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Every effort has been made to ensur e that the info rmation in this docum ent is c omplet e, acc urate, an d up -to-date . The manufact urer assu mes no res pons ibili ty for the r esul ts of er rors bey ond its control .
3 Cont ents Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Model Summar y . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Printing custom page si zes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Changing th e resolution fo r a print job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Duplex p rinting (prin ting on bo th sides of the pap er) . . .
5 Windows Me / 98 / 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Which printer d river to use? . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 Proof and p rint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Secure printing (printin g confidential documents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Store to har d disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 FX Emulation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Parallel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 USB menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 NOT ES, CAUTIONS , ETC. NOT E A note appears like this. A note provides additional information to supp lement the main text which helps you to use and unders tand the produ ct. CAUT ION! A caution appear s like t his. A caution provid es addi tional information which, if ignored, ma y result in equipme nt malfunction or damage.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Introduction • 8 Introduction Congratul ations on pu rcha sing this col or prin ter! In this chapter you w ill find a summ ary of th e m ain fea tures of your printer follo wed by some advice o n ho w to us e this Us er’s Guide t o get the most from your printer.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Introduction • 9 FE A T U R E S • Single pass digi tal techn ology for high qua lity , sp eed and reliabi lity . • Duplex pr inting f or fas t two- sided out put (s tandard o n C7300d xn and C75 00dxn, opt ional on othe r mode ls) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Introducti on • 10 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manu al will le ad yo u logicall y throu gh the unpackin g, set up and opera tion o f your printer to he lp yo u to make the bes t use of its ma ny advan ced fe atures.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Introducti on • 11 Print ing Pages The w hole book , Indiv idual pa ges, o r secti ons ma y be p rinted. T he procedu re for p rinting from A crobat R eade r is: 1. From the to olbar , select File , then Print (or p r ess the Ctrl + P keys).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 12 Getting Star t ed UNPACKING After unpac king the print er and choos ing a suita ble pl ace to put it, chec k that all the nece ssar y par ts are a vail able to continue . 1. The printe r . 2. 4 toner c artrid ges (cy an, ma genta, yel low and black) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 13 CD-ROM D ISK CONT ENTS The C D-ROM disk s su pplie d with y our pr inter contai n the f oll owing software: CD1 - Dr ivers, S oftware Utilit ies CD2 - Man uals.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 14 PRINTER LOCATION Place th e pri nter on a fla t surfac e large e nou gh and stron g enoug h to acce pt the siz e and weight o f th e printer . Th ere must be suf fic ient spac e around the pr inter to allow for ac cess and pri nter ma intenan ce.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 15 PRINT ER COMPONENTS 1. T op cove r 2. Contro l panel 3. T op c over r elease c atch 4. Multi pur pose tray ( manual feed) 5. Paper s uppor t exten sion 6. Paper guid es 7. Fron t cove r 8. Paper tr ay 9. Paper level ind icato r 10.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 16 11. LED heads (4) 12. Dis charge ro ller ) 13. Fu ser uni t 14. Imag e dru m and to ner car tridge ( cya n) 15. Imag e dru m and to ner car tridge (m agen ta) 16. Imag e dru m and to ner car tridge ( yellow ) 17.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Getting Started • 17 18. Pow er co nne cto r 19. Rear ex it paper tr ay 20. Inter face s and option card slott 21. USB inter face connec tor 22.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 18 Setting up Before c onnec ting th is pr inter to a com puter and powe r su pply, the toner cart ridges must b e in stall ed and paper inse rted i n the pa per tray. P ACKAGING AND PROT ECTIVE SHEET REMOVAL 1. Remov e any a dhesi ve tape an d packagi ng fr om the p rinte r .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 19 3. Remove the LED he ad re straine r fro m behind th e L ED heads i n the top co ve r ..
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 20 4. Remov e the fou r image d rums and pl ace them on a lev el su rface . CAUT ION! • Never e xpose image dr ums to light f or more than 5 minutes. • Always hold image drum by the ends. • Never e xpose image dr ums to dire ct sunligh t.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 21 5. Remove th e prote ctive s heets from e ach of the four image d rums . 6. Replace t he f our imag e drum s into the printer maki ng su re eac h image drum is in stalled i n its correc t col or lo catio n. 7. Push the tab (1) inwa rds a nd remov e t he blan king plate f rom each of the im age drum s.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 22 T ONER CAR TRIDGE INSTALLA TION 1. Remov e the bl ack tone r cart ridge from t he packag e. 2. Shak e the ton er car tridge ba ck an d fort h sever al tim es the n, holding i t hor izontally , remov e the tape. WA R N I N G ! T ake extreme care when handling toner .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 23 3. Remov e the lo cking p iece from b ehind t he col ored tone r re lease leve r . 4. Insert the ton er cartr idge int o the black image dr um, left side first, engagi ng the drum loc ating peg in the hole in the toner car tridge.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 24 5. Gently push th e toner c artridg e down e ngagin g the l ocking p in into th e groo ve on the ima ge dr um. 6. Gently pus h the color ed le ver toward the r ear of the ma chine unt il it sto ps. This r eleas es the to ner i nto the i mage d rum.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 25 7. Repeat t he pro cess fo r each c olor toner ca rtri dge, be ing c areful to match t he col or ton er to the c olor i mage dr um.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 26 LOADING PA PER 1. Remove the paper tray from the printer ..
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 27 2. Adjus t the paper g uid es and rear st opper fo r the s ize of paper being used.: CAUTION! T o prevent p aper jams • Don’t leave s p ac e bet ween the paper an d the p a per guides and rear stopper . • Don’t overf ill the p aper tray .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 28 3. If installed , a lowe r paper tra y cannot be u sed to pr int if there 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 prin ting, ma ke s ure th e rear paper exit is clos ed (the pape r exits from t he to p of the prin ter). Pa per i s stacked in printed order and th e paper tray capacity is app roxi mately 5 00 sheets, d ependi ng on paper we igh t.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 30 MANUAL FEED 1. Open the Multi- pur pose tray and e xtend the paper feed guides . 2. Load th e medi a face up , and adjust the paper gu ides t o the s ize of the m edia b eing us ed. NO TE • Don’t exceed the Paper Full line (about 100 sheets depending on p aper weight, 50 trans p arencies or 10 envelo pes).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 31 P OW ER CONNECTION 1. Connect th e po wer cable ( 1) into the powe r sock et on th e printer , then i nto a grou nded po wer s upply out let . 2. Switch th e printer ON u sing the main power s witch (2 ). The pri nter wil l go th rough its ini tializat ion and warm up seq uence .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 32 CONTROL PANEL 1. Attention indicator ( red) . ON i ndicates that attenti on is r equir ed, but pr intin g will conti nue . FLA SHING indicate s that a ttentio n is requir ed, but print ing will stop . 2. Read y indi cato r (gr een) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 33 CONTROL PANEL (CONTINUED ) 1. Menu button . Pr ess br iefly to ente r the MENU mo de. Pres s brie fly again to selec t the n ext menu. P ress f or mor e than 2 seconds to scroll th rough the different m enus. 2. Item( +) button .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 34 MENU SETTINGS Chang ing the display lang uage Carry o ut the fo llowi ng ins tructio ns to c hange the la nguage that is disp layed on the p rinter’s LCD. 1. Press the ONLINE bu tton to p ut the pri nter offli ne.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 35 Printing the MenuM ap Print a list of m enu se ttings to con firm that the print er is corr ectly confi gured . 1. Ma ke sur e ther e is p aper i n the p aper t ray . 2. Press the ME NU button until the INFOR MA TION MENU is disp layed , then pres s the SELECT button.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 36 Medi a setti n gs Sele ctin g pap er feed 1. Press the ON LINE bu tton to p lace the p rinte r offline. 2. Press the M ENU button r epeate dly un til PRINT ME NU is di sp layed , then pres s the SELECT button. 3. Press the ITEM bu tton unti l P APER FEED is di splay ed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 37 Select ing the p aper siz e 1. Press the ON LINE bu tton to p lace the p rinte r offline. 2. Press the MENU b utton u ntil PRI NT MEN U is d isplay ed, then pres s SELECT button. 3. Press either IT EM (+ ) or ( –) button repea tedly until EDIT SIZE is disp layed .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 38 Sele cting the me dia typ e and wei ght Your pr inter autom atical ly detec ts pap er type and weight. You ha ve the opti on, ho wever, to over ride thes e set tings as fol lows: 1. Press the ON LINE bu tton to p lace the p rinte r offline.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 39 MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS We recommen d th e foll owing g uidel ines w hen se lecti ng medi a for use in th is pr inter : Pa p e r • For rec ommend ed papers s ee you r “C7100 /C7300/C7 500 Han dy Referenc e Guide” or che ck http:// my .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 40 Envelope s • Use on ly rec ommend ed env elopes (OKI 5220630 1 a nd 522063 02: see page 409). • Enve lopes shoul d be s tored flat an d aw ay from m oi sture, di rect sunl ight an d heat s ourc es. • Don’t u se envel opes with win dows o r metal cla sps.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 41 P APER FEED AND EXIT Selec tion of which pa per fee d and whi ch pape r exit to us e for prin ting and whe ther simplex (s ingle s ided) or dupl ex ( double s ided) printi ng is avail able, d epends upon the pa per si ze, med ia weigh t and medi a type th at is us ed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 42 P ap er weigh ts and m edia sett ings Feed Exit Media weig ht Tr a y 1 T ray 2/ Tr a y 3 MP T ray (Man ual) Rear (face up ) T op (face down ) Paper , US Bond (Met ric ) 17 lb. (64 g/m 2 ) Light S a S a S a S a S a 18 to 19 lb.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 43 PRINT ER SETTINGS Confirming cu rrent setting s Current menu s ettings c an be c onfirme d by p rinting the Men uMap: see “Pr inting t he M enuMap ” on p age 35. Chang ing the set tings 1. Press the MEN U butto n unti l the requ ired menu is displ ayed , then press the SE LECT button.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 44 LIST OF USER MENU SET TINGS Liste d in th e follow ing ta bles are the av aila ble pr inter s ettings . The defaul t settings for the p rinte r are in bold tex t. Prin t Job s Menu This menu on ly ap pears if the hard disk dr ive is in stalled.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 45 . T e st Pr in t Me nu Item Va l u e De scription PRINT ID CHECK P A TTERN Execute Prints ID check pattern to detect bad ID. Displayed only if "TEST PRINT MENU" of the System Maintenance Menu is set to E NABLE.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 46 MP TR AY USA G E N ormal tray; High priority tray; Fe ed when mismat ching ; Do not us e S pecifies M P tray us age. Normal tray : (T ray select/sw itch) Use as a normal tray . High priority tray : (V alid with T ray select only).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 47 . ORIENTA T ION Por trai t ; La ndscape Sets page orientati on for pr inting. LINE PE R PAGE 5 to 128. Default = 60 . Sets the number of lines that can be printed on a st andard letter-s ize page. Invalid in PostSc ript mode.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 48 TR A Y 3 MEDIAWE IGHT Auto ; Light; Medium light; Medium; M edium heavy; Heavy; Ultra heavy Sets the paper weight for opti onal Tray . 3. (Only disp layed if inst alled) MP T RAY PAPERSI ZE A4; A5; A6; B5; Legal 14; Legal 13.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 49 Colo r Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption AUTO DENSITY MODE Auto ; Manual Select whether density adjustment and T oner Response Curv e (TRC) compensation is automatic.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 50 CYAN, MAGENTA, Y ELLOW OR BLA CK DARKNESS 0+1+2+3-4-3-2-1 Adjusts Cyan , Magenta , Y ellow or Black engine density . Please do not change this setting. ADJ UST REGISTRATION Execute When t his menu is selected, the print er per forms an Auto A djust Registration.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 51 System Configuration Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Description POWER SAVE DELAY TIME 5 min; 15 m in; 30 min; 60 min ; 240 min.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 52 LOW TO NER Cont inue ; S top If set to CONTINUE, a llows printi ng to continue when Low toner is displayed. If S TOP is select ed - when Low toner is displayed, the printer goes off line. JAM RECOVERY ON ; OFF Sets whether or not print ing will continue after a paper jam has been cleared.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 53 PCL Emul ation Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e De sc ript ion FONT SOURCE Resident ; DIMM0; Downloaded Selects location of the PCL font used. DIMM0 is displayed only when font DIMM ROM exists in the slot.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 54 SYMB OL S ET PC- 8 , PC- 8 Dan/Nor , PC-8 TK, PC-775, PC-850, PC-852, PC-855, PC- 857 TK, PC-858, PC-866, PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font, Pls ka M azv ia , PS Ma th, PS T ex t, Roman-8, Ro man-9, Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1, Serbo Croat2, Sp anish, Ukrainian, VN I nt'l, VN Mat h, VN US, Win 3.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 55 WHIT E PAG E SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to ON if you do not wish t o print blan k pages; PCL mode. CR FUNCTION CR ; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of CR code in PCL mode. LF FUNCTION LF ; LF +CR Sets functionality on receipt of LF code in PCL mode.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 56 PP R Emulation Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Ite m Va l u e Description PEN W IDTH ADJU ST ON ; OFF IN PCL, when switched ON, emphasizes t he pen width to improve the appearance of lines spec ified with minimum width.