Quick Start Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in We welcome you to visit our web site: this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki Data http://www.okidata.com assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki Data also cannot guarantee that changes in OKI is a registered trademarks/marques déposées/marcas software and equipment made by other manufacturers and registradas, and OKICOLOR is a trademark of Oki Electric referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the Industry Company, Ltd. information in it. Mention of software products manufactured Adobe, Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, Illustrator, PageMaker, by other companies does not necessarily constitute Photoshop, PostScript and Type Manager are trademarks of endorsement by Oki Data. Adobe Systems Inc., which may be registered in certain Copyright 1999 Oki Data Americas, Inc. All rights reserved. jurisdictions. CorelDRAW is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation. Energy Star is a registered trademark of the First edition September, 1999. United States Environmental Protection Agency. HP and PCL Written and produced by the Oki Data Training & are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard. is a Publications Department. Please address any comments on trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and this publication other countries. and FreeHand are registered • by mail to: trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. PANTONE is a registered Training & Publications Department trademark of Pantone, Inc. QuarkXPress is a registered Oki Data Americas, Inc. trademark of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated 2000 Bishops Gate Blvd. companies. Windows is either a registered trademark or a Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054-4620 trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • or by email to: [email protected] OverviewOverview

Introduction ...... 4 Finishing: Windows Systems ...... 24 Printer Features ...... 4 Software Installation ...... 24 Select a Location ...... 5 Setting the Color Registration Unpacking...... 6 Win 95 / 98 / NT 4.0 ...... 26 Getting Started ...... 6 Win 3.1x ...... 29 Documentation Provided ...... 7 Finishing: Macintosh Systems ...... 32 What’s on the CD? ...... 8 Software Installation ...... 32 Printer Installation ...... 9 Setting the Color Registration ...... 34 Getting to Know Your Printer ...... 9 Control Panel ...... 37 Begin the Installation ...... 11 Control Panel Basics ...... 37 Prepare the Image Drums ...... 12 Notices ...... 39 Install the Toner Cartridges ...... 13 Year 2000 Compliance ...... 39 Install the Oil Roller ...... 14 Energy Star ...... 39 Install the Toner Waste Box ...... 16 Usable Print Media...... 18 Exit Paths ...... 19 Load Paper Tray 1 ...... 20 Connect to the Computer ...... 21 Connect to Power ...... 22 Print the Demo Page ...... 23 Quick Start | 3 IntroductionOverview

Printer Features • Super Fast Color Presentation Printer! • True 600 x 600 dpi full color output • 8 ppm full color and black & white • Prints full color on sheets up to 8½" x 14" • Supports up to 44-lb US Bond (165 g/m2), 110-lb US Bristol Index (199 g/m2), using front paper tray • 32 MB RAM standard, expandable to 144 MB via optional, user-installable SIMMs • Multiple resident fonts: – 45 TrueType®, 4 USPS PostNet® fonts, OCA, OCB, Line Printer in HP® PCL® mode – 138 fonts in Adobe® PostScript® 3 mode (136 Type 1, 2, and 14, plus 2 Multiple Master fonts used by ®) • 1-year, on-site warranty

4 | OKICOLOR 8 Select a Location • Firm, level surface capable of supporting at least 110 lbs (50 kg). • Clearance to open cover, paper tray and Special Media Stacker (rear exit) • At least 4 inches (102 mm) additional clearance on both sides for adequate ventilation • Nearby power source • Room temperature: – Ideal: 62.6 to 80.6ºF (17 to 27ºC): – Maximum Permissible: 50 to 89.6ºF (10 to 32ºC) • Relative humidity: – Ideal: 50 to 70% RH – Maximum Permissible: 20 to 80% RH • Away from direct sunlight

Quick Start | 5 UnpackingOverview

Getting Started Image Drum Storage Bags (4) Lens Cleaners (4) The printer interface ! cable is not supplied. You will need this to connect to your computer.

Remove the accessory tray and check the contents. Toner cartridges (1 each: black, magenta, cyan, yellow) Toner Waste Box Oil Roller , Power Cord CD Anything missing or damaged? Contact your dealer immediately.

