Xerox DocuPrint N17b, DocuPrint N17 System Administrator Guide

The Xerox DocuPrint N17 and N17b Network Laser Printers

System Administrator Guide

Version 1.8

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Table of Contentsi

Chapter 1

DocuPrint N17 Getting Started

DocuPrint N17 and N17b Models....................................1-2

How Much of This Book Must I Read?............................1-3

Printer Components.........................................................1-4

Special Features................................................................1-5

Power Saver.....................................................................1-5

High Resolution Printing.... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... .. 1-5

Postscript.......................................................... ...... ....... .. 1-6

Edge to Edge Printing ...................................................... 1-6

Automatic Tray Switching ................................................1-6

Automatic Language Sensing and Switching.................... 1-7

Automatic Font/Macro Saving..........................................1-7

Secure Printing................................................................. 1-7

Printer Generated Reports................................................1-8

Duplex Printing ................................................................ 1-9

Increased Paper Handling.................................................1-9

Offsetting........................................................................1-9

Memory Expansion ........................................................ 1-10

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Hard Disk Drive Option .................................................. 1-10

Intelligent Rasterizing..................................................... 1 -1 0

Connectivity............................ ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... 1-11

Proof Printing................................................................. 1-11

Fax Friendly Black.......................... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... 1-12

Flash Memory SIMMs..................................................... 1-12

Memory Considerations ......................................... ....... 1-13

Installing the Printer ...................................................... 1-15

Selecting a Printer Location............................................1-15

Precautions....................................................................1-17

Assembling the Printer...................................................1-20

Testing the Printer .........................................................1-24

Installing Printer Options ..............................................1-26

Maintaining the Printer ....................... ...... ....... ...... ....... 1-27

Cleaning the Printer ....................................................... 1-27

Replacing the EP Cartridge............................................. 1-27

Recycling the EP Cartridge.............................................. 1-28

Replacing the Fuser Cartridge/Bias Transfer Roll.............. 1-28

Transporting the Printer................................................1-29

Technical Support...........................................................1-30

Before Calling for Service...............................................1-30

Accessing Xerox Via the Internet.................................... 1-30

Chapter 2

Paper Handling

..................................... ...... ....... ...... ....... .

Paper Sources and Destinations...................................... 2-2

Selecting Paper.................................................................2-3

Storing Paper....................................................................2-5

Loading Paper.................... ...... ......................................... 2-6

Using Tray 1..................................................................... 2-6

Using the MBF .................................................................2-9

Using the 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette................ 2-14

Using the High Capacity Feeder...................................... 2-17

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Using the Envelope Feeder............................................. 2-20

Automatic Tray Switching............................................. 2-22

Tray Sequence Settings .................................................. 2-23

Paper Handling Exception Conditions............................. 2-24

Tray Sequence Rules ...................................................... 2-26

Tray Sequence Examples ................................................ 2-27

Paper Size/Type Mismatch.............................................. 2-29

Using the Offset Catch Tray .......................................... 2-30

Offsetting Output .......................................................... 2-31

Duplex (Two-Sided) Printing......................................... 2-32

Print Orientation and Control Panel Settings................... 2-33

Chapter 3

Using the Control Panel

.................................. ..............

Control Panel Features.....................................................3-2

The Display............................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... .. 3-3

The Indicator Lights................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ............... 3-4

The Keys. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...............3-5

Navigating the Menu System........................................3-11

Menu Indicators............................................................. 3-13

Control Panel Locks........................................................3-14

Setting a Menu Option .................................................. 3-15

Main Menu .....................................................................3-17

Job Menu ........................................................................3-18

Password Menu.............................................................. 3-20

Tray Menu.......................................................................3-23

PCL Menu........................................................................3-30

PostScript Menu ............................................................. 3-36

System Menu..................................................................3-38

Parallel Menu..................................................................3-49

Serial Menu................................................. ....... ...... ....... 3-52

Ethernet Menu ...............................................................3-56

3-1

Token Ring Menu...........................................................3-69

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Novell Menu ................................................................... 3-84

Test Menu.......................................................................3-91

Reset Menu.....................................................................3-95

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Printer Management Software and Drivers

.............

