Oki Data Corporation, 4-11-22 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8551, Japan MPORTER TO THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE Oki Europe Limited (trading as OKI Printing Solutions) Blays House Wicks Road Egham Surrey, TW20 0HJ United Kingdom For all sales, support and general enquiries contact your local distributor.
OTES AUTIONS AND ARNINGS NOTE A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product. CAUTION! A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage.
> The C3400n model prints up to 16ppm (pages per minute) and the C3300 prints up to 12ppm in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents. >...
Additionally, the following optional feature is available (C3400n model only): > Additional memory, to allow printing of more complex pages. RINTER OVERVIEW RONT VIEW 1. Printer cover. 5. Cassette Tray. Standard blank paper tray. 2. Operation Panel. Holds up to 250 sheets of Status LEDs and operator 80g/m²...
EAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel and the rear output stacker. TEST 9. Output stacker, face down. 11. AC Power Socket. Standard printed copy delivery 12. USB interface and LAN Port point. Holds up to 150 sheets at USB cable must be of length 2m 80g/m².
NSIDE YOUR PRINTER 13. Fuser unit. 16. Image drum units. The Fuser unit contains a heated The toner from the toner roller that fixes toner to the print cartridges adheres to the outer media (paper or card). plate of the image drum. The image drum then transfers the 14.
PERATION ANEL The Operation Panel allows operator intervention and indicates both when the printer is operating normally and when it requires attention. Detailed printer status is provided by the Status Monitor in Windows or Printer Driver in Mac. (See “Using the Status Monitor”...
WITCHES Operation There are two switches on the operation panel labelled ON LINE and CANCEL. Each has four modes of operation as follows: MODE OF DESCRIPTION OPERATION Momentary press Press the switch and release it within 2 seconds of (Press 1) pressing it.
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STATUS ONLINE SWITCH CANCEL SWITCH BEFORE PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESSING Requesting Loads – – – Cancels – manual paper from feed Cassette (*3) Tray Paper is set Shifts to Prints Prints Forcefully in Multi OFF LINE Menu Demo ejects Purpose...
DISPLAYS General Printer status (as indicated by the LEDs) can be broadly categorised as follows: Normal status (Green): the printer is operating normally e.g. it is ON LINE or processing. Warning status (Amber): you can continue to use the printer without intervention but an error may result. Error status (Amber, blinking): you cannot continue to use the printer.
Illumination and meaning To be able to indicate a large number of status situations both individually and in combination, the LEDs are illuminated as follows: ILLUMINATION STATUS Power OFF ON LINE (idle) Blinking 1 (2S cycle) OFF LINE (this blinking pattern always takes place while an error is occurring) Power...
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Service call error When a service call error occurs, all LEDs blink rapidly and simultaneously at 120ms intervals. Introduction> 17...
APER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of paper weights and sizes, including envelopes. This section provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use each type. The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75~90g/m²...
Watermarked or Headed paper should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer. TRAY WEIGHT (G/M²) SIZE DIMENSIONS 105 x 148mm 148 x 210mm 182 x 257mm Executive 184.2 x 266.7mm 210 x 297mm Letter 215.9 x 279.4mm Legal 13in.
OADING APER ASSETTE Remove the Cassette Tray from the printer. Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges (1) and in the middle (2) to ensure that all sheets are properly separated, then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again.(3).
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Adjust the Rear Stopper (1) and Paper Guides (2) to the size of paper being used. Use the markings on the printer as a guide. Load the paper (1). Use the level indicators (2) as a guide. For letter headed paper, load face down with top edge towards the front of the printer.
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To prevent paper jams: • Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper. • Do not overfill the Cassette Tray. Capacity depends on the type of paper stock. • Do not load damaged paper. • Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same time.
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For face down printing, make sure the Face Up (rear) Stacker is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). Stacking capacity is approximately 150 sheets, depending on paper weight. For face up printing, make sure the Face Up (rear) Stacker is open and the paper support (1) is extended.
ULTI URPOSE Open the Multi Purpose Tray and press gently down on the Paper Platform (2) to ensure it is latched down. Adjust the Paper Guides (1) to the size of paper you are going to print on, using the markings on the Paper Platform.
The illustrations in this chapter show the C3400n printer in Windows XP/2000. However, the options shown for the C3400n are the same when using the C3300 model. Other Windows versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
RINTING PREFERENCES IN INDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialog box appears. This dialog usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document. Next to the printer name is a Properties button. When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which you can choose for this document.