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 57 SYMBO L SET PC-8, PC -8 Dan/No r , PC-8 TK, PC-775, PC-850, PC-852, PC-855, PC- 857 TK, PC-858, PC-866, PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font, Plsk a Mazvi a, PS Math, PS T ex t, Roman-8, Roman-9, Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1, Serbo Croat2, Sp anish, Ukr ain ia n, VN In t'l , V N Ma th, VN US, Win 3.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 58 WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting t o ON if you do not wish to print blank pages. Not available fo r duplex printing. CR FUNCTION CR ; CR+LF Sets functionality on rec eipt of CR code. LF FUNCTION LF ; LF+CR Sets functionality on rec eipt of LF code.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 59 FX Emulat ion Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Description CHARACTER PITC H 10 CPI; 1 2 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; P ROPORTIONA L S pecifies charact er pitch in this emulation. CHARACTER SET Set 2 ; Se t 1 S pecifies which Epson character s et is used.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 60 LETTER 0 STYL E DISABLE ; ENABLE S pecifies the style that replaces 9B He x with letter o and 9D He x with a zero ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL ; S LASHED Sets the zer o to be slashed or unslashed. LINE PITC H 6 LPI ; 8 LPI S pec ifies the line sp ac ing (lines per inch).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 61 P a ralle l Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Description PARALLEL ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects p ar allel (Centronics) interface. BI- DIRECTION E NABLE ; DI SABLE Select s bi-directional comm unication.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 62 USB Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Descrip tion USB ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects USB interface. SOFT RESE T ENA BLE; DISABLE Enables/Disables soft reset command. OFFLI NE RECEIVE ENABLE ; DISABLE Enable = maintains reception without changing the interface signal, even i f an alarm occurs.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 63 Memory Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e 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 t he receive buffer and depends on the amount of memory ins t alled in the printer .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 64 CAUTI ON! The Disk Maintenance Menu can be used to initialize the printer' s internal hard disk drive, to rea s sign the p artition content s, or to refo rmat the partitions. Unless you know what you are doing, please a void this section of the M enu.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 65 Syst em Adjust Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e 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 positi on horizontally in 0.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 66 HEX DUMP EXECUTE Press SELECT to s witch the printer to the H exadecimal Dum p mode in which all data received is printed in both Hexadecimal and ASCII for m at. T o retur n to normal print mode, switch the printer of f then on again.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 67 Usage Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption T O TAL PAG E COUNT nnnnnn Shows tot al number of pages printed. T RAY 1 P AGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed f r om tray 1. T RAY 2 P AGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed f rom tray 2.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 68 LIST OF ADMINISTRATOR MENU SETTINGS To enter this menu, turn o n the pri nter wh ile h olding down th e ITEM + button. NO TE Only sy stem admi nistrato rs have access to this menu. OP Me nu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 69 PPR EM UL ATION MENU ENABLE , DI SABLE Enable/Disable PPR EM ULA TION MENU. Set to Disable, PPR EMULA TION MENU is not displayed. FX EM ULATION MENU ENABLE , DI SABLE Enable/Disable FX EM ULA TION M ENU. Set to Dis able, FX EM ULA TION MENU is not displayed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 70 Colo r Menu The defa ult settin gs ar e bold . Item Va l u e Descrip tion RESET C GAMM A FIL TER EXECUTE Reset the s tored TRC d ata (retained for tracking). For example, corr ect values could not be taken due to “out of or der” situation.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 71 SETT ING COLOR TUNING FRO M THE FRONT PANEL You c an use the pr inter ’s menu to a djust the co lor i ntensi ty for a spec ific co lor b y adju st ing the HIGHLIG HT, MID-TO NE and DARK (shadows) Color Tu ning Patterns.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 72 1. Print the Co lor T un ing Pa ttern: a. Make sure le tter s ize p aper is loaded in the tray . b. Press the MENU bu tton one or more ti mes, unti l COLOR MENU displ ays. c. Press the ITEM butt on on e or more ti mes, unt il C OLOR TUNING displ ays.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 73 3. Adjus t the M agenta mid -tone color : a. Press the ITEM bu tton one or mo re times , until MAGENTA MID-T ONE nn appears . b. Press the V ALUE button one o r mo re times , unti l the new v alue you wi sh to use di spla ys ( e.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 74 SWITCHING OFF In normal circ umstan ces the powe r sav e fac ility shou ld be use d to avoid ha ving to swit ch the print er off. Howe ver if y ou do w ish to switc h the p rinte r off manu ally, pleas e carr y out t he foll owing procedu re: 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 75 INT ER FACES Your pr inter is equi pped wi th a se le ction of data inter faces: 1. Paral lel – For di rect conne ction to a PC. This port r equir es a bi-dir ectio nal (I EEE 1384 c ompli ant) parall el ca ble. 2.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Setting up • 76 See y our pri nted S oftware Ins talla tion G uide for in formatio n on: • Making t he inte rface conne ction s • Installing t he p rinter driver s • Inst alli ng ne twork so ftwar e,. You c an also g o to http://my.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 77 W indows XP Print er Dr ivers See y our pri nted S oftware Ins talla tion G uide for in formatio n on insta lling prin ter dri vers.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 78 ENABL ING INS T ALLED OPTIONS IN THE DRIVER Certain o ptions such as addi tional memor y, the dup le xer, or additi onal t rays ma y be inst alle d in y our pri nter. Before u sing the pri nter, yo u m ust ent er the printer driver( s) and enable the op tions.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 79 F or the int ernal hard disk drive P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 80 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Opt ion t ab, cl ick Pri nter H ard Disk . 4. Click OK and cl ose th e Printe rs and F axes di alog box.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 81 For addition al pap er tr ays P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 82 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Device Option tab, selec t the a pprop riate num ber o f trays (not inc ludin g the M ult i-purpo se tray).
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 83 For the duplex unit P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 84 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice O ption ta b, c l ic k Duplex Option Unit .
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 85 CHANG ING DEFAU L TS FOR PAPER FEED, S IZE AND MEDIA IN T HE DRIVER The nor mal de fault fo r these items is au tomatic detect ion. The f ollowing print er dr iver i nstr uction s ar e give n as a guide only.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 86 2. Right c lick t he pri nter nam e an d click P rintin g Prefer ence s . Impor tant! If you will be us ing h eavy med ia, tr anspa rencies , env e.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 87 3. Click the P aper/Quality tab. Un der T ray Se lection , s elect th e paper feed in the Paper Source drop-down list.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 88 5. Under Paper/ Output , selec t the m edia s ize in t he Paper Siz e drop-do wn list. 6. Under Document Option s ® Prin ter Feat ures , c lick Media Ty p e an d sel ect the media from the drop- down l ist.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 89 PCL dr ivers 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes . 2. Right c lick t he pri nter nam e an d click P rintin g Prefer ence s . 3. On the Setup tab, u nder Media , sele ct the requi red pape r size in the Siz e drop- down list.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 90 4. Selec t the r equir ed paper feed u nder Source . NOT E If a pa per tra y is sel ected th e Weigh t field b ecomes visi ble.
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 91 5. Selec t the r equir ed paper type unde r Weight . 6. Click the Paper Feed Options button and ma ke any other sele ctions then c lic k OK . 7. Click OK twice a nd cl ose the Pri nters an d Fax es dial og box .
C7100/C7300 /C7500 Windows XP Printer Drivers • 92 Network Pr inter Status Ut ility • Av ailabl e on T CP/IP netw ork con necti on onl y . The N etwork P rinte r Stat us utili ty is availab le if yo ur adm inis trator has ins talled it.
Operation • 93 W indows XP Operation This s ecti on exp lains ho w to se t up co lo r printi ng and how to u se the printer ’s fe atures i nclud ing: • N-up printi ng (see page 1 1 1) • Cust o.
Operation • 94 F AC TORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PR INTING The PCL and PostS cript p rinte r driver s su pplied with y our p rinter provid e sev eral contr ols f or ch anging the colo r outp ut. Fo r gene ral use th e defau lt drive r se ttings produce go od resul ts for m ost docum ents.
Operation • 95 V iewing con ditions A doc ument c an look v ery d ifferent u nder v arious light ing co nditio ns. For ex ample , the c olo rs may look diff erent when viewe d st andin g next to a s unli t window, c ompar ed to ho w they look unde r sta ndard office fl uoresc ent li ghting.
Operation • 96 How your softwar e application displays color Some g raphic s appl icati ons suc h as C orelD RAW ® or Adob e ® Photos hop ® ma y dis play colo r dif ferentl y from "of fice" appli catio ns such as Mi cro soft ® Wor d. Plea se s ee you r applic at ion’s on line h elp or user manua l for more informati on.
Operation • 97 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING METHOD There i s no one way to achie ve a good match betwee n the document disp layed on you r monito r, and its p rinted eq uival ent. T here are many factors involv ed in a chievi ng accur ate and reprod ucible c olor .
Operation • 98 RGB or CMYK If you are pri nting p hotograph ic i mages from a grap hics app lica tion such as Adob e Photos hop, yo u may be able to use So ft-Proo fin g to simu late th e pr inted im age on your m onitor .
Operation • 99 Printing Vivid Colo rs RGB only • Use Oki Co lor M atching ( see page 103), with th e Mo nitor 650 0k V ivid, sR GB or Di gita l Camera settin gs (PCL or PS) . RGB or CMYK • Use Pos tScript Color Mat ching (see page 105) with th e Saturat ion option .
Operation • 100 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The C olor Matc hing option s in th e PCL d river ca n be used to help match your printed co lors to the o nes dis playe d o n your m onitor . T o manuall y set t he col or ma tching optio ns in th e PC L driv er: 1.
Operation • 101 a. Click Manual C olor under Color Mode , then c lick Natural under Color Setting . 4. Selec t the m ethod y ou wis h to us e: Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimiz ed for printi ng phot ograp hs when usin g a mon itor with a colo r temp erature of 6500K .
Operation • 102 without any m odific ation , and on ly colo rs th at fall outsi de the printabl e col ors ar e modi fied. 5. Set an y other req uire d paramete rs using t he o n-line H elp for guida nce. 6. When y ou are don e, cli ck OK and cl ose the Prin ting Pr efer ences dialo g box.
Operation • 103 COLOR MAT CHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The Pos tScri pt drive r offers sever al dif ferent methods of c ontrolli ng the color o utput of the print er. T o man ually set the color ma tching options in the P o stScript driver : 1.
Operation • 104 Selec t the type to be u sed f rom t he drop- down l ist und er Color Sett ing : • Monitor (6500k) Auto Optimiz ed for printi ng gene ral d ocuments when us ing a monito r with a c olor tem perat ure of 6500K .
Operation • 105 •s R G B Optimiz ed for matc hing s pecific col ors, suc h as a company logo c olor . The colo rs with in the print er' s colo r gamut are pr inted without any mo dificati on, and only c olors that fall outsi de the p rinta ble colo rs are modifi ed.
Operation • 106 – Perce ptual Best choic e for prin ting ph otogr aphs. C ompre sses the source gam ut into the printe r's ga mut w hile m aintai ning th e overal l appea ranc e of an image. – Saturati on Best choic e for prin ting br ight and sa turate d colo rs if y ou don't ne cess aril y ca re how accu rate th e col ors ar e.
Operation • 107 OKI “USING IC C PROFILES” FEATURE: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER ONLY • Af fect s RGB dat a only . This p rovi des a metho d of matc hing RGB col ors simila r to Windo ws ICM matc hing.
Operation • 108 T o set up ICC profiles: 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes. 2. Right c lick t he pri nter nam e an d click P rintin g Prefer ence s . 3. Click the Color tab . 4. Under Color mode , se le ct Using ICC Profile in the Color Control Method dr op-do wn list .
Operation • 109 5. Click the Ne w butt on. 6. Selec t the Input prof il e and Output profile in the drop-do wn lists under Select I CC profile . 7. Selec t the d esired Rendering Int e nt and type i n a nam e for t he profile and cl ick OK . The new name wi ll ap pear in th e Setting Name drop- down lis t unde r ICC P rofile Setting .
Operation • 110 WINDOWS ICM COLOR MAT CHING • ICM is the co lor m anagem ent sy stem built into W indows . • Af fect s RGB dat a only . • Can be a ssoci ated wit h eithe r the PC L or PS drive.
Operation • 111 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGE S ON ONE SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using th e P ostScrip t driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the Prin t dia log box, cl ick the appr opriate O KI C9x 00 PS driv er on the Gener al tab, then c lick the P referen ces bu tton.
Operation • 112 N-Up printing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the appro priate OKI C9x 00 PCL driver on the Genera l tab, then cli ck t he Prefer ences butto n.
Operation • 113 PRINTING CUST OM PAGE SIZES Custom page s izes can only b e pri nted from the multi pur pose tray. The pri nter med ia si ze for the m ulti pu rpos e tray m ust be manual ly set i n the dri ver to th e cus tom pa per siz e befo re use ( range 3½ to 8½ inch es [89 to 216 m m] wide x 5 to 14 inc hes [1 27 to 35 6 mm] l ong).
Operation • 114 4. Click the P aper/Quality tab. Un der T ray Se lection , select Multi-Purpose T ray in the Paper Sour ce dr op-do wn list. 1. Click the Adv anced b utton. Un der Paper/Out put , sele ct Post script Custom p age Size in th e Paper S ize drop- down l ist.
Operation • 115 2. Enter the Widt h and Height for the cus tom paper a nd se lect th e Paper F eed Dir ectio n . 3. Click OK th ree tim es. 4. Click Print . NOT E • Long Edge First = media feeds in long edge fir st • Short Edge First = media feeds in short edge firs t • Long E dge F irst ( flipp ed) = R eser ved for futu re use.
Operation • 116 Printing custom pag es using the PCL driver 1. Make sure the rear exit path is op en: 2. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 3. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Prefer ences b utton.
