Oki ML520 User Manual 2

Quick Start: OKI

MICROLINE® 500 Series*

Customizing the Installation

This document tells you how to perform a typical installation, using the factory settings of the printer.

You may need to adjust settings to fit your requirements, such as:

Item Factory Setting To Change, see

Top of Form (TOF) 1" from top Page 2 of this document Form Tear -Of f OFF On-Line User’s Guide:

ML520 Series: page 32 ML590 Series: page 21

Printhead Gap Automatic Head_Gap.pdf on the CD

The User’s Guide

The User’s Guide is provided as an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF file on the CD shipped with your printer. It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing. To view the User’s Guide, browse to it in your product line folder on the CD and double click the file name.

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is provided on the CD or you may download it from the Adobe web site, www.adobe.com.

Documentation is also available via Oki Data’s web site,

www.okidata.com.

Installation

Getting Started

1 Unpack your machine. Keep the packing materials and carton

in case you ever need to ship or transport your printer.

2 Remove shipping restraints (1, 2) and protective film (3, 4).

3 Open the access cover, center the printhead (1), and install the

ribbon, rotating the knob (3) to take up any slack.

Leave the

ribbon shield (2) on the cartridge!

4 Install any accessories you purchased. Refer to the instructions

provided with each accessory.

5 Connect to the computer and the power outlet (computer and

printer both OFF).

6 Turn the computer and printer on.

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* Models ML520, ML521, ML590 and ML591

Loading Paper

Your printer has three print paths:

• Rear Feed for continuous forms (see below)

• Top Feed for single sheets (see “Loading Single-Sheet Paper”

under “Section 1: Getting Started” in the User’s Guide)

• Bottom Feed—requires optional pull/push tractors—for thick

multi-part forms, coninuous-form labels, cards, etc. (see instructions provided with the optional tractor).

Loading Rear Feed Paper

1 Move the paper lever (1) to the REAR position.

2 Lift up the paper separator.

5 Place the wire guide (1) on the pull-up roller assembly (2).

6 Press FF/LOAD (1).

SEL SEL

EXIT

POWER

Micro Feed

SHIFT

Down

GROUP

ALARM MENU

FF/LOAD

Micro Feed

TEAR PARK QUIET

SET

TOF

PRINTITEM

7 Check the Top of Form (see below).

Important Notes

Regarding the Top of Form (TOF) Setting

The Top of Form is where the printing begins on the page. The factory setting is 1 inch down from the top of the page.

If you turn the platen knob when the printer is on, you

will cause the Top of Form to mis-align. Always shut the printer off before turning the platen knob.

3 Load the paper on the tractors: pull levers (1) to unlock, open

covers (2), place paper holes on pins (3), close covers, adjust distance between tractors and push levers back to lock.

4 Close the paper separator.

Use the red line on the

plastic paper shield (1) on the printhead as a guide to where the first line will print..

The Top of Form and Forms Tear-Off settings of your

printer interact. How you set the Top of Form:

• Forms Tear-Off set to OFF (factory setting):

1.Press SEL to take the printer offline.

2.Press and hold SHIFT while pressing the LF (to set TOF higher on page) or FF/LOAD (to set TOF lower on page).

3.Hold SHIFT and press QUIET/TOF several times to save the setting, then press SEL.

• Forms Tear-Off set to ON:

1.Press SEL to take the printer offline, then press TEAR to go to current TOF.

2.Press and hold SHIFT while pressing the LF (to set TOF higher on page) or FF/LOAD (to set TOF lower on page).

3.Hold SHIFT and press QUIET/TOF several times to save the setting, then press SEL.

Your software may print the first line above or below

where the Top of Form (TOF) is set. If this happens, adjust the TOF so that it is correct for your software.

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