ETUP TAB When you click the Properties button from your application’s Print dialog, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for the current document. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer.
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A variety of document finishing options can be selected, such as normal one page per sheet, or N-up (where N can be a maximum of 16) for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet. Select the Poster printing option to print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets.
PTIONS TAB The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows. • The ProQ2400 setting prints at 600 x 600dpi multi- level. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for printing photographs and reproducing colour details.
Page orientation can be set to either portrait (tall) or landscape (wide). Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery. You can print watermark text behind the main page image. This is useful for marking documents as draft, confidential, etc.
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other than Auto. For grayscale printing, the printer runs at the fastest print speed (approx. 20ppm) and all pages are printed in black and white. You can choose from a range of colour matching options, depending on the image source for your document. For example, a photograph taken on a digital camera might require different colour matching from a business graphic created in a spreadsheet application.
ETTING FROM INDOWS ONTROL ANEL When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather than from within an application program, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from Windows applications, and will be remembered from one Windows session to the next.
DVANCED TAB You can specify which times of day your printer will be available. Indicates current priority, from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority documents will print first. Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print file) before being printed. The document is then printed in the background, allowing your application program to become available more quickly.
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This is the opposite choice to the one above. Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling. This specifies that the document should not be spooled, but printed directly. Your application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete. This requires less disk space on your computer, since there is no spool file.
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You can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents. (This is particularly useful on a shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack.) Printing from Windows> 36...
RINTING OS 9 HOOSING RINTING PTIONS Use the print dialog to choose your printer and select options for how you want your document to print. Open the document you want to print. If you wish to change the paper size or page orientation, choose File >...
Click Print Preferences. Change Page Setup Preferences or Print Preferences as required. These new settings will be saved as the printer driver defaults. ETUP PTIONS ENERAL Paper Choose the paper size that matches your document and the paper loaded in the printer. The paper margin is 1/6 inch (4.2 mm) at all edges.
Reduce or Enlarge Documents can be scaled up or down to fit on different paper sizes. ETUP PTIONS AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper.
ETUP PTIONS USTOM APER You can create and edit custom paper sizes. These appear in the paper size menu and can be selected just like any other paper size. RINT PTIONS ENERAL Copies Enter the number of copies to print. If Collate is selected, all the pages of the document print before the next copy prints.
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Pages Choose whether to print all the pages of your document or just a section of it. Paper Source Selects which paper tray to use for your print job. Quality Selects the print resolution. The ProQ2400 setting produces the best graphic images but it can take longer to print.
RINT PTIONS RINT ONTROL If you are using the Windows Print Control Server software to manage printers, enter your assigned user name and ID. This information is sent along with your print job and is recorded by the printer. Printing From Mac> 42...
RINT PTIONS OLOR Color mode COLOR MODE DESCRIPTION Auto Color The driver selects the most appropriate color settings. Advanced Color Allows you to manually adjust color and black and white settings or select. Grayscale Convert all colors to shades of grey. Color matching COLOR DESCRIPTION...
COLOR DESCRIPTION Monitor (6500K) Vivid Optimised for printing photos, but with even more saturated colors. Monitor (9300K) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness. Digital Camera Results will vary depending on the subject and conditions the image was taken.
RINT PTIONS AYOUT Multiple pages can be shrunk and printed on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.
RINT PTIONS PTIONS Media Weight Select the thickness/type of paper in the printer. It's important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you are printing on regular paper, don't select Labels as this may cause toner smearing and paper jams.
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Always Create 100% Black (K) Toner Select this if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printing pure black (RGB = 0,0,0). This is effective even when Composite Black (CMYK) is selected in the color options. Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing Depending on printing habits and usage patterns, running the maintenance cycle before printing may ensure the best...
RINT PTIONS ATERMARK A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can be used to indicate that the document is "Draft" or perhaps "Confidential". You can create watermarks in the printer driver. Select a font and modify the watermark size, position, color, brightness and angle.
RINT PTIONS NFORMATION Displays a summary of the current printer settings. The driver version is also displayed. This may be useful if you want to check the Oki website for a newer printer driver. Printing From Mac> 49...
