Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 10ex Oki
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User’ s Guide 10exuGB.p65 28/09/98, 11:49 1.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 2 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control.
User’s Guide 3 English Contents Safety Instructions ............................................................ 4 Important W iring Instructions .......................................... 6 Printer Control Panel ....................................
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 4 Safety Instructions Y our Oki pr inter has been car efully designed to g iv e you year s of safe , reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, ho we ver , there ar.
User’s Guide 5 English • Aside from the routine maintenance described in this handbook, do not try to service the printer yourself; opening the cover may expose you to shocks or other hazards. • Do not make any adjustments other than those outlined in the handbook you may cause damage requiring extensive repair work.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 6 Important Wiring Instructions The wires in the power cable are coloured in accordance with the following code: Green and Y ellow — Earth Blue — Neutral Brown — Liv e If .
User’s Guide 7 English Printer Control Panel OKIP AGE 12i/n The Ready Light ON Printer is on-line ready to receive data. OFF Printer is off-line, cannot recei ve data. All button functions are now active. BLINKING Printer is receiving data. The Display Window Indicates the following: • What the printer is doing during normal operation.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 8 ON LINE When printer is off-line: switches printer to on-line. When printer is on-line: switches printer to off-line. When in menu mode: press to end Menu session. P APER SIZE/Print Menu When the printer is off-line: press to enter the Paper Size Quick Menu.
User’s Guide 9 English Viewing and Modifying Menu Settings T wo menus are av aila ble: 1. Press ON LINE to place the printer off-line. 2. Enter Menu 1 or Menu 2 as required. Menu 1 is selected by momentarily pressing and releasing the MENU 1/Menu 2 button.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 10 Category PERSONALITY TRA Y SELECT EDIT SIZE P APER SIZE MEDIA TYPE Items EMULA TE MANUAL P APER IN AUTO TRA Y (if T ray 2 is installed) EDT SIZE TRA Y 1 MANUAL TRA Y 2 (appea.
User’s Guide 11 English Category P APER SIZE CHK COPIES FONTS & SYMBOLS P AGE LA YOUT 1 P AGE LA YOUT 2 HOST I/F (OKIP AGE 12i/n) Items SIZE CHK COPIES FONT SRC DLLSOFT (appears if loaded) FONT NO.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 12 Level 2 Menu Category PRINT MODE AUTO OPERA TION DARKNESS CONTROL POWER SA VING LOW TONER TONER SA VING CLEARABLE WARNINGS ERROR REPORT P ARALLEL I/F Items MODE (resolution) .
User’s Guide 13 English Category NETWORK (OKIP AGE 12i/n) LANGUAGE Items FRAME TCP/IP DHCP RARP IP BYTE 1 IP BYTE 2 IP BYTE 3 IP BYTE 4 SM BYTE 1 SM BYTE 2 SM BYTE 3 SM BYTE 4 GW BYTE 1 GW BYTE 2 GW BYTE 3 GW BYTE 4 NETWARE ETHERT ALK NET MNT SELF TEST LANGUAGE P arameter s AUT O , 802.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 14 Paper Choosing Paper • For best results, use paper that is smooth and of high quality , like copier type paper or paper with a Shef field rating of 100-250. • Store paper in its ream wrapper until you are ready to use it.
User’s Guide 15 English 1 2 1 3 Installing Paper 1. Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printer and place plain paper in the tray , car efull y keeping the lev el of the paper in the tray below the guide marks (1).
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 16 Printing Envelopes 1. Pull out the rear exit extender until it locks and lift out the support bar . Pull do wn the manual feed tray and adjust the paper guides. 2. Inser t the en velope, f lap do wn and to the left, until the printer grips it.
User’s Guide 17 English T oner When to Replace the T oner Cartridge Replace the toner cartridge after TONER LOW displays in the printer control panel windo w . After T ONER LOW displays, the printer will print about 100 more pages, then display TONER EMPTY and stop printing.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 18 1 2 3. Unwrap the new cartridge. 4. Remove the tape. 6. Push the coloured tab forward to release the toner into the toner hopper . 5. Insert the cartridge into the print er , left end f irst as illustrat ed. 7. Close the printer cover .
User’s Guide 19 English Image Drum When to Replace the Image Drum Cartridge When the drum reaches 90% of its life, the CHG DRUM message will display in the printer control panel window . Change the image drum cartridge when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 20 2. Remove the new image drum from the package. 3. Remov e the protective paper . 4. Install the new image drum cartridge into the printer placing the alignment pins on each end into the slots in the printer . 5. Remove the shipping insert from the toner well and discard.
