Oki C7300 manual

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Every effo rt has b een made to ensure that the inform ation in this document is comp lete, accur ate, and up -to-date. T he manufact urer assumes no respo nsibility for the resul ts of erro rs beyond its control. The manu facturer a lso cannot g uarantee that chang es in software and equip ment ma de by othe r manufactur ers and r eferred to i n t[...]

3 Cont ents Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Model Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

4 Printing custom page sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Changing th e resolution for a p rint job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 19 Duplex printing (printing o n both sides of the pap er) . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Printing booklets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

5 Windows Me / 98 / 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Which printer driver to use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Ebabling installed options in the drivers . . . . . . . .[...]

6 Proof and print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Secure printing (printing confiden tial documen ts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Store to hard dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Printing overlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

7 FX Emulation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Parallel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 USB menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Network menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

8 NOT ES, CAUTIONS, ETC. NOT E A note appears like this. A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which helps you to use and understa nd the product . CAUTION! A caution a ppears lik e this. A caut ion provid es additiona l information which, if ignored, may re sult in equipment malfunction or damage. WA R N I N G ! A warn[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Introduction • 8 Introduction Congratul ations on pu rchasi ng this col or printer ! In this c hapter you w ill find a s ummary of the main features of your printer fol lowed by some adv ice on ho w to use th is User’s Guide to get the mos t from your printer. MODEL SUMMARY Model Resoluti on Print speed Network card Duplex Uni[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Introduction • 9 FE AT U R E S • Single pass digital techn ology for high qua lity , speed and reliabi lity . • Duplex pri nting for fas t two-si ded output (s tandard on C73 00dxn and C75 00dxn, opt ional on o ther mode ls). • High capaci ty 10Gb har d disk dr ive (standar d on dxn m odels, option al on others). • V ers[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Introduction • 10 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manu al will lead yo u logicall y through the unpackin g, setup and operatio n of your printer t o help yo u to ma ke the bes t use of its many advance d features . It also inc ludes: • troubles hooting info rmation • maintenan ce guidel ines • instruc tions fo r adding opti on[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Introduction • 11 Printing Pages The whol e book, Ind ividual pa ges, or secti ons may be printed. T he procedu re for printi ng from Acro bat Reade r is: 1. From the toolb ar , selec t File , then Print (or p ress the Ctrl + P keys). 2. Choose whi ch pages you wi sh to print : a. All pages for the entire man ual. b. Current p a[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 12 Getting Star te d UNPACKING After unp acking the print er and ch oosing a su itable pl ace to put it, check t hat all the nece ssary par ts are ava ilable to continue. 1. The printe r . 2. 4 toner c artridges ( cyan, magen ta, yellow and black). 3. Power c able 4. CD-ROM disks. 5. LED lens cleaner (not illu [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 13 CD-ROM DISK CONTENTS The CD -ROM disk s suppl ied with y our print er contai n the f ollowing software: CD1 - Drive rs, Software Utilities CD2 - Man uals[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 14 PRINTER LOCATION Place th e printer o n a flat s urface lar ge enough and stron g enough to accept th e size and weight o f the printer . There mu st be suf ficie nt space ar ound the prin ter to allow for acce ss and p rinter maint enance. 20cm 7.875in 40cm 15.75in 20cm 7.875in 60cm 23.62 60cm 23.62in 48kg [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 15 PRINTER COMPONENTS 1. T op co ver 2. Control panel 3. T op cover r elease catc h 4. Multi purpo se tray (manual fee d) 5. Paper s upport exten sion 6. Paper gu ides 7. Front cover 8. Paper tray 9. Paper l evel ind icator 10. Pow er switc h[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 16 11. LED heads (4) 12. Disch arge roller ) 13. Fuse r unit 14. Imag e drum and to ner cartr idge (cya n) 15. Image dr um and to ner cartrid ge (magen ta) 16. Image dr um and to ner cartr idge (yellow ) 17. Image dr um and to ner cartrid ge (black )[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 17 18. Pow er conne ctor 19. Rear ex it paper tray 20. Interfa ces and option ca rd slott 21. USB in terface connecto r 22. Paral lel interf ace connect or 23. Netwo rk interface card (opti onal on C7 100)[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 18 Setting up Before c onnectin g this pri nter to a com puter and power su pply, the toner ca rtridge s must b e install ed and pap er inse rted in th e paper tray. P ACKAGING AND PROT ECTIVE SHEET REMOVAL 1. Remove an y adhe sive tape an d packaging from the p rinter . 2. Using the releas e handle, o pen the top c[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 19 3. Remove the LED head re straine r from behi nd the LED head s in the top cove r .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 20 4. Remove the four ima ge drums and place the m on a level surface . CAUTION! • Never e xpose image dr ums to ligh t for more than 5 minutes. • Always hold image drum by the ends. • Never e xpose image dr ums to d irect sunlig ht. • Never to uch the gr een surf ace of the drum.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 21 5. Remove th e protectiv e sheets from eac h of the four image dru ms. 6. Replace t he four i mage drum s into the printer ma king su re each image drum is in stalled i n its correc t color locatio n. 7. Push the tab (1) inwa rds and remove t he blanki ng plate f rom each of th e image dr ums. (1)[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 22 T ONER CARTRIDGE INSTALLATION 1. Remove the black toner cartri dge from t he package. 2. Shake th e toner ca rtridge ba ck and fort h several times the n, holding it horizontally , remov e the tape. WA R N I N G ! T ake extreme care wh en handling toner . • T oner can be harmful if inhaled, swall owed or if it [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 23 3. Remove the locki ng piece fro m behind t he colored toner re lease leve r . 4. Insert the ton er cartridge int o the black im age drum, left side first, engaging the drum locating peg in the hole in the ton er cartridge. Make su re the co lors of the toner car tridge and image drum corre spond.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 24 5. Gently p ush the toner cartridge do wn engagin g the loc king pin into the gr oove on the image drum. 6. Gently push the colored leve r toward the rear of the mach ine until it stops. This releas es the to ner into the i mage dru m. CAUTION! The lever should go back easily . If the lever resist s moving, stop [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 25 7. Repeat t he process fo r each co lor toner cartridg e, being c areful to match t he color ton er to the col or image dr um. 8. Clos e the top c ov er .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 26 LOADING PAPER 1. Remove the paper tray from the print er .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 27 2. Adjust t he paper guid es and rear stopper fo r the size of paper being us ed.: CAUTION! T o prevent pa per jams • Don’t lea ve space betwee n the paper and the paper guides and rear stopper . • Don’t overfill the p aper tray . Cap acity depends on the type of p aper and th e p aper weight. • Don’t[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 28 3. If installed , a lower paper t ray cannot be used to print if the re is no paper tray inserted above it. (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 8[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 29 4. For face dow n printing, ma ke sur e the rear paper exit is closed (the paper e xits from the to p of the pr inter). Pa per is stacked in printed order and th e paper tray c apacity is app roxima tely 500 sheets, depe nding on paper weight. 5. For face up printing, make sure the rear paper ex it is open an d t[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 30 MANUAL FEED 1. Open the Multi-pur pose tray a nd extend the paper feed guides. 2. Load the me dia face up , and adj ust the paper gu ides to th e size of the m edia bein g used. NO TE • Don’t exceed the Paper Full li ne (about 100 sheets depending on p aper weight, 50 transp arencies or 10 envelop es). • Lo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 31 P OWER CONNECTION 1. Connect th e power cabl e (1) into the power sock et on the pri nter , then into a grounded power suppl y outlet . 2. Switch the pri nter ON using the main power swit ch (2). The printe r will go th rough its initializat ion and war m up seq uence. When the pr inter is ready, the REA DY indic[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 32 CONTROL PANEL 1. Attention indicator (red) . ON indicates t hat atte ntion is requ ired, but prin ting will continue . FLASHING indicates t hat attentio n is required, but pr inting wil l stop . 2. Read y in dic ator ( gre en) . ON - rea dy to re ceive data. FLASHING indicate s proces sing data or error . 3. L iq[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 33 CONTROL PANEL (CONTINUED) 1. Menu button . Pres s briefly to enter the MENU mo de. Press briefly again to select th e next menu. Pres s for mor e than 2 seconds to scroll through the different menu s. 2. Item( +) button . Press briefly to scrol l forward to the next m enu item. 3. Value (+) button . Press briefly[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 34 MENU SETTINGS Chang ing th e display language Carry out t he followi ng instr uctions to c hange the language that is display ed on the p rinter’s LCD. 1. Press the O NLINE button to put the printer o ffline. 2. Press th e MENU button repe atedly u ntil SYSTEM CONFIG ME NU is display ed. 3. Press the SELECT bu [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 35 Printing t he Me nuMap Print a list of m enu settin gs to con firm that the print er is cor rectly configur ed. 1. Make sur e ther e is pa per i n th e pa per tra y . 2. Press the MENU button until the INFOR MA TION MENU is disp layed , then press the SELE CT button. 3. Confirm t hat PRINT MENU MAP is displa yed [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 36 Media set ting s Sele cting pap er feed 1. Press the ONLINE bu tton to place the printe r offline. 2. Press the MENU button r epeatedly until PRINT ME NU is disp layed , then press the SELE CT button. 3. Press the ITEM bu tton until P APER FEED is di splayed . 4. Press the V ALUE button until the req uired paper [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 37 Selecting t he paper size 1. Press the ONLINE bu tton to place the printe r offline. 2. Press the MENU button u ntil PRINT M ENU is displ ayed, then press SELECT bu tton. 3. Press ei ther ITEM ( +) or (–) button repea tedly unti l EDIT SIZE is display ed. 4. Press ei ther V AL UE (+) or (–) button until the r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 38 Selec ting the me dia type an d weight Your pr inter autom atically d etects pap er type and weight. You have the option , however , to overri de these set tings as follows: 1. Press the ONLINE bu tton to place the printe r offline. 2. Press the MENU button until MEDIA MENU is displ ayed, then press the SE LECT b[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 39 MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS We recommen d the foll owing guid elines w hen selec ting medi a for use in th is printer : Pa pe r • For recomm ended papers see your “C7 100/C7300/C7 500 Handy Reference G uide” or che ck http:// my . okidata.com. • Paper s hould be sto red flat a nd away from moistur e, direct sun[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 40 Envelope s • Use only recommend ed envelo pes (OKI 52206301 a nd 52206302: se e page 409). • Envelop es sh ould be stor ed flat an d away from moi sture, direc t sunligh t and he at sources . • Don’t use envelopes with windows or metal cla sps. • Don’t use envelope s with se lf seali ng flaps. • Don[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 41 P APER F EED AND EXIT Selecti on of which pa per feed and which pape r exit to use for printing and whet her simpl ex (sing le sided) or duplex (double s ided) p rinting is avail able, depen ds upon the pa per size, med ia weight and media type that i s used. Pl ease refer to the foll owing tabl es: Pa pe r S i z[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 42 P aper weights and media settings Feed Exit Media weight Tr a y 1 T ray 2/ Tr a y 3 MP T ra y (Manual ) Rear (face up) T op (face down ) Paper , US Bond ( Metri c) 17 lb. (64 g/m 2 ) Light S a S a S a S a S a 18 to 19 lb. (68-71 g/m 2 ) Medium light S a S a S a S a S a 20 to 24 lb. (75-90 g/m 2 ) Medium S, D a a.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 43 PRINT ER SETTINGS Confirming curre nt settings Current men u settings c an be con firmed b y printing the MenuMap: see “Pri nting the M enuMap” on page 35. Chang ing th e settings 1. Press th e MEN U button u ntil the requir ed menu is dis played , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Press the ITEM ( +) or (–[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 44 LIST OF U SER MENU SETTIN GS Listed i n the follo wing table s are th e available printer s ettings. Th e default s ettings for t he printer ar e in bold text. Prin t Jobs Me nu This men u only ap pears i f the hard disk dri ve is in stalled. Item Va l u e Description ENTE R PASSWO RD **** Sets password using a f[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 45 . T e st Pr int Men u Item Va l u e Description PRINT ID CHECK P ATTERN Execute Prints ID check pattern to det ect bad ID. Displayed only if "TEST PRINT MENU" of the System Maintenance Menu is set to ENABLE. Shut down Menu Item Va l u e Description SHUTDOWN ST ART Execute Printer shut down sequence whic[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 46 MP TR AY USAG E Normal tray; High priority tray; Fe ed when mismat ching ; Do not us e S pecif ies MP tray us age. Normal tray : (Tray select/switch) Use as a normal tray . High priority tray : (V alid with T ray select only). If t here is paper in the MP tray and D uplex is not spe cified, the printer uses the M[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 47 . ORIENTATION Por t rai t ; Landscape Sets page orientation for printing. LINE PER PAGE 5 to 128. Default = 60 . Sets the number of lines that can be printed on a st andard letter-size page. Invalid in PostSc ript mode. EDIT S IZE Cassette size ; Le tter ; Executive; Legal 14; Legal 13.5; Legal 13; A4; A5; A6 ; B[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 48 TR A Y 3 MEDIAWEIGHT Auto ; Light; Medium light; Medium; Medium heavy; Heavy; Ultra heavy Sets the paper weight for optiona l T ray . 3. (Only displa yed if inst al led) MP T RAY PAPERSIZ E A4; A5; A6; B5; Legal 14; Legal 13.5; Legal 13; Letter ; E xecutive; Custom; Com-9 envelope; Com-10 envelope; Monarch envelo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 49 Colo r Me nu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description AUTO DENSITY MODE Auto ; Manual Select whether density adjustment and T oner Response Curve (T RC) compensation is automatic. Auto : Density adjustment is automatically run under specified conditions, and reflected in t he TRC compensation. [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 50 CYAN, MAGENTA, Y ELLOW OR BLAC K DARKNESS 0+1+2+3-4-3-2-1 Adjusts Cyan , Magenta , Y ello w or Black engine density . Please do not change this setting. ADJU ST REGISTRATION Execute When this m enu is selected, the printer perform s an Auto Adjust Registration. Must be exe cuted in the idle state (Auto Registrati[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 51 System Configuration Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description POWER SA VE DELAY TIME 5 min; 15 min; 30 min; 60 min ; 240 min. Sets the time befor e printer enters power save mode. PERSO NALI TY Auto emulation ; PCL; I BM P PR II I XL; Epson FX; Adobe PostScript Selects the printer emulatio[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 52 LOW TONER Continue ; S top If set to CONTINUE, allows pr inting to continue when Low toner is displayed. If S TOP is selected - when Low toner is displayed, the printer goes off line. JAM RECOVERY ON ; OFF Sets whether or not printing wil l continue after a paper jam has been cleared. If set to OFF , the print jo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 53 PCL Emul at ion Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Desc rip tio n FONT SOURCE Resident ; DIMM0; Downloaded Selects location of the PCL font used. DIMM0 is displayed only when font DIMM ROM exists in the slot. Downloaded only appears if fonts have been down loaded to the printer . FONT NO. I 000 [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 54 SYMB OL SET PC- 8 , PC-8 Dan/Nor, PC-8 TK, PC-775, P C-850, PC-852, PC-855, PC-857 TK, PC-858, P C-866, PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font, Pls ka Mazv ia, PS M ath, PS T ext, Rom an-8, Roman-9, Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1, Serbo Croat2, Spanish, Ukrainian, VN In t'l, VN Math, VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt, Win 3.1 Cyr , Wi[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 55 WHITE P AGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to ON if you do not wish to p rint blank pages; PC L mode. CR FUNCTION CR ; CR+LF S ets functionality on receipt of CR code in PCL mode. LF FUNCTION LF ; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of LF code in PCL mode. PRINT MARG IN Normal ; 1/5 inch; 1/6 inch Sets the wi [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 56 PP R Emulation Me nu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Ite m Va l u e Description PEN WI DTH ADJUST ON ; OFF IN PCL, when switched ON, emphasizes the pe n width to improve the appearance of lines specified with m inimum width. CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI ; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; PROP ORTIO NAL S pecifies character pi[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 57 SYMBOL SE T PC-8, PC- 8 Dan/Nor , PC-8 TK, PC-775, P C-850, PC-852, PC-855, PC-857 TK, PC-858, P C-866, PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font, Plska Mazvi a, PS Math, PS T ext, Rom an-8, Roman-9, Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1, Serbo Croat2, Spanish, Ukr ainia n, V N I nt'l, VN Math , VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt, Win 3.1 Cyr , [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 58 WHITE P AGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to O N if you do not wish to print blank pages. Not available for duplex printing. CR FUNCTION CR ; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of CR code. LF FUNCTION LF ; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of LF code. LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN ; 136 COLUMN Specifies the number[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 59 FX Emulat ion Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI; 1 2 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; P ROPOR TIONAL S pecifies character pitch in this emulation. CHARACTER SET Set 2 ; Set 1 Specifies which Epson character s et is used. SYMBOL SET PC-8, PC-8 Dan/Nor , PC-8 TK, PC-775, PC[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 60 LETTER 0 STYLE DISABLE ; ENABLE Specifies t he style that replaces 9B He x with letter o and 9D Hex wit h a zero ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL ; SLAS HED Sets the zero t o be slashed or unslashed. LINE PITCH 6 LPI ; 8 LPI S pec ifies the li ne spacing (lines per inch). WHITE P AGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to ON [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 61 P arallel Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description PARALLEL ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects parallel (Centronics) interface. BI-D IRECTION ENABLE ; D ISA BLE Selects bi-directional communication. ECP ENABLE ; DI SABLE Select s ECP m ode. ACK W ID TH NARROW ; ME DIUM ; WIDE Sets ACK width for com [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 62 USB Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption USB ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects USB interface. SOFT R ESET ENABLE ; DISABLE Enables/Disables soft reset command. OFFLI NE RECEIVE ENABLE ; DISABLE Enable = maintains reception without changing the interface signal, even if an alarm occurs. The int[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 63 Memory Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description RECEIVE BUFF SIZE AUTO ; 0.5 MB; 1 MB; 2 MB; 4 MB; 8 MB; 16 M B; 32 MB Sets the size of the receive buffer and depends on the amount of memory installed in the printer . RESOURCE SAVE AUTO ; OFF ; 0.5 MB; 1 MB; 2 MB; 4 MB; 8 MB; 16 M B; 32 MB[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 64 CAUTIO N! The Disk Maintenance Menu can be used to initialize the printer's inter nal hard disk drive , to reassign the p artition content s , or to refo rmat the partition s. Unless you know what you are doing, please avoid this section of the Menu . It is recommended that disk maintenanc e be done through [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 65 Syst em Adjust Me nu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description X AD JUST 0.00 MM ; Range +0.25 TO +2 .0 MM and – 2. 0 TO – 0.25 MM in 0.25 mm increments Adjusts overall print position horizontally in 0. 20 increments. Y AD JUST 0.00 MM ; Range +0.25 TO +2 .0 MM and – 2. 0 TO – 0.25 MM in[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 66 HEX DUMP EXECUTE Press SELECT to switch the printer to the H exadecimal Dump mode in which all data received is printed in both Hexadec imal and ASCII for mat. T o return to normal print mode, switch the printer of f then on again. Maintenance Men u The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description EEPR[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 67 Usage Menu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description T O TAL PAGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows total number of pages print ed. T RAY 1 P AGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed f rom tray 1. T RAY 2 P AGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed f rom tray 2. Displayed if optional tray 2 is inst [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 68 LIST OF ADMINISTRATOR MENU SETTINGS To enter th is menu, turn on th e printer wh ile hold ing down th e ITEM + button. NO TE Only syst em administrat ors have access to this menu. OP Me nu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description ALL CATEGORY ENABLE , DISA BLE Enable/Disable all categories of U[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 69 PPR EM ULATIO N MENU ENABLE , DISA BLE Enable/Disable PPR EM ULA TION MENU. Set to Disable, PPR EMULA TION MENU is not displayed. FX EMU LATI ON MENU ENABLE , DISA BLE Enable/Disable FX EMULA TION MENU. Set to Disabl e, FX EMULA TION MENU is not displayed. PARALLEL M ENU ENABLE , DISA BLE Enable/Disable P ARALLEL[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 70 Colo r Me nu The defa ult settin gs are bold . Item Va l u e Description RESET C GAMMA F IL TER EXECUTE Reset the s tored TRC data (retained for tracking). For example, corr ect values could not be taken due to “out of or der” situation. This is mainly for maintenance purposes and not ordinarily used . RESET [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 71 SETTING C OLOR TUNING FR OM THE FRON T PANEL You can use the printer’s m enu to a djust the color i ntensity for a specifi c color b y adju sting the HIGHLIGHT , MID-TO NE and DARK (shadows) Color Tuning Patte rns. • To in crea se the co lor inte nsity , use a higher pos itive setti ng (default = 0, ma ximum [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 72 1. Print the Co lor T uning Pattern: a. Make su re letter size pape r is loaded in the tray. b. Press the ME NU button one or more times , until COLOR MENU displ ays. c. Press the IT EM button on e or more times , until C OLOR TUNING displ ays. d. Press SE LECT. The Colo r Tuning P attern pri nts. 2. Adjust t he [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 73 3. Adjust t he Mage nta mid-tone color: a. Press the ITEM button one or more tim es, until MAGENTA MID-T ONE nn appears . b. Press th e VALUE button on e or mo re times, until the new value you wish to use di spla ys (e.g., nn = +3). c. Press the SELECT bu tton. An aster isk (*) ap pears at the right of the n umb[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 74 SWITCHING OFF In normal circumstan ces the power sav e facility should be used to avoid ha ving to sw itch the printer off. Howeve r if you do w ish to switch th e printe r off manu ally, pleas e carry out t he foll owing procedu re: 1. Press the ME NU button u ntil SHUTDOWN MEN U is d isplayed, then press the SE[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 75 INT ERFACES Your pr inter is e quipped wi th a sele ction of d ata inter faces: 1. Paral lel – For di rect co nnection to a PC. T his port r equires a bi-direc tional ( IEEE 138 4 compli ant) parallel cable. 2. USB – For connectio n to a PC r unning W indows 98 or above (not Window s 95 u pgraded to Windows 9[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 76 See your printed S oftware Instal lation G uide for informatio n on: • Making t he interfa ce connect ions • Installing t he printe r drivers • Inst all ing networ k softwar e,. You can also go to http://my.o kidata.com to s ee/downlo ad a copy of the Soft ware Installatio n Guide or for the latest in forma[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 77 W indows XP Print e r Drivers See your printed S oftware Instal lation G uide for informatio n on insta lling prin ter drive rs. You can also go to http ://my.okidata.c om to view and/or download a copy of the Softwa re Install ation Guid e or for the la test inform ation on drivers for your print[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 78 ENABLING INSTAL LED OPTIO NS IN THE DRIV ER Certain o ptions suc h as additio nal memor y, the dup lexer, or additiona l trays may be i nstalle d in your pr inter. Before u sing the p rinter, yo u must ent er the prin ter driver( s) and enable the option s. You on ly need t o do this once. For add[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 79 For the inte rnal hard disk drive P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. 4. Under Inst allable Opti ons , make sure the setting i n the Hard Disk drop -down list [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 80 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Option ta b, cl ick Pri nter H ard Di sk . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs and Fax es dialog box.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 81 For addition al paper tr ays P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. Under Installable Options , click A vailable T r ays , th en selec t the app ropria te number [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 82 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Device Option t ab, sel ect the a ppropriate number o f trays (not inc luding th e Multi- purpose tray). 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs and Fax es dialo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 83 For the duplex unit P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. Under Installable Options , click Duplex and selec t In st alled i n the drop -down list. 4. Click OK a[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 84 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Option ta b, cl ick Duplex Option Unit . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs and Fax es dialog box.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 85 CHANG ING DE FAULTS FOR PAPER FE ED, SIZE AND MEDIA IN THE D RIVER The normal default fo r these ite ms is au tomatic d etection. The foll owing pr inter driv er instr uctions are give n as a gui de only. Some sof tware appl ications r equire the paper fee d, size and m edia settings to be select [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 86 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e and click P rinting P reference s . Impor tant! If you wil l be using h eavy med ia, transpa rencies, e nvelopes o r labels, make sur e you op en the rea r exit befor e print ing:[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 87 3. Click the Paper /Quality tab. Under T ray Selectio n , select th e paper feed in the Paper Sour ce drop-down list. 4. Click the Adv anced butto n.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 88 5. Under Paper/Output , selec t the medi a size in t he Paper Siz e drop-down l ist. 6. Under Document Options ® Printer Featu res , click Medi a Ty p e and s elect the me dia from the drop-do wn list. 7. Click OK twice a nd close the Printer s and Fax es dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 89 PCL driv ers 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e and click P rinting P reference s . 3. On the Setup tab, under Media , select the requi red p aper si ze in the Size drop-down list.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 90 4. Select t he requir ed paper fee d under Source . NOT E If a pape r tray is sel ected the W eight field b ecomes visi ble.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 91 5. Select t he requir ed paper ty pe under Weight . 6. Click the Paper Feed Options button and ma ke any o ther sele ctions th en click OK . 7. Click OK twice a nd close the Printer s and Fax es dialog b ox. NOT E If Printer Setting is sele cted, ma ke s ure t he p rin ter has b ee n set to th e c[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 92 Network Print er Status Utilit y • Available on TCP /IP networ k connection o nly . The Networ k Printe r Status utility is availab le if yo ur admin istrator has ins talled it . If the util ity is ins talled, you will see the follow ing changes to the p rinter driv er Properties dialog b ox: ?[...]

