OKI B6250, B6500 User Guide

B6250/B6500

User’s Guide

B6250/B6500

REFACE

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While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.

The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki web site:

Oki, Oki Printing Solutions and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors.

Printer Model No: B6500: JEB-6, B6250: JEB-2

http://www.okiprintingsolutions.com

Achieves ENERGY STAR energy savings; product fully qualifies when packaged with (or used with) a duplex unit.

This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89/336/EEC (EMC), 73/23/EEC (LVD) and 1999/5/EC (R&TTE) as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility, low voltage and radio & telecommunications terminal equipment.

MPORTER TO THE

Oki Europe Limited (trading as OKI Printing Solutions) Blays House Wick Road Egham, Surrey TW20 0HJ United Kingdom

For all sales, support and general enquiries contact your local distributor.

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NVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

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ONTENTS

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Notes, cautions and warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Main Components and Their Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Standard Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

With Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Internal View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Print Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Menu Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Switching On and Off the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Switching On the Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Switching Off the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Power Save Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Exiting the Power Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Cancelling/Checking Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Cancelling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Checking Status of Print Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Displaying Optional Accessory Configuration

and Paper Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Printing From the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Useful Print Features In Properties Dialog Box . . . . 15

Printing on Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Loading Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Printing on Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Printing on Transparencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Loading Transparencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Printing on Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Printing on Custom Size Paper/Long Paper . . . . . . . . 19

Loading Custom Size Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting Custom Paper Sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Printing on Custom Size Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Special Printing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Print Confidential Document - Secure Print . . . . . . 22

Stored Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Proof Print - Print After Checking Printing

Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Print at a Specified Time - Timed Job . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Direct Printing of PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Printing via Electronic Mail - E-mail Printing. . . . . . 23

Barcode Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Settings on the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

About this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

LCD Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Navigating the Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Changing the Display and Reporting Language. . . . . . 29

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

When Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Inside Cover A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Inside Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Inside Cover B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Inside Cover C (Duplex Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Inside Cover D (Offset Catch Trays) . . . . . . . . . . . 32

When Problems Occur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

When the Print Quality is Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Network Related Troubles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Daily Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Drum/Toner Cartridge Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Caution on Handling the Drum/Toner Cartridge . . . 41

Replacing the Drum/Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 42

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Cleaning the Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Cleaning the Interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Cleaning the Feed Rolls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

When Moving the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Oki contact details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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OTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS

NOTE

A note provides additional information to supplement the main

text.

CAUTION!

A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage.

WARNING!

A warning provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury.

For the protection of your product, and in order to ensure that you benefit from its full functionality, this model has been designed to operate only with genuine OKI Printing Solutions print (toner/drum) cartridges. These can be identified by the OKI Printing Solutions trademark. Any other print cartridge may not operate at all, even if it is described as “compatible”, and if it does work, your product's performance and print quality may be degraded.

Specifications subject to change without notice. All trademarks acknowledged.

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ASIC OPERATIONS

AIN COMPONENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

TANDARD CONFIGURATION

NO. NAME DESCRIPTION

1 Centre output

tray

2 Control panel Consists of the essential operation buttons, indicators

3 Ventilation hole Releases heat to prevent the interior of the printer

4 Paper meter A meter to check the amount of remaining paper.

5 Tray 1 Sets the 150 tray.

6 Tray 2 Sets the 550 tray.

7 Power switch Switches the power of the printer on and off. Pressing

8 Paper stopper Raise this when printing on paper larger than Letter/

Print jobs are output here with the printed side facing down.

and display.

from heating up.

Attached to the 550 tray.

the switch to the <|> position switches it on and pressing it to the <0> position switches it off.

A4 size.

9 Duplex unit

connector

For connecting the optional duplex unit.

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NO. NAME DESCRIPTION

10 Power cord cable

connector

11 Parallel

connector

12 Network

connector

13 USB connector For connecting the USB cable.

14 Serial connector For connecting the serial cable.

ITH OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

For connecting the power cord cable.

For connecting the parallel cable.

For connecting the network cable when connecting this printer to the network for use.

NO. NAME DESCRIPTION

1 Offset catch tray

2Cover D

3Rear tray

4 Duplex unit

(optional)

(Cover C)

Allows you to stagger the output position for each print job (offset output).

Open this when paper is jammed inside the offset catch tray.

Use this tray if you want to reduce curling of paper when printing heavyweight paper. Print jobs are output here with the printed side facing up.

Enables 2 sided printing. When paper is jammed inside the duplex unit, it is described as cover C.

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NO. NAME DESCRIPTION

5 Rear output tray

6 A4 universal tray Can install up to two levels of an Letter/A4

7 Right detachable

NTERNAL VIEW

lever

cover

When the rear tray has been installed, the paper output location can be switched between it and the centre output tray. Raise the lever to output to the rear tray and lower the lever to output to the centre output tray.

universal tray (550) to this printer.

Remove this when installing optional accessories such as hard disk and additional memory.

NO. NAME DESCRIPTION

1 Paper sto ppe r Raise this when pr inting on paper larger t han A4 size.

2 Drum/toner

cartridge

3 Cover A Open this when replacing the drum/toner cartridge

4 Fuser unit Fixes the toner on the paper. Do not touch this when

5 Transfer roll

cartridge

6 Cover B Open this when removing jammed paper.

Contains the toner and the photosensitive drum.

and removing jammed paper.

using the printer as it is hot.

Transfers the toner image on the surface of the photosensitive drum to the paper.

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ONTROL PANEL

NO. NAME DESCRIPTION

1 <MENU> button Press to move to menu operation.

2 <INFO> button Press to print the menu map. The menu map (2 pages)

3<READY>

indicator

4 LCD display Displays the setting items, machine status, and

5 <ATTENTION>

indicator

6 <On-Line>

button

7<CANCEL>

button

8 <Select> button Press to select the currently displayed menu on

will print with all the current printer settings.

When the light is on, the printer is ready to receive data from the computer.

messages.

When the light is on, there is a malfunction in the printer.

Press to enter the off-line status. When in the off-line status, the machine cannot receive data or process printing. Press again to exit the off-line status and enter the on-line status (where the machine can receive data from the computer).

Press to cancel printing.

Press to exit Menu Mode.

setting.

<> <> <> <>

buttons

Press these to move to the required menu, item and candidate value on the display.

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ISPLAY

There are two types of screens shown: Print screen (for displaying printer status) and Menu screen (for setting configuration).

NOTE

The message displayed differs according to the options installed and setting status.

RINT SCREEN

The Print screen appears when the machine is printing or waiting for data. The following contents are shown on the screen.

Current printer status—Shown at top left, e.g. Online (ready to print), printing, etc.

Port receiving data—Shown at bottom left. Which printer port is currently receiving print data, e.g. USB, Net, etc.

Emulation—Shown at bottom right. Which page description language emulation is currently in use, e.g. PCL, PS, etc.

ENU SCREEN

Screen for configuring settings related to the printer.

This screen appears when you press the <Menu> button. The first of a list of menus appears at top right. Further depressions of the

<Menu> button or the < > < > buttons cycle through the available printers menus.

Refer to:

> Items that can be set on the Menu screen: “Settings on the

Control Panel” on page 28.

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WITCHING ON AND OFF THE POWER

WITCHING ON THE POWER

1. Press the power switch of the printer

to the <|> position.

2. When the power is switched on, various screens will be displayed on the control panel. Check that this display changes to “Online”.

NOTE

When “Please wait…” is displayed, the printer is in the process of warming up. Printing is unavailable during this period. When the printer is ready for printing, “Online” will be displayed.

Important:

> If error message is displayed, refer to the Message List in the

Reference Guide for guidance on how to fix it.

WITCHING OFF THE POWER

Important:

> Do not switch off the printer power when printing is in

progress. It may lead to a paper jam.

> Once the power is switched off, print data remaining in this

printer or information saved in the memory of this printer will be deleted.

1. By checking the display on the control panel, confirm that the printer is not processing any data.

2. Press the power switch to the <O> position to switch the power off.

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OWER SAVE MODES

This printer is equipped with a Power Save mode to reduce power consumption when it is left idle. The default idle time from last print activity until the printer enters Power Save mode is 5 minutes. This time can be adjusted by the operator to any of the following: 5, 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes.

When no print data is received within 5 minutes (default) since the last page is printed, the printer will enter Power Save mode. An informative message is displayed on the operator panel indicating Power Save Mode. Consumption of power during Power Save mode is 10 Watts or less, and the time required to exit from Power Save mode to a print-ready status is about 10 seconds.

XITING THE POWER SAVE MODE

The printer automatically exits from Power Save mode once it receives data from the computer or if any key on the operator panel is pressed.

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ANCELLING/CHECKING PRINTING

ANCELLING PRINTING

To cancel printing, you can either cancel the print job at this printer or at the computer.

Cancelling a Print Job at the Printer

Press the <CANCEL> button then press the <ON-LINE> button on the control panel. However, pages being printed at the moment will continue to be printed.

Cancelling Print Jobs at the Computer

Double-click the printer icon at the bottom right of the taskbar

in Windows.

From the displayed window, click the document name that you wish to delete and press the <Delete> key.

HECKING STATUS OF PRINT DATA

Checking in Windows

Double-click the printer icon on the task bar at the bottom right

of the screen.

From the displayed window, check the column, [Status].

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ISPLAYING OPTIONAL ACCESSORY CONFIGURATION

AND

APER TRAY SETTINGS

When using this printer as a network printer and with SNMP protocol enabled, you can display on the printer driver, the optional accessory configuration and settings configured at the control panel such as paper type or size. These settings are displayed on the [Options] tab. This section explains the procedure using Windows XP as an example.

Important:

> When using USB or Parallel connection to this printer, this

feature cannot be used. You have to manually set the items on the printer driver.

> The rear tray information cannot be obtained. You have to

manually set the item.

> For paper size and paper type settings, you must configure

them at the control panel beforehand. Even if you change the settings here, they will not be reflected on the printer itself.

NOTE

> When using this feature, you have to activate the SNMP port

(default: [Enable]) on the printer using the control panel.

> For Windows NT 4. 0/Windows 2000/Windows XP, only users with

administrator’s rights can change the settings. Users without administrator’s rights can only check the contents.

1. From the [Start] menu, click [Printers and Faxes] and then display the properties of the printer to be used.

2. Click the [Device Options] tab.

3. Click [Get Information from Printer].

NOTE

The properties of the printer can be displayed on the printer driver.

4. Click [OK]. The contents of the [Device Options] tab will be updated based on the data obtained from the printer.

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RINTING

RINTING FROM THE COMPUTER

This section explains the basic flow when printing from application software in a Windows

(The procedure may differ according to the computer or system configuration used.)

Important:

> Do not switch off the power to the printer when printing is in

progress. It may lead to a paper jam.

NOTE

> This section explains printing with the PCL driver as an example.

1. From the [File] menu of the application software, select [Print].

2. Select this printer as the printer to be used to start printing. To use the various print features of this printer, display the printer properties dialog box to set the necessary items. For details on each item and how to set them, refer to the Online Help for the printer driver.

Important:

> If the paper tray information is not correct, change the

settings on the [Set Up] tab of the printer driver before continuing. For details on how to do the settings, refer to the Online Help for the printer driver.

environment.

SEFUL PRINT FEATURES IN PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX

> The following selections are available in the [Setup] tab:

Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, Paper Destination Paper Feed Options*, Finishing Mode**, and 2-sided Printing.

*Paper Feed Options include: Auto Resize, Covers, Auto Tray Change, Media Check, and Skip Blank Pages, Tray 1 Settings, and Media Type.

**Finishing Mode includes: Standard, 2-up, 4-up, 6-up, 8-up, 9-up, 16-up, PosterPrint, and Booklet.

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NOTE

> You can set the print features in the properties dialog box from

the printer icon by selecting [Printers and Faxes] (or [Settings] > [Printers] depending on the OS).

RINTING ON ENVELOPES

For details on the envelopes that can be used, refer to “Usable Paper” in the Reference Guide. The procedure to print on envelopes is as follows.

OADING ENVELOPES

You have to close the flaps of the envelopes and load them with the address side facing up in the orientation shown in the diagram below.

Envelopes should be loaded with the flap side down and to be fed into the printer in the direction indicated by the arrow.

The following explains how to load the envelopes, using COM-10 envelopes as an example, in trays 1 to 4.

Important:

> The reverse side of the envelope cannot be printed on.

NOTE

> For details on the procedure to load paper in a paper tray, refer

to “Loading Paper” on page 26.

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