Oce 9300 User manual

Océ 9300
User Manual

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Océ-Technologies B.V. Venlo, The Netherlands © 2000
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, copied, adapted,
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Further, Océ-Technologies B.V. reserves the right to revise this publication and
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notify any person of such revision or changes.
Edition 2.0
Océ-Technologies B.V.
US
This manual contains a description of the Océ 9300 system and a detailed
explanation of the plot functions. The introduction (chapter 1), gives a general
description of the working methods employed in using the copier and we
recommend that you read at least this chapter.
Safety information
This manual contains the following safety information:
■Appendix C lists ‘Instructions for safe use’. We advise you to read this
information before you start to actually use the copier. Technical safety
information such as safety data sheets can also be found in appendix C.
■Where applicable, cautions and warnings are used throughout this manual to
draw your attention to the safety precautions which you should follow.
Trademarks
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.
HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP-RTL are trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company.
Microsoft, MS, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
MS-Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
CalComp is a trademark of California Computer Products Inc.
TIFF is a trademark of Aldus Corporation.
CALS is a military standard.

Table of Contents 3
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Getting started
The Océ 9300 printer 8
The printer operating panel 9
Buttons 10
Display 11
Turning the printer on or off 12
Chapter 2
Installing the printer
Connect the printer to your host environment 14
Centronics 15
Serial 16
Handshake protocol 16
Baud rates 17
Bits combination 18
Serial parity and stop bits 18
Port type 19
Turnaround delay 20
Inter-character delay 21
Configuring the printer's memory 22
Input buffer 22
Bitmap buffer 23
Chapter 3
(Re)load media and toner
Inserting a new print media roll 26
Automatic roll switching 26
Reloading rolls 27
Cutting print media to attain a straight leading edge 30
Printing using the manual feed 33
Programming media settings 34
Refilling toner 37

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Chapter 4
Printing files
Printing files 40
Océ application 41
Océ drivers 41
Cut method 42
Plot Center 42
Leading/trailing edge 43
Demo plot 44
Cancel plot 44
Chapter 5
Customizing defaults
Defining pen settings 46
Defining language settings 48
Automatic language sensing 48
Data format recognition 49
Manual data format selection 50
Océ languages (VDF/BGL) 51
Océ print origin 51
Océ step size 52
Océ pen priority 53
HP-GL 54
HP-GL print origin 54
HP-GL page advance 54
Merge mode 55
HP-GL/2 56
HP-GL/2 print origin 56
HP-GL/2 page advance 56
HP-GL/2 pen priority 57
Designjet compatibility 58
Merge mode 58
Line Attribute 59
HP-RTL 60
CalComp 61
CalComp print origin 61
Checksum parameter 62
CalComp pen priority 62
Merge mode 63
End of Message parameter 63
Synchronization code parameter 64
Double synchronization code parameter 65
CalComp step size 66

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Raster formats 67
CALS 67
NIRS 67
TIFF 67
C4 (EDMICS) 67
PostScript level 2 68
PostScript data format selection 68
Manual data format selection 68
PostScript page layout 69
Default PostScript page size 69
Chapter 6
Advanced menu functions
Introduction 72
End of plot time out 73
Selecting the media saver 74
Nesting 74
Autoposition 76
Media saver time-out 77
Flush media saver 77
Media saver plot size 78
Replot 79
Setting the number of copies 79
Quality setup 80
Poster mode 80
Rendering 81
Image type 82
Transformation 83
Print rotation 83
Print scaling 83
Autoscaling 84
Password 87
Dump configuration 88
Service 89
Chapter 7
Solving problems
Solving problems 92
Printer warnings 92
Operator recoverable errors 93
Clearing paper jams 94
Machine-recoverable errors 96

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Appendix A
Overview and tables
Product specifications 98
Interfaces 99
Centronics protocol 99
Serial protocols 99
Ethernet protocol 100
Centronics port configuration 101
Serial port configuration 102
Print media that can be used 103
Appendix B
Hardware components and operating panel
Océ 9300 106
Operating panel 107
Appendix C
Safety information
Instructions for safe use 110
Safety data sheets 111
Safety data sheet Océ 9300 printer 112
Appendix D
Miscellaneous
How to read this manual 114
User survey 115
Addresses of local Océ organizations 117
Index 119

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Chapter 1
Getting started
This chapter contains a general description Océ 9300 of
how to install and set up the printer to be ready for use.