Operation • 117 4. On the Se tup tab, un der Media , sele ct User Defined Size in the Size drop-do wn list. The Set Free S ize dial og box appea rs .. 5. Selec t the Unit , the n enter the Width and Length meas urem ent s and cl ick OK . NOT E You ma y see a Wa r n i n g dialog box indicating a conflict.
Operation • 118 6. User Defined Size appear s in the Size list o n the Se tup ta b . 7. Click OK , then click Print . NO TE To sav e the se tting f or fut ure use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size . • Select the unit, then enter the rele vant information for Wid th and H eight a nd give your custom size a name under Name .
Operation • 119 CHANG ING THE RE SOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the appro priat e OKI C9x00 dr iver on the General t ab, the n click th e Prefer ence s button .
Operation • 120 DUPL EX PRI NTIN G (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes only . • Paper we igh t range 20 to 28 l b. U S Bond ( 75 to 10 5 g/m ² ). • Paper must be loa ded print s ide up . • Only Tr ay 1, o ptional T rays 2 and 3, and th e High Capacity Fee der trays c an be used for duple x printin g.
Operation • 121 3. On the Layout tab, under Print on Both Sides , select Flip on Long Edge or Fl ip on Short Edge . 4. Click OK , then click Print ..
Operation • 122 Duplex print ing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Prefer ences b utton. 3. On the Se tu p tab, un der 2-Sided Printing , se lect Long Edge or Short Edge .
Operation • 123 PRINTING BOOKLETS Printing book lets using the PostScript drive r 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P S dr iver on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Prefer ences b utton.
Operation • 124 3. On the Layout tab, under Pages P er Sheet , se lect Booklet in the drop- down l ist. 4. Click OK , then click Print ..
Operation • 125 Printing b ooklets using t he P CL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Prefer ences b utton. 3.
Operation • 126 PRINTING WATERMARKS: PCL D RIVER ONLY 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Prefer ences b utton. 3. On the Job Options ta b, click Wat er m a r k .
Operation • 127 5. If you wis h to pri nt the watermark only on the first page of the docum ent, se lect First Page only . 6. Click OK twi ce. 7. Click Print . NOT E To c rea te a new wa term ark or ed it an ex isting wat ermar k: • Click th e New or Edi t button.
Operation • 128 COLLATING Collating can b e carri ed out with or wi thout a h ard d isk driv e inst alled. Howeve r, prin ters with a h ard disk dri ve will provide grea ter perform ance. The foll owing instr uctions expl ain how to s elec t collat ing us ing th e printer dri ver.
Operation • 129 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d pri nt all ows prin ting of a sin gle co py of a do cumen t for chec king before pr intin g m ultiple copies of the same d ocu ment.
Operation • 130 3. Under Job T y pe , select Proof a nd Print . a. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der Job Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four dig it person al ID numb er from 000 0 to 77 77, then cli ck OK 4.
Operation • 131 Printing cop ies 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOBS MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our pe rsonal ID numbe r using the buttons on the printer contr ol pan el. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS o r the require d job name is di spla yed.
Operation • 132 SECU RE PRINTING (PRINTING CONFIDENTI AL DOCUMENTS) Secu re prin ting or pri nting with pass words allo ws the p rinting of confi dentia l docu ments on pr inter s that a re shar ed wit h other users . 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
Operation • 133 a. Enter a j ob name o f up t o 16 cha racters un der Job Name and , if require d, select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four dig it person al ID numb er from 000 0 to 77 77, then cli ck OK . 4. Enter the nu mber o f copies and, i f requ ired, sele ct C ollate .
Operation • 134 Printing a confidential documen t from the front pane l 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter t he persona l ID number you se t above us ing the but tons on the prin ter c ontrol panel .
Operation • 135 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to h ard di sk ( job sp oolin g) allows print jo bs to be prepa red an d stor ed on th e har d dis k for pr intin g o n deman d. Th is is g ood for fo rms, generic memos , lette rhead statione ry, e tc. 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
Operation • 136 a. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der J ob Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type a four digi t person al ID nu mber fr om 0000 to 7777 , then cli ck OK . 4. Selec t the n umber of Copi es and c lic k Colla te i f appl icabl e.
Operation • 137 T o pr in t a sto red d ocume nt 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the pe rsonal I D nu mber you sele cted a bove u sing t he buttons on the prin ter control panel. 3. Press the V AL UE b utton unt il ALL JOB S or th e requir ed job name is di spla yed.
Operation • 138 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Overlay s? An O verlay c an be a comb ination of gra phics , fonts , or t ext tha t is stor ed in the pr inter' s fla sh me mory or on th e h ard d isk (sup plied on some models , opti onal on other s), a nd print ed wh eneve r requi red.
Operation • 139 Once s omeone has s et up al l the necessa ry o verlay fi les on the prin ter, oth er users only have to swit ch on the req uire d setti ngs in th e printer driver to us e the o verlay s.
Operation • 140 5. T ry to keep the over lay to a sin gle shee t. Do n't use N- up, du plex, finisher opti ons, e tc. when cre ating an ov erl ay . These c an be added w hen pr inting the docum ent tha t in clude s the o verlay . 6. Click OK to clos e the Printin g Pre ferenc es dial og box .
Operation • 141 The Stor age De vic e Manag er so ftware is in clud ed with the o rigi nal software CDs that were sup plied wit h your p rinter. 1. Launc h S torage Device Manage r and allow t he pro gram to discov er (lo cate) the pr inter . 2. Click Project the n New Project .
Operation • 142 Defining Ov erlays: P ostScript 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes. 2. RIght c lick the pr inter n ame and cl ick Pr intin g Prefere nces . 3. Click the Overlay tab . 4. Click the Overlay button . 5. Click the Ne w butt on.
Operation • 143 6. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Over lay Nam e list , and sele ct the pages on wh ich i t is to be pr inted. 7. Enter or selec t a f orm name in the d rop- down l ist under Form setting , then clic k Add . 8. Click OK .
Operation • 144 sele ct mor e than one ov erla y , hold the CTRL k ey wh ile cli cking on each name ). 11. Selec t Use O verlay from the drop-down l ist at the top of t he dialo g box, then c lick OK . 12. Cl ose t he Print ers an d Faxe s dial og box.
Operation • 145 Defining Over lays: PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer s and Faxes. 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click Prin ting Prefe ren ces . 3. Click the J ob O ptions tab . 4. Click the O verlay ... butto n. 5. T o define an ov erlay , cli ck t he Define O verlay s button .
Operation • 146 6. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Overlay Name li st . 7. Enter the ID of the file in I D V alues . Please refer t o the instruc tions for t he S torag e Devi ce Ma nag er utili ty .
Operation • 147 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL DRIVER ONLY This op tion al lows y ou to c onfigu re and prin t poster s by br eaking u p the doc ument page in to mul tiple p iece s whic h print enlarged on separat e sheet s. Then t he sepa rate she ets ar e com bined t o prod uce a post er.
Operation • 148 4. Click Options... and enter the configurati on details 5. Click OK twi ce. 6. Click Print ..
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 149 W indows 2 000 Print er Dr ivers See y our pri nted S oftware Ins talla tion G uide for in formatio n on insta lling prin ter dri vers.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 150 ENABL ING INS T ALLED OPTIONS IN THE DRIVERS Certain o ptions such as addi tional memor y, the dup le xer, or additi onal t rays ma y be inst alle d in y our pri nter. Before u sing the pri nter, yo u m ust ent er the printer driver( s) and enable the op tions.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 151 F or the int ernal hard disk drive P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 152 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Opt ion t ab, cl ick Pri nter H ard Disk . 4. Click OK and cl ose th e Printe rs dial og box .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 153 For addition al pap er tr ays P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 154 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Device Option tab, selec t the a pprop riate num ber o f trays (not inc ludin g the M ult i Purpos e tra y).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 155 For the duplex unit P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the D evice Se tting s tab . U nd e r Installable Options , m ake sure Duplex is set to Installed .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 156 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice O ption ta b, c l ic k Duplex Option Unit . 4. Click OK and cl ose th e Printe rs dial og box .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 157 CHANG ING DEFAU L TS FOR PAPER FEED, S IZE AND MEDIA IN T HE DRIVER The nor mal de fault fo r these items is au tomatic detect ion. The f ollowing print er dr iver i nstr uction s ar e give n as a guide only.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 158 3. Click the P aper/Quality tab. Un der T ray Se lection , s elect th e paper feed in the Paper Source drop-down list. 4. Click the Adv anced b utton. 5. Under Paper/ Output , selec t the m edia s ize in t he Paper Siz e drop-do wn list.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 159 6. Under Document Option s ® Prin ter Feat ures , c lick Media Ty p e an d sel ect the media from the drop- down l ist.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 160 PCL dr ivers 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he pri nter nam e an d click P rintin g Prefer ence s . 3. In the Setup tab, under Media , s elec t the r equir ed paper size in the Siz e drop- down list.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows 2 000 Printer Driver s • 161 6. Click Paper Feed Options and m ake a ny othe r se lecti ons, th en cli ck OK . 7. Click OK twic e and c lose the Pri nting P refer ence s dia log bo x. Network Printer Status utility • Av ailabl e on T CP/IP netw ork con necti on onl y .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 162 W indows 2 000 Operation This s ecti on exp lains ho w to se t up co lo r printi ng and how to u se the printer ’s fe atures i nclud ing: • N-up printi ng (see .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 163 F AC TORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PR INTING The PCL and PostS cript p rinte r driver s su pplied with y our p rinter provid e sev eral contr ols f or ch anging the colo r outp ut. Fo r gene ral use th e defau lt drive r se ttings produce go od resul ts for m ost docum ents.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 164 V iewing con ditions A doc ument c an look v ery d ifferent u nder v arious light ing co nditio ns. For ex ample , the c olo rs may look diff erent when viewe d st andin g next to a s unli t window, c ompar ed to ho w they look unde r sta ndard office fl uoresc ent li ghting.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 165 How your softwar e application displays color Some g raphic s appl icati ons suc h as C orelD RAW ® or Adob e ® Photos hop ® ma y dis play colo r dif ferentl y from "of fice" appli catio ns such as Mi cro soft ® Wor d.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 166 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING METHOD There i s no one way to achie ve a good match betwee n the document disp layed on you r monito r, and it's pri nted eq uival ent. T here ar e many factors involv ed in a chievi ng accur ate and reprod ucible c olor .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 167 RGB or CMYK If you are pri nting p hotograph ic i mages from a grap hics app lica tion such as Adob e Photos hop, yo u may be able to use So ft-Proo fin g to simu late th e pr inted im age on your m onitor .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 168 Printing Vivid Colo rs RGB only • Use Oki Co lor M atching ( see page 172), with th e Mo nitor 650 0k V ivid, sR GB or Di gita l Camera settin gs (PCL or PS) . RGB or CMYK • Use Pos tScript Color Mat ching (see page 174) with th e Saturat ion option .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 169 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The C olor Matc hing option s in th e PCL d river ca n be used to help match your printed co lors to the o nes dis playe d o n your m onitor . T o manuall y set t he col or ma tching optio ns in th e PC L driv er: 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 170 a. Click Manual C olor under Color Mode , then c lick Natural under Color Setting . 4. Selec t the m ethod y ou wis h to us e: Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimiz ed for printi ng phot ograp hs when usin g a mon itor with a colo r temp erature of 6500K .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 171 without any m odific ation , and on ly colo rs th at fall outsi de the printabl e col ors ar e modi fied. 5. Set an y other req uire d paramete rs using t he o n-line H elp for guida nce. 6. When y ou are don e, cli ck OK and cl ose the Prin ting Pr efer ences dialo g box.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 172 COLOR MAT CHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The Pos tScri pt drive r offers sever al dif ferent methods of c ontrolli ng the color o utput of the print er. T o man ually set the color ma tching options in the P o stScript driver : 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 173 Selec t the type to be u sed f rom t he drop- down l ist und er Color Sett ing : • Monitor (6500K) A uto Optimiz ed for printi ng gene ral d ocuments when us ing a monito r with a c olor tem perat ure of 6500K .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 174 •s R G B Optimiz ed for matc hing s pecific col ors, suc h as a company logo c olor . The colo rs with in the print er' s colo r gamut are pr inted without any mo dificati on, and only c olors that fall outsi de the p rinta ble colo rs are modifi ed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 175 – Perce ptual Best choic e for prin ting ph otogr aphs. C ompre sses the source gam ut into t he printer 's gam ut wh ilst m aintai ning th e overal l appea ranc e of an image. This may chang e the overal l appe arance of a n image a s all the c olors are shi fted togethe r.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 176 OKI “USING IC C PROFILES” FEATURE: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER ONLY • Af fect s RGB dat a only . This p rovi des a metho d of matc hing RGB col ors simila r to Windo ws ICM matc hing.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 177 T o set up ICC profiles: 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he pri nter nam e an d click P rintin g Prefer ence s . 3. Click the Color tab . 4. Under Color mode , se le ct Using ICC Profile in the Color Control Method dr op-do wn list .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 178 5. Click the Ne w butt on. a. Selec t th e Input profile and Output profile in the drop- down list s u nder Sel ect ICC profile . b. Sel ect th e de sired Rendering Intent and ty pe in a n ame for t he profile , then click OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 179 W INDO WS ICM COLOR MAT CHING • ICM is the co lor m anagem ent sy stem built into W indows . • Af fect s RGB dat a only .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 180 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGE S ON ONE SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using th e P ostScrip t driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P S dr iver on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Layout ta b.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 181 N-Up printing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Setup tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 182 PRINTING CUST OM PAGE SIZES Custom page s izes can only b e pri nted from the multi pur pose tray. The pri nter med ia si ze for the m ulti pu rpos e tray m ust be .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 183 3. Under T ray Sele ction , se le ct Multi-Purpos e T r ay in t he Paper Source drop-d own list . 4. Click the Adv anced b utton. Un der Paper/Out put , sele ct Post script Custom Page Size in the Paper Size drop-dow n lis t.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 184 5. Enter the Widt h and Height for the cus tom paper a nd se lect th e Paper F eed Dir ectio n , then c lic k OK . 6.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 185 Printing custom pag es using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Setup tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 186 2. Selec t the u nit, the n enter the wi dth and len gth mea sure ments and cl ick OK . 3. Chec k that User D efined now app ears in the Size box on the Setu p ta b . 4. Click OK . 5. Click Print . NO TE To sav e the se tting f or fut ure use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 187 CHANG ING THE RE SOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the appro priat e OKI C9x00 dr iver on the General tab . 1. Click the J ob O ptions tab .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 188 DUPL EX PRI NTIN G (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes only . • Paper we igh t range 20 to 28 l b.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 189 3. Under Print on Both Sides(Duplex) tab, se le ct Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge . 4. Click Print ..
