Oki C5400 Series User manual

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Overview
Your Model C5400 Upgrade Kit provides a Postscript emulation driver
for Macintosh®and Windows®systems, in addition to the PCL driver for
Windows systems. It also activates the Ethernet port so you can use your
printer on a network.
Installing the kit involves four steps:
•Step 1: Uninstall the C5400 PCL Printer Driver (Windows only) . . p. 2
•Step 2: Install the New DIMM in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3
•Step 3: Make the Network Connection, if applicable . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
•Step 4: Configure the Network and/or Install Printer Driver(s) . . . p. 12
Caution!
To avoid damage by static electricity or rough handling, keep the DIMM
board in its packaging until you're ready to install it.
Note: You will need a Phillips bit screwdriver to install the kit.

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Step 1: Uninstall the C5400 PCL Driver
Windows Operating Systems Only
Windows XP and 2000.
1. Click Start →Settings →Printers [Printers and Faxes for XP].
2. Click the C5400 PCL driver, then click File →Delete.
3. Click Ye s to confirm the deletion.
4. Click File →Server Properties.
5. On the Drivers tab, select the C5400 PCL printer driver and click
Remove.
6. Click Ye s to confirm the deletion, then click Close.
7. Close the dialog box.
8. Restart your computer.
Windows Me, 98, 95B, NT 4.0
1. Click Start →Settings →Printers.
2. Click the C5400 PCL driver, then click File →Delete.
3. Click Ye s to confirm the deletion
4. Close the Printers dialog box.
5. Restart your computer.

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Step 2: Install the New DIMM
1. Use the control panel to print out the MenuMap:
a. Press +one or more times until INFORMATION MENU appears.
b. Press ENTER twice and wait for the 2-page MenuMap to print.
c. Note that C5400 shows at the top of the MenuMap.
2. Prepare the printer:
• Turn off the printer (1).
• Unplug the power cord (2).
• Detach the interface cable (3)—a= USB, b= parallel.
3. Open the top cover.

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4. Open the front cover.
5. Loosen the thumbscrew holding the printer side cover in place.
6. Lift up on the ends and remove the side panel from the printer.

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7. Locate the DIMM to be replaced.
8. Push out the lock tabs at either end of the DIMM and remove it.
Caution!
To avoid damage, ground yourself (touch metal) before handling DIMMs.
9. Remove the new DIMM from its shipping package.

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10. Hold the DIMM with the narrower metallic contact edge (1) to the
right, and insert it straight into the socket, pushing in until you hear
the lock tabs on either side snap into place.
Caution!
Keep the DIMM at a 90° angle to the printer:
Push the DIMM in straight:

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11. Replace the side panel on the printer and secure it in place with the
thumbscrew.
12. Close the front cover.
13. Close the top cover.

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14. Loosen the screw and remove the cover (1) from the Ethernet port on
the back of the printer.
15. If you will be using the same computer connection rather than the
newly available Ethernet connection, reattach the computer interface
cable—USB (a) or parallel (b). Otherwise, skip this step.
Note: Making the Ethernet connection is covered on p. 11.

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16. Plug in the power cord,
17. Press and hold the TEST button (1) on the back of the printer while
turning on the printer. Hold the button until the message
NETWORK INITIAL
WAIT A MOMENT
appears on the display.
This initializes the Ethernet port.

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18. Generate a MenuMap to check for proper installation:
a. Press +one or more times until INFORMATION MENU appears.
b. Press ENTER twice and wait for the MenuMap to print.
c. You should see;
• C5400n at the top of the MenuMap
• four additional pages entitled “Network Information.”
d. If the MenuMap printout has not changed, open up the printer and
reinstall the DIMM, making sure it is firmly in place, then print the
MenuMap again.
BACK ENTER
OLN INE
CANCEL
MENU

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Step 3: Make the Network Connection
 If you are using the USB or parallel port, skip this step.
Note: No Ethernet cable is supplied. Use an Ethernet cable with two twisted
wire pairs and an RJ45 plug.
1. Turn the printer off.
2. If there is a plastic plug (1) in the Ethernet port, remove it.
3. Connect your Ethernet cable to the port.
4. Connect the other end of the cable to the network port.
5. Turn on the printer and wait for it to initialize.

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Step 4: Configure the Network and/or
Install the C5400n Driver(s)
Windows Operating Systems:
PCL and Postscript Emulation Printer Drivers
Networks
 TCP/IP, see page 3, ff., in the “Computer Connections & Software
Install Guide” supplied with this kit.
 Novell, see page 8, ff., in the “Computer Connections & Software
Install Guide” supplied with this kit.
USB Port
 Windows XP, see page 11 in the “Computer Connections & Software
Install Guide” supplied with this kit.
 Windows 2000, see page 12 in the “Computer Connections & Software
Install Guide” supplied with this kit.
 Windows Me, see page 13 in the “Computer Connections & Software
Install Guide” supplied with this kit.
 Windows 98, see page 14 in the “Computer Connections & Software
Install Guide” supplied with this kit.
Parallel Port
 See page 16 in the “Computer Connections & Software Install Guide”
supplied with this kit.
Macintosh Systems:
Postscript Emulation Printer Driver
 OS 9.1+, see page 20 in the “Computer Connections & Software Install
Guide” supplied with this kit.
 OS 10.1 and higher, see page 22 in the “Computer Connections &
Software Install Guide” supplied with this kit.

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