Oki ML 591, ML 521 ACCESSORY INSTRUCTION GUIDE

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the feed bin—ribbed side

facing the front of the printer—

on the square rod (2) at the

Install the sheet support (1) for

The Cut Sheet Feeder includes the

CSF unit (1), receive tray (2) and

sheet support (3). When it is

installed, you can still quickly and

easily switch to the continuous feed

path at any time.

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Slide the receive tray (1)—

ribbed side facing front of

printer—into the channels

behind the metal frame.

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Pull down the lock levers (1) on

the back of the CSF and set the

guides (2) to the correct

position for the width of the

paper you’ll be using. Push the

levers back up to lock them.

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Cut Sheet Feeder (CSF) Instructions for ML 520/521/590/591 Printers

1

Turn off printer and move the

paper lever to postion “TOP”

(1). Then open the access cover

(2).

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2

Center the printhead (1) on the

platen, then grasp the pull-up

roller assembly (2) and pivot it

back to remove it.

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HOT!

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Caution! The printhead may be

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Push the CSF paper lever back to

the RESET position (1) and place

a stack of paper in the feed bin (2).

The CSF holds up to 100 sheets of

20-lb paper.

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Pull the CSF paper lever

forward to the SET position

(1), then close the access cover

(2), leaving the carriage cover

(3) open.

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Remove paper separator (1) and

set it aside for storage. 4

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2

Hook the CSF brackets (1) over

the ends of the platen; push firmly

into place.

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Turn on the printer

(the printhead travels

back and forth, and

the SEL and POWER

lights come on) and

set the Top of Form

(see the back of this

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Plug the CSF interface

cable into the DIN

receptacle on the back of

the rinter (1), making

sure arrow on plug lines

up with arrow on printer.

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5 Press SELECT to place the printer

back on line.

4 Keep holding SHIFT and press

LOAD/Micro Feed Down to move

QUIET/TOF a few times to engage

the new setting.

the TOF location up.

3 Press and hold SHIFT, then press

LF/Micro Feed Up to move the TOF

location down on the page or FF/

Forms Tear-Off Set to OFF

1 Turn the printer ON.

2 Press SELECT to take the printer off

line.

The SEL light goes out.

Setting Top of Form (TOF)

Note: The first line of printing is

indicated by the red line (1) on

the printhead’s plastic shield.

POWER

EXIT

ALARM MENU

GROUP

SET

PRINTITEM

MENU

SHIFT

Micro Feed

Down

Micro Feed

Up

SEL

SEL

LF

FF/LOAD

TEAR PARK QUIET

Using the Cut Sheet Feeder (CSF)

2 Continue holding SHIFT and

5 Press SELECT to place the printer

back on line.

Ejects the printed pagek then inserts a nd psoitions a

new page.

FF 12 0C

4 Keep holding the SHIFT button and

FF/LOAD/Micro Feed Down to

move the TOF location up.

press the QUIET/TOF button a few

times to engage the new setting.

When page is at the bottom margin, this command

ejects it, then inserts a new sheet; otherwise, it

performs a normal line feed.

Form Feed Command (All Emulations)

LF 10 0A

3 Continue holding SHIFT, then press

The paper goes to the current TOF

position.

release TEAR.

LF/Micro Feed Up to move the

TOF location down on the page or

Ejects and stacks page; no new page is inserted.

Lind Feed Command (All Emulations)

MICROLINE Standard Emulation

ESC V 27 86 1B 56

ESC EM R 27 25 82 1B 19 52

Next, Set the Top of Form Position

1 Press SHIFT and TEAR.

tear-off position down or

FF/LOAD/Micro Feed Down to

move the tear-off position up.

Inserts and positions new page. If there is already a

page in place, it will eject that page first.

CSF Eject Command

Epson/IBM Emulation

ESC S 27 83 1B53

6 To change the tear-off position:

press and hold SHIFT, then press

LF/Micro Feed Up to move the

MICROLINE Standard

ESC EM I 27 25 73 1B 19 49

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5 Wait until the paper moves up to

the Tear position.

CSF Insert Command

Epson/IBM

4 Press SELECT to take the printer

back in.

The Alarm light goes out.

off-line.

The SEL light goes out.

To load or eject a sheet of paper manually, press the

FF/LOAD button.

Load/Eject Paper Commands

If you are writing your own program, you must

include the appropriate commands:

TOF

Forms Tear-Off Set to ON

First: Check/Set the Tear Position

2 Press SHIFT and QUIET/TOF to

3 Press FF/LOAD to pull the paper

reset the Top of Form.

printer will eject each printed page into the stacker,

insert a new sheet and continue printing.

Manual Load/Eject Paper

1 Turn the printer on and press PARK

to remove the paper from the path.

The alarm light comes on.

Inserting/Ejecting Paper

With the CSF installed and selected, when your

printer receives the command to print, it will auto-

matically load in a sheet from the CSF and start

printing. When files are several pages long, the

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