Page 2 - is a trademark of the United States Environmental
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 2 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information inthis document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Okiassumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond itscontrol. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in softwareand equipment made by other manufacturers...
Page 3 - User’s Guide; English; Contents
User’s Guide 3 English Contents Safety Instructions ............................................................ 4Important Wiring Instructions .......................................... 6Printer Control Panel ........................................................ 7 OKIPAGE 12i/n ....................
Page 4 - Safety Instructions
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 4 Safety Instructions Your Oki printer has been carefully designed to give you yearsof safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment,however, there are a few basic precautions you should take toavoid hurting yourself or damaging the printer: • Read the setup instru...
Page 6 - Important Wiring Instructions; This printer must be earthed.
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 6 Important Wiring Instructions The wires in the power cable are coloured in accordance withthe following code: Green and Yellow — Earth Blue — Neutral Brown — Live If the colours of the wires in the power cable of this printerdo not correspond with the markings of the terminals ...
Page 7 - Printer Control Panel; The Ready Light; ON; The Display Window
User’s Guide 7 English Printer Control Panel OKIPAGE 12i/n The Ready Light ON Printer is on-line ready to receive data. OFF Printer is off-line, cannot receive data. Allbutton functions are now active. BLINKING Printer is receiving data. The Display Window Indicates the following: • What the printer...
Page 8 - MENU HP PCL6; FONTS; Button Functions; Recover
OKIPAGE 10ex, 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. PAPER SIZE/Print Menu When the printer is off-line: press to enter the Paper Size Quick Menu. press and hold to pr...
Page 9 - Viewing and Modifying Menu Settings; Printer Menus; Category; Item
User’s Guide 9 English Viewing and Modifying Menu Settings Two menus are availa 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 releasingthe MENU 1/Menu 2 button. Menu 2 is selected by holding down the MENU 1/...
Page 10 - Level 1 Menu
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 10 Category PERSONALITY TRAY SELECT EDIT SIZE PAPER SIZE MEDIA TYPE Items EMULATE MANUALPAPER INAUTO TRAY (if Tray 2 is installed) EDT SIZE TRAY 1 MANUAL TRAY 2 (appears if installed) FEEDER (appears if installed) TRAY1/TRAY 2 (if installed) FEEDER (if installed) MANUAL Parameter...
Page 11 - Parameters
User’s Guide 11 English Category PAPER SIZE CHK COPIES FONTS & SYMBOLS PAGE LAYOUT 1 PAGE LAYOUT 2 HOST I/F (OKIPAGE 12i/n) Items SIZE CHK COPIES FONT SRC DLLSOFT (appears if loaded) FONT NO. FONT CPI (appears if selected font is scalable/fixed spaced) FONT HGT (appears if selected font is scala...
Page 12 - Level 2 Menu
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 12 Level 2 Menu Category PRINT MODE AUTO OPERATION DARKNESS CONTROL POWER SAVING LOW TONER TONER SAVING CLEARABLE WARNINGS ERROR REPORT PARALLEL I/F Items MODE (resolution) AUTOCONT WAIT TIME MAN TIME PR PROTEK DARKNESS POWER SAVING LOW TNR TONER CLR WRNG ERREPORT SPEEDBI-DIRCTI-...
Page 13 - Items
User’s Guide 13 English Category NETWORK (OKIPAGE 12i/n) LANGUAGE Items FRAMETCP/IPDHCPRARPIP BYTE 1IP BYTE 2IP BYTE 3IP BYTE 4SM BYTE 1SM BYTE 2SM BYTE 3SM BYTE 4GW BYTE 1GW BYTE 2GW BYTE 3GW BYTE 4NETWAREETHERTALKNET MNTSELF TEST LANGUAGE Parameters AUTO, 802.2, 802.3, SNAP, ETHER2ENABLE, DISABLEO...
Page 14 - Paper; Choosing Paper
OKIPAGE 10ex, 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 Sheffieldrating of 100-250. • Store paper in its ream wrapper until you are ready to use it. Keep it away from moisture or other conditionsthat can cau...
Page 15 - Installing Paper
User’s Guide 15 English 1 2 1 3 Installing Paper 1. Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printer andplace plain paper in the tray, carefully keeping the levelof the paper in the tray below the guide marks (1). 2. Adjust the rear paper support (2) to the size of paper you areusing by lifting ...
Page 16 - MANUAL FEED; Feeding Heavyweight Paper or Cardstock; MEDIA TYPE
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 16 Printing Envelopes 1. Pull out the rear exit extender until it locks and lift outthe support bar. Pull down the manual feed tray and adjustthe paper guides. 2. Insert the envelope, flap down and to the left, until theprinter grips it. 3. S e t e nve l o p e s i z e a n d l a n...
Page 17 - Toner; When to Replace the Toner Cartridge; TONER LOW; Toner Cartridge Life; Do NOT remove cartridge from packaging.; Use OKI Type 5 image drum and toner cartridges only.
User’s Guide 17 English Toner When to Replace the Toner Cartridge Replace the toner cartridge after TONER LOW displays in the printer control panel window. After TONER LOW displays, the printer will print about 100 more pages, then display TONER EMPTY and stop printing. Printing will resume after a ...