OS X The information in this section is based on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4). Other versions such as Panther (10.3) and Jaguar(10.2) versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same. ETTING RINTING PTIONS You can choose your printer and select options for how you want your documents to print from the Print dialog box.
description of these options, see “Print options - Copies & pages” Click the Print button. AVING RINTING PTIONS You can save a set of printer driver options to use for future documents. Open the document you want to print. To change the paper size or page orientation, select File > Page Setup.
Select Save As Default from the Settings drop-down menu. To save the current printer driver settings as a preset, select Save As from the Preset menu. Enter a name for your preset and click OK. HANGING THE DEFAULT PRINTER AND PAPER SIZE The following steps describe how to change your default printer and the paper size options.
Page Attributes You can select “Save As Default” to use the current Page Setup settings as a standard for all documents. Format for Allows you to select your printer model before changing options such as Paper size and Orientation. Paper Size Select a paper size to match your document and the paper loaded in the printer.
& RINT OPTIONS OPIES PAGES Copies This option allows you to enter the number of copies to print. If you select Collate, all pages of the document will print before the next copy prints. Pages You can select whether to print all pages of a document or just a section of it.
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Layout Pages per sheet You can shrink multiple pages and print them on a single sheet of paper. For example, choosing 4-up will tile four of your document's pages across a single sheet of paper. You can control the order in which the documents are tiled and also choose to surround each document page with a border.
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Scheduler This option lets you choose whether to print your document immediately, or defer printing until later. You can also assign a priority to a print job. These features are useful if you are printing large documents that take a long time to print. Printing From Mac>...
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Paper handling Page order You can choose to print your document in the normal page order (1,2,3..) or reverse order (..3,2,1). Print This option allows you to choose whether to print only odd or even numbered pages. This is useful if you are using manual duplex for which you first print all odd pages, re- insert the paper in the printer and then print all even pages.
ColorSync Color conversion For Color Conversion, Standard is the only option available for your printer model. Quartz Filter Choose a Quartz filter if you wish to apply a special effect to your print job, such as Sepia or Blue Tone. This is only available on Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later versions.
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Cover page Choosing a cover page may help you to identify your printed document in a large pile of paper. This is useful in a busy office with many people sharing the printer. Paper source This option allows you to select which paper tray to use for your print job.
Print quality Print quality Use this option to selects the print resolution. The ProQ2400 setting produces the best graphic images, but these images can take longer to print. Photo Enhance Use Photo Enhance to significantly improve quality when printing images. The printer driver analyses any photographic images and processes them to improve the overall appearance.
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Color Color mode COLOR MODE DESCRIPTION Auto Color The driver selects the most appropriate color settings. Advanced Color Allows you to manually adjust color and black and white settings or select. Grayscale Convert all colors to shades of grey. Printing From Mac> 61...
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Color matching COLOR DESCRIPTION Monitor (6500K) Optimised for printing photos. Colors are Perceptual printed with emphasis on saturation. Monitor (6500K) Optimised for printing photos, but with Vivid even more saturated colors. Monitor (9300K) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness.
RINTER SETUP OPTIONS RINTER OPTIONS Media weight Select the thickness or type of paper in the printer. It is important to set this correctly as it affects the temperature at which the toner is fused to the paper. For example, if you are printing on normal A4 paper, do not select Labels as this may cause toner smearing and paper jams.
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Always create 100% black (K) toner Select this option if you want the printer to always use only black (K) toner when printing pure black (RGB = 0,0,0). This is effective even when Composite Black (CMYK) is selected in the color options. Run maintenance cycle before printing Depending on printing habits and usage patterns, running the maintenance cycle before printing may ensure the best...
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Summary This option displays a summary of all selected print options for the current job. Printing From Mac> 65...
RINTING This chapter describes how to carry out basic printing tasks using your printer. EST PRINTING RINT A DEMO PAGE Switch on the printer and allow it to warm up. Press the ON LINE button on your printer and hold down for 5 seconds. A demo page should print.
ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE CASSETTE TRAY Ensure that there is enough paper in the cassette tray to carry out the print job. Select File -> Print and click the Properties button. In the 2-sided printing drop down menu, select either “Long Edge”...
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Open the Cassette Tray. Take the printed paper from the Output Stacker and place it in the Cassette Tray with the printed side facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer. Printing> 68...
Close the Cassette Tray and press the ON LINE button as directed in the status message. The message window should disappear from your screen and the document finishes printing the remaining pages of your document. ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE ULTI URPOSE NOTE:...