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 190 Duplex print ing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Setup tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 191 PRINTING BOOKLETS Printing book lets using the PostScript drive r 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Layout ta b.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 192 3. Under Page s Pe r Shee t , se le ct Booklet i n the dr op-down list. 4. Under Print on Both Sides(Duplex) , select Flip on Short edge .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 193 Printing b ooklets using t he P CL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P S dr iver on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Setup tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 194 PRINTING WATERMARKS: PCL D RIVER ONLY 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, clic k the OKI C9 x00 P CL d river on the Gener al tab, then cli ck the Job Options tab .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 195 5. If you wis h to pri nt the watermark only on the first page of the docum ent, se lect First Page only . 6. Click OK . 7. Click Print . NOT E To c rea te a new wa term ark or ed it an ex isting wat ermar k: • Click th e New or Edi t button.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 196 COLLATING Collating can b e carri ed out with or wi thout a h ard d isk driv e inst alled. Howeve r, prin ters with a h ard disk dri ve will provide grea ter perform ance. The foll owing instr uctions expl ain how to s elec t collat ing us ing th e printer dri ver.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 197 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d pri nt all ows prin ting of a sin gle co py of a do cumen t for chec king before pr intin g m ultiple copies of the same d ocu ment. 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 198 3. En ter the numbe r of copi es an d, if r equired, se lect C ollate . a. Under Job T y pe , select Proof a nd Print . b. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der Job Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 199 Printing cop ies 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOBS MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our pe rsonal ID numbe r using the buttons on the printer contr ol pan el. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS o r the require d job name is di spla yed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 200 SECU RE PRINTING (PRINTING CONFIDENTI AL DOCUMENTS) Secu re prin ting or pri nting with pass words allo ws the p rinting of confi dentia l docu ments on pr inter s that a re shar ed wit h other users . 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 201 a. Enter a jo b nam e of up to 16 c haracte rs und er Job Name , and, if require d, select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four dig it person al ID numb er from 000 0 to 77 77, then cli ck OK . 4.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 202 Printing a confidential documen t from the front pane l 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter t he persona l ID number you se t above us ing the but tons on the prin ter c ontrol panel .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 203 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to Har d Dis k (job sp oolin g) allows prin t jobs to b e prepar ed and stor ed on th e har d dis k for pr intin g o n deman d. Th is is g ood for fo rms, generic memos , lette rhead statione ry, e tc.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 204 a. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der J ob Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type a four digi t person al ID nu mber fr om 0000 to 7777 , then cli ck OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 205 T o pr int the stor ed documen t 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the pe rsonal I D nu mber you sele cted a bove u sing t he buttons on the prin ter control panel.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 206 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Overlay s? An O verlay c an be a comb ination of gra phics , fonts , or t ext tha t is stor ed in the pr inter' s fla sh me mory or on th e h ard d isk (sup plied on some models , opti onal on other s), a nd print ed wh eneve r requi red.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 207 Once s omeone has s et up al l the necessa ry o verlay fi les on the prin ter, oth er users only have to swit ch on the req uire d setti ngs in th e printer driver to us e the o verlay s.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 208 5. T ry to keep the over lay to a sin gle shee t. Do n't use N- up, du plex, finisher opti ons, e tc. when cre ating an ov erl ay . These c an be added w hen pr inting the docum ent tha t in clude s the o verlay .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 209 The Stor age De vic e Manag er so ftware is in clud ed with the o rigi nal software CDs that were sup plied wit h your p rinter. 1. Launc h S torage Device Manage r and allow t he pro gram to discov er (lo cate) the pr inter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 210 Defining Ov erlays: P ostScript 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. RIght c lick the pr inter n ame and cl ick Pr intin g Prefere nces . 3. Click the Overlay tab . 4. Click the Overlay button . 5. Click the Ne w butt on.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 211 6. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Over lay Nam e box, a nd sele ct the pages on wh ich i t is to be pr inted. 7. Enter or selec t a f orm name in the d rop- down l ist under Form setting , then clic k Add .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 212 10. Highl ight the overla y na me(s) under Define d Overlay and clic k Add to add the ove rlay(s) to the li st und er Active Overlay (to sele ct mor e than one ov erla y , hold the CTRL k ey wh ile cli cking on each name ).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 213 Defining Over lays: PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click Prin ting Prefe ren ces . 3. Click the J ob O ptions tab . 4. Click the O verlay ... butto n. 5. T o define an ov erlay , cli ck t he Define O verlay s button .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 214 6. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Overlay Name box . 7. Enter the ID of the file in I D V alues . Please refer t o the instruc tions for t he S torag e Devi ce Ma nag er utili ty .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 215 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL DRIVER ONLY This op tion al lows y ou to c onfigu re and prin t poster s by br eaking u p the doc ument page in to mul tiple p iece s whic h print enlarged on separat e sheet s. Then t he sepa rate she ets ar e com bined t o prod uce a post er.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 216 W indows Me / 98 / 95 Print er Dr ivers See y our pri nted S oftware Ins talla tion G uide for in formatio n on insta lling prin ter dri vers.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 217 EBABLING INSTALLED OPTIONS IN THE DRIVERS Certain o ptions such as addi tional memor y, the dup le xer, or additi onal t rays ma y be inst alle d in y our pri nter. Before u sing the pri nter, yo u m ust ent er the printer driver( s) and enable the op tions.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 218 5. T o speci fy usabl e pri n ter m e mory si ze, click t he Me mory ... button. T he driver automati call y adjusts font cac he size acc ording to the m emory o ption s elected under Inst a lled .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 219 F or the int ernal hard disk drive P ostS cri pt or PC L driv er 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Opt ions tab, check Pr inter Ha rd Disk .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 220 For addition al p aper tr ays P ostS cri pt or PC L driv er 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 221 For the duplex unit P ostS cri pt or PC L driv er 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice O ptions tab, chec k D uplex Option Unit .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 222 CHANG ING DEFAU L TS FOR PAPER FEED, S IZE AND MEDIA IN T HE DRIVER The nor mal de fault fo r these items is au tomatic detect ion. The f ollowing print er dr iver i nstr uction s ar e give n as a guide only.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 223 5. Selec t the r equir ed paper feed u nder Source . 6. Selec t the r equir ed paper type unde r Ty p e (Po stScript) or We ight (PCL). 7. Click Paper Feed Options and m ake a ny othe r se lecti ons th en cli ck OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows Me / 98 / 95 Printer Drivers • 224 Network Printer Status utility • Av ailabl e on T CP/IP netw ork con necti on onl y . The N etwork P rinte r Stat us utili ty is availab le if yo ur adm inis trator has ins talled it.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 225 W indows Me / 98 / 95 Operation This s ecti on exp lains ho w to se t up co lo r printi ng and how to u se the printer ’s fe atures i nclud ing: • N-up printi n.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 226 F AC TORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PR INTING The PCL and PostS cript p rinte r driver s su pplied with y our p rinter provid e sev eral contr ols f or ch anging the colo r outp ut. Fo r gene ral use th e defau lt drive r se ttings produce go od resul ts for m ost docum ents.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 227 V iewing con ditions A doc ument c an look v ery d ifferent u nder v arious light ing co nditio ns. For ex ample , the c olo rs may look diff erent when viewe d st andin g next to a s unli t window, c ompar ed to ho w they look unde r sta ndard office fl uoresc ent li ghting.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 228 How your softwar e application displays color Some g raphic s appl icati ons suc h as C orelD RAW ® or Adob e ® Photos hop ® ma y dis play colo r dif ferentl y from "of fice" appli catio ns such as Mi cro soft ® Wor d.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 229 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING ME THOD There i s no one way to achie ve a good match betwee n the document disp layed on you r monito r, and it's pri nted eq uival ent. T here ar e many factors involv ed in a chievi ng accur ate and reprod ucible c olor .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 230 RGB or CMYK If you are pri nting p hotograph ic i mages from a grap hics app lica tion such as Adob e Photos hop, yo u may be able to use So ft-Proo fin g to simu late th e pr inted im age on your m onitor .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 231 Printing Vivid Colo rs RGB only • Use Oki Co lor M atching ( see page 236), with th e Mo nitor 650 0k V ivid, sR GB or Di gita l Camera settin gs (PCL or PS) . RGB or CMYK • Use Pos tScript Color Mat ching (see page 23 9) with th e Satur ation option .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 232 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIV ER Color Ma tching Options The C olor Matc hing option s in th e PCL d river ca n be used to help match your printed co lors to the o nes dis playe d o n your m onitor . T o manuall y set t he col or ma tching optio ns in th e PC L driv er: 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 233 a. Click Manual C olor under Color Mode , then c lick Natural under Color Setting . 4. Selec t the m ethod y ou wis h to us e: Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimiz ed for printi ng phot ograp hs when usin g a mon itor with a colo r temp erature of 6500K .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 234 sRGB Optimiz ed for matc hing spe cific color s, such as a c ompany logo colo r. The colors with in the print er's color gamut are printed without any m odific ation , and on ly colo rs th at fall outsi de the printabl e col ors ar e modi fied.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 235 COLOR MAT CHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The Pos tScri pt drive r offers sever al dif ferent methods of c ontrolli ng the color o utput of the print er. Some o f the c olor matching opt ions onl y wor k on cer tain type s o f data.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 236 3. Click the Color tab . 4. Select the m ethod to use from the Color Control drop -down l ist box u nder Col or Mode : a. Color Cont rol = O KI Co lor M atching This i s OKI’s p roprietary color matc hing sy stem, and a ffects RGB data only .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 237 Selec t the ty pe to be used fr om the drop-do wn lis t box und er Color Setting : • Monitor (6500K) A uto Optimiz ed for printi ng gene ral d ocuments when us ing a monito r with a c olor tem perat ure of 6500K .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 238 depend ing on the su bje cts and t he con dit ions u nder which they were tak en. •s R G B Optimiz ed for matc hing s pecific col ors, suc h as a company logo c olor .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 239 b. Color C ontro l = Po stSc ript Color Matc hing This u ses Pos tScrip t Color Rende ring Dic tionar ies bui lt-i n to the prin ter, an d affec ts both RGB and CMY K data . Selec t the ren deri ng type from the Rendering Int ent drop-do wn list b ox.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 240 overal l appe arance of a n image a s all the c olors are shi fted togethe r. – Saturati on Best c hoice for prin ting brig ht & saturated colors if you do n't nece ssarily ca re how accura t e the co lors are.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 241 W INDO WS ICM COLOR MAT CHING • ICM is the co lor m anagem ent sy stem built into W indows . • Af fect s RGB dat a only .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 242 OKI “USING IC C PROFILES” FEATURE • Af fect s RGB dat a only . This p rovi des a metho d of matc hing RGB col ors simila r to Windo ws ICM matc hing. T he mai n adva ntage i t has o ver Windo ws ICM c olor match ing is tha t it pro vides a m ethod of p rinting u sing b oth inp ut and output profi les.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 243 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGE S ON ONE SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using the PostScript driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 244 N-Up printing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dia log box , clic k the a pprop riate O KI C9x 00 PCL driver , the n cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or y our ap plicati on’s equiv alent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 245 PRINTING CUST OM PAGE SIZES Custom page s izes can only b e pri nted from the multi pur pose tray. The pri nter med ia si ze for the m ulti pu rpos e tray m ust be .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 246 4. Click the Cus tom Size button. 5. T ype in the nam e you wish to use for the custo m p aper si ze in the Paper name box. En ter the width and l ength fo r the custo m paper and se le ct T ransver se if you wish to rotate th e imag e by 90 degre es.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 247 Printing custom pag es using the PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dia log box , clic k the a pprop riate O KI C9x 00 PCL driver , the n cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or y our ap plicati on’s equiv alent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 248 5. Click OK to clos e the Propert ies d ialog box 6. Print the do cumen t. NO TE To sav e the se tting f or fut ure use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size . • Enter t he releva nt i nformat ion in Width and Height and give your document siz e a name under Name .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 249 CHANG ING THE RE SOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dia log box , clic k the a pprop riate O KI C9x 00 driv er , then click Properties (or Setup , or you r appl icat ion ’s equiva lent) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 250 DUPL EX PRI NTIN G (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes only . • Paper we igh t range 20 to 28 l b.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 251 1. On the Setup t ab, from 2-sided Printing selec t Long Edge binding or Short E dge binding . 2. Click OK and pr int the docum ent.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 252 PRINTING BOOKLETS: PCL O NLY , W INDOWS Me ONLY 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dia log box , clic k the a pprop riate O KI C9x 00 PCL driver , the n cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or y our ap plicati on’s equiv alent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 253 3. On the Setup t ab, unde r F i nishing Mode , s elect Book le t in the drop-do wn box . 4. Click Options and set Signatur e , 2Pages , Right to Lef t a nd Bind Margin as r equired , th en clic k OK . 5. Click OK and pr int the docum ent.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 254 PRINTING WATERMARKS Printing watermarks using th e P ostScript driv er 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the pri nt dial og box , click the appr opriate OKI C9 x00 PS drive r , then click Properties (or Setup , or you r appl icat ion ’s equiva lent) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 255 4. Selec t you r choices as to how the wa terma rk will print un der Print water mark . 5. Click OK twice a nd pri nt the d ocume nt. NOT E To c rea te a new wa term ark or ed it an ex isting wat ermar k: • Click th e New or Edi t button.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 256 Printing wate rmarks using the PCL driv er 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the p rint dia log box , clic k the a pprop riate O KI C9x 00 PCL driver , the n cli ck Properties (or Se tup , or y our ap plicati on’s equiv alent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 257 5. If you wis h to pri nt the watermark only on the first page of the docum ent, se lect First Page only . 