OKI B4300N User manual

USER’S GUIDE

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B4200 / B4300

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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete,

accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of

errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in

software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will

not affect the applicability of the information in it. Mention of software products

manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the

manufacturer.

While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and

helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the

accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.

The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website:

http://www.okieurope.com

Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.

Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Hewlett-Packard, HP, and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard

Company.

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Apple, Macintosh, Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer.

Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of

their proprietors.

As an Energy Star Program Participant, the manufacturer has

determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for

energy efficiency.

This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives

89/336/EEC (EMC) and 73/23/EEC (LVD) as amended where applicable

on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to

electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage.

NOTE

The PostScript Emulation feature described in this guide is only

available in some countries.

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CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using your printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Online usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printing Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Abbreviations used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Printer components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Menu functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printing menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Panel elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Menu functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Printing menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Paper recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Paper and envelope types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Transparencies and adhesive labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Installing paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Face up and face down printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Automatic feed sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Printing envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Heavyweight paper or cardstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Paper feed, size and media setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Printer drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Macintosh operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Printer settings in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Printing preferences in Windows applications . . . . . . . 49

Setting from Windows Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Printer settings in Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Consumables and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Consumable order details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Toner cartridge life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

When to replace the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Replacing the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Image drum life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

When to replace the image drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Replacing the image drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Resetting the drum counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Generating a cleaning page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Cleaning the LED array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Status and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Input jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Feed jam or exit jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Print quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Hardware problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Overall dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Paper and tray information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Notes/symbols/terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Oki contact details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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NOTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS

NOTE

A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional

information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and

understand the product.

CAUTION!

A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides

additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment

malfunction or damage.

WARNING!

A warning appears in this manual like this. A warning provides

additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of

personal injury.

INTRODUCTION > 7

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on purchasing this 18 pages per minute

monochrome page printer.

Your new printer is designed with a range of advanced features to give

you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print

media.

For your information, a summary of the main features of your printer

is given below.

PRINTER FEATURES

>Four different models to choose from: B4200, B4300, B4300n

(n denotes Network Interface Card included), B4300nPS (nPS

denotes Network Interface Card and PostScript PS Level 3

emulation DIMM included)

>Memory: 8MB (B4200); 16MB (B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS)

>High speed printing: 18 pages per minute

>Resolution: 600x1200 dpi

>Paper handling: 250 sheets (80g/m²)

>Emulation: Printer Control Language PCL6, PCL5e, Epson FX,

IBM ProPrinter

>Barcodes: embedded for SIDM emulations

Additionally, the following optional features are also available:

>10/100 BASE-TX Network Interface Card: to make the B4300

network compatible

>16MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer

and speed up the processing of large files

>32MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer

and speed up the processing of large files

>RS232 Card: to provide serial interface capability for the

B4300

INTRODUCTION > 8

>Second paper tray: to increase your printer’s paper handling

capacity by 500 sheets (80g/m²)

>Multi-purpose tray: to extend the range of media your printer

can accommodate (capacity 100 sheets (80g/m²) or 50

envelopes)

>One of the following can be added:

(a) 8MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional

fonts or bar codes for the B4300, B4300n

(b) 16MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional

fonts or bar codes for the B4300, B4300n

(c) PostScript PS level 3 DIMM: to add PostScript emulation

to the B4300 or B4300n. Cannot be added in

conjunction with extra flash memory.

USING YOUR PRINTER

To help you get the most from your printer, the manufacturer has

provided a variety of supporting materials of which this manual is one

example. A summary of these materials and their purposes is given in

the following chapter.

ABOUT THIS MANUAL > 9

ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This manual is your user’s guide (check the Oki Europe website,

www.okieurope.com, for the most up-to-date version) for your printer

and forms part of the overall user support listed below:

>Quick set-up guide: to describe how to unpack, connect and

power up your printer.

>This User’s Guide: to help you to operate your printer and

make the best use of its many features. Also included are

guidelines for troubleshooting and maintenance to ensure that

it performs at its best. Additionally, information is provided for

adding optional accessories as your printing needs evolve.