4-1

Using CentreWare DP with the DocuPrint N17..............4-2

DocuPrint N17 PCL Printer Driver....................................4-3

DocuPrint N17 PostScript Printer Driver.........................4-4

Driver Features.................................................................4-5

Using the Hard Disk Drive / Downloading Fonts and Jobs 5-1

Hard Drive Considerations ..............................................5-2

Disk Initialization.............................................................. 5-2

Downloading Fonts and Macros.....................................5-3

FSDOWNLOAD Command ............................................... 5-4

FSDELETE Command........................................................5-7

Using the Hard Disk Drive for Secure and Proof Jobs...5-8

Creating Secure Jobs........................................................5-8

Creating Proof Jobs........................................................ 5-10

Printing or Deleting Secure or Proof Jobs........................ 5-12

Troubleshooting

.............................................................

6-1

Printer Operation Problems.............................................6-2

Control Panel Messages...................................................6-6

Diagnostic LED Flash Sequences ...................................6-22

Paper Jams......................................................................6-23

What Causes a Paper Jam? ............................................ 6-23

Clearing Paper Jams....................................................... 6-23

Tray 1 Jam..................................................................... 6-27

MBF Jam........................................................................6-28

Tray 2 Jam with 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette ...... 6-29

Tray 3 Jam with 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette ...... 6-30

Tray 2 or Tray 3 Jam with 2,000-sheet HCF ....................6-31

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Envelope Feeder Jam......................................................6-32

OCT Jam....... ................................................................. 6-33

Duplex Module Jam ....................................................... 6-34

Paper Exit Jam................................................................ 6-35

Print Cartridge Jam ........................................................ 6-36

Paper Mismatch Jam......................................................6-37

Misfeed Jam at Startup .................................................. 6-38

Fuser Jam....................................................................... 6-39

Print Quality Problems................................................... 6-40

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

DocuPrint N17 Ordering Information Maintaining the Printer

................................................

.......................

Replacing the EP Cartridge..............................................B-2

Replacing the Fuser Cartridge/BTR..................................B-5

Installing and Removing Printer Options

.................

Precautions ....................................................................... C-2

Memory SIMMs ....................... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..C-3

Installing a Memory SIMM ......................... ....... ...... ....... ..C-4

Removing a Memory SIMM..............................................C-6

Hard Disk Drive ................................................................C-8

Installing the Hard Disk Drive .. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..C-9

Removing the Hard Disk Drive........................................C-11

Duplex Module...............................................................C-13

Installing the Duplex Module............................. ...... ....... C-13

Removing the Duplex Module........................................C-15

500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette..............................C-16

Installing One 500-sheet Paper Deck and Casse tte .........C-16

Installing Two 500-she et Pap er Decks an d Casse tt es ......C-18

A-1

B-1

C-1

Removing a 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette ............C-21

2,000-sheet High Capacity Feeder (HCF) ......................C-23

Installing the 2,000-sheet High Capa city Feed er ...... ....... C-24

Removing the 2,000-sheet High Capacity Feeder............C-27

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Offset Catch Tray (OCT).................................................C-28

Installing the OCT ............................................. ...... ....... C-28

Removing the OCT.........................................................C-31

Envelope Feeder.............................................................C-32

Installing the Envelope Feeder........................................C-32

Removing the Envelope Feeder ......................................C-35

Xerox Network Interface Card (XNIC)...........................C-36

Installing the XNIC .........................................................C-37

Removing the XNIC........................................................ C-39

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Printer Resident Fonts

..................................... .............

PCL Fonts.......................................................................... D-2

Printing a PCL Font List.....................................................D-3

PostScript Fonts............................................................... D-4

Printing a PostScript Font List...........................................D-5

Printer Specifications DocuPrint N17 Unique Printer Commands

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Overview ................................. ................... .................... .. F-2

Paper Size Selection......................................................... F-3

Paper Type Selection........................................................ F-4

Input Tray Selection......................................................... F-5

Output Selection .............................................................. F-6

PJL Commands.................................................................. F-7

Environmental Specifications

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The Xerox Commitment to Environmental Quality............G-2

Acoustic Noise Figures .....................................................G-2

D-1

E-1 F-1

G-1

FCC Compliance Statement for United States Users..........G-3

Compliance Statement for International Users..................G-4

Operational Safety ...........................................................G-5