6 | OKICOLOR 8 Documentation Provided “Warranty, Regulatory Information and Specifications” “Quick Start” This document contains the following: The document you’re holding. • Limited Warranty • General Safety Information “Handy Reference” • FCC/IC/CE Statements Keep this with your printer; it provides information on: • Electrical/Environmental Specifications • Obtaining Service • Material Safety Data Sheets • Print Media • Control Panel • Printer Maintenance • Paper jams • Print Quality Problems • Display Messages • Setting the Power Saving Mode • Uninstalling the Printer Software • Emergency First Aid Procedures for Toner

Quick Start | 7 What’s on the CD? • PANTONE® “Importing Color Palettes Into Desktop • Printer Drivers & Software Publishing Applications” (Acrobat File): for ®, ®, Adobe ® • OKICOLOR 8 User’s Guide (Acrobat File) PageMaker®, CorelDRAW®, QuarkXPress®, Macromedia® Recommended minimum requirements for viewing FreeHand®, etc. ! the on-line documentation: • Adobe Acrobat Reader® 4.0 software ê desktop area = 600 x 800 pixels ® ê color palette = 256 colors. • Manager 4.0 software • PostScript Screen Fonts Main Sections: â Print Media â Problem Solving â Service & Support â Maintenance â Printer Control â Specifications

8 | OKICOLOR 8 PrinterOverview Installation

Getting to Know Your Printer 1 Remove the top cushions. Lift the printer from the box. Remove it from the plastic bag, and place it on a suitable The printer weighs approximately 106 lb (48 kg). Use support. ! three (3) persons to carry the printer. Use appropriate lifting techniques.

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Quick Start | 9 Front View Rear View 1 Top exit 1 Rear exit tray (in closed position) 2 Control panel 2 Power cord socket 3 Interior access knob 3 Parallel interface connector 4 Front tray 5 Paper drawer 6 Paper drawer gauge 7 OPEN button 8 Side access panel 9 On/Off switch

10 | OKICOLOR 8 Begin the Installation 3 Open the front tray and pull out the shipping retainer, then 1 Remove the pieces of shipping tape (1), then peel the close the front tray. protective film off the front panel.

4 Press the OPEN button and lift the top cover.

Quick Start | 11 Prepare the Image Drums 3 For each drum, remove the paper shipping insert. Loosen 1 Lift out each of the image drums and place them on a flat all the tape holding the foam shipping insert, then surface away from direct light: be careful not to touch the carefully remove the insert (there is toner on the bottom of shiny green drum surface! the insert—be careful not to spill it).

2 Remove the internal pieces of shipping tape and spacers (1). 4 Put the drum back into the printer. Match the color coded label on each drum with the color-coded label in the printer, for example, magenta to magenta or M to M.

12 | OKICOLOR 8 Install the Toner Cartridges 1 Remove the cyan toner cartridge from its packaging, and shake it back and forth a few times to distribute the toner Be careful to install each color toner cartridge in the evenly. Then peel the tape off the bottom of the cartridge. ! corresponding color image drum. Each image drum, toner cartridge, and slot in the printer has a color-coded label marked with the corresponding letter (C = cyan, M = magenta, Y = yellow, K = black).

The end of each toner cartridge is keyed so that it will only fit 2 Insert the left end of the cartridge in the cyan image drum, into the correct color image drum. placing the recess in the end of the cartridge under the color-coded tab on the image drum.

BlackCyan Magenta Yellow

The toner cartridge should slide into the drum easily; ! do not try to force a toner cartridge into an image drum!

Quick Start | 13 3 Lower the right end of the toner cartridge, aligning the slot Install the Oil Roller on the cartridge with the ridge in the image drum and push the blue lock lever toward the back of the printer until it stops.

1 Remove the shipping tape (1) from the fuser lock levers. Make sure the levers are pulled forward (in the locked position) before proceeding.

Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each of the three remaining toner cartridges.

14 | OKICOLOR 8 2 Remove the oil roller from its packaging. Turn it over and 4 Make sure the blue lever is toward the back of the printer, take a quick look at the gear end of the unit: if you see a then lower the right end of the oil roller into the fuser unit blue shipping retainer (1), remove it. and pull the lever forward to lock the oil roller in place.

5 Close the cover. 3 Holding the oil roller by the fins with the caution label facing you, lower the oil roller into the fuser unit, sliding the left end under the retaining ledge (1).

Quick Start | 15 Install the Toner Waste Box 2 Remove the toner waste box from its packaging. Orient it with the handle up and the drive coupling (1) toward the front of the printer.

1 Pull the latch on the left side of the printer and open the side panel.

16 | OKICOLOR 8 3 Place the toner waste box on the metal spring clips in the Make sure the toner waste box drive coupling (1) is in printer. Press down on the handle and push the toner waste front of the coupling (2) on the printer: box into the printer until it is upright. Release the handle ! and the box will rise into place.