Operation • 93 W indows XP Operation This sec tion exp lains how to set up color pri nting and how to use the printer ’s features i ncludin g: • N-up printing (see page 1 1 1) • Custo m pa ge size s (see pag e 1 13 ) • Selecti ng print resolut ion (se e page 1 19) • Duplex pri nting (see page 120) • W atermarks (see page 126) • Coll[...]

Operation • 94 F ACTORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PRINTING The PCL and PostS cript pri nter driv ers suppl ied with y our printe r provid e severa l contro ls for ch anging the colo r output. F or gene ral use the de fault drive r settin gs prod uce good res ults for m ost document s. Many app lication s have th eir own col or settings , and thes e may [...]

Operation • 95 V iewing conditions A docume nt can look very diff erent unde r various li ghting co nditions . For exam ple, the colors m ay loo k different when viewe d stan ding next to a s unlit windo w, compared t o how they look under standard office fluor escent li ghting. Print er driver color settings The driv er settings for Ma nual col [...]

Operation • 96 How your software applica tion displays color Some gr aphics appl ication s such as C orelDRAW ® or Adob e ® Photosho p ® may display c olor dif ferently from "of fice" app licatio ns such as Micro soft ® Wo rd. Plea se see y our applic ation ’s online h elp or user m anual f or more inf ormation . Paper type The ty[...]

Operation • 97 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING METHOD There is no one way to achie ve a good matc h between the document display ed on you r monito r, and its p rinted eq uivalent. T here are many fac tors involv ed in ach ieving accur ate and repr oducible c olor. However, the followi ng guidelin es may h elp in achieving good col or output f rom you[...]

Operation • 98 RGB or CMYK If you ar e printing p hotograph ic images from a grap hics app licatio n such as Adobe Ph otoshop, yo u may be able to use Soft- Proofin g to simulat e the printed image on your moni tor. T o do this , you c an use the ICC-Profi les provid ed by Oki (see “ Windows ICM col or matching ” on page 110), and then prin t[...]

Operation • 99 Printing Vivid Co lors RGB only • Use Oki Co lor Matchi ng (see p age 103), wit h the Moni tor 6500k Vi vi d, sRGB or Di git al C amera set tings (PCL or PS) . RGB or CMYK • Use PostSc ript Color Matching ( see page 105) wi th the Saturat ion option .[...]

Operation • 100 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIV ER Color Matching Option s The Colo r Matching options i n the PCL d river ca n be used to help match yo ur prin ted color s to the o nes displa yed o n your moni tor. T o manually set the col or mat ching optio ns in th e PCL driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Right cli ck th[...]

Operation • 101 a. Click Manual Color under Color Mode , then click Natural under Color Setting . 4. Select t he metho d you wish t o use: Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimized for printi ng photogr aphs when using a monitor with a color t emperatur e of 6500K . Monitor (6500k) Vivid Optimized for printi ng bright c olors when u sing a mo nitor wi[...]

Operation • 102 without any modific ation, and only c olors that fa ll outsi de the printabl e colors are modifie d. 5. Set any o ther req uired para meters usi ng the on- line Help for guidance . 6. When you are done, c lick OK and clos e the Prin ting Pre ferences dialog bo x. The Prin t Colo r Swatc h Util ity For use wi th applicat ions w hic[...]

Operation • 103 COLOR MATCHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Matching Option s The PostS cript dri ver offers s everal dif ferent met hods of c ontrolling the color o utput of the printer. T o manua lly set the color matching opt ions in the P ostScript driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e an[...]

Operation • 104 Select the type to be use d from t he drop-do wn list und er Color Settin g : • Monit or (6500k) Auto Optimized for printi ng genera l docume nts when usi ng a monitor with a color tem peratur e of 6500K . • Monit or (6500k) Perceptual Optimized for pr inting photog raphs wh en using a monitor w ith a color tem peratur e of 65[...]

Operation • 105 •s R G B Optimized for matc hing spe cific col ors, such as a company logo col or. The colo rs within the pr inter's c olor gamut are pr inted witho ut any modi fication, and only col ors that fall outside the printa ble colo rs are mod ified. b. Co lor Contro l = P ostScrip t Color Matchi ng This uses P ostSc ript Color Re[...]

Operation • 106 – Per ceptual Best ch oice f or printin g photog raphs. Comp resses the source gamut into the printe r's gamut w hile main taining th e overall a ppearanc e of an im age. – Saturation Best ch oice f or printin g bright and satur ated colo rs if you don't ne cessaril y care how accu rate the c olors ar e. This makes i[...]

Operation • 107 OKI “USING IC C PROFILES” FEATURE: P OSTSCRIPT DRI VER ONLY • Af fect s RGB dat a only . This p rovides a method o f matc hing RGB colors similar to Windo ws ICM matchi ng. The m ain advantag e it ha s over Wi ndows ICM c olor matching is that it p rovides a metho d of printi ng using both input and output profi les. Windows[...]

Operation • 108 T o set up ICC profiles: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e and click P rinting P reference s . 3. Click the Color ta b. 4. Under Color mode , se lect Using ICC Profile in the Color Control Method dr op-d ow n list.[...]

Operation • 109 5. Click the New button. 6. Select the Input profile and Output profile in the drop-do wn lists under Se lect ICC profile . 7. Select t he desir ed Rendering Int ent and type in a name for t he profile and click OK . The new name will ap pear in the Setting Name drop-do wn list unde r ICC Profile Setting . 8. Repeat ste ps 5-7 for[...]

Operation • 110 WINDOWS ICM COLOR MATCHING • ICM is the color m anagement system built int o Windows . • Af fect s RGB dat a only . • Can be ass ociated wit h either t he PCL or PS driver Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your m onitor and p rinter; these profiles d escribe th e colors that your device is capable of reprodu cing. ICC p rofi[...]

Operation • 111 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGES ON ON E SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Prin t dialog box , click the ap propriate O KI C9x00 P S driver on the Genera l t ab, then c lick the Pref erences bu tton. 3. On the Layout tab, under Pages[...]

Operation • 112 N-Up printing using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropriat e OKI C9x 00 PCL driver on the General t ab, th en click t he Pref eren ces button. 3. On the Setup tab, under F inishing Mode , sel ect th e re quir ed number o f pages per she e[...]

Operation • 113 PRINTING CUSTOM PAGE SIZES Custom pag e sizes c an only b e printed fr om the mul ti purpose tray. The printe r media size for th e multi pu rpose tray must be manually set in th e driver to the custom paper s ize before use (range 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 21 6 mm] wide x 5 to 14 i nches [127 to 356 mm] l ong). Printing custom pag[...]

Operation • 114 4. Click the Paper /Quality tab. Under T ray Selectio n , select Multi-Purpose T ray in the Paper Sour ce drop-down l ist. 1. Click the Adv anced button. Un der Paper/Output , select Post script Custom p age Size in th e Paper S ize drop-down lis t.[...]

Operation • 115 2. Enter the Width and Height for the c ustom paper and select th e Paper Fe ed Directio n . 3. Click OK thr ee tim es. 4. Click Print . NOT E • Long Edge Firs t = media feeds in long edge first • Short Edge First = media feeds in short e dge first • Long Ed ge First (flipped ) = Reser ved for fut ure use. • Short Edge Fir[...]

Operation • 116 Printing custom page s using the PCL driver 1. Make su re the rear ex it path is open: 2. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 3. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Prefer en ces button. NOT E Up to 32 custom pa ge sizes can be def ined in the[...]

