Document Outline

• Contents
• Notes, Cautions, etc.
• Introduction
  • Model summary
  • Features
  • How to use this manual
    • Online usage
    • Printing Pages
• Getting started
  • Unpacking
  • CD-ROM disk contents
  • Printer location
  • Printer components
• Setting up
  • Packaging and protective sheet removal
  • Toner cartridge installation
  • Loading paper
  • Manual feed
  • Power connection
  • Control panel
  • Menu settings
    • Changing the display language
    • Printing the MenuMap
    • Media settings
      • Selecting paper feed
      • Selecting the paper size
      • Selecting the media type and weight
  • Media recommendations
    • Paper
    • Envelopes
    • Labels
  • Paper feed and exit
    • Paper Sizes
    • Paper weights and media settings
  • Printer settings
    • Confirming current settings
  • List of menu settings
  • List of administrator menu settings
  • Setting color tuning from the front panel
  • Switching off
  • Interfaces
• Windows XP
  • Printer Drivers
    • Which printer driver to use?
    • Enabling installed options in the drivers
      • For additional memory: PostScript driver only
      • For the internal hard disk drive
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For additional paper trays
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the duplex unit
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the high capacity feeder
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the finisher
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
    • Changing defaults for paper feed, size and media in the driver
      • PostScript drivers
      • PCL drivers
      • Network Printer Status utility
  • Operation
    • Factors that affect color printing
      • Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce
      • Viewing conditions
      • Printer driver color settings
      • Monitor settings
      • How your software application displays color
      • Paper type
    • Choosing a color matching method
      • RGB or CMYK?
      • Matching Photographic Images
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Matching Specific Colors (e.g., a Company logo)
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Printing Vivid Colors
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
    • Color matching: PCL driver
      • Color Matching Options
        • To manually set the color matching options in the PCL driver:
          • Monitor (6500k) Perceptual
          • Monitor (6500k) Vivid
          • Monitor (9300k)
          • Digital Camera
          • sRGB
      • The Print Color Swatch Utility
        • An example of using the Print Color Swatch function:
    • Color matching: PostScript driver
      • Color Matching Options
    • OKI “Using ICC Profiles” feature: PostScript driver only
      • To set up ICC profiles:
    • Windows ICM color matching
    • Printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing)
      • N-Up printing using the PostScript driver
      • N-Up printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing custom page sizes
      • Printing custom pages using the PostScript driver
      • Printing custom pages using the PCL driver
    • Changing the resolution for a print job
    • Duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper)
      • Duplex printing using the PostScript driver
      • Duplex printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing booklets
      • Printing booklets using the PostScript driver
      • Printing booklets using the PCL driver
    • Printing watermarks: PCL driver only
    • Collating
    • Proof and print
      • Printing copies
      • Deleting copies
    • Secure printing (printing confidential documents)
      • Printing a confidential document from the front panel
      • Deleting the confidential document before printing it
    • Store to hard disk
      • To print a stored document
      • To delete a stored document from the hard disk drive
    • Printing overlays
      • What are Overlays?
      • An example of using Overlays:
      • To create overlays:
      • Creating documents to use as overlays
        • PCL Driver
        • PostScript
      • Downloading the print file to use as an overlay
      • Defining Overlays: PostScript
      • Defining Overlays: PCL
    • Printing posters: PCL driver only
• Windows 2000
  • Printer Drivers
    • Which printer driver to use?
    • Enabling Installed options in the drivers
      • For additional memory
      • For the internal hard disk drive
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For additional paper trays
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the duplex unit
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the high capacity feeder
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the finisher
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
    • CHANGING defaults for paper feed, size and media in the driver
      • PostScript driver
      • PCL driver
      • Network Printer Status utility
  • Operation
    • Factors that affect Color Printing
      • Viewing conditions
      • Printer driver color settings
      • Monitor settings
      • How your software application displays color
      • Paper type
    • Choosing a color matching method
      • RGB or CMYK?
      • Matching Photographic Images
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Matching Specific Colors (e.g., a Company logo)
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Printing Vivid Colors
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
    • Color matching: PCL Driver
      • Color Matching Options
        • To manually set the color matching options in the PCL driver:
          • sRGB
      • The Print Color Swatch Utility
        • An example of using the Print Color Swatch function:
    • Color matching: PostScript driver
      • Color Matching Options
        • Color Control = OKI Color Matching
        • Color Control = PostScript Color Matching
        • Color Control = Using ICC Profile
    • OKI “Using ICC Profiles” feature: PostScript driver only
      • To set up ICC profiles:
    • Windows ICM color matching
    • Printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing)
      • N-Up printing using the PostScript driver
      • N-Up printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing custom page sizes
      • Printing custom pages using the PostScript driver
      • Printing custom pages using the PCL driver
    • Changing the resolution for a print job
    • Duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper)
      • Duplex printing using the PostScript driver
      • Duplex printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing booklets
      • Printing booklets using the PostScript driver
      • Printing booklets using the PCL driver
    • Printing watermarks: PCL driver only
    • Collating
    • Proof and print
      • Printing copies
      • Deleting copies
    • Secure printing (printing confidential documents)
      • Printing a confidential document from the front panel
      • Deleting the confidential document before printing it
    • Store to hard disk
      • To print the stored document
      • To delete a stored job from the hard disk drive
    • Printing overlays
      • What are Overlays?
