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European edition

OKI Printing Solutions C530dn

30-ppm Monochrome; 26-ppm Color

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Key Buyer Benefits

 Superior print productivity  HD colour printing technology for sharp detail and rich, vivid colour  1200 x 600 dpi resolution for crisp, clear output  HD colour printing technology combines multi-level LED print heads and microfine toner for precise toner placement,

producing excellent photographs, business charts and presentations

 Outstanding ease-of-use for clearing misfeeds, loading paper, and changing toner  Standard duplex printing  Optional 16 GB SD memory storage card for added security features that include; PIN/password enabled, AES 256-

bit encryption and Message Authentication Code (MAC)

 Offers job accounting which enables tracking of colour and mono printing costs, easy monitoring of printing activity,

and greater control of printer usage

 With Colour Correct it makes it easy to adjust colours commonly found in applications such as Microsoft® Word,

Excel® and PowerPoint® applications

 ECO Mode provides a power-saving, performance-enhancing automatic engine speed adjustment on print jobs

requiring 2 or fewer pages

 Maximum monthly duty cycle of up to 45,000 pages  256 MB standard memory, expandable to 768 MB maximum  Environmentally-friendly design offers low power consumption, acoustic noise and is Energy Star compliant  1-Year limited warranty with free extension to 3 years warranty, if registered within 30 days of purchase; 5-Year

limited warranty on LED print-heads (local terms and conditions may vary)

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What’s Inside

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Introduction

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Print

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Image Quality

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Ease of Use

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What BERTL Liked 18

Device Features Summary 3

Bandwidth 4 Print Productivity 5 What BERTL Liked 5

Density 6 Resolution 6 Halftones 6 Negative/Positive Lines 7 Negative/Positive Dots What BERTL Liked

Programming the Control Panel 8 Print Drivers 8 Routine Maintenance 12 Client Utilities and Device Management

Media Handling

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Media Handling Checklist 19 Loading Media 19 What BERTL Liked 20

Accessibility

User Accessibility 21 What BERTL Liked 21

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Summing Up

Summary 22

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About BERTL

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About BERTL 23

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OKI Printing Solutions introduced the new OKI Printing Solutions C330dn and C530dn colour LED printers. These compact and robust colour printers are ideal for small workgroups requiring fast print speeds, flexible media handling and exceptional colour output quality. BERTL recently tested the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn, which has a rated print speed of 30 ppm in monochrome and 26 ppm in colour. The monthly duty cycle is 45,000 pages with high toner yields of 5,000 pages per high-capacity cartridge using all four colours (CMYK). The image drum has high life duration of 20,000 pages. The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn has flexible media capabilities with a maximum paper capacity of 880 pages, the ability to print on stock as heavy as 220 gsm and sheets up to A4 and banners up to 1,200mm in length.

The new OKI Printing Solutions C530dn colour printer is designed to be easy on the environment and offers the following features:

 Energy Star compliant  Small footprint with a low profile of 242mm high

enabling it to fit into small areas

 The LCD display has a back light and a navigation key

panel that makes operation simple

 HD Colour printing technology and high-quality 1200 x

600 dpi produces smooth and rich business graphics

 Users can control colour quality output with the Colour

Swatch utility which matches custom colours to the colour values on their C530dn device

 Powerful 532 MHz PowerPC CPU for high speed

performance and 256 MB RAM that is expandable to 768 MB

 View job queues and check supply levels remotely with

OKI Printing Solutions’ embedded web page PrintSuperVision

 Advanced Security features include IP address

filtering, IPsec, and MAC address filtering

 More security features available with the optional 16

GB SD memory card include PIN/password enabled, AES 256-bit encryption and Message Authentication Code (MAC)

 Comes standard with Job Accounting Software that

tracks colour and monochrome pages by individuals or departments

 Colour Access Policy Manager allows control over

colour printing access and converts unauthorized colour print jobs to black & white

 ECO Mode provides power-saving, performance-

enhancing automatic engine speed adjustment on print jobs requiring 2 or fewer pages

 OKI Printing Solutions C530dn In the following test report, BERTL takes an in-depth look

at the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn, testing and evaluating its productivity, image quality and ease-of-use.