Operation • 117 4. On the Setup tab, under Media , select User Defined Size in the Size dr op-down list. The Set Free Size dial og box ap pears .. 5. Select the Unit , then enter the Width and Length m eas urem ent s and cli ck OK . NOT E You may s ee a Wa r n i n g dialog box indicating a conflict. If you do, click OK and t he driver will automa[...]

Operation • 118 6. User Defined Size appe ars in the Size list on the Setup ta b. 7. Click OK , then click Print . NO TE To save t he setting for futu re use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size . • Select the unit, the n enter the relevant informa tion for Wid th and H eight and giv e your custom size a name under Name . • [...]

Operation • 119 CHANG ING THE RESOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropriat e OKI C9x00 driv er on the General tab, then click the P reference s button. 1. Click the Job Options tab . 2. Select t he requir ed prin ting resol ution unde r Quality . 3[...]

Operation • 120 DUPL EX PRI NTING (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes onl y . • Paper we ight rang e 20 to 28 l b. US Bond ( 75 to 105 g/ m ² ). • Paper m ust be loaded prin t side up . • Only Tray 1, optional Trays 2 and 3, and th e High Capacity Feeder trays can be us ed for duple x printing. T he MP tray ca[...]

Operation • 121 3. On the Layout tab, under Print on Both Sides , select Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge . 4. Click OK , then click Print .[...]

Operation • 122 Duplex printi ng using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Prefer en ces button. 3. On the Se tup tab, un der 2-Sided Printing , select Long Edge or Short Edge . 4. Click OK , then click[...]

Operation • 123 PRINTING BOOKLETS Printing book lets using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PS dr iver on the General t ab, then cli ck the Prefer en ces button. NOT ES • Y ou must have the duplex unit installed and enabled in order to pri[...]

Operation • 124 3. On the Layout tab, under Pages Per Shee t , sele ct Booklet in the drop-do wn list. 4. Click OK , then click Print .[...]

Operation • 125 Printing b ooklets using t he PCL d river 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Prefer en ces button. 3. On the Setup tab, under F inishing Mode , sel ec t Bo okl et in the drop-down l ist. 4. Click the [...]

Operation • 126 PRINTING WATERMARKS: PCL DRIVER ONLY 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Prefer en ces button. 3. On the Job Options tab, clic k Wat e r m a r k . 4. Select a name fro m the Wa t er m a r k list.[...]

Operation • 127 5. If you wish t o print the wa termark only on the first page of the document , sele ct First Page only . 6. Click OK twi ce . 7. Click Print . NOT E To cr eate a new wa ter mar k or e dit an ex ist ing w ater mark : • Click the Ne w or Edit button. • Enter the t ext for the wa termark and select the font, size, angle, et c.,[...]

Operation • 128 COLLATING Collating can be car ried out with or withou t a hard disk d rive inst alled. However, printers with a har d disk dri ve will pr ovide grea ter performanc e. The foll owing instr uctions ex plain ho w to select c ollating us ing the printer driver. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In [...]

Operation • 129 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d print a llows prin ting of a s ingle co py of a do cument for checki ng before printin g multipl e copies of the same d ocume nt. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropriat e OKI C9x00 driv er on the General tab, then click the P [...]

Operation • 130 3. Under Job T ype , select Proof and Pr int . a. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der Job Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77, then click OK 4. Enter the numbe r of copies and, if r equired, select C ollate (Post[...]

Operation • 131 Printing cop ies 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our personal ID number using the buttons on the printer contr ol panel. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the require d job name is dis playe d. 4. Press the SELECT bu tton to p rint the rem aining copi[...]

Operation • 132 SECURE PR INTI NG (PRINTING CONFIDENTIAL DOCU MENTS) Secure printin g or printi ng with pas swords al lows the p rinting of confiden tial docu ments on printer s that are s hared wit h other user s. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropriat e OKI C9x00 dri[...]

Operation • 133 a. Enter a j ob name of up t o 16 characte rs under Job Name and , if required, sel ect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77, then click OK . 4. Enter the number o f copies an d, if requ ired, se lect C ollate . 5. Click OK , then click Print . T he document w ill be [...]

Operation • 134 Printing a confide ntial document from the front pane l 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the per sonal ID num ber you se t above using the but tons on the prin ter control panel. 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOBS o r the requir ed job nam e is dis playe d. [...]

Operation • 135 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to h ard disk ( job spool ing) allows print jo bs to be prepa red and stored o n the h ard disk for printin g on de mand. Th is is good for form s, generic memos, lette rhead s tationery, e tc. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the approp[...]

Operation • 136 a. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der J ob Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type a four digit person al ID numbe r from 0000 to 7777, the n click OK . 4. Select t he numb er of Copie s and clic k Colla te i f applic able. 5. Click OK , then click Print . T he document[...]

Operation • 137 T o pr int a sto red doc ument 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the personal I D numbe r you sele cted a bove using t he buttons on the prin ter control panel . 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOB S or the requ ired job name is dis playe d. 4. Press the SELECT[...]

Operation • 138 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Ov erlays? An Ove rlay can b e a combi nation of g raphics, f onts, or t ext that is stored in the pr inter's flash me mory or o n the h ard disk (supplied on some mod els, opti onal on oth ers), a nd print ed wheneve r require d. The result is similar to the Watermark fe ature, but with the abilit[...]

Operation • 139 Once some one has s et up all the necessa ry overl ay files on the printer , other use rs only hav e to switch on the requi red setti ngs in the printer dr iver to us e the ove rlays. Creating documen ts to use as overlays An over lay can be crea ted in any software app licatio n that c an handle lo gos, lette rheads, forms, e tc.[...]

Operation • 140 5. T ry to keep the overl ay to a sin gle sheet. Do n't use N- up, duple x, finisher o ptions, e tc. when cr eating a n overlay . Thes e can be added w hen prin ting the do cument tha t incl udes the o verlay . 6. Click OK to close the Prin ting Pref erences d ialog box. 7. Click Print . Instead of sending the print job to th[...]

Operation • 141 The Storag e Devic e Manager software is includ ed with the o riginal software CDs tha t were supplied wit h your printe r. 1. Launch Storage Device Manager a nd allow t he program to discov er (locat e) the prin ter . 2. Click Project then New Project . 3. Select Add File to Project from the Proj ect menu, and select the PRN file[...]

Operation • 142 Defining Ov erlays: Po stScript 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. RIght click the printer name and click Pr inting Pr eferences . 3. Click the Overlay tab. 4. Click the Overlay button. 5. Click the New button.[...]

Operation • 143 6. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Nam e list , and select t he pages o n which it is to be pr inted. 7. Enter or s elect a f orm name in the drop- down list un der Form setting , then click Ad d. 8. Click OK . 9. If requir ed, con tinue to ad d files to the o verlay by r epeating steps 5 through 8. 10. Highli[...]

Operation • 144 select m ore than one over lay , hold the CTRL key while cli cking on each name). 11. Select Use O verlay from the drop-down list a t the top of t he dialog bo x, then click OK . 12. Clos e th e Prin ters and Fa xes d ial og box.[...]

Operation • 145 Defining Ov erlays: PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers and Faxes . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click Prin tin g P ref eren ces . 3. Click the Job Options tab . 4. Click the Ove rlay ... button. 5. T o define an overlay , c lick t he Define Overlay s button.[...]

Operation • 146 6. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Name list . 7. Enter the ID o f the file in ID V alues . Please refer to the instruc tions fo r the S torage Devi ce Manag er utility . 8. Select w hich page s the ove rlay is to be printed o n from Pr int on Pages or us e Custom Pages to select spec ific page numbe rs in the[...]

Operation • 147 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL DRIVER ONLY This op tion allo ws you to conf igure and print pos ters by br eaking up the docum ent page in to multip le piece s which p rint enlarged on separat e sheets. Then the s eparate she ets are com bined t o produce a post er. It is only availab le with the PCL printer driver 1. Open the file in y o[...]

