Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto C7550 del fabbricante Oki
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2 Every effort has been made to ensure that the infor mation in this document is complete, accurate, a nd up-to-da te. The ma nufactur er assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control.
3 Cont ents Macintosh OS 9.x ........................................................................ ............ 5 Printer Driver ................. ........................... ........................... ........................... . 5 Setting Up the Printer Driver .
4 Not es, Cautions, etc. NO TE A note appears in this manua l lik e this. A note provid es additional information to su pplement the main text. CAUTION! A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional informa tion wh ic h, if igno red, may re sult in equipment malfunction or da mage .
5 Macintosh OS 9.x Print er Driver This section describes how to change the PPD file and how to activate optional accessories in the pr inter driver, once you have installed them in the printer. See your print ed Software Insta llation Guide for information on installing printer drivers.
6 Activate Installed Op tions in the Driver 7. Click Configure . 8. Optional T rays : T o engage optional trays, change the setting for A vaila ble T ray to 2 or 3 depending on how many trays you have installed. 9. Duplex Unit : T o engage the Duplex Unit, change the setting to Inst alled .
7 Macintosh OS 9.x Operation This section explains how to c hange the prin ter’s operation for specific print jobs directly from within an application. Most applications allow the printer prop er ties to be accessed from within the document prin t dialog.
8 Color Print Matching The install utility provides a color matc hing profile for your printer, as well as Color Option utility in the print driver . In general, using the Auto settings will provide reasonable default se ttings that produce good results for most documents.
9 Vi ewing Conditions A document can look ve ry different under various lighting conditions. For example, the colors may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they look under stan dard office fluore scent lighting .
10 Monitor Settings The brightness and contrast con trols on your monitor can change how your document looks on-scre en. Additionally, your monito r color temperature influences how “warm” or “ co ol” the colors look.
11 Choosing a Color Matching Method There is no one way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor a nd its printed e quivalent. There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible co lor. However, the following gu idelines may help in achieving good color output from your printer.
12 Matching Specific Colors (e.g., a Company logo) RGB Only • S tandard Color Matching, and the sRGB setting. • PostScript Color Matching using the Absolute Color imetric option. • Use the Color Swatch Utility to pr int out a chart of RGB swatch es and enter your desir ed RGB values in your application's color picker .
13 Color Option 1. Open your printer driver (by choosing File → Print from an application) and select your printe r . 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath th e printer and select Color Option . Mac9.1_OKIColorOption.jpg ColorOptionSelecting_cr op.
14 Color Control Color Control allows you to deter mine the scheme in which the printer will display colors. Select from: a. OKI Color Matching This is OKI’s proprietary colo r matching system. It affects RGB data only . This is the default setting.
15 Color Setting This option allows you to select your color settings as they appear on your monitor. Select the method you wish to use: Monitor(6500k) Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer. This selection works best for office situations.
16 sRGB This option attempts to s imulate RGB color. Optimized for matching spe cific colors, such as a company logo color. The colors within the printer's color ga mut are printed without any modification, and only colors th at fall outside the printable colors are modified.
17 the (usually) paper white; i.e. un like Absolute Colorimetric, this attempts to take the paper white into account. Absolute Colorimetric Best for printing solid colors and tints, such as Company logos etc. Matches colors common to both devices exactly, and clips the out-of-gamut colors to their nearest prin ted eq uivalent.
18 Matte This option uses more Black and less CMYK while producing a flatter black. Separations This option affects output only, allowing you to pr int all four colors as separate plates. Black Overprint This option prevents registration erro rs and only works for 100% black text.
19 Job Option To access Jo b Option: 1. Click File → Print , and select your printer . 2. Open the drop-down list d irectly below Printer: and select Job Option . 3. Make the desired selections. • Quality • Media T ype • Miscellaneous Selections JobOption_oem.
20 Job Option Quality A straightforward selection of the print qu ality desired. • Fast: 600 x 600 dpi, b oth models • Fine Model C7350: 600 x 1200 dpi Model C7550: 1200 x 1200 d p i Media T ype Many options are av aila b le for sele ctin g th e type of the prin t media.
21 Job Option Miscellaneous Selections Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance. This option is useful when printing multip le copies of large documents and wish for them to be pr inted in sequence.
22 Pa ge R o t a te Checking this will rotate the pr inted material on the page 180 degrees. To n e r S a v i n g Checking this will enable toner saving.
