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C3200n Technical Reference, Mac
Copyright Information • 2
Copyright Information
Copyright © 2005 by Oki Data. All Rights Reserved
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C3200n Technical Reference, Mac
P/N 59370501, Revision 1.0
September, 2005
Disclaimer
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 .
While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful
as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or
completeness of the information contained herein.
The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the web site:
http://www.my.okidata.com
Trademark Information
Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd.
Apple, Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc.
ENERGY STAR is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Regulatory Information
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), 73/23/EEC (LVD) and 1999/5/EC (R&TTE), as amended
where applicable, on the approximation of the laws of the member states
relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility, Low Voltage and Radio &
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment.

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Contents
Copyright Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Document Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Trademark Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Note / Important Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Generic Screen Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Macintosh OS 10.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Color Print Matching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Factors That Affect the Appearance of Printed Documents7
Choosing a Color Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Accessing Print Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Summary of Driver Selections for Specific Tasks . . . 16
Copies & Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Paper Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Printer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Job Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using/Saving Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Macintosh OS 10.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Color Print Matching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Factors That Affect the Appearance of Printed Documents
35
Choosing a Color Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Accessing Print Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Summary of Driver Selections for Specific Tasks . . . 42
Copies & Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Paper Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Paper Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ColorSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Printer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Job Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using/Saving Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Note / Important Boxes
NOTE
A note appears like this. A note provides
additional information to supplement the main
text which helps you to use and understand the
product.
Important!
An important message appears like this. An important
message provides supplemental information which can
prevent potential problems.

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Note / Important Boxes • 6
Generic Screen Shots
NOTE
The screen shots in this manual are generic.
When you see XXX1, XXX2, etc., in a screen,
they represent a specific model number which
will vary depending on which printer model is
being used in your system.
For example:
optionsdropdown.jpg

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 7
Macintosh OS 10.2
Color Print Matching
The install utility provides a color matching profile for your
printer. In general, using these Color Matching settings will
provide reasonable default settings that produce good results
for most documents.
Many applications have their own color settings and these may
override the settings in the printer driver. Please refer to the
documentation for your software application to find details on
how that particular program’s color management functions.
Factors That Affect the Appearance of Printed
Documents
•Monitors Versus Printers
•Viewing Conditions
•Printer Driver Color Settings
•Monitor Settings
•How Your Software Application Displays Color
•Print Media
If you wish to manually adjust the color settings in your printe r
driver, please be aware that color reproduction is a complex
topic, and there are many factors to take into consideration.
Monitors Versus Printers
•Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the
full range of colors visible to the human eye.
– Each device is restricted to a certain range of colors.
– A printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displayed on
a monitor, and vice versa.
•Both devices use very different technologies to represent
color.
– A monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB) phosphors
(or LCDs).
– A printer uses Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK)
toner or ink.

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•Some colors appear better on the monitor and some better
in a printed document. his disparity is often the main
reason that printed colors do not match the colors
displayed on screen.
– A monitor can display very vivid colors such as intense
reds and blues which cannot be easily produced on any
printer using toner or ink.
– Similarly, there are certain colors, (some yellows for
example), that can be printed, but cannot be displayed
accurately on a monitor.
Viewing Conditions
A printed document can look very different under different
lighting conditions. For example, the colors may look different
when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to
how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting.
Printer Driver Color Settings
The driver settings for Manual color can change the
appearance of a printed document. There are several options
available to help match the printed colors with those displayed
on screen. These options are explained in subsequent sections.
To access the color matching options in the driver supplied
with your printer:
1. Access the printer settings page via the Print dialog from
any application (usually File →Print).
2. Select Color from the drop-down list below Presets.
Monitor settings
The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can
change how your document looks on-screen. Additionally, your
monitor’s color temperature influences how “warm” or “cool”
the colors look.

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 9
NOTE
Several of the Color Matching options make
reference to your monitor’s Color Temperature.
Many modern monitors allow the color
temperature to be adjusted using the monitor’s
control panel.

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 10
There are several settings found on a typical monitor (see
page 25):
•5000k*
Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in graphics arts
environments.
•6500k
Cooler; approximates daylight conditions.
•9300k
Cool; the default setting for many monitors and television
sets.
*k = degrees Kelvin, a measurement of temperature
How Your Software Application Displays Color
Some graphics applications such as CorelDRAW®or Adobe®
Photoshop®may display color differently from "office"
applications such as Microsoft®Word. Please see your
application’s on-line help or user manual for more information.
Print Media
The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed
color. For example, a printout on recycled paper can look duller
than one on specially formulated glossy paper.