      • An example of using Overlays
      • To create overlays:
      • Creating documents to use as overlays
        • PCL Driver
        • PostScript
      • Downloading the print file to use as an overlay
      • Defining Overlays: PostScript
      • Defining Overlays: PCL
    • Printing posters: PCL driver only
• Windows Me/98/95
  • Printer Drivers
    • Which printer driver to use?
    • Enabling Installed options in the drivers
      • For additional memory
      • For the internal hard disk drive
        • PostScript or PCL driver
      • For additional paper trays
        • PostScript or PCL driver
      • For the duplex unit
        • PostScript or PCL driver
      • For the high capacity feeder
        • PostScript or PCL driver
    • Changing defaults for paper feed, size and media in the driver
      • PostScript and PCL drivers
      • Network Printer Status utility
  • Operation
    • Factors that affect color printing
      • Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce
      • Viewing conditions
      • Printer driver color settings
      • Monitor settings
      • How your software application displays color
      • Paper type
    • Choosing a color matching method
      • RGB or CMYK?
      • Matching Photographic Images
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Matching Specific Colors (e.g., a Company logo)
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Printing Vivid Colors
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
    • Color matching: PCL Driver
      • Color Matching Options
        • To manually set the color matching options in the PCL driver:
          • Monitor (6500K) Vivid
          • Monitor (9300K)
          • Digital Camera
          • sRGB
      • The Print Color Swatch Utility
        • An example of using the Print Color Swatch function:
    • Color matching: PostScript Driver
      • Color Matching Options
        • To manually set the color matching options in the PostScript driver:
    • Windows ICM color matching
    • OKI “Using ICC Profiles” feature
    • Printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing)
      • N-Up printing using the PostScript driver
      • N-Up printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing custom page sizes
      • Printing custom pages using the PostScript driver
      • Printing custom pages using the PCL driver
    • Changing the resolution for a print job
    • Duplex printing (printing on both sides of the paper)
    • Printing booklets: PCL only, Windows Me only
    • Printing watermarks
    • Collating
    • Font substitution: PostScript only
    • Proof and print
      • Printing copies
      • Deleting copies
    • Secure printing (printing confidential documents)
      • Printing a confidential document from the front panel
      • Deleting the confidential document before printing it
    • Store to hard disk
      • Printing copies
      • Deleting the stored job from the hard disk drive
    • Printing overlays
      • What are Overlays?
      • An example of using Overlays:
      • To create overlays:
      • Creating documents to use as overlays
        • PCL Driver
        • PostScript
      • Downloading the print file to use as an overlay
      • Defining Overlays: PostScript
      • Defining Overlays: PCL
    • Printing posters: PCL only
• Windows NT 4.0
  • Printer Drivers
    • Which printer driver to use?
    • Enabling Installed options in the drivers
      • For additional memory: PostScript driver only
      • For the internal hard disk drive
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For additional paper trays
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the duplex unit
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the high capacity feeder
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
      • For the finisher
        • PostScript driver
        • PCL driver
    • Changing defaults for paper feed, size and media in the driver
      • PostScript drivers
      • PCL drivers
      • Network Printer Status utility
  • Operation
    • Factors that affect color printing
      • Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce
      • Viewing conditions
      • Printer driver color settings
      • Monitor settings
      • How your software application displays color
      • Paper type
    • Choosing a color matching method
      • RGB or CMYK?
      • Matching Photographic Images
        • RGB only
      • Matching Specific Colors (e.g., a Company logo)
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
      • Printing Vivid Colors
        • RGB only
        • RGB or CMYK
    • Color matching: PCL Driver
      • Color Matching Options
        • To manually set the color matching options in the PCL driver:
      • The Print Color Swatch Utility
        • An example of using the Print Color Swatch function:
    • Color matching: PostScript Driver
      • Color Matching Options
    • Printing multiple pages on one sheet (n-up printing)
      • N-Up printing using the PostScript driver
      • N-Up printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing custom page sizes
      • Printing custom pages using the PostScript driver
      • Printing custom pages using the PCL driver
    • Changing the resolution for a print job
    • Printing on both sides of the paper (duplex printing)
      • Duplex printing using the PostScript driver
      • Duplex printing using the PCL driver
    • Printing booklets: PCL driver only
      • Printing booklets using the PCL driver
    • Printing watermarks: PCL driver only
    • Collating
    • Proof and print
      • Printing copies
      • Deleting copies
    • Secure printing (printing confidential documents)
      • Printing a confidential document from the front panel
      • Deleting the confidential document before printing it
    • Store to hard disk
      • To print the stored document
      • To delete a stored document from the hard disk drive
    • Printing overlays
      • What are Overlays?