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Place paper one sheet at a time in the Multi Purpose Tray. The paper is automatically gripped in position. Select File -> Print to display the Print dialog box. Click the Properties button. On the 2-sided printing drop down menu, select either “Long Edge” or “Short Edge” according to your printing preferences.
facing into the printer. Ensure that the paper is gripped in place. Press the ON LINE button. The remaining pages of your document print on the blank side of the paper. RINTING ON DIFFERENT MEDIA This section describes how to print on material other than normal A4 paper.
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In either the cassette tray or the Multi Purpose Tray, adjust the paper guides using the indicators marked on the printer. Place your envelopes in the tray, face up with the short edge facing into the printer and the flap to the right. Do not add more than 10 envelopes at a time.
ETTING OTHER PRINTING OPTIONS This sections briefly describes how to set printing options for your particular print job. IT TO PAGE PRINTING You can choose to print your document on larger or smaller sized paper depending on the size of print media available to you. Insert paper in the Cassette Tray or Multi Purpose Tray in the usual manner.
ANCELLING A PRINT JOB You can cancel a print job from your software application, from the print queue or by using the CANCEL button on your printer. PRINTING STATE HOW TO CANCEL Document has not Try to cancel printing job within software started printing application Document is waiting...
OLOUR RINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output. For general use the automatic settings will suffice, providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents. Many applications have their own colour settings, and these may override the settings in the printer driver.
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Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions. For example, the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting. Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for Manual colour can change the appearance of a print.
IPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour output from your printer. RINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. If the colours look too dull, try the Monitor (6500k) Vivid or Digital Camera settings.
CCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The Colour Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source, such as a digital camera. To open colour matching options from the Windows Control Panel: Open the Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes”...
ETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS On the Colour tab select Advanced Colour ((1) below) for Colour Matching. Choose the Manual colour setting (2) and select from the following options: Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation. Colour Printing>...
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Monitor (6500k) Vivid Optimised for printing photographs, but with even more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. Monitor (9300k) Optimised for printing graphics from applications such as Microsoft Office. Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness. Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera.
SING THE OLOUR WATCH FEATURE To use the Colour Swatch feature, you must install the Colour Swatch Utility. This is supplied on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your printer. The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours.
SING THE OLOUR ORRECT TILITY The Oki Colour Correct Utility is provided on your printer driver CD-ROM. You must install it separately since it is not installed along with the printer driver. The Colour Correct utility has the following features: >...
SING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE TATUS ONITOR INDOWS ONLY The Status Monitor software is distinct from and installed separately from the driver software. NOTE For reliable operation of the Status Monitor, ensure that the USB cable is of length 2m maximum. The Status Monitor provides a readable indication of the printer status as displayed on the indicator LEDs on the Operation Panel (see “The Operation Panel”...
Status Monitor. Viewing the status of the printer, and viewing or changing the printer menu settings are carried out though the Status Monitor. Click on [Start], [All Programs] and select Okidata|OKI C3300_3400| Status Monitor. The current printer status is shown.
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The Printer Menu button enables you to access the printer menu settings. From the printer menu, you can configure your printer settings. Using the printer software> 85...
REFERENCES TAB Selecting this tab provides the means to choose the information displayed by the Status Monitor and how/when the Status Monitor appears. The default Alert view setting (Pop up on alerts) ensures that the Status Monitor pops up to inform you of a condition that requires your attention e.g.
RINTER FUNCTIONS ETTINGS The printer settings made from the Status Monitor can be seen collectively on a printed Menu Map (or Status Page). To print a status page, press printer ON LINE button and hold for 2 seconds. ETTINGS On the Status Monitor Setup tab, click Printer Menu. The User Settings Print Menu appears.
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Administrator Settings This menu is intended to be used only by designated staff. On the User Settings window, select Display -> Administrator Menu. The User Settings menu is updated to include the Administrator menu options. The Administrator Settings menu has the settable items, including access to the user menus.
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(as shown below), in the top left hand corner. To undo a change, click the Undo changed settings icon. NOTE You can access the printer menu settings window direct by clicking [Start], [All Programs] and selecting Okidata|OKI C3300_C3400n|Printer Name Printer Settings. Using the printer software> 89...
It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often are, overridden by settings made in the printer drivers. However, several of the driver settings can be left at “Printer Setting”, which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus.
RINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions. PRINT MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION COPIES 1-999 Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed from 1 to 999. MANUAL FEED ON/OFF Selects the default tray for paper feed, (Multi Purpose Cassette Tray or Multi Purpose Tray.