Laser Safety .....................................................................G-7

Laser Safety Warning for Finland and Sweden..................G-7

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DocuPrint N17 Getting Started

DocuPrint N17 and N17b Models .................................. 1-2

How Much of This Book Must I Read? ............ .............. 1-3

Printer Components ............................................... ........ 1-4

Special Features ................ ............ ............. ............. ....... . 1-5

Memory Considerations .............................................. 1-13

Installing the Printer .................................................... 1-15

Testing the Printer ....................................................... 1-24

Installing Printer Options ............................................ 1-26

Maintaining the Printer ............................................... 1-27

Transporting the Printer .................................. ............ 1-29

Technical Support ...................................... ............. ...... 1-30

Chapter1

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DocuPrint N17 an d N17b Models

DocuPrint N17

and N17b

Models

This book is for use with both the Xerox DocuPrint N17 and DocuPrint N17b Network Laser Printers. The DocuPrint N17 contains all the components of the DocuPrint N17b, plus the following:

• Ethernet 10Base2 and 10BaseT

• Audible buzzer As this guide serves both printers, the DocuPrint N17b

will hereafter be referred to as the DocuPrint N17 except in situations where information is specific to either printer.

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How Much of This Book Must I Read?

How Much of

This Book

Because of the customer installable nature of the DocuPrint N17, your printer should be operational following the brief instructions in the Quick Installation Guide (also contained in this chapter).

Must I Read?

You can use this guide as a reference for:

Topic Where to find it

Printer components This chapter, page 1-4 Special printer features This chapter, page 1-5 Memory considerations This chapter, page 1-13 Printer installation This chapter, page 1-15 Maintenance issues and tips This chapter, page 1-27 Acceptable print media Using input trays and output bins Using the Control Panel Printer drivers and software Using the optional Hard Disk Drive

Chapter 2: Paper Handling Chapter 2: Paper Handling Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel Chapter 4: Printer Management Softw are and Drivers Chapter 5: Using the Hard Disk Drive / Downloading Fonts and Jobs

Troubleshooting printing problems Ordering printer options Replacing consumables Printer option installation Printer fonts Printer specifications PCL and PJL commands

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Appendix A: DocuPrint N17 Ordering Information Appendix B: Maintaining the Printer Appendix C: Installing and Removing Printer Options Appendix D: Printer Resident Fonts Appendix E: Printer Specifications Appendix F: DocuPrint N17 Unique Printer Commands

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Printer Components

Printer

Components

Front View

Control Panel Display

Control Panel Keypad

Recessed Grip

Power Switch

Standard Outpu t Bin

Front Cover

Front Cover Release Button

MBF (Multi-bypass Tray )

MBF Release Point

Tray 1

Rear View

Option Interface Cover

Rear Cover

Power Inlet

Ethernet Ports (N17 only)

Parallel Port

Serial Port

Diagnostic LED

Etherne t LED (N17 onl y)

Port for Optional Network Card

The major printer components are indic ated below.

Figure 1.1 Major printer components

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Special Features

Power Saver

High Resolution

Printing

Several features have been designed into the DocuPrint N17 to enhance your printing environment. Using the printer's Control Panel menu system, you can tailor printer settings to match your printing requirements.

See Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel for more information about the Control Panel and its menu system.

After 60 minutes of inactivity, the printer automatically turns off internal components to reduce the amount of electricity used. The printer automatically turns those parts back on when it receives a print job.

Using the printer's Control Panel menu system, you can send the printer into Power Saver mode after your choice of Off, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 or 180 minutes of inactivity.

See the section “System Menu” (page 3-38) in Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel.

The DocuPrint N17 is set to print at 600 x 600 dpi (dots per inch) and can be increased to 1200 x 600. Y ou can also print draft-quality jobs by using the System Menu to set Draft Mode to On (or select it on a per job basis from the printer driver). The printer automatically reduces the amount of toner by 67% (and prints a draft-quality output). Draft Mode can be selected on a per job basis from the Xerox printer drivers.

See Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel for i nstructio ns on changing Control Panel settings.

