Oki MPS6500b User manual

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MPS6500b

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MPS6500b User’s Guide
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August, 2009
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Preface
Thank you for choosing this printer. This is a guide on operating this
printer and the important points to note. To understand the features
fully and to use the printer correctly and effectively, please read this
guide before using it.
Keep this guide handy for a quick reference on using the printer.
This guide is written with the assumption that you are familiar with
the basic knowledge and way of operating your computer
environment and the network environment.
In this manual, safety instructions are described with the following
symbol:
Always read and follow these instructions before performing the
required procedure.
This product is a “Class I Laser System” that does not emit
dangerous laser beam. Operate the machine according to the
instructions in the manual. Do not carry out any operation not
mentioned in the manual. Otherwise, it may lead to unforeseen
accident or machine breakdown.

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Conventions
1. In this guide, “computer” refers to both the personal
computer and workstation.
2. The following headers are used in this guide:
Important Indicates important information which you
should read.
Note Indicates additional information on operations or
features.
Refer to Indicates reference sources.
3. The following conventions are used in this guide:
Refer to “xxx”The cross-reference is within this guide.
Refer to YYYThe cross-reference is not within this guide.
[ ] Indicates items displayed on the computer and
the printer control panel. Also indicates the title
of printed reports/lists from the printer.
< > Indicates items such as hard buttons and
indicators on the keyboard and printer.

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Illegal Copies and Printouts
Copying or printing certain documents may be illegal in your
country. Penalties of fines or imprisonment may be imposed on
those found guilty. The following are examples of items that may be
illegal to copy or print in your country.
•Currency
•Banknotes and checks
•Bank and government bonds and securities
•Passports and identification cards
•Copyright material or trademarks without the consent of the
owner
•Postage stamps and other negotiable instruments
This list is not inclusive and no liability is assumed for either its
completeness or accuracy. In case of doubt, contact your legal
counsel.

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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Illegal Copies and Printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Main Components and Their Functions . . . . . . . . . . 9
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Switching On and Off the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching On the Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching Off the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Saver Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cancelling/Checking Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Displaying Optional Accessory Configuration
and Paper Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing From the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing on Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Printing on Transparencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Printing on Custom Size Paper/Long Paper . . . . . . 22
Print Confidential Document - Secure Print . . . . . . 25
Proof Print - Print After Checking Printing Result . . 27
Print at a Specified Time - Timed Job . . . . . . . . . . 29
Direct Printing of PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Printing via Electronic Mail - E-mail Printing . . . . . . 32
About Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
About Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting Custom Paper Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting Paper Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Settings on the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Print Jobs Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Media Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sys Config Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PCL Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
FX Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Parallel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Serial Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
USB Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Network Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sys Adjust Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Date/Time Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Maintenance Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Usage Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Flash Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Disk Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Comp FLASH Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Job Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Spooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
When Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
When Problems Occur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
When the Print Quality is Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Message List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Network Related Troubles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mail Related Troubles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Daily Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Replacing the Drum/Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 113
Printing Reports/Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Checking/Managing the Printer Status on the
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Checking Printer Status via E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Checking Printed Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
When Moving the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
PCL Emulation Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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Basic Operations
Main Components and Their Functions
Standard Configuration
No. Name Description
1 Center output
tray
Print jobs are output here with the printed side facing
down.
2 Control panel Consists of the essential operation buttons, indicators
and display.
3 Ventilation hole Releases heat to prevent the interior of the printer
from heating up.
4 Paper meter A meter to check the amount of remaining paper.
Attached to the 550 tray.
5 Tray 1 Sets the 150 tray.
6 Tray 2 Sets the 550 tray.
7 Power switch Switches the power of the printer on and off. Pressing
the switch to the <|> position switches it on and
pressing it to the <0> position switches it off.
8 Paper stopper Raise this when printing on paper larger than Letter/A4
size.
9 Duplex unit
connector
For connecting the optional duplex unit.
12
8
7
3
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With Optional Accessories
10 Power cord
connector
For connecting the power cord.
11 Parallel
connector
For connecting the parallel cable.
12 Network
connector
For connecting the network cable when connecting this
printer to the network for use.
13 USB connector For connecting the USB cable.
14 Serial connector For connecting the serial cable.
No. Name Description
1 Offset catch tray
(optional)
Allows you to stagger the output position for each
print job (offset output).
2CoverD
(optional)
Open this when paper is jammed inside the offset
catch tray.
3Reartray
(optional)
Use this tray if you want to reduce curling of paper
when printing heavyweight paper. Print jobs are
output here with the printed side facing up.
4 Duplex unit
(Cover C)
Enables 2 sided printing. When paper is jammed
inside the duplex unit, it is described as cover C.
No. Name Description
12
4
5
3
6
7