OKI Printing Solutions C530dn Features Summary

Imaging Technology LED Standard Functions Network Printing

530 Sheet 2nd Paper Tray

Optional Functions

256 MB Memory Expansion 512 MB Memory Expansion

16 GB SD Memory Card

Maximum Monthly Print Volume

45,000

Mono Print Speed 30 ppm Mono First Page Out Time 7.5 seconds Colour Print Speed 26 ppm Colour First Page Out

Time

8.0 seconds Automatic Duplex Yes NT Authentication

Yes, with optional 16 GB SD

memory card

LDAP Compatibility Yes Hard Disk Overwrite

Yes, with optional 16 GB SD

memory card

BERTL’S GALAXY© STAR RATING

BERTL Galaxy© Star Rating

Okidata C530dn

Build Quality

Network Administration

Security

Workflow

Ease of Use

Medi a Handling

Printi ng

Image Quality

This device is available as follows:

 OKI Printing Solutions C330dn

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PRINT PRODUCTIVITY

Evaluating print productivity is not as simple as timing copy jobs. The printing process involves several steps and can be affected by a variety of factors along the way.

The document must first be spooled by the print driver into a PCL or PostScript

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file. The PCL or PostScript® file is then sent to the printer where it is raster image processed (RIPped) into image data by the device processor. The image data is then sent to the marking engine and output as printed pages.

It is possible to time and compare these factors through the use of careful preparation, conditioning and testing. Following are charts that show printing performance when tested under controlled conditions.

NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEMS

 The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn’s rated output speed is up to 26 ppm in colour and 30 ppm in monochrome.

 The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn’s Rated First-CopyOut Time (FCOT) is as fast as 8 seconds in colour and 7.5 seconds in monochrome.

 The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn delivers multiple emulations including the following: PCL® 6, PostScript® 3™, XPS, SIDM (IBM® ProPrinter®, Epson® FX).

 All of the print drivers offer bidirectional communication with its user-selectable interface for all of the Windows based operating systems.

 High print resolutions of up to 1200 x 600 dpi for enhanced image quality.

 Driver supports the following OS’s: Windows® 7, Vista®/ Vista x64, XP/XP x64, Server 2008 R2 x64/ 2003/2000, Mac® support: OS X 10.3 and higher; UNIX®; Linux and Citrix®.

 Supports a TCP/IP network protocol.  Users can connect to the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn

via OkiLAN® 10/100 Base-T Internal Ethernet Print Server or a High-speed USB v2.0 connection.

 Advanced Network Security features include IP address filtering, IPsec and MAC address filtering.

 Encrypted Secure Printing features include the following: PIN/password-enabled, AES 256-bit encryption and Message Authentication Code (MAC).

 Fast productivity with the 532 MHz PowerPC CPU and 256 MB of memory that is upgradable to 768 MB.

 Optional 16 GB SD memory card for added storage.

TESTING RESULTS

Network-Bandwidth/Print File Sizes

1-page Digital Photo PDF

4-page Passport Form PDF

16-page Magazine in PDF

22-page Excel Worksheet

32-page TextBased PowerPoint

32-page Graphic PowerPoint

32-page Graphic PowerPoint Duplex

38-page Form Word Document

50-page TextBased PDF

50-page TextBased PDF Duplex

Native

File Size

PCL6 PostScript XPS

4.48 MB 12.2 MB 5.80 MB 758 KB

0.08 MB 502 KB 519 KB 144 KB

1.78 MB 14.5 MB 3.44 MB 1.13 MB

0.12 MB 267 KB 1.20 MB 1.19 MB

0.23 MB 5.28 MB 2.84 MB 1.26 MB

4.20 MB 18.1 MB 23.5 MB 4.97 MB

0.91 MB 8.58 MB 14.6 MB 2.97 MB

0.17 MB 7.03 MB 1.79 MB 905 KB

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First Page Out

Time (seconds)

Total Job

Time (seconds)