4 Close the side panel.

Quick Start | 17 Usable Print Media Front Tray Paper Tray(s)

Media Media Print media must withstand the fusing process heat of • Standard paper (Hammermill Laser Print, Radiant ! 446ºF (230ºC) for 0.2 second. White, 24 lb preferred) • Letterhead stationery (must be able to withstand the • Standard paper (Hammermill Laser Print, Radiant fusing process heat of 446ºF [230ºC] for 0.2 second). White, 24 lb preferred) • Letterhead stationery Capacity: up to 500 sheets of 20-lb paper • Transparencies (3M CG 3710 preferred): rear exit only Weight: 20 to 28 lb • Card stock: rear exit only Dimensions • Labels: rear exit only • Minimum: 3.4" W x 5.5" L Capacity: up to 100 sheets of 20-lb paper, or 50 • Maximum: 8.5" W x 14" L transparencies

18 | OKICOLOR 8 Weight: 20 to 44-lb US Bond (75 to 165 g/m2), Special Media Stacker (Rear Exit Path) 2 72 to 110-lb US Bristol Index (130 to 199 g/m ) Required for transparencies, labels and card stock, to Dimensions ! eliminate curl, and for labels, to eliminate peeling • Minimum: 3.4" W x 5.5" L which can jam the printer. • Maximum: 8.5" W x 14" L For more details on print media and on using the front ! tray, see the “Print Media” and “Specifications” sections of your on-line OKICOLOR 8 User’s Guide. Exit Paths Normal (Top Exit Path)

Quick Start | 19 Load Paper Tray 1 3 Fan a ream of paper. 1 Pull the paper tray out and remove the shipping insert (1).

4 Place the paper in the tray and slide the tray back into the printer. 2 Adjust the paper guides for the size of the paper you will be using.

20 | OKICOLOR 8 Connect to the Computer The Paper Tray Gauge The printer interface cable is not supplied. The red paper tray gauge on the front of the tray indicates how much paper is left. This eliminates the PC Systems need to open the drawer to check how much paper is left. A shielded IEEE-1284 parallel bidirectional interface ! cable is required; maximum length 6 ft. (1.8 m). The printer’s parallel port requires a Centronics 36-pin male connector. 1 Plug your interface cable into the parallel port on the back of the printer and secure it with the wire loops.

2 Plug the other end into your computer and secure it in place with the screws.

Quick Start | 21 Macintosh® Systems 4 Attach the other end of the cable to the RJ45 port on your To connect to a Macintosh system, you will need an Macintosh network card. If your Macintosh does not have ! optional Oki Data 6100e OKILAN Print Server (Oki an RJ45 port, you will need a network adapter to make the Data P/N 70034201) and a crossover UTP cable with connection. RJ45 connectors at either end. 5 Turn on the printer and the Macintosh. Connect to Power 1 Plug the power cord into the back of the printer.

1 Install the print server in the printer (see the directions supplied with the OKILAN 6100e). 2 Plug the other end into a suitable, grounded outlet. 2 Turn off the Macintosh and the printer. 3 Attach one end of the crossover cable to the 10BaseT (RJ45) port (1) on the printer network server.

22 | OKICOLOR 8 Print the Demo Page 1 Turn the printer on. 2 Press and hold FORM FEED/Print Demo (1) for 2 seconds.

The Demo Page prints.

Auto Mode The printer comes set for Auto Mode, which automatically switches between HP PCL5 and Adobe PostScript, depending on the document being processed. “.AUT” appears on the display to indicate that Auto Mode is engaged.

Quick Start | 23 Finishing:Overview Windows® Systems

Software Installation • On-line Documentation: The OKICOLOR 8 CD-ROM includes the following: â OKICOLOR 8 User’s Guide â PANTONE “Importing Color Palettes into Desktop Printer Drivers Publishing Applications” • HP PCL5c Printer Driver • Adobe PostScript Printer Driver Additional Software • Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0: for viewing the on-line Printer Software documentation. • Color Registration Utility: the most convenient way to • Adobe Type Manager 4.0: for loading screen fonts onto set the printer’s color registration. your system. • Status Monitor: for on-screen monitoring of printer status and features. • Electronic Registration (English only): for registering your printer on-line

24 | OKICOLOR 8 No CD-ROM Drive? • Request a set of diskettes: in the U.S. or Canada, call The printer software is supplied on a CD. If you do not 1-888-232-8350; in Brazil, call 55-11-5589-1518; in have a CD-ROM drive, here are some options available to Latin America, call (525) 661-6860. Order the you: appropriate part number: • Visit the Oki Data web site at http:// Order # www.okidata.com and download the driver(s) of your /98 MS-10940/0899 choice Windows 3.1x MS-10941/0899 • Find someone who has a CD-ROM drive and make a set of diskettes using the Create Diskettes utility on the CD (assuming D is your CD-ROM drive): 1 Insert the OKICOLOR 8 CD in the drive. 2 Windows 95/98/NT 4.0: Click Start on the Windows taskbar, then select Run. Windows 3.1x: Click File, then select Run. 3 Type D:\install.exe and click OK. 4 Wait for the OKI Menu Installer Setup window to appear. 5 Click Help, Support and Information. 6 Click Create Diskettes and follow the on-screen instructions.

