Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ML 3320 eco OKI
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English QUIET PARK TEAR FF/LOAD LF SEL SEL POWER ALARM MENU GROUP EXIT ITEM SET PRINT MENU SHIFT TOF Micro Feed Up Micro Feed Down PRINT QUALITY CHARACTER PITCH HSD NLQ UTL SSD 10 12 15 17 20 PROP ML 3320/3321 Help Guide 3320hlp1.
Ev ery ef fort has been made to ensure that the inf ormation in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no responsibility for the results of error s be yond its control.
i Help Guide English • Do not use your printer near water , or spill liquid of any kind into it. • Be certain that your po wer source matches the rating listed on the back of the printer . If you are not sure, check with your dealer or with your local po wer company .
English ii ML3320/21 • Do not pok e anything into the ventilation slots on the sides of the printer; you could g et a shock or cause a fire. • Aside from the routine maintenance described in this handbook, do not try to service the printer yourself; opening the co ver may expose you to shocks or other hazar ds.
2 ML3320/21 QUIET PARK TEAR FF/LOAD LF SEL SEL POWER ALARM MENU GROUP EXIT ITEM SET PRINT MENU SHIFT TOF Micro Feed Up Micro Feed Down PRINT QUALITY CHARACTER PITCH HSD NLQ UTL SSD 10 12 15 17 20 PROP.
Loading P aper Loading Continuous Forms (Rear Feed) W e recommend the rear- feed path for printing reports, etc., on single-thickness, continuous-f orm paper . For graphics or charts, it's best to use the single-sheet path (top feed). Note: If you ha ve pa per i n the pap er pa th , be sure to remov e it before installing r ear-feed paper .
6 ML3320/21 1. Mov e the paper le ver to the position mar ked “REAR. ” 3. Pull up on the lock le vers and open the tractor co vers . P TEA R FF/LOAD LF GR Micro Feed U Micro Feed Down PRIN QUIET PARK TEAR D U SET PRINT TOF d PRINT QUALITY CHARACTER PITCH HSD NLQ UTL SSD 10 12 15 17 20 PROP 2.
English 7 Read Me First 5. Place the first two holes in the pa per ov er the tractor pins on either side and close the tractor cov ers. 7. Adjust the right tractor to centre the paper holes on the pins, and push back the lock lev er .
8 ML3320/21 QUIET PARK TEAR FF/LOAD LF SEL SEL POWER ALARM MENU GROUP EXIT ITEM SET PRINT MENU SHIFT TOF Micro Feed Up Micro Feed Down PRINT QUALITY CHARACTER PITCH HSD NLQ UTL SSD 10 12 15 17 20 PROP.
English 9 Read Me First M QUI ET PARK PRINT QUALITY HSD UTL QUIET PARK TEAR FF/LOAD LF SEL SEL POWER ALARM MENU GROUP EXIT ITEM SET PRINT MENU SHIFT TOF Micro Feed Up Micro Feed Down PRINT QUALITY CHARACTER PITCH HSD NLQ UTL SSD 10 12 15 17 20 PROP ➊ ➊ 5.
10 ML3320/21 SEL SEL EX T MENU SEL SEL EX T MENU LF GROUP Micro Feed Down 3. Press SEL to re-select the printer . T emporarily Changing the T op of Form Setting T o set the T op of F orm position lo wer for one page only: 1. Press SEL to deselect the printer .
English 11 Read Me First ➊ Switching P aper P aths T o switch from continuous-f orms to single-sheet feed: 1. T ear of f any printed pages. 2. Press P ARK . 3. Move the pa per separator to the single-sheet feed position. 4. Place the wire feed guide in the paper separator .
12 ML3320/21 LF GROUP Micro Feed Down QUIET TOF Running the Self T ests Font Sample T est T o run the test: T urn the printer of f , then press and hold LF while turning the printer on. T o stop the test: If you wish to stop the test before it is complete, press SEL .
English 13 Read Me First QUIET PARK TEAR FF/LOAD LF SEL SEL POWER ALARM MENU GROUP EXIT ITEM SET PRINT MENU SHIFT TOF Micro Feed Up Micro Feed Down LF GROUP Micro Feed Down 4. P ress LF . The following line will print: Printer Control Emulation Mode IBM PPR 5.