6. Click OK twice a nd pri nt the d ocume nt. NOT E To c rea te a new wa term ark or ed it an ex isting wat ermar k: • Click th e New or Edi t button.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 258 COLLATING Collating can b e carri ed out with or wi thout a h ard d isk driv e inst alled. Howeve r, prin ters with a h ard disk dri ve will provide grea ter perform ance. The foll owing instr uctions expl ain how to s elec t collat ing us ing th e printer dri ver.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 259 F ONT SUBSTITU TION: P OSTSCRIPT ONLY 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printer . 2. Right c lick t he appr opriate OKI C 9x00 P S dr iver , then click Properties (or Setu p , or your appli catio n’s equiv alent) . 3.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 260 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d pri nt all ows prin ting of a sin gle co py of a do cumen t for chec king before pr intin g m ultiple copies of the same d ocu ment. 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 261 3. Click the J ob O ptions tab, enter th e numbe r of cop ies and, i f requir ed, selec t Collate . a. Under Job T y pe , select Proof a nd Print . b. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der Job Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 262 c. Type in a four dig it person al ID numb er from 000 0 to 77 77, then cli ck OK . 4. Click OK to clos e the Propert ies d ialog box. 5. Print th e docu men t. The doc ument is s tored on the h ard di sk drive, and one co py is pr inted for chec kin g.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 263 Printing cop ies 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOBS MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our pe rsonal ID numbe r using the buttons on the printer contr ol pan el. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS o r the require d job name is di spla yed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 264 SECU RE PRINTING (PRINTING CONFIDENTI AL DOCUMENTS) Secu re prin ting or pri nting with pass words allo ws the p rinting of confi dentia l docu ments on pr inter s that a re shar ed wit h other users . 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 265 3. On the Job Options tab, enter the num ber o f copies and, i f requir ed, chec k the Collate box . a. Under Job T y pe sele ct Secure P rint . b. Enter a jo b nam e of up to 16 c haracte rs und er Job Name , and, if require d, select Request Job Name for each print job .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 266 Printing a confidential documen t from the front pane l 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter t he persona l ID number you se t above us ing the but tons on the prin ter c ontrol panel .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 267 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to hard d isk (j ob sp oolin g) allows print j obs to be tem poraril y stor ed on th e hard disk be fore p rinting .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 268 4. On the Job Options tab . a. Under Job T y pe sele ct Sto r e to H DD , enter th e numbe r of requir ed copie s and, if req uired, c heck the Collate box. b. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der J ob Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 269 Printing cop ies 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the pe rsonal I D nu mber you sele cted a bove u sing t he buttons on the prin ter control panel. 3.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 270 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Overlay s? An O verlay c an be a comb ination of gra phics , fonts , or t ext tha t is stor ed in the pr inter' s fla sh me mory or on th e h ard d isk (sup plied on some models , opti onal on other s), a nd print ed wh eneve r requi red.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 271 Once s omeone has s et up al l the necessa ry o verlay fi les on the prin ter, oth er users only have to swit ch on the req uire d setti ngs in th e printer driver to us e the o verlay s.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 272 5. T ry to keep the over lay to a sin gle shee t. Do n't use N- up, du plex, finisher opti ons, e tc. when cre ating an ov erl ay . These c an be added w hen pr inting the docum ent tha t in clude s the o verlay .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 273 The Stor age De vic e Manag er so ftware is in clud ed with the o rigi nal software CDs that were sup plied wit h your p rinter. 1. Launc h S torage Device Manage r and allow t he pro gram to discov er (lo cate) the pr inter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 274 Defining Ov erlays: P ostScript 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the J ob O ptions tab, then cl ick the Overlay b utton.. 4. Click the Ne w butt on.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 275 5. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Over lay Nam e box, a nd sele ct the pages on wh ich i t is to be pr inted. 6. Enter or sel ect a f orm na me in the dr op-dow n box u nder Form setting , then clic k Add .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 276 sele ct mor e than one ov erlay , h old the CTRL ke y whil e cli cking on each name ).. 10. Selec t Use O verlay from the dr op-down l ist, t hen cl ick OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 277 Defining Over lays: PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click th e Job Options tab, then c lick th e Overlay ... bu tton. 4. T o define an ov erlay , cli ck t he Define O verlay s button .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 278 5. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Overlay Name box . 6. Enter the ID of the file in I D V alues . Please refer t o the instruc tions for t he S torag e Devi ce Ma nag er utili ty .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 279 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL ONLY This op tion al lows y ou to c onfigu re and prin t poster s by br eaking u p the doc ument page in to mul tiple p iece s whic h print enlarged on separat e sheet s. Then t he sepa rate she ets ar e com bined t o prod uce a post er.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 280 4. Click Options... and enter the configurati on details 5. Click OK twi ce. 6. Click OK and pr int the docum ent..
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 281 W indows NT 4.0 Print er Dr ivers See y our pri nted S oftware Ins talla tion G uide for in formatio n on insta lling prin ter dri vers.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 282 ENABL ING INS T ALLED OPTIONS IN THE DRIVERS Certain o ptions such as addi tional memor y, the dup le xer, or additi onal t rays ma y be inst alle d in y our pri nter. Before u sing the pri nter, yo u m ust ent er the printer driver( s) and enable the op tions.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 283 F or the int ernal hard disk drive P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 284 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Opt ion t ab, cl ick Pri nter H ard Disk . 4. Click OK and cl ose th e Printe rs dial og box .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 285 For addition al pap er tr ays P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the De vice S ettings tab.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 286 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Device Option tab, selec t the a pprop riate num ber o f trays (not inc ludin g the M ult i-purpo se tray).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 287 For the duplex unit P ostS cr ipt drive r 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. Click the D evice Se tting s tab . U nd e r Installable Options , m ake sure tha t Duplex is s et to Installed .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 288 PCL dr iver 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click File t hen Pr ope rties . 3. On the Dev ice Opt ion t ab, cl ick Duplex Option Unit . 4. Click OK and cl ose th e Printe rs dial og box .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 289 CHANG ING DEFAU L TS FOR PAPER FEED, S IZE AND MEDIA IN T HE DRIVER The nor mal de fault fo r these items is au tomatic detect ion. The f ollowing print er dr iver i nstr uction s ar e give n as a guide only.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 290 3. On the Ad vanced tab, under Doc ument O ptions ® Paper/ Output : a. Click Paper So urce a nd se lect th e paper feed in the Change ‘Paper Sour c e’ Setting list. b. Click Paper Siz e and s elect the size in the Change ‘P aper Size’ Sett ing list .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 291 c. Click Medi a T yp e and sele ct the media from t he Change ‘Media T ype’ Setting list.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 292 PCL dr ivers 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he pri nter nam e an d click Docume nt Default s . 3. On the Setup tab, u nder Media , sele ct the requi red pape r size in the Siz e drop- down list.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 293 4. Selec t the r equir ed paper feed u nder Source . NOT E If a pa per tra y is sel ected th e Weigh t field b ecomes visi ble.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 294 5. Selec t the r equir ed paper type unde r Weight . NOT E • If Printer Setting is sele cted, make s ure the printer has been s et to the correct medi a type.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 295 6. Click the Paper Feed Options button and ma ke any other sele ctions then c lic k OK . 7. Click OK twice a nd cl ose the Defaul t dial og box.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Windows NT 4.0 P rinter Drivers • 296 Network Printer Statu s utility • Av ailabl e on T CP/IP netw ork con necti on onl y . The N etwork P rinte r Stat us utili ty is availab le if yo ur adm inis trator has ins talled it.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 297 W indows NT 4.0 Operation This s ecti on exp lains ho w to se t up co lo r printi ng and how to u se the printer ’s fe atures i nclud ing: • N-up printi ng (see.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 298 F AC TORS THAT AFFEC T COLOR PR INTING The PCL and PostS cript p rinte r driver s su pplied with y our p rinter provid e sev eral contr ols f or ch anging the colo r outp ut. Fo r gene ral use th e defau lt drive r se ttings produce go od resul ts for m ost docum ents.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 299 V iewing con ditions A doc ument c an look v ery d ifferent u nder v arious light ing co nditio ns. For ex ample , the c olo rs may look diff erent when viewe d st andin g next to a s unli t window, c ompar ed to ho w they look unde r sta ndard office fl uoresc ent li ghting.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 300 How your softwar e application displays color Some g raphic s appl icati ons suc h as C orelD RAW ® or Adob e ® Photos hop ® ma y dis play colo r dif ferentl y from "of fice" appli catio ns such as Mi cro soft ® Wor d.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 301 CHOOSING A COL OR MATCHING METHOD There i s no one way to achie ve a good match betwee n the document disp layed on you r monito r, and its p rinted eq uival ent. T here are many factors involv ed in a chievi ng accur ate and reprod ucible c olor .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 302 Matc hing Specif ic Colors (e.g., a C ompany log o) RGB only • Oki Col or Match ing ( see p age 306 ), and the sRG B se tting: PCL or PS dri ver . • PostSc ript C olor Matc hing using the Ab solute Co lorimetri c option (see page 30 8).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 303 COLOR MAT CHING: PCL DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The C olor Matc hing option s in th e PCL d river ca n be used to help match your printed co lors to the o nes dis playe d o n your m onitor . T o manuall y set t he col or ma tching optio ns in th e PC L driv er: 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 304 a. Click Manual C olor under Color Mode , then c lick Natural under Color Setting . 4. Selec t the m ethod y ou wis h to us e: Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimiz ed for printi ng phot ograp hs when usin g a mon itor with a colo r temp erature of 6500K .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 305 without any m odific ation , and on ly colo rs th at fall outsi de the printabl e col ors ar e modi fied. 5. Set an y other req uire d paramete rs using t he o n-line H elp for guida nce. 6. When y ou are d one, c lick OK an d close the Defa ult dialo g box.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 306 COLOR MAT CHING: P OSTSCRIPT DRIVER Color Ma tching Options The Pos tScri pt drive r offers sever al dif ferent methods of c ontrolli ng the color o utput of the print er. T o man ually set the color ma tching options in the P o stScript driver : 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 307 Selec t the type to be u sed f rom t he drop- down l ist und er Color Sett ing : • M onitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimiz ed for printi ng pho togra phs wh en usi ng a m onitor w ith a color temper ature of 650 0K.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 308 •s R G B Optimiz ed for matc hing s pecific col ors, suc h as a company logo c olor . The colo rs with in the print er' s colo r gamut are pr inted without any mo dificati on, and only c olors that fall outsi de the p rinta ble colo rs are modifi ed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 309 –A u t o Best choic e f or prin tin g gener al do cumen ts. – Perce ptual Best choic e for prin ting ph otogr aphs. C ompre sses the source gam ut into the printe r's ga mut w hile m aintai ning th e overal l appea ranc e of an image.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 310 PRINTING MUL TIPLE PAGE S ON ONE SHEET (N-UP PRINTING) N-Up printing using th e P ostScrip t driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the Pri nt dial og box, sel ect the OKI C9x00 PS driv er , th en click Properties (or Setu p , or your appli catio n’s equiv alent) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 311 N-Up printing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, selec t the O KI C9x 00 PC L dri ver , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or your ap plica tio n’s equival ent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 312 PRINTING CUST OM PAGE SIZES Custom page siz es can only b e printe d from the Mul ti-pur pose tra y. The pri nter media si ze for the M ulti- purpo se tray must b e.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 313 4. On the Ad vanced tab, under Doc ument O ptions ® Paper/ Output : a. Click Paper So urce a nd se lect Multi- Purpo se T ray in the Change ‘ Pape r Source’ Settin g list. b. Click Pa per S ize and sel ect Po st script Cust om P age S ize in the Change ‘Pape r Size’ Setting list.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 314 5. Click the E dit of Custom Pa per butto n. 6. Enter the Widt h and Height for the cus tom paper a nd se lect th e Paper F eed Dir ectio n .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 315 Printing custom pag es using the PCL driver 1. Make sure the rear exit is op en. 2. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 3. In the P rint dialo g box, selec t the O KI C9x 00 PC L dri ver , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or your ap plica tio n’s equival ent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 316 4. On the Se tup tab, un der Media , sele ct User Defined Size in the Size list. The Set Free S ize dial og box appea rs . 5. Selec t the Unit , the n enter the Width and Length meas urem ent s to use, the n click OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 317 6. User Defined Size appear s in the Size list o n the Se tup ta b . 7. Click OK and pr int the docum ent. NO TE To sav e the se tting f or fut ure use: • Click Paper Feed Options , then click Custom Size .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 318 CHANG ING THE RE SOLUTION FOR A PRINT JOB 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, selec t the a pprop riate OKI C 9x00 d river , then click Properties (or Setup , or you r appl icat ion ’s equiva lent) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 319 DUPL EX PRI NTIN G (PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER) • S tanda rd paper si zes only . • Paper we igh t range 20 to 28 l b.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 320 Duplex print ing using th e P o stScript driv er 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the Pri nt dial og box, sel ect the OKI C9x00 PS driv er , th en click Properties (or Setu p , or your appli catio n’s equiv alent) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 321 Duplex print ing using th e PCL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, selec t the O KI C9x 00 PC L dri ver , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or your ap plica tio n’s equival ent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 322 PRINTING BOOKLET S: PCL DR IVER ONLY Printing b ooklets using t he P CL driver 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the Pri nt dial og box, sel ect the OKI C9x00 PS driv er , th en click Properties (or Setu p , or your appli catio n’s equiv alent) .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 323 4. Click the Options bu tton and set Signature , 2Pages , Right to Lef t and Bind Margin as requ ired, then c lick OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 324 PRINTING WATERMARKS: PCL D RIVER ONLY 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int . 2. In the P rint dialo g box, selec t the O KI C9x 00 PC L dri ver , then cli ck Properties (or Setup , or your ap plica tio n’s equival ent).
