Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 410d Oki
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> 2 Copyright Information Copyright © 2008 by Oki Data. All Rights Reserved Document Infor mation _________ _____________ __________ ____________ _______ B410d/B410 dn/B420dn/ B430dn User’s Guide P/N 59309301, Revisi on 1.
Contents > 3 C ONTENTS Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Notes, Cautions and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction . . .
Contents > 4 2-sided printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Auto duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Manual duplex printing using the paper tr ay (Windows onl y) .
Notes, Cautions an d Warnings > 5 N OTES , C AUTIONS AND W ARNINGS For the protection of your product, and in or der to ensure that you be nefit from its full functionality, this model has b een designed to operate only with genuine original toner cartridges.
Introduction > 6 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasi ng this monochrome page printer. Your new printer is designed with a range of advanced features to give you cri sp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print media. For your information, a summary of the main features of your printer i s given below.
About this manual > 7 A BOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is the user’s guide (check the Oki Printing Solutions website, www.okiprintingsolutions. com, for the most up-t o-date version) for your printer and forms part of the overall user support listed bel ow: > Quick Setup Poster: easy to follow graphical i nstructions for quick printer setup.
About this manual > 8 (c) Pages from and to for the range of pages you specify by entering thei r page numbers. 3. Click OK . A BBREVIATIONS USED The following abbreviations are used in this manual.
Printer componen ts > 9 P RINTER COMPONENTS Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next c hapter, the B410d/ B410dn/B420dn/B430dn printers look similar fr om the outside. The important components are identified in the representations below.
Printer componen ts > 10 17. Power cable connection 18. Duplex unit 19. Par allel interface connection 20. USB interface connection 21. LAN interface connection (only for B410dn, B420dn and B430dn) 22. T est button (only for B 410dn, B420dn and B430dn) 23.
Operator panels > 11 O PERATOR PANELS This chapter describes the functi on of the operat or panel on your printer. It is useful to describe the Printer Menu Setup Tool at this point as it provides .
Operator panels > 12 LCD The LCD (3) has two rows of up to 16 alphanumer ic digits, dis playing print status and error messages. O NLINE BUTTON The primary functions of the Online button (4) are activated by pressing the switc h momentarily and releasing.
Operator panels > 13 > Re setting the printer and clearing the bu ffer after printing has been cancelled. C HANGING LANGUAGE The default language u sed by your printer for display messages and for report printing is English.
Operator panels > 14 M ENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and chan ge the printer’s internal settings. You can think of this as the software equi valent of the LCD operator panel. The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as Information Menu or Print Menu.
Operator panels > 15 Print menu This menu provides adjustment of various print job related funct ions. Media menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media.
Operator panels > 16 System configurati on menu This menu adjusts general printer setting s to suit the way you prefer to work. PCL Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation.
Operator panels > 17 PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. FX Emulation This menu controls the printer’s FX emul ation. ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI FONT .
Operator panels > 18 Parallel me nu This menu controls the operation of the printer’s pa rallel data interface. USB menu This menu controls the operation of t he printer’s USB data interface. Network menu This menu controls the operat ion of the pr inter’s 10Base-T/100Base- TX network int erface.
Operator panels > 19 Print Stat istics menu This menu provides information on the number of A4/Letter pages printed and al lows you to reset the counter.
Operator panels > 20 P RINTING MENU SETTINGS The menu settings can be prin ted as a menu map as follows. Using the On line button 1. Press the Online button to tak e the printer off -line. 2. Press and hold down the Online button for at least four seconds, but less than seven seconds.
Operator panels > 21 B420 DN , B430 DN , O PERATOR PANEL The B420dn, B430dn operator panel consists of a menu driven c ontrol panel, an LCD display and two LED indicators. P ANEL ELEMENTS 1. Liquid crystal display. (LCD) panel. T wo rows of up to 16 alphanumeric digit s displaying print stat us, menu items in menu mode and error messages.
Operator panels > 22 M ENU FUNCTIONS The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as Information Menu or Print Menu. Some of these settings are similar to those fo und in your pri nter driver or application software.
Operator panels > 23 Media Menu This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. System configurati on menu This menu adjusts general printer setting s to suit the way you prefer to work.
Operator panels > 24 PCL emulation This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation. PPR Emulation This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation. TIMEOUT NET 90 SEC B430dn only LOW T ONER CONTINU E JAM RECOVERY ON ERROR REPOR T OFF ST ART UP OFF ITEM DEFAULT REMARKS FONT SOURCE RESIDENT FONT NO.
