Oki C5250 - Manuals

Introduction> 6 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying this Oki colour printer. Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear, vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office. Your printer includes these feature...

Introduction> 7 > Additional memory allows printing of more complex pages, including two-sided and booklet pages with the optional duplex unit. P RINTER OVERVIEW F RONT VIEW The LCD display language can be changed to show any of 14 different languages. (See “Changing the display language” on p...

Introduction> 8 R EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit. * The Network Interface has a protective “plug” which must be removed before connection can be made. When the rear paper stacker is folded do...

Introduction> 9 C HANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing can be changed quickly and easily as follows: 1. Press the + key repeatedly to access the System Configuration Menu. 2. Press the ENTER key to enter the System Configurati...

Paper recommendations> 10 P APER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, transparencies and envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be ...

Paper recommendations> 11 C ASSETTE TRAYS If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray (2nd tray if you have one, or multi purpose tray) you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper. When printing from Windows applications, th...

Loading paper> 13 L OADING PAPER C ASSETTE TRAYS 1. Remove the paper tray from the printer. 2. Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges (1) and in the middle (2) to ensure that all sheets are properly separated, then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again (3). 1 2 3

Printer settings in Windows> 17 P RINTER SETTINGS IN W INDOWS Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options. The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus, and you...

Printer settings in Windows> 18 S ETUP TAB When you click the Properties button from your application’s Print dialogue, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for the current document. 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless yo...

Printer settings in Windows> 19 J OB OPTIONS TAB 1. The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. • The highest quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi. This option requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. • The normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and ...

Printer settings in Windows> 20 C OLOUR TAB 1. Control over the colour output of your printer may be performed automatically, or for advanced control, by manual adjustment. The automatic setting will be appropriate in most cases. The other options in this window only become visible when you selec...

Printer settings in Windows> 21 S ETTING FROM W INDOWS CONTROL PANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather than from within an application program, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes made here will generally affect all documents you...

Printer settings in Windows> 22 A DVANCED TAB 1. You can specify which times of day your printer will be available. 2. Indicates current priority, from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. 3. Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print...

Printer settings in Windows> 24 D EVICE OPTIONS TAB In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. This is covered in more detail in the section in this guide about installing upgrades.

Colour printing> 25 C OLOUR PRINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output. For general use the automatic settings will suffice, providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents. Many applicati...

Colour printing> 26 viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for manual colour can change the appearance of a print. There are several options available to help match the print...

Colour printing> 27 T IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. P RINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Monitor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings....

Colour printing> 29 2. Choose the Manual colour setting and select from the following options: (a) Monitor (6500k) PerceptualOptimised for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation. (b) Monitor (6500k) VividOptimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturat...

Colour printing> 30 U SING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE To use the Colour Swatch feature, you must install the Colour Swatch Utility. This is supplied on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your printer. The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours. Note that this i...

Menu functions> 32 M ENU FUNCTIONS This section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer’s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window. It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings in the Windows printer drivers. However, several ...

Menu functions> 33 I NFORMATION MENU This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer. P RINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. INFORMATION MENU ITEM ACTION EXPLANATION PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints complete menu listing...

Menu functions> 34 MONO-PRINT SPEED AUTO SPEED MONO 24PPM COLOUR SPEED MIXED SPEED If the first page of a print job is only black and white, the printer runs at 20ppm (pages per minute). When a colour page is detected the printer slows down to 16ppm for the rest of that job.This setting operates ...

Menu functions> 35 M EDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media. MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY1 PAPERSIZE A4 / A5 / A6 / B5 LEGAL14LEGAL13.5LEGAL13LETTEREXECUTIVECUSTOM Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 1 (upper tray if both trays installed). Fo...

Menu functions> 36 TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT LIGHT (64-74g/m²) MEDIUM (75-90g/ m²)HEAVY (91-120g/m²)ULTRA HEAVY(121-176g/m²) Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper stock loaded in this tray. MPT PAPERSIZE A4 / A5 / A6 / B5 LEGAL14LEGAL13.5LEGAL13LETTEREXECUTIVECUSTOMCOM-9 ENVELOPECOM-10 ENVELOPEMONA...

Menu functions> 37 Y-DIMENSION 148- 297 -1200 MILLIMETRE Selects the length of paper defined by the “CUSTOM” settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings. Note that media of up to 1200mm in length can be fed from the multi purpose tray for banner printing. MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EX...