23 Job T ype Plug-in This plug-in allows you to utiliz e features through the printer’s optional hard disk drive. To access Jo b Type, 1. Select your printer . 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath th e printer and select Job T ype . Each feature on the Job Type screen is detailed below.
24 Job T ype Features Print T ype From here you select the type of printin g you wish to use. Normal The default setting. Job Spool Lets you sp ool your pr int job to th e printer’ s hard drive.
25 Job T ype Features Print T ype Secure Print Allows you to print confiden tial documents on network printers by storing them on the printer’s hard drive, then going to the printer and using the control pan el to print out the document. To send a confidential doc ument to the printer using Secure Print: 1.
26 2. Use the numbered buttons on the control p anel to enter the personal ID number you set above. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT button. The document will print and be del eted from the hard disk drive .
27 Proof and Pr int Using Proof and Print 1. Select Proof and Print . 2. Enter a job name of up to 16 char acters un der Job Name Setting and a four digit personal ID number from 0000 to 9999. 3. Click Print to proceed with your print job. Print the document from the software applicatio n being used.
28 Deleting a Proof and Print document before printing th e copies If the proof is not ready for printing, the job must be deleted from the printer: 1. Press the MENU button to access the PRIN T JOBS MENU and press the S ELEC T button. 2. Use the numbered buttons on the control p anel to enter the personal ID number you set above.
29 Store T o Hard Disk Using Store to Hard Disk 1. Select Store to HDD . 2. Enter a job name of up to 16 characters unde r J ob Name and a four digit personal ID numbe r from 0000 to 9999. 3. Click Print to proceed with your prin t job. The document will be stored on the printer ’s hard disk.
30 Printing a document stored on t he hard disk. 1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the SELECT button. 2. Use the numbered buttons on the control p anel to enter the personal ID number you set above. 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the re quired job name is displayed.
31 Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing Selecting Run Maintenance Cycle Be fore Printing forces the printer to automatically clean itself before printing . This option allows you to impr ove your pr int quality if there is a problem with prin ting such as too much graininess.
32 Printing Multiple P age s on One Sheet (N-up Printing) 1. Click File → Print , and select your printer . 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath th e printer and select Layout . 3. From the Layout scre en , sele ct the op tio n s desi red.
33 Duplex Printing (Printing on Both Sides of the Pa p e r ) • S tandard pap er sizes only . • Paper weight range 20 to 28 lb. US Bond (75 to 105 g/m ² ). • Paper must be loaded print side up . • Only T ray 1, optional T rays 2 and 3, and the High Cap acity Feeder trays can be used for du plex printing.
34 3. From the Layout scre en , sele ct th e options desired. a. Select Print on Both Sides . b. Select which Binding you prefer. 4. Click Print to print or Save Settings to save an d close the printer dialog box.
35 Collating Collating can be carried ou t with or w ithout a har d disk drive in stalled. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance. 1. Click File → Print , and select your printer . 2. The General dialog box should already be displa ye d.
36 3. Select Collated . 4. Click Print . General_oem.jpg.
37 Mac OS 9.x Utilities General Information The following utilit ies are supplied: • Fonts Downloader (s ee page 39) This utility allows you to transfer fonts to the printer’s RAM or optional hard disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript printer.
38 Installing the Utilities 1. Insert the CD supplied with your prin ter into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the CD icon that appear s on the desktop. 3. Open the MAC folder . 4. Click PSDRV → English , then double click th e Mac Inst aller icon.
39 F onts Downloader This utility allows you to transfer fo nts to the printer’s RAM or hard disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript prin ter. This utility is an Adobe product and is not supported by Oki Data. Please see the Read Me file for further info r ma tio n.
40 Color Swatch Utility Things To Remember: • Y our software may not be able to match colors using the information provided by the swa tch files. In that case, you may need to use ot he r me a ns of mat ching.
41 Create a Custom Swatch 1. If the color you are seek ing is not in the Simple Swatch , cre a te a new color by selecting Custo m Swatch from the File menu. CustomSwatch.jpg 2. Drag the handles as required an d press OK to create the new color . •H u e bar changes the hue of the swatches, for example, red to green or blue to yellow .