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 325 5. If you wis h to pri nt the watermark only on the first page of the docum ent, se lect First Page only . 6. Click OK twice a nd pri nt the d ocume nt. NOT E To c rea te a new wa term ark or ed it an ex isting wat ermar k: • Click th e New or Edi t button.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 326 COLLATING Collating can b e carri ed out with or wi thout a h ard d isk driv e inst alled. Howeve r, prin ters with a h ard disk dri ve will provide grea ter perform ance. 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 327 PROOF AND PRINT Proof an d pri nt all ows prin ting of a sin gle co py of a do cumen t for chec king before pr intin g m ultiple copies of the same d ocu ment. 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 328 5. On the Job Options tab, under Job T ype , select Proo f a nd Print . a. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der Job Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four dig it person al ID numb er from 000 0 to 77 77, then cli ck OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 329 Printing cop ies 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOBS MENU , then press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter y our pe rsonal ID numbe r using the buttons on the printer contr ol pan el. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS o r the require d job name is di spla yed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 330 SECU RE PRINTING (PRINTING CONFIDENTI AL DOCUMENTS) Secu re prin ting or pri nting with pass words allo ws the p rinting of confi dentia l docu ments on pr inter s that a re shar ed wit h other users . 1. Open the file in your appl ication and select Fil e ® Pr int .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 331 a. Enter a jo b nam e of up to 16 c haracte rs und er Job Name , and, if require d, select Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type in a four dig it person al ID numb er from 000 0 to 77 77, then cli ck OK . 6.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 332 Printing a confidential documen t from the front pane l 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter t he persona l ID number you se t above us ing the but tons on the prin ter c ontrol panel .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 333 STORE TO HARD DISK Store to h ard di sk ( job sp oolin g) allows print jo bs to be prepa red an d stor ed on th e har d dis k for pr intin g o n deman d. Th is is g ood for fo rms, generic memos , lette rhead statione ry, e tc.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 334 a. Enter a j ob nam e of up to 1 6 charac ters un der J ob Name Sett ing a nd, if r equir ed, s elect Request Job Name for each print job . b. Type a four digi t person al ID nu mber fr om 0000 to 7777 , then cli ck OK .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 335 T o pr int the stor ed documen t 1. Press the MENU bu tton to a ccess the PRINT JOB S MEN U and press the SE LECT button. 2. Enter the pe rsonal I D nu mber you sele cted a bove u sing t he buttons on the prin ter control panel.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 336 PRINTING OVERLAYS W hat are Overlay s? An O verlay c an be a comb ination of gra phics , fonts , or t ext tha t is stor ed in the pr inter' s fla sh me mory or on th e h ard d isk (sup plied on some models , opti onal on other s), a nd print ed wh eneve r requi red.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 337 Once s omeone has s et up al l the necessa ry o verlay fi les on the prin ter, oth er users only have to swit ch on the req uire d setti ngs in th e printer driver to us e the o verlay s.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 338 5. T ry to keep the over lay to a sin gle shee t. Do n't use N- up, du plex, finisher opti ons, e tc. when cre ating an ov erl ay . These c an be added w hen pr inting the docum ent tha t in clude s the o verlay .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 339 The Stor age De vic e Manag er so ftware is in clud ed with the o rigi nal software CDs that were sup plied wit h your p rinter. 1. Launc h S torage Device Manage r and allow t he pro gram to discov er (lo cate) the pr inter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 340 Defining Ov erlays: P ostScript 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. RIght c lick the pr inter n ame and cl ick Document De fault s . 3. On the Job Options ta b, click t he Over lay butt on. 4. Click the Ne w butt on.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 341 5. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Over lay Nam e list , and sele ct the pages on wh ich i t is to be pr inted. 6. Enter or selec t a f orm name in the d rop- down l ist under Form setting , then clic k Add .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 342 sele ct mor e than one ov erlay , h old the CTRL ke y whil e cli cking on each name ). 10. Selec t Use O verlay from the drop-down l ist at the top of t he dialo g box, then c lick OK . 11. Click OK to close the Default dialog box.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 343 Defining Over lays: PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Highl ight the prin ter name and click Document Defaults . 3. Click the J ob O ptions tab . 4. Click the O verlay ... butto n. 5. T o define an ov erlay , cli ck t he Define O verlay s button .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 344 6. Enter the file nam e of the over lay in th e Overlay Name box . 7. Enter the ID of the file in I D V alues . Please refer t o the instruc tions for t he S torag e Devi ce Ma nag er utili ty .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Operation • 345 PRINTING POST ERS: PCL DRIVER ONLY This op tion al lows y ou to c onfigu re and prin t poster s by br eaking u p the doc ument page in to mul tiple p iece s whic h print enlarged on separat e sheet s. Then t he sepa rate she ets ar e com bined t o prod uce a post er.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 346 Maint enance ADDING PAPER The dis play indic ates when the num ber of sheet s of pa per i n any paper tr ay falls belo w 30.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 347 4. Check tha t the paper guide s and rear st opper are cor rect for the size of paper being used . 5. Cl ose th e p aper t ray gently . Impor tant! To preven t jams : • Make sure the re is no spac e betwee n the paper and the paper guides and r ear sto pper .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 348 6. If installed , a lowe r paper tra y cannot be u sed to pr int if there 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 LO W is di spla yed i n the control panel (*** is th e color name) . If print ing conti nues w ithout replac ing the toner cartr idge, CHANGE *** T ONER is d isplay ed and printin g is c ancel led.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 350 2. Check the colo r lab el of th e toner cartr idge to be ch anged. 3. Move the colored lev er (1) on the right of t he ton er c artrid ge in the directi on of th.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 351 5. Shak e the new t oner car trid ge back and fort h sev eral ti mes. T hen holding t he t oner car tridge horiz ontally , re move the tape. 6. Insert th e new to ner c artridg e into the ima ge drum, left side firs t, engagi ng the drum loc ating peg in the hol e in th e toner c artridg e.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 352 7. Gently pus h the to ner car tridge d own, eng aging the locking pin into th e groo ve on the ima ge dr um. 8. Gently pus h the c olor ed le ver f orwar d unti l it s tops. Th is rele ases the tone r int o the i mage drum .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 353 9. Gently wip e the LE D head surf ace wi th LED lens clean er or a soft tissue. 10. Clos e the top cover . CAUTI ON Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvent s on the LED head otherwise damage to the lens s urface w ill occur .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 354 NOT E After installing the new toner cartridge, the message on the display TONER LOW or CHANGE TONER sh ould disappear. However, this sometimes does not disappear until printing has been ca rried out. If it st ill does not disappea r, reins tall the tone r c artri dge .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 355 CHANG ING THE IMAGE DRUM When the i mage drum reach es th e end of i ts p roduct life, *** CHANGE DRUM is displa yed in the con tr ol pan el (* ** is the co lor n ame). If printin g conti nues without repl acing the im age drum, CHANGE *** IMAGE DRUM i s displ ayed a nd pr inting is canc elle d.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 356 2. Remove the ap propria te ima ge drum/to ner c artridge f rom th e prin ter . 3. Make sure the repl acemen t im age drum is th e cor rect colo r and remo ve it f rom th e packaging . 4. Remove the prote ctive s heet fr om the new im age dr um.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 357 5. Install the n ew imag e drum in the prin ter . 6. Push the tab inwa rds and re move t he bla nking plate f rom th e image drum. 7. Install a new tone r ca rtridge : see “Chang ing the tone r cart ridge ” on page 349.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 358 CHANG ING THE TRANSFER BELT When t he tra nsfer be lt rea ches the end of its pr oduct life, CHANGE BELT UN IT is disp laye d in the c ontrol pa nel. T ransfer belt life depend s on th e numbe r of s heets per print j ob.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 359 3. Press back the lo ck lev er (1) and, us ing th e handl es (2 an d 3), remove the old trans fer b elt fr om the p rinter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 360 5. Using the han dles (2 and 3), a lign th e pins ( 4) with th e gro oves (5) on t he printe r and insert t he n ew transf er bel t into the pr inter . 6. Move the loc k leve r (1) to ward t he f ront o f the pr inter an d en sure it loc ks the t rans fer belt i nto pl ace.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 361 7. Reinstall th e cradl e comp lete wi th the fo ur im age dr ums a nd toner cartridge s in the printe r . 8. Cl ose th e to p cover .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 362 CHANG ING THE FU SER UNIT When t he fus er uni t reache s the e nd of i ts pr oduct life, CH ANGE FUSE R UNIT is disp layed in the co ntrol pa nel. F user unit l ife is approxi matel y 60 00 0 A4 s heets. 1. Switc h off the pr inter and ope n the to p cover .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 363 2. Move the two loc king levers (1) to t he rear of the m achin e to releas e the fus er u nit, the n use the hand le to r emov e the fuser from the printer . 3. Using the handle (2), remove the fus er unit from the p rinter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 364 5. Using the handle (2), install the new fus er unit i nto the printer . Make sure the two spr ing l oaded lock ing le vers ( 1) loc k the fu ser unit into pla ce.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 365 CLEA NI NG TH E LE D H EA DS Clean t he LED heads when printin g do es not come out clear ly, h as white lin es or whe n te xt is bl urred.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 366 2. Gently wip e the LE D head surfa ce wit h LED lens cle aner or soft tissue. 3. Cl ose th e to p cover ..
