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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

19

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

®

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

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

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*

Print Resolution

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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).

1

9

6

10

10

10

7

10

8

8

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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1

5

10

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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