Operator panels > 25 FX Emulation This menu controls the printer’s FX emul ation. Parallel me nu This menu controls the operation of t h e printer’s parall el data interface. LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN FORM LENGT H 11.7 INCH TOF PO S IT I ON 0. 0 I NC H LEFT MARGIN 0.
Operator panels > 26 USB menu This menu controls the operation of t he printer’s USB data interface. Network menu This menu controls the operat ion of the pr inter’s 10Base-T/100Base- TX network int erface.
Operator panels > 27 Print Stat istics menu This menu provides information on the number of A4/Letter pages printed and al lows you to reset the counter.
Operator panels > 28 P RINTING MENU SETTINGS Current menu settings can be confirmed by pr i nting a Menu Map, using the cont rol panel. 1. Press the Menu or button until the I NFORMATION MENU is available, then press button. 2. Press the or button until the displa y prompts you to print the menu map.
Paper recommendations > 29 P APER RECOMMENDATIONS For guidance on the media you can use with your printer, which input tray and which ejection method to use, see the section entitled “Paper an d tray information” in the “Specifications” chapter.
Paper recommendations > 30 P OSTCARDS The manufacturer of this printer recommend s the foll owing guide lines when selecting postcards for use in your printer: > Always manually feed single postcards usi n g the Manual Feed T r ay or Multi Purpose T ray , depending on your printer model.
Paper recommendations > 31 2. Adjust the rear paper support (5) to the size of paper y o u are using by gripping the lugs, tilting and sliding the support forw ards or backwards as necessary . 3. Adjust the paper guides (5) . It is importan t to adjust the paper guides correctly to ensure that the paper is not sk ewed in th e print process.
Paper recommendations > 32 M ULTI PURPOSE TRAY AND MANUAL FEED TRAY 1. B420, B320: Pull down the Multi Purpose T ray (1 ), fold out the paper supports (2), and adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper (4). B410: Pull down the Manual Feed Tray (1), an d adjust the paper guides (2) to the width of the paper.
Paper recommendations > 33 > Envelopes should be loaded flap down, face up with the top ed ge to the lef t and short edge into the print er . > Load T r ansparencies fa ce up and top edge into the printer . > F or heavyweight paper or cardstock open the rear output cover to collect the printe d output.
Paper recommendations > 34 B420 DN , B430 DN Using the control panel on your prin ter, you can choose: > which paper to use > the size of the paper you wish to use > the weight of the pape.
Paper recommendations > 35 3. Press either or button until the required paper size is displaye d, then press the button. An as terisk (*) appears next to the selected paper size. 4. Press the Cancel or Online or the button repe ated ly to exit the MENU mode.
Interfaces > 36 I NTERFACES Your printer is equipped with a selecti on of data interfaces: 1. Parallel – For direct connection to a PC. This port requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable. 2. USB – F or connection to a PC running Window s 2000 or later or Mac OS X or later .
Printer drivers > 37 P RINTER DRIVERS This chapter describes how to i nstall a printe r driver on two types of operating system – Windows and Macintosh. The printer drivers are all contained on the pr inter driv e r CD-ROM (CD1). Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest information on printer driver installation.
Operation > 38 O PERATION This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your printer from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment. In the former, wh ile PCL emulation is available on al l printer models, PS emulation is available on t he B430dn models.
Operation > 39 Setup tab 1. Paper si ze should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), an d should also be the same as the siz e of paper you will feed into the printer .
Operation > 40 Job option s tab 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. > The ProQ1200 setting for B410d and B410dn prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer me mory and takes t he longest to print.
Operation > 41 Image tab 1. Dithering produces an intermediate greysc ale by adjusting the combination of dots used in printing. Selecting a setting determ ines the degr ee of detail with which a graphi cs image will be printed.
Operation > 42 PS EMULATION (B430 DN ) The tabs available are the Layout Tab , the Paper/Quality Tab and the Job Option s Tab . Layout tab 1. Page orientation can be set to portr ait (t all), landscape (wide) or land scape rotated by 180 degrees. 2.
Operation > 43 Paper/Q uality tab You can set the paper source or leave it as automatic sel ection and by using the Advanced button you have access to the same set of options as desc ribed above for the Layout Tab. Job option s tab 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows.
Operation > 44 2. Y ou can print watermark text behind the main page image. This is u seful for m arking documents as draft, confidential, etc. If you would like to print on special stationery, such as f orms and letterhead, but do not want to use pre- printed stationery, you can create your own using Overlays (for B430dn).