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Special Features

Postscript

Edge to Edge Printing

Automatic Tray

Switching

Y our DocuPrint N 17 includes Post Script LanguageLevel 3 (hereafter referred to as PostScript).

Click for Updated Information

You can print PostScript and PCL 5e Emulation and PCL 6 Emulation (hereafter referred to as PCL) jobs all the way to the edge of the page. (However, there is a 4 mm border on all edges, with all paper size s, where print quality may be slightly degraded.) This feature may be selected via the Control Panel or via the pr int dr ivers fo r PCL. E dge to Edge printing is always enabled for PostScript jobs.

Note that selecting this feature will cause some PCL job printing to be shifted up to the top of the page and left to the edge of the page.

The DocuPrint N17 allows you to set automatic tray switching for both PCL and PostScript jobs. When tray switching is on, and the paper tray runs out of paper, the printer automatically switches to another paper tray (if another tray is loaded with the same size and type of paper). That means you don’t have to loa d paper as often. You can also install one or two optional 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassettes (lower trays), or the 2,000-sheet High Capacity Feeder (HCF), to extend your printing capacity.

For more information on tray switching, see the section

“Automatic Tray Switching” (page 2-22) in Chapter 2: Paper Handling.

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Special Features

Automatic Language

Sensing and

Switching

Automatic Font/

Macro Saving

Secure Printing

The printer can process both PCL and PostScript jobs. When the printer's Language Sensing option is on, the DocuPrint N17 samples the incoming data stream to determine which language the print job requires. The DocuPrint N17 then switches to the proper interpreter for that job.

Language Sensing can be set individually for each port, or protocol within a port, by setting the appropriate PDL setting to Auto.

For more information about language sensing and switching, see Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel.

When you are printing both PostScript and PCL jobs, the printer will automaticall y save downloaded fonts, macros, and the entire PostScript environment when it switches PDLs (Printer Description Language ). This saves yo u from having to download fonts, macros, and headers every time the program switches between PostScript and PCL.

The DocuPrint N17 allows users to define and contr ol what are called “secure jobs.” When a secure job is sent to the printer, printing is delayed until the password associated with that job is entered at the printer’s Control Panel. Secure jobs are defined and enabled either via DocuPrint N17 printer drivers or via a sequence of PJL commands (see Chapter 5: Using the Hard Disk Drive / Downloading Fonts and Jobs, page 5-8, for an example) . This feature requires the Hard Disk Drive option.

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Special Features

Printer Generated

Reports

Using the printer's Control Panel, you can print seven separate reports.

• The Demo Page provides a sample of the printer's capabilities and lists the printer's key features.

• The Configuration Sheet lists printer name, software revision level, communication parameters settings, options installed, current option settings in the Control Panel's menu system and print counts.

• The PCL Font List shows which PCL fonts are currently available. The list includes resident fonts, fonts stored on the hard disk and permanent fonts downloaded to system memory.

• The PostScript Font List shows which PostScript fonts are currently available. The list includes resident fonts, fonts stored on the hard disk or downloaded to system memory.

• The T est Prin t is used by service and repair technicians if problems occur with the printer.

• The Disk Directory lists disk statistics and the directory of the disk file system, including fonts, forms and macros.

• The Menu Map shows the structure of the Control Panel menus.

See Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel for more information about these reports.

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Special Features

Duplex Printing

Increased Paper

Handling

Offsetting

The DocuPrint N17 can print two-sided documents when you install the optional Duplex Module. After installing the Duplex Module and a DocuPrint N17 printer driver, printing a two-sided document is as easy as printing a one-sided job.

See Appendix A: DocuPrint N17 Ordering Information to order a Duplex Module.

An optional 500-sheet lower tray (the 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette), and a 2,000-sheet High Capacity Feeder (HCF) are available for the DocuPrint N17. Install two lower trays and you increase the input capacity for the DocuPrint N17 by 1,000 sheets. One 500-sheet Paper Deck may be installed with the HCF to increase input capacity by 2,500 sheets.

See Appendix A: DocuPrint N17 Ordering Information to order a 500-sheet Paper Deck and Cassette, or the HCF.

The optional Offset Catch Tray (OCT) is available for the DocuPrint N17 to provide a second output destination for your print jobs. Send your print job to the Standard Output Bin or to the OCT (also known as the Offset Bin). It sits ab ove the Standard Output Bin, increases the output tray capacity for the printer and offsets jobs from each other.