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 367 T RANSPOR TING THE PRINT ER This pri nter is a precisi on mac hine. If it is tran sported without its protecti ve pa ckag ing it may be pron e to mecha nical damag e. To prep are th e printe r for tr anspo rtation: 1.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Maintenance • 368 4. Seal the a perture on eac h ima ge drum an d its to ner ca rtri dge with plastic adhes ive tape (1) to pr even t any t oner s pillage duri ng transpo rtation. 5. Place th e fo ur image drum s com ple te with their ton er ca rtri dges back in to the pri nter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 369 T roub leshootin g L CD MESSA GES The liq uid cry stal di splay (LCD) o n th e contro l panel indi cates the printer statu s and if th ere i s a prob lem wi th the pri nter.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 370 CHECK FUSER UNIT Check the fuser unit fo r paper jam, c orrect inst allatio n, etc . CHECK IMAGE DRUM Check the image drum for correct ins tallatio n, etc. Co lor will be indic ated. COLLA TE F A IL Coll at ing o f mu lti ple co pies has f ail ed.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 371 INV ALID DA T A Data is inco rrect. LOAD Load corre ct pa per size/t ype. Size /type wi ll be indic ated. MEDI A MISM A TCH Pap er type set v ia menu does not match that sent v ia dri ver . NETWORK ERROR Ne twor k er ro r .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 372 SHUTDOWN S tart s the shu tdo w n proce dure to protec t the file sys tem on hard di sk. SIZE MISMA TCH Chan ge p aper t o correct s ize/type. Pre ss On- line t o continue. ST ACK ER FULL S tac ker is full. R emo ve the paper .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 373 P AP ER JAMS Paper j ams ar e ind icated by an er ror mes sage on the di splay. Pap er jams are cle ared as fol lows: 1. Open the top cover o f the pr inter . NOT E Do not close the to p cover completely (until it latches) during this process.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 374 2. Check the paper tray : Pull out the paper tray a nd re move a ny jamme d paper from the pr inter , then gen tly push the paper tray back i n. 3. Check be hind t he fr ont co ver . Open the front cove r and remov e any jamm ed paper , th en close the fr ont co ver .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 375 4. Check the t ransfer b elt. a. Remov e all f our imag e drum s as one uni t in th eir cradl e. and place the cra dle on a flat surfac e to pr event dam age to t he shi ny gree n surf ace o n the bo ttom of the dru ms.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 376 5. Check be hind th e rear cover : open the rear cove r and remove any jamm ed paper , then c lose the rear cover . 6. Check the f user un it: WARNIN G! The fuser unit is very hot after printing. Always use the handle when lifting it.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 377 a. If nec essary , lift out t he t oner/d rum cradl e to ac cess the jamme d page. a. Release the fus er rol ler lock l ever s at e ither en d of the fu ser and slowly remove t he ja mmed paper . b. Re-lock th e lev ers at ei ther end of th e fuse r.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 378 7. Check the duplex unit. a. Open the front c over , then slid e out the dup lex u nit. b. Open the dup lex to p cover and remo ve any jamm ed pape r.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 379 c. Close the dup lex to p cover and sli de the d uplex unit b ack into the prin ter. d. Cl ose th e fro nt cov er. 8. Check any additio nal paper trays : i f any o ptiona l paper tr ay(s) are ins talled, pu ll them out an d chec k tha t no paper is ja mmed along the va rious parts of the exit path.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 380 P AR ALLE L TRANSM ISSION MOD E The par allel po rt su pports IEE E-1284 a nd ECP mode. If yo ur compu ter's paralle l por t is n ot comp atibl e with o ne of the se mo des, the prin ter may not p rint a t all or it may print c orrupte d data.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 381 PROBLEM SOLVING P a per fee d problems. If paper j ams a re frequ ent: • More than one s heet fee ds at a time. • Pape r curls. • Paper fe eds at an angl e. P a per jam has be en cleared , but printer does not print.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 382 PROBLEMS PRINTING FROM W INDOWS Cannot co nfigure for parallel conne ction. Possible cause Reme dy Th e comp uter does not su pport bi-dire ction al para lle l in ter fac e . There is no fix for this problem. Y o u should only use a co mputer tha t does supp ort a bi-directi onal p a ralle l interface.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 383 Cannot config ure for USB connection. NOT E • Windo ws 95 does not support USB. • Windo ws 98 upgraded f r om Window s 95 may not support USB. • Windows 98 original installation and Windows Me, 2000, NT and XP all support USB.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 384 Printout is garb led or incorre ct with paralle l connection. Cannot print . • LPT WRITE ER ROR is di splayed. • PRNUSBX WRITE ERROR is disp laye d. Possible cause Remedy Poss ible mism at ch on p arallel conn ection be tween comp uter and p rinter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 385 Application err or or gener al protection fault is displaye d. Printing is slow . Possible cause Remedy Applic ation is no t suit able for Windo ws versio n. Upgr ade the application . Mem ory is ins uffic ie nt fo r numb er of appli c atio ns running.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 386 Printe r req uests paper size chang e to continue pr inting. PROBLEMS WITH POO R QUALITY PRINTING Long itu din al w hite strip es Lo ng itud inal fa ding Possible cause Remedy Paper lo aded in tray is d if ferent s ize from that fo rmatted in sof twar e appli c atio n.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 387 F aint print ing F a ding in patche s Long itu din al bl ack stri pes Possible cause Re medy The to ner cartri dge is in correc tly inst alled. Reinst all the ton er cartridge. T oner is low . Chan ge toner cartri dge.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 388 F a int shading on unpri nted sections Blurr ed let ter edge s Possible cause Re med y Paper h as been af fected by s tati c elec tricity . S tore p aper wit hin specifi ed temperature and humid ity le vels. Paper i s too t hick.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 389 MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS The power is on, but th e printer does n ot go online. Print processin g does not star t. Pr int pr oc essi ng ca ncel s. Printer make s a stra nge nois e. Possible cause Remedy Bad conne ction Swi tch of f the printer and d isconnect the power cab le.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Troubleshooting • 390 An ast erisk (*) symbol appear s on th e display , repeat edly movi ng acros s the first li ne then t he sec ond. Printer takes a long time to star t printing. T on er rubs off whe n you rub the printed surface .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 391 Accessories Dependi ng on the co nfigur ation of y our prin ter, you may wi sh to add one or mo re of the foll owing option s as you r nee ds ev olve: • OkiLA .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 392 4. Connec t the po wer cabl e and s witch on the print er . 5. Print a Men uMap as follows to confi rm the net work interfa ce car d is co rrec tly inst alled . a. Press the MENU bu tton twi ce to acces s the INFORMA TION MENU .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 393 Insta lling additional memory 1. Switch o ff the printe r and disconn ect the power cable an d pri nter interf ace cab le.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 394 3. Insert th e memo ry modul es the slots as fo llows: a. Push out the white ta bs at e ither end of the s ock et. b. Alig n the module with the na rro w str ip (1) on i ts me tallic conta ct edge to the righ t (towa rd the slot ide ntif ier numb ers ) o f the contr ol bo ard.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 395 board en gage the co nnect or, the n make sur e the whi te tabs come up to lo ck th e m odule in p lace. 4. Replace t he mai n boar d and sec ure it wi th the tw o screw s. 5. Reconn ect the pr inter i nterfa ce cabl e and po wer c able, t hen switch o n the pri nter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 396 INT ERNAL HARD DISK The opti ona l in ternal h ard d isk is u sed f or proo f and print , pa ssword or sec ure printi ng. Installin g the hard disk drive 1. Switch o ff the printe r and disconn ect the power cable an d pri nter interf ace cab le.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 397 3. Hold th e hard disk dr ive by the lo ckin g h andle (1) . 4. Insert th e handl e locati ng lug s (2) a nd four locati ng feet (3) into the hol es in the main b oard making s ure th e hard di sk con nector (4) starts to eng age with th e socke t on the co ntrol boa rd.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 398 reseat t he h ard dis k drive. Turn the pri nter on a gain a nd rep rint th e Me nuMap. 9. In the p rinte r driv er(s), c hange the installe d memo ry to match t.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 399 DUPL EX UN IT Installati on 1. Switch o ff the printe r and disconn ect the power cable. 2. Open the front c over (1) . 3. Insert the duplex unit (2) i nto the prin ter eng aging th e side s of the duple x un it in the sl ots in the prin ter .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 400 ADDITIONAL PAPER TRAYS Two a dditio nal paper tra ys can be ins tall ed and, when c ombin ed w ith the sta ndard paper tray, p aper cap acity incre ase s to a pproxim ately 1590 s heets. Installati on 1. Switch o ff the printe r and disconn ect the power cable an d pri nter interf ace cab le.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Acc essories • 401 2. Lower the prin ter gen tly o n to the additi onal paper tray al igni ng the hol es and c onnec tion s ocket on the bas e of the prin ter wi th the lo cating pegs and conne ctor on the a dditio nal paper tray un it.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 402 Specifications Print me thod. LED exposed light so urce el ectron ic pho tograp hic memor y Resolution C 7100 - 600 x 1200d pi C7300 - 600 x 1200 dpi C750 0 - 1 20 0 x 12 00dpi .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 403 Interf ace le vel Low +0. 0 – 0 .8V High+ 2.4 – 5.0V Univer sal Se rial Bus (USB) interfac e USB spe cificati on V ersion 1.1 Connec tions USB type B Cable USB s pecific ation V ersion 1. 1 cable (shi elded) T r an smi ssi on mode: Ful l spe ed (1 2 Mbps + 0.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 404 Paper cap acity (depen ding on p aper weight) Paper tray: 530 sheet s approx. Manu al f eed : 10 0 she ets ap p rox . Exit ca p acity (depen ding on p aper weight) Face up: 100 she ets approx . Face down: 500 sheets a pprox.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Specifications • 405 Dimensions Wid t h : 1 6.9 inche s (430 mm) Depth : 24.4 inche s (620 mm) Height : 16.9 inc hes (430 mm ) W eight 106 lbs .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 406 Consu mables TO N E R Description ........... ...... ............. ..... Order No. Black Toner ..... ............. ............. ...... 4196 3004 Cyan Toner ..... ............. ...... ............. 4196300 3 Magent a Toner .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 407 F USER UNITS Description ........... ...... ............. ..... Order No. Fuser Unit, 1 20V .... ............ ....... ...... 4194560 1 Fuser Unit, 2 30V .... ............ ....... ...... 4194560 7 T RANSFER BELT Description .
C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 408 OKI PRINT MEDIA OKI ® SynFlex™: Waterproof and Tear proof Order No. White , 8½ x 11''. 100 sheets ..... ............. ...... ............. ....... 5 220590 1 OKI Bright White Proofi ng Paper Order No.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Consumables • 409 OKI PRINT MEDIA ( CONTINUED) OKI Premium Envelopes: Securi ty Tint, Redi-Strip Seal Order No. White , COM-10 . Box 100 .......... ...... ............. ............. ....... 5 220630 1 White , COM-10 . Box 500 ....
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 410 F a ctory Default Settings PRINT M ENU MEDIA MENU Item Fa ctory default setti ng COPIES 1 DUPLEX OFF BINDING LONG EDGE P APER FEED TRA Y1 AUT O TRA Y.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 411 MP TRA Y MEDIA PLAIN MP TRA Y MEDIA W EIGHT AUT O UNIT OF MEASURE INCH X DIMENSION 8.5 INCH Y DIMENSION 11 I N C H Item Fa ctory default settin g.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 412 COLOR MENU Item Fa ctory default setting AUT O DENSITY MODE AUTO ADJUST DENSITY [EXECUTE ] COLOR TUNING [PRINT P A TT ERN] CY AN HIGH-LIGHT 0 CY AN M.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 413 SYST EM CONFIG MENU PC L EMUL ATIO N ME NU Item Factory default s e tting POWER SA VE DELA Y TIME 60 mi ns. USB PS-PROTOCOL RA W NETWORK PS-PROTOCOL RA W PERSONALITY AUTO EMULA TION CLEARABLE W ARNING ON AUTO CONTINUE OFF MANUA L TIMEOU T 60 sec.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 414 PP R EMULATION MENU FX EMULAT ION MENU Item Factory default s e tting CH ARACT ER P ITCH 1 0 cp i FONT CONDENSE 10 cpi to 12 c pi CHARACTER SET SET -.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 415 PA R A LL E L M E NU USB MENU NETW ORK MENU FIT TO LETTER ENABLE Item Factory default s e tting P ARALLEL ENABLE BI-DIRECTION ENABLE ECP ENABLE ACK W.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 416 INITIALIZE OFF Item Factory default s e tting.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 417 MEMORY MENU DISK MAINT ENANCE MENU SYST EM ADJUST MENU Item Factory default s e tting RECEIVE BUFF SIZE AUT O RESOURCE SA VE OFF FLASH INITIAL I ZE EXECUTE PS FLASH RESIZE 0.