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MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION TRAY PLAIN Selects the type of media loaded LETTERHEAD in this tray. This will help the - MEDIA TYPE BOND printer to adjust its internal RECYCLED operating parameters, such as ROUGH engine speed and fusing USERTYPE1 –...
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MEDIA MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MANUAL (Multi MEDIUM (75- Selects the media weight to be Purpose Tray) 90g/m²) fed from the Multi Purpose Tray. - MEDIA HEAVY (91- WEIGHT 120g/m²) ULTRA HEAVY (121-203g/m²) CUSTOM PAPER MILLIMETRE Selects the unit of measure for SIZE INCH the next two items.
OLOUR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals, optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs.
YSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION STATUS PAGE ENABLED Automatically prints status on power AUTO PRINT DISABLED TIME TO POWER 5 MIN Adjusts the idling time before the SAVE MODE 15 MIN printer automatically switches into...
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU ITEMS SETTINGS EXPLANATION JAM RECOVERY Specifies whether the printer should perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred. If ON, the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared.
YSTEM ADJUSTMENT MENU This menu provides fine adjustment of image position on the printed page in steps of 0.25mm. SYS ADJUST MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION X ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ Horizontal position. +2.00 Y ADJUST -2.00 ~ 0 ~ Vertical position.
AINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions. MAINTENANCE MENU ITEM SETTINGS EXPLANATION MENU RESET EXECUTE Resets menus to default settings. POWER SAVE ON/OFF Enables or disables automatic power MODE save mode. Delay before entering this mode is set in the system configuration menu.
SAGE MENU This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them.
RINTING SETTINGS To print a list of the printer settings: Start the Status Monitor. Select the Printer Setup tab. Click on the Printer Settings button on the Printer Setup tab. Click on the Information menu and then select Print Menu Map.
3 A4 pages per job). > Transfer belt — Approximately 50,000 A4 pages at 3 pages per job. > Fuser (C3300) — Approximately 30,000 A4 pages. > Fuser (C3400n) — Approximately 50,000 A4 pages. Replacing consumable items> 101...
Average life: 20% pages at continuous print, 50% pages at 3 pages per job and 30% pages at 1 page per job. Only use genuine Oki Original consumables to ensure the best quality and performance from your hardware. Non Oki Original products may damage your printer's performance and invalidate your warranty.
ONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT CAUTION! To avoid toner wastage and possible toner sensor errors, do not change the- toner cartridge(s) until “TONER EMPTY” is displayed through the Status Monitor. The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder. It is contained in four cartridges: one each for cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
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Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully. WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch this area. Note the positions of the 4 cartridges. 1.
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Carry out one of the following: If you are replacing a toner cartridge that has been supplied with your printer (release lever has 3 positions), pull the coloured toner release lever on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer, in the direction of the arrow, but stop at the central (upright) position (1).
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Lift the right-hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left-hand end as shown, and withdraw the toner cartridge from the printer. Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture.
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Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge. Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right, lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed. Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum unit first, pushing it against the spring on the drum unit, then lower the right end of the cartridge onto...
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Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated, push the coloured lever (1) towards the rear of the printer. This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly so that the cover latches closed.
MAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover. CAUTION! Static sensitive devices, handle with care.
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Note the positions of the 4 cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge Holding it by its top centre, lift the image drum, complete with its toner cartridge (1), up and out of the printer. Replacing consumable items>...
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Put the old unit down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture. Take the new image drum unit, complete with toner cartridge (assembled according to the installation guide) and place it on the piece of paper where the old ID unit was placed.
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Holding the complete assembly by its top centre, lower it into place in the printer, locating the pegs at each end (1) into their slots (2) in the sides of the printer cavity. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.
EPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums. This unit requires replacement approximately every 50,000 pages. WARNING! If the printer has been powered on, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover.
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Lift each of the image drum units (1), starting from the rear, out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light (2). CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive.
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Locate the two fasteners (1) at each side of the belt (3) and the lifting bar (2) at the front end. Turn the two fasteners (1) 90° to the left. This will release the belt from the printer chassis. Pull the lifting bar (2) upwards so that belt tilts up towards the front, and withdraw the belt unit from the printer.
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Lower the new belt unit into place, with the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer. Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rear left corner of the unit, and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer.
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Replace the 4 image drums, complete with their toner cartridges, into the printer in the correct positions as shown. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.