Page 19 - Image Drum; When to Replace the Image Drum Cartridge; W h e n t h e d r u m r e a c h e s 9 0 % o f i t s l i f e , t h e; CHG DRUM; Image Drum Cartridge Life; • Do not touch the green drum surface.
User’s Guide 19 English Image Drum When to Replace the Image Drum Cartridge W h e n t h e d r u m r e a c h e s 9 0 % o f i t s l i f e , t h e CHG DRUM message will display in the pr inter control panel window.Change the image drum cartridge when the print becomesfaint or begins to deteriorate. Ide...
Page 20 - Resetting the Drum Counter; USERMNT
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 20 2. Remove the new image drum from the package. 3. Remove the protective paper. 4. Install the new image drum cartridge into the printer placingthe alignment pins on each end into the slots in the printer. 5. Remove the shipping insert from the toner well and discard.Reset the ...
Page 21 - Fonts; Printing a Font List; FONTS HP PCL6; Using Fonts
User’s Guide 21 English Fonts What Is a Font? Strictly speaking, a font refers to a set of printable charactersin a particular typeface of a specific size (e.g. 12 point) andstyle (e.g. roman, bold or bold-italic). In computer printing,however, this term has been used in a wider context to referto a...
Page 22 - Status Messages; Ready Light Status; FEEDER
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 22 Status Messages This section contains explanations of the different messagesyou will see, displayed on one, or both lines in the LCDwindow of your printer. Ready Light Status ON OFF BLINK UNDEFINED Control Panel Messages tttttt = TRAY1, FEEDER, TRAY2 (option).TRAY1 = upper tra...
Page 24 - Message
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 24 Memory has overflowed for one of thefollowing 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.Press RECOVER to continue. The PC ignores ...
Page 26 - Printer Maintenance; Maintenance Menu; Reset Level 1 menu to factory settings.; ENABLE
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 26 Printer Maintenance Maintenance Menu This menu includes printer maintenance and operating functions. To enter the Maintenance Menu: 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Press and hold MENU 1/Menu 2 and turn the printer on. USER MNT displays. 3. Press MENU 1/Menu 2 repeatedly to advance...
Page 27 - Generating a Cleaning Page; CLEANING
User’s Guide 27 English 1 Generating a Cleaning Page If your printer shows signs of fading, streaking or erraticmarks, you may be able to clear the problem by generating adrum cleaning page as follows: 1. Press the ON-LINE button to take the printer off line. 2. Hold down the buttons together for at...
Page 28 - Cleaning the LED Array; Clean the LED array
OKIPAGE 10ex, 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. Wipe the LED array (1) gently with the c leaning pad thatcame with your toner car tridg e. You can also use a clean,soft ...
Page 29 - Basic Trouble Shooting; Paper Jams; INPUT JAM; Input Jam from Cassette Tray; Remove any crumpled or folded paper.
User’s Guide 29 English 1 2 Basic Trouble Shooting Paper Jams Your printer may exper ience a paper jam in one of thre eareas. The display message will indicate which area hascaused the jam: INPUT JAM Paper has failed to leave the selected tray andenter the printer’s internal paper path. FEED JAM Pap...
Page 30 - Feed Jam or Exit Jam; Remove any jammed sheets from the paper path.
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 30 Feed Jam or Exit Jam 1. R e m o v e t h e t r a y a n d c l e a r a n y m i s - f e d s h e e t s , a sdescribed in the previous example. 2. Open the cover. The fuser area will be hot. This area is clearly marked.Do not touch it. 3. Carefully lift out the image drum unit, comp...
Page 31 - Print Quality Problems; Symptom
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 asolution, or something you might have overlooked. Symptom Blank sheets printed. Entire page prints faintly. Page has grey background....
Page 32 - Vertical black lines.; Problem; Toner cartridge is not correctly installed.; Solution; Generate Cleaning Page.
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 32 Symptom O b l o n g a r e a o f f a i n t p r i n tappears on each page. Vertical white streaking or faintareas on page. Vertical black lines. Fuzzy print. Distorted print. Faded print. Smeared or blotched print. Problem Dropout caused by using paper exposed to highhumidity. T...
Page 34 - Software Problems; Printing is “garbled”.; Incorrect driver is installed.; Install an appropriate driver.
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 34 Software Problems Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls the printing process. Make sure you haveselected the right driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more information. Symptom Printing is “garbled”. ...
Page 35 - Turn printer off before rebooting computer.; Hardware Problems
User’s Guide 35 English Symptom Graphic image prints partly onone page, partly on the next. When you try to print nothinghappens, but printer indicatesit is ready to receive data. “Garbage” prints. Printer freezes or displayserror message when computeris rebooted. Odours. Printer is on but must “war...
Page 36 - Specifications
OKIPAGE 10ex, 12i/n 36 Specifications Printing Process: LED array imaging to organic photoconductive drum. Power Supply: Voltage: 230V+6%,-14% — 240V ±10% AC Frequency: 50/60Hz ±2% Power Cable: 1.8m separate cable, terminated with countryspecific plug. Physical: Dimensions: 200 × 330 × 377mm (H × W ...
Page 37 - Index
User’s Guide 37 English Index A AUTO OPERATION ............... 12 B bitmapped fonts ...................... 21black lines printed ................... 32blank sheets printed ............... 31blurred output ......................... 33buttons ................................. 7, 8 C cable ...............
