Oki C9000 Series Configuration guide

PRINTING GUIDE
C9600n/C9600dn/C9600hdn/C9600hdtn
C9600
C9000

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P REFACE
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results of errors beyond its control. OKI also cannot guarantee that changes
in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in
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C ONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction .........................................................5
About this book ....................................................5
How to access the driver screens ............................6
Windows drivers...............................................6
PCL saved driver settings...................................8
Setting the driver device options.............................9
Windows .........................................................9
Mac OS9 .........................................................9
Mac OS X in Classic Mode ................................ 11
Mac OS X ...................................................... 11
Chapter 2: Blacks and greys ................................................ 13
Black overprint ................................................... 13
Black printing (black generation) .......................... 15
Composite black............................................. 15
True (pure) black ........................................... 15
Fine lines enhancement ....................................... 19
Greyscale printing............................................... 20
Chapter 3: Colour matching ................................................. 25
Basics ............................................................... 25
What this guide describes .................................... 26
Printer colour management .................................. 27
Introduction................................................... 27
About RGB and CMYK colour ............................ 28
Office colour....................................................... 29
Office colour - RGB options .............................. 30
Customising RGB office colour
with the colour correct utility (Windows) .......... 35
Graphic pro........................................................ 36
Types of ICC profile supported ......................... 37
Graphic pro workflow – overview ...................... 38
Matching the colour of
a monitor, scanner or camera......................... 41
Simulating another printer – RGB source
data............................................................ 48
CMYK ink simulations – CMYK source data ......... 56
Rendering intents ........................................... 62
Pure black text / graphics ................................ 63
Colour match precision.................................... 63
Printer driver settings for
ICC profile creation or no colour matching........ 64

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Chapter 4: Finishing options................................................. 67
Booklet printing (imposition) ................................ 68
Collating............................................................ 71
Colour separation ............................................... 75
Separating queued print jobs................................ 78
Windows separator page ................................. 78
Mac OS 9 cover page ...................................... 79
Mac OS X cover page ...................................... 79
Cover print ........................................................ 80
Custom page size ............................................... 82
Duplex (double-sided) printing ............................. 88
Mac OS X ...................................................... 91
Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up) ........... 92
Poster printing.................................................... 95
Scale to page ..................................................... 96
Watermarks ....................................................... 97
Chapter 5: Secure printing................................................. 101
Sending the document....................................... 102
Windows ..................................................... 102
Mac OS 9 .................................................... 103
Printing the document ....................................... 104
Deleting a secure print document........................ 105
Chapter 6: Store to hard disk ............................................. 107
Sending the document....................................... 108
Printing the document ....................................... 108
Deleting a stored document ............................... 108
Index ............................................................................... 109

About this book 5
C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION
A BOUT THIS BOOK
This book is delivered as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. It provides a
convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the
driver software supplied with your C9600.
There are many cross-references within this book, each
highlighted as blue text. When you click on a cross-reference
within Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (also supplied on the
Manuals CD) the display will instantly jump to the part of the
manual containing the referenced material.
By using the button in Adobe Reader, you can navigate directly
back to where you were before.
If you need to print a part of this manual, use Adobe Reader’s
print command, and choose which pages you want to print. Some
pages are deliberately left blank so that the page format is
appropriate for duplex (double-sided) printing if you wish.

6 How to access the driver screens
H OW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS
Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver
screens. How you access them depends on your computer and its
operating system.
W INDOWS DRIVERS
The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes, offering a wide
range choices about how you want to print your documents.
There are two ways to access the driver features from within
Windows:
1. Directly from the Windows “Printers” folder (“Printers and
Faxes” folder in Windows XP).
If you choose this method any changes you make will
become the driver defaults. This means they will remain
active for all your applications unless you specifically
change them from within the application’s Print dialogue.
2. From your application’s Print dialogue.
If you choose this method any changes you make will
usually only last for as long as the particular application is
running, or until you change them again. In most cases,
once you quit the application the driver defaults will return.
IMPORTANT!
Settings made from the printer’s own control panel are
the printer defaults. They determine how your printer
will behave unless you specify otherwise from your
computer.
The driver defaults override the printer defaults.
Application Print settings override both the printer
defaults and the driver defaults.