42 Storage Device Manager Open SDM Double click the local hard drive, then doub le click Okidat a → SDM for Mac → Storage Device Manager f or Mac . From the main screen, you can set the default feed tr ay as well as paper sizes for the feed tra ys.
43 Using Storage Device Mana ger to set Options Click the Options button and make any desired changes in the settings. When you a re done maki ng changes, click Save to download the settings to the printer.
44 Paper Jam Recovery This parameter, wh en enabled, se ts whether or not printing continues after a paper jam has been cleared. If set to Disable, the print job that was bei ng printed when the paper jam occurred will be cancelled after clearing the paper ja m.
45 Utilities Menu Change Printer Name/Z one Only available if the print er is on an Apple T alk ne tw or k. This changes the name that is stor ed in the PostScript interp reter in the printer. However, this will not change the name displayed in the Chooser.
46 Download File This utility allows you to down load PS/PDF/Font files to the printer’s hard drive for faster printing. The pr inter will automatically print the PS/PDF file s unless they are spe cified to be stored on the hard disk. 1. Click Utilities → Download File.
47 Initialise Disk 1. Click Utilities → Initialise Disk. 2. Select the Disk to erase and click Initialise . Substitute Fonts This functio n is not supp orted for a non-kanji printer. CAUTION! This utility erases the printer’s hard dis k and causes it to rebuild the directories.
48 PS Gamma Ad juster This option allows adjusting the gamma output, or toner density, when printing a job. The Ga mma Curve pr ofile is sent to the printer with the print job. 1. Because Gamma Curve profiles are tied to the displaye d PPD file, select the correct PPD file befor e pr oc ee din g.
49 Create/Edit a New Gamma Curve Profile 1. T o create a new Gamma Curve, click New . T o edit an existing Gamma Curve, highlig ht the profile and click Edit . 2. T o apply the curve to all four colors, select All (CMYK) [the default]. T o edit a specific color , deselect All (CMYK ) and click the individual color .
50 Macintosh OS 1 0.1 & 1 0.2 Print er Driver See your print ed Software Insta llation Guide for information on installing printer drivers. Adjusting Options Apple Computer has not enabled Co nfigure Printer ... for OS 10.1 and 10.2. Therefore, direct configu ration of the printer driver is unavailable at this time.
51 Macintosh OS 1 0.1 & 1 0.2 Operation This section explains how to c hange the prin ter’s operation for specific print jobs. Most applications allow the printer prop er ties to be accessed from within the document prin t dialog. This section will only detail options as they apply to the Oki Data printer driver.
52 Color Print Matching The install utility provides a color matching profile for your printer. In general, using th e OKI Color Matching settings will provide reasonable default setting s that produce good results for most documents . Many applications have their own color settings and these may override the se ttings in the prin ter driver.
53 Monitor Color Profile Select Apple provides a ColorSync Utility → Devices that allows selection of the Oki Data supplied IC C color profile for your monitor. The profile will attempt to calibrate the monitor to more closely match the printer’s output.
54 Color Profile Select: Apple ColorSync Not to be confused with the ColorSync Utility → Devices , Apple also provides a System Preference utility, ColorSync , for selection of color profiles for the printer and docume nts. 1. Click System Preferen ce s → ColorSync .
55 Monitor Settings The brightness and contrast con trols on your monitor can change how your document lo o ks on - scr ee n. You can calibrate your monitor’s color regimen in System Preferences → Displays → Color . Additionally, your monitor color temperature influences how “warm” or “cool” the co lors look.
56 Choosing a Color Matching Method There is no one correct way to achieve a go od color match b etween the document displayed on your monitor, an d its printed equivalent. There are many factors involved in achie ving accurate and reproducible color.
57 Matching Photographic Images RGB Only The standard Color Ma tch ing (found in the pr inter driver under Printer Features → Feature Set 2 ) is a generally a good ch oice.
58 Printing V ivid Colors RGB Only • Use OKI Color Matching, with either the Monitor 6500k Vi vid, sRGB or Digital Camera settings. RGB or CMYK • Use PostScript Color Matching with the S aturation o ption. Driver Options OKI Printer F eatures To acce ss Features : 1.
59 Feature Set 1 Select from the following options: Quality • Fast: 600 x 600 dpi, b oth models • Fine: Model C7350: 600 x 1200 dpi Model C7550: 1200 x 1200 d p Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide Mac10.