Menu functions> 38 C OLOUR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals, optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or...

Menu functions> 39 S YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION POW SAVE TIME 5 1530 60 240 Adjusts the idling time before the printer automatically switches into power saving mode. I...

Menu functions> 40 USB MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface. N ETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/100Base-T network interface. LANGUAGE English , German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Turkish, ...

Menu functions> 41 M EMORY MENU This menu determines how printer memory is used. IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Current assigned IP address. To change, press ENTER and use + / – keys to increment 1st octet, then press ENTER again to move on to next octet. When 4th octet has been set, press ENTER agai...

Menu functions> 43 U SAGE MENU This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon...

Replacing consumable items> 44 R EPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due. As a guide, the life expectancy of these items is: > Toner — 3,000 (standard capacity) or 5,000 (high capacity) A4 pages at 5% coverage, which means that 5% of the address...

Replacing consumable items> 45 C ONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS * Average life: 20% pages at continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pages at 1 page per job. Only use genuine Oki Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non Oki Original products ...

Replacing consumable items> 46 T ONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder. It is contained in four cartridges: one each for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you inst...

Replacing consumable items> 47 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. 2. Note the positions of the four cartridges. WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. 1 2 3 4 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cart...

Replacing consumable items> 48 3. Carry out one of the following: (a) If you are replacing a toner cartridge that has been supplied with your printer (lever has 3 positions), pull the coloured toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer, in the direction o...

Replacing consumable items> 52 I MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. The printer contains four image drums: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. CAUTI...

Replacing consumable items> 60 F USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. 1. Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. WAR...

Replacing consumable items> 63 C LEANING THE LED HEAD Clean the LED head when printing does not come out clearly, has white lines or when text is blurred. 1. Switch off the printer and open the top cover. 2. Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue. 3. Close the top c...

Installing upgrades> 64 I NSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer. This includes: • duplex (two - sided printing) unit (standard on C5250dn). • additional RAM memory. • additional paper tray. D UPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of tw...

Installing upgrades> 66 M EMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 32MB of main memory. This can be upgraded with an additional memory board containing 64MB or 256MB, giving a maximum total memory capacity of 288MB. Installation takes a few minutes, and requires a medium size cro...

Installing upgrades> 69 S ECOND PAPER TRAY An additional paper tray can be installed and, when combined with the standard paper tray, increases the paper capacity to 830 sheets (approximately). Installation 1. Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cable and printer interface cable. 2. L...

Installing upgrades> 70 A DJUSTING W INDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed, you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications. Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different co...

Clearing paper jams> 71 C LEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media, and you keep the media in good condition prior to use, your printer should give years of reliable service. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section exp...

Clearing paper jams> 73 5. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. 6. Repeat this removal procedure for each of the remaining image drum units. 7. Look into the printer to check whether any shee...

Clearing paper jams> 74 • To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt (2), carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet. • To remove a sheet just entering the fuser (3), separate the trailing edge of the sheet from the belt, push the fuser pressure release lev...

Clearing paper jams> 75 8. Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser, replace the four image drums into the drum cavity, making sure to locate them in the correct order. • Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each...

Clearing paper jams> 76 9. Lower the top cover but do not press down to latch it closed yet. This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets. 10. Open the rear exit tray (5) and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path ...

Clearing paper jams> 77 12. If your printer has a duplex unit installed, press the cover release at the centre of the unit, open the cover and remove any sheets in this area, then close the cover. 13. Lift the front cover release and pull open the front cover.

Specifications> 79 S PECIFICATIONS ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 425 x 561 x 345mm (W x D x H) Weight 25Kg Print speeds 16 pages per minute colour / 24 pages per minute monochrome Resolution 600dpi or 600 x 1200dpi Emulations Windows GDI Auto Features Auto registration Auto density adjustmentAuto...

Index> 80 I NDEX A Additional paper trays ................... 69Adjusting Windows printer drivers ... 70Advanced features enabling or disabling................. 23 B Belt how to replace ......................... 57 life expectancy......................... 44 Black printing glossy or matte ..........

Oki contact details> 82 O KI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems (UK) Limited 550 Dundee RoadSlough Trading EstateSlough, SL1 4LE Tel:44 (0) 1753 819819Fax:44 (0) 1753 819899http://www.oki.co.uk Oki Systems Ireland Limited The Square Industrial ComplexTallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland Tel:+353 1 4049590Fax:+3...