C7100/C7300/C7500
2nd/3rd Tray
Installation Instructions
Tray Part Number: 41945401
PHASE 1: INSTALL THE
A
UXILIARY TRAY(S)
You can install up to two auxiliary
paper trays on the printer.
1. Unpack the tray(s) and remove the
shipping materials.
2. Turn off the printer and unplug the
power cord.
3. Remove the interface cable.
4. Optional: To lighten the weight of
the printer and make it easier to
install on the auxiliary tray(s):
a. Remove the paper tray from the
printer.
b. Open the top cover and lift out
the toner/drum cradle, then
close the cover and move the
printer aside. Careful! Cover
the cradle to protect the drums
from light while they are outside the printer.
5. Move the tray into position (paper
tray facing front). Note the location
of the pins (1) and connector (2) on
the tray.
6. If you are installing two trays, place
the first tray on top of the second
one, aligning the holes/connector in
the bottom of the upper tray with
pins/connector on the lower tray.
7. Lower the printer onto the auxiliary
tray(s), aligning the printer with the
tray and lowering the holes/plug in
the bottom of the printer onto the
pins/socket on the tray.
8. Reattach the interface cable.
9. If necessary, open the cover and
reinstall the toner/drum cradle, then
reinstall the paper tray.
10.Plug in the power cord and turn on
the printer.
11. Access the printer menu and check
to be sure that the printer is
recognizing the newly installed
trays:
a. Press MENU repeatedly until
MEDIA MENU appears on the
display.
b. Press ITEM + repeatedly until
you see TRAY2 MEDIATYPE
on the display.
c. If you installed two trays, press
ITEM + until you see TRAY3
MEDIATYPE on the display.
d. If you do not see TRAY2
MEDIATYPE or TRAY3
MEDIATYPE, the printer is
not properly attached to the
connector on the tray(s) and
you need to lift the printer and
reposition it.
PHASE 2: LOAD PRINT MEDIA
1. Pull out the tray.
a. If necessary, lift out the media
indicator at the right end of the
tray and reposition it to correspond with the media you will
normally use in that tray.
b. Position the paper guides in the
tray.
2. If using paper, fan it.
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3. Place the print media in the tray.
4. Gently push back in the tray.
5. Set the Media Weight. You can use
standard, recycled or matte photo
paper up to 47 lb. US Bond in the
auxiliary trays. The default setting
is Medium (20 to 24 lb. US Bond).
If you will be using lighter or
heavier paper in the auxiliary trays,
enter the printer menu and set the
media weight for the trays.
a. Press MENU repeatedly until
MEDIA MENU appears on the
display.
b. Press ITEM + repeatedly until
you see TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT on the display.
c. Press VALUE + or VALUE -
repeatedly until the desired setting appears on the second line
of the display.
d. Press SELECT to engage the
new setting.
e. If you installed two trays, go
back to step b and repeat the
process for TRAY3 MEDIAWEIGHT.
f. Press ON LINE to exit the
menu.
PHASE 3: ACTIVATE THE
AUXILIARY TRAYS IN THE
PRINTER DRIVER
Windows® PCL Driver
1. Click Start — Settings —
Printers
opens.
2. Right click the OKI C7100, 7300 or
C7500 PCL printer icon, then click
Printing Preferences (Windows
2000),
NT, Me, 98, 95).
3. Click the
4. At
number of trays installed (Tray1 +
auxiliary trays), then click
5. Click
dialog box.
. The Printers dialog box
Properties (Windows XP,
Device Options tab.
Available Tray, set the total
OK.
OK, then close the Printers
Windows PostScript® Driver
1. Click Start — Settings —
Printers
opens.
2. Right click the OKI C7100, C7300
or C7500 PostScript printer icon,
then click
3. Click the
(Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4.0) or
the
Me, 98, 95).
4. Under
Available Tray (or Additional
Trays
auxiliary trays installed.
5. Click
dialog box.
Macintosh® Driver (OSX)
1. As of OS 10.1.5, Apple has not
enabled Printer Options
adjustment. Therefore, this
selection is unavailable.
Macintosh® PostScript Driver
1. Activate Chooser from the Apple
menu.
2. Select
3. Click
4. Click
5. Change the
to match the number of auxiliary
trays installed.
6. Click
7. Close
. The Printers dialog box
Properties.
Device Settings tab
Device Options tab (Windows
Installable Options, click
) and select the number of
OK, then close the Printers
LaserWriter 8.
Printer — Setup.
Configure.
Available Tray setting
OK twice.
Chooser.
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