User’s Guide 21 English Fonts What Is a Font? Strictly speaking, a font refers to a set of printable characters in a particular typeface of a specific size (e.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 22 Status Messages This section contains explanations of the different messages you will see, displayed on one, or both lines in the LCD window of your printer . Ready Light Status ON OFF BLINK UNDEFINED Control Panel Messages tttttt = TRA Y1, FEEDER, TRA Y2 (option).
User’s Guide 23 English Message Statu s Message Statu s Toner sensor error. Indicates that the printer has reached the end of its life (image drum). Print quality may be affected Indicates that copy pages are being printed. nnn = current page. mmm = total pages.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 24 Memory has overflowed for one of the following reasons. • Too much data on page. • Too much macro data. • Too much DLL data. Press RECOVER to continue. Install extra memory or reduce data on page. The receive buffer memory has overflowed.
User’s Guide 25 English Cover is open. Press down firmly to close. EEPROM ID check error. Press RECOVER to reset EEPROM to factory default. Abnormality found in the printer. Switch printer off then on again to clear, if problem persists, contact service representative.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 26 Printer Maintenance Maintenance Menu This menu includes printer maintenance and operating functions. T o enter the Maintenance Menu: 1. Turn of f the printer . 2. Press and hold MENU 1/Menu 2 and turn the printer on. USER MNT displays.
User’s Guide 27 English 1 Generating a Cleaning Page If your printer shows signs of fading, streaking or erratic marks, you may be able to clear the problem by generating a drum cleaning page as follows: 1. Press the ON-LINE button to take the printer off line.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 28 1 Cleaning the LED Array Clean the LED array • whenever you install a new toner cartridge. • if you see faded vertical areas or light printing down a page. W ipe the LED array (1) gently with the cleaning pad that came with your toner cart ridge.
User’s Guide 29 English 1 2 Basic T rouble Shooting Paper Jams Y our printer ma y experience a paper jam in one of three areas. The display message will indicate which area has caused the jam: INPUT JAM Paper has failed to leave the selected tray and enter the printer’ s internal pa per path.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 30 Feed Jam or Exit Jam 1 . Remove the tray and clear any mis-fed sheets, as described in the previous example. 2. Open the cov er . The fuser area will be hot. This area is clearly marked. Do not touch it. 3. Carefully lift out the image drum unit, complete with the toner cartridge.
User’s Guide 31 English Print Quality Problems Before consulting a service representative regarding a print quality problem, check the table below to see if there is a solution, or something you might have overlooked. Symptom Blank sheets printed. Entire page prints faintly .
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 32 Symptom Oblong area of faint print appears on each page. V ertical white streaking or faint areas on page. V ertical black lines. Fuzzy print. Distorted print. Faded print. Smeared or blotched print. Problem Dropout caused by using paper exposed to high humidity .
User’s Guide 33 English Symptom Printed page is light/blurred. Bold characters and dark lines are smeared. Print is darker than usual. Pages curl excessively . Problem Is toner low? Is paper meant for laser printers? LED array is dirty . T oner is low .
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 34 Software Problems Y our softw ar e (operating en vir onment, applications and printer dr i vers) controls the printing process. Make sur e you hav e selected the right dri ver f or use with your printer . See your software documentation for more information.
User’s Guide 35 English Symptom Graphic image prints partly on one page, partly on the next. When you try to print nothing happens, but printer indicates it is ready to receive data. “Garbage” prints. Printer freezes or displays error message when computer is rebooted.
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 36 Specifications Printing Process: LED array imaging to organic photoconductive drum. Power Supply: V oltag e: 230V+6%,-14% — 240V ±10% AC Frequency: 50/60Hz ±2% Power Cable: 1.8m separate cable, terminated with country specific plug.
User’s Guide 37 English Index A AUTO OPERA TION ............... 12 B bitmapped fonts ...................... 2 1 black lines printed ................... 32 blank sheets printed ............... 3 1 blurred output ......................... 33 but t on s .
OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 38 Problems ................................ 29 protective sheet ...................... 20 Q Quick Menus ............................. 8 R rated speed ............................ 34 REC BUFF ............................. 26 REC BUFOVERFLOW .
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OKIP A GE 10e x, 12i/n 40 Oki Systems (UK) Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Trading Estate Slough Berks. SL1 4LE T el: 01753-819819 Fax: 01753-819899 http://www .
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