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TIPS FOR PRINTING IN COLOUR
The following guidelines may help you to achieve good colour 
output from your printer.
PRINTING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
Use the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting. 
If the colours look too dull, try the Monitor (6500k) Vivid or 
Digital Camera settings.
PRINTING FROM OFFICE APPLICATIONS
Use the Monitor (9300k) setting. This may help if you are having 
problems with specific colours from applications such as Microsoft 
Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint.
PRINTING SPECIFIC COLOURS (E.G. A COMPANY LOGO)
There are 2 utilities on your printer driver CD-ROM that can help 
match specific colours:
Colour Correct Utility 
Colour Swatch Utility 
ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OR INTENSITY OF A PRINT
If the print is too light/dark, you can use the Brightness control 
to adjust it. 
If the colours are too intense/not intense enough, use the 
Saturation control.
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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 options from within a Windows 
application:
1. Choose  File>Print…  from the application’s menu bar.
2. Click the  Properties  button next to the printer name.
SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS
1.On the  Colour tab select  Advanced Colour  for colour 
matching.
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2.Choose the Manual colour setting and select from the 
following options:
(a)Monitor (6500k) Perceptual
Optimised for printing photographs. Colours are 
printed with emphasis on saturation.
(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 gr aphics 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.
(e) sRGB
The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB colour 
space. This may be useful if colour matching from an 
sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital 
camera.
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USING THE COLOUR SWATCH 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. Note that this is not the full range of colours 
that the printer can produce. Listed on each sample colour are 
the corresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values. This can be 
used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to 
choose your own RGB values. Simply click the Colour Swatch 
button (1) and choose from the options available.
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 colour swatch. If this is the case, 
it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor 
and printer reproduce colour. Here, it is unimportant since your 
primary objective is to print the required colour.
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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 change the overall 
colour output. 
Once these colour adjustments have been made, the new 
settings can be selected from the printer driver Colour tab.
To select adjustments made  with the Colour Correct 
Utility:
1. From your application program, click  File and point to 
Print .
2. Click Properties . This displays the printer driver options.
3. Click the  Colour tab.
4. Click Advanced Colour .
5. Click User Defined .
Select the colour adjustment you made with the Colour Correct 
Utility.
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MENU FUNCTIONS
This section lists the menus accessed via the controls on the 
printer’s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window.
OPERATOR PANEL:
1.ONLINE LEDON:Ready to receive data.
Blinking:Processing data.
OFF: Offline.2.DISPLAYDisplays the printer 
status and any error 
messages.
3.MENU 
Button Enters the Menu mode. In 
Menu mode, forwards or 
reverses the menu item 
displayed. Press for 2 
secs. or longer to fast 
forward or reverse.4.ONLINE 
ButtonSwitches between 
ONLINE and OFFLINE.
Exits the menu and goes 
ONLINE when pressed in 
the Menu mode.
Forces printing on the 
paper currently loaded 
when pressed with 
“WRONG PAPER” or 
“WRONG PAPER SIZE” 
displayed.
5.ATTENTION 
LED
On: A warning occurs. 
Printing is possible.
Blinking: An error occurs. 
Printing not possible.
Off: Normal condition.6.BACK 
ButtonReturns to the previous 
higher level menu item.
7.ENTER 
Button In the ONLINE or OFFLINE 
mode: enters the Menu 
mode.
In the Menu mode: 
determines the setting 
selected.8.CANCEL 
ButtonDeletes the data being 
printed or received when 
pressed for two seconds 
or longer.
Deletes the data when 
pressed for two seconds 
or longer with WRONG 
PAPER SIZE, RUN OUT 
OF PAPER, TRAY 1 IS 
OPEN, or TRAY 1 IS NOT 
FOUND is displayed.
On Line
Attention Back
Enter
Menu On Line
Cancel
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HOW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS - USER
It should be noted that many of these settings can be, and often 
are, overridden by settings in  the Windows 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.
Where applicable, factory default settings are shown in bold type 
in the following tables.
In the normal operating condition, known as “standby,” the 
printer’s LCD window will show “O NLINE.” In this condition, to 
enter the menu system, press the +/– buttons on the operator 
panel to move up and down through the list of menus until the 
menu you wish to view is displayed. Then proceed as follows:
1. Press ENTER  to enter the menu.
2. Use the +/–  buttons to move up and down through the 
items in the menu. When the item you want to change is 
displayed, press  ENTER to edit that item. An asterisk (*) 
appears next to the setting currently in effect.
3. Use the +/– buttons to move up and down through the 
available settings for this item, and press  ENTER when 
the setting you want is displayed. An asterisk (*) will 
appear next to the setting, indicating that this setting is 
now in effect.
4. Press BACK  to move back to the list of menu items.
5. Do one of the following:
• Press  BACK again to move up to the list of menus;
or…
• Press  ON LINE  to exit from the menu system and 
return to standby.
NOTE:
When you have changed any settings in the USB MENU, turn 
the printer  OFF, then  ON again.
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HOW TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS - ADMINISTRATOR
You can set whether to ENABLE or DISABLE each category in the 
user menu.
