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1 Setting Up your Printer

Select a Suitable Place for your Printer

Select a Suitable Place for your Printer

- A firm surface such as a table or desktop

- Space to open the cover and pull out the paper tray and the rear output extender

- Air circulation around the printer to prevent overheating

- A nearby power source

- Room temperature of 50° to 90°F (10° to 32°C).

- Relative Humidity of 20- 80%

- No direct sunlight

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Check the Contents

Unpack your printer. The shipping box should contain:

Okidata OL400e or OL410e Printer Software Support Driver Diskette

Toner Cartridge Printer Handbook

Black light- shield bag (for storing image drum

if printer must be shipped)

If you are missing anything, contact your dealer.

Power Cord

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Chapter 2
Installing Toner Cartridge

Installing Toner

Press the buttons to release the printer cover (1), then lift up (2). Remove the sponge (3).
Unwrap the toner cartridge (4). Shake the cartridge to distribute the toner (5). Peel tape off the
bottom (6).

Grasp the blue lock lever (1) and place the left side of the toner cartridge under the tab (2).
Lower the right side into the toner well, aligning the lock lever slot (3) with the ridge in drum
cartridge (4). When the cartridge is in place, push the lock lever forward until it stops (5).
Lower the printer cover and press to close (6).

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Chapter 3
Choosing Paper

Choosing Paper

- For best results, use paper made for laser printers or photocopiers.

- Weight for automatic feed (top paper exit): 16-24 lb.

- Weight for manual feed (rear paper exit; see (

- Smooth finish.

- Letterhead or preprinted forms: ink must be able to withstand 155°C.

): 16-35 lb.

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Precautions

Precautions

- Store paper in a dark, dry place, with constant temperature and humidity.

- Avoid printing on both sides of the paper.

- Avoid printing on preprinted documents that have been in a photocopier.

- Try paper before you buy it in quantity.

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Loading Paper

Loading Paper

Press then release the paper tray handle (1) The tray will spring open (2).
Slide the tray out of the printer (3). Adjust the tray guides for the correct paper size (4).
Fan a stack of paper and place it in the tray under the tabs. Do not fill above the
PAPER FULL mark (5). Place the tray back into the printer then push closed until the
tray locks in place (6).

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Paper Exit Paths

Paper Exit Paths

Top paper exit

Pull the front exit extender forward. Lift out the support bar.

- Printed pages exit face down

- Pages are stacked in the order printed

- Exit bin holds 100 sheets of 20-lb. paper

Note: Don't change paper paths while printing, paper jam may occur.

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Rear Paper Exit

Rear Paper Exit

Pull out the rear exit extender until it locks in place. Lift out the support bar. To return to top exit,
push the rear exit extender back in place, paper will then exit into the top bin.

- Printed pages exit up in reverse order

- Maximum output is 50 sheets of 20-lb. paper

- Use rear exit for printing on heavy paper, envelopes, labels, transparencies

or odd size paper.

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Chapter 1
Turning on the Printer

Turning on the Printer

Make sure the printer is off (1). Plug the cord into the printer first (2), then into a grounded outlet (3).
Turn the printer on (4).It takes about 45 seconds for the printer to initialize, warm up, and display
the ON-LINE message, telling you its ready to receive data.

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Changing the Display Language

Changing the Display Language
To change the language on the panel display and menu printout:
Press ON-LINE (1) until the READY light goes out. Press and hold MENU1/Menu2 (2)

until MEMORY USAGE (OL400e) or PRINT MODE (OL410e) displays. Press MENU1/Menu2 (2)
7 times until the display reads LANGUAGE. Press ENTER/copies (3).

The display now reads LANGUAGE ENGLISH*. Press NEXT+/Demo (4) until the language you
want appears. Press ENTER/Copies (3). Press ON-LINE (1).

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Printing a Demo Page

Printing a Demo Page

Press ON-LINE (1) until the READY light goes out.
Press NEXT+/Demo (2) and hold until PRINT DEMO appears. Demo page will print.

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Chapter 5
Choosing the Interface

Choosing the Interface

The interface cable (sold separately) connects your printer to your computer. Your printer has
both a parallel and a serial interface. Which you use depends on your system and your needs.
Here are some of their advantages and disadvantages.

Parallel Interface

- Centronics compatible

- Faster

- Easier to set up

- Relatively short cable length-about 6 ft.

Serial Interface

- RS232-C, IBM 9-pin connector

- Slower

- Can be harder to configure

- Longer cable-up to 50 ft.

See your PC manual for details on cable requirements and interface ports on your computer.

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Interface Cable Requirements

Interface Cable Requirements

Parallel

- No longer than 6 ft. (1.8 m).

- Must be shielded.
Serial

- No longer than 50 ft. (15.25 m)

- Must be shielded.

See (

) for Serial cable information.

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Connecting the Cable

Connecting the Cable

Make sure the printer and computer are off (1). Insert the printer end of the cable firmly
into the proper connector on the back of the printer (parallel, (2); serial, (3) ). Fasten the cable
to the printer securely. Connect the other end of the cable to the proper connector on your computer.
Fasten the cable securely to your computer.

