Oki B410d B410//B420/B430 User Guide (English)

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  ... Information Copyright © 2008 by Oki Data. All Rights Reserved Document Information _____ B410d/B410dn/B420dn/B430dn ..., expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein. The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the web site: http://www....
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  ......6 Printer features ...6 Using your printer ...6 About this manual ...Online usage...Printing Pages...Abbreviations used ...7......Paper Tray ...Multi purpose tray and manual feed tray ...Paper feed, size and media setting ...B410d and B410dn ...B420dn, B430dn ...Printer drivers ...Windows operating ...
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  ...Manual duplex printing using the Manual Feed Tray (B410d and B410dn) or the Multi-Purpose ... life ...When to replace the toner cartridge ...Replacing the toner cartridge ...Image drum life ...When to replace... ...Replacing the image drum...Generating a cleaning page ...B410d and B410dn ...B420dn, B430dn...
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  ... benefit from its full functionality, this model has been designed to operate only with genuine original toner cartridges. Any other toner cartridge may not operate at all, even if it is described as "compatible", and if it does work, your product...
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  ... 10 envelopes), and can also use as manual duplex. Manual Feed tray for B410d and B410dn: to feed single sheets, heavy ...YOUR PRINTER To help you get the most from your printer, the manufacturer has provided a variety of supporting materials. A summary of these materials and their purposes is given in...
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  ... is the user's guide (check the Oki Printing Solutions website, www.okiprintingsolutions.com, for the most up-to-date..., power up your printer, and install software. This User's Guide: to help you... associated with the printer driver and the Menu Setup Tool (B410n/B410dn) software. > > This manual...
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  ... page numbers. Click OK. ABBREVIATIONS USED The following abbreviations are used in this manual: ABBREVIATION Ctrl dpi DIMM d n LED NIC PCL PS PSE ... Emitting Diode Network Interface Card Printer Control Language PostScript (emulation) PostScript Emulation Random Access Memory About this manual > 8
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  ... Tray level indicator ON/OFF switch Rear Output cover LED array Image drum Manual Feed Tray (only for B410d, B410dn and B420dn; single sheet feed) (shown in open position) Toner cartridge Fuser unit Top cover 7 15 14 13 Printer components > 9
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  ... unit Parallel interface connection USB interface connection LAN interface connection (only for B410dn, B420dn and B430dn) Test button (only for B410dn, B420dn and B430dn) Memory panel (to upgrade your printer's memory RAM DIMM) Cooling fan Printer components > 10
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  ... describe the Printer Menu Setup Tool at this point as it provides the B410d and B410dn, the equivalent of the menu control panel on the B420dn, ... data. Attention LED (red) > > Indicator on - this indicates a warning, (e.g. low toner). Indicator off - this indicates normal condition. The meaning of...
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  ... processing data during printing or the printer is resetting. x There is a printing error, for example, a problem ... is a minor error with the printer, for example, toner is low and the image drum needs to be changed... can also be printed using the printer's Printer Menu Setup tool. Operator panels...
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  ... printing has been cancelled. NOTE To reset the printer to the default settings of the manufacturer, the Online button is ... PRINTER MENU SETUP TOOL After installing the printer driver software onto your computer, ... out as follows: Click on Start > All Programs > Okidata > Printer Menu Setup Tool and ...
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  ... settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software. The settings that you ... select three copies of your document in the printer driver. Information menu This menu provides ... EXECUTE EXECUTE EXECUTE EXECUTE REMARKS B410dn only Is displayed only when ‘USAGE REPORTମ.
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  ... menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. ITEM COPIES DUPLEX MANUAL PAPER FEED AUTO TRAY SWITCH TRAY SEQUENCE MEDIA CHECK RESOLUTION TONER SAVE MODE ORIENTATION LINES PER PAGE EDIT SIZE DEFAULT 1 OFF OFF TRAY1 ...
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  .... ITEM POW SAVE TIME PERSONALITY CLRABLE WARNING AUTO CONTINUE MANUAL TIMEOUT TIMEOUT INJOB TIMEOUT LOCAL TIMEOUT NET LOW TONER JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT... 40 SEC 40 SEC 90 SEC CONTINUE ON OFF REMARKS B410dn only PCL Emulation This menu controls the printer's PCL ...