Job List Mode PCL6 PostScript XPS PCL6 PostScript XPS

1-page Digital photo print original 1:1 18.37 33.27 24.44 18.37 33.27 24.44 4-page Passport Form PDF 1:1 13.35 15.17 21.18 19.89 21.36 27.40 16-page Magazine PDF 1:1 19.17 17.39 23.99 50.95 51.89 62.34 22-page Excel Worksheet 1:1 15.83 13.02 19.27 55.02 51.98 56.08 32-page Text-Based PowerPoint 1:1 18.05 14.89 23.18 84.11 80.80 89.05 32-page Graphic PowerPoint 1:1 15.99 17.30 23.40 81.93 104.70 104.92 32-page Graphic PowerPoint (duplex) 1:2 29.11 28.11 35.43 154.80 164.49 167.71 38-page Form Word Document 1:1 15.49 13.14 24.83 94.18 96.42 107.50 50-page Text-Based PDF 1:1 15.36 14.93 22.09 109.42 105.59 115.59 50-page Text-Based PDF (duplex) 1:2 26.08 26.79 33.80 208.83 208.52 216.89

Mixed paper size test

Driver Job List Mode

Black

Pages

First Page Time

Total

Actual

Print Time

Running PPM

PCL6 4-page PDF x 25 Copies 1:1 100 14.15 285.71 21.11

PCL6 4-page PDF x 25 Copies 1:2 50 24.05 618.37 15.27 PostScript 4-page PDF x 25 Copies 1:1 100 11.46 286.21 21.03 PostScript 4-page PDF x 25 Copies 1:2 50 25.05 678.59 13.92

XPS 4-page PDF x 25 Copies 1:1 100 24.39 294.8 21.72 XPS 4-page PDF x 25 Copies 1:2 50 33.9 621.77 15.19

Print Productivity in Monochrome (PPM)

# of

Originals

Mode

PCL6

Driver

PostScript

Driver

XPS

Driver

WHAT BERTL LIKED

 Tested simplex monochrome network-print speed was

as fast as 31 ppm using all the drivers, matching OKI Printing Solutions rated speed of 31 ppm.*

50 Simplex 31.2 ppm 31.3 ppm 31.7 ppm

 Tested duplex monochrome network-print speed was

as fast as 15.8 ppm using both the PostScript and XPS

50 Duplex 15.7 ppm 15.8 ppm 15.8 ppm

Monochrome print productivity is evaluated based on a text based letter sized 50 page PDF file. A4 size speeds will vary slightly.

Print Productivity in Colour (PPM)

# of

Originals

Mode

PCL

Driver

PostScript

Driver

XPS

Driver

32 Simplex 27.1 ppm 24.2 ppm 22.8 ppm

drivers.*

 Tested simplex colour network productivity was up to

27.1 ppm using the PCL driver, 24.2 ppm with the PostScript driver and 22.8 ppm using the XPS driver.*

 Tested duplex colour network productivity up to 14.3

ppm with the PCL driver.*

 Tested First-Page-Out-Time was 14.93 seconds in

monochrome and 15.99 seconds in colour*.

 In BERTL’s job stream test the PCL6 driver completed

the stream job test in 11 minutes and 13 seconds, running at 24 ppm, which translates to an efficiency rate of 77%. Using the PostScript driver the efficiency

32 Duplex 14.3 ppm 13.2 ppm 13.6 ppm

rate was up to 63% and 64% using the XPS driver.

Colour print productivity is evaluated based on a graphic based letter sized 32 page PPT file. A4 size speeds will vary slightly.

Print productivity is evaluated based on letter sized test

*

originals; these results will vary slightly when using A4 paper.

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IMAGE QUALITY

BERTL evaluates the output of several “test targets” in order to determine image quality. Following are descriptions of key elements of image quality. Note the numbered examples on each of the test targets shown in the right column.

Office Colour Image Quality

1. Density of Solid Areas - Better contrast; more vivid overall images

2. Line Work - Better production of lines and text

3. Halftones - Better production of photographic and screened images

4. Negative/Positive - Better production of fine detail

Photographic Colour Image Quality

5. Flesh tones - Better production of portraits

6. Banding - Better solid and dithered fill

7. Low Contrast - Better production of dark images

8. Saturation - Better production of bright colours

9. Caste – Better colour fidelity

10. Fine Detail – Better reproduction of fine details

Density of Solid Areas*

Print Density

Black 1.41 Cyan 1.51

Magenta 1.45

Yellow 1.03

*Density is on a scale of 0 to 2.5, with 2.5 being the best possible.