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Automatic Interface Switching

Automatic Interface Switching

Your printer automatically detects which port is sending data and activates that interface.
This means that in most cases you dont have to do anything to set up the interface. Usually
the default interface settings wont need any changes.

Be sure to test the interface, especially if youre using the serial interface. If you have problems,
check the interface settings on your printers menu against the requirements in your computer
manual. See Chapter 8 (

) on how to reconfigure the interfaces using Menu 2.

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Setting up MS-DOS for the Serial Interface

Setting up MS-DOS for the Serial Interface

If you are using the serial interface, you need to redirect data to the serial port. To do this,
enter the following MODE commands at the DOS prompt

(C:>, for example):

MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P
MODE LPT1:=COM1:

[ENTER]

[ENTER]

You can add these commands to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so you dont have to enter them
every time you turn on your computer. See your DOS documentation for details.

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Testing Communications

Testing Communication

To make sure the interface is working properly, enter the following at the DOS prompt:
Parallel Interface

- COPY CON LPT1:

- Everything is okay

- The system is running

- Then press Ctrl Z or the F6 key, then

Serial Interface

- MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P

- MODE LPT1:=COM1:

- COPY CON LPT1:

- Everything is okay

- The system is running

- Then press Ctrl Z or the F6 key, then

DATA displays. Press ON-LINE to take the printer off-line. Then press FORM FEED, and
the two test lines will print.

[ENTER]

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[ENTER]

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[ENTER]

[ENTER].

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If the Printer Won't Print the Test Message

If the Printer Wont Print the Test Message

1) Is the printer on?

2) Check the control panel is the READY lamp on?

3) Are all the connections tight?

4) Have you pressed FORM FEED (if DATA displays)?

5) If youre using a serial interface, are the printer menu settings correct?
(See (

6) Are there any error message? (See (

7) Is the printer connected to the right computer port? The tests are based on LPT1
(parallel) or COM1 (serial). Change the test if youre connected to a different port.

If the printer still doesn't work after you've checked these items, contact your service representative.

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Chapter 7
The Ready Light

The Ready Light

Ready

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On

Off

Blinking

Printer is on-line, ready to receive data;
button functions inactive (except for
ON-LINE).

Printer is off-line, cannot receive data;
button functions active.

Printer is receiving data.

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The Display Window

THE Display Window

It tells you

- What the printer is doing during normal operation.

- When you need to add paper or change consumables.

- When theres something wrong with the printer.

MENU 1

Ready

DATA

Menu 2

HP

RECOVER

Reset

See ( ) for a list of display messages.

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The Buttons

The Buttons

The buttons on the bottom row control the printers operation. The buttons on the top row control
the printer menus; they will be described in chapter 8 (

Except for the ON-LINE button, all of the buttons function only when the printer is off-line.

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Size Quick Menu.

Press to print current printer settings. Press and hold to print sample page of all resident,

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Press to clear error conditions and continue printing. Press and hold to reset menu to user

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Chapter 8
Using the Menus

Using the Menus

The printer menus let you change the settings for a number of the printers features. When
you change a printer menu setting, it becomes the default until you change it again. Your
selections stay in memory even when you turn off the printer.

If your software can control a feature that is also controlled in a printer menu, the software
will override the menu setting. Use your software to control printer features whenever possible.

Many of the features in Menu 1 can usually be controlled by software.

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Printing the Menu

Printing the Menu

Press ON-LINE to take printer off-line.
Press PRINT MENU/Print Fonts.

The printout includes:

Menu 1 selections
Menu 2 selections
Factory default settings
The current settings.

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Resetting Menus to Factory Settings

Resetting Menus to Factory Settings

The menus can be reset to the factory (default) settings in the Maintenance Menu.
Double click >>> (

)for instructions on entering the Maintenance Menu.

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Clearing the Buffer

Clearing the Buffer

If a selection is made from a menu while there is data in the buffer that has not yet been printed,
or while a DLL/Macro is present, the RESET TO SAVE message displays prompting you to press
the RECOVER/Reset button. All data in the buffer and any temporary soft fonts or macros will be
cleared.

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The Printer Menus

The Printer Menus

Quick Menus
Quick Menus allow direct access to three often-used features:

- Copies

- Paper Size

- Tray Select
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<<<Double click here to view the Quick Menu Table)

(

<<<Double click here to view the Menu 1 Table)

(

<<<Double click here to view the Menu 2 Table)

(

<<<Double click here to view the Maintenance Menu Table)

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Accessing a Quick Menu

Accessing a Quick Menu

Steps to access the Quick Menus

1) Press ON-LINE to place printer off-line.

2) Press button indicating feature you want for 2 seconds. Feature will display in the window.

3) Press NEXT + repeatedly to see options.

4) Press ENTER to select option as the default.

5) Press ON-LINE to exit menu.
(

<<<Double click here to view the Quick Menu Table)

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