USER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units. WARNING! If the printer has recently been powered on, some fuser components will be very hot. Handle the fuser with extreme care, holding it only by its handle, which will only be mildly warm to the touch.
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Identify the fuser handle (1) on the top of the fuser unit. Pull the two fuser retaining levers (2) towards the front of the printer so that they are fully upright. Holding the fuser by its handle (1), lift the fuser straight up and out of the printer.
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Holding the fuser handle (2), lower the fuser into the printer, locating the two lugs into their slots in the metal partition which separates the fuser area from the image drums. Push the two retaining levers (1) towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place.
LEANING THE HEAD Clean the LED head when printing does not come out clearly, has white lines or when text is blurred. Switch off the printer and open the top cover. Gently wipe the LED head surface (1) with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue.
This section explains how to install additional RAM memory into your printer as a memory upgrade. This option is only available for the C3400n printer. There is no memory upgrade available for the C3300. RDER CODES Use the following order codes for additional memory: >...
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WARNING! If the printer has been powered on recently, the fuser will be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch. Remove each image drum units, starting with the front. Cover the image drum units to protect them from direct light Locate the two fasteners (1) at each side of the belt (3) and the lifting bar (2) at the front end.
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Unlock the fasteners and remove the belt as shown. Carefully remove the new memory board from its wrapping. Try to handle the board only by its short edges, avoiding contact with any metal parts as far as possible. In particular, avoid touching the edge connector. Notice that the memory board has a small cutout in the edge connector, which is closer to one end than the other.
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Identify the RAM expansion slot in the printer. Unclip the plastic cover to open this slot. If the RAM expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board, that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one. To remove it proceed as follows, otherwise skip to step 10.
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Gently push the board into the RAM expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any further. Close the RAM expansion slot. Replace the belt and image drum units as described in “Replacing consumable items” on page 101. Close the top cover of the printer.
ROUBLESHOOTING LEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media, and you keep the media in good condition prior to use, your printer should give years of reliable service. However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply.
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Note the positions of the 4 cartridges. 1. Cyan cartridge 2. Magenta cartridge 3. Yellow cartridge 4. Black cartridge It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path. Holding it by its top centre, lift the cyan image drum, complete with its toner cartridge (1), up and out of the printer.
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Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface. CAUTION! The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes.
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Remove any sheets of paper as follows: • To remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of the belt (1), carefully lift the sheet from the belt and pull it forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet.
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withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area. Then allow the pressure release lever to rise again. NOTE If the sheet is well advanced into the fuser (only a short length is still visible), do not attempt to pull it back. Follow the next step to remove it from the rear of the printer.
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Open the rear stacker and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area. • Pull out any sheets found in this area. • If the sheet is low down in this area and difficult to remove, it is probably still gripped by the fuser. In this case raise the top cover, reach around and press down on the fuser pressure release lever (1).
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Press the front cover release and pull open the front cover. Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find, then close the cover. Troubleshooting> 133...
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Pull out the Cassette Tray and ensure that all paper is stacked properly, is undamaged, and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack. When satisfied, replace the tray. Finally, close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed.
PECIFICATIONS C3300 N34111B ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 376 x 479 x 290mm (W x D x H) Weight 21Kg approximately Print speeds 12 pages per minute colour 16 pages per minute monochrome Resolution 600 x 600dpi 1200 x 600dpi 600 x 600dpi x 2bit...
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C3400 N34112B ITEM SPECIFICATION Dimensions 376 x 479 x 290mm (W x D x H) Weight 21Kg approximately Print speeds 16 pages per minute colour 20 pages per minute monochrome Resolution 600 x 600dpi 1200 x 600dpi 600 x 600dpi x 2bit Emulations Windows GDI, Direct Raster Auto Features Auto registration...
NDEX Numerics Image drums life remaining ......99 2-sided printing ......66 Labels Advanced features recommended types ....18 enabling or disabling....35 Language changing display and reports language .......96 Belt LED display ........15 how to replace ......113 LED head ........121 life expectancy......101 Black printing glossy or matte......
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Shutdown menu....... 90 System configuration menu ..95 Separator page Usage menu ......99 separating print jobs ....36 USB menu....... 96 Setting menus ......87 Multi Purpose Tray Spooling how to use ......25 Windows settings ......34 paper metrics ......19 Status page print status page ......66 Page orientation...
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