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 11
Choosing a Color Matching Method
There is no one correct way to achieve a good match between
the document displayed on your monitor and its printed
equivalent. There are many factors involved in achieving
accurate and reproducible color.
The following guidelines may help in achieving good color
output from your printer. There are several suggested
methods, depending on the type of document you are printing.
RGB or CMYK?
The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make
distinctions between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK).
Generally, most documents you print will be in RGB format.
This is the most common, and if you do not know your
document’s color mode, assume that it is RGB.
Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional
Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications.
Matching Photographic Images
RGB only
Natural (see page 25) is a generally a good choice. Select a
setting appropriate to your monitor.
RGB or CMYK
If you are printing photographic images from a graphics
application such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use
Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor.
To do this, you can use the ICC-Profiles provided by Oki, and
NOTE
These suggestions are for guidance only. Your
results may vary depending on the application
from which you are printing. Some applications
will override any color matching settings in the
printer driver without warning.

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 12
then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space (or Output
space).
Matching Specific Colors
(For instance, a company logo.)
RGB only
Use Natural (see page 25), with the sRGB setting.
RGB or CMYK
If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe
Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate
the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the
ICC Profiles provided with your printer, and then print using
the ICC profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).
Printing Vivid Colors
RGB only
Use Natural (see page 25), with one of the following settings:
•Monitor(6500k)/Vivid
•sRGB
•Digital Camera
RGB or CMYK
Use Auto (see page 25), adjusting Saturation as needed.

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Using Printer Features
Printer Drivers
See your printed Software Installation Guide for information
on installing the driver supplied with your printer.
You can also go to http://my.okidata.com to see/download
a copy of the Software Installation Guide or for the latest
information on printer drivers.

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Accessing Print Features
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1. To access the print features, open your print driver from
within an application by selecting File →Print.
2. Open the drop-down list below Presets and select the
feature you wish to set:
•Copies & Pages (see page 16).
•Layout (see page 18)
•Paper Source (see page 19)
•Output Options (see page 20)
•Duplex (see page 20)
•Print Quality (see page 22)
•Color (see page 23)
•Printer Option (see page 28)
•Job Accounting (see page 31)
•Summary (see page 32)

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 15
NOTE
If you use a particular group of settings for
many documents, you can make the settings
then save them as a Preset (see page 32).

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Summary of Driver Selections for Specific Tasks
Following is a list of common printing tasks with the selection
to make from the drop-down list in order to access them.
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Task Select
Collate Copies & Pages (see page 17)
Duplex Printing (requires
the optional duplex unit)
Duplex (see page 20)
Manual Color Print Settings Color (see page 23)
Multiple Pages on one Sheet
(N-Up)
Layout (see page 18)
Print Banners Printer Option →Multi
Purpose Tray is Manual feed
(see page 30)
Print document as PDF file Output Options (see page 20)
Solve problems with print
quality degradation (fading,
streaking, erratic marks)
Printer Option →Run
maintenance cycle before
printing (see page 30)

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Macintosh OS 10.2 • 17
Copies & Pages
Copies
Set the number of copies to be printed.
Collated
This option is useful when printing multiple copies of large
documents and you want to print them in sequence
Pages
Use to select which pages in the document are to be printed.
Toner Conservation Print Quality (see page 22)
Task Select

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Layout
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Pages per Sheet
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Use this to print up to 16 pages on one sheet.
Layout Direction
Use this to set the orientation in which multiple pages are
printed on the sheet.

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Border
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When printing multiple pages on one sheet, use this to print a
border between the sheets, if desired.
Paper Source
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Auto
The printer automatically selects the paper feed source.
Multi Purpose Tray / Tray1 / Tray 2
Appears only if optional Tray 2 is installed.
Set a specific print tray.
For example, if you are printing a particular job on special
media such as letterhead stationery, place the media in the
Multi Purpose Tray and then select Multi Purpose Tray here
when printing the job.

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Output Options
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Select Save as file to output your file as an Adobe®Acrobat®
PDF file.
Duplex
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