English 1 Help Guide Maintenance Replacing the Ribbon Car tridg e Note: F or the best results, use genuine Oki rib bons. 1. Make sure the printer is turned OFF . 2. Centre the printhead ( ➊ ). Caution! T he pr inthead ma y be HO T! M P ➊ 3. Remov e and discard the used ribbon cartridge .
2 ML3320/21 5. Install the ne w ri b bon cartridge . 6. T urn the knob ( ➊ ) in the direction of the arrow to take up any ribbon slack. Clearing P aper Jams Rear-Feed Jams 1. T urn the printer OFF and use the platen knob to back the paper all the way out.
English 3 Help Guide 6. T urn the printer on. 7. P ress FF/LO AD . 3. Remov e any torn pieces of paper . 4. Replace the pull-up roller assembly , and close the access cover .
4 ML3320/21 Correcting Repetitive Rear-Feed Jams If the paper ke eps jamming, you probably ha ve bits of paper stuck in the paper path. 1. P erform steps 1 through 3 under “Rear-F eed J ams. ” 2. G rasp the paper separator ( ➊ ), lift it slightly , pull back on it, then swing it forward.
English 5 Help Guide 5. Remove the paper pieces, and use the platen knob to back the paper out. 6. Swing the paper separator ov er , reload regular paper , and lo wer the paper separator back into place. 7. Replace the pull-up roller assemb ly , and close the access cover .
6 ML3320/21 Single-Sheet Jams 1. T urn the printer of f. 2. Use the platen knob to back the jammed paper out. 3. Open the access cov er and remove the pull-up roller assembly . 4. Remov e any torn pieces from around the carriage. 5. Reinstall the pull-up roller assembly , and close the access cover .
English 7 Help Guide Cleaning the Housing Y ou should clean the printer ev ery six months (or after about 300 hours of operation). Note: Never use solv ents or strong deter gents on the cabi- net: they could damage the housing. 1. T urn the printer of f, and remove an y paper from the pa th.
8 ML3320/21 T r oubleshooting Pro blem: Nothing happens when I turn on the printer . Solution: Check the po wer cable connection and po wer outlet to your pr inter . If you are using a power strip, make sure it is turned on, and that the fuse has not blo wn nor the circuit br eaker tripped.
English 9 Help Guide Pro blem: The ALARM light is on and the Char acter Pitch 15 light is flashing. Solution: This indicates a paper jam. Press the SEL key and correct the paper jam situation ( see “Clearing Paper Jams” earlier in this manual). Pro blem: The ALARM light is on and the Char acter Pitch 10 light is flashing.
10 ML3320/21 Problem: The Print Quality and Char acter Pitch keys on the front panel won’ t work. Solution: The Opera tor P anel Function in the printer menu can be used to disable these b uttons.
English 11 Help Guide ➎ ALARM ...................... G lo ws = error condition e xists: ➤ out of paper if no other lights are blinking ➤ paper jam if 15 cpi light is also blinking ➤ paper lever is set to wr ong position if 10 cpi light is also blinking.
12 ML3320/21 Print Mode: Contr ol P anel Ke ys ➎ PRINT QU ALITY ........... Selects the print quality . ➏ FF/LO AD ......................... Loads/ejects single sheet of paper; moves contin uous-form paper to print position. ➐ TEAR .............
English 13 Help Guide Selecting the Print Quality Important! Fr ont panel settings for print quality and character pitch can be o verridden by softw are commands.
14 ML3320/21 QUIET PARK TEAR FF/LOAD LF SEL SEL POWER ALARM MENU GROUP EXIT ITEM SET PRINT MENU SHIFT TOF Micro Feed Up Micro Feed Down Selecting the Character Pitc h P r ess CHARA CTER PITCH to selec.
English 15 Help Guide Entering and Exiting the Men u Mode T o enter or e xit the Menu Mode, hold SHIFT while pr essing SEL . Resetting the Men u T o reset the Menu to the standard settings: 1. T urn the printer of f. 2. Press SEL + LF while turning the printer on.