      • An example of using Overlays:
      • To create overlays:
      • Creating documents to use as overlays
        • PCL Driver
        • PostScript
      • Downloading the print file to use as an overlay
      • Defining Overlays: PostScript
      • Defining Overlays: PCL
    • Printing posters: PCL driver only
• Maintenance
  • Adding Paper
  • Changing the toner cartridge
  • Changing the image drum
  • Changing the transfer belt
  • Changing the fuser unit
  • Cleaning the LED heads
  • Transporting the printer
• Troubleshooting
  • LCD messages
  • Paper jams
  • Parallel transmission mode
  • Problem solving
    • Paper feed problems
    • Paper jam has been cleared, but printer does not print.
  • Problems printing from Windows
    • Cannot configure for parallel connection.
    • Cannot configure for USB connection.
    • Printout is garbled or incorrect with parallel connection.
    • Cannot print.
    • Application error or general protection fault is displayed.
    • Printing is slow.
    • Printer requests paper size change to continue printing.
  • Problems with poor quality printing
    • Longitudinal white stripes
    • Longitudinal fading
    • Faint printing
    • Fading in patches
    • Longitudinal black stripes
    • Faint shading on unprinted sections
    • Blurred letter edges
  • Miscellaneous problems
    • The power is on, but the printer does not go online.
    • Print processing does not start.
    • Print processing cancels.
    • Printer makes a strange noise.
    • An asterisk (*) symbol appears on the display, repeatedly moving across the first line then the s...
    • It takes a long time to start printing.
• Accessories
  • Introduction
  • Additional memory
    • Installing additional memory
  • Internal hard disk drive
    • Installing the hard disk drive
  • Duplex unit
    • Installation
    • Removing the duplex unit
  • Additional paper trays
    • Installation
  • High capacity feeder (HCF)
    • Installing the high capacity feeder
  • Finisher
• Specifications
• Consumables
  • Toner
  • Drums
  • Fuser units
  • Transfer belt
  • OKI® print media
• Factory Default Settings
  • Print menu
  • Media menu
  • Color menu
  • System Config menu
  • PCL Emulation menu
  • PPR Emulation menu
  • FX Emulation menu
  • Parallel menu
  • USB menu
  • Network menu
  • Memory menu
  • System Adjust menu
  • Maintenance menu
  • Usage menu
• Software Utilities
  • Overview
  • Color Swatch Utility
    • Color Swatch Samples
    • Loading the Utility
    • Selecting Colors
    • Color Samples
    • Color Values
    • Creating Custom Swatch Colors
  • PDF Direct Print Utility
    • Starting
    • PDF Version Check
  • Storage Device Manager for Windows
    • Getting Help
    • General Information
    • Summary of Storage Device Manager Functions
    • Administration
      • Administrator Functions
    • Using Storage Device Manager
      • Opening the Program
    • Setting Up an Administrative Password
    • Creating PostScript Forms
      • Creating & Downloading a PostScript Project
    • Creating PCL Macros (Forms)
      • A: Creating and Downloading a PCL Project
      • B: Test Printing PCL Macros
    • Printing the File List
    • Maintaining the Internal Hard Drive and Flash Memory
      • HDD Print Jobs
      • Show Resources
    • Using Overlays
    • General Information
    • Windows 2000 and XP PCL
      • Defining Overlays: 2000 PCL
    • Printing Using Overlays: 2000 PCL
      • Editing Defined Overlays: 2000 PCL
      • Deleting Defined Overlays: 2000 PCL
    • Windows Me/98/95 PCL
      • Defining Overlays: Me/98/95 PCL
      • Printing Overlays: Me/98/95 PCL
      • Editing Defined Overlays: Me/98/95 PCL
      • Deleting Defined Overlays: Me/98/95 PCL
    • Windows Me/98/95/PostScript
      • Defining Overlays: Me/98/95 PostScript
      • Printing Using Overlays: Me/98/95 PostScript
      • Editing Defined Overlays: Me/98/95 PostScript
      • Deleting Defined Overlays: Me/98/95 PostScript
    • Windows NT 4.0 PCL
      • Defining Overlays: NT 4.0 PCL
      • Printing Overlays: NT 4.0 PCL
      • Editing Defined Overlays: NT 4.0 PCL
      • Deleting Defined Overlays: NT 4.0 PCL
      • Defining Overlays: NT 4.0 PCL
    • Windows NT 4.0 PostScript
      • Defining Overlays: NT 4.0 PostScript
      • Printing Using Overlays: NT 4.0 PostScript
      • Editing Defined Overlays: NT 4.0 PostScript
      • Deleting Defined Overlays: NT 4.0 PostScript
      • Additional Information
  • PrintSupervision
    • Features
    • Types of Users
    • Typical usage scenarios
    • System Requirements
      • Server Software
      • Client Software
    • Additional Information
  • Network Printer Status Utility
    • To Install
    • To Open
    • Checking the Printer Status
  • Oki LPR Utility
    • How to Install
    • Oki LPR Status Box
    • Additional Information
• Index
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