Operation > 45 Advanced ta b 1. Y ou can specify which times of da y your printer wi ll be av ailable. 2. Indicates current priority , from 1 (lowest ) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. 3. Specifies that documents should be sp oole d (stored in a special print file) before being printed.
Operation > 46 compatibility problems occur you can disable the feature. However , these advanced options may then not be av ailable, even though the hardware might support them. 9. This button provides access to the same setup windows as when printing from applications.
Operation > 47 Device s ettings tab 1. Y ou can set the desired paper sizes in each of the a vail able paper feed tr ays. 2. Y ou can make a variety of font settings depending on your application. 3. Y ou can set which optional upgr ades are in stal led on your prin ter .
Operation > 48 P OWER S AVING M ODE Power Savi ng sets how long th e printer waits before going in to standby mode. In standby mode your printer’s energy consumption is re duced. You can specify the length of time before a printer enters power saving mode by setting a larger val ue.
Operation > 49 B420dn and B430dn Use the Printer Menu via the Operator Panel 1. Press the Menu or button until Maintenance Menu appears. Pr ess . 2. Press or until Power Save appears. Press . 3. Press or until Disable appears. Press . An asterisk (*) will appear to confirm the selection.
2-sided printing > 50 2- SIDED PRINTING The duplex unit adds the function of two-si ded printing, using less paper and making large documents easier to handle. It also enab les booklet printing, which uses even less paper. This printer has the option of Auto Duplex and Manual Duplex pri nting.
2-sided printing > 51 M ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE PAPER TRAY (W INDOWS ONLY ) To carry out 2-sided, or Manual Duplex Pr inting you must pass pa per through the printer twice. 1. Ensure that there is enoug h paper in the Paper T ra y to carry out the print job.
2-sided printing > 52 8. T ake the printed paper from the Output Stack e r (3) and plac e it in the P a per T ray , ensuring t hat the printe d side is faci ng up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer (4). 9. Close the P aper T ray and press the Online button.
2-sided printing > 53 M ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE M ANUAL F EED T RAY (B410 D AND B410 DN ) OR THE M ULTI -P URPOSE T RAY (B420 DN AND B430 DN ) 1. Posi tion the paper guides on the Manual F eed T ray or Multi-Purpose Tray according to the paper size.
2-sided printing > 54 S HORT E DGE . 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 T ray or the stack of pages from the Multi-Purpose F eeder (B420 and B430).
Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 55 O VERLAYS AND M ACROS (W INDOWS ONLY ) W HAT ARE OVERL AYS AND MACROS ? If you would like to print on special statione ry, such as forms and letterhead, but do not want to use pre-printed s tationery, you ca n create your own using these advanced features.
Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 56 C REATE AND DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT 1. From the Windows Start men u, star t Storage Device Manager (SDM) and allow SDM to discover the printer . 2. Choose Projects → New Project . 3. Choose Projects → Add File to Project .
Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 57 4. In the Define Overlays window, enter a suitable name (2) for this overl ay and choos e which page(s) (3) of your documents will use this overla y . 5. Enter the name of the overl ay file (4) exactly as i t appear ed in the Storage Device Manager project window .
Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 58 C REATING PCL O VERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay: 1. Create the form data using y o ur own application softw are and print it to a printer (.PRN) file. 2. Use the Storage Device Manager ut ility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a “project file, ” import the .
Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 59 If yo u wi sh to e dit th e na me s o r ID nu m be r s, double-click the f ile entry and edit the details. Note that the names are case sensitive. 8. Choose Projects → Save Project and enter a meaningful name (e.
Overlays and Macros (Windows only) > 60 The new over lays will now appear in the Defi ned Overlays list in the printer properti es window. 6. When done, click OK to close the printing preferences window. Your new overlays are now ready and a vailabl e to be us ed for any future documents y ou wish.
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 61 C ONSUMABLES AND MAINTENANCE This section deals with the replacement of th e toner cartridge and image drum and general maintenance.
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 62 If you do spill any toner powder, lightly brush it off. If this is not enough, use a cool, damp cloth to remove any residue. Do not use hot water, and never use solven ts of any kind. They will make stains permanent .
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 63 7. Gently shake the cartri dge (3) from end to end sever al times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly i nside the cartridge. 8. Remo ve the wrappi ng material and peel off the adhesiv e tape from the underside of the cartridge (4).
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 64 11. Pressing gently down on the cartri dge to en sure that it is firmly seated, push the colored lever tow ards the rear of the printe r (8). Push the lever all the way forward until the pointers on the drum and the toner are aligned (8a).
