OKI C9600dn, C9600hdn, C9600hdtn, C9600n Guide

C9600

PRINTING GUIDE

C9600n/C9600dn/C9600hdn/C9600hdtn

C9000

P

REFACE

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document
is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. OKI assumes no responsibility for the
results of errors beyond its control. OKI also cannot guarantee that changes
in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in
this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it. Mention of
software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily
constitute endorsement by OKI.

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.

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Copyright © 2005. All rights reserved.

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

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Computer.

Adobe and PostScript are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems.

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

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ONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction .........................................................5

About this book ....................................................5

How to access the driver screens ............................6

Windows drivers...............................................6

PCL saved driver settings...................................8

Setting the driver device options.............................9

Windows .........................................................9

Mac OS9 .........................................................9

Mac OS X in Classic Mode ................................11

Mac OS X ......................................................11

Chapter 2: Blacks and greys ................................................13

Black overprint ................................................... 13

Black printing (black generation) .......................... 15

Composite black.............................................15

True (pure) black ...........................................15

Fine lines enhancement .......................................19

Greyscale printing...............................................20

Chapter 3: Colour matching .................................................25

Basics ............................................................... 25

What this guide describes ....................................26

Printer colour management ..................................27

Introduction...................................................27

About RGB and CMYK colour ............................28

Office colour....................................................... 29

Office colour - RGB options .............................. 30

Customising RGB office colour

with the colour correct utility (Windows) .......... 35

Graphic pro........................................................ 36

Types of ICC profile supported ......................... 37

Graphic pro workflow – overview ...................... 38

Matching the colour of

a monitor, scanner or camera.........................41

Simulating another printer – RGB source

data............................................................48

CMYK ink simulations – CMYK source data .........56

Rendering intents ........................................... 62

Pure black text / graphics ................................ 63

Colour match precision.................................... 63

Printer driver settings for

ICC profile creation or no colour matching........ 64

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Chapter 4: Finishing options.................................................67

Booklet printing (imposition) ................................68

Collating............................................................ 71

Colour separation ............................................... 75

Separating queued print jobs................................78

Windows separator page ................................. 78

Mac OS 9 cover page ......................................79

Mac OS X cover page ......................................79

Cover print ........................................................ 80

Custom page size ............................................... 82

Duplex (double-sided) printing .............................88

Mac OS X ......................................................91

Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up) ........... 92

Poster printing.................................................... 95

Scale to page .....................................................96

Watermarks .......................................................97

Chapter 5: Secure printing................................................. 101

Sending the document....................................... 102

Windows ..................................................... 102

Mac OS 9 .................................................... 103

Printing the document ....................................... 104

Deleting a secure print document........................ 105

Chapter 6: Store to hard disk ............................................. 107

Sending the document....................................... 108

Printing the document ....................................... 108

Deleting a stored document ............................... 108

Index ............................................................................... 109

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BOUT THIS BOOK

This book is delivered as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. It provides a
convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the
driver software supplied with your C9600.

There are many cross-references within this book, each
highlighted as blue text. When you click on a cross-reference
within Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (also supplied on the
Manuals CD) the display will instantly jump to the part of the
manual containing the referenced material.

By using the button in Adobe Reader, you can navigate directly
back to where you were before.

If you need to print a part of this manual, use Adobe Reader’s
print command, and choose which pages you want to print. Some
pages are deliberately left blank so that the page format is
appropriate for duplex (double-sided) printing if you wish.

1: I

NTRODUCTION

About this book 5

H

OW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS

Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver
screens. How you access them depends on your computer and its
operating system.

W

INDOWS DRIVERS

The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes, offering a wide
range choices about how you want to print your documents.

There are two ways to access the driver features from within
Windows:

1. Directly from the Windows “Printers” folder (“Printers and
Faxes” folder in Windows XP).

If you choose this method any changes you make will
become the driver defaults. This means they will remain
active for all your applications unless you specifically
change them from within the application’s Print dialogue.

2. From your application’s Print dialogue.

If you choose this method any changes you make will
usually only last for as long as the particular application is
running, or until you change them again. In most cases,
once you quit the application the driver defaults will return.

IMPORTANT!

Settings made from the printer’s own control panel are
the printer defaults. They determine how your printer
will behave unless you specify otherwise from your
computer.

The driver defaults override the printer defaults.

Application Print settings override both the printer
defaults and the driver defaults.

6 How to access the driver screens

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HANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS

Windows XP/2000/Server 2003

1. Click [Start] → [Settings] → [Printers and Faxes] to open

the Printers and Faxes window.

2. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the
appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing
Preferences] from the context menu.

Windows 98/Me/NT

1. Click [Start] → [Settings] → [Printers] to open the

Printers window.

2. In the Printers window, right-click on the appropriate
printer driver icon, and choose [Properties] from the
context menu.

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HANGING THE APPLICATION’S DRIVER SETTINGS

Windows

1. In your application, open the file you want to print.

2. On the [File] menu, choose [Print…].

3. In the application’s Print dialogue, make sure the printer

shown is the appropriate one, and click [Properties].

Macintosh

The Mac user interface is very different to that in Windows. In
particular, OS X differs considerably from previous versions. Full
instructions are therefore included with each procedure.

How to access the driver screens 7

PCL

SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS

This feature, unique to the Windows PCL drivers, allows you to
save the printer driver settings and reuse them later. This could
be useful if you frequently print many different types of
document that require different printer driver settings.

Recalling saved settings in the PCL drivers is a simple task that
must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made.
Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is
described here.

S

AVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS

1. Make any changes to the driver settings you want, as

described in the relevant section of this manual.

2. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, click [Save…].

3. Enter a meaningful name for the settings you are saving,

and click [OK].

R

ECALLING SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS

1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose any previously saved

[driver settings] you need.

2. Proceed to make any other adjustments for this job, as
described in the relevant section in this manual.

8 How to access the driver screens

S

ETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTIONS

This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can
utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer.

Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing),
additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer
driver on your computer knows they are there.

In some cases the hardware configuration of your printer is
automatically detected when the driver is installed. However, it is
advisable to at least check whether all of the available hardware
features are listed in the driver.

This procedure is essential if you subsequently add extra
hardware features to your printer after the drivers have been
installed and set up.

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INDOWS

1. Access the driver’s [Properties] window. (See “Changing

the driver defaults” on page 7.)

2. Select the [Device Options] tab.

In the Windows XP PostScript driver the tab may be called
“Device Settings”.

3. Set the options for any devices you have installed,
including the correct number of paper trays, high capacity
feeder, duplex unit, etc.

4. Click [OK] to close the window and save your changes.

MACOS9

There are 2 methods to configure printer hardware options,
depending on whether or not you use Desktop Printing:

> Use the desktop printer icon if you use desktop printing;

or…

> Use the Chooser if you do not use desktop printing and

print via AppleTalk.

Setting the driver device options 9

C

ONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM THE DESKTOP

Use this method if you have a printer icon on your desktop.

1. Select the printer icon on the Desktop for your printer.

2. From the [Printing] menu, choose [Change Setup…].

3. In the [Change] menu, select the hardware item(s) that

you have installed, and change the [To] values as
appropriate.

Tip—If your printer is connected via USB or AppleTalk, click
the [Auto Setup] button. This queries the printer, and sets
the options automatically.

4. Click [OK] to save your settings.

C

ONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM CHOOSER

(A

PPLETALK ONLY

Use this method if you do not use Deskop Printing.

1. In the Apple menu, select [Chooser].

2. Select the printer driver that you use (LaserWriter or

AdobePS) in the left-hand side of the Chooser window.

)

3. If you are on a network with multiple AppleTalk zones,

select the appropriate zone for the printer in the bottom
left side of the Chooser.

If your network does not have multiple AppleTalk zones,
this option will not be visible.

4. Select the name of your printer in the right-hand side of
the Chooser.

5. Click [Setup…].

6. Click [Configure].

7. Make changes to the installed hardware options as

appropriate for your printer.

10 Setting the driver device options

8. Click [OK], and close the Chooser window to save your
settings.

MACOS XIN C

Printers connected via AppleTalk:

1. Launch a Classic application (such as SimpleText).

2. Click the Apple menu and point to [Chooser].

3. Select your printer driver on the left-hand pane of

Chooser (for example “LaserWriter 8”).

4. Select your printer model in the right-hand pane of
Chooser.

5. Click [Setup…].

6. Click [Auto Setup].

The printer is queried and additional hardware options are
automatically detected.

Printers connected via USB:

It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers
connected via USB in Classic Mode. If you change the hardware
configuration of your printer, you must delete the existing printer
and set it up again. When the printer is set up, hardware device
options are automatically detected.

LASSIC MODE

Printers connected via LPR (TCP/IP):

It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers
connected via LPR (TCP/IP) in Classic Mode. It is recommended
you connect to your printer via AppleTalk instead.

MACOS X

1. Open the Printer Setup Utility (OS X 10.3) or Printer

Center (OS X earlier versions), and ensure that your
printer model is selected.