See Chapter 2: Paper Handling for more information about using the OCT.

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Special Features

Memory Expansion

Hard Disk Drive

Option

Intelligent

Rasterizing

The DocuPrint N17 printer has 16 MB of RAM install ed as standard and three SIMM slots for memory expansion. The three SIMM slots can be populated with combinations of 4, 8, 16 or 32 MB memory SIMMs up to a total of 104 MB.

Click for Updated Information

An optional Hard Disk Drive is also available, and is used for storing fonts, forms and macros, enabling secure and proof job printing and automatic co llation o f mul tipl e sets of a document. See Chapter 5: Using the Hard Disk Drive / Downloading Fonts and Jobs for more information about the Hard Disk Drive. See Appendix A: DocuPrint N17 Ordering Information to order more printer memory or the Hard Disk Drive.

The DocuPrint N17 driver sends data to the printer only once, regardless of the number of copies specified. This allows multiple sets to be produced at rated printer speeds, conserves valuable network resources and al lows users to resume their applications quickly.

Once the data reaches the DocuPrint N17, the printer analyzes the job to determine the amount of memory the rasterized data will require. If there is sufficient memory, it will perform Raster Image Processing (RIP) only once and hold the rasterized pages in memory for use in printing each successive copy.

Intelligent rasterizing is performed automatically by the DocuPrint N17.

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Special Features

Connectivity

Proof Printing

The DocuPrint N17b includes the follo wing physical connectivity interfaces on board:

• IEEE 1284 Bi-directional parallel

• RS232C Serial Interface with a DB9 connector

The DocuPrint N17 contains the two interfaces listed above plus Ethernet (10 Mbit) with RJ45 and BNC connectors.

Two additional interfaces are available as options:

• 10/100 Ethernet (10BaseT and 100BaseT) with an RJ45 connector

• T oken Ring with RJ45 (UTP) and DB9 (STP) connectors

For DocuPrint N17 printer only: Installing either optional network interface disables the on board 10 Mbit Ethernet interface. Removing either optional interface enables the on board 10 Mbit Ethernet functionality again.

The DocuPrint N17 allows you to view and proofread the first set of a multiple set job before printing the remaining sets. This is called “proof printing.” When you send a proof job to the printer, only the first set is printed immediately. You can then go to the printer and proof the first set. Depending on the outcome of the proofing, you can then decide either to co ntinu e pri ntin g the rema ining sets or to delete the job by entering the password via the printer’s Control Panel.

Proof printing jobs are defined and enabled either via the DocuPrint N17 printer drivers or via a sequence of PJL commands (see Chapter 5: Using the Hard Disk Drive / Downloading Fonts and Jobs, page 5-10, for an example.) This feature requires the Hard Disk Drive option.

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Special Features

Fax Friendly Black

Flash Memory SIMMs

Typical laser output of continuous tone renderings of color documents loses significa nt detail when t ransmit ted via conventional fax devices. The DocuPrint N17 printer drivers offer you the option to prepare your output for fax transmission. When you select this driver option, the printer creates a series of cross hatched output patterns that provides more faithful rendering of continuous ton es when transmitted via fax.

An additional Flash Memory SIMM of 8 MB is available. You can essentially increase resident PCL and PostScript fonts of the printer or create resident PCL macros by installing up to two Flash Memory SIMMs and downloading resources permanently to this memory. Flash Memory SIMMs are installed in the printer’s SIMM slots in the same way that you install RAM SIMMs. Refer to Appendix C: Installing and Removing Printer Options.

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Memory Consi derations

Memory

Considerations

In today's printing environments, technologies have advanced greatly. Corresponding memory requirements have increased too. If you plan to print highly complex jobs, you may need to add printer memory.

