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Summary of Contents for ES2426dn

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...s reserved As an ENERGY STAR Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency OKI is a registered trademark of Oki Electric...

Page 3: ...er 39 Color Swatch Utility 40 Storage Device Manager 42 Macintosh OS 10 1 10 2 50 Printer Driver 50 Operation 51 Color Print Matching 52 Choosing a Color Matching Method 56 Driver Options 58 Printing...

Page 4: ...s additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage WARNING A warning appears in this manual like this A warning provides additional information which if ignored ma...

Page 5: ...r printed Software Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers Setting Up the Printer Driver 1 From the Apple menu select Chooser 2 Double click LaserWriter8 3 Select the name of...

Page 6: ...alled 9 Duplex Unit To engage the Duplex Unit change the setting to Installed 10 Hard Disk Drive To engage the hard disk drive change the setting to Installed 11 DIMMs To engage additional memory set...

Page 7: ...irectly from within an application Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog This section will only detail options as they apply to the LaserW...

Page 8: ...ted below Differences between the Range of Colors a Monitor or Printer Can Reproduce Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to the human eye Each de...

Page 9: ...driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a document There are several options available to help match the printed colors with those displayed on screen These options are explaine...

Page 10: ...surement of temperature How Your Software Application Displays Color Some graphics applications such as Macromedia Freehand or Adobe Photoshop may display color differently from office applications su...

Page 11: ...t s color mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications Matching Photographic Images RGB Only The standard Color M...

Page 12: ...inting from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided and then...

Page 13: ...our printer driver by choosing File Print from an application and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Color Option Mac9 1_OKIColorOption jpg ColorO...

Page 14: ...lor matching for your printer b PostScript Color Matching This uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer It affects both RGB and CMYK data c No Color Matching No color correc...

Page 15: ...0k Vivid Optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K Ideal for office graphics and text Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colors Monito...

Page 16: ...he optimal settings for a general office environment Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut while maintaining the overall appearance of an...

Page 17: ...ge Color Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Eurosc...

Page 18: ...parate plates Black Overprint This option prevents registration errors and only works for 100 black text Click the checkbox to enable the option Printer Halftone This option prevents the halftone of a...

Page 19: ...tion 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down list directly below Printer and select Job Option 3 Make the desired selections Quality Media Type Miscellaneous Selections JobOpti...

Page 20: ...ES2426dn 600 x 1200 dpi Model ES2426e 1200 x 1200 dpi Media Type Many options are available for selecting the type of the print media Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient Select your desired Me...

Page 21: ...multiple copies of large documents and wish for them to be printed in sequence Click to enable collation of your documents Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to tha...

Page 22: ...22 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving Apg Apg jpg...

Page 23: ...iled below NOTE The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing If the hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled...

Page 24: ...confidential documents on network printers by storing them on the printer s hard drive then going to the printer and using the control panel to print out the document Proof and Print see page 27 Allo...

Page 25: ...the ID Number box 3 Press Print to proceed with your print job The document will be stored on the printer s hard disk 4 Walk up to the printer to print out the document using the front panel see below...

Page 26: ...ll print and be deleted from the hard disk drive To delete a confidential document before printing it 1 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button 2 Use the number...

Page 27: ...t 1 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU then press the SELECT button 2 Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above 3 Press the VALUE but...

Page 28: ...the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button 2 Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the personal ID number you set above 3 Press the VALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required jo...

Page 29: ...be printed or deleted using the procedures given below NOTES The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing If the har...

Page 30: ...nt Deleting a stored document from the hard disk drive 1 Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button 2 Use the numbered buttons on the control panel to enter the pe...

Page 31: ...ting Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing forces the printer to automatically clean itself before printing This option allows you to improve your print quality if there is a problem with printing suc...

Page 32: ...rinter and select Layout 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired a Set the number of pages to be printed b Select the desired orientation portrait or landscape c Select a border between th...

Page 33: ...2 and 3 and the High Capacity Feeder trays can be used for duplex printing The MP tray cannot be used for duplex printing 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu directly...

Page 34: ...e Layout screen select the options desired a Select Print on Both Sides b Select which Binding you prefer 4 Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the printer dialog box a b LayoutOpt...

Page 35: ...nd select your printer 2 The General dialog box should already be displayed If not then select General from the menu Important If your software application has a collate option use it instead of the c...

Page 36: ...36 3 Select Collated 4 Click Print General_oem jpg...