Quick Start | 25 Installing Your Printer Software Accessing the Software in Win 3.1x 1 Close all open applications. 1 Open the OKICOLOR 8 program group. 2 Insert the OKICOLOR 8 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Double-click the icon for the software you want to use or 3 Double-click the My Computer icon (or in Win 3.1x, view. open the File Manager). Setting the Color Registration 4 Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 5 Double-click the Install file. in Win 95 / 98 / NT 4.0 Since each color is printed separately, you must set the color 6 Follow the instructions on your screen to finish. registration to ensure that the colors line up properly. If the colors are out of alignment, the printed page will appear Accessing the Software in blurry and unclear: Win 95 / 98 / NT 4.0 1 Click Start on the Windows taskbar. 2 Choose Programs ® OKICOLOR 8. 3 From the submenu, click the software you want to use or view.

26 | OKICOLOR 8 To ensure optimum print quality, you should set the color 4 Click Print Color Calibration page. registration on a routine basis (once a month or so). The printer prints a color test page with 9 sections, each It is also recommended that you set the color registration with a series of lined boxes in it. when you change toner or image drums, when you load paper in the paper tray, or if you move the printer. Lined Boxes Lined Box Numbers To set the color registration: 1 Open the Color Registration Utility: click Start ® Section #1 Programs ® OKICOLOR 8 ® OKICOLOR 8 Color Registration Utility. 2 Make sure OKICOLOR 8 on LPT1: (or OKICOLOR 8 PS on LPT1:) is highlighted in the box (if you are using a List Box port other than LPT1:, make sure that port is highlighted). 3 From the list, select the tray you want to calibrate.

Quick Start | 27 5 Beginning with section #1, find the lined box where no 6 On the screen, find the corresponding list box (in this case, color shows in the spaces between the black lines and note #1—yellow, left) and scroll to the number you noted. its corresponding number.

If more than one box has no color, select the one closest ! to zero. If all the boxes have color, select the lightest one, nearest zero.

7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the remaining eight sections. 8 Click Send changes to the printer. The printer prints another color test page. This time, the box where no color shows should correspond to box +1, 0, or -1 for each section. If it doesn’t, repeat steps 4 through 6 until it does. 9 Click Close.

28 | OKICOLOR 8 Setting the Color Registration To ensure optimum print quality, you should set the color in Win 3.1x registration on a routine basis (once a month or so). Since each color is printed separately, you must set the color It is also recommended that you set the color registration registration to ensure that the colors line up properly. If the when you change toner or image drums, when you load paper colors are out of alignment, the printed page will appear in the paper tray, or if you move the printer. blurry and unclear: When you perform the color registration below, it will apply only to the paper path you currently have selected.

To set the color registration: 1 Make sure the printer is off line (press ON LINE to place the printer off line). 2 Press and hold Menu 2 until COLOR REG ADJUST appears on the display.

Quick Start | 29 3 Press ENTER. 4 Beginning with section #1, find the lined box where no PRINT PATTERN displays. The printer prints a color test color shows in the spaces between the black lines and note page with 9 sections, each with a series of lined boxes in its corresponding number. it.

Lined Boxes Lined Box Numbers

Section #1 If more than one box has no color, select the one closest ! to zero. If all the boxes have color, select the lightest one, nearest zero. List Box 5 The display reads ADJUST #1, with the number 0 on the second line. Press ᮣ to increase the number or ᮤ to decrease it, until the second line reads the number of the correct box for section #1. 6 Press MENU 1 to move to section #2 (display: ADJUST #2), and repeat the process to select the box which shows no color in the spaces between the black lines.

30 | OKICOLOR 8 7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each of the remaining seven sections. If you need to go back, hold MENU 1 down to move backwards through the menu. 8 When you are satisfied with your selections, press MENU 1 repeatedly until PRINT EXECUTE appears on the display. 9 Press ENTER. The printer prints another color test page. This time, the box where no color shows should correspond to box +1, 0, or -1 for each section. If it doesn’t, press MENU 1 and repeat steps 4 through 9 until it does. 10 Press ON LINE to save the settings and exit the menu.