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 65 I MAGE DRUM LIFE The life of an image drum depends on a nu mber of factors, including temperature an d humidity, the type of paper used, and the number of pages per job. The image drum should last approx imately 25, 000 pages continuous printing.
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 66 3. Put the assembly down g ently onto a piec e of paper t o prevent toner from marking your furniture and to a void damaging the green drum surface. 4. With the colored toner release lever to the ri ght, pul l the lever towards you.
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 67 G ENERAT ING A CLEANING PAGE If the printed page shows signs of fading, streaking or erratic marks, the problem may be cleared by ge nerating a drum clean ing page as follows . B410 D AND B410 DN Using the Printe r Menu Setup Tool 1.
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 68 5. Press the button. 6. The printer grips the paper and prints a cl e aning page. The printer should now be ON LINE .
Consuma bles and mai ntenance > 69 C LEANING THE LED ARRAY Clean the LED array whenever a ne w toner cartridge is installed or i f there are faded vertical areas or light printing down a page.
Troubleshooting > 70 T ROUBLESHOOTING S TATUS AND ERROR MESSAGES Your printer has been designed to give you he lpful status feedback not only during normal operation but also if a printing prob lem occurs so that you can take appropri ate corrective action.
Troubleshooting > 71 I NPUT JAM 1. Remo ve the paper tra y from the printer (1). 2. Re move an y crumpled or folded paper . 3. Remove an y paper from the underside of the printer (2). 4. Replace the paper tr ay . After successful removal of any damaged or mi sfed paper, the printer should continue printing.
Troubleshooting > 72 3. Carefully lift out t he image drum, complete with the toner cartridge. Be careful not to touch or scr atch the green drum surface.
Troubleshooting > 73 > Pull out any paper found in this area. > If the paper is low down in this area and d ifficult to remove, it is probably still gripped by the fuser . In this case, r ais e the top cov e r , reach around and press down on the fuser pressure release lever .
Troubleshooting > 74 > R emove any paper that you find ( 2), and then close the tr ay . 10. Close the top cover and press down to latch it closed. 11. The printer will warm up and commence prin ti ng w h en r e ad y . Th e pa g e lo s t t hr o u gh the jam will norma lly be repri nted.
Troubleshooting > 75 V er tical white streaking or faint areas on page. T oner is low and does not distribute properly , or the drum is worn out. Replace toner cartri dge. Check drum and replace the drum, if necessary . Contac t service. LED array is dirt y .
Troubleshooting > 76 P APER FEED PROBLEMS SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION Paper Jams occur frequently . Multiple sheets of paper are fed at the same time. The printer is tilted. Place the paper on a stable and flat surface. Paper i s too thick or too thin.
Troubleshooting > 77 S OFTWA RE PROBLEMS Your software (operating environment, appl icat ions and printer drivers) control s the printing process. Make sure you have selected the ri ght driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more i nformation.
Installing options > 78 I NSTALLING OPTIONS The following options are available to ex tend the performance of your print er: > 128 and 256MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer a.
Specifications > 79 S PECIFICATIONS G ENERA L A summary of th e basic characterist ics of your printer appears in the table below: PRINTER MOD EL MODEL NUMBER B410d N22110A B410dn N22113A B420dn N2.
Specifications > 80 Image drum life Sim plex printing 25,000 pages (continuous) 20,000 pages (3 pages per job) 12,000 pages (1 page per job) Duplex printing 15,000 pages (continuous) 13,000 pages (.
Specifications > 81 P APER 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 necessa ry depending on user setup and environment al conditions).
Specifications > 82 Duplex Printing Auto Manual Paper type Size Wei- ght T 1 T 2 MPT M F T1 T2 MPT MF Plain paper A4 Letter L, ML, M, MH 00 0 X 0 0 0 0 Legal (13) Legal (14) HX X X X 0 0 0 0 A5 B5 .
Specifications > 83 N OTES / SYMBOLS / TERMS Notes: 1. W h e n an op t i o n a l se c o n d p a p e r t ra y i s u se d , t h e o r i g i n a l t ray i s r e f e r r e d t o a s T ra y 1 and the optional tra y as T ray 2. 2. It is possible to use custom paper sizes with the PS emulation driver .
Service and Support > 84 S ERVICE AND S UPPORT Availabl e 24 hours a day, 7 days a week > Visit our multilingual web si te: www .okiprintingsolutions.
An important point after buying a device Oki 410d (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Oki 410d yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Oki 410d - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Oki 410d you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Oki 410d will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Oki 410d, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Oki 410d.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Oki 410d. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Oki 410d along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