Print Resolution*

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4

1 1

3

1

BERTL uses ImageExpert printer test targets for the evaluation of printed image quality. BERTL technicians measure image density and evaluate the device’s ability to produce a full range of halftones and various sizes of negative/positive text, dots and lines in each primary printing colour (CYMK).

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9

6

10

7

10

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Vertical Horizontal

Black 2.0 2.0 Cyan 2.0 2.0

Magenta 2.0 2.0

Yellow 3.0 3.0

*Line Pairs per Millimetre. For printer resolution, lower is better (range,

1.0-5.0).

Print Halftones

Min. Gradation* Max. Gradation**

Black 10 100 Cyan 10 100

Magenta 10 100

Yellow 10 100

*Minimum gradation is on a scale of 10 – 100 percent in 10 percent increments. The best possible minimum gradation is 10 percent. **Maximum gradation is on a scale of 10 – 100 percent in 10 percent increments. The best possible maximum gradation is 100 percent.

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5

10

BERTL uses synthetic (photographic) test images obtained from ISO

International Standard 12640--Graphic Technology—Prepress digital

data exchange—CYMK Standard Colour Image Data (CYMK/SCID) in

order to evaluate the ability to print photographic images.

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IMAGE QUALITY

Negative/Positive Lines*

Line Width

(points)

1 2 3 4 5 6

A “√” mark indicates the device was able to print the line width correctly. *Chart cells containing an “x” indicate that the printer was not able to print the line width correctly. Overall, the fewer “x’s,” the better the image quality.

Negative Positive

Vertical Horizontal Vertical Horizontal

√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

Negative/Positive Dots*

Line Width (points) % of Dots Printed

1 pixel Black 100

1 pixel Black Neg 100

1 pixel Cyan 100

1 pixel Magenta 100

1 pixel Yellow 100

2x2 pixel Black 100

2x2 pixel Black Neg 100

Checkerboard apparent?

*On a scale of 0 – 100%. The higher the percentage, the better.

No

Photo Quality

WHAT BERTL LIKED

 HD Colour printing technology produces smooth and

rich colours in photos and business graphics.

 High-Quality 1200 x 600 dpi printing provides clear,

crisp images, even on jobs with fine detail.

 Excellent midtones, highlights and shadows were

produced with all four colours.

 Great halftone reproduction when printing all colour

and greyscale shades.

 Great print density.  Output displayed great line control, printing all of

BERTL’s negative/positive test lines correctly.

 Excellent resolution in all colours (CMYK).  BERTL photographic test files displayed good

fleshtones with a smooth and matte finish.

WHAT BERTL WOULD LIKE TO SEE

 BERTL was very satisfied with the C530dn‘s image

quality. We would have liked to have seen less banding on some test files.

Ranking (1-5)*

Fleshtones 4.0

Banding 4.0

Low Contrast 4.5

Saturation 4.5

Caste 4.5

Fine Detail 4.5

*Based on a scale of 1 – 5, with 5 being the best.

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PROGRAMMING THE CONTROL PANEL

A control panel’s ease of use or lack thereof can often have a significant effect on user productivity. The harder it is to select frequently used options such as duplexing, document finishing, etc., the more time the user has to spend programming the device and the less productive they are. The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn’s control panel consists of a 16-character backlit LCD screen with a navigation key panel that makes operation simple. The LCD screen also displays gauges of toner levels so users can easily see the levels at a glance.

PCL6 DRIVER

PRINT DRIVERS

As with control panels, print-driver design can vary enormously from manufacturer-to-manufacturer. OKI Printing Solutions has made it an effortless procedure with their design of the PCL, PostScript, and XPS drivers. The drivers are the same as other OKI Printing Solutions device drivers, which will make it especially easy for OKI Printing Solutions users to quickly acclimate to it.

Print Driver Checklist

Do print drivers have identical user interfaces? Yes Are print drivers interfaces identical to other

models from this vendor? Are finishing, duplex and paper tray selections

located on the first tab?

Yes

Bidirectional communication within print drivers? Yes Auto device configuration from within print driver? Yes Does print driver installation require rebooting of

the workstation?