Quick Start | 31 Finishing:Overview Macintosh Systems

Software Installation Additional Software The OKICOLOR 8 CD-ROM includes the following for • Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0: for viewing the on-line Macintosh systems. documentation. • Adobe Type Manager 4.0: for improving the appearance Printer Driver of Adobe PostScript fonts on your screen. • Adobe PostScript Printer Driver

Printer Software • Screen Fonts • Color Registration Utility: the most convenient way to set the printer’s color registration. • On-line Documentation: â OKICOLOR 8 User’s Guide â PANTONE “Importing Color Palettes into Desktop Publishing Applications”

32 | OKICOLOR 8 Installing Your Printer Software Selecting the Printer 1 Insert the OKICOLOR 8 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 1 Print the OKICOLOR 8 menu: press ON LINE (on the 2 Double-click the CD icon that appears on the desktop. printer control panel), then press and hold PAPER SIZE/Print Menu for two seconds until the 3 Double-click the MAC folder. display reads PRINT MENU. 4 Double-click the PSDrv folder. 2 On the printout, under ETHERTALK, Printer Name:, note 5 Double-click the English folder. the name that appears, for example, OKI_465987. You 6 Double-click the OKICOLOR 8 Installer. will need this name for step 5. 7 Continue with the installation following the instructions on 3 Activate Chooser from the Apple menu. your screen. 4 Locate and select the AdobePS icon. 5 Highlight the name from step 2, and click SETUP. The PostScript Printer Description (PPD) setup screen appears. 6 Click Auto Setup to have the Adobe Printer Driver configure your printer automatically OR Click Select PPD to select a PPD file manually. 7 Follow the instructions on your screen to finish.

Quick Start | 33 Setting the Color Registration To ensure optimum print quality, you should set the color Since each color is printed separately, you must set the color registration on a routine basis (once a month or so). registration to ensure that the colors line up properly. If the It is also recommended that you set the color registration colors are out of alignment, the printed page will appear when you change toner or image drums, when you load paper blurry and unclear: in the paper tray, or if you move the printer.

To set the color registration: 1 Open the Color Registration Utility: In the OKICOLOR 8 directory, double-click OKICOLOR 8 Color Registration Utility, then double-click OKICOLOR 8 Col Reg. 2 From the list, select the tray you want to calibrate.

34 | OKICOLOR 8 3 Click Print Color Calibration page. 4 Beginning with section #1, find the lined box where no The printer prints a color test page with 9 sections, each color shows in the spaces between the black lines and note with a series of lined boxes in it. its corresponding number.

Lined Boxes Lined Box Numbers

Section #1

If more than one box has no color, select the one closest ! to zero. If all the boxes have color, select the lightest List Box one, nearest zero.

Quick Start | 35 5 On the screen, find the corresponding list box (in this case, #1—yellow, left) and enter the number you noted.

6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the remaining eight sections. 7 Click Send changes to the printer. The printer prints another color test page. This time, the box where no color shows should correspond to box +1, 0, or -1 for each section. If it doesn’t, repeat steps 3 through 6 until it does. 8 Click Close.

36 | OKICOLOR 8 ControlOverview Panel

Control Panel Basics Left Side

Low Toner Indicators LCD Display

Paper Size Indicators

Quick Start | 37 Right Side The control panel buttons are dual function: press and release to engage the top function; press and hold for 2 to 3 seconds to engage the bottom function.

Press: Changes printer status from on line to off line.

Press: Enters the Paper Size Quick Menu. Hold: Prints a listing of the current and default menu settings. Press: Enters and scrolls through Level 1 menu. Press: Enters the Tray Select Quick Menu. Hold: Enters Level 2 menu. Hold: Prints a sample of installed printer fonts. Press: In Menu Mode returns to previous item. Press: Ejects the current page. Hold: Clears error condition and returns printer on line. Hold: Prints a Demo Page Press: In Menu Mode advances to next item. Hold: Deletes data in buffer and executes internal reset. See the on-line OKICOLOR 8 User’s Guide on the ! OKICOLOR 8 CD for details on the control panel and Press: In Menu Mode sets displayed menu item as the printer menus. user default. Hold: Enters the Power Save Quick Menu.

38 | OKICOLOR 8 NoticesOverview

Year 2000 Compliance Energy Star All products currently sold by Oki Data are Year 2000 As an Energy Star® Partner, Oki Data Compliant. Each product contains information technology has determined that this product meets that accurately processes date and time data between the the Energy Star guidelines for energy years 1999 and 2000, and carries no issue for the September efficiency. 9, 1999 (9999) programming concern. These products, when used in combination with products purchased from other manufacturers, whose products properly exchange date and time information, will accurately process the date and time. All future products are committed to meeting the same Year 2000 compliance.

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