16 ML3320/21 Summar y of Menu Settings The table below sho ws the items which may appear in the menu. Settings which are engaged at the factor y (defaults) are set in bold italic . Some groups or entries will only a ppear when a specif ic emulation is engaged, as noted.
English 17 Help Guide Group Item Settings Rear Feed Line Spacing 6 LPI , 8 LPI Fo rm T ear-Of f Of f , 500 mS, 1 sec, 2 sec Skip Over Perforation No , Y es Page Width (ML3321 only) 13.6" , 8" Page Length 11", 11-2/3", 12" , 14", 17", 3", 3.
18 ML3320/21 Group Item Settings Set-Up Operator Panel Function Full Operation , Limited Operation continued Reset Inhibit No , Y es Print Suppress Effecti ve Ye s , No Auto LF No , Y es Auto CR + No , Y es Print DEL Code* No , Y es SI Select Pitch (10 cpi) + 17.
English 19 Help Guide Explanations of Men u Items 7 or 8 Bits Dat a W or d (ML). If your computer system uses sev en bits to make up each unit of data, change this setting to 7. 7 or 8 Bit Graphics. Choose the graphics your system uses: 7 or 8 dots in each column printed.
20 ML3320/21 Language Set. Replaces certain standard symbols with special characters used in foreign languages. Line Spacing . Change to 8 lpi to print more lines on a page . Operator Panel Function. Change to Limited Oper ation to deactiv a te the PRINT QU ALITY and CHARA CTER PITCH buttons.
English 21 Help Guide Skip Over P erf ora tion. Change t o Y es if you want the printer to go to the ne xt page when it comes within 1" (25 mm) of the bottom of the page. Keep it set to No if your software has its own page formatting controls. Slashed Letter O.
22 ML3320/21 This feature is normally turned off. T o acti v ate it: 1. Press SHIFT ( ➋ ) + SEL ( ➊ ). 2 . P r ess GR OUP ( ➌ ) until one of the follo wing lines appears, depending on which paper feed you are using: REAR FEED Form Tear-Off OFF BOTTOM FEED Form Tear-OFF OFF 3.
English 23 Help Guide Specifications Print Method Impact dot matrix Printhead 9 pins, 0.34mm diameter , thermal protection Print Speed Mode Characters per second Super Speed Draft (SSD) 435 cps High Speed Draft (HSD) 387 cps Utility (UTL) 290 cps Near Letter Quality (NLQ) 72.
24 ML3320/21 Reliability P arameter Reliability Mean T ime Between Failures 10,000 hours at 25% duty (MTBF) cycle and 35% page density Mean T ime to Repair 15 minutes (MTTR) Printhead Life 200 million.
English 25 Help Guide Paper Specif ications (continued) Paper Typ e F e e d W eight W idth Range * En velopes, T op Only 24 lb. max. 165.1 - 241.3mm single feed (90 g/m²) (6.5" - 9.5") En velopes, Bottom 24 lb. max. 165.1 - 241.3mm continuous feed, Only (90 g/m²) (6.
English 1 USB Addendum Universal Serial Bus (USB) User ’ s Guide System requirements T o use your printer through the printer’ s b uilt-in USB port, you need the following minim um requirements: M.
2 USB Addendum Connecting the USB Cable Due to the number of possible variants of operating systems it is not possible to describe every combination. T e rminology may vary between W indows oper ating systems and some knowledge is assumed.
English 3 USB Addendum 7. Check that the default paper size has been correctly set by looking at the settings in the Settings > Printers folder . Under the printer's Properties > General tab, the current paper selection is shown. The printer picks up its initial setting from the Locale settings on the host computer .
4 USB Addendum Installing the USB driver Note: Installation of the Oki USB driver is only r equir ed for W indows 98. Y ou may be called upon for your original W indows 98 CD. Please have this available. 1. After the [Add New Hardw are W izard] windo w appears, click on [Next].
28 ML3320/21 Oki Systems Compan y Oki Systems (UK) Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough T rading Estate Slough Berks. SL1 4LE T el: 01753-819819 Fax: 01753-819899 3320hlp3.
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