No

In order to specify system defaults and installed options, administrators select the Printers and Faxes folder from the Microsoft Windows’ Start menu, and then select one of the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn drivers. Administrators can select the “Get Printer Settings” option and installed options will be automatically indicated in the print driver.

Are print driver deployment processes included? Yes Are print driver deployment guidelines and

procedures included?

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The PCL driver’s first tab, Setup, provides basic options such as paper size, source, weight, finishing mode, and duplexing. The image in the lower right of the tab indicates the currently selected settings.

The Paper feed options dialog allows you to set items related to Fit to Page, Cover Printing, Paper feed options, and Custom Size.

The Cover Printing option is a function not commonly seen in most printers. This feature allows you to select a different paper type for the outside covers of a print job.

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Finishing options available with this driver include Standard / N-up, Booklet and Poster Print.

The Standard N-up feature allows users to print multiple pages in one sheet, with each page image reduced in size.

The booklet print function allows users to create a document consisting of multiple pages with two page images printed on the front- and back-sides of each sheet of paper. The printed pages will then be folded in half to create a booklet, or series of booklets that will be combined to create a book.

The PosterPrint option allows users to print a one-page document into multiple pages by enlarging the scale of the original document.

The Driver Settings option allows users to create and save customised settings. This feature is designed to save the user time when printing similar jobs which require the same finishing options.

The Job Options tab contains settings for image-quality, number of Copies, Scale, Orientation, Job Type, Watermarks, etc.

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The Job Options’ tab provides a link to an Advanced tab that provides options to Reduce Spool Files, Overprint Black Text, and Adjust ultra fine lines among others.

Above and next column: Users can specify watermarks to be printed on specific pages. Users can also create a custom watermark and tailor the look and feel of it to match their corporate standards.

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The Colour tab provides Colour Mode options that include Automatic, Office Colour, Graphic Pro, No Colour Matching, and Greyscale. These options allow the printer to adjust the colours specified in the document and print them accordingly. By selecting the detail buttons located on the right a dialog box will pop up where the users can manually adjust colour settings for Office Colour, Graphic Pro and Greyscale.

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XPS DRIVER

The Colour Swatch Utility enables users to print out charts that indicate how specified colours will appear when printed by the device.

POSTSCRIPT DRIVER

The PostScript driver offers common paper and image quality settings as well as options for storing files to a SD card and secure print (the user is prompted to enter a password which must also be entered at the control panel of the device in order for the job to print).

The XPS driver is virtually identical to the PCL driver, providing a bidirectional communication between a user’s PC and device eliminating the need for users to manually update the devices components. This driver offers the most common paper and image quality settings.

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

The OKI Printing Solutions’ maintenance intervals offer a high monthly duty cycle of 45,000 pages and high toner yields of 5,000 pages per high-capacity toner cartridge using CMYK. The image drum life also has a high life span of 20,000 pages. Users can also purchase the standard toner cartridges that have toner yield of 2,000 pages per cartridge using CMY and 3,500 pages using black.

The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn has a small amount of consumable items that any user can easily change with great ease of use. All misfeed areas, toner cartridges and the fuser unit are easily accessible. BERTL found locating and changing these items to be a straight-forward and easy process.

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Maintenance Checklist

Load ink/toner while running? No Requires rear access to maintenance items? No Requires side access to maintenance items such

as toner cartridge?

No

All-in-one imaging units? No User-disposable waste item(s)? Yes

REPLACING TONER

In order to replace the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn consumables, the user must lift up the top cover.

REPLACING THE IMAGE DRUM UNIT

Above and below: In order to replace the printer’s image

drum unit, the user must first remove all the toner cartridges. The user then unlocks the two blue levers and lifts the unit out for replacement.

Once the cover is open, the user can then replace the toner cartridges by lifting the toner out for replacement.

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REPLACING THE FUSER UNIT

Above and below: The printer’s fuser unit must

periodically be replaced. The user first opens the top cover; the fuser is located toward the back. The user must be careful because if the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. The user then unlocks the blue levers and, grasping the fuser by its handle, pulls it out.