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Internal View
5 Rear output tray
lever
When the rear tray has been installed, the paper
output location can be switched between it and the
center output tray. Raise the lever to output to the
rear tray and lower the lever to output to the center
output tray.
6 A4 universal tray Can install up to two levels of an Letter/A4
universal tray (550) to this printer.
7 Right detachable
cover
Remove this when installing optional accessories
such as hard disk and additional memory.
no. Name Description
1 Paper stopper Raise this when printing on paper larger than A4 size.
2 Drum/toner
cartridge
Contains the toner and the photosensitive drum.
3 Cover A Open this when replacing the drum/toner cartridge
and removing jammed paper.
4 Fuser unit Fixes the toner on the paper. Do not touch this when
using the printer as it is hot.
5Transferroll
cartridge
Transfers the toner image on the surface of the
photosensitive drum to the paper.
6 Cover B Open this when removing jammed paper.
No. Name Description
5
32
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Control Panel
No. Name Description
1 <MENU> button Press to move to menu operation.
2 <INFO> button Press to print the menu map. The menu map (2pages)
will print with all the current printer settings.
3<READY>
indicator
When the light is on, the printer is ready to receive
data from the computer.
4 LCD display Displays the setting items, machine status, and
messages.
5 <ATTENTION>
indicator
When the light is on, there is a malfunction in the
printer.
6 <On-Line>
button
Press to enter the off-line status. When in the off-line
status, the machine cannot receive data or process
printing. Press again to exit the off-line status and
enter the on-line status (where the machine can
receive data from the computer).
7<CANCEL>
button
Press to cancel printing.
Press to exit Menu Mode.
8 <Select> button Press to select the currently displayed menu on
setting.
9<><>
<><>
buttons
Press these to move to the required menu, item and
candidate value on the display.
12
34
5
6
7
8
9

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Display
There are two types of screens shown: Print screen (for displaying
printer status) and Menu screen (for setting configuration).
NOTE
The message displayed differs according to the options installed
and setting status.
Print Screen
The Print screen appears when the machine is printing or waiting for
data. The following contents are shown on the screen.
Menu Screen
Screen for configuring settings related to the printer.
This screen appears when you press the <MENU> button. The initial
Menu screen displayed is as follows.
Refer to:
•Items that can be set on the Menu screen: “Settings on the
Control Panel” on page 46
Current printer status
Printing
USB PCL
(USB, Net, LPD, etc.)
Port Receiving Data Language
(PCL, PS, etc.)
Print Jobs Menu

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Switching On and Off the Power
Switching On the Power
1. Press the power switch of the printer
to the <|> position.
2. When the power is switched on,
various screens will be displayed on
the control panel. Check that this
display changes to “Online”.
NOTE
When “Please wait...” is displayed, the printer is in the process of
warming up. Printing is unavailable during this period. When the
printer is ready for printing, “Online” will be displayed.
Important:
•If error message is displayed, refer to “Message List
(alphabetical order)” on page 104 on how to fix it.
Switching Off the Power
Important:
•Do not switch off the printer power when printing is in
progress. It may lead to a paper jam.
•Once the power is switched off, print data remaining in this
printer or information saved in the memory of this printer will
be deleted.
1. By checking the display on the
control panel, confirm that the
printer is not processing any
data. “Online” or “Power Saver
Mode” should be displayed.
2. Press the power switch to the <O>
position to switch the power off.
Online

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Power Saver Modes
This printer is equipped with a Power Save mode to reduce power
consumption when it is left idle. The default idle time from last print
activity until the printer enters Power Saver mode is 5 minutes. This
time can be adjusted by the operator to any of the following times:
5, 15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes.
When no print data is received within 5 minutes (default) since the
last page is printed, the printer will enter Power Saver mode. An
informative message will appear on the operator panel indicating
Power Saver Mode. Consumption of power during Power Saver mode
is 10 Watts or less, and the time required to exit from Power Saver
mode to a print-ready status is about 10 seconds.
Exiting the Power Saver Mode
The printer automatically exits from Power Saver mode once it
receives data from the computer or if any key on the operator panel
is pressed.

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Cancelling/Checking Printing
Cancelling Printing
To cancel printing, you can either cancel the print job at this printer
or at the computer.
Cancelling a Print Job at the Printer
Press the <CANCEL> button then press the <ON-LINE> button on
the control panel. However, pages being printed at the moment will
continue to be printed.
Cancelling Print Jobs at the Computer
Double-click the printer icon at the bottom right of the taskbar
in Windows.
From the displayed window, click the document name that you wish
to delete and press the <Delete> key.
Checking Status of Print Data
Checking in Windows
Double-click the printer icon on the task bar at the bottom right
of the screen.
From the displayed window, check the column, [Status].

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Displaying Optional Accessory Configuration
and Paper Tray Settings
When using this printer as a network printer and with SNMP protocol
enabled, you can display on the printer driver, the optional
accessory configuration and settings configured at the control panel
such as paper type or size. These settings are displayed on the
[Options] tab. This section explains the procedure using Windows XP
as an example.
Important:
•When using USB or Parallel connection to this printer, this
feature cannot be used. You have to manually set the items
on the printer driver.
•The rear tray information cannot be obtained. You have to
manually set the item.
•For paper size and paper type settings, you must configure
them at the control panel beforehand. Even if you change the
settings here, they will not be reflected on the printer itself.
NOTE
>When using this feature, you have to activate the SNMP
port (default: [Enable]) on the printer using the control
panel.
>For Windows NT 4. 0/Windows 2000/Windows XP, only
users with administrator’s rights can change the settings.
Users without administrator’s rights can only check the
contents.
1. From the [Start] menu, click [Printers and Faxes] and then
display the properties of the printer to be used.
2. Click the [Device Options] tab.
3. Click [Get Information from Printer].
NOTE
The properties of the printer can be displayed on the printer
driver.
4. Click [OK]. The contents of the [Device Options] tab will be
updated based on the data obtained from the printer.

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Printing
Printing From the Computer
This section explains the basic flow when printing from application
software in a Windows®environment.
(The procedure may differ according to the computer or system
configuration used.)
Important:
•Do not switch off the power to the printer when printing is in
progress. It may lead to a paper jam.
NOTE
>This section explains printing with the PCL driver as an
example.
1. From the [File] menu of the application software, select
[Print].
2. Select this printer as the printer to be used to start printing.
To use the various print features of this printer, display the
printer properties dialog box to set the necessary items.
For details on each item and how to set them, refer to the
Online Help for the printer driver.
Important:
•If the paper tray information is not correct, change the
settings on the [Set Up] tab of the printer driver before
continuing. For details on how to do the settings, refer to the
Online Help for the printer driver.
Useful Print Features In Properties Dialog Box
•The following selections are available in the [Setup] tab:
Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, Paper Destination
Paper Feed Options*, Finishing Mode**, and 2-sided Printing.
*Paper Feed Options include: Auto Resize, Covers, Auto Tray
Change, Media Check, and Skip Blank Pages, Tray 1 Settings,
and Media Type.
**Finishing Mode includes: Standard, 2-up, 4-up, 6-up, 8-up,
9-up, 16-up, PosterPrint, and Booklet.

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NOTE
>You can set the print features in the properties dialog box
from the printer icon by selecting [Printers and Faxes] (or
[Settings] > [Printers] depending on the OS).
Printing on Envelopes
For details on the envelopes that can be used, refer to “Usable
Paper” on page 36. The procedure to print on envelopes is as
follows.
Loading Envelopes
You have to close the flaps of the envelopes and load them with the
address side facing up in the orientation shown in the diagram
below.
The following explains how to load the envelopes, using COM-10
envelopes as an example, in trays 1 to 4.
Important:
•The reverse side of the envelope cannot be printed on.
NOTE
>For details on the procedure to load paper in a paper tray,
refer to “Loading Paper in a Paper Tray” on page 40.
Paper feed direction
* The flap faces down

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1. Load the envelopes in the portrait
orientation so that the flaps are
turned to the right side.
2. Slide the length guide and right
width guide to the size of the loaded
envelopes.
3. On the control panel, change the
paper type to [Envelope]. For
details, refer to “Setting Paper Types” on page 44.
4. On the control panel, change the paper size of the tray to
[COM-10 Envelope]. For details, refer to “Setting Custom
Paper Sizes” on page 43.
Printing on Envelopes
To print on envelopes, display the [Tray/Output] tab and [Basic] tab.
This section explains the procedure using WordPad on Windows XP
as an example.
NOTE
>The way to display the printer properties dialog box differs
according to the application software. Refer to the manual
of each application software.
1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].
2. Select this printer from the drop down list and click
[Properties].
3. Click the [Setup] tab.
4. Select the loaded paper tray from [Source] or click the
[Media Type] and then select [Com10].
5. Click [OK].
6. Click [Print] in the [Print] dialog box to start printing.
Printing on Transparencies
Loading Transparencies
Load transparencies in trays 1 to 4.
Important