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  PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer's PPR emulation. ITEM CHARACTER PITCH FONT CONDENSE CHARACTER SET SYMBOL SET LETTER O STYLE ZERO CHARACTER LINE PITCH WHITE PAGE SKIP CR FUNCTION LF FUNCTION LINE LENGTH FORM LENGTH TOF POSITION LEFT MARGIN FIT TO LETTER TEXT HEIGHT DEFAULT 10 CPI ...
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  ... menu This menu controls the operation of the printer's parallel data interface. ITEM PARALLEL BI-DIRECTION ECP...menu This menu controls the operation of the printer's USB data interface. ITEM USB SOFT RESET ...100Base-TX network interface. NOTE This is applicable to the B410dn model. ITEM TCP/IP IP ...
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  ... Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. ITEM MENU RESET ... only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable ... soon you will need them. ITEM DRUM LIFE TONER DEFAULT REMAINING% REMAINING% REMARKS ...
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  .... Using the Online button 1. 2. 3. Press the Online button to take the printer off-line. Press and hold down the Online ...demo print page. See "Online button" on page 12. Using the Printer Menu Setup Tool 1. 2. 3. Select Start > All Programs > Okidata > Printer Menu Setup Tool. The Printer Menu ...
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  ... displayed (press and hold for five seconds), it forces the printer to print out the remaining ... size, pressing the Online button forces the printer to print. 6. 7. 8. Cancel button. When printing press ... data. OFF indicates Offline. Attention indicator (red). ON indicates a warning (e.g. low toner...
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  ...these settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software. The settings that you ...if you have set the number of copies in the Printer Menu settings to one, this will be overridden if ... Shutdown menu This menu shuts down the printer. ITEM SHUTDOWN START ACTION EXECUTE ...
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  ITEM MP TRAY USAGE MEDIA CHECK RESOLUTION TONER SAVE MODE ORIENTATION LINES PER PAGE EDIT ... installed System configuration menu This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to ... NET PS-PROTOCOL CLRABLE WARNING AUTO CONTINUE MANUAL TIMEOUT TIMEOUT INJOB TIMEOUT LOCAL DEFAULT ...
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  ITEM TIMEOUT NET LOW TONER JAM RECOVERY ERROR REPORT START UP DEFAULT 90 SEC CONTINUE ON OFF OFF REMARKS B430dn only PCL emulation This menu controls the printer's PCL emulation. ITEM FONT SOURCE FONT NO. FONT PITCH SYMBOL SET A4 PRINT WIDTH WHITE PAGE SKIP CR FUNCTION LF FUNCTION PRINT MARGIN ...
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  ... 6 LPI OFF CR 80 COLUMN 11.7 INCH 0.0 INCH 0.0 INCH DISABLE SAME REMARKS Parallel menu This menu controls the operation of the printer's parallel data interface. ITEM PARALLEL BI-DIRECTION ECP ACK WIDTH ACK/BUSY TIMING I-PRIME OFFLINE RECEIVE DEFAULT ENABLE ENABLE ENABLE NARROW ACK IN BUSY ...
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  USB menu This menu controls the operation of the printer's USB data interface. ITEM USB SOFT RESET SPEED OFFLINE RECEIVE SERIAL NUMBER DEFAULT ENABLE DISABLE 480Mbps DISABLE ENABLE REMARKS Network menu This menu controls the operation of the printer's 10Base-T/100Base-TX network interface. ...
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  .... Maintenance menu This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. ITEM MENU RESET ... only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable ... soon you will need them. ITEM DRUM LIFE TONER DEFAULT REMAINING% REMAINING% REMARKS ...
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  PRINTING MENU SETTINGS Current menu settings can be confirmed by printing a Menu Map, using the control panel. 1. Press the Menu press 2. 3. 4. Press the Press the button. or button until the display prompts you to print the menu map. or button until the INFORMATION MENU is available, then button ...
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  ... in the "Specifications" chapter. NOTE The reference to Manual Feed Tray is for the B410d and B410dn models and the Multi Purpose ... use in laser type printers. The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously impact on the life of the image drum. Do not use very smooth, shiny/glossy paper...
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  ... when selecting postcards for use in your printer: > > > > > Always manually feed single postcards using ...tray, keeping the level of the paper in the tray below the paper full guide arrowheads shown on the paper... the paper tray using the rear paper support (5). 1 4 3 2 NOTE Load letter headed paper...