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The Océ 9300 printer
The Océ 9300 is a wide-format printing system. The machine is equipped with
an automatic 1- or 2-roll dispenser. The Océ 9300 prints on paper,
transparencies, vellum, and polyester film. Its powerful digital technology
offers users optimal ease of use and the reliability that you have come to expect
of Océ.
The following are some of the features included in this machine:
■automatic language sensing and remote control
■multiple interfaces
■fast, high quality printing
■autoscaling of vector data
■media saver
Optional features:
■automatic 2-roll unit
■memory extension modules
■PostScript level 2
■Ethernet interface
■high-capacity delivery tray
Note: The optional features can vary from one country to another.

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The printer operating panel
The operating panel located on the right-hand side of the printer console is easy
to use (see figure 1). The panel consists of buttons and a display.
[1] Printer operating panel
During normal operation, the printer can process print jobs and provide a 2-line
display of the current printer status (e.g. ‘READY’’ or ‘RASTERIZING’’).
The buttons on the operating panel allow you to enter the Program mode and
easily set up the printer according to your requirements.
previous
next/select
cancel/
continue
program
READY
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Buttons
‘Program’To activate the program mode and to enter the top level menu. In
this mode, the user can use ‘next/select’ the ‘previous’ and or buttons to
step through the menu.
Press‘Program’ again. If no action takes place for 1 minute in Program mode,
the machine will return to the status mode.
Note: If you press the Program button while the printer is printing, the LED
above the program button flashes. As soon as the printing process is ready, you
will automatically enter the program mode. Keep in mind that the printer will
not print in Program mode.
‘Next/select’To select an option or a setting in the menu. Or, if a submenu is
present, enter a lower-level menu.
‘Previous’Pressing this button takes you one level higher in the menu
structure.
Browse buttons or These two buttons are used to select another mode
at the same menu level, or to display the next or previous option from the
option list.
‘Cancel/continue’This button is used to cancel the current print job or to
continue after an operator-recoverable error.

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Display
The two-line LCD display provides status information on print jobs in normal
mode, and displays menu items in Program mode.
The following messages may appear during normal operation:
Status messages indicates the actual status of the printer, e.g. ‘READY’,
‘PROCESSING’ etc.
Warning messages the printer will continue to operate during a warning
message; however, it is likely that the print quality will not be optimal, e.g.
‘REFILL TONER’.
Error messages The printer stops and the user must take action, e.g. ‘PAPER
JAM’.
Action messages An action message prompts the user to perform an action
before the print job resumes. For example: ‘FEED SHEET’’ in the case of
manual feed.

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Turning the printer on or off
Once the printer has been turned on, it is ready for operation.
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▼Turning the printer on
1Set the on/off switch, located at the back of the printer, to position ‘1’ (see
figure 2). If the electrical supply is correctly connected, the green switch will
light up.
[2] Printer on/off switch
Note: When ‘Ready’ appears on the operating panel, the printer is ready for
use.
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▼Turning the printer off
2Set the on/off switch, located at the back of the printer, to position ‘0’ (see
figure 2).
Attention: Turning the printer off during a print job may cause a loss of
information or a paper jam.

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Chapter 2
Installing the printer
This chapter describes how to connect your printer to your
host environment and how to configure the printer to meet
your specific needs.

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Connect the printer to your host
environment
The Océ 9300 supports several types of interfaces (Serial, Centronics, TCP/IP,
Novell Netware, NETBIOS, Ethertalk).
To ensure proper operation, please follow the steps below when connecting
your host to the Océ 9300.
1Make sure that both the host and the Océ 9300 are turned OFF (see
‘Centronics’ on page 15).
2Connect the appropriate interface cable to your local host and the
corresponding interface connector to the Océ 9300 (see ‘Centronics’ on
page 15) or (see ‘Configuring the printer's memory’ on page 22).
3Turn on the Océ 9300 (see ‘Centronics’ on page 15).
4Enter the Program mode in order to configure the connection parameters (see
‘Centronics’ on page 15) or (see ‘Configuring the printer's memory’ on
page 22).
5Enter the Program mode to in order to configure the Océ 9300 to your
requirements (see ‘Printing files’ on page 40) or (see ‘Customizing defaults’
on page 45).
6Leave Program mode, the printer is ready for use. If applicable, install and
configure the appropriate host software on your local host environment.

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Centronics
Connection through the Centronics interface is direct and data transfer is fast.
You must set two parameters: the transmission type and the plot time-out.
▼Connecting Centronics
1Turn off the printer and host.
2Connect one end of the Centronics cable to the computer’s Centronics parallel
port.
3Connect the other end to the printer’s Centronics parallel port (see figure 3).
[3] Centronics port
4Turn the printer on.
▼Defining transmission speed
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’ menu using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’ menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu using the or button.
5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTION’menu.
6Select the ‘CENTRONICS’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CENTRONICS’ menu.
8Select the required speed using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected speed.
10 Press ‘Program’ to exit the main menu.

