OKI C3450n User Manual

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ACCESSING 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:
1.Open the Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes” in 
Windows XP).
2.Right-click the printer name and choose Properties.
3.Click the Printing Preferences button (1).
To open colour matching...

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SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS
1.On the Colour tab select Advanced Colour ((1) below) 
for Colour Matching.
2.Choose the Manual colour setting (2) and select from the 
following options:
(a) Monitor (6500k) Perceptual
Optimised for printing photographs. Colours are 
printed with emphasis on saturation.
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(b) Monitor (6500k) Vivid
Optimised for printing photographs, but with even 
more saturated colours than the Monitor (6500k) 
Perceptual setting.
(c) Monitor (9300k)
Optimised for printing graphics from applications 
such as Microsoft Office. Colours are printed with 
emphasis on Lightness. 
(d) Digital Camera
Optimised for printing photographs taken with a 
digital camera. 
Your results will vary depending on the subject and 
the conditions under which the photograph was 
taken....

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An example of using the Colour Swatch function:
You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red. The steps 
you would follow are:
1.Print a colour swatch, then select the shade of red that 
best suits your needs. 
2.Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that 
you liked.
3.Using your program’s colour picker, enter these same 
RGB values, and change the logo to that colour.
The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily 
match what was printed on the...

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USING THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY
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:
>Microsoft Office palette colours can be individually 
adjusted. This is useful if you want to change how a 
specific colour is printed.
>Colours can be adjusted by changing Hue, Saturation and 
Gamma. This is useful if you wish to...

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USING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE 
STATUS MONITOR (WINDOWS ONLY)
The Status Monitor software is distinct from and installed 
separately from the driver software.
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” on page 12.) and allows you to access 
the printer menus (listed at the end of this chapter) to set printer 
parameters such as paper size etc. 
NOTE
For reliable...

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USING THE 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 3450 
Status Monitor. The current printer status is shown.
PRINTER STATE TAB
This tab is visible by default on opening the Status Monitor and 
displays detailed information about the status of the printer.
PRINTER SETUP TAB
Selecting this tab provides access to the...

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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.
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PREFERENCES 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. paper out in Cassette Tray.
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PRINTER FUNCTIONS (USER SETTINGS)
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.
USER SETTINGS
1.On the Status Monitor Setup tab, click Printer Menu. The 
User Settings Print Menu appears. You change user 
settings options from this menu.
2.To save your changes, click the Apply the changed 
settings icon (1), in the top left...