Operation • 148 4. Click Options... and enter the confi guration details 5. Click OK twi ce . 6. Click Print .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 149 W indows 2 000 Print e r Drivers See your printed S oftware Instal lation G uide for informatio n on insta lling prin ter drive rs. You can also go to http ://my.okidata.c om to view and/or download a copy of the Softwa re Install ation Guid e or for the la test inform ation on drivers for yo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 150 ENABLING INSTAL LED OPTIO NS IN THE DRIV ERS Certain o ptions suc h as additio nal memor y, the dup lexer, or additiona l trays may be i nstalle d in your pr inter. Before u sing the p rinter, yo u must ent er the prin ter driver( s) and enable the option s. You on ly need t o do this once. F[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 151 For the inte rnal hard disk drive P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. 4. Under Inst allable Opti ons , make sure Hard Disk is set to Installed . 5. Click OK and cl [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 152 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Option ta b, cl ick Pri nter H ard Di sk . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 153 For addition al paper tr ays P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. Under Installable Options , click A vailable T r ays , th en selec t the app ropria te number of tr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 154 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Device Option t ab, sel ect the a ppropriate number o f trays (not inclu ding th e Multi P urpose tray). 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 155 For the duplex unit P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the D evice Settin gs tab. Un de r Installable Options , make sure Duplex is s et to Installed . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 156 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Option ta b, cl ick Duplex Option Unit . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 157 CHANG ING DE FAULTS FOR PAPER FE ED, SIZE AND MEDIA IN THE D RIVER The normal default fo r these ite ms is au tomatic d etection. The foll owing pr inter driv er instr uctions are give n as a gui de only. Some sof tware appl ications r equire the paper fee d, size and m edia settings to be se[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 158 3. Click the Paper /Quality tab. Under T ray Selectio n , select th e paper feed in the Paper Sour ce drop-down list. 4. Click the Adv anced butto n. 5. Under Paper/Output , selec t the medi a size in t he Paper Siz e drop-down l ist.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 159 6. Under Document Options ® Printer Featu res , click Medi a Ty p e and s elect the me dia from the drop-do wn list. 7. Click OK twice a nd close the Printer s dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 160 PCL driv ers 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e and click P rinting P reference s . 3. In the Setup tab, under Me dia , selec t the requ ired paper size in the Size drop-down list. 4. Select t he requir ed paper fee d under Source . 5. Select t he req[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 W indows 2000 Printer Driver s • 161 6. Click Paper Feed Options a nd make a ny othe r selecti ons, then click OK . 7. Click OK twice a nd close the Pri nting Prefer ences dialog bo x. Network Printe r Status utility • Available on TCP /IP networ k connection o nly . The Networ k Printe r Status utility is availab le if yo ur [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 162 W indows 2 000 Operation This sec tion exp lains how to set up color pri nting and how to use the printer ’s features i ncludin g: • N-up printi ng (see page 180) • Custo m pa ge si zes (see pag e 182 ) • Selecti ng print resolut ion (se e page 187) • Duplex pri nting (see page 188) • W atermarks (se[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 163 F ACTORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PRINTING The PCL and PostS cript pri nter driv ers suppl ied with y our printe r provid e severa l contro ls for ch anging the colo r output. F or gene ral use the de fault drive r settin gs prod uce good res ults for m ost document s. Many app lication s have th eir own col or settin[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 164 V iewing conditions A docume nt can look very diff erent unde r various li ghting co nditions . For exam ple, the colors m ay loo k different when viewe d stan ding next to a s unlit windo w, compared t o how they look under standard office fluor escent li ghting. Print er driver color settings The driv er setti[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 165 How your software applica tion displays color Some gr aphics appl ication s such as C orelDRAW ® or Adob e ® Photosho p ® may display c olor dif ferently from "of fice" app licatio ns such as Micro soft ® Wo rd. Plea se see y our applic ation ’s online h elp or user m anual f or more inf ormation[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 166 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING METHOD There is no one way to achie ve a good matc h between the document display ed on you r monitor, and it's pr inted equiv alent. T here are many fac tors involv ed in ach ieving accur ate and repr oducible c olor. However, the followi ng guidelin es may h elp in achieving goo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 167 RGB or CMYK If you ar e printing p hotograph ic images from a grap hics app licatio n such as Adobe Ph otoshop, yo u may be able to use Soft- Proofin g to simulat e the printed image on your moni tor. T o do this , you c an use the ICC-Profi les provid ed by Oki (see “ Windows ICM col or matching ” on page 1[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 168 Printing Vivid Co lors RGB only • Use Oki Co lor Matchi ng (see p age 172), wit h the Moni tor 6500k Vi vi d, sRGB or Di git al C amera set tings (PCL or PS) . RGB or CMYK • Use PostSc ript Color Matching ( see page 174) wi th the Saturat ion option .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 169 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIV ER Color Matching Option s The Colo r Matching options i n the PCL d river ca n be used to help match yo ur prin ted color s to the o nes displa yed o n your moni tor. T o manually set the col or mat ching optio ns in th e PCL driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 170 a. Click Manual Color under Color Mode , then click Natural under Color Setting . 4. Select t he metho d you wish t o use: Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimized for printi ng photogr aphs when using a monitor with a color t emperatur e of 6500K . Monitor (6500k) Vivid Optimized for printi ng bright c olors when u[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 171 without any modific ation, and only c olors that fa ll outsi de the printabl e colors are modifie d. 5. Set any o ther req uired para meters usi ng the on- line Help for guidance . 6. When you are done, c lick OK and clos e the Prin ting Pre ferences dialog bo x. The Prin t Colo r Swatc h Util ity For use wi th [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 172 COLOR MATCHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Matching Option s The PostS cript dri ver offers s everal dif ferent met hods of c ontrolling the color o utput of the printer. T o manua lly set the color matching opt ions in the P ostScript driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 173 Select the type to be use d from t he drop-do wn list und er Color Settin g : • Monit or (6500K) Auto Optimized for printi ng genera l docume nts when usi ng a monitor with a color tem peratur e of 6500K . • Monit or (6500K) Perceptual Optimized for pr inting photog raphs wh en using a monitor w ith a color [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 174 •s R G B Optimized for matc hing spe cific col ors, such as a company logo col or. The colo rs within the pr inter's c olor gamut are pr inted witho ut any modi fication, and only col ors that fall outside the printa ble colo rs are mod ified. b. Co lor Contro l = P ostScrip t Color Matchi ng This u ses P[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 175 – Per ceptual Best ch oice f or printin g photog raphs. Comp resses the source gamut into t he printer' s gamut wh ilst main taining th e overall a ppearanc e of an im age. This may ch ange the overall a ppearanc e of an i mage as all the color s are shi fted together. – Saturation Best cho ice for prin[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 176 OKI “USING IC C PROFILES” FEATURE: P OSTSCRIPT DRI VER ONLY • Af fect s RGB dat a only . This p rovides a method o f matc hing RGB colors similar to Windo ws ICM matchi ng. The m ain advantag e it ha s over Wi ndows ICM c olor matching is that it p rovides a metho d of printi ng using both input and output[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 177 T o set up ICC profiles: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e and click P rinting P reference s . 3. Click the Color ta b. 4. Under Color mode , se lect Using ICC Profile in the Color Control Method dr op-d ow n list.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 178 5. Click the New button. a. Select the Input profile and Output profile in the drop-down list s under Select ICC profile . b. Sele ct t he de sire d Rendering Inte nt and ty pe in a name for t he profile, t hen cli ck OK . The new name will appear in the Setting Name drop-do wn list unde r ICC Profile Setting . [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 179 W INDOWS ICM COLOR MAT CHING • ICM is the color m anagement system built int o Windows . • Af fect s RGB dat a only . • Can be ass ociated wit h either t he PCL or PS driver Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your m onitor and p rinter; these profiles d escribe th e colors that your device is capable of rep[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 180 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGES ON ON E SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PS dr iver on the General t ab, then cli ck the Layout tab . 3. Under Page s Per Sh eet , select t[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 181 N-Up printing using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Setup tab. 3. Under Finishing Mode , select the requir ed number of pages pe r sheet . 4. Click Options and sel[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 182 PRINTING CUSTOM PAGE SIZES Custom pag e sizes c an only b e printed fr om the mul ti purpose tray. The printe r media size for th e multi pu rpose tray must be manually set in th e driver to the custom paper s ize before use (range 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 21 6 mm] wide x 5 to 14 i nches [127 to 356 mm] l ong). [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 183 3. Under T ray Selection , sele ct Multi-Purpos e T ray i n the Paper Source dr op-down l ist. 4. Click the Adv anced button. Un der Paper/Output , select Post script Custom Pa ge Size in the Paper Si ze drop-dow n list. NOT E • Long Edge Firs t = media feeds in long edge first • Short Edge First = media fee[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 184 5. Enter the Width and Height for the c ustom paper and select th e Paper Fe ed Directio n , then cl ick OK . 6. Click OK . 7. Click Print .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 185 Printing custom page s using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Setup tab. 1. Under Media , select User Defined in the Size drop-down list. The Set Free Size dial og [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 186 2. Select t he unit , then enter th e width and len gth mea surements and cli ck OK . 3. Chec k th at User Defined no w appears in the Si ze box on the Setu p tab . 4. Click OK . 5. Click Print . NO TE To save t he setting for futu re use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size . • Select the un[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 187 CHANG ING THE RESOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropriat e OKI C9x00 driv er on the General tab. 1. Click the Job Options tab . 2. Select t he requir ed prin ting resol ution unde r Quality . 3. Select T oner Sa[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 188 DUPL EX PRI NTING (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes onl y . • Paper we ight rang e 20 to 28 l b. US Bond ( 75 to 105 g/ m ² ). • Paper m ust be loaded prin t side up . • Only Tray 1, optiona l T rays 2 an d 3, and the High Ca pacity Feeder tr ays can be u sed for d uplex pr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 189 3. Under Print on Bot h Sides(Duplex) tab, sele ct Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Sh ort Edge . 4. Click Print .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 190 Duplex printi ng using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Setup tab. 3. Under 2-Sided Printing , s ele ct Long Edge or Sho rt Edge . 4. Click Print .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 191 PRINTING BOOKLETS Printing book lets using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Layout tab . NOT ES • Y ou must have the duplex unit installed and enabled in o[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 192 3. Under Page s Per Sh eet , sele ct Booklet in th e drop-down list. 4. Under Print on Bot h Sides(Duplex) , select Flip on Short edge . 5. Click Print .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 193 Printing b ooklets using t he PCL d river 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PS dr iver on the General t ab, then cli ck the Setup tab. 3. Under Finishing Mode , select Booklet in the drop -down li st. 4. Click the Options button [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 194 PRINTING WATERMARKS: PCL DRIVER ONLY 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the OKI C9x0 0 PCL d river on the General t ab, then cli ck the Job Options tab. 3. Click the Wa t e r m a rk but ton. 4. Select a name fro m the Wa t er m a r k list.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 195 5. If you wish t o print the wa termark only on the first page of the document , sele ct First Page only . 6. Click OK . 7. Click Print . NOT E To cr eate a new wa ter mar k or e dit an ex ist ing w ater mark : • Click the Ne w or Edit button. • Enter the t ext for the wa termark and select the font, size, a[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 196 COLLATING Collating can be car ried out with or withou t a hard disk d rive inst alled. However, printers with a har d disk dri ve will pr ovide grea ter performanc e. The foll owing instr uctions ex plain ho w to select c ollating us ing the printer driver. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 197 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d print a llows prin ting of a s ingle co py of a do cument for checki ng before printin g multipl e copies of the same d ocume nt. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropriat e OKI C9x00 driv er on the General tab[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 198 3. Enter the numbe r of copies and, if r equired, select C ollate . a. Under Job T ype , select Proof and Pr int . b. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der Job Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . c. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 199 Printing cop ies 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our personal ID number using the buttons on the printer contr ol panel. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the require d job name is dis playe d. 4. Press the SELECT bu tton to p rint [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 200 SECURE PR INTI NG (PRINTING CONFIDENTIAL DOCU MENTS) Secure printin g or printi ng with pas swords al lows the p rinting of confiden tial docu ments on printer s that are s hared wit h other user s. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, click the appropr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 201 a. Enter a jo b name of up to 16 c haracters under Job Name , and, if required, sel ect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77, then click OK . 4. Enter the numbe r of copies and, if r equired, check t he Co lla te box. 5. Click Print . The do cument [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 202 Printing a confide ntial document from the front pane l 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the per sonal ID num ber you se t above using the but tons on the prin ter control panel. 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOBS o r the requir ed job nam[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 203 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to Hard Disk (job sp ooling) allows prin t jobs to be prep ared and stored o n the h ard disk for printin g on de mand. Th is is good for form s, generic memos, lette rhead s tationery, e tc. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box,[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 204 a. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der J ob Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type a four digit person al ID numbe r from 0000 to 7777, the n click OK . 4. Click Pri nt . The docu ment will be stored on the hard d isk and can then be pr inted on d ema[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 205 T o pr int the stored do cument 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the personal I D numbe r you sele cted a bove using t he buttons on the prin ter control panel . 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOB S or the requ ired job name is dis playe d.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 206 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Ov erlays? An Ove rlay can b e a combi nation of g raphics, f onts, or t ext that is stored in the pr inter's flash me mory or o n the h ard disk (supplied on some mod els, opti onal on oth ers), a nd print ed wheneve r require d. The result is similar to the Watermark fe ature, [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 207 Once some one has s et up all the necessa ry overl ay files on the printer , other use rs only hav e to switch on the requi red setti ngs in the printer dr iver to us e the ove rlays. Creating documen ts to use as overlays An over lay can be crea ted in any software app licatio n that c an handle lo gos, lette r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 208 5. T ry to keep the overl ay to a sin gle sheet. Do n't use N- up, duple x, finisher o ptions, e tc. when cr eating a n overlay . Thes e can be added w hen prin ting the do cument tha t incl udes the o verlay . 6. Click OK to close the Prope rties dial og box. 7. Click Print . Instead of sending the print j[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 209 The Storag e Devic e Manager software is includ ed with the o riginal software CDs tha t were supplied wit h your printe r. 1. Launch Storage Device Manager a nd allow t he program to discov er (locat e) the prin ter . 2. Click Project then New Project . 3. Select Add File to Project from the Proj ect menu, and [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 210 Defining Ov erlays: Po stScript 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. RIght click the printer name and click Pr inting Pr eferences . 3. Click the Overlay tab. 4. Click the Overlay button. 5. Click the New button.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 211 6. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Nam e box, a nd select t he pages o n which it is to be pr inted. 7. Enter or s elect a f orm name in the drop- down list un der Form setting , then click Ad d. 8. Click OK . 9. If requir ed, con tinue to ad d files to the o verlay by r epeating steps 5 thr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 212 10. Highligh t the over lay name (s) under Defined O verlay and clic k Add to add the o verlay(s) to the list under Active Overlay (to select m ore than one over lay , hold the CTRL key while cli cking on each name). 11. Select Use O verlay from the drop-down list a t the top of t he box, then click OK . 12. Cli[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 213 Defining Ov erlays: PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click Prin tin g P ref eren ces . 3. Click the Job Options tab . 4. Click the Ove rlay ... button. 5. T o define an overlay , c lick t he Define Overlay s button.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 214 6. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Name box. 7. Enter the ID o f the file in ID V alues . Please refer to the instruc tions fo r the S torage Devi ce Manag er utility . 8. Select w hich page s the ove rlay is to be printed o n from Pr int on Pages or us e Custom Pages to select spec ific pag[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 215 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL DRIVER ONLY This op tion allo ws you to conf igure and print pos ters by br eaking up the docum ent page in to multip le piece s which p rint enlarged on separat e sheets. Then the s eparate she ets are com bined t o produce a post er. It is only availab le with the PCL printer driver 1. O[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 216 W indows Me / 98 / 95 Print e r Drivers See your printed S oftware Instal lation G uide for informatio n on insta lling prin ter drive rs. You can also go to http ://my.okidata.c om to view and/or download a copy of the Softwa re Install ation Guid e or for the la test inform ation on d[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 217 EBABLING INST ALLED OPTIONS IN THE DRIVERS Certain o ptions suc h as additio nal memor y, the dup lexer, or additiona l trays may be i nstalle d in your pr inter. Before u sing the p rinter, yo u must ent er the prin ter driver( s) and enable the option s. You on ly need t o do this onc[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 218 5. T o spe cify us abl e print er memo ry size, click the Me mor y ... button. The dr iver automati cally adj usts font cache size acc ording to the memo ry option s elected under Installed . 6. Click OK twi ce .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 219 For the inte rnal hard disk drive P ost Scr ipt or PC L driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Option s tab, check Pri nter Ha rd Dis k . 4. Click OK . P ost S c rip t Dr iver P CL Drive r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 220 For addition al pap er trays P ost Scr ipt or PC L driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Option s tab, sel ect the nu mber of tray s installed (not inclu ding th e Multi P urpose tray). 4. Cl[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 221 For the duplex unit P ost Scr ipt or PC L driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Options tab, check Duplex Option Unit . 4. Click OK . Po stSc r i p t D r i v e r PC L Dr i ver[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 222 CHANG ING DE FAULTS FOR PAPER FE ED, SIZE AND MEDIA IN THE D RIVER The normal default fo r these ite ms is au tomatic d etection. The foll owing pr inter driv er instr uctions are give n as a gui de only. Some sof tware appl ications r equire the paper fee d, size and m edia settings to[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 223 5. Select t he requir ed paper fee d under Source . 6. Select t he requir ed paper ty pe under Ty p e (PostScript) o r Weight (P CL). 7. Click Paper Feed Options a nd make a ny othe r selecti ons then click OK . 8. Click OK to close the print er dialo g box. NOT E If a paper t ray is se[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 224 Network Printe r Status utility • Available on TCP /IP networ k connection o nly . The Networ k Printe r Status utility is availab le if yo ur admin istrator has ins talled it . If the util ity is ins talled, you will see the follow ing changes to the p rinter driv er Properties dialo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 225 W indows Me / 98 / 95 Operation This sec tion exp lains how to set up color pri nting and how to use the printer ’s features i ncludin g: • N-up printi ng (see page 243) • Custo m pa ge si zes (see pag e 245 ) • Selecti ng print resolut ion (se e page 249) • Duplex pri nting (see page 250) • W aterma[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 226 F ACTORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PRINTING The PCL and PostS cript pri nter driv ers suppl ied with y our printe r provid e severa l contro ls for ch anging the colo r output. F or gene ral use the de fault drive r settin gs prod uce good res ults for m ost document s. Many app lication s have th eir own col or settin[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 227 V iewing conditions A docume nt can look very diff erent unde r various li ghting co nditions . For exam ple, the colors m ay loo k different when viewe d stan ding next to a s unlit windo w, compared t o how they look under standard office fluor escent li ghting. Print er driver color settings The driv er setti[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 228 How your software applica tion displays color Some gr aphics appl ication s such as C orelDRAW ® or Adob e ® Photosho p ® may display c olor dif ferently from "of fice" app licatio ns such as Micro soft ® Wo rd. Plea se see y our applic ation ’s online h elp or user m anual f or more inf ormation[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 229 CHOOSING A COLOR MA TCHING METHOD There is no one way to achie ve a good matc h between the document display ed on you r monitor, and it's pr inted equiv alent. T here are many fac tors involv ed in ach ieving accur ate and repr oducible c olor. However, the followi ng guidelin es may h elp in achieving goo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 230 RGB or CMYK If you ar e printing p hotograph ic images from a grap hics app licatio n such as Adobe Ph otoshop, yo u may be able to use Soft- Proofin g to simulat e the printed image on your moni tor. T o do this , you c an use the ICC-Profi les provid ed by Oki (see “ Windows ICM col or matching ” on page 2[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 231 Printing Vivid Co lors RGB only • Use Oki Co lor Matchi ng (see p age 236), wit h the Moni tor 6500k Vi vi d, sRGB or Di git al C amera set tings (PCL or PS) . RGB or CMYK • Use PostSc ript Color Matching ( see page 239) wi th the Saturat ion option .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 232 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DR IVER Color Matching Option s The Colo r Matching options i n the PCL d river ca n be used to help match yo ur prin ted color s to the o nes displa yed o n your moni tor. T o manually set the col or mat ching optio ns in th e PCL driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highli[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 233 a. Click Manual Color under Color Mode , then click Natural under Color Setting . 4. Select t he metho d you wish t o use: Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimized for printi ng photogr aphs when using a monitor with a color t emperatur e of 6500K . Monitor (6500K) Vivid Optimized for printi ng bright c olors when u[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 234 sRGB Optimized for matc hing spe cific col ors, such as a company logo color. Th e colors within the print er's color gamut ar e printed without any modific ation, and only c olors that fa ll outsi de the printabl e colors are modifie d. 5. Set any o ther req uired para meters usi ng the on- line Help for g[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 235 COLOR MATCHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Matching Option s The PostS cript dri ver offers s everal dif ferent met hods of c ontrolling the color o utput of the printer. Some of the color matching options o nly work on c ertain type s of data. The table bel ow summari zes the var ious colo r-matchin g option s av[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 236 3. Click the Color ta b. 4. Select t he method to use from the Color Control drop-down l ist box under Color Mode : a. Color C ontrol = OK I Color M atching This is OKI’s proprietary color matchi ng system, and a ffects RGB data only .