MISFEED ACCESS

The rear exit paper misfeed area can be accessed by pulling this cover down and clearing any misfeeds.

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CLIENT UTILITIES AND DEVICE MANAGMENT

In order to take the best and most efficient advantage of a device and its capabilities, as well as ensure maximum uptime, clients need an efficient way to access and monitor the device. OKI Printing Solutions offers an embedded web page call PrintSuperVision’s Printer Status page that helps administrators and users to monitor their devices.

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The PrintSuperVision’s Printer Status page provides device status, installed paper sizes, and installed options. Additional information includes toner status, print services enabled, and version information.

Users can check the status of consumable levels for toner, drum life, transfer belt and fuser units.

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Network administrators can easily configure network settings, gateway, authentication and device credentials within the web interface.

Users can perform colour calibration on the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn from the embedded web page.

The Job List page allows users to view the jobs that have submitted to the device for printing. Some of the print jobs submitted can be deleted directly from the web interface shown in the next page.

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The Links page, which can be modified by the network administrator, allows users to quickly locate and download print drivers, find technical support documents, order consumables and download device firmware.

The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn comes with automated installation software to get the device out of the box and running smoothly on your network in minutes.

Administrators can configure the system so that designated users are automatically sent an e-mail message indicating that a specified status condition has occurred, such as low toner. Administrators can also set up the system so that dealer service personnel are automatically sent an e-mail message indicating that the system requires service.

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Above and next page: The Colour Correct utility is designed to help adjust how RGB colours are printed. As well as making it easier for users to adjust colours commonly found in applications such as Microsoft® Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®. This utility also lets users adjust the overall colour of a print by controlling the lightness, darkness and contrast of images, and the intensity and lightness of the colours.

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Ease of Use

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The PS Gamma Adjuster enables users to obtain the colour they expect, by controlling the component amounts of primary colour toners by the software when they could not obtain the colour they expected. This feature can also be used to adjust the dot gain of the component amount of each primary colour, and control the amount of toner that is transferred as well. Users can designate the definition of the gamma curves that they create at the time of printing once they register it in the PPD file or SPD file of a PostScript printer.

The Colour Correct utility makes it easier for users to adjust colours, control the lightness and darkness commonly found in applications such as Microsoft® Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®.

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WHAT BERTL LIKED

 Exceptionally easy-to-use with a well designed colour

LCD screen and a navigation panel that makes operation simple.

 The PCL, PostScript, and XPS drivers have nearly the

same user interface, so users will be able to quickly switch from one driver to another.

 All print drivers provide bidirectional communication, so

users can quickly check device status.

 BERTL found it very easy to replace the toner, fuser

unit, image drum unit, and paper on this device.

 One-piece image drum remains friendly to users’

budget while lowering the number of items to dispose of and store.

 All of the misfeed access areas are easy to locate and

access.

 Job Accounting Software enables administrators to

track colour and monochrome prints by user or department.

 For network and device management, OKI Printing

Solutions’ provides its PrintSuperVision software. PrintSuperVision is an embedded page that provides an easy-to-use Web-based interface, and can be used to view detailed system and consumables’ status. It also enables administrators to manage and configure device and network settings.

 PrintSuperVision provides automatic e-mail alerts

when the system requires attention.

 PrintSuperVision provides for tracking colour and

black-and-white printing costs, printing activity and usage. Administrators can generate reports (including CVS reports) for bill-back and cost-accounting.

 Job Accounting Software and Colour Access Policy

Manager software for tracking usage, generating usage reports, and limiting colour usage.

 Email Printing allows emails to be sent and printed

directly to the printer without any user interaction.

 User-friendly installation software gets the OKI Printing

Solutions C530dn out of the box and running smoothly on your network in minutes.

 The Colour Correct utility makes it easier for users to

adjust colours, control the lightness and darkness commonly found in applications such as Microsoft® Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®.

 Advance security includes IP address filtering, IPsec,

MAC address filtering and with the optional SD memory card users get these added security features; PIN/password enabled, AES 256-bit encryption, and Message Authentication Code (MAC).