How to access the driver screens 7
C HANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS
Windows XP/2000/Server 2003
1. Click [Start] →[Settings] →[Printers and Faxes] to open
the Printers and Faxes window.
2. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the
appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing
Preferences] from the context menu.
Windows 98/Me/NT
1. Click [Start] →[Settings] →[Printers] to open the
Printers window.
2. In the Printers window, right-click on the appropriate
printer driver icon, and choose [Properties] from the
context menu.
C HANGING THE APPLICATION ’ S DRIVER SETTINGS
Windows
1. In your application, open the file you want to print.
2. On the [File] menu, choose [Print…].
3. In the application’s Print dialogue, make sure the printer
shown is the appropriate one, and click [Properties].
Macintosh
The Mac user interface is very different to that in Windows. In
particular, OS X differs considerably from previous versions. Full
instructions are therefore included with each procedure.

8 How to access the driver screens
PCL SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS
This feature, unique to the Windows PCL drivers, allows you to
save the printer driver settings and reuse them later. This could
be useful if you frequently print many different types of
document that require different printer driver settings.
Recalling saved settings in the PCL drivers is a simple task that
must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made.
Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is
described here.
S AVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS
1. Make any changes to the driver settings you want, as
described in the relevant section of this manual.
2. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, click [Save…].
3. Enter a meaningful name for the settings you are saving,
and click [OK].
R ECALLING SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS
1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose any previously saved
[driver settings] you need.
2. Proceed to make any other adjustments for this job, as
described in the relevant section in this manual.

Setting the driver device options 9
S ETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTIONS
This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can
utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer.
Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing),
additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer
driver on your computer knows they are there.
In some cases the hardware configuration of your printer is
automatically detected when the driver is installed. However, it is
advisable to at least check whether all of the available hardware
features are listed in the driver.
This procedure is essential if you subsequently add extra
hardware features to your printer after the drivers have been
installed and set up.
W INDOWS
1. Access the driver’s [Properties] window. (See “Changing
the driver defaults” on page 7.)
2. Select the [Device Options] tab.
In the Windows XP PostScript driver the tab may be called
“Device Settings”.
3. Set the options for any devices you have installed,
including the correct number of paper trays, high capacity
feeder, duplex unit, etc.
4. Click [OK] to close the window and save your changes.
M AC OS9
There are 2 methods to configure printer hardware options,
depending on whether or not you use Desktop Printing:
> Use the desktop printer icon if you use desktop printing;
or…
> Use the Chooser if you do not use desktop printing and
print via AppleTalk.

10 Setting the driver device options
C ONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM THE DESKTOP
Use this method if you have a printer icon on your desktop.
1. Select the printer icon on the Desktop for your printer.
2. From the [Printing] menu, choose [Change Setup…].
3. In the [Change] menu, select the hardware item(s) that
you have installed, and change the [To] values as
appropriate.
Tip—If your printer is connected via USB or AppleTalk, click
the [Auto Setup] button. This queries the printer, and sets
the options automatically.
4. Click [OK] to save your settings.
C ONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM CHOOSER
(A PPLE T ALK ONLY )
Use this method if you do not use Deskop Printing.
1. In the Apple menu, select [Chooser].
2. Select the printer driver that you use (LaserWriter or
AdobePS) in the left-hand side of the Chooser window.
3. If you are on a network with multiple AppleTalk zones,
select the appropriate zone for the printer in the bottom
left side of the Chooser.
If your network does not have multiple AppleTalk zones,
this option will not be visible.
4. Select the name of your printer in the right-hand side of
the Chooser.
5. Click [Setup…].
6. Click [Configure].
7. Make changes to the installed hardware options as
appropriate for your printer.