Page 37: ...r 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...

Page 38: ...PSDRV English then double click the Mac Installer icon MacInstallerIcon jpg 5 Click Continue and accept the Software License Agreement 6 Select Custom Install to access the Utility Installation Insta...

Page 39: ...ard disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript printer This utility is an Adobe product and is not supported by Oki Data Please see the Read Me file for further information Important This utility onl...

Page 40: ...sent selected samples of your printer s color palette and can be used to find the desired colors for your printed documents Open Color Swatch Double click the local hard drive icon then double click O...

Page 41: ...The utility then creates many different possibilities from which you can choose 4 Once satisfied print the swatch from the menu using File Print or repeat the steps to find the color desired For addit...

Page 42: ...an also enable the default or disable the Auto Tray Switch feature Important When attempting to open the application ensure that the default printer is connected and turned on If your default printer...

Page 43: ...ancelling the print job This sets the period of time the printer will wait Printing Timeout When printing a job and the paper in the selected tray runs out the printer will wait a period of time for m...

Page 44: ...after clearing the paper jam When set to Enable the print job will continue after the jam has been cleared Power Save This will enable Power Save Delay Power Save Delay When no input is received for...

Page 45: ...ame that is stored in the PostScript interpreter in the printer However this will not change the name displayed in the Chooser 1 Click Utilities Change Printer Name Zone 2 If available choose the Zone...

Page 46: ...tomatically print the PS PDF files unless they are specified to be stored on the hard disk 1 Click Utilities Download File 2 Select the file you wish to download to the printer 3 Click Open to start t...

Page 47: ...lect the Disk to erase and click Initialise Substitute Fonts This function is not supported for a non kanji printer CAUTION This utility erases the printer s hard disk and causes it to rebuild the dir...

Page 48: ...e displayed PPD file select the correct PPD file before proceeding 2 To add an available Gamma Curve profile highlight the desired profile and press the Add button 3 To remove a Gamma Curve profile fr...

Page 49: ...the individual color 3 To modify a gamma curve click a point on the curve and drag it to change the shape of the curve Or if known enter the values in the fields at the bottom of the screen 4 Once the...

Page 50: ...tware Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers Adjusting Options Apple Computer has not enabled Configure Printer for OS 10 1 and 10 2 Therefore direct configuration of the pri...

Page 51: ...how to change the printer s operation for specific print jobs Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog This section will only detail options...

Page 52: ...or is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colors Additionally a printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displaye...

Page 53: ...will not automatically produce perfect results as many factors will contribute to the gamut of color selection 1 Navigate to the utility by double clicking your local hard drive then double clicking A...

Page 54: ...ghlight the Oki Data profile desired Printer Driver Color Settings The driver settings for Manual color can change the appearance of a printed document There are several options available to help matc...

Page 55: ...nitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature How Your Software Application Displays Color Some graphics applications such as Macromedia Freehand or Adobe Photoshop may disp...

Page 56: ...GB or CMYK The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most office documents you print will be in RGB...

Page 57: ...iles provided by Oki Data and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space Matching Specific Colors For instance a company logo RGB Only OKI Color Matching and the sRGB setting...

Page 58: ...Vivid sRGB or Digital Camera settings RGB or CMYK Use PostScript Color Matching with the Saturation option Driver Options OKI Printer Features To access Features 1 Click File Print and select your pr...

Page 59: ...x 600 dpi both models Fine Models ES2426n ES2426dn 600 x 1200 dpi Model ES2426e 1200 x 1200 dpi Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with...

Page 60: ...Any selection other than Printer Setting will override the printer s menu setting MP tray is handled as manual feed Select the option desired the default is No The MP tray cannot be used for duplex p...

Page 61: ...data only This is the default setting and provides the fastest best color matching for your printer Postscript Color Matching Uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and a...

Page 62: ...on of grays Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only Auto This option is best for an office environment with the printer determining which style is better Glossy This option uses mo...

Page 63: ...colors Monitor 9300k Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K Digital Camera Optimized for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends...

Page 64: ...right and saturated colors if you don t necessarily care how accurate the colors are This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colors in the source gamut...

Page 65: ...enable the option Feature Set 3 Select from the following options Color Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only This option simulates what the outp...

Page 66: ...separate plates Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving but redu...

Page 67: ...67 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees Apg_Apg jpg...