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  ... the lugs, tilting and sliding the support forwards or backwards as necessary. 6 7 5 8 3. Adjust the paper guides (5). It is important to adjust the paper guides ... will exit via this path, regardless of driver settings. Always use this tray in conjunction with the Manual Feed Tray, Multi Purpose ...
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  ... paper supports (2), and adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper (4). B410: Pull down the Manual Feed Tray (1), and adjust the paper guides (2) to the width of the paper. 1 2 4 B420/B430 2. 3 1 2 B420,... up and top edge into the printer. > For two-sided (duplex) printing on headed ...
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  ... set the media type in your printer driver. However, the printer driver settings will override the settings ... Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs, when filling a tray ... that you manually set the printer to match the media as described here. B410D AND B410DN ...
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  ... LCD will display an error message. > The following printer settings are given as a guide only. Some software ... can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs, it is recommended that when filling a tray with media you manually ... feed, paper size, paper weight and media type can be set manually ...
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  ...Press the Cancel or Online or the Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file. Media type and weight Set media type and weight... the MENU mode. Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file. Paper recommendations >...
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  .... 3. LAN - For network cable connection. This port is standard on the B410dn, B420dn and B430dn. NOTE > It is not recommended that you... for further details on how to configure the network connection before installing the printer drivers. NOTE Administrator's authority is required when installing ...
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  ... file on the CD for details on installing the appropriate Macintosh drivers. INSTALLED OPTIONS Ensure that any installed options are enabled in the printer driver. CHOOSING A MAC DRIVER The B410d, B410dn and B420dn ... allow you to use only a PCL Mac driver. The B430dn models can also use a...
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  ... SETTINGS IN WINDOWS NOTE The illustrations in this guide relate to Windows XP PCL and PS .... The operator panel controlled menus and Printer Menu Setup Tool (described in the chapter... print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those settings in the operator...
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  ...the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer. You can choose the source of the paper to ...be Tray 1 (the standard paper tray), Manual Feed Tray (B410d and B410dn), Tray 2 (if you ..., meaning you must pass the paper through the printer twice. For more information, see “2-sided printingମ.
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  ...page can be set as follows. The ProQ1200 setting for B410d and B410dn prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires ... mainly text. You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some print jobs. ... button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing. 4. In Raster (bitmap) mode, ...
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  ...in black without dithering. Select the check-box to disable greyscale printing or de-select the check-box to enable greyscale printing. You can manually adjust lightness (the higher the setting the lighter the print) and contrast (the higher the setting the greater the contrast). A single on-screen ...
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  .../Quality Tab and the Job Options Tab. Layout tab My Printer Printing Preferences 1 2 3 4 5 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Page orientation can be set to portrait ...to be able to set further document options as follows: My Printer Advanced Options 1 2 3 1. 2. 3. Select the required printed paper size. You can...
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  ...the printed page can be set as follows. > The ProQ1200 for B410d and B410dn setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It ... most printing jobs. You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some print jobs. Operation ...
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  ...button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing. 3. 4. 5. 6. You can select... FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather... Options Tab. General tab My Printer Properties 1 2 3 1. 2. This area lists some of the main...
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  ... ones. Use this option if you want to maximise printer efficiency. When this option is disabled the spooler chooses documents based ... documents after they are completed. This allows documents to be re submitted to the printer from the spooler instead of printing again from the application program. If...
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  compatibility problems occur you can disable the feature. However, these advanced options ... not be available, even though the hardware might support them. 9. This button provides access to the same ... which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled “Installing optionsମ.
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  ...on your application. You can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled "Installing options". PRINTER SETTINGS IN MACINTOSH Refer to the readme file on the driver CD and the online help provided in the driver software. ...
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  .... You can specify the length of time before a printer enters power saving mode by setting a ... MODE B410d and B410dn Use the Menu Setup Tool 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select Start > Programs > Oki Data > OKI... box appears saying " The setting has been applied to the printer." Click OK. B420dn and B430dn Use ...
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  B420dn and B430dn Use the Printer Menu via the Operator Panel 1. 2. 3. 4. Press the Menu Press Press or or or button until Maintenance Menu appears. Press . . until Power Save appears. Press until Disable appears. Press . An asterisk (*) will appear to confirm the selection. Press Online. ...
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  ... enables booklet printing, which uses even less paper. This printer has the option of Auto Duplex and Manual Duplex printing. NOTE The steps in the process relate to ... the input tray: Tray1 (or optional Tray2), or Manual Feed Tray (B410d and B410dn), or Multi Purpose Tray (B420dn,...