> Installation Guides: accompany consumable items and

optional accessories to describe how to install them.

>Online Help: online information associated with the printer

driver software.

This manual has been written using more than one printer as a model

and the illustrations/screenshots reflect this. What you see will be

appropriate to the model you are using.

ONLINE USAGE

This manual is intended to be read on screen using an Adobe Acrobat

Reader. Use the navigation and viewing tools provided in Acrobat.

You can access specific information in two ways:

>In the list of bookmarks down the left hand side of your screen,

click on the topic of interest to jump to the required topic. (If

the bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.)

>In the list of bookmarks click on Index to jump to the Index. (If

the bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.)

Find the term of interest in the alphabetically arranged index

and click on the associated page number to jump to the page

containing the subject.

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PRINTING PAGES

The whole manual, Individual pages, or sections may be printed. The

procedure is:

1. From the toolbar, select [File], then [Print] (or press the

Ctrl + P keys).

2. Choose which pages you wish to print:

(a) [All pages], for the entire manual.

(b) [Current page]

for the page at which you are looking.

(c) [Pages from] and [to] for the range of pages you specify

by entering their page numbers.

3. Click on [OK].

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ABBREVIATIONS USED

The following abbreviations are used in this manual:

Abbreviation Meaning

Ctrl Control

dpi dots per inch

DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module

nnetwork card installed

LED Light Emitting Diode

MFT Manual Feed Tray

MPT Multi-purpose Tray

NIC Network Interface Card

PCL Printer Control Language

PS PostScript (emulation)

PSE PostScript Emulation

RAM Random Access Memory

SIDM Serial Impact Dot Matrix

PRINTER COMPONENTS > 12

PRINTER COMPONENTS

Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next

chapter, the B4200, B4300, B4300n and B4300nPS printers look

similar from the outside. The important components are identified in

the representations below.

1. Operator panel (B4300 shown)

2. Top paper exit bin (150 sheets, face down)

3. Top cover release button

4. Top paper exit bin extension

5. Top paper exit bin extension paper guide

6. Paper tray content indicator

7. ON/OFF switch

8. Rear paper exit tray (50 sheets, face up)

9. Rear paper exit tray paper guide

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10. LED array

11. Image drum

12. Manual feed tray (single sheet) (shown in closed position)

13. Paper feed tray (250 sheets)

14. Toner cartridge

15. Fuser unit

16. Top cover

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17. Power cable connection

18. Cooling fan

19. USB interface connection

20. Parallel interface connection

21. Second paper tray (optional) connection

22. Network card (not available on B4200, standard on B4300n,

B4300nPS and optional on B4300)

23. RS232 serial interface card (optional on B4300 only)

24. Multipurpose tray (optional) connection

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OPERATOR PANELS > 15

OPERATOR PANELS

This chapter describes the function of the operator panels on the

B4200 and B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS printers. It is useful to

describe the Status Monitor software at this point as it provides the

B4200 status information and the equivalent of the menu control

panel on the B4300, B4300n, B4300nPS. (See “Printer Drivers” for

installation of the Status Monitor.)

OPERATOR PANELS > 16

B4200

OPERATOR PANEL

The B4200 operator panel consists of 4 indicating LEDs and a control

button. From left to right, the LEDs indicate Power On, Ready, Manual

feed and Error.

LED INDICATORS

The LED indicators show the status of the printer and have five

operating conditions as follows:

>Indicator off

>Indicator on

>Flash 1 - slow blink - 1 long flash every 4 seconds

>Flash 2 - blink - 1 flash per second

>Flash 3 - rapid blink - 4 flashes per second.

All four LED indicators come on momentarily when power is switched

on using the main power switch.

Power on LED (green)

This indicator comes on and stays on when the printer is switched on

using the main power switch.

Ready LED (green)

>Indicator on

onon

on - the printer is on-line

on-lineon-line

on-line and ready to receive data.

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>Indicator off

offoff

off - the printer is off-line

off-lineoff-line

off-line and cannot receive data.