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Serial
If you are using the serial port, you will need to configure a list of parameters.
All required parameters are described in the following procedures.
▼Connecting serial
1Turn off the printer and host
2Connect one end of the serial cable to the computer’s serial port.
3Connect the other end to the printer’s Serial port (see figure 4).
[4] Serial port
4Turn the printer on.
Handshake protocol
You can select CTS2 or XON4 or BOTH. The default setting is BOTH. This
means that the printer will automatically respond to either XON/XOFF
(software protocol) or CTS (hardware protocol).
▼Defining handshake protocol
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’item using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’item using the or button.
5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu.
6Select the ‘SERIAL’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘SERIAL’menu.

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8Select the ‘PROTOCOL’item using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘PROTOCOL’menu.
10 Select the ‘XON_XOFF’item using the or button.
11 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘XON_XOFF’menu.
12 Select the appropriate setup using the or button.
13 Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected setup.
14 Press ‘Program’ to leave the main menu.
Baud rates
The printer supports the following baud rates: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600, 19200 and 38400. Default is 9600.
▼Defining the baud rate
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’item using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’item using the or button.
5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu.
6Select the ‘SERIAL’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘SERIAL’menu.
8Select the ‘TRANSMISSION’item using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘TRANSMISSION’menu.
10 Select the ‘BAUD RATE’item using the or button.
11 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘BAUD RATE’menu.
12 Setup the required baud rate using the or button.
13 Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected baud rate.
Note: Choose the fastest baud rate compatible with your system.
14 Press ‘Program’ to leave the main menu.

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Bits combination
When transmitting data via the serial interface, 8 or 7 bits per byte are used.
The default is 8.
▼Defining the bits combination
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’item using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’item using the or button.
5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu.
6Select the ‘SERIAL’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘SERIAL’menu.
8Select the ‘TRANSMISSION’item using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘TRANSMISSION’menu.
10 Select the ‘BAUD RATE’item using the or button.
11 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘BAUD RATE’menu.
12 Select the number of bits per byte using the or button.
13 Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected number of bits.
14 Press ‘Program’ to leave the main menu.
Serial parity and stop bits
For correct data transfer, the parity and stop bits (framing) are required. You
can select the following combinations:
■None, 1 stop No parity, 1 stop bit
■None, 2 stopNo parity, 2 stop bits
■Even, 1 stopEven parity, 1 stop bit
■Even, 2 stopEven parity, 2 stop bits
■Odd, 1 stopOdd parity, 1 stop bit
■Odd, 2 stopOdd parity, 2 stop bits
Default is NONE, 1 STOP
▼Setting the parity and stop bits
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’item using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’item using the or button.

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5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu.
6Select the ‘SERIAL’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘SERIAL’menu.
8Select the ‘TRANSMISSION’item using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘TRANSMISSION’menu.
10 Select the ‘FRAMING’item using the or button.
11 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘FRAMING’menu.
12 Select the appropriate parity and number of stop bits using the or button.
13 Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected parity and number of stop bits.
14 Press ‘Program’ to leave the main menu.
Port type
In order to give the maximum connection flexibility, the printer’s serial port
can be set to either DTE (data terminal equipment) or DCE (data
communications equipment). The default is DTE.
▼Selecting the port type
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’item using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’item using the or button.
5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu.
6Select the ‘SERIAL’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘SERIAL’menu.
8Select the ‘PROTOCOL’item using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘PROTOCOL’menu.
10 Select the ‘PORT’item using the or button.
11 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘PORT’menu.
12 Select the appropriate port using the or button.
13 Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected port.
14 Press ‘Program’ to leave the main menu.
Note: The printer's serial interface conforms to the RS-232-C and
RS-423-C standards. If your computer uses the RS-423-C serial interface,
the port type must be set to DTE.

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Turnaround delay
The printer offers possible delays from 0 to 10 seconds, with increments of
0.01 second. The default is 1.0.
▼Setting the turnaround delay
1Press ‘Program’ to enter the main menu.
2Select the ‘CONFIGURATION’item using the or button.
3Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONFIGURATION’menu.
4Select the ‘CONNECTIONS’item using the or button.
5Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘CONNECTIONS’menu.
6Select the ‘SERIAL’item using the or button.
7Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘SERIAL’menu.
8Select the ‘PROTOCOL’item using the or button.
9Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘PROTOCOL’menu.
10 Select the ‘DELAY’item using the or button.
11 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘DELAY’menu.
12 Select the ‘TURNAROUND’item using the or button.
13 Press ‘next/select’ to enter the ‘TURNAROUND’menu.
14 Select the required delay using the or button.
15 Press ‘next/select’ to confirm the selected delay.
16 Press ‘Program’ to leave the main menu.