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  MANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE PAPER TRAY (WINDOWS ONLY) NOTE Manual Duplex printing is available only for Windows PCL Driver. You cannot use A6 ... or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice. 1. 2. 3. 4. Ensure that there is enough paper in the Paper ...
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  ... that the printed side is facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer (4). 4 9. Close the Paper Tray and press the Online button. The message window ... for other side. The default time is set to one minute, failing which, the data is deleted and not printed. 2-sided printing > 52
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  MANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE MANUAL FEED TRAY (B410D AND B410DN) OR THE MULTI-PURPOSE ... the paper one page at a time in the B410 Manual Feed Tray (or the entire stack in the B420dn ... and the top of the page facing into the printer. Ensure that the paper is gripped in place. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. LONG ...
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  SHORT EDGE. 8. Press the Online button. The remaining page(s) of your document print on the blank side of the paper, one sheet at a time as you feed it into the B410 Manual Feed Tray or the stack of pages from the Multi-Purpose Feeder (B420 and B430). 2-sided printing > 54
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  ... steps are required to create an overlay: 1. 2. Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer (.PRN) file. Use the Storage Device Manager ... printer name (1) is that of your PostScript printer driver. Select the Print To File (2) option. Click the Properties ...
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  ... printer. If you have a hard disk in the printer, SDM will automatically download files to it. If not... click OK. There will be a short pause while the printer processes the form, and then it will print....Control Panel. Right-click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences ...
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  ...window. The new overlay now appears in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window. 8. 9. Repeat the above procedure if you wish to... choose any options you will require, ensuring that the target printer is your PostScript printer driver in which the overlays have been defined. Click ...
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  ... steps are required to create an overlay: 1. 2. Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer (.PRN) file. Use the Storage Device Manager ... printer name (1) is that of 1 your PCL printer driver. Select the Print To File (2) option. When prompted for a print ...
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  ... and click OK. After a short pause the printer will print the macro. When each macro has ... new overlays are ready for use. 1. 2. 3. 4. Open the Printers (called "Printers and Faxes" in Windows XP) ... Control Panel. Right-click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences ...
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  The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window. 6. When done, click OK to close the ...€™s Print… dialogue and choose any options you will require, ensuring that the target printer is your PCL printer driver in which the overlays have been defined. ...
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  ...AND MAINTENANCE This section deals with the replacement of the toner cartridge and image drum and general maintenance. CONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS ITEM Toner, 3.5K: B410d/B410dn/B420dn/B430dn Toner... toner cartridge installed in a new printer has to fill the image drum reservoir and saturate the...
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  If you do spill any toner powder, lightly brush it off. If this is ...has been illustrated below. The principles are the same for all models of this printer. 3. Pull the colored lever (1) on the right side of the toner cartridge towards the front of the printer to close the cartridge then remove the ...
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  ... end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge. 3 4 8. 9. 10. Remove the...colored lever to the right (5), lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old ... the left end of the cartridge into the image drum unit first. Align it under the tabs ...
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  ... it is firmly seated, push the colored lever towards the rear of the printer (8). Push the lever all the way forward until the pointers on the drum and the toner are aligned (8a... lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit. 8 8a 12. Gently wipe ...
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  ... in the operator panel LCD. Change the image drum when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate.... below. The principles are the same for all the models of this printer. 1. Press the cover release and open ..., remove the used image drum and toner cartridge, out of the printer. Consumables and...
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  .... This will release the bond between the toner cartridge and the image drum unit. Lift the right-... cartridge inside the packaging material for disposal. NOTE Follow instructions that come with the new image ... their slots in the sides of the printer cavity (3). 2 1 3 10. 11. Gently wipe the LED array...
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  ..., the problem may be cleared by generating a drum cleaning page as follows. B410D AND B410DN ... Print and click Execute. Open the Manual Feed Tray and insert a sheet... OFF LINE. Open the Manual Feed Tray and insert a sheet of Letter/A4... See "Multi purpose tray and manual feed tray" on page 32. Press...