Page 68: ...printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Layout 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired a For Multiple Pages access Pages per sheet b Select the desired Layout Direction c Select a Bor...

Page 69: ...ch Binding you prefer Normally the first option is the default NOTES Duplex printing can only be carried out on standard paper sizes and paper weights between 20 and 28 lb 75 and 105 g m The duplex un...

Page 70: ...a collate print option it is recommended to use only one collate option to prevent any conflicts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver 1 Click File P...

Page 71: ...Mac OS X and will only run on Mac 9 x or Classic OS Once the Job Accounting utility has been set up by your Network Administrator it is transparent to the operation of the printer driver on your OS X...

Page 72: ...oftware Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers Adjusting Options Apple Computer has not enabled Configure Printer for OS 10 3 Therefore direct configuration of the printer dr...

Page 73: ...w to change the printer s operation for specific print jobs Most applications allow the printer properties to be accessed from within the document print dialog This section will only detail options as...

Page 74: ...or is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colors Additionally a printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displaye...

Page 75: ...cking your local hard disk then double clicking Applications Utilities ColorSync Utility Devices 2 Click the arrow next to Displays and select your monitor in this example it is iMac For Current Profi...

Page 76: ...are several settings found on a typical monitor 5000k or D50 Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphics arts environments 6500k or D65 Cooler approximates daylight conditions 9300k Cool th...

Page 77: ...ter There are several suggested methods depending on the type of document you are printing RGB or CMYK The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB...

Page 78: ...ching Specific Colors For instance a company logo RGB Only OKI Color Matching and the sRGB setting PostScript Color Matching using the Absolute Colorimetric option RGB or CMYK If you are printing from...

Page 79: ...79 Driver Options OKI Printer Features To access Feature Set 1 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Printer Features Mac10 3_SelectPrinterFeatures jpg...

Page 80: ...x 600 dpi both models Fine Models ES2426n ES2426dn 600 x 1200 dpi Model ES2426e 1200 x 1200 dpi Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a...

Page 81: ...ting will override the printer s menu setting MP tray is handled as manual feed Select the option desired the default is No The MP tray cannot be used for duplex printing Black Overprint This option p...

Page 82: ...endering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data No Color Matching No color correction occurs when selected This option is beneficial when other matching regimens are us...

Page 83: ...ly Auto This option is best for an office environment with the printer determining which style is better Glossy This option uses more CMYK and less black while producing a shinier black Matte This opt...

Page 84: ...gital Camera settings produce brightest colors Monitor 9300k Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K Digital Camera Optimized for printing photographs...

Page 85: ...care how accurate the colors are This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colors in the source gamut to fully saturated colors in the printer s gamut Re...

Page 86: ...g the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Japan If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Color Matching by selecting the No Color Matching option under the Color Ma...

Page 87: ...e printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked Toner Saving Checking this enables toner saving but reduce print quality Page Rotate Checking this rotat...

Page 88: ...ur printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Layout 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired a For Multiple Pages access Pages per sheet b Select the desired Layout Direction c Select a...

Page 89: ...g Printing on Both Sides of the Paper 1 Click File Print and select your printer 2 Open the drop down menu and select Layout 3 Under Two Sided Printing select the binding Mac10 3_SelectLayout jpg Mac1...

Page 90: ...and 28 lb 75 and 105 g m The duplex unit is optional for model ES2426n and must be installed in the printer and enabled before duplex printing can be carried out Paper must be loaded into the paper tr...

Page 91: ...a collate print option it is recommended to use only one collate option to prevent any conflicts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver 1 Click File P...

Page 92: ...10 3 and will only run on Mac 9 x or Classic OS Once the Job Accounting utility has been set up by your Network Administrator it is transparent to the operation of the printer driver on your OS 10 3...

Page 93: ...g OS 10 1 10 2 62 OS 10 3 84 OS 9 x 15 simulation OS 10 1 10 2 65 OS 10 3 86 OS 9 x 17 swatch utility 40 D Duplex printing OS 10 1 10 2 69 OS 10 3 89 OS 9 x 33 F Fonts downloader utility 39 G Gamma cu...

Page 94: ...3 87 OS 9 x 21 43 N N up printing OS 10 1 10 2 68 OS 10 3 88 OS 9 x 32 P Page rotate OS 10 1 10 2 67 OS 10 3 87 OS 9 x 22 PostScript color matching OS 10 1 10 2 61 OS 10 3 82 OS 9 x 14 Print quality O...

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