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Page 2: ...ebsite http www okidata com and http my okidata com Copyright 2004 All rights reserved As an ENERGY STAR Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR gui...

Page 3: ...Images 9 Matching Specific Colors 10 Printing Vivid Colors 10 Macintosh OS 9x 11 Printer Drivers 11 Operation 12 Oki Driver Options 12 Color Option 12 Job Option 17 Job Option List 19 Job Accounting 2...

Page 4: ...Paper Feed Options 64 Feature Sets Quality 65 General Printing Directions 66 Collating 67 Multiple Pages on One Sheet 68 Duplex 68 Paper Feed Type Select 70 Utilities 72 Apple ColorSync Utility 72 Se...

Page 5: ...erstand the product Important An important message appears like this An important message provides supplemental information which can prevent potential problems NOTE The screen shots in this manual ar...

Page 6: ...s Printers Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colors visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colors In addition to this a prin...

Page 7: ...tching options in the driver discussed below 1 Access the printer settings page via the Print dialog from any application usually accessed via File Print 2 Click on the General drop down menu and sele...

Page 8: ...DRAW or Adobe Photoshop may display color differently from office applications such as Microsoft Word Please see your application s on line help or user manual for more information Paper Type The type...

Page 9: ...the most common and if you do not know your document s color mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications Matchin...

Page 10: ...the Color Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your application s color picker RGB or CMYK If you are printing from a graphics application such as A...

Page 11: ...rivers_________________ See your printed Software Installation Guide for information on installing printer drivers You can also go to http my okidata com to see download a copy of the Software Install...

Page 12: ...other driver operations Oki Driver Options This section references only the OKI supplied driver selections Color Option and Job Option as well as the plug ins Job Accounting and Job Type if available...

Page 13: ...ictionaries built in to 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 used specif...

Page 14: ...ce prints with lighter and brighter colors For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken Vivid or Digital Camera settings p...

Page 15: ...the usually paper white i e unlike Absolute Colorimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account Absolute Colorimetric Best for printing solid colors and tints such as company logos etc Ma...

Page 16: ...better Glossy This option uses more CMYK and less Black while producing a shinier black Matte This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter black Separations This option affects...

Page 17: ...only works for 100 black text Click on the checkbox to enable the option Printer Halftone This option prevents the halftone of a high end graphics application from printing Click on the checkbox to e...

Page 18: ...and select Job Option Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired Fine high resolution slower speed the default Provides optimum results when printing graphics Fast lower resoluti...

Page 19: ...at the printer Job Option List A list of options to modify the printer Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will pro...

Page 20: ...feed situations The MP tray cannot be used for duplex printing Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving J...

Page 21: ...Oki Job Accounting plug in is automatically installed when you install the printer driver Before using Job Accounting you must activate it 1 Select Print Desktop on the File menu 2 Ensure that your pr...

Page 22: ...e that your printer model is selected then open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Job Accounting 3 Enter your User Name and Password and press the Print button to proceed w...

Page 23: ...e printer and select Job Type 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 hard disk memory is insuffic...

Page 24: ...o the printer s hard drive select Job Spool Secure Print Setup This option allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment 1 Select the...

Page 25: ...t of the password then press ENTER to engage the number and move to the next digit ENTER PASSWORD 5 4 Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password SELECT JOB ALL JOBS 5 To print all...

Page 26: ...to engage the number and move to the next digit ENTER PASSWORD 5 4 Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password SELECT JOB ALL JOBS 5 Press CANCEL DELETE THE JOB Y ENTER N CANCEL 6...

Page 27: ...fore printing multiple copies of the same document First the document is assigned a password and processed to a print file The file is saved on the hard disk drive and one copy prints If the document...

Page 28: ...tting and a four digit personal ID number 0000 to 9999 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 29: ...then can print or delete if incorrect the remaining copies of the document using the procedures given below Printing copies from Proof and Print 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU 2 Press...

Page 30: ...nt Deleting The Document Before Printing Multiple Copies If the proof is not ready for printing the job must be deleted from the printer 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU 2 Press ENTER EN...

Page 31: ...ER N CANCEL 6 Press ENTER to delete the job then press ON LINE NOTE An alternative method of printing or deleting the document is to use the Storage Device Manager if you are on an AppleTalk network P...

Page 32: ...a four digit personal ID number 0000 to 9999 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 hard disk me...

Page 33: ...iven below Printing the Stored Document from The Front Panel 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU 2 Press ENTER ENTER PASSWORD 3 Use to set the number for the first digit of the password the...

Page 34: ...ive To delete a document stored on the Hard Disk Drive 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU 2 Press ENTER ENTER PASSWORD 3 Use to set the number for the first digit of the password then pres...

Page 35: ...spect there is a problem with printing such as too much graininess in the print 1 Select Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing to force the printer to automatically clean itself before printing NOTE A...

Page 36: ...the options that might occur but rather the typical printing operations that can benefit from detailed descriptions You can also refer to your Macintosh online help or manual for further information...

Page 37: ...ection c Select a border between the sheets if desired 4 Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the printer dialog box Duplex Note The optional duplex unit must be installed in the pr...

Page 38: ...2 Then open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Layout 3 From the Layout screen select the options desired a For Duplexing printing on both sides of the sheet press the butto...

Page 39: ...icts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver The following instructions explain how to select collating using a printer driver 1 To access first select...

Page 40: ...Macintosh OS 9x Operation 40 3 From the General screen click the button next to Collate to enable the function 4 Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the printer dialog box...

Page 41: ...tible with USB connections Admin Setup Utility for Macintosh This utility allows adjusting of network parameters of a printer Job Accounting This plug in is normally installed automatically when you i...

Page 42: ...he MAC folder and double click the Mac Installer icon to open and run Click Continue and accept the license agreement 4 Select Custom Install to access the Utility Installation 5 Click in the boxes on...

Page 43: ...ettings in this dialog box to PS commands and send them to change the printer settings 2 This button is grayed out and disabled if no change has been made to the settings in this dialog box Important...

Page 44: ...2 Closing the Option dialog box will prompt returning to the Main dialog box Help button 1 Clicking this button will prompt displaying the Help dialog box covering the items in this Main dialog box Th...

Page 45: ...r to be fed before cancelling the job Printing Timeout This parameter determines how long the printer waits for paper to be inserted after a request After that interval the job is cancelled Media Chec...

Page 46: ...tings from the printer UPDATE PPD EXECUTE Loads the latest PPD file Menu Item Value Description CHANGE PRINTER NAME ZONE EXECUTE Only available if printer is on an AppleTalk network DOWNLOAD FILE EXEC...

Page 47: ...name displayed in the Chooser only the Admin Setup utility has that ability 1 Access the function from the Utilities menu 2 If available choose the Zone required 3 Rename the printer with the desired...

Page 48: ...file you wish to load into the printer 2 If you wish to empty the hard drive use the Initialise Disk function Remember that this will erase the entire disk and the printer will automatically rebuild...

Page 49: ...te This action once executed cannot be undone Substitute Fonts This function is not supported for a non kanji printer PS Gamma Adjuster To open PS Gamma Adjuster open SDM then select PS Gamma Adjuster...

Page 50: ...ng 2 To add an available Gamma Curve profile highlight the desired profile and press the Add button 3 To remove a Gamma Curve profile from the PPD column press the Delete button NOT the Remove button...

Page 51: ...ect All first To modify a curve click on a point on the curve the drag point and drag it to change the shape of the curve Or if known enter the values in the fields below 3 Once the configuration is c...

Page 52: ...cess 1 Highlight with your mouse the printer with which you wish to work Once selected the options from the Menu bar become available 2 The tables below describe briefly the functions available for th...

Page 53: ...Item Value Description OKI DEVICE SETUP OPENS SETUP WINDOW Allows changing network parameters for selected printer RESET OPENS RESET WINDOW Will reset the selected printer TEST PRINT Opens Test Print...

Page 54: ...n installing printer drivers You can also go to http my okidata com to see download a copy of the Software Installation Guide or for the latest information on printer drivers Adjusting Options Apple C...

Page 55: ...from within the document print dialog box Refer to the manufacturer s guidelines for information on other driver operations Printer Features 1 To access Printer Features open your print driver from w...

Page 56: ...KI s proprietary color matching system and affects RGB data only This is the default setting and provides the fastest best color matching for your printer Postscript Color Matching This uses PostScrip...

Page 57: ...Monitor 6500k Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer This selection works best for office situations Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimized for printing photographs when u...

Page 58: ...s color gamut are printed without any modification and only colors that fall outside the printable colors are modified Rendering Intent When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the doc...

Page 59: ...Colorimetric Best for printing solid colors and tints such as company logos etc Matches colors common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colors to their nearest printed equivalent Trie...

Page 60: ...n 60 Separations This option affects output only allowing you to print all colors or separate splates NOTE You must select a non generic PostScript Printer Description PPD file for a printer that supp...

Page 61: ...acintosh OS X Operation 61 Feature Sets Job Options Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater 1 1 2...

Page 62: ...nting multiple copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving but reduce print quality NOTE If your software application has a col...

Page 63: ...Macintosh OS X Operation 63 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees...

Page 64: ...tching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked Media Type Many options are available for selecting the thickness of the paper type Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient...

Page 65: ...ity Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired Fast low resolution fast speed choose this for quick proofing of drafts Fine the default high resolution slower speed Provides opti...

Page 66: ...option prevents registration errors and only works for 100 black text General Printing Directions What follows are descriptions of common printing issues common to the Macintosh environment This sect...

Page 67: ...ate option to prevent any conflicts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver The following instructions explain how to select collating using a printer...

Page 68: ...t 2 Then open the drop down menu at left 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 Selec...

Page 69: ...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 optional du...

Page 70: ...types of paper or trays The options selected affect only the current document being printed 1 To access first select your desired printer from an application using File Print 2 Then open the drop down...

Page 71: ...he printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper Paper Options Plain Paper Letterhead etc When you select a paper type option the printer automatically accesse...

Page 72: ...Display profile will attempt to calibrate the display to more closely match the printer s output However merely selecting the profile will not automatically produce perfect results as many factors wil...

Page 73: ...Utilities 73 2 Click the arrow next to Displays and select your monitor In the Current Profile area click the arrow and select Other to access the Color Profile 3 Click the desired ICC Profile and th...

Page 74: ...Macintosh OS X Utilities 74 Setting the Printer Profile 1 Navigate to the utility by accessing your Local Hard Drive Applications Utilities ColorSync Utility Devices...

Page 75: ...lities 75 2 Click the arrow next to Printers and select your printer then click Color sRGB Under Current Profile click the arrow and select Other to access the Color Profile 3 Click the desired profil...

Page 76: ...Installing PS Gamma Adjuster If you chose not to install the PS Gamma Adjuster utility when you installed the printer driver 1 Insert the driver CD supplied with the printer in the CD ROM drive 2 Dou...

Page 77: ...con and select Okidata PS Gamma Adjust then double click PS Gamma Adjuster 1 Because Gamma Curve profiles are tied to the displayed PPD file you must select the correct PPD file before proceeding 2 To...

Page 78: ...elect either All or an individual color deselect All first To modify a curve click on a point on the curve the drag point and drag it to change the shape of the curve Or if known enter the values in t...

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