Setting the driver device options 11

2. Choose [Printers] → [Show Info] → [Installable Options].

3. Select all hardware options appropriate to your printer,

and click [Apply Changes].

12 Setting the driver device options

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LACK OVERPRINT

Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed
fonts and the coloured background.

Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black
text over a background colour.

Black Overprint may not be available with some software
applications.

W

INDOWS

1. On the [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced].

2: B

NOTES

1. The Black Overprint feature is not included in the Windows

PCL 6 driver.

2. When the background colour is very dark, the toner may not

fuse correctly. Change the background to a lighter colour.

LACKS AND GREYS

2. Check [Black Overprint].

Black overprint 13

MACOS 9

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

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2

3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (3).

MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

1

2

3

4

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (4).

14 Black overprint

B

LACK PRINTING (BLACK GENERATION

To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Graphic Pro must be the
selected Print Mode.

Your printer prints the colour black in one of two ways:

Composite Black or True Black.

C

OMPOSITE BLACK

The cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toners are combined to
create composite black.

This will sometimes give a glossier finish, due to the increased
amount of toner. It can also sometimes appear as a slightly
brownish black.

Use composite black when printing photographs.

T

RUE (PURE) BLACK

Only black toner is used to print true black.

Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics.
If you use True Black to print photographs, dark sections of the
photos may appear black.

)

Black printing (black generation) 15

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INDOWS

(O

FFICE COLOUR

)

1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1)

and click the [Options] button.

1

2

2. On [Black Finish] (2), make your selection: [Auto] (allow
printer to choose the best method depending on page
content), [True Black] or [Composite Black].

W

INDOWS

(G

RAPHIC PRO

)

1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and

click the [Options] button.

1

2

2. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred
setting.

16 Black printing (black generation)

MACOS 9 (O

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1) select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Office Colour].

4. For [Black Finish] menu, choose your preferred setting.

FFICE COLOUR

1
2

3

)

MACOS 9 (G

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1) select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2].

4. For [Black Finish] menu (3), choose your preferred

setting.

Black printing (black generation) 17

RAPHIC PRO

1
2

3

)

MACOS X (O

FFICE COLOUR

)

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

1

2
3

4

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Office

Colour].

5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred
setting.

MACOS X (G

RAPHIC PRO

)

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

1

2
3

4

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour –

Graphic Pro 3].

5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred
setting.

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F

INE LINES ENHANCEMENT

This feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine
lines (minimum line width).

With some software applications, if this feature is turned ON, the
spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens,
turn [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines] OFF.

NOTE
This is a feature of the Windows PCL 5c driver only.

1. In the driver’s [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced].

2. Click the checkbox to turn on [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines].

If the option is turned on, a check mark appears in the box.

Fine lines enhancement 19

G

REYSCALE PRINTING

If you select Greyscale, the printer converts all colours into
shades of grey, and prints using only black toner.

Use Grayscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you
do not need to print a colour document in colour.

W

INDOWS

1. If using the PCL driver, in the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose

any previously saved [driver settings] you need. See

“Recalling saved driver settings” on page 8.

2. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], then click
[Advanced].

Some applications will attempt to set the halftone screen
information for the printer. If the option to [use printer
halftones] is left at ON, the printer will set its own halftone
screen value, giving a smoother result. It is recommended
to leave this option on.

[Optimised greyscale halftones] may take slightly longer to
print but will give best quality.

20 Greyscale printing

3. On the [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], and then click
[Options] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast.

Greyscale printing 21

MACOS 9

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

1
2
3

4

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. From the next menu (2), select [Colour Options].

4. From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Greyscale].

5. Select [Always Use Printer Halftone] checkbox (4).

This ensures best quality when using greyscale.

5

6

6. From the menu below [Printer] (5), select [Job Options].

7. Select the [Use optimised greyscale halftones] checkbox

(6).

This may slow down printing slightly, but will produce
superior results.

22 Greyscale printing

MACOS X

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

1

2

3

4
5

6

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. From the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Greyscale].

6. Select [Always Use Printer Halftone] checkbox (5).

This ensures best quality when using greyscale.

7. Select the [Use optimized greyscale halftones] checkbox

(6).

This may slow down printing slightly, but will produce
superior results.

Greyscale printing 23

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ASICS

There are three methods by which your document’s colour can be
managed and adjusted:

1. Application Colour Management (1).

3: C

Some graphics and desktop publishing programs such as
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Quark Xpress
have their own built-in colour management systems. See

page 64.