C7100/C7300/C7500 Factory Default Settings • 418 MAINT ENANCE MENU Item Factory default s e tting EEPROM RESET EXECUTE POWER SA VE ENABLE P APER BLACK SETTING 0 P APER COLOR SETTING 0 TRANSPR BLACK .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 419 Software Utilities OVERVIEW Included wit h your pr inter i s a s elect ion of softwar e util ity p rogr ams designed to hel p you get the m ost ou t of yo ur pr inter. Load t hese program s from t he M enu Instal ler locate d on CD1 .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 420 COLOR SWA TCH UTILITY Color Swa tch Sa mples The C olor Swa tch Utility allows you to print c olor samp les or swatc hes o n your Ok i co lor print er. The sw atche s are u sed with your software progr am to selec t and r epro duce col or acc urate ly.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 421 Selecting Colors When y ou lo ad the u til ity, a swatc h page displ ays commo nly u sed colors . Selec t print to print sa mple p ages. Color Samp les Use the color block s to pic k the speci fic col ors that yo u want to appear i n your p rinte d docu ment.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 422 Creating Cu stom Swatch Color s If you don't fin d your des ired co lor, y ou can c reate or cus tomiz e colo rs : 1.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 423 P DF DIRECT PRINT UTILITY PDF Dir ect Prin t allow s you to send a s elec ted PDF file dir ectly to the printer , a fas ter an d easi er proc ess tha n usi ng Adob e Acro bat separat ely be fore p rinti ng.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 424 2. Click PDF Direc t Print , then click Prin t . The Start screen provides the foll owing features: • Selec t Pr int • Paper S ourc e • Copies • 2-side d.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 425 P DF V ers ion Che ck The ver sio n leve l of P DF fil es supp orted is v ersion 1 .3 or below. A “Warni ng” d ialog di splay s for any PDF f ile whose ver sion is not suppo rted. For add ition al info rmation, se e the P DF Pri nt Direc t Help fil e in the PDF Direct Print Utility.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 426 STORAGE DEVICE MA NAGER FOR W INDOWS This Util ity lets you manage the pr inter ’s hard disk and flash mem ory, and dow nload f onts, m acro s and firmw are. Install t he u tility from CD1 usin g the O ki Me nu Ins taller.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 427 Sum mary of Storag e Devi ce Man ager Functions • Create or modi fy a proj ect. • Down load fi les t o a print er . • Add or r emov e pri nters be ing admin istered . • Reboot t he printe r . • Manage the Pr oof & Prin t and S ecure P rint spooler queues on the internal ha rd driv e.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 428 • Establish 4-digit PIN numbers for ea ch c lient, using any fo ur numbers from 0 through 7 (8 a nd 9 c annot be used). • Reboot t he printe r . • 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 ) .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 429 Usin g St orag e Dev ice Mana ger Open ing th e Pr ogr am 1. Click Star t ® Pro gram s ® Oki ® Oki S torage D evice Manager ® Ok i Stor a ge Device Manager . The SD M - Printer Disc overy dialo g box open s. 2.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 430 Setti ng U p an Ad mini stra tiv e Password 1. With the S tora ge Devi ce Ma nager pr ogra m open, clic k Administrator Func tions in the Printe rs menu. 2. T ype in t he defau lt password ( p1xs7d0 m) und er Enter Passw ord , then click Change Pa ssword .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 431 Crea ting P ostSc ript F orms Creat ing & Downloadin g a Pos t Scrip t Project Step 1 : Creat e the Fo rms in Your Softw are Application 1. Create the docum ent in yo ur so ftware appl icat ion. 2. Click File ® Prin t and make s ure th e Oki P ostS cript dri ver is sele cte d.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 432 Step 2 :C reate a Ne w Pr oject 1. Open S to rage D evice M anager . 2. Click Project s ® New Pr oject . The Pr oject dialo g box ope ns. 3. Click Project s ® Save Pr oject , ente r the path/name for s toring the proj ect on your hard dr ive o r your networ k, then click Save .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 433 1. Double -click t he fil e name i n the P roje ct win dow . The Edi t Compo nent Name an d ID dia log bo x appe ars. 2. Under Vo l u m e , ty pe in%Fl ash0%, t hen click OK . Ste p 5: Sa ve the Pr oject and Dow nload it to the Printer 1.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 434 A: Creat ing and Downloa ding a PCL Proje ct Step 1 : Crea te th e Forms in Your Software Application 1. Create the docum ent in yo ur so ftware appl icat ion. 2. Click File ® Prin t and make s ure th e Ok i PCL d river is s elected.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 435 3. Click OK . The Op en dial og box ap pea rs. 4. Make sure Pr int spool files (*.prn) is se le cte d in the File of type drop-do wn list. 5. Under Look in , go to the fold er whe re the files ar e sa ved an d doubl e-clic k the file name.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 436 Step 5: Check.bin File Settings and Save the Project 1. T o check the set tin gs for the bi n file s, dou ble-cl ick t he f ile name.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 437 Printing t he F ile List To print out a list of files i n the p rinter’s memory: 1. With S to rage De vic e Manag er ope n, clic k Printer s ® Print File Listing . Comman d Issued app ears. 2. Click OK and wait for the Fil e List to print.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 438 Maintaining t he In t ernal H ard Drive and F lash Memory HDD Pri nt Jobs The H DD Print Job s featu re all ows you to vie w and del ete the Proof & Prin t and S ecure P rint files stored o n the prin ter’s i nternal hard drive.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 439 • Click Print Jo b(s) to print the files o ut before t hey are auto- matical ly delete d. Show Resources Use the Sh ow Resou rces fea ture to delete files fr om the inter nal h ard drive a nd flas h mem ory. 1.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 440 Using Ov erlays Before o verl ays ca n be printed, they m ust be crea ted in a softwa re appli catio n and save d as a prin t file, then download ed to the printer ’s internal hard disk drive or flas h memor y usin g St orage Dev ice Manage r.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 441 • If the s oftware ap plicatio n h as a c ollate pr int op tion, i t must be turned O FF bef ore y ou print over lays . • Overla y prin ting c annot b e done u sing the Wi ndows 2000 PostS cript d riv er or th e Maci ntosh driv er .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 442 • T o prin t a sam ple of an ove rlay to se e wh at it lo oks like , click the nam e under Defin ed Over lays , th en click Te s t P r i n t .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 443 Windows Me/98/9 5 PCL Defining Ov erlays : Me/98/95 PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he Ok i PCL print er ic on, the n cli ck Propert ie s . The Ok i Prope rties dial og box appea rs.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 444 • If you wis h to ad d more ov erlays to the list, c lick Define overlays , then fi ll i n the ap propria te info rmation in t he Def in e overlays dial og box and cl ick Close . 6. Click Prin t usi ng active over lays , then c lick OK and print the docum ent.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 445 Windows Me/98/95/PostScript Defin ing Ove rlays : Me/98/9 5 PostScrip t 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he Ok i Pos tScri pt pri nter ico n, then clic k Pr opert ies . The Ok i Prope rties dial og box appea rs.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 446 3. Make sure the Oki Po stScri pt printe r is s elect ed, then click Properties (or yo ur ap plic ation’s equiv alent ). The Ok i Prope rties dial og box appea rs. 4. Click the Overlay tab . 5. Click E nable Ov erla y in the drop -dow n lis t.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 447 Windows NT 4.0 PCL Defin ing Ove rlays : NT 4.0 PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he Ok i PCL print er ic on, the n cli ck Document Default s . T he Oki Defau lt dia log bo x appe ars.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 448 5. Click Prin t usi ng active over lays , then c lick OK and print the docum ent. Editing De fined Overl ays: NT 4.0 P CL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he Ok i PCL print er ic on, the n cli ck Document Default s .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 449 6. Click Remove , then Close . 7. Click OK and cl ose th e Printe rs dial og box . Defin ing Ove rlays : NT 4.0 PCL 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he Ok i Pos tScri pt pri nter ico n, then clic k Document Default s .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 450 Windows NT 4.0 P o stScript Defin ing Over lays : NT 4.0 PostScript 1. Click Sta r t ® Settings ® Printers . 2. Right c lick t he Ok i Pos tScri pt pri nter ico n, then clic k Document Default s . T he Oki Defau lt dia log bo x appe ars.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 451 5. Select the Ov erlay g roup(s) yo u wish to p rint, then cli ck Add . The gro up wil l appe ar in the Ac tive Over lay G roups li st. 6. Click OK twice a nd p rint the d ocume nt. Edit ing De fined Ove rlays : NT 4.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 452 PRINT JOB A CCOUNTING Introduct ion Oki Pr int Job Acc ounting softwa re, de signe d spec ific ally for OK I printer s, pr ovides job ac count ing fea tures that al low y ou to tr ack printer usag e, cal culat e printin g cos ts, an d spec ify u ser access .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 453 Adding up print log s • Y ou c an add up pr inted page s and s o for th for each pr inter user . Main item s subje ct to p rint log are th e date, u ser nam e, pri nter name, d ocume nt name , colo r/mon ochrome prin ted pages, paper size, S imple x/ Duplex printin g, a nd so f orth.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 454 Ove rview Config urati on This s ystem i s config ured from th e foll owing t hree soft ware package s. 1. OKI Print Job Accounting This i s a manag eme nt tool gea red to wards a s ystem m ana ger. It registe rs printe rs an d users an d sets print l imits.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 455 Bas ically , th is soft ware nee ds to be in stalle d in all Pr int Clien t PCs. In this documen t, th is softwa re is refe rred to as “Job Acc ount Prin ter Driver .” 3. OKI Print Job Accounting Client This is the softwa re that is us ed to set up th e Job Acco unt Pri nter Driver.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 456 All Ac count IDs must b e set in th e Ser ver PC a nd all of the Client PCs. Examples of assigning Account I D T o permit only some users to print In this case, y ou nee d no t nece ssari ly as sign an Acco unt ID to each and ever y use r.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 457 further detail s of how to use th e Ser ver S/W , plea se se e “Us ing Serv er S /W”. Setting Accoun t ID on Client PC Start up the Client S/W first o n the Cl ient P C, and th en set Jo b Accoun t Mode. There a re four Job A ccount M odes; T ab, Popu p, Hide , and Not Suppo rted.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 458 T a b mode In this mode, the tab for setti ng the U ser N ame and Job A ccou nt ID will be d ispl ayed u nder Job Acc ount Pr inter Dr iver Prope rty.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 459 This ID file de scr ibes the inf ormati on on e ach an d ever y user in one line, using the foll owing f ormat. Use the extens ion “ .csv” to s ave th e file. [Not suppor t e d] mod e In this mode , all j obs to be prin ted will be r ecog nized as Unreg ister ed ID(0).
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 460 Installa tion What you will ne ed Server PC The se rver S /W mu st be r un und er Wind ows200 0/Win dowsX P or NT4.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 461 Client PC Insta ll Instruction s Install th e Job Ac count Prin ter Driver in th e Clien t PC first, a nd then the Cli ent S/W . T o in stall the Job Acco unt Pr inter Driv er: 1. Install the J ob Ac count Printer Drive r using Add P rinte r Wizar d.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 462 Uninst alling th e Software Server PC Uninst all Instru ctions To unin sta ll the Se rver S /W, del ete al l pri nters th at have be en reg ister ed in the Server S/ W. To delete a printe r: 1. Select a prin ter in the left pane of Se rver S/W .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 463 Client PC uni nstall Instructions Uninstal l the Cl ient S/W first. The n, dele te the J ob Acc ount Pri nter Driver if yo u do no t ne ed it. To uninstall the Client S/W: Click Star t ® Programs ® Okid at a ® OKI Pr int Job Accou nting Client ® Delete OKI Print Job Accounting client .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 464 Log Display Logs (*2) Cha nges t he d isplay from To tal to L ogs. Disp lays Logs(*2 ) Change s the dis play from T o tal to Logs. Disp lay To t a l ( * 2 ) Change s the dis play t o T otal p er Printer , Account I D or month.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 465 Help Notes Server ID Displays Server ID. V ersion Info Display s version infor mation . Notes *1.Befor e running th i s menu, se lect the subject print e r from the “Print e r Tree ” on the Select pane (Left side of scre e n).
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 466 How to add a printer To use this S ystem, y ou nee d to re giste r print ers in t he Ser ver S/W . Check tha t the pr inters to be m anaged by this S yste m are pow ered up and prope rly co nnecte d, a nd then regist er them by fol lowin g the procedu re be low.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 467 Select the p rinter you want to registe r fro m the lis t of prin ters sear ched and cl ick on t he Ne xt but ton. 3. Set the prin ter at the fol lowing screen . Acquire Logs You c an desig nate time to acqu ire logs by a n inter val or tim e.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 468 Operation at log f ull You c an selec t an op erati on that a prin ter pe rforms when th e buffer for lo g st oring becom es fu ll an d cannot stor e any more log s from the c ombo box. The re ar e the fo llowing t hree o ptions .
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 469 How to set u p f ees Cl ickin g on th e Define fees button will d ispla y the s creen fo r set tin g up/sel ecting fees.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 470 Selec tion pane (lef t side of scre en) and t hen Proper ty fro m the Printer menu ; the fol lowing screen di spla ys.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 471 Usage limits You c an set usage limits for a J ob Ac coun t ID. Whe n “Pri nting not perm itted” is sel ected, other settin gs ca nno t be ch anged. P rin ting no t permitte d: All printin g is can cell ed. Inhi bit colo r print ing: Co lor d ata pri nting is cancel led.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 472 How to r ead the lo g The item s that are di spla yed as pri nt log s are as follo ws: Co lumn Desc rip ti on Log No.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 473 T roublesh ootin g Q. The printer I selected is not shown in the “Pr inter - Add a printer” menu. A. If i t is of fline, the print er wil l not be sho wn. Chec k to s ee that the printer is n ot offli ne. Ther e are times th e pri nter is not sho wn during pr intin g.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 474 Q. The f ollow ing mes sage wa s displa yed i n the “P rinter - Acquire a Log” me nu. “This processing c annot do betwee n acquisition of a Log.” A. Prin t log i s alrea dy bei ng ac quired fr om th e pri nter at thi s tim e.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 475 PRINTSUPER VISION PrintS uperV ision i s a web -based a pplic ation for manag in g printin g devices co nnecte d to a networ k. P rint SuperVi sion prov ides a ccess to networke d pri nter data for mo nitor ing, repo rting and ma naging networke d prin ters.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 476 T ypical us age scenario s • The netwo rk a dministr ator in a l arge org anizatio n can get cust omize d dail y re ports of th e status o f all print ers inc ludin g usage reports. User accoun ts can be confi gured so tha t a perso n in eac h departm ent ca n manag e th eir loc al prin ters.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 477 NETWORK PRIN TE R STATUS UTILITY This ut ility cre ates a n additi onal t ab (S TATUS ) in t he Pos tScrip t and PCL driv ers that al lows the cl ient to monito r the s elect ed prin ter’s status . To I n s t a l l 1.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 478 Click o n an item t o see t his i nform ation: Check ing the Print er St atus Click th e WEB S ETTING butto n. The fol lowin g screen di splays: Tr ays: Pap er T.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 479 Click o n the i tems l isted on the left to see : • Networ k Sum mary • Login for Adm i nistra tors • Job L ogin • Printer Menu To see real- time print er st atus, cli ck t he UP DA TE ST A TUS button.
C9300/C9500 Software Utilities • 480 OKI LPR UTILITY Oki LP R Utility allow s you to print directl y to a printer o n th e network without a pri nt serv er. It creates an Ok i Prin ter P ort, a nd ins talls a pop-up s tatus box s o you can mo nitor printer statu s.
Index • 483 Index A Ad dit iona l m emo ry 392 Windo ws 2000 15 0 Windo ws Me/98/95 217 Windo ws NT 4.0 282 Windo ws XP 78 Addi t iona l pa per tra ys 40 0 B Book lets 1 9 1 Windo ws 2000 19 1 Windo ws Me/98/95 252 Windo ws NT 4.0 322 Windo ws XP 123 C Chan gin g de faul ts Windo ws 2000 15 7 Windo ws Me/98/95 222 Windo ws NT 4.
Index • 484 E Envelop e types 39 Env elo pes 409 Error mess ages 369 F Factors that affect colo r printing Windo ws 2000 16 3 Windo ws Me/98/95 226 Windo ws NT 4.0 298 Windo ws XP 94 Font s ubstitu tion Windo ws Me/98/95 259 Fuser unit 3 62 H Hard disk 396 Hard disk drive Windo ws 2000 15 1 Windo ws Me/98/95 219 Windo ws NT 4.
Index • 485 Options Additional memory 392 Addi tional p aper trays 400 Dupl ex unit 399 Inte rnal hard disk 396 Network interf ace card 391 Overlays Windo ws 2000 20 6 Windo ws Me/98/95 270 Windo ws NT 4.
Index • 486 R Render ing intent s 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.
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