Oki OL 1200ex User manual

Introduction i
Introduction

ii Introduction
Note to Customers
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is
complete, accurate and up to date. Oki assumes no responsibility for errors beyond its
control and also can not guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by
othermanufacturers,andreferredtointhisbook,willnotaffecttheinformationinthis
manual.
© 1994 by Oki. All rights reserved.
Oki is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd.
Oki LED Page Printer is a trademark of Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd.
Hewlett-Packard and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard
Company.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Bitstream, Fontware, Swiss™ and Dutch™ are trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
Helvetica®and Times®Roman and Univers®are registered trademarks of Linotype
AG and its subsidiaries.
CG Times® is a registered trademark of Agfa Division, Miles Inc.

Introduction iii
Important Safety Instructions
Your printer has been carefully designed to perform safely and reliably. However, as
with all electrical equipment certain precautions should be allowed:
➢Read all documentation supplied with and on the printer before commencing.
➢Always disconnect the printer from the mains source before cleaning.
➢Be certain that your power source matches the rating listed on the back of the
printer. If you are using an extension cord, ensure that the total rating does not
exceed 15 amperes.
➢Your printer has an earthed 3-pin plug, DO NOT use this plug with a socket that
is not earthed.
➢Ensure that all printer openings are kept open, if they become blocked the printer
will overheat.
➢Use a damp cloth to clear up spilled toner, DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner.
➢DO NOT make any adjustments, other than those outlined in this manual, it could
damage the printer.
➢After the printer has been in use for a period of time the fuser unit becomes very
hot, avoid touching it, wait for the unit to cool down first.
If you have persistent problems with your printer, switch off, disconnect from the
mains source and contact your dealer for assistance.
Important Wiring Instructions
The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code:
Green and Yellow Earth
Blue Neutral
Brown Live
If the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this printer do not correspond with the
markings of the terminals of your plug, proceed as follows:
Green and Yellow must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter E (or the
safety earth symbol) or the terminal coloured Green or Green and Yellow. Brown
mustbeconnectedtothe terminalmarkedwith theletterL orcolouredRed. Blue must
be connected to the terminal marked with the letter N or coloured Blue or Black.
Warning: This printer must be earthed.
If you are in any doubt regarding the wiring, please contact a qualified electrician.

iv Introduction
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Control Panel ...................................................................1-1
The Control Panel........................................................................................1-2
Printer Status ...............................................................................................1-2
Lamp Indications .........................................................................................1-2
Setting the Printer On and Off-line .............................................................1-3
Resetting the Printer ....................................................................................1-3
Manual Paper Feed and Paper Tray Selection.............................................1-3
Front/Manual Paper Size and Envelope Feeder Paper Size Definition.......1-4
Power Saving Definition .............................................................................1-4
Auto Error – Override Printing....................................................................1-5
Darker/Lighter Print Quality .......................................................................1-5
Maintenance Menu Items ............................................................................1-5
Level-1 Menu Reset to factory default ........................................................1-5
Hex Dump Analysis.....................................................................................1-6
Cleaning Page ..............................................................................................1-6
Drum Life Counter Reset ............................................................................1-7
Operation Panel Disable ..............................................................................1-7
Operation Panel Enable ...............................................................................1-7
Chapter 2: Controlling Your Printer .........................................................2-1
Controlling your Printer ..............................................................................2-2
The Printer Interface ....................................................................................2-2
Active Interface Selection (Level-1 Menu) .................................................2-2
Auto Time Out Print and Ejection...............................................................2-3
Resolution....................................................................................................2-4
Raster Buffer Size........................................................................................2-4
Full Page Print Guarantee for Complicated Documents .............................2-5
Receive Buffer Memory Size ......................................................................2-5
Font Cache Protection .................................................................................2-5
Selecting Fonts and Symbol Sets ................................................................2-6
Prevention of White Page Ejection..............................................................2-8
Changing Orientation, Lines/Page and Columns/Line................................2-9
Auto Error – Override Printing....................................................................2-10
Darker/Lighter Print Quality .......................................................................2-10
Power Saving Mode ....................................................................................2-11
Chapter 3: Font Basics...............................................................................3-1
Font Basics ..................................................................................................3-1
Font Basics ..................................................................................................3-2
What is a font?.............................................................................................3-2
Font Sources ................................................................................................3-3
Resident Fonts .............................................................................................3-3
Bitmapped Fonts..........................................................................................3-3
Scalable Fonts..............................................................................................3-3
Font Configuration ......................................................................................3-4
Using Font Cards.........................................................................................3-5
Using Soft Fonts ..........................................................................................3-5
Command Selection of Fonts ......................................................................3-6
A Few Words About Fonts ..........................................................................3-7
Portrait/Landscape Mode.............................................................................3-7