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 237 Select t he type to be used from the drop- down list b ox under Color Setting : • Monit or (6500K) Auto Optimized for printi ng genera l docume nts when usi ng a monitor with a color tem peratur e of 6500K . • Monit or (6500K) Perceptual Optimized for pr inting photog raphs wh en using a monitor w ith a colo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 238 depending on the subjects a nd the c ondition s under which they were taken . •s R G B Optimized for matc hing spe cific col ors, such as a company logo col or. The colo rs within the pr inter's c olor gamut are pr inted witho ut any modi fication, and only col ors that fall outside the printa ble colo rs[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 239 b. Co lor Contro l = P ostSc ript Color Mat ching This u ses PostScr ipt Color Re ndering Dic tionari es built-i n to the prin ter, and af fects both RG B and CMY K data. Select t he renderi ng type fr om the Rendering Intent drop-down l ist box. • Rende ri ng In tent s When a documen t is printed , a con vers[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 240 overall a ppearanc e of an i mage as all the color s are shi fted together. – Saturation Best cho ice for prin ting brig ht & saturated colors if y ou don't necessa rily care how accura te the col ors ar e. This makes it the re commende d choice for graphs , charts, d iagrams etc. Map s fully sat urat[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 241 W INDOWS ICM COLOR MAT CHING • ICM is the color m anagement system built int o Windows . • Af fect s RGB dat a only . • Can be ass ociated wit h either t he PCL or PS driver Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your m onitor and p rinter; these profiles d escribe th e colors that your device is capable of rep[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 242 OKI “USING IC C PROFILES” FEATURE • Af fect s RGB dat a only . This p rovides a method o f matc hing RGB colors similar to Windo ws ICM matchi ng. The m ain advantag e it ha s over Wi ndows ICM c olor matching is that it p rovides a metho d of printi ng using both input and output profi les. Windows IC M m[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 243 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGES ON ON E SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing usin g the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the pri nt dialog box , click the appropri ate OKI C9 x00 PS dri ver , then click P roperties (or Setup , or you r applicat ion’s equi valen[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 244 N-Up printing using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 PCL driver , then cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or your applic ation’s equival ent). 3. On the Setup tab, under F inishing Mode , sel ect th e r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 245 PRINTING CUSTOM PAGE SIZES Custom pag e sizes c an only b e printed fr om the mul ti purpose tray. The printe r media size for th e multi pu rpose tray must be manually set in th e driver to the custom paper s ize before use (range 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 21 6 mm] wide x 5 to 14 i nches [127 to 356 mm] l ong). [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 246 4. Click the Custom Size b utton. 5. T ype in the nam e you wish to use for the custo m paper size in the Paper name box. En ter the width a nd length for the custo m paper and sele ct T ra nsverse if you wish to rotate th e image by 90 degrees. 6. Click OK . 7. Check tha t the name o f the cus tom paper size ap[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 247 Printing custom page s using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 PCL driver , then cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or your applic ation’s equival ent). 3. Click the Setup tab, then s elect User Defined [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 248 5. Click OK to close the Prope rties dial og box 6. Print the do cument. NO TE To save t he setting for futu re use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size . • Enter the relevant i nformatio n in Width and Height and give your document size a name under Name . • Click Add . • Click OK twice.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 249 CHANG ING THE RESOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 driv er , then click P roperties (or Setup , or you r applicat ion’s equi valent) . 1. Click the Job Options tab . 2. Select t he requir ed[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 250 DUPL EX PRI NTING (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes onl y . • Paper we ight rang e 20 to 28 l b. US Bond ( 75 to 105 g/ m ² ). • Paper m ust be loaded prin t side up . • Only Tray 1, optiona l T rays 2 an d 3, and the High Ca pacity Feeder tr ays can be u sed for d uplex pr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 251 1. On the Setup t ab, fr om 2-sided Printing se lect Long Edge binding or Short Edge binding . 2. Click OK and print the docum ent. Po stSc r i p t D r i v e r PC L Dr i ver[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 252 PRINTING BOOKLETS: PCL ONLY , WINDOWS Me ONLY 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 PCL driver , then cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or your applic ation’s equival ent). NOT ES • A vailable o nly in the Windows Me Op[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 253 3. On the Setup tab, under F inishing Mode , sel ec t Bo okl et in the drop-down b ox. 4. Click Options and set Signature , 2Pages , Right to Lef t and Bind Margin as req uired, th en click OK . 5. Click OK and print the docum ent.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 254 PRINTING WATERMARKS Printing watermarks using th e P ostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the pri nt dialog box , click the a ppropriate OKI C9x0 0 PS drive r , then click P roperties (or Setup , or you r applicat ion’s equi valent) . 3. Click th e name of t[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 255 4. Select y our choic es as to how t he waterma rk will prin t under Print water mark . 5. Click OK twice a nd print the d ocument. NOT E To cr eate a new wa ter mar k or e dit an ex ist ing w ater mark : • Click the Ne w or Edit button. • Enter the t ext for the wa termark and select the font, size, angle, [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 256 Printing watermarks using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 PCL driver , then cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or your applic ation’s equival ent). 3. Click the Job Options tab, then cl ick Wa t e r m[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 257 5. If you wish t o print the wa termark only on the first page of the document , sele ct First Page only . 6. Click OK twice a nd print the d ocument. NOT E To cr eate a new wa ter mar k or e dit an ex ist ing w ater mark : • Click the Ne w or Edit button. • Enter the t ext for the wa termark and select the [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 258 COLLATING Collating can be car ried out with or withou t a hard disk d rive inst alled. However, printers with a har d disk dri ve will pr ovide grea ter performanc e. The foll owing instr uctions ex plain ho w to select c ollating us ing the printer driver. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 259 F ONT SUBST ITUTION: P OSTSCRIPT ONLY 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printer . 2. Right cli ck the a ppropriate OKI C9x00 P S driv er , then click Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. Click the Fonts tab, and sele ct the typ e of font su bstitutio n from the va rious opti ons give n [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 260 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d print a llows prin ting of a s ingle co py of a do cument for checki ng before printin g multipl e copies of the same d ocume nt. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 driv er , then click P ro[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 261 3. Click the Job Options tab, enter the nu mber of cop ies and, if required, se lect Collate . a. Under Job T ype , select Proof and Pr int . b. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der Job Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . P ost S c rip t Dr iver P CL Drive [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 262 c. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77, then click OK . 4. Click OK to close the Prope rties dial og box. 5. Print th e documen t. The docum ent is s tored on t he hard di sk drive, and one co py is pri nted for chec king. 6. After check ing the proo f, you then p rint or delete (if in co[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 263 Printing cop ies 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our personal ID number using the buttons on the printer contr ol panel. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the require d job name is dis playe d. 4. Press the SELECT bu tton to p rint [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 264 SECURE PR INTI NG (PRINTING CONFIDENTIAL DOCU MENTS) Secure printin g or printi ng with pas swords al lows the p rinting of confiden tial docu ments on printer s that are s hared wit h other user s. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 265 3. On the Job Options tab, enter the number o f copies and , if required, ch eck the Collate box . a. Under Job T ype select Secure Print . b. Enter a jo b name of up to 16 c haracters under Job Name , and, if required, sel ect Request Job Name for each print job . 4. Type in a four digit pe rsonal ID nu mber fr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 266 Printing a confide ntial document from the front pane l 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the per sonal ID num ber you se t above using the but tons on the prin ter control panel. 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOBS o r the requir ed job nam[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 267 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to hard disk (job spool ing) allows print job s to be tem porarily stored o n the hard disk befor e printing . 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dialog box , click t he approp riate OKI C9x00 driv er , then click P roperties (or Setup , o[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 268 4. On the Job Options tab . a. Under Job T ype select Stor e t o H D D , e nter the number of required c opies and, if requi red, check the Collate box. b. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der J ob Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job .. 5. Type a four digit p[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 269 Printing cop ies 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the personal I D numbe r you sele cted a bove using t he buttons on the prin ter control panel . 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOB S or the requ ired job name is dis playe d. 4. Press the S[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 270 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Ov erlays? An Ove rlay can b e a combi nation of g raphics, f onts, or t ext that is stored in the pr inter's flash me mory or o n the h ard disk (supplied on some mod els, opti onal on oth ers), a nd print ed wheneve r require d. The result is similar to the Watermark fe ature, [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 271 Once some one has s et up all the necessa ry overl ay files on the printer , other use rs only hav e to switch on the requi red setti ngs in the printer dr iver to us e the ove rlays. Creating documen ts to use as overlays An over lay can be crea ted in any software app licatio n that c an handle lo gos, lette r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 272 5. T ry to keep the overl ay to a sin gle sheet. Do n't use N- up, duple x, finisher o ptions, e tc. when cr eating a n overlay . Thes e can be added w hen prin ting the do cument tha t incl udes the o verlay . 6. Click OK to close the Prope rties dial og box. 7. Click Print . Instead of sending the print j[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 273 The Storag e Devic e Manager software is includ ed with the o riginal software CDs tha t were supplied wit h your printe r. 1. Launch Storage Device Manager a nd allow t he program to discov er (locat e) the prin ter . 2. Click Project then New Project . 3. Select Add File to Project from the Proj ect menu, and [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 274 Defining Ov erlays: Po stScript 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the Job Options tab, then cl ick the Over lay button.. 4. Click the New button.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 275 5. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Nam e box, a nd select t he pages o n which it is to be pr inted. 6. Enter or select a f orm name in the dr op-down bo x under Form setting , then click Ad d. . 7. Click OK . 8. If requir ed, con tinue to ad d files to the o verlay by r epeating steps 4 thr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 276 select m ore than one over lay , hold the CTRL key wh ile cli cking on each name).. 10. Select Use O verlay from the drop-do wn list, then click OK . 11. Click OK to close the Prope rties dial og box..[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 277 Defining Ov erlays: PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the J ob Optio ns tab, then cli ck the Overlay ... button. 4. T o define an overlay , c lick t he Define Overlay s button.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 278 5. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Name box. 6. Enter the ID o f the file in ID V alues . Please refer to the instruc tions fo r the S torage Devi ce Manag er utility . 7. Select w hich page s the ove rlay is to be printed o n from Pr int on Pages or us e Custom Pages to select spec ific pag[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 279 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL ONLY This op tion allo ws you to conf igure and print pos ters by br eaking up the docum ent page in to multip le piece s which p rint enlarged on separat e sheets. Then the s eparate she ets are com bined t o produce a post er. It is only availab le with the PCL printer driver 1. Open the[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 280 4. Click Options... and enter the confi guration details 5. Click OK twi ce . 6. Click OK and print the docum ent.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 281 W indows NT 4.0 Print e r Drivers See your printed S oftware Instal lation G uide for informatio n on insta lling prin ter drive rs. You can also go to http ://my.okidata.c om to view and/or download a copy of the Softwa re Install ation Guid e or for the la test inform ation on drivers for y[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 282 ENABLING INSTAL LED OPTIO NS IN THE DRIV ERS Certain o ptions suc h as additio nal memor y, the dup lexer, or additiona l trays may be i nstalle d in your pr inter. Before u sing the p rinter, yo u must ent er the prin ter driver( s) and enable the option s. You on ly need t o do this once. F[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 283 For the inte rnal hard disk drive P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. 4. Under Inst allable Opti ons , make sure Hard Disk is set to Installed . 5. Click OK and cl [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 284 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Option ta b, cl ick Pri nter H ard Di sk . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 285 For addition al paper tr ays P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the De vice Settings tab. Under Installable Options , click A vailable T r ays , th en selec t the app ropria te number of tr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 286 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Device Option t ab, sel ect the a ppropriate number o f trays (not inc luding th e Multi- purpose tray). 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 287 For the duplex unit P ost Scr ipt dri ver 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. Click the D evice Settin gs tab. Un de r Installable Options , make sure that Duplex is set to Installed . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 288 PCL driv er 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click File then Prope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Option ta b, cl ick Duplex Option Unit . 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 289 CHANG ING DE FAULTS FOR PAPER FE ED, SIZE AND MEDIA IN THE D RIVER The normal default fo r these ite ms is au tomatic d etection. The foll owing pr inter driv er instr uctions are give n as a gui de only. Some sof tware appl ications r equire the paper fee d, size and m edia settings to be se[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 290 3. On the Adva nced tab, under Document Options ® Paper/ Output : a. Click Paper Sourc e and select th e paper feed in the C hange ‘Paper Source’ Setting list. b. Click Paper Siz e and sele ct the si ze in the Change ‘Paper Size’ Setting list.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 291 c. Click Media T ype and select the media fr om the Change ‘Media T ype’ Se tting list. 4. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 292 PCL driv ers 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter nam e and click Docume nt Default s . 3. On the Setup tab, under Media , select the requi red p aper si ze in the Size drop-down list.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 293 4. Select t he requir ed paper fee d under Source . NOT E If a pape r tray is sel ected the W eight field b ecomes visi ble.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 294 5. Select t he requir ed paper ty pe under Weight . NOT E • If Printer Setting is sele cted, make sure the printer has been set to the corr ect media typ e. • If a W arning dialog box appears indicating a setting conflict, click OK and the dri ver will automatic ally change to correct the[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 295 6. Click the Paper Feed Options button and ma ke any o ther sele ctions th en click OK . 7. Click OK twice a nd close the Default di alog box .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Drivers • 296 Network Pri nt er Statu s utility • Available on TCP /IP networ k connection o nly . The Networ k Printe r Status utility is availab le if yo ur admin istrator has ins talled it . If the util ity is ins talled, you will see the follow ing changes to the p rinter driv er Properties dialog b [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 297 W indows NT 4.0 Operation This sec tion exp lains how to set up color pri nting and how to use the printer ’s features i ncludin g: • N-up printi ng (see page 310) • Custo m pa ge si zes (see pag e 312 ) • Selecti ng print resolut ion (se e page 318) • Duplex pri nting—pr inting on both side s of the[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 298 F ACTORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PRINTING The PCL and PostS cript pri nter driv ers suppl ied with y our printe r provid e severa l contro ls for ch anging the colo r output. F or gene ral use the de fault drive r settin gs prod uce good res ults for m ost document s. Many app lication s have th eir own col or settin[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 299 V iewing conditions A docume nt can look very diff erent unde r various li ghting co nditions . For exam ple, the colors m ay loo k different when viewe d stan ding next to a s unlit windo w, compared t o how they look under standard office fluor escent li ghting. Print er driver color settings The driv er setti[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 300 How your software applica tion displays color Some gr aphics appl ication s such as C orelDRAW ® or Adob e ® Photosho p ® may display c olor dif ferently from "of fice" app licatio ns such as Micro soft ® Wo rd. Plea se see y our applic ation ’s online h elp or user m anual f or more inf ormation[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 301 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING METHOD There is no one way to achie ve a good matc h between the document display ed on you r monito r, and its p rinted eq uivalent. T here are many fac tors involv ed in ach ieving accur ate and repr oducible c olor. However, the followi ng guidelin es may h elp in achieving good col[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 302 Matchi ng Specific Colors (e.g., a Company logo ) RGB only • Oki Color Matchin g (see page 306), and the sRGB setting: PCL or PS dri ver . • PostScri pt Color Matching us ing the Ab solute Co lorimetric option (see page 308) . • Use the Col or Swatch Ut ility to print out a c hart of RGB swatches and ent e[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 303 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIV ER Color Matching Option s The Colo r Matching options i n the PCL d river ca n be used to help match yo ur prin ted color s to the o nes displa yed o n your moni tor. T o manually set the col or mat ching optio ns in th e PCL driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 304 a. Click Manual Color under Color Mode , then click Natural under Color Setting . 4. Select t he metho d you wish t o use: Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimized for printi ng photogr aphs when using a monitor with a color t emperatur e of 6500K . Monitor (6500K) Vivid Optimized for printi ng bright c olors when u[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 305 without any modific ation, and only c olors that fa ll outsi de the printabl e colors are modifie d. 5. Set any o ther req uired para meters usi ng the on- line Help for guidance . 6. When you are done , click OK and c lose the Default di alog box. The Prin t Colo r Swatc h Util ity For use wi th applicat ions w[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 306 COLOR MATCHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Matching Option s The PostS cript dri ver offers s everal dif ferent met hods of c ontrolling the color o utput of the printer. T o manua lly set the color matching opt ions in the P ostScript driv er: 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the p rinter[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 307 Select the type to be use d from t he drop-do wn list und er Color Settin g : • Monit or (6500K) Perceptual Optimized for pr inting photog raphs wh en using a monitor w ith a color tem peratur e of 6500K. • Monit or (6500K) Vivid Optimiz ed for prin ting brig ht colors whe n usin g a monitor wit h a color te[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 308 •s R G B Optimized for matc hing spe cific col ors, such as a company logo col or. The colo rs within the pr inter's c olor gamut are pr inted witho ut any modi fication, and only col ors that fall outside the printa ble colo rs are mod ified. b. Co lor Contro l = P ostScrip t Color Matchi ng This uses P [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 309 –A u t o Best choice f or prin ting gener al docu ments. – Per ceptual Best ch oice f or printin g photog raphs. Comp resses the source gamut into the printe r's gamut w hile main taining th e overall a ppearanc e of an im age. – Saturation Best ch oice f or printin g bright and satur ated colo rs if [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 310 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGES ON ON E SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pri nt dialog box, s elect the OK I C9x00 PS driv er , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. On the[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 311 N-Up printing using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he OKI C9x00 PCL dri ver , the n click Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. On the Setup tab, under F inishing Mode , se lect the n umber of p[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 312 PRINTING CUSTOM PAGE SIZES Custom pag e sizes c an only be p rinted from the Multi -purpose tra y. The printe r media size for th e Multi- purpose tray must b e manuall y set in th e driver to the custom paper s ize before use (range 3½ to 8½ inches [89 to 21 6 mm] wide x 5 to 14 i nches [127 to 356 mm] l ong)[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 313 4. On the Adva nced tab, under Document Options ® Paper/ Output : a. Click Paper Sourc e and select Multi- Pur pose T ray in the Change ‘ Paper Source’ Setting list. b. Click Pape r Size and sel ect Postscript Custom P age Siz e in the Change ‘Pape r Size’ Setting list.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 314 5. Click the Edit of Custom Paper butto n. 6. Enter the Width and Height for the c ustom paper and select th e Paper Fe ed Directio n . 7. Click OK twice, t hen prin t the docum ent. NOT E • Long Edge Firs t = media feeds in long edge first • Short Edge First = media feeds in short e dge first • Long Ed ge[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 315 Printing custom page s using the PCL driver 1. Make su re the re ar exit is open. 2. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 3. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he OKI C9x00 PCL dri ver , the n click Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). NOT E Up to 32 custom [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 316 4. On the Setup tab, under Media , select User Defined Size in the Size li st. The Set Free Size dial og box ap pears . 5. Select the Unit , then enter the Width and Length m eas urem ent s to use, the n click OK . NOT E You may s ee a Wa r n i n g dialog box indicating a conflict. If you do, click OK and t he d[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 317 6. User Defined Size appe ars in the Size list on the Setup ta b. 7. Click OK and print the docum ent. NO TE To save t he setting for futu re use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size . • Select the unit, the n enter the relevant informa tion for Wid th and H eight and giv e your custom size a[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 318 CHANG ING THE RESOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he appropri ate OKI C 9x00 drive r , then click P roperties (or Setup , or you r applicat ion’s equi valent) . 1. Click the Job Options tab . 2. Select t he requir[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 319 DUPL EX PRI NTING (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes onl y . • Paper we ight rang e 20 to 28 l b. US Bond ( 75 to 105 g/ m ² ). • Paper m ust be loaded prin t side up . • Only Tray 1, optiona l T rays 2 an d 3, and the High Ca pacity Feeder tr ays can be used f or duplex p r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 320 Duplex printing using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pri nt dialog box, s elect the OK I C9x00 PS driv er , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. On the Adva nced tab, under Document Options ® Layout, cli[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 321 Duplex printi ng using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he OKI C9x00 PCL dri ver , the n click Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. On the Se tup tab, un der 2-Sided Printing , select Long Edge o[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 322 PRINTING BOOKLET S: PCL DRIVER ONLY Printing b ooklets using t he PCL d river 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pri nt dialog box, s elect the OK I C9x00 PS driv er , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. On the Setup tab, under F[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 323 4. Click the Options button and set Signature , 2Pag es , Right to Lef t a nd Bind Marg in as required, then click OK . 5. Click OK and print the docum ent.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 324 PRINTING WATERMARKS: PCL DRIVER ONLY 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he OKI C9x00 PCL dri ver , the n click Properties (or Setup , or yo ur applica tion’s equiv alent). 3. On the Job Options ta b, clic k the Wa t er m a r k butto n. 4. [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 325 5. If you wish t o print the wa termark only on the first page of the document , sele ct First Page only . 6. Click OK twice a nd print the d ocument. NOT E To cr eate a new wa ter mar k or e dit an ex ist ing w ater mark : • Click the Ne w or Edit button. • Enter the t ext for the wa termark and select the [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 326 COLLATING Collating can be car ried out with or withou t a hard disk d rive inst alled. However, printers with a har d disk dri ve will pr ovide grea ter performanc e. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he appropri ate OKI C 9x00 drive r , t[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 327 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d print a llows prin ting of a s ingle co py of a do cument for checki ng before printin g multipl e copies of the same d ocume nt. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he appropri ate OKI C 9x00 drive r . 3. Select Pr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 328 5. On the Job Options tab, under Job T ype , sele ct Proo f a nd Print . a. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der Job Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77, then click OK . 6. Enter the numbe r of [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 329 Printing cop ies 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our personal ID number using the buttons on the printer contr ol panel. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the require d job name is dis playe d. 4. Press the SELECT bu tton to p rint [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 330 SECURE PR INTI NG (PRINTING CONFIDENTIAL DOCU MENTS) Secure printin g or printi ng with pas swords al lows the p rinting of confiden tial docu ments on printer s that are s hared wit h other user s. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g box, se lect t he appr[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 331 a. Enter a jo b name of up to 16 c haracters under Job Name , and, if required, sel ect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four digit person al ID number from 0000 to 77 77, then click OK . 6. Enter the numbe r of copies and, if r equired, select C ollate . 7. Click OK and print the document. A p[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 332 Printing a confide ntial document from the front pane l 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the per sonal ID num ber you se t above using the but tons on the prin ter control panel. 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOBS o r the requir ed job nam[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 333 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to h ard disk ( job spool ing) allows print jo bs to be prepa red and stored o n the h ard disk for printin g on de mand. Th is is good for form s, generic memos, lette rhead s tationery, e tc. 1. Open the file in y our applic ation and select File ® Pr int . 2. In the Pr int dialo g bo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 334 a. Enter a j ob name o f up to 16 c haracters un der J ob Name Settin g and, i f required , select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type a four digit person al ID numbe r from 0000 to 7777, the n click OK . 6. Click OK and print the document. A print fil e of the document is created and stor ed on th e h[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 335 T o pr int the stored do cument 1. Press the ME NU button to a ccess the PRI NT JOBS MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the personal I D numbe r you sele cted a bove using t he buttons on the prin ter control panel . 3. Press the V ALUE b utton unt il ALL JOB S or the requ ired job name is dis playe d.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 336 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Ov erlays? An Ove rlay can b e a combi nation of g raphics, f onts, or t ext that is stored in the pr inter's flash me mory or o n the h ard disk (supplied on some mod els, opti onal on oth ers), a nd print ed wheneve r require d. The result is similar to the Watermark fe ature, [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 337 Once some one has s et up all the necessa ry overl ay files on the printer , other use rs only hav e to switch on the requi red setti ngs in the printer dr iver to us e the ove rlays. Creating documen ts to use as overlays An over lay can be crea ted in any software app licatio n that c an handle lo gos, lette r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 338 5. T ry to keep the overl ay to a sin gle sheet. Do n't use N- up, duple x, finisher o ptions, e tc. when cr eating a n overlay . Thes e can be added w hen prin ting the do cument tha t incl udes the o verlay . 6. Click OK to close the Prope rties dial og box. 7. Print the do cument. Instead of sending the [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 339 The Storag e Devic e Manager software is includ ed with the o riginal software CDs tha t were supplied wit h your printe r. 1. Launch Storage Device Manager a nd allow t he program to discov er (locat e) the prin ter . 2. Click Project then New Project . 3. Select Add File to Project from the Proj ect menu, and [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 340 Defining Ov erlays: Po stScript 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. RIght click the printer name and click Document De fault s . 3. On the Job Options ta b, clic k the Overlay button. 4. Click the New button.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 341 5. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Nam e list , and select t he pages o n which it is to be pr inted. 6. Enter or s elect a f orm name in the drop- down list un der Form setting , then click Ad d. 7. Click OK . 8. If requir ed, con tinue to ad d files to the o verlay by r epeating steps 4 th[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 342 select m ore than one over lay , hold the CTRL key wh ile cli cking on each name). 10. Select Use O verlay from the drop-down list a t the top of t he dialog bo x, then click OK . 11. Click OK to close the Default dialog box.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 343 Defining Ov erlays: PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highligh t the prin ter name and click Document Defaults . 3. Click the Job Options tab . 4. Click the Ove rlay ... button. 5. T o define an overlay , c lick t he Define Overlay s button.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 344 6. Enter the file nam e of the ove rlay in th e Overlay Name box. 7. Enter the ID o f the file in ID V alues . Please refer to the instruc tions fo r the S torage Devi ce Manag er utility . 8. Select w hich page s the ove rlay is to be printed o n from Pr int on Pages or us e Custom Pages to select spec ific pag[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 O peration • 345 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL DRIVER ONLY This op tion allo ws you to conf igure and print pos ters by br eaking up the docum ent page in to multip le piece s which p rint enlarged on separat e sheets. Then the s eparate she ets are com bined t o produce a post er. It is only availab le with the PCL printer driver 1. O[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 346 Maint enance ADDING PAPER The displ ay indic ates when the num ber of sheet s of pa per in an y paper tray falls belo w 30. 1. Remove the paper tray . 2. Remove the remaini ng sheets of paper . 3. Refill the tray with up to a ream ( 500 sheets) of pape r , then replace th e sheets r emoved i n step 2 (this e ns[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 347 4. Check tha t the paper guide s and re ar stopp er are correc t for the size of paper being used. 5. Clos e the pa per tra y gently . Impor tant! To preven t jams: • Make su re there is no space be tween the paper and the paper guides a nd rear stopper . • Don’t o verfill the paper tray . Capacity de pen[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 348 6. If installed , a lower paper t ray cannot be used to print if the re is no paper tray inserted above it. (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 8[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 349 CHANG ING THE TONER CAR TRIDGE When t he toner is running low , *** TO NER LOW is displa yed in the control panel (*** is the c olor name) . If print ing conti nues with out replacing the to ner cartrid ge, CHANGE *** TO NER is d isplayed and printin g is can celled. De pending o n the oper ating envi ronment, [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 350 2. Check the color lab el of the to ner cart ridge to be changed. 3. Move th e color ed lever (1) on the ri ght of t he toner cartrid ge in t he direction of the arrow as far as i t will go then remove the toner cartridge (2), lifting t he lever en d of the cartridge first to disengag e the loc ating peg on th [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 351 5. Shake the new toner c artridge ba ck and for th severa l times. T hen holding t he toner c artridge horizontally , re move the tape. 6. Insert th e new toner c artridge i nto the ima ge drum, left side firs t, engaging the drum loc ating peg in the hol e in the ton er cartridg e.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 352 7. Gently push the to ner cartr idge down, engaging the locking pin into the gr oove on the image drum. 8. Gently push the c olored lever f orward u ntil it s tops. This r eleases the toner into the i mage drum .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 353 9. Gently wipe th e LED head surface wi th LED len s clean er or a so ft tissue. 10. Close the top cover. CAUTI ON Do not use me thyl alcohol or ot her solvent s on the LED head otherwise damage to the lens surface will occur .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 354 NOT E After installing the new toner cartridge, the message on the display TONER LOW or CHANGE TONER should disappear. However, this sometimes does not disappear until printing has been carri ed out. If it still doe s not disappear, reinstall the t oner c artridg e.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 355 CHANG ING THE IMAGE DRUM When the image drum r eaches th e end of its p roduct li fe, *** CHANGE DRUM is dis played in the con trol pan el (*** is the co lor name ). If printin g continu es without replacing the im age drum, CHANGE *** IMAGE DRUM is d isplayed a nd print ing is canc elled. Change the ton er car[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 356 2. Remove the appropria te image d rum/toner c artridge f rom the printer . 3. Make su re the re placemen t image drum is th e correct color and remove it from th e packaging . 4. Remove the protectiv e sheet from the new im age drum.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 357 5. Install the n ew image drum in the printer . 6. Push the tab inwards and remov e the bla nking pl ate from th e image drum. 7. Install a new toner ca rtridge: s ee “Chang ing the tone r cart ridge” on page 349. 8. Clos e the top c ov er .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 358 CHANG ING THE T RANSFER BELT When t he transfer belt reach es the end of its prod uct life, CHANGE BELT UN IT is disp laye d in the c ontrol panel . Transfer belt li fe depends o n the nu mber of she ets per pri nt job. When single s heets are printe d, transf er belt life is reduce d. 1. Switch o f f the print[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 359 3. Press bac k the lo ck lever (1) and, us ing the ha ndles (2 an d 3), remove the old tr ansfer belt from the p rinter . 4. Remove the new transfer belt unit from its packag ing.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 360 5. Using the handles (2 and 3), a lign the pins ( 4) with the g rooves (5) on t he printer and insert t he new tra nsfer belt i nto the pr inter . 6. Move the lock le ver (1) to ward the f ront of the printer an d ensu re it lock s the trans fer belt into place.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 361 7. Reinstall th e cradle comp lete with th e four im age drum s and toner cart ridges in the printe r . 8. Clos e the top c ov er .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 362 CHANG ING THE F USER UNIT When t he fuser uni t reaches the end of its produ ct life, CH ANGE FUSER UNI T is disp layed in the co ntrol pa nel. Fuser unit life is approxi mately 60 00 0 A4 shee ts. 1. Switch o ff the printer and open th e top cover . WARNIN G! The fuser unit is very hot after printing. Always u[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 363 2. Move the two locking levers (1) to the rea r of the mac hine to releas e the fuser u nit, then us e the hand le to rem ove the fuser from the printer . 3. Using the handle (2), remo ve the fuser un it from the p rinter . 4. Remove the new fuser unit from its packaging a nd lift off the ship ping tape at eith[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 364 5. Using the handle (2), i nstall the new fuser un it into the printer . Make su re the two s pring load ed lock ing leve rs (1) loc k the fuse r unit into place. 6. Clos e the top c ov er .s[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 365 CLEA NING THE LED H EAD S Clean t he LED head s when prin ting do es not co me out clear ly, has white lin es or when te xt is blur red. 1. Switch o ff the printer and open th e top cover . CAUTION! Do not use me thyl alcohol or ot her solvent s on the LED head otherwise damage to the lens surface will occur .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 366 2. Gently wipe the LE D head sur face wit h LED lens c leaner or soft tissue. 3. Clos e the top c ov er .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 367 T RANSPORTING THE PR INT ER This printe r is a pre cision machi ne. If it is tran sported with out its protectiv e packag ing it may be pron e to mecha nical damag e. To prepar e the printe r for trans portatio n: 1. T urn off the printe r . 2. Disconn ect the pow er cable an d printer i nterface cable from the[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 368 4. Seal the apertur e on e ach ima ge drum and its to ner cartr idge with plastic adhesive tape (1) to prev ent any t oner spi llage duri ng transpo rtation. 5. Place th e four im age drum s comple te with thei r toner ca rtridge s back in to the printer . 6. Usi ng th e ori ginal p ackaging mat eri al, plac e [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 369 T roub leshoot ing L CD MESSAGES The liqui d crystal display ( LCD) on th e control pa nel indi cates the printer s tatus and i f there is a problem wi th the printer . Status and error mes sages are liste d below togeth er with an explan ation of what each mes sage mea ns: LCD Mess age Me aning ***** DRUM [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 370 CHECK FUSER UNIT Chec k the fus er unit fo r paper j am, corre ct inst allatio n, etc . CHECK IMAGE DRUM Check the image dru m for corre ct ins talla tion, etc. Co lor will be indic ated. COLLA TE F AIL Coll atin g of mu ltipl e copi es has f aile d. COLOR ADJUSTING Adjusting head so tha t colo rs do not s [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 371 INV ALID DA T A Data is inco rrect. LOAD Load corre ct pa per siz e/type. Si ze/ty pe will be indicate d. MEDIA MI SMA TC H Paper type set v ia me nu does n ot match that sent via drive r . NETWORK ERROR Ne twor k erro r . OFFLINE Shows off line status . ONLINE Shows o n line st atus. OPEN UPPER COVER Open [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 372 SHUTDOWN S tarts the s hut down pro cedure to protect th e file system on har d disk . SIZE M ISMA TCH Change pa per to corre ct size/t ype. Pre ss On- line to c ontinu e. ST ACK ER FULL S tacker is full. Remove the p aper . UNSUIT ABLE S IZE In dicates wron g paper si ze. USB I/ F ERROR USB interface erro [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 373 P APER JAMS Paper j ams are ind icated by an error mes sage on th e display. Paper jams ar e cleared as follow s: 1. Open the top cover o f the prin ter . NOT E Do not close the top cover completely (until it latches) during this pr ocess. If the top cover is closed too soon, the paper jam error will not be[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 374 2. Ch eck the paper tray : Pu ll out the pape r tray and remove any jammed paper from the printer , then gen tly push the paper tray back i n. 3. Ch eck behi nd the fr ont cover . Open the front cover and remove any jamm ed paper , th en close the front co ver .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 375 4. Ch eck the tran sfer belt. a. Remove al l four imag e drums as one uni t in their c radle. and place the cradle on a flat surfac e to prev ent damag e t o the shi ny gr een surf ace on the bott om of t he d rum s. b. Carefull y remove any jamm ed paper from the transfer belt and top paper exit. c. Replac[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 376 5. Check be hind the rear cover: o pen the re ar cover and remove any jamm ed paper , th en close the rear cover . 6. Ch eck the fu ser unit: WARNIN G! The fuser unit is very hot after printing. Always use the handle when lifting it.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 377 a. If necess ary, lift out the toner /drum cr adle to acce ss the jammed pa ge. a. Release the fuser r oller loc k lever s at eith er end of the fuse r and slowly remove the j ammed pap er. b. Re-lock th e levers at ei ther end of the fuse r.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 378 7. Check the duplex unit. a. Open the front cover , then sl ide out the duple x unit. b. Open the duplex to p cover and remove any jammed paper.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 379 c. Close the duplex to p cover an d slide the d uplex un it back into the printer. d. Cl ose t he fr ont cov er. 8. Ch eck any ad ditional paper trays : if any o ptional paper tr ay(s) are installed , pull them out an d check tha t no paper is jammed along the various parts of the exit path. 9. Clos e the t[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 380 PARALLEL TRANSMISS ION MODE The paral lel port supports IE EE-1284 a nd ECP mod e. If yo ur comput er's paral lel port is not comp atible wi th one of the se modes, the printer ma y not print a t all or it may print c orrupted da ta. To corr ect for this , enter th e printer's Parallel Menu and c [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 381 PROBLEM SOLVING P aper fee d problems. If paper jam s are frequ ent: • More than one shee t feeds at a tim e. • Paper cu rls. • Paper fe eds at an a ngle. Paper jam has been cleared , but printer does not print. Possible ca use Remedy The printe r is not horizont al. Place the pr inte r on a stable, l[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 382 PROBLEMS PRINTING FROM W INDOWS Cannot config ure for parallel conne ction. Possible ca use Rem ed y The co mput er does not suppo rt bi-direct ional paral lel in terf ace . There is no fix fo r this pro blem. Y ou shou ld only use a comp uter tha t does supp ort a bi-dire ction al para llel i nterface. Par[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 383 Cannot config ure for USB connection . NOT E • Windows 95 does not s upport USB. • Windows 98 upgraded from Wi ndows 95 may not support USB. • Windows 98 original installation and Windows Me, 2000, NT and XP all support USB. Possible ca use Rem ed y Comput er does not support U SB inte rfac e. Check i[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 384 Printout is garb led or incorrect with para llel connection. Cannot print . • LPT WRITE ERROR is displa yed. • PRNUSBX WRITE ERROR is display ed. Possible ca use Remedy Poss ible mi smatc h on pa rallel connect ion be tween compute r an d printe r . Change pa rallel transmis sion mode ( see Parall el T [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 385 Application error or general pro t ection fault is displayed. Printing is slow . Possible ca use Remedy Applicati on is no t suita ble fo r Window s version. Upgrade the ap plication . Memor y is ins ufficie nt f or number o f applica tions runn ing. Close all other a pplic ations. Print file is corrupted .[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 386 Printer requests paper size change to co ntinue printing. PROBLEMS WITH POO R QUALITY PRINTING Long itudin al white st ripes Longit udi nal fa ding Possible ca use Remedy Paper loade d in tray is dif ferent size from that forma tted in sof twar e applica tion. Either ch ange p aper in tray to m atch size fo[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 387 F aint pr int ing F ading in patche s Long itudin al bla ck stri pes Possible ca use Reme dy The tone r cartridge is inco rrectly inst all ed. Reinsta ll the toner cartri dge. T oner is lo w . Chan ge toner ca rtridge . The pap er is moist . S tore pape r within specifi ed tem perature and humidity leve ls.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 388 F aint shading on un printed sections Blurred letter edge s Possible ca use Re me dy Paper has been af fected by stati c electric ity . S tore pape r within specifi ed tem perature and humidity leve ls. Paper is t oo thic k. Use recommen ded pape r . T oner is lo w . Change t oner cartri dge. Possible ca us[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 389 MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS The power is on, but th e printer does not go online. Print processing does not start. Pri nt pr oc essi ng c anc els . Printer makes a strange nois e. Possible ca use Remedy Bad connection Switch off the printe r and discon nect the pow er cable. Reconn ect po wer cabl e and s witch [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 390 An ast erisk (*) symbol appear s on th e display , repe at edly moving across the first line th en the sec ond. Printer takes a long time to star t printi ng. T on er rubs off when you rub the printed surface. Possible ca use Remedy The main board is not properly seated in the printer . T urn the printer of[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 391 Accessories Depending on the co nfigurati on of you r printer, y ou may wi sh to add one or mo re of the f ollowing opti ons as you r needs evolve: • OkiLAN 6200e Pl us Network P rint Se rver: see bel ow • Addit ional Mem ory: see pa ge 392 • Hard Disk D rive: see page 396 • Dupl ex Unit : se e p age 39[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 392 4. Connect th e power cabl e and swi tch on the printer . 5. Print a Men uMap as follows to confirm the network interf ace card is corr ectl y ins tal led. a. Press the ME NU button twi ce to access the INFORMA TION MENU . b. Press the SELECT button and confirm tha t PRINT MENU MAP is display ed. c. Press the S[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 393 Installing additi onal memory 1. Switch o f f the pri nter and di sconnec t the power c able and pri nter interfac e cable. 2. Loosen th e two scr ews (1) an d remove the main board. NOT E If the maximum amount of memory is being installed in the printer (thr ee 256 MB modules), the memory modules that were ori[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 394 3. Insert th e memory mo dules the s lots as follows: a. Push out the white ta bs at eith er end of the socket. b. Align t he mod ule with the narro w strip (1) on i ts metal lic conta ct edge to the right (towa rd the sl ot identif ier number s ) of the control board. c. Carefull y insert the m odule in the so[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 395 board en gage the co nnect or, then make sure th e white tabs come up t o lock the modul e in place. 4. Replace t he main boar d and secur e it with the tw o screw s. 5. Reconnec t the printer interface cable and po wer cabl e, then switch o n the printer . 6. Print a MenuMap (se e “Printing the Menu Map” o[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 396 INT ERNAL HARD DIS K The opti onal in ternal h ard disk is use d for proo f and pr int, pa ssword or secur e printing. Installing t he hard di sk drive 1. Switch o f f the pri nter and di sconnec t the power c able and pri nter interfac e cable. 2. Loosen th e two scr ews (1) an d remove the main board.[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 397 3. Hold the ha rd disk drive by the lockin g handl e (1). 4. Insert th e handle loc ating lugs ( 2) and four locating fe et (3) into the holes in the mai n board mak ing sure th e hard dis k connector (4) starts to eng age with th e socket on the co ntrol board . 5. Gently pu sh down on the locking hand le (1) [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 398 reseat t he hard dis k drive. Turn the printe r on again a nd reprint the M enu Map . 9. In the p rinter driv er(s), c hange the installed m emory to match the new va lue: – For Wind ows XP: s ee page 79 – For Wind ows 2000: s ee page 1 51 – For Wind ows Me / 98 / 95 (PostS cript d river only) : see pa ge[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 399 DUPL EX UN IT Installation 1. Switch o f f the pri nter and di sconnec t the power c able. 2. Open the front cover ( 1). 3. Insert the duplex unit (2 ) into the prin ter engaging th e sides of th e duple x unit in the slots in the prin ter . 4. Gently slide th e duple x unit (2) ful ly into the printer . 5. Cl [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 400 ADDITIONAL PAPER TRA YS Two addi tional pa per trays can be ins talled a nd, when c ombined w ith the standa rd paper tray, paper capac ity incre ases to a pproximatel y 1590 shee ts. Installation 1. Switch o f f the pri nter and di sconnec t the power c able and pri nter interfac e cable. WARNING! The printer [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Accessories • 401 2. Lower the printer gently on to the additi onal paper tray aligni ng the holes and conn ection soc ket on the base of the printer with the locat ing peg s and co nnector on the addi tional paper tray unit. 3. Connect th e printer i nterface ca ble and po wer cable, t hen switc h on the printer . 4. Print a Me[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 402 Specifications Print method. LED ex posed li ght so urce el ectronic photog raphic memory Resolution C7 100 - 60 0 x 1200d pi C7300 - 600 x 12 00 d pi C750 0 - 120 0 x 120 0dpi .Colors Cyan, mage nta, yello w , black (CMYK) CPU Power PC 7 50 proces sor , 32 bit R ISC CPU, 4 50 MHz, 64 bit Memory C7100 - 64 M[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 403 Interfac e level Low+ 0.0 – 0 .8V High+ 2.4 – 5.0V Univers al Serial Bus (USB) interface USB speci fication V ersion 1.1 Connections USB type B Cable USB spe cificati on V ersion 1. 1 cabl e (shield ed) T r ansmi ssio n mode: Full s peed ( 12 Mbps + 0. 25% ma ximum) Po wer co nt rol Self-powered dev ice [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 404 Paper cap acity (depending on p aper weight) Paper tray : 530 she ets approx. Manua l feed : 100 s hee ts approx . Exit cap acity (depending on p aper weight) Face up : 100 s heet s approx . Face do wn: 5 00 sheet s a pprox. Print margin ¼-inch (6.4 mm) min imum Print ac curacy St a r t : ±2 m Paper skew :[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 405 Dimensions Wid th : 16.9 inches (430 mm ) Depth : 24.4 inche s (620 mm) Height : 16.9 inc hes (430 mm) Wei ght 106 lbs. (48 kg) not includi ng option al access ories and pape r[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 406 Consumables TO N E R Description ........... ................... ..... O rder No. Black Toner .................. ............. ...... 4 1963004 Cyan Toner ..... ................... ............. 41963003 Magenta Ton er ....... ................... ...... 41963002 Yellow Ton er .......... ................... ....[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 407 F USER UNITS Description ........... ................... ..... O rder No. Fuser Unit, 120V ................ ............. 41945601 Fuser Unit, 230V ................ ............. 41945607 T RANSFER BELT Description ........... ................... ..... O rder No. Transfer belt ........... ................... ..[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 408 OKI PRINT MEDIA OKI ® SynFlex™: Waterproof and Tear proof Order No. White, 8½ x 11''. 100 sheets .................. ................... ....... 5 2205901 OKI Bright White Proofing Paper Order No. 32-lb. US B ond, 8½ x 11''. 500 she ets ... ................... ....... 5 2206101 OKI Premi[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 409 OKI PRINT MEDIA (CONTINUED) OKI Premium Envelopes: Security Tint, Redi-Stri p Seal Order No. White, COM-10. B ox 100 ... .................... ................... ....... 5 2206301 White, COM-10. B ox 500 ... .................... ................... ....... 5 2206302[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 410 F actory Default Settings PRINT ME NU MEDIA MENU Item Factory default setting COPIES 1 DUPLEX OFF BINDING LONG EDGE P APER FEED TRA Y1 AUTO TRA Y SWITCH ON TRA Y SEQUENCE DOWN MP TRA Y USAGE FEED WHEN MISMA TCHING MEDIA CHECK ENABLE TRANSP ARENCY DETECT AUTO RESOLUTION 600dpi LED model 1200d pi L E[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 411 MP TRA Y M EDIA PLAIN MP TRA Y MEDIAWEIGHT AUTO UNIT OF MEASURE INCH X DIMENSION 8.5 INCH Y DIMENSION 11 I N C H Item Factory defa ult setting[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 412 COLOR MENU Item Fa ctory de fault setti ng AUTO DENSITY MODE AUTO ADJUST DENSITY [EXECUTE] COLOR TUNING [PRI NT P A TTERN] CY AN HIGH-LIGHT 0 CY AN MID-TONE 0 CAN DARK 0 MAGENT A HIGH-LIGHT 0 MAGENT A MID-TONE 0 MAGENT A DARK 0 YELLOW HIGH-LIGHT 0 YELLOW MID-T ONE 0 YELLOW DARK 0 BLACK HIGH-LIGHT 0[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 413 SYST EM CONFIG MENU PC L EMU LAT ION MEN U Item Factory defa ult settin g POWER SA VE DELA Y TIME 60 min s. USB PS-PROTOCOL RA W NETWORK PS-PROTOCOL RA W PERSONALITY AUTO EMULA TION CLEARABLE W ARNING ON AUTO CONTINUE OFF MANUAL T IMEOUT 60 sec. W AIT TIMEO UT 40 sec. LOW TO NER CONTINUE JAM RECOVE[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 414 PP R EMULATION MENU FX EMULATIO N MENU Item Factory defa ult settin g CHA RA CTE R P ITC H 1 0 cp i FONT CONDENSE 10 cpi to 12 c pi CHARACTER SET SET - 2 SYMBOL SET IBM-437 LETTER 0 STYLE D ISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 lpi WHITE P AGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTUION CR LF FUNCTION LR LINE LENG T[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 415 PA R AL L E L ME N U USB MENU NETWORK MENU FIT TO LETTER ENABLE Item Factory defa ult settin g P ARALLEL ENABLE BI-DIRECTION ENABLE ECP ENABLE ACK WIDTH NARROW ACK/BUSY TIMING ACK-IN-BUSY I-PRIME DISABLE OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE Item Factory defa ult settin g USB ENABLE SOFT RESET DISABLE OFFLINE RE[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 416 INITIALIZE OFF Item Factory defa ult settin g[...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 417 MEMORY MENU DISK MAINT ENANCE MENU SYST EM ADJUST MENU Item Factory defa ult settin g RECEIVE BUFF SIZE AUTO RESOURCE SA VE OFF FLASH INITIALIZE EXECUTE PS FLASH RESIZE 0.5 MB Item Factory defa ult settin g P ARTITIO N #1 PCL P ARTITIO N #2 COMMON P ARTITIO N #3 PS Item Factory defa ult settin g X [...]