Disabled categories are not displayed in the User’s menu.
Only a system administrator can change these settings.
1. Tu r n  OFF the printer.
2. Tu r n  ON the printer while pressing the “ ENTER” button.
When [ADMIN MENU] appears, take your finger off the 
button.
3. Press the “ ENTER” button.
4. When [ENTER PASSWORD] appears, press the “ MENU+” 
or “ MENU- ” button several times to display the 1st line of 
the password and then press the “ ENTER” button.
5. Enter your 4- to 9-digit password.
The default password is “aaaa”.
6. Press the “ MENU+” button until the “category” you want 
to change is displayed.
7. Press the “ ENTER” button.
8. Press the “ MENU+” or “MENU- ” until the “item” you want 
to change is displayed.
9. Press the “ ENTER” button.
10. Initialization of the flash memory prompts with the 
message “ARE YOU SURE?”. Confirm whether the change 
may be executed or not.
11. To execute it, press the “ MENU+” button or “ MENU-” 
button to display “ YES” and then press the “ ENTER” 
button. The printer automatically reboots.
12. When [PLEASE POW OFF/SHUTDOWN COMP] is displayed, 
turn the printer  OFF/ON
13. Press the “ MENU+” button or “ MENU-” until the “setting” 
you want is displayed.
14. Press the “ ENTER” button to enter [*] on the right side of 
the setting selected.
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15.Press the “ ONLINE” button to switch to [ONLINE].
MENUS
INFORMATION MENU
This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored 
within the printer.
PRINT MENU
This menu provides adjustment of various print job related 
functions.
ITEMACTIONEXPLANATION
PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints complete  menu listing with current settings 
shown.
NETWORKEXECUTEPrints Network configuration information.
DEMO1 EXECUTE Prints demonstration page containing graphics and  text in colour and monochrome.
ITEMSETTINGSEXPLANATION
COPIES1-999 Enter the number of copies of a document 
to be printed from 1 to 999.
PAPER FEEDTRAY1
TRAY2
MP TRAYSelects the default tray for paper feed, 
Tray 1 (upper), Tray 2 (lower, if installed) 
or MP Tray (multi purpose tray).
AUTO TRAY 
SWITCH ON
OFFIf two trays contain identical paper, the 
printer can switch to an alternative source 
when the current tray runs out in the 
middle of a print job.
TRAY SEQUENCEDOWN
UP
PAPER FEED 
TRAYDetermines tray sequence order when 
automatically switching.
MP TRAY USAGE DO NOT USE
WHEN MISMATCHIf a document to be printed demands a 
paper size not installed in the selected 
tray, the printer can automatically feed 
from the multi purpos
e tray instead. If 
this function is not  enabled, the printer 
will stop and request the correct size of 
paper to be loaded.
MEDIA CHECKENABLE
DISABLEDetermines whether the printer check the 
size of paper loaded matches that 
required for the document sent to print.
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MEDIA MENU
This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print 
media.
MONO-PRINT 
SPEED AUTO
NORMAL SPEED
COLOR SPEED If the first page of a print job is black and 
white, the printer runs at 32ppm (pages 
per minute). When a colour page is 
detected the printer slows down to 26ppm 
for the rest of that job.
This setting operates in the same way as 
AUTO SPEED, except that the printer runs 
at 32ppm until a colour page is detected. 
To achieve this speed the printer requires 
an additional time to warm up and cool 
down when switching to 26ppm for colour 
pages. This setting is therefore most 
appropriate when the majority of print 
jobs are entirely black and white.
The printer runs at 26ppm for all print 
jobs. This setting is most appropriate 
when the majority of print jobs are in 
colour.
ITEMSETTINGSEXPLANATION
ITEMSETTINGSEXPLANATION
TRAY1 PAPERSIZE
CASSETTE SIZE
CUSTOM Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 1 
(upper tray if both trays installed). For 
CUSTOM setting see X-DIMENSION and 
Y-DIMENSION later in this table.
TRAY1 PAPER 
WIDTH100mm
210mm
297mmSets the width of a custom paper for 
TRAY1. That is, the dimension at right 
angles to the direction of paper feed.
TRAYI PAPER 
LENGTH 148mm
297mm
420mm Sets the length of a custom paper for 
TRAY1. That is, the dimension in the 
direction of paper feed.
TRAY1 MEDIATYPEPLAIN
LETTERHEAD 
TRANSPARENCY
BOND
RECYCLED
ROUGH
SPECIAL
USER TYPE 1
USER TYPE 2
USER TYPE 3
USER TYPE 4
USER TYPE 5Selects the type of media loaded in this 
tray. This will help the printer to adjust 
its internal operating parameters, such 
as engine speed and fusing temperature, 
to better accommodate the media to be 
fed. For example, letterhead may benefit 
from a slightly lower fusing temperature 
to ensure that its ink does not offset.
The USER TYPES 1 to 5 are displayed 
only when they have been registered 
using a computer.
If you set a string of characters using a 
computer, the string of characters will be 
displayed.
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