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  5. 6. 7. Press the button. The printer grips the paper and prints a cleaning page. The printer should now be ON LINE. If subsequent printing appears faded or uneven, try replacing the toner cartridge. Consumables and maintenance > 68
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  CLEANING THE LED ARRAY Clean the LED array whenever a new toner cartridge is installed or if there are faded vertical areas or light printing down a page. Wipe the LED array gently with a soft tissue. Consumables and maintenance > 69
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  TROUBLESHOOTING STATUS AND ERROR MESSAGES Your printer has been designed to give you helpful ... during normal operation but also if a printing problem occurs so that you can take appropriate ... your printer should give years of reliable service. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, ...
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  ... paper. Remove any paper from the underside of the printer (2). 2 1 4. Replace the paper tray. After successful removal of any damaged or misfed paper, the printer should continue printing. FEED JAM OR.... Never touch the surface of the green drum inside the image drum unit. Troubleshooting > 71
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  ...paper path. 5. Re-install the image drum complete with toner cartridge, ensuring that the pegs (1 & 2) correctly locate into the slots on each side of the printer (3). 2 1 3 6. Lower the top cover but do ... sheets. Open the rear cover and check for paper in the rear path. 7. Troubleshooting > 72...
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  ...2 1 > If the paper is difficult to remove, push the cover in the arrow direction, raise it and remove the paper. 9. Open the Multi Purpose Tray (1) (Manual Feed Tray for B410d and B410dn). Troubleshooting > 73
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  ...drum, close the top cover and switch the printer on. Remove the jammed paper from the exit when the exit ... environments, causes toner to stick to background. Hardware problem. Damaged image drum cartridge..., check paper storage environment or use a dehumidifier; check toner level. Troubleshooting > 74...
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  ... service. Clean LED array. Contact service. Clean LED array. Generate cleaning page. ...; toner dropped inside printer or image drum problem. Is toner low? Is paper meant for laser printers? ... and humidity. Store paper in protective wrapping. Recommended operating humidity: 2080%. Troubleshooting > 75
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  .... Load postcards, envelopes, label sheets or transparencies in the Manual Feed tray or Multi Purpose tray. ... setting is selected for Paper Source in the printer driver. The printer menu setting is incorrect. Printing ... paper. Printing does not resume only by removing paper jam. Troubleshooting > 76
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  SOFTWARE PROBLEMS Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls ... indicates it is ready to receive data. Garbage prints. PROBLEM Insufficient printer memory for this image ...job is printed. To eliminate warm up delay, change Power Save setting. Troubleshooting > 77
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  INSTALLING OPTIONS The following options are available to extend the performance of your printer: > > 128 and 256MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files Second paper tray: to increase your printer's ...
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  ... (10.2.8 - 10.5) / OS X Intel (10.4.4 - 10.5) Unix/Linux Emulations B410d, B410dn and B420dn, B420dn: PCL5e, PCLXL, Epson FX, ... B410dn, B420dn and B430dn: 100BASE-TX/10Base-T Processor Memory Printer/Fuser life Toner life 297 MHz PowerPC B410d, B410dn and B420dn: 32MB expandible to 288MB B430dn: ...
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  ...optional second tray and Multi Purpose Tray) B410d, B410dn and B420dn: Automatic feeding via... Multi Purpose Tray: 50 sheets B410d and B410dn: Manual Feed Tray: Single sheet... B430dn: 70,000 pages Consumables Power cable Noise level Toner cartridge, Image drum Approximately 1.8 m max. length Operation...
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  PAPER AND TRAY INFORMATION Feed and ejection methods vary depending on the type, size and thickness of medium used. Use the chart below and the notes/symbols/terms on the following page for initial guidance. (Minor variations to settings may be necessary depending on user setup and environmental ...
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  ... 90 - 216 L: 148 - 356 Labels A4 Letter Transparencies A4 Letter X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 0 0 0 0 Weight L, ML, M, MH H T 1 0 T 2 0 MPT 0 M F X Manual T1 0 T2 0 MPT 0 MF 0 X X X X 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0 X 0 0 A6 X X X X X X 0 0 Custom W: 90 -...
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  ... to use custom paper sizes with the PS emulation driver. Tray 1 can accommodate paper with width of 100...Postcards, Envelopes as Heavy. Label mode must be selected in the printer driver, if you want to print on heavy...2 (optional) Multi Purpose Tray (B420, B430) Manual Feed Tray (B410) Face Up printing ...
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  SERVICE AND SUPPORT Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week > > Visit our multilingual web site: www.okiprintingsolutions.com Call 1-800-654-3282 Service and Support > 84

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