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Symbol Set ..................................................................................................3-8
Spacing ......................................................................................................3-8
Pitch ......................................................................................................3-8
Point Size.....................................................................................................3-9
Style ......................................................................................................3-9
Stroke Weight ..............................................................................................3-9
Typeface ......................................................................................................3-10
Example of font selection:...........................................................................3-10
Chapter 4: HP LaserJet IV Emulation .....................................................4-1
HP LJ IV Emulation Mode..........................................................................4-2
Printer Commands .......................................................................................4-3
Print Job Master Commands .......................................................................4-3
Page Formatting Commands .......................................................................4-5
Cursor Positioning .......................................................................................4-11
Font Selection ..............................................................................................4-12
Soft Fonts Management Commands ...........................................................4-14
Raster Graphics............................................................................................4-15
Vector Graphics ...........................................................................................4-16
Graphics Image Manipulation .....................................................................4-17
Macros ......................................................................................................4-20
Miscellaneous ..............................................................................................4-22
HP-GL/2 Commands ...................................................................................4-23
Chapter 5: Printable Areas.........................................................................5-1
Printable Area for Each Paper Size..............................................................5-2
Appendix A: Symbol Sets ...........................................................................A-1
Symbol Sets .................................................................................................A-2
Appendix B: Interfacing.............................................................................B-1
Parallel Interfacing.......................................................................................B-2
RS-232C Serial Interfacing .........................................................................B-4
Appendix C: LCD Window Display Messages ..........................................C-1
LCD Window Display Messages.................................................................C-2

Control Panel 1-1
Chapter 1
The Control Panel

1-2 Control Panel
The front panel is your direct link with the printer. It provides you with information
about the state of the printer through its indicator lights and message window, and
gives you control over printer functions through its buttons.
Note:
1.With the exception of the ON-LINE button, all buttons function only when
the printer is OFF-LINE (Ready lamp is off).
2.In order to select the functions indicated on the lower part of the buttons, you
need to hold it in for more than two seconds.
Printer Status
The Message Window
Your printer has a two line display that gives detailed information on the state of the
printer. It provides information, error conditions and malfunctions, and it is used
when setting the menu. The Setup Guide contains a complete listing of messages as
well as information about how to solve the most common problems.
Lamp Indications
READY Indicates printer Indicates the following: Indicates the following:
(Amber) ready to receive data Force printing triggered Off-line mode.
in ON-LINE mode. by FORM FEED button. Initializing.
Fonts/Menu/Demo printing Warming up.
triggered by respective Error status.
buttons.
Image drum cleaning
triggered by + and - buttons.
In process of making image
data from received data.
MANUAL Procesing Manual Requesting paper in Manual feed not selected.
(Red) feed. Manual feed.
ATTENTION Indicates the following: Indicates the following: Normal status
(Red) Toner Low. Request action from user.
Toner Sensor. Occurence of ERROR.
Change Drum.
Fuser Life.
DATA Data processing Receiving data from host. No data.
(Amber)
Lamp Lamp on Flashing Lamp off
The Control Panel
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Control Panel 1-3
Setting the Printer On and Off-line
Pressing the ON-LINE button switches the printer between the on-line (selected) and
off-line (deselected) modes. When the printer is on-line (READY lamp on), it is ready
to receive data and print. When the printer is off-line (READY lamp off), it cannot
receive data. All other buttons can only be activated when the printer is off-line.
Resetting the Printer
Pressing the /Reset button for more than two seconds, while the printer is off-line,
ends any printing operation and clears some error conditions. Data is retained in the
buffer and the printer is returned on-line.
The printer can be reset to user default settings by holding the Reset button for more
than two seconds when the printer is off-line. All temporary soft (downloaded) fonts/
macro data are deleted, the permanent soft (downloaded) fonts/macro data remain in
the printer until the power is turned off.
Manual Paper Feed and Paper Tray Selection
The TRAY TYPE sub-menu can be selected directly by pressing the TRAY TYPE
button for less than two seconds, while in the off-line mode.You can select Tray Feed
Mode and Manual Feed Mode using the menu selection procedure.
Tray 1 paper feed is the factory default setting.
You will see the following messages displayed in the window:
MANUAL FEED
OFF* (or ON)
* indicates that this selection is the current default setting.
(Press)
PAPER FEED
TRAY1* (TRAY2 if 2nd paper tray installed)
(FRONT FEEDER)
(ENVELOPE FEEDER if envelope feeder installed)
* indicates that this selection is the current default setting.
(Press)
AUTO TRAY SWITCH
OFF* (or ON)
* indicates that this selection is the current default setting.
MENU 1
MENU 2
MENU 1
MENU 2

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Front/Manual Paper Size and Envelope Feeder Paper Size Definition
The paper size sub-menu can be selected directly by holding the PAPER SIZE button
for less than two seconds, while the printer is in the off-line mode. You can select the
size of paper or envelope using the menu selection procedure.
You will see the following messages displayed in the message window:
FRONT/MANUAL
A4 SIZE*
* indicates that this selection is the current default setting.
The sizes displayed are in the following order:
A5 SIZE A6 SIZE
B5 SIZE COM-9
COM-10 MONARCH
DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE
C4 ENVELOPE LETTER
EXECUTIVE LEGAL 14
LEGAL 13
ENVELOPE FEEDER (if feeder is installed)
DL ENVELOPE*
* indicates that this selection is the current default setting.
The sizes displayed are in the following order:
C5 ENVELOPE LETTER
EXECUTIVE LEGAL14
LEGAL13 A4 SIZE
A5 SIZE A6 SIZE
B5 SIZE COM-9
COM-10 MONARCH
Power Saving Definition
The POWER SAVE sub-menu can be selected directly by pressing the POWER
SAVE button for more than two seconds while the printer is in the off-line mode. You
can select the power saving definition using the menu selection procedure.
0 SEC is the factory default setting.
You will see the following message displayed in the message window:
POWER SAVING
0 SEC* (8 MIN or DISABLE)
* indicates that this selection is the current default setting.