The DocuPrint N17 accepts memory SIMMs with the following specifications:

•8 MB SIMM — 72 pins

— 70 nanosecond access time —No parity — 2M x 32 bits

• 16 MB SIMM — 72 pins

— 70 nanosecond access time —No parity — 4M x 32 bits

• 32 MB SIMM — 72 pins

— 70 nanosecond access time —No parity — 8M x 32 bits

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Memory Consideratio ns

Additional memory will provide the following enhanced DocuPrint N17 capabilities:

• Additional font cache

• Additional download space for fonts, macros and images

• Increased throughput for complex pages, duplex pages and larger paper sizes (Legal/Folio)

• Increased PostScript VM

• Collated sets without the Hard Disk Drive

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Installing the Printer

Installing the

Printer

Selecting a Printer

Location

Top View

2 in. (50 mm)

20 in. (508 mm)

2 in. (50 mm)

12 in. (305 mm)

Do not block the fan at the top rear left corner.

This section describes the procedures for unpacking and setting up the printer in its base c onfiguration. If you have additional options to install, see Appendix C: Installing and Removing Printer Options for specific instructions for each option.

Select a printer location that meets the minimum air space requirements shown in Figure 1.2. Set the printer on a flat, stable surface away from direct sunlight and electrical interference.

Figure 1.2 Minimum space requirements around

the printer

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Installing the Printer

In selecting a location for the printer, you should also consider the following:

• Is the Control Panel accessible for viewing and use?

• Is there enough clearance above the printer to replace consumables and to add paper handling options?

• The 500-sheet Paper Deck adds 4.8 in. (122 mm) to the height of the printer; the Offset Catch Tray adds 5.2 in. (132 mm); the High Capacity Feeder adds 27 in. (686 mm) and allows placement of the printer with HCF on the floor.

• Is there enough clearance around the printer should it ever require servicing? (If not, you may need to relocate the printer for servicing.)

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Installing the Printer

Precautions

Please observe the following precautions for installing and using your DocuPrint N17 printer.

To avoid fire hazard:

• Do not place the printer in a location with high temperature and humidity, poor ventilation, or a high level of dust.

• Do not place the printer near heaters or similar objects.

• Never block the printer’ s ventilation openings. Be sur e to leave ample space between the ventilation openings and the nearest wall or other surf ace. (Refer to Figure 1.2 on page 1-15 for space requirements.)

• Do not place the printer near alcohol, benzene, or other volatile and flammable materials.

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Installing the Printer

To avoid electric shock or fire hazard:

• Do not connect the printer to any power source until you are instructed to do so.

• Do not plug the printer into an AC outlet with incorrect voltage.

• The printer must be properly g rounded. Do not bypass the ground plug. Use a three-prong connection.

• Do not use a multi-extension cord connector.

• If using an extension cord, do not use one with rated current less than 125V 15A (250V 13A in Europe). Do not damage or modify the extension cord. Do not bend, pull or place heavy objects on the extension cord.

• Never touch the plug with wet hands.

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Installing the Printer

To avoid printer malfunction or damage:

• Position the printer on a horizontal, sturdy and stable surface.

• Operate the printer under temperature conditions of 10 to 35° C (50to95° F), with humidity 15 to 85%. Be sure to keep the temperature below 28 º C (82° F) if the humidity is 85%.

• If the temperature changes significantly, condensation may develop inside the printer and cause printing problems. Therefore, be sure to let the printer stabilize for some time to adjust to the new temperature.

• Do not subject the printer to direct sunlight.

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Installing the Printer

Assembling the

Printer

Assembling the printer is easily accomplished in just a few steps:

• Remove packing retainers.

• Install the EP (electronic printing) cartridge,

• Load Tray 1 (and optional paper trays as desired) with paper and insert it into the printer, and

• Connect the power cord.

Follow the instructions on the following pages to assemble the printer.

Do not expose the EP cartridge to direct sunlight or artificial light for more than 15 minutes. Overexposure will permanently damage the photosensitive imaging drum.

Do not open the drum shutter or touch the green imaging drum.

Complete the EP cartridge installation within 15 minutes of removing the cartridge from its package.

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Remove the protective film from the Control Panel (1).

Then open the front cover by pressing the button on top of the cover.

Remove the orange plastic packing retainers (1,2 and 3).

Remove the EP cartridge from its wrapper.

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Installing the Printer

Shake the EP cartridge several times to evenly distribute

the toner.

Remove the tape strip.

Insert the EP cartridge into the guide channels marked by

the arrows inside the front cover. Push in until it clicks in place, then close the front cover.

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