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Media Handling

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MEDIA INPUT

The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn comes standard with one 250-sheet paper drawer and a 100-sheet multipurpose tray. For added paper capacity users can add a 530-sheet paper drawer increasing to a maximum paper capacity of 880 pages. A wide range of paper sizes and weights which include sizes up to A4 and up to 220 gsm are supported. Users can also print banner sheets from Index card to 1,200mm long banners via the multi-purpose tray.

Media Handling Checklist

Minimum/Maximum Media Weight

Main Tray/Optional 2nd Tray/ Duplex 64 – 176 gsm; Multi-purpose Tray 75 – 220 gsm

Feeds maximum media weight from all sources?

No

LOADING MEDIA

Media Loading Checklist

Drop-in loading of a full ream of paper? *Yes Spring-loaded ramps in paper trays? Yes Geared media size side guides? Yes Captured rear media guide? No Automatic paper size detection? Yes

*With the 530-sheet paper drawer.

The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn shown here comes standard with one 250-sheet paper drawer and a 100sheet multi-purpose tray. An optional 530-sheet paper drawer has been added to this device.

The 100-sheet multi-purpose tray can be adjusted by sliding these levers into place.

Above and next page: In order to adjust the 250-sheet paper drawer to accommodate different paper sizes, the user squeezes and slides these blue guides into place.

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Above and below: As with the 250-sheet paper drawer, the user simply squeezes and slides these blue guides into place to change the 530-sheet paper drawer. BERTL found it easy to adjust both the paper drawers.

The output bin can hold a maximum capacity of 150 A4 sized sheets

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WHAT BERTL LIKED

 100-sheet multi-purpose tray is easily adjusted to

accommodate different paper sizes including envelopes.

 The multi-purpose tray also handles media from Index

card to up to 1,200mm long banner-size sheets.

 The paper trays can print paper sizes up to A4 and

weights from 64 – 176 gsm.

 Paper capacity can be expanded up to 880 sheets for

longer uninterrupted operation.

 Easy to adjust and fill all paper cassettes.  Flexible design to meet any business needs with the

ability to modify configurations (one to two paper drawers).

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Accessibility

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USER ACCESSIBILITY

An ever increasing number of countries are passing legislation prohibiting government agencies from purchasing devices that are not accessible to those with physical impairments and in many countries this legislation extends to the corporate environment also. For this reason—and the corporate world’s increased focus on delivering a better work environment for all—user-friendly features for physically-impaired users are more common.

Common design features include tilting control panels, which give wheelchair-bound users a better view of the screen, and larger display options for those with impaired vision. Voice navigation and Braille also are becoming increasingly popular. Easy access to the paper path for misfeed removal and front access to toner supplies also make a device more user-friendly.

The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn has exceptional accessibility features that are designed for convenient accessibility for everyone in the workplace, these systems incorporate user friendly features such as simple LCD display and navigation panel, easy-pull paper drawers.

USER ACCESSIBILITY PAPER JAM REMOVAL

Paper jam removal is a simple process for those in a wheelchair. There are no hidden jam points and all access areas are at a comfortable height and angel for access from the front of the device. Adding paper and replacing toner is all a simple process from a wheelchair as well. Toner access area opens easily during the toner replacement process and is designed to be lighter and easy to replace, so most users can do it with one hand.

WHAT BERTL LIKED

 The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn has exceptional

accessibility features that are designed for convenient accessibility for everyone in the workplace, these systems incorporate user friendly features that make them easier to operate.

 BERTL liked that users can easily replace OKI Printing

Solutions C530dn’s consumables.

 Easy to adjust and fill all paper cassettes as well

access misfeed areas.

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Summing Up

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The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn LED color printer is the perfect office partner for small to midsized workgroups who are looking for fast productivity, outstanding image quality, superb ease of use with a low total cost of ownership. During BERTL’s extensive testing of the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn, this office-colour, LED-printer performed exceptionally well. BERTL observed the following when testing the C530dn:

 Tested simplex monochrome network-print speed was as fast as 31 ppm using all the drivers,

matching OKI Printing Solutions rated speed of 31 ppm.*

 Tested duplex monochrome network-print speed was as fast as 15.8 ppm using both the PostScript

and XPS drivers.*

 Tested simplex colour network productivity was up to 27.1 ppm using the PCL driver, 24.2 ppm with

the PostScript driver and 22.8 ppm using the XPS driver.*

 Tested duplex colour network productivity up to 14.3 ppm with the PCL driver.*  Image quality produced from the C530dn was excellent showing great levels of detail and

resolutions.