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8. Click [OK], and close the Chooser window to save your
settings.
M AC OS X IN C LASSIC M ODE
Printers connected via AppleTalk:
1. Launch a Classic application (such as SimpleText).
2. Click the Apple menu and point to [Chooser].
3. Select your printer driver on the left-hand pane of
Chooser (for example “LaserWriter 8”).
4. Select your printer model in the right-hand pane of
Chooser.
5. Click [Setup…].
6. Click [Auto Setup].
The printer is queried and additional hardware options are
automatically detected.
Printers connected via USB:
It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers
connected via USB in Classic Mode. If you change the hardware
configuration of your printer, you must delete the existing printer
and set it up again. When the printer is set up, hardware device
options are automatically detected.
Printers connected via LPR (TCP/IP):
It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers
connected via LPR (TCP/IP) in Classic Mode. It is recommended
you connect to your printer via AppleTalk instead.
M AC OS X
1. Open the Printer Setup Utility (OS X 10.3) or Printer
Center (OS X earlier versions), and ensure that your
printer model is selected.

12 Setting the driver device options
2. Choose [Printers] →[Show Info] →[Installable Options].
3. Select all hardware options appropriate to your printer,
and click [Apply Changes].

Black overprint 13
C HAPTER 2: B LACKS AND GREYS
B LACK OVERPRINT
Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed
fonts and the coloured background.
Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black
text over a background colour.
Black Overprint may not be available with some software
applications.
NOTES
1. The Black Overprint feature is not included in the Windows
PCL 6 driver.
2. When the background colour is very dark, the toner may not
fuse correctly. Change the background to a lighter colour.
W INDOWS
1. On the [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced].
2. Check [Black Overprint].

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M AC OS 9
1. Choose [File] →[Print].
2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.
3. Select [Colour Options] (2).
4. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (3).
M AC OS X
1. Choose [File] →[Print].
2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.
3. Select [Printer Features] (2).
4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour
Options].
5. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (4).
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Black printing (black generation) 15
B LACK PRINTING ( BLACK GENERATION )
To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Graphic Pro must be the
selected Print Mode.
Your printer prints the colour black in one of two ways:
Composite Black or True Black.
C OMPOSITE BLACK
The cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toners are combined to
create composite black.
This will sometimes give a glossier finish, due to the increased
amount of toner. It can also sometimes appear as a slightly
brownish black.
Use composite black when printing photographs.
T RUE ( PURE ) BLACK
Only black toner is used to print true black.
Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics.
If you use True Black to print photographs, dark sections of the
photos may appear black.

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W INDOWS (O FFICE C OLOUR )
1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1)
and click the [Options] button.
2. On [Black Finish] (2), make your selection: [Auto] (allow
printer to choose the best method depending on page
content), [True Black] or [Composite Black].
W INDOWS (G RAPHIC P RO )
1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and
click the [Options] button.
2. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred
setting.
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M AC OS 9 (O FFICE C OLOUR )
1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].
2. From the [Printer] menu (1) select your printer.
3. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Office Colour].
4. For [Black Finish] menu, choose your preferred setting.
M AC OS 9 (G RAPHIC P RO )
1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].
2. From the [Printer] menu (1) select your printer.
3. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2].
4. For [Black Finish] menu (3), choose your preferred
setting.
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M AC OS X (O FFICE C OLOUR )
1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].
2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.
3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].
4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Office
Colour].
5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred
setting.
M AC OS X (G RAPHIC P RO )
1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].
2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.
3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].
4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour –
Graphic Pro 3].
5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred
setting.
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Fine lines enhancement 19
F INE LINES ENHANCEMENT
This feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine
lines (minimum line width).
With some software applications, if this feature is turned ON, the
spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens,
turn [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines] OFF.
NOTE
This is a feature of the Windows PCL 5c driver only.
1. In the driver’s [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced].
2. Click the checkbox to turn on [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines].
If the option is turned on, a check mark appears in the box.

20 Greyscale printing
G REYSCALE PRINTING
If you select Greyscale, the printer converts all colours into
shades of grey, and prints using only black toner.
Use Grayscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you
do not need to print a colour document in colour.
W INDOWS
1. If using the PCL driver, in the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose
any previously saved [driver settings] you need. See
“Recalling saved driver settings” on page 8.
2. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], then click
[Advanced].
Some applications will attempt to set the halftone screen
information for the printer. If the option to [use printer
halftones] is left at ON, the printer will set its own halftone
screen value, giving a smoother result. It is recommended
to leave this option on.
[Optimised greyscale halftones] may take slightly longer to
print but will give best quality.