C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 418 MAINT ENANCE MENU Item Factory defa ult settin g EEPROM RESET EXECUTE POWER SA VE ENABLE P APER BLACK SETTING 0 P APER COLOR SETTING 0 TRANSPR BLACK SETTING 0 TRANSPR COLOR SETTING 0[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 419 Software Utilities OVERVIEW Included with your printer is a selec tion of so ftware util ity pro grams designed to help you get the m ost out of your prin ter. Load t hese programs from the M enu Installe r locate d on CD1. Utilities i ncluded: • Color Utility – Color Sw atch Utility • Utilities for Main[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 420 COLOR SWA TCH UTILITY Color Swa tch Samples The Colo r Swatch Utility allows you to print col or samp les or swatches on your Oki color printer . The sw atches are used wi th you r software program to select a nd repro duce color accurate ly. The swatches represent selected samples of the Oki Color Printer&apo[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 421 Selecting Colors When you load t he utility , a swatc h page dis plays commonly used colors. S elect prin t to print sampl e pages. Color Samples Use the c olor blo cks to pick the speci fic color s that yo u want to appear i n your printe d documen t. Color V alues Each color bloc k, or sam ple, i s identif i[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 422 Creating Custom S watch Colors If you don 't find your desired color, y ou can cr eate or cus tomize colo rs: 1. Select C ustom Swatch from th e File menu. 2. On the po p-up wind ow , there are 3 slid e bars th at allow you to cust omize sw atches: – Hue bar ch anges the hue of the s watches, for exam p[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 423 PDF DIRECT PRINT UTILITY PDF Direc t Print al lows you to se nd a selec ted PDF fil e directly to the printer, a faster an d easier process tha n using A dobe Acro bat separat ely befor e printing . PDF Dire ct Print also lets you se t paper source , copies, 2-s ided prin ting, print page range and other setti[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 424 2. Click PDF Direc t Print , then clic k Print . The Start screen prov ides the following features: • Select Print • Paper S ource • Copies • 2-side d printing • Binding • Collate • Fit to page • Print page ran ge • Restore Default • Save Settings • Print • Cancel • Help • About[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 425 PD F V ersion Che ck The vers ion leve l of PD F files s upported is version 1 .3 or bel ow. A “Warning ” dialog displays for any PDF file who se ver sion is not suppo rted. For additi onal info rmation, see the P DF Print Di rect Help file in th e PDF Direct Print Utility. NOT E If when atte mpting to PDF[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 426 STORAGE DEVICE MA NAGER FOR WINDOWS This Utility lets you manag e the printer’s hard disk and flash mem ory, and dow nload fonts , macros and firmw are. Install t he utility from CD1 using the Oki Menu I nstaller. Getting Help The Oki St orage Devi ce Manage r software co ntains an on -line Help syste m. To [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 427 Summ ary of Sto rage Devic e Manag er Functions • Create or mo dify a pr oject. • Downloa d files t o a pr inter . • Add or r emove pri nters be ing admin istered . • Reboot the p rinter . • Manage the Proof & Print an d Secure P rint sp ooler queues on the internal hard driv e. • Delete fil es[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 428 • Establish 4- digit PIN numbers for each c lient, us ing any fo ur numbers from 0 thro ugh 7 (8 and 9 cannot be used). • Reboot the p rinter . • D e l e t e f i l e s ( S h o w R e s o u r c e s i s p r e f e r a b l e ) . • Format the internal hard driv e. NOT E If preferred, clients can choose their[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 429 Usin g Storag e Devi ce Mana ger Open ing the P rogra m 1. Click Star t ® Pr ograms ® Oki ® Oki S tor age De vice Manager ® Oki S t orage Device Manager . The SDM - Prin ter Discov ery dialo g box opens. 2. Select t he approp riate co mputer c onnectio n(s), then click Start . The printe r sear ches for c [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 430 Settin g Up an Administ rativ e Password 1. With the Storage Devic e Manager program op en, clic k Administrator Functions in the Printers menu. 2. T ype in the defau lt password (p1x s7d0m) und er Enter Passwo rd , then click Change Password . 3. T ype the 8-digit, alpha-nu meric passwo rd of you r choice u n[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 431 Crea ting Po stSc ript F orms Creatin g & Downloading a P ostScrip t Project Step 1: Create the F orms in Your Software Application 1. Create the document in your software appl ication . 2. Click File ® Print and make s ure the Ok i PostScrip t driver i s sele cted. 3. Select Print to file . 4. Engage the[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 432 Step 2: Create a New Pro ject 1. Open S torage D evice Mana ger . 2. Click Project s ® New Proj ect . The Proj ect dialo g box opens. 3. Click Project s ® Save Pr oject , ente r the path/name for storing the proj ect on yo ur hard driv e or you r network, t hen click Save . Step 3: Add F iles to the Project [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 433 1. Double-c lick the f ile name in t he Proje ct window . The Edit Component Name and ID dialog bo x appear s. 2. Under Vo l u m e , ty pe in%Flash 0%, then cl ick OK . Ste p 5: Save the Pr ojec t a nd Download it to the Printer 1. Click Project s ® Save Pr oject . 2. Click Project s ® Send Project Files to [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 434 A: Creating a nd Downloading a PCL Project Step 1: Create t he Forms in Y our Software Application 1. Create the document in your software appl ication . 2. Click File ® Print and make s ure the O ki PCL d river is s elected. 3. Print the do cument to a file using the exten sion PRN. Step 2: Creat e a New Pr [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 435 3. Click OK . The Open d ialog box appears. 4. Make su re Print spool files (*.prn) is se lecte d in the File of type drop-down l ist. 5. Under Look in , go to the folder whe re the fi les are sa ved and double- click the file name. The file i s saved as a bin fil e. Filter File Creat ed appear s. 6. Click OK [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 436 Step 5: Check.bin File Settings and Save the Pr oject 1. T o check the set tings for th e bin file s, double -click t he file name. The Edit Component Name and ID dialog bo x appear s. 2. Here you c an edi t th e • file name • ID number (the number you need to enter in th e printer dri ver when prin ting o[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 437 Printing t he File Li st To print out a list of file s in the printe r’s memory: 1. With S torage De vice Ma nager ope n, click Prin ters ® Pr int File Listing . Command Is sued app ears. 2. Click OK and wait for the File Lis t to print. NOT E You can also print the File List from the print er’s menu: •[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 438 Maintaining th e In ternal Hard Drive and Flash Memo ry HDD Pri nt Jobs The HDD Pr int Jobs fe ature allows you to vie w and delete the Proof & Prin t and Secure P rint files sto red on the prin ter’s inte rnal hard drive. 1. Open S torage D evice Mana ger and click the icon for the printe r whose co nte[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 439 • Click Print Jo b(s) to print the files out before t hey are auto- matical ly deleted. Show Resources Use the Sh ow Resources fea ture to del ete files fr om the interna l hard drive a nd flash mem ory. 1. Open S torage D evice Mana ger and click the icon for the printe r whose co ntents you wish to view . [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 440 Using Ov erlays Before o verlays can be prin ted, they m ust be created in a software applica tion and save d as a print fil e, then download ed to the printer’ s internal hard disk drive or flash memor y usin g Storage Dev ice Manager. Genera l Info rmatio n To use o verlays, the Oki Sto rage De vice Manag [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 441 • If the software applica tion has a collate pr int optio n, it must be turned O FF before y ou print overlays . • Overlay printin g cannot be done using the Windo ws 2000 PostSc ript driv er or the Ma cintosh driver . Windows 2 000 and XP PC L In Windows 2000, ov erlays ca n only be printed u sing the P C[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 442 • T o print a sampl e of an ove rlay to see what i t looks like, cl ick the name un der Defi ned Overlays , then clic k Te s t P r i n t . • If you wis h to add mo re overlays to the list, c lick Define overlays , then fill i n the appr opriate info rmation in the Defi ne overlays dialog b ox and clic k Cl[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 443 Windows Me/98/95 PCL Defining Ove rlays: Me/98/95 PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the O ki PCL printer ic on, then c lick Properties . The Oki Propert ies dialog box appea rs. 3. Click the Job Options tab, click the Overlay button. 4. Click Define overlays . 5. Under Overlay N ame[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 444 • If you wis h to add mo re overlays to the list, c lick Define overlays , then fill i n the appr opriate info rmation in the Defi ne overlays dialog b ox and clic k Close . 6. Click Print using act ive overlays , th en click OK and pr int the document . Editing De fined Overl ays: Me/98 /95 PCL 1. Click Sta[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 445 Windows Me/98/95/PostScript Defin ing Overlay s: Me/98/9 5 P ostSc ript 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the O ki PostS cript pri nter icon, t hen clic k Pro perties . The Oki Propert ies dialog box appea rs. 3. Click the Job Options t ab. Cli ck th e Overlay b utton. 4. Set up an Over[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 446 3. Make su re the Oki Po stScript p rinter is s elected, t hen click Properties (or yo ur applic ation’s equiv alent). The Oki Propert ies dialog box appea rs. 4. Click the Overlay tab. 5. Click En able Overl ay in t he dr op-d ow n lis t. 6. Click up t o fo ur gr oup s under Defi ned Overlay , then cl ick A[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 447 Windows NT 4.0 PCL Defin ing Overlay s: NT 4.0 PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the O ki PCL printer ic on, then c lick Document Defaults . T he Oki Default dia log box a ppears. 3. Click the Job Options t ab. Cli ck th e Overlay b utton. 4. Click Define overlays . The Defi ne over[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 448 5. Click Print using act ive overlays , th en click OK and pr int the document . Editing Defined Overl ays: NT 4.0 PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the O ki PCL printer ic on, then c lick Document Defaults . The Oki Defaults dialog b ox appear s. 3. Click the Job Options t ab. Cli [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 449 6. Click Remove , then Close . 7. Click OK and cl ose the Printe rs dialog b ox. Defin ing Overlay s: NT 4.0 PCL 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the O ki PostS cript pri nter icon, t hen clic k Document Defaults . The Oki Default dia log box a ppears. 3. Scroll do wn to Layout , and c[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 450 Windows NT 4.0 P ostScript Defin ing Overlays : NT 4.0 PostScript 1. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right cli ck the O ki PostS cript pri nter icon, t hen clic k Document Defaults . T he Oki Default dia log box a ppears. 3. Click the Job Options , and cl ick Overla y . 4. Click New . The Defi ne Ove[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 451 5. Select t he Overlay g roup(s) you wi sh to print, then click Add . The gro up will a ppear in the Active Overl ay Groups li st. 6. Click OK twice a nd print the d ocument. Editing Defin ed Overl ays: NT 4.0 Post Script 7. Click Sta rt ® Settings ® Printers . 8. Right cli ck the O ki PostS cript pri nter i[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 452 PRINT JOB A CCOUNTING Introduct ion Oki Pri nt Job Ac counting software, designe d specific ally for O KI printer s, provid es job acc ounting features tha t allow y ou to trac k printer usage, cal culate pr inting cos ts, and s pecify u ser acces s. Main F eature s Managing print upp er limits • Y ou can se[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 453 Adding up print logs • Y ou c an add up printed page s and so forth for eac h printe r user . Main item s subje ct to print l og are th e date, use r name, pri nter name, doc ument name , color/ monochrome printed page s, paper size, S implex/ Duplex pr inting, a nd so for th. • Y ou c an export p rint log[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 454 Overv iew Config uration This sy stem is con figured from the foll owing thr ee software package s. 1. OKI Print Job Accounting This is a manageme nt tool gea red towards a s ystem m anager. It registe rs printers an d users an d sets print l imits. Even wh en it is not runni ng, this tool acquir es and sav es[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 455 Basi call y, th is soft ware n eed s to be in stall ed in all Pr int Cl ien t PCs. In this do cument, th is software is referred to as “Job Account Print er Driv er. ” 3. OKI Print Job Accounting Client This is the s oftware that is used to set up the Job Account Pri nter Driver. The J ob Accou nt Printer [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 456 All Ac count IDs must be s et in the Ser ver PC a nd all of the Client PCs. Examples of assigning Account ID T o permit only some users to print In this c ase, you need not ne cessar ily assign an Acco unt ID to each and every u ser. You as sign it only to th ose users who are permitte d to print. A ll other u[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 457 further details of ho w to use th e Server S/W , please see “Us ing Server S/W ”. Setting Account I D on Client PC Start up the Client S/W first o n the Client P C, and th en set Jo b Accoun t Mode. There ar e four Job A ccount M odes; Tab, P opup, Hide, an d Not Suppo rted. Decide wh ich mode you wish to [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 458 T a b mode In this m ode, the tab for setting the User N ame and Jo b Accou nt ID will be d isplayed u nder Job Account Pr inter Dri ver Prope rty. This setting c an be made by any p rint user as well. Popup mode In this m ode, the dia logue box for ente ring the Use r Name and Job Accoun t ID will be display [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 459 This ID file desc ribes the informati on on eac h and ever y user in one line, usi ng the foll owing for mat. Use the extensio n “.csv” to s ave the file. [Not suppor ted] mode In this m ode, all j obs to be printed will be rec ognized as Unregis tered ID(0). Login U ser Nam e User name en tered whe n logg[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 460 Installation What you will nee d Server PC The se rver S/W must be run und er Windows 2000/Win dowsXP o r NT4.0 (SP5 or l ater), with the latest Se rvice Pac ks installe d. A connecti on to the p rinter w hich will b e managed i s also required, this can be a direc t connection (USB or Parallel) , or a netw or[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 461 Client PC Install Instructions Install th e Job Accoun t Printer Driver in the Cli ent PC first, a nd then the Client S/W. T o insta ll the Job Ac count Printer Driver: 1. Install the J ob Account Printer Dr iver using Add Pri nter Wizar d. 2. Click on th e Have Disk... button on th e screen to select the prin[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 462 Uninst alling t he So ftware Server PC Un install Instru ctions To unin stall the Server S /W, delete all printe rs that have been reg ist ered in the Serv er S/ W. To delete a printer: 1. Select a printer in the left pane of Server S /W . 2. Select Start/end log from the Printer menu. 3. Select Delete a print[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 463 Client PC uni nstall Instruction s Uninstall th e Client S /W first. Then, d elete the J ob Accoun t Printer Driver if you d o not need i t. To uninstall the Client S/W: Click Star t ® Programs ® Okid at a ® OKI Print J ob Accounting Client ® Delete OKI Print Job Accounting client . To delete the Job Accou[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 464 Log Display Logs(*2) Cha nges t he display from Total to Logs. Displa ys Logs(*2 ) Change s the d ispla y from T otal to Log s. Displa y To t a l ( * 2 ) Change s the d isplay t o T ota l per Pri nter , Account I D or mon th. Export Logs(*2 ) Expo rts logs i n the cs v file . Export To t a l ( * 2 ) Exports to[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 465 Help Notes Server ID Displays Server ID. V ersion Info Displays vers ion informat ion . Notes *1.Before running this me nu, select the subject print er from the “Print er Tree” on the Select pa ne (Left side of scr een). *2.Before running this menu, select the subject item from the “Log Tree” on the Se[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 466 How to add a printer To use this Syste m, you need to registe r printer s in the Ser ver S/W. Check tha t the printers to be mana ged by thi s System a re powered up and pr operly co nnecte d, and then registe r them by fol lowing the procedu re below. 1. Select Add a printer from the Pri nte r menu. The follo[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 467 Select t he printer you want to register fro m the list of printers search ed and cl ick on t he Next but ton. 3. Set the pr inter at the follow ing screen . Acquire Logs You can designate time to ac quire l ogs by an in terval or time. I f this value exceeds 24 hou rs, it is set to 2 4 hours. Fees In the com [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 468 Operation at log full You can select a n operation t hat a prin ter perfor ms when th e buffer fo r log s toring be comes full an d cannot store any more logs from the c ombo box. T here are t he followi ng three opti ons. Inhibit the initializ ation of HDD Set Inhib it the initia lization of HDD. When i nitia[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 469 How to se t up f ees Click ing on t he Define fe es button will displa y the sc reen for set ting up/selec ting fees. C licking o n the Add or Property button w ill display the f oll owin g sc reen . Simple settings (Fee charged per sheet) You can set a fee to be ch arged per s heet of co lor/mono print. Selec[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 470 Selecti on pane ( left side of s creen) a nd then Prop erty fro m the Printer menu ; the following screen disp lays. How to change acco unt ID settings To change t he sett ings of an al ready reg istered Ac count ID, double- click the user li sted in th e “Accoun t ID” list bo x; the foll owi ng sc reen d [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 471 Usage limits You can set usage limits for a Job Ac count ID. When “Pri nting not permitte d” is sel ected, othe r sett ings ca nnot be ch anged. Pr inting no t permitte d: All prin ting is can celled. Inhi bit color printing: Co lor data pri nting is ca ncel led. Limit You can set a limit f or the Job A cc[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 472 How to read the log The item s that ar e displaye d as pri nt logs a re as follo ws: Colu mn De scr ipt ion Log No. The ID of the Job Account ID User Acco unt ID User User Na me Document Nam e e Docume nt Name T o tal She ets Numb er of s heets of paper Pages Number of printed side s S tatus Result - Pri nted,[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 473 T roublesh ooting Q. The printer I selected is not shown in the “Printe r - Add a printer” menu . A. If it is offline, the print er will not be shown. Ch eck to s ee that the printer is not offli ne. There a re times th e printer i s not sho wn during pri nting. Wait for a while and try again. If it is st [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 474 Q. The fo llowing mes sage was d isplayed i n the “Prin ter - Acquire a Log” menu. “This processing cannot do be tween acquisition of a Log.” A. Prin t log is alr eady being acquir ed from the pr inter at thi s time. Known Problems/S olutions 1. When usin g PS D upl ex pr inti ng, i f the reve rse side[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 475 PRINTSUPERVISION PrintS uperVision i s a web-b ased applic ation for ma nagin g printing devices connecte d to a network. P rintSup erVision provides access to networke d printer d ata for monit oring, repo rting and managing networke d printers . It provides a full range of managemen t functions for Oki p rin[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 476 T ypical us age scenar ios • The netwo rk adminis trator in a large org anization c an get cust omized da ily repor ts of the status o f all pr inters inc luding usage r eports. User acc ounts can be co nfigured so that a p erson in each d epartment ca n manag e their loc al printer s. • The sy stem ca n b[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 477 NETWORK PRINT ER STATUS UTILITY This ut ility cre ates an ad ditional t ab (ST ATUS) in t he PostSc ript and PCL driv ers that al lows the client to monitor the select ed printer ’s status. To I n s t a l l 1. Insert th e Oki CD1 in to the CD -ROM driv e. ( If CD does not A utoPlay , clic k St art ® Run ® [...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 478 Click o n an item t o see t his inform ation: Checkin g the Prin te r St atus Click the W EB SETTING b utton. The follo wing screen di splays: Tray s: Paper T ype , wei ght Duplex: Installed/ not installe d Disk/Mem ory: RA M size and % used ; Flash Me mory size a nd % used Toner Remai ning: % toner re maining[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 479 Click o n the items l isted on the left to see : • Network S ummary • Login for Admin istrators • Job L ogin • Printer M enu To see real-time printer status, cli ck the UPDA TE ST A TUS button.[...]