 The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn also offers users better colour quality control over their colour

output. The Colour Swatch and Colour Correct features enhance the printer’s colour capability.

 The LCD colour display with graphical navigation makes it easy to program jobs in seconds.  In the software department’s ease-of-use, the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn print drivers and

software were very easy to use and install while OKI Printing Solutions’ embedded web page called PrintSuperVision provides very detailed information about the device configuration and consumables status for clients and administrators.

 To help control the costs associated with printing in colour, the C530dn offers Job Accounting and

Colour Access Policy Manager (CAPM) which lets users control and monitor colour usage by defining who can print and what gets printed. Access levels can be assigned by user name, PC/server name, application, file name and web sites.

 Vast security options include IP address filtering, IPsec, MAC address filtering and with the optional

SD memory card users get these added security features: PIN/password enabled, AES 256-bit

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encryption, and Message Authentication Code (MAC) making this product shine above its competition at this price point.

 The Mono Resource-Print Mode allows users to print black and white files when the colour ton er runs

out so productivity never slows down.

 Versatile media handling and flexibility, with the ability to print on paper as heavy as 220 gsm and

paper sizes up to A4 and UP TO 1,200mm long banners via the multi-purpose tray.

 Ability to expand paper supply to up 880 sheets.  User-friendly installation software gets the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn out of the box and running

smoothly on your network in minutes.

 Ease of maintenance is effortless, with top-loading toner, easy misfeed access, and paper tray

loading.

 Monthly duty cycles of up to 45,000 pages.  The OKI Printing Solutions C530dn has superior energy saving features, which include fast warm-up,

fast first page out times, low power consumption, acoustic noise control, Deep Sleep Mode which only uses 1 watt and is Energy Star compliant.

 1-Year limited warranty with free extension to 3 years on-site warranty, if registered within 30 days of

purchase; 5-Year limited warranty on LED print-head.

Considering OKI Printing Solutions C530dn’s exceptional overall performance in testing, great ease of use, great office-colour image quality, and exceptional print performance, BERTL awards the OKI Printing Solutions C530dn its Four and a half star Outstanding rating and highly recommends the device for small to midsized workgroups that require a reliable colour LED printe r

* Print productivity is evaluated based on letter sized test originals; results will vary slightly when using A4 paper.

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About BERTL

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About BERTL

The success of an organisation depends on its ability to manage its information and assets. An effective workflow process requires the complex integration of information, devices, software, and people.

IT managers, office managers, and other knowledge-management professionals need to know what digital imaging devices would best serve their specialised workflow processes.

BERTL’s services are designed around this real-world framework, delivering business consumers the independent analysis and insight needed to make critical decisions about digital imaging’s role in their organisation.

Independent Analysis and Insight

BERTL Services

Reports and Star Ratings

BERTL analysts provide detailed reports on the technical and practical benefits of thousands of colour and monochrome workgroup, office, graphic arts, and production devices.

Product Specifications

DataCheck Gen II provides the most current competitive data on printers, copiers, MFPs, fax devices, wide format printers, scanners, and more.

News, Interviews, and Analysis

The ITchat online magazine provides insight into the dynamics and trends of the digital imaging marketplace through interviews, feature articles, and software reviews.

BERTL Awards

BERTL’s reports, comparative data, and strategic guides look at digital imaging through the eyes of the business user. The research examines not only the technical features, but also vertical market applications, and business benefits. The impact on worker productivity is a primary concern.

BERTL is 100% independent. Business users worldwide trust BERTL for objective, unbiased analysis of digital imaging systems.

BERTL analysts recognise the leading devices and software solutions in the annual BERTL’s Best awards. BERTL also honours the performance of manufacturers in the annual Readers’ Choice selections.

Contact BERTL

BERTL Inc. 363 Route 46 West, Suite 100 Fairfield, NJ 07004 Phone: 1-973-882-0200 Fax: 1-973-882-0201 Email: info@bertl.com www .BER TL.com

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Oki C530DN DATASHEET

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual