Oki B4200 User manual

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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete,
accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors
beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and
equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the
applicability of the information in it. Mention of software products manufactured by other
companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer.
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completeness of the information contained herein.
Copyright © 2003. All rights reserved.
Oki and OkiLAN are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.
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As an Energy Star Program Participant, the manufacturer has determined
that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency.
This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89/
336/EEC (EMC) and 73/23/EEC (LVD) as amended where applicable on
the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to
electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage.

CONTENTS > 3
CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using your printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Online usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Printing Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Abbreviations used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Printer components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operator panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Status Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Menu functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Printing menu settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
B4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Panel elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Menu functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Printing menu settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Paper recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Paper and envelope types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Transparencies and adhesive labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Face up and face down printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic feed sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Printing envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Heavyweight paper or cardstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Paper feed, size and media setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
B4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
B4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Macintosh operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
OS 8.6 to 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
OS X.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Printer settings in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Printing preferences in Windows applications . . . . . . . . . 50
PCL emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setup tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Job Options tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Image tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
PS emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Layout tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Paper/Quality tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Job Options tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting from Windows Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PCL emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Advanced tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Device Options tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PS emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Device Settings tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Printer settings in Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Consumables and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Consumable order details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Toner cartridge life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
When to replace the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
B4200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
B4300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Image drum life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
When to replace the image drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B4200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B4300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Replacing the image drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Resetting the drum counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
B4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Generating a cleaning page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
B4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cleaning the LED array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Status and error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
B4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
B4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Input jam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Feed jam or exit jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Print quality problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hardware problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Overall dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Paper and tray information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Notes/symbols/terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Oki contact details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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NOTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
NOTE
A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional
information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and
understand the product.
CAUTION!
A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional
information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or
damage.
WARNING!
A warning appears in this manual like this. A warning provides additional
information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury.

INTRODUCTION > 7
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on purchasing this 19 page per minute monochrome page
printer.
Your new printer is designed with a range of advanced features to give
you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print
media.
For your information, a summary of the main features of your printer is
given below.
PRINTER FEATURES
> Two models to choose from: B4200 and B4300.
> Memory: 8MB (B4200); 16MB (B4300)
> High speed printing: 19 pages per minute
> Resolution: 600x1200 dpi
> Paper handling: 250 sheets
> Emulation: Printer Control Language PCL6, PCL5e, Epson FX,
IBM ProPrinter
> Barcodes: embedded for SIDM emulations
Additionally, the following optional features are also available:
> 10/100 BASE-TX Network Interface Card: to make the B4300
network compatible
> 16MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer
and speed up the processing of large files
> 32MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer
and speed up the processing of large files
> RS232 Card: to provide serial interface capability for the B4300
> Second paper tray: to increase your printer’s paper handling
capacity by 500 sheets

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> One of the following can be added:
(a) 8MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional fonts
or bar codes for the B4300.
(b) 16MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional fonts
or bar codes for the B4300.
(c) PostScript level 3 DIMM: to add PostScript emulation to
the B4300. Cannot be added in conjunction with extra flash
memory.
USING YOUR PRINTER
To help you get the most from your printer, the manufacturer has provided
a variety of supporting materials of which this manual is one example. A
summary of these materials and their purposes is given in the following
chapter.

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ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual is your user’s guide for your printer and forms part of the
overall user support listed below:
> Quick set-up guide: to describe how to unpack, connect and
power up your printer.
> This User’s Guide: to help you to operate your printer and make
the best use of its many features. Also included are guidelines for
troubleshooting and maintenance to ensure that it performs at its
best. Additionally, information is provided for adding optional
accessories as your printing needs evolve.
> Installation Guides: accompany consumable items and optional
accessories to describe how to install them.
> Online Help: online information associated with the printer driver
software. See my okidata.com.
This manual has been written using more than one printer as a model and
the illustrations/screenshots reflect this. What you see will be appropriate
to the model you are using.
ONLINE USAGE
This manual is intended to be read on screen using an Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Use the navigation and viewing tools provided in Acrobat.
You can access specific information in two ways:
> In the list of bookmarks down the left hand side of your screen,
click on the topic of interest to jump to the required topic. (If the
bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.)
> In the list of bookmarks click on Index to jump to the Index. (If
the bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.) Find
the term of interest in the alphabetically arranged index and click
on the associated page number to jump to the page containing the
subject.

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PRINTING PAGES
The whole manual, Individual pages, or sections may be printed. The
procedure is:
1. From the toolbar, select [File], then [Print] (or press the
Ctrl + P keys).
2. Choose which pages you wish to print:
(a) [All pages], for the entire manual.
(b) [Current page] for the page at which you are looking.
(c) [Pages from] and [to] for the range of pages you specify by
entering their page numbers.
3. Click on [OK].

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ABBREVIATIONS USED
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
Abbreviation Meaning
Ctrl Control
dpi dots per inch
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
nnetwork card installed
LED Light Emitting Diode
MFT Manual Feed Tray
MPT Multi-purpose Tray
NIC Network Interface Card
PCL Printer Control Language
PS PostScript (emulation)
PSE PostScript Emulation
RAM Random Access Memory
SIDM Serial Impact Dot Matrix

PRINTER COMPONENTS > 12
PRINTER COMPONENTS
Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next chapter,
the B4200, B4300 printers look similar from the outside. The important
components are identified in the representations below.
1. Operator panel (B4300 shown)
2. Top paper exit bin (150 sheets, face down)
3. Top cover release button
4. Top paper exit bin extension
5. Top paper exit bin extension paper guide
6. Paper tray content indicator
7. ON/OFF switch
8. Rear paper exit tray (50 sheets, face up)
9. Rear paper exit tray paper guide
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10. LED array
11. Image drum
12. Manual feed tray (single sheet) (shown in closed position)
13. Paper feed tray (250 sheets)
14. Toner cartridge
15. Fuser unit
16. Top cover
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17. Power cable connection
18. Cooling fan
19. USB interface connection
20. Parallel interface connection
21. Second paper tray (optional) connection
22. Network card (not available on B4200, optional on B4300)
23. RS232 serial interface card (optional on B4300 only)
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OPERATOR PANELS
This chapter describes the function of the operator panels on the B4200
and B4300 printers. It is useful to describe the Status Monitor software at
this point as it provides the B4200 status information and the equivalent
of the menu control panel on the B4300. (See “Printer Drivers” for
installation of the Status Monitor.)

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B4200
OPERATOR PANEL
The B4200 operator panel consists of 4 LED indicators and a control
button. From left to right, the LEDs indicate Power On, Ready, Manual
feed and Error.
LED INDICATORS
The LED indicators show the status of the printer and have five operating
conditions as follows:
> Indicator off
> Indicator on
> Flash 1 - slow blink - 1 long flash every 4 seconds
> Flash 2 - blink - 1 flash per second
> Flash 3 - rapid blink - 4 flashes per second.
All four LED indicators come on momentarily when power is turned on.
Power on LED (green)
This indicator comes on and stays on when the printer is turned on.
Ready LED (green)
> Indicator on - the printer is on-line and ready to receive data.
> Indicator off - the printer is off-line and cannot receive data.

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The meaning of the indicator LEDs when they flash (x) is summarized as
follows:
CONTROL BUTTON
The primary functions of the control button are activated by pressing the
switch momentarily and releasing. The primary functions are as follows:
> Turning the printer off-line.
> Turning the printer on-line (ready).
> Resuming printing after a paper error, paper jam, print overrun,
page overflow, or receiving buffer overflow.
> Interrupting data processing when the printer is receiving and
processing data.
> Resuming data processing.
The secondary functions of the control button are activated after turning
the printer off line, then pressing and holding the switch for at least two
seconds before releasing. The secondary functions are as follows:
Flash type Ready
LED
(Green)
Manual feed
LED
(Amber)
Error
LED
(Amber)
Meaning
Flash 1 –
slow blink
x The printer is processing data when
printing has been suspended.
xThe image drum requires changing
or toner is low.
Flash 2 —
blink
x The printer is receiving and
processing data during printing or
the printer is resetting itself.
xThe printer is requesting manual
paper feed.
x There is a printing error, problem
with paper or a cover open.
x x x There is a minor error with the
printer.
Flash 3 —
rapid blink
x x x There is a major error with the
printer.

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> Printing the demo and menu pages.
> Printing any data held in the buffer after printing has been
cancelled.
The other functions of the control button are activated after turning the
printer off line then pressing and holding the switch for at least five
seconds before releasing. The other functions are as follows:
> Printing a cleaning page.
> Resetting the printer and clearing the buffer after printing has
been cancelled.
STATUS MONITOR
After installing the printer driver software, the Status Monitor is then
installed to indicate what is happening to the printer when it is being used.
(See the chapter entitled “Printer Drivers.”) This Status Monitor is also
used to control and change the various printer settings.
Using the Printer Status Monitor
Viewing the status of the printer, and viewing or changing the printer
settings are carried out as follows:
NOTE
Demo and menu pages can also be printed using the printer Status Monitor.
NOTE
A cleaning page can also be printed using the printer Status Monitor.
NOTE
To reset the printer to the factory default settings, press the control button
and hold it down while the printer is turned on. The LED indicators blink
when the printer has reset to the default settings.

OPERATOR PANELS > 19
1. Click[Start], [Programs] and select the Status Monitor. The
current printer status is shown.
2. Click on the window maximize button and the view expands to
include the Printer Setup and Preferences tabs.
Printer Setup Tab
Selecting this tab provides access to the Printer Menu button, which, when
selected, enables configuration of the printer settings via a series of tabs

OPERATOR PANELS > 20
described in outline below. At all stages, detailed on-line help is provided
via the Help button.
1. Paper: set paper size for standard tray, secondary tray (if
installed), and manual feed, tray sequence and default number of
copies.
2. Layout: set paper cassette size, printer emulation, lines per page
and paper orientation.
3. Quality: set resolution (dpi), smoothing and darkness.
4. Economy: set power save delay, toner save, auto eject time,
manual timeout, low toner action and jam recovery.
5. Test P ri nt: print demo page, printer menu setting list, a list of
available fonts, and clean the printer.
6. Memory: set raster buffer (normally set to auto) and confirm
buffer size.
7. Maintenance 1: configure printer serial and parallel interfaces,
clearable warning timing and reset drum counter and menu.
8. Maintenance 2: adjust print and page positions, settings,
language, power save setting enable/disable, and select to print an
error report, set tray ID.
9. About: about this printer.