Disconnect your printer from mains power. 1 Seal the toner cartridge and the image drum cartridge in the black, light–proof bag provided. 1 Open the cover and remove the image drum cartidge. 2 Try to ensure that the print
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Basic Troubleshooting Paper Jams 3 Remove the jammed paper. 4 Replace the image drum. 1 Open the cover. The fuser unit at the back of the printer is hot. 2 Lift out the image drum. 5 Close the cover. OKIPAGE 8p/8w 18 8pwugb.p65 18 03/09/98, 13:27
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Print Quality Problems Problem Solution Printed page is blank. The toner cartridge is missing or empty. Install a new toner cartridge. Entire page prints faintly. The toner cartridge is installed incorrectly. Re–install the toner cartridge. Make sure the tape is removed from the bottom of the toner cartridge, the cartridge is seated correctly and the toner lock lever is pushed all the way forward. Toner cartridge is empty. Replace the toner cartridge. Printed page is fuzzy or blurred. Ensure tha
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Print Quality Problems contd. Problem Solution Vertical white line or streaking on printed page. Toner is low and does not distribute properly. Carefully remove image drum and shake side to side a few times to redistribute toner. Page has repetitive marks. Damaged image drum causes repetitive marks due to surface nicks or scratches. Use the printer control panel software to generate a cleaning page; marks may be temporary. Install a new image drum cartridge. Smeared or blotched print. Dirty roll