Most applications do not have these colour management
features and rely instead on the printer or operating
system.

OLOUR MATCHING

1

3

2

Windows /
Macintosh

2. Operating System Colour Management (2).

Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP have Windows ICM Colour
Management.

Mac OS and Mac OS X have Apple ColorSync.

3. Printer Colour Management (3).

When you print your document and modify settings in the
printer driver, the printer performs colour adjustments.

Basics 25

IMPORTANT!

Only use one colour management system if you want
the best results from your printer.

If you wish to use your printer’s colour management
system, ensure that your application or operating
system colour management is switched off.

Applying colour management in multiple places will give
unpredictable results.

W

HAT THIS GUIDE DESCRIBES

This user guide only discusses the printer colour management
system.

1

3

2

Windows /
Macintosh

If you wish to learn more about your application program or
operating system colour management, please see the
documentation that was supplied with your application software
or computer.

26 What this guide describes

P

RINTER COLOUR MANAGEMENT

I

NTRODUCTION

Your printer has two separate colour management systems –
Office Colour and Graphic Pro.

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3

2

Windows /
Macintosh

3a

3b

> Office Colour (3a) – See page 29.

This is a simpler colour management system designed for
ease of use. Office Colour is recommended for users who
are not experts in colour but want good results when
printing from programs such as Microsoft Office.

> Graphic Pro (3b) – See page 36.

This is a powerful colour management system based on
ICC colour profiles.

Profiles can be downloaded to the printer hard disk using a
special utility, and then colour matching can be applied to
all incoming print jobs.

The Graphic Pro colour management system is
recommended for users who are already familiar with ICC
profile-based colour matching and require more control
over colour.

Printer colour management 27

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BOUT

RGB

AND

CMYK

COLOUR

Some application programs give you the choice to create and edit
documents using either RGB colour or CMYK colour. Typically,
only professional graphics and desktop publishing software
support CMYK colour. Most application programs only support
RGB colour, for example Microsoft Office programs or web
browsers.

If your application program does not give you the choice of RGB
or CMYK colour, you should assume that it only supports RGB.

The RGB colour model is based on the three primary colours of
light; Red, Green and Blue. This model is used by scanners,
digital cameras and computer monitors.

The CMYK colour model is based on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and

Black printer inks or toners.

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BOUT THE PRINTER DRIVERS

Depending on your operating system, you may have the choice
of different drivers to use with your printer. You may wish to
select a printer driver based on whether it supports CMYK data.

SUPPORT FOR
RGB

DATA

PCL 5c driver (Windows) ✔ ✘

PCL 6 driver (Windows) ✔ ✘

PostScript driver (Windows) ✔✔

PostScript driver (Mac) ✔✔

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SUPPORT FOR
CMYK

DATA

O

FFICE COLOUR

This section describes the features in the printer driver for “Office
Colour” printer colour management.

There are two different sets of options in Office Colour:

RGB OPTIONS

Monitor (6500K) – Auto SWOP

Monitor (6500K) – Perceptual Euroscale

Monitor (6500K) – Vivid Japan Color

Monitor (9300K)

Digital Camera

sRGB

CMYK OPTIONS
(POSTSCRIPT ONLY)

IMPORTANT!

The options for CMYK data are not present in the
Windows PCL 5c or PCL 6 printer drivers. These printer
drivers only support RGB colour data.

Although the Office Colour options contain controls for CMYK
data, it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro
options instead. If you are printing CMYK data, the Graphic Pro
options provide more power and flexibility.

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O

FFICE COLOUR

- RGB

OPTIONS

Office Colour provides a collection of several different colour
matching presets for RGB data.

These presets each change the colour of your print in a slightly
different way.

These RGB colour matching options are available in all printer
drivers.

PRESET EXPLANATION

Monitor (6500K) –
Auto

Monitor (6500K) –
Perceptual

Monitor (6500K) –
Vivid

Monitor (9300K) Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness.

Digital Camera Optimized for printing photos taken with a digital

sRGB The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB colour

The best colour match preset will be selected based on
the type of document.
6500K - Perceptual will be selected if printing
photographs. 6500K - Vivid will be selected if printing
graphics and text.

Optimized for printing photographs. Colours are
printed with emphasis on saturation.

Optimized for printing photographs and for office
graphics. The printer uses even more saturation than
the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting.

Use this setting if you are having problems achieving
the correct colour when printing from Microsoft Office
applications.

camera. Your results will vary depending on the
subject and the conditions under which the
photograph was taken.

space. This may be useful if colour matching from an
sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera.

30 Office colour