C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 480 OKI LPR UTILITY Oki LPR Uti lity allow s you to pr int directl y to a pri nter on th e network without a print ser ver. It cr eates an Ok i Prin ter Port, a nd installs a pop-up s tatus box s o you can monitor printer s tatus. Oki LPR ope rates in Wi ndows Me/9 8/95, Windows NT 4.0, Wind ows 2000, a nd Window [...]

Index • 483 Index A Addi tion al me mory 392 Windo ws 2000 15 0 Windo ws Me/98/95 217 Windo ws NT 4.0 282 Windo ws XP 78 Addit iona l pape r tra ys 400 B Bookl ets 191 Windo ws 2000 19 1 Windo ws Me/98/95 252 Windo ws NT 4.0 322 Windo ws XP 123 C Chan ging de faul ts Windo ws 2000 15 7 Windo ws Me/98/95 222 Windo ws NT 4.0 289 Windo ws XP 85 Choo[...]

Index • 484 E Envelope t ypes 39 Enve lopes 409 Error messages 369 F Factors that affect color pr inting Windo ws 2000 16 3 Windo ws Me/98/95 226 Windo ws NT 4.0 298 Windo ws XP 94 Font sub stitution Windo ws Me/98/95 259 Fuser unit 362 H Hard disk 396 Hard disk drive Windo ws 2000 15 1 Windo ws Me/98/95 219 Windo ws NT 4.0 283 Windo ws XP 79 I I[...]

Index • 485 Options Additional memory 392 Addit ional paper t rays 400 Duplex u nit 39 9 Internal hard di sk 396 Network interface card 391 Overlays Windo ws 2000 20 6 Windo ws Me/98/95 270 Windo ws NT 4.0 336 Windo ws XP 138 P Paper Feed 36 Loading 26 Manual feed 30 Sizes 37 Types 39 Paper feed default Windo ws 2000 15 7 Windo ws Me/98/95 222 Wi[...]

Index • 486 R Render ing inten ts Windo ws 2000 17 4 Windo ws Me/98/95 239 Windo ws NT 4.0 308 Windo ws XP 105 Resolution Windo ws 2000 18 7 Windo ws Me/98/95 249 Windo ws NT 4.0 318 Windo ws XP 119 S Secure print Windo ws NT 4.0 330 Secure printing Windo ws 2000 20 0 Windo ws Me/98/95 264 Windo ws XP 132 Setti ng up Power cable 31 Protective she[...]