OKI B6500 User Manual

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Internal View
5 Rear output tray 
leverWhen the rear tray has been installed, the paper 
output location can be switched between it and the 
center output tray. Raise the lever to output to the 
rear tray and lower the lever to output to the center 
output tray. 
6 A4 universal tray Can install up to two levels of an Letter/A4 
universal tray (550) to this printer.
7Right detachable 
coverRemove this when installing optional accessories 
such as hard disk and additional memory....

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Control Panel
No. Name Description
1  button Press to move to menu operation. 
2  button Press to print the menu map. The menu map (2pages) 
will print with all the current printer settings.
3 
indicatorWhen the light is on, the printer is ready to receive 
data from the computer. 
4 LCD display Displays the setting items, machine status, and 
messages. 
5  
indicatorWhen the light is on, there is a malfunction in the 
printer. 
6   
buttonPress to enter the off-line status. When...

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Display
There are two types of screens shown: Print screen (for displaying 
printer status) and Menu screen (for setting configuration). 
NOTE
The message displayed differs according to the options installed 
and setting status. 
Print Screen
The Print screen appears when the machine is printing or waiting for 
data. The following contents are shown on the screen. 
  
Menu Screen
Screen for configuring settings related to the printer. 
This screen appears when you press the...

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Switching On and Off the Power
Switching On the Power
1.Press the power switch of the printer 
to the  position. 
2.When the power is switched on, 
various screens will be displayed on 
the control panel. Check that this 
display changes to “Online”. 
NOTE
When “Please wait...” is displayed, the printer is in the process of 
warming up. Printing is unavailable during this period. When the 
printer is ready for printing, “Online” will be displayed.
Important:
•If error message is...

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Power Saver Modes
This printer is equipped with a low power mode and a sleep mode to 
reduce power consumption when it is left idle.
When no print data is received for 5 minutes, the printer will enter 
the low power mode. When no data is received for a further 10 
minutes (a total of 15 minutes lapse (default settings) since the last 
received data), it will enter sleep mode. You can specify whether the 
printer goes into low power mode or sleep mode. The time ranges to 
specify...

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Press the  button then press the  button on 
the control panel. However, pages being printed at the moment will 
continue to be printed. 
Cancelling Print Jobs at the Computer
Double-click the printer icon  at the bottom right of the taskbar 
in Windows. 
From the displayed window, click the document name that you wish 
to delete and press the  key. 
Checking Status of Print Data
Checking in Windows
Double-click the printer icon  on the task bar at the bottom right 
of the screen....

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such as paper type or size. These settings are displayed on the 
[Options] tab. This section explains the procedure using Windows XP 
as an example. 
Important:
•When using USB or Parallel connection to this printer, this 
feature cannot be used. You have to manually set the items 
on the printer driver. 
•The rear tray information cannot be obtained. You have to 
manually set the item. 
•For paper size and paper type settings, you must configure 
them at the control panel...

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Printing
Printing From the Computer
This section explains the basic flow when printing from application 
software in a Windows® environment.
(The procedure may differ according to the computer or system 
configuration used.)
Important:
•Do not switch off the power to the printer when printing is in 
progress. It may lead to a paper jam.
NOTE
>This section explains printing with the PCL driver as an 
example.
1.From the [File] menu of the application software, select 
[Print]....

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NOTE
>You can set the print features in the properties dialog box 
from the printer icon by selecting [Printers and Faxes] (or 
[Settings] > [Printers] depending on the OS).
Printing on Envelopes
For details on the envelopes that can be used, refer to “Usable 
Paper” on page 36. The procedure to print on envelopes is as 
follows. 
Loading Envelopes
You have to close the flaps of the envelopes and load them with the 
address side facing up in the orientation shown in the diagram...

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1.Load the envelopes in the portrait 
orientation so that the flaps are 
turned to the right side.
2.Slide the length guide and right 
width guide to the size of the loaded 
envelopes.
3.On the control panel, change the 
paper type to [Envelope]. For 
details, refer to “Setting Paper Types” on page 44.
4.On the control panel, change the paper size of the tray to 
[COM-10 Envelope]. For details, refer to “Setting Custom 
Paper Sizes” on page 43.
Printing on Envelopes
To print on...