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Notice
Regarding Tradenames
Typeface Trademark Acknowledgement
Bitstream Sublicense Agreement
1. Ownership
Important note on the interface connectors
Ozone concentration
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
CE Marking Directive
ISO
Declaration of Conformity (Australia)
Disclaimer
ENERGY STARSM
Chapter
Before You
Start
Setup
Using the
Printer
Care and
Maintenance
Appendix
General
Warning
Caution
Power Source
Laser Safety
Moving the Unit
Caution Labels
FOR USERS IN THE UK
Cautions
■CD-ROM
■Static Electricity Damage
■Interface Cable
■Waste Disposal Method
Features
System Requirements
Interface
■Parallel interface requirement
■Network interface requirements
Minimum Space Requirements
Unpacking
Part Names
■Front side view
■Rear side view
Control Panel Overview
Message Display
Interface Indicator
Resolution Indicator
Paper Size Indicator
Copy Indicator
Symbolic Indicator
Control Keys
Setting Up the Printer
Preparing the Imaging Unit
Setting Up the Output Tray
Installing the Toner Developers
4 Insert the toner developer in the appropriately labelled slot
5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 for each toner developer
6 Close the right side cover
Loading Media
Loading Paper or Transparencies in the Media
Cassette
Push down on the metal plate until it clicks, locking it in place
5 Place the media in the cassette under the hooks
6 Slide the media cassette all the way into the slot
Loading Media in the Multi-purposeTray
■Loading Paper
Insert the media with the printing side up into the
multi-purpose
tray
Use the printer driver to select the
Adjust the media guides to the media size
■Loading Label
Paper
Paper Source
Label
Connecting the Printer to a Computer
Using a Parallel Interface Cable
Parallel
Connecting the Serial Interface
Installing the Hard Disk Option
Power On
Printing a Status Page From the Printer Control Panel
Installing the Driver Software
Installing the Printer Driver for Windows
Printers
Add
Install Unlisted or Updated Printer
Installing the Printer Driver for Windows 95
Windows
■Using Plug and Play
Next
Finish
■Using Add Printer
Start
Settings
Add Printer
Select Local printer or Network printer and then click Next
Setting the Colour Density
Colour Calibration Page (Example):
>Cyan
(1)Press the ENTER key
>Cyan
(2)Press the + or - key to darken or lighten the cyan colour
(3)Press the ENTER key
Press the + or - key until >Print Calibration Page is indicated
Press the ENTER key twice to reprint the Colour Calibration Page
6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each colour (MAGENTA, YELLOW, BLACK)
Mode Selection
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(*5)
(*6)
(*7)
Navigating through the menus
Outline for Menus
■Interface menu
■Number of copies
■Emulation
■Font
Page
Page
Page
■Page orientation
(Default)
■Option ROM
■Harddisk
■RAM DISK mode
■Memory card
■Colour mode
Colour (Default)
■Colour matching
■Colour calibration
■Life counters
0000000 to
pages
images
■Paper handling mode
First (Default)
Plain (Default)
none (Default)
None (Default)
Other menus (Others)
■Message language
■Formfeed timeout time
■Sleep timer
000 to 120 (minutes)
■Print HEX-DUMP
(To print in debugging mode, press ENTER
■Printer Reset
(To reset the printer, press ENTER twice.)
■LF action
■CR action
■Ecoprint mode
■Resource protection
■Audio alarm
■Service
RAM DISK
■Setting the RAM DISK Size
■RAM DISK Operations
Virtual Mail Box (VMB)
■Outputting to a VMB
■Print Accumulated VMB Data
■Print Accumulated VMB Data with a Password
■Print VMB Accumulated Data List
■Operations for Using a Barcode Reader
Memory Cards
■Inserting a Memory Card
■Reading Data from a Memory Card
■Writing Data (Partitions) to a Memory Card
■Deleting Data from a Memory Card
■Formatting a Memory Card
■Printing a List of Data Names (Partitions)
■Memory Card Error Codes
Setting the Sleep Timer
To set the sleep timer:
Resource Protection
To select the resource protection mode:
Cleaning
■External
■Internal
Reinsert the paper feeder ( (1) ) and close the left side cover ( (2) )
6 Slide the media tray back into place
Cleaning the optional feeder and the duplex unit
Cleaning the home sensor
Open the printer’s front cover
Remove the imaging unit:
(1)Loosen the two thumbscrews by turning them counterclockwise
(2)Turn the lower green lever 180° counterclockwise
Grasping the front green handle, slide the imaging unit out until it catches
Important:
Safety Caution:
Cautions:
3 Use a dry, lint-freecloth to wipe the slot of the sensor
Reinsert the imaging unit into the printer, holding it by its green handles
(2)Tighten the two green thumbscrews by turning them clockwise
(3)Close the front cover
User Replaceable Components
Main Charger
Average life
Fuser unit
(with pre-installedOil
Warning FK-81
Main Charger
Warning MC-81
30,000 pages
Main Charger must soon be replaced
7,500 pages
Clearing a Jam
■Clearing a media jam
■Jam at A
■Jam at B
■Jam at C
2 (1) Hold the fuser as shown below, and slide it out of the printer
(2)Close the front cover
3 Remove the oil supply roll:
(1)Press out on tabs to unlock the oil supply roll
(2)Remove the oil supply roll out of the fuser
4 (1) Turn the fuser’s large green knob clockwise
(2)Remove the jammed media
5 (1) Replace the oil supply roll into the fuser
(2)Press down firmly on the oil supply roll to snap both sides into place
6 (1) Open the front cover
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■Jam at D
1B (Printing face down)
(1)Open the front cover
(3)Turn the large green knob on the fuser counterclockwise
(4)Remove the media from inside the access door
(5)Close the front cover
■Jam at E
■Jam at F
■Jam at G
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■Jam at H
Troubleshooting
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■If you can’t make a print
■Media problems
■Problems with image size and position
■Print quality problems
Error Messages
Printer Panel Message
FEED
CONTIN
EXIT
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CONTINUE key
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■Hard Disk Error Codes
■KPDL Error Codes
Repacking
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(1)Open the printer’s front cover
(2)Loosen the two thumbscrews by turning them counterclockwise
(3)Turn the lower green lever 180° counterclockwise
7 (1) Grasping the front green handle, slide the unit out until it catches
Lift up the green handle on the left. Pull the imaging unit out of the printer
8 Wrap the imaging unit with a protective black plastic sheet
Insert the imaging unit into the packaging carton
(1)Open the left side cover
(2)Using the green handles, slide the paper feeder out
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(3)Replace the shipping cover
(4)Secure the shipping cover with adhesive tape
(6)Repeat instructions (2) to (5) for each toner developer
17 Wipe off any loose toner in and around the printer
18 (1) Raise the output tray and secure it to the printer with adhesive tape
Secure the front cover, the
19 If you have an option Paper Feeder:
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Specifications
Printer
Media
■Media Sizes
Margins and Print Area
■Paper Weight
■Types of Paper to Avoid
■Transparencies and Labels
Labels cover the entire backing material
The backing material is exposed
Software
Bi-directionalParallel Interface
AC inlet
ATTENTION indicator
Calibration Page
CANCEL key
Cassette feed indicator