The meaning of the indicator LEDs when they flash (x) is summarised

as follows:

CONTROL BUTTON

The primary functions of the control button are activated by pressing

the switch momentarily and releasing. The primary functions are as

follows:

>Turning the printer off-line.

>Turning the printer on-line (ready).

>Resuming printing after a paper error, paper jam, print

overrun, page overflow, or receiving buffer overflow.

>Interrupting data processing when the printer is receiving and

processing data.

>Resuming data processing.

Flash type Ready

LED

(Green)

Manual feed

LED

(Amber)

Error

LED

(Amber)

Meaning

Flash 1 –

slow blink

x The printer is data processing

when printing has been

suspended.

xThe image drum requires

changing or toner is low.

Flash 2 —

blink

x The printer is receiving and

processing data during printing or

the printer is resetting itself.

xThe printer is requesting that

manual feed is used for paper

feed.

x There is a printing error, problem

with paper or a cover open.

x x x There is a minor error with the

printer.

Flash 3 —

rapid blink

x x x There is a major error with the

printer.

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The secondary functions of the control button are activated after

turning the printer off line, then pressing and holding the switch for at

least two seconds before releasing. The secondary functions are as

follows:

>Printing the demo and menu pages.

>Printing any data held in the buffer after printing has been

cancelled.

The other functions of the control button are activated after turning

the printer off line then pressing and holding the switch for at least

five seconds before releasing. The other functions are as follows:

>Printing a cleaning page.

>Resetting the printer and clearing the buffer after printing has

been cancelled.

STATUS MONITOR

After installing the printer driver software onto your computer, the

Status Monitor is then installed to indicate what is happening to the

printer when it is being used. (See the chapter entitled “Printer

Drivers”.) This Status Monitor is also used to control and change the

various printer settings.

NOTE

Demo and menu pages can also be printed using the printer Status

Monitor.

NOTE

A cleaning page can also be printed using the printer Status Monitor.

NOTE

To reset the printer to the default settings of the manufacturer, the

control button is pressed and held down while the printer is switched on

with the main power switch. The LED indicators blink when the printer

has reset to the default settings.

OPERATOR PANELS > 19

Using the Printer Status Monitor

Viewing the status of the printer, and viewing or changing the printer

settings are carried out as follows:

1. Click on [Start], [Programs] and select

the Status Monito

Status Monito Status Monito

Status Monitor. The

current printer status is shown.

2. Click on the window maximise

maximisemaximise

maximise button and the view will

expand to include the Printer Setup

Printer SetupPrinter Setup

Printer Setup and Preferences

PreferencesPreferences

Preferences tabs.

Printer Setup Tab

Selecting this tab provides access to the Printer Menu button, which,

when selected, enables configuration of the printer settings via a

OPERATOR PANELS > 20

series of tabs described in outline below. At all stages, detailed on-

line help is provided via the Help

HelpHelp

Help button.

1. Paper

PaperPaper

Paper: set paper size for standard tray, secondary tray, MPF

and manual feed, tray sequence and default number of copies.

2. Layout

LayoutLayout

Layout: set paper cassette size, printer emulation, lines per

page and paper orientation.

3. Quality

QualityQuality

Quality: set resolution (dpi), smoothing and darkness.

4. Economy

EconomyEconomy

Economy: set power save delay, toner save, auto eject time,

manual timeout, low toner action and jam recovery.

5. Test Print

Test PrintTest Print

Test Print: print demo page, printer menu setting list, a list of

available fonts and clean the printer.

6. Memory

MemoryMemory

Memory: set raster buffer (normally set to auto

autoauto

auto) and confirm

buffer size.

7. Maintenance 1

Maintenance 1Maintenance 1

Maintenance 1: configure printer serial and parallel

interfaces, clearable warning timing and reset drum counter

and menu.

8. Maintenance 2

Maintenance 2Maintenance 2

Maintenance 2: adjust print and page positions, settings,

language, power save setting enable/disable, and select to

print an error report, set tray ID.

9. About

AboutAbout

About: about this printer.

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