60 greater performance. This option is useful when printing multip le copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence. Media Type Many options are a vailable for selecting the media type. Normally the Printer Setting is used. MediaTypeOSX.
61 Feature Set 2 Select from the following options: Color Control Mac10.2AND3_ColorControl.jpg OKI Color Matching Affects RGB data only. This is the defa ult setting an d provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer.
62 No Color Matching No color correction occurs when sele cted. This opt ion is benefic ial when other m atching regim ens are us ed, specific ally if you selec t a Color Simulation option. Print In Grayscale No color will print. The printer will in terpret all colors as a variation of grays.
63 Monitor(6500k) Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer. This selection works best for office situations. Monitor (6500k) Perceptual Optimized for printing photograp hs wh en using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K, Th is is best for printing photog raphic images.
64 Rendering Intent When a document is printed, a co nversion takes place from the document's color space to the printer color space. The rend ering intents are essentially a set of ru les that dete rmine how this color conversion tak es place .
65 different from paper white, so th is may result in color casts, especially in t he lighter a reas of an im age. Printer Halftone This option pr events the half tone of a high-end graphic ap plication from printing. Click the che ckbox to enable the option.
66 Color Matching by selecting the No Color Matching option under the Color Match option in the print er driver. Separations This option affects output only, a llowing you to print all colors or separate p lates. Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray.
67 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the pr inted material on the page 180 degrees. Apg_Apg. jpg.
68 Printing Multiple P a ges on One Sheet (N-up Printing) 1. Click File → Print and select your printer . 2. Open the drop-do wn menu and select Layout . 3. From the Layout sc re en , select the options des ire d. a. For Multiple Pages, access Pages per sheet b.
69 Duplex Printing (Printin g on Both Sides of the Pa p e r ) 1. Click File → Print and select your printer . 2. Open the drop-down menu at lef t and select Duplex . 3. From the Duplex screen, sele ct the options desired. a. For Duplexing (pr inting on both sides of the sheet), select Print on Both Sides .
70 Collating Collating can be carried out with or without the optional hard d isk drive. However, using the HDD improves performance. If the software applic atio n bein g us ed has a collate print option, it is recommended to use only one collate optio n to prevent any conflicts in printing, i.
71 Mac OS 1 0.1 & 1 0.2 Utilities With the exception of Job Accounti ng, the utilities on the Drivers CD are unavailable for Mac OS X and will only run on Mac 9.x or Clasic OS. Once the Job Accounting utility ha s been set up by your N etwork Administrator, it is transparent to th e operation of the p rinter driver on your OS X system.
72 Macintosh OS 1 0.3 Print er Driver See your print ed Software Insta llation Guide for information on installing printer drivers. Adjusting Options Apple Computer has not enabled Co nfigure Printer ... for OS 10.3 . Therefore, direct configura tion of th e printer driver is unavailable a t this time.
73 Macintosh OS 1 0.3 Operation This section explains how to c hange the prin ter’s operation for specific print jobs. Most applications allow the printer prop er ties to be accessed from within the document prin t dialog. This section will only detail options as they apply to the Oki Data printer driver.
74 Color Print Matching The install utility provides a color matching profile for your printer. In general, using th e Color Matchin g settings w ill provide reasonable default settings that produce good results for most documents. Many applications have their own color settings and these may override the se ttings in the prin ter driver.
75 Monitor Color Profile Select Apple provides a ColorSync Utility → Devices that allows selection of the Oki Data supplied IC C color profile for your monitor. The profile will attempt to calibrate the monitor to more closely match the printer’s output.
76 1. Access the printer settings p age via the Print dialog from an y application (usually File → Print ). 2. Click the drop-down menu and select Printer Features and then select the Feature Set 2 t ab for Color Setting . Monitor Settings The brightness and contrast con trols on your monitor can change how your document lo o ks on - scr ee n.
77 Pap e r Typ e The type of paper used ca n also sign ificantly affect th e printed color. For example, a printout on recycl ed paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy pa per.
78 Matching Photographic Images RGB Only The standard Color Ma tch ing (found in the pr inter driver under Printer Features → Feature Set 2 ) is generally a good choice.
79 Driver Options OKI Printer F eatures To acce ss Feature Set 1 : 1. Click File → Print and select your printer . 2. Open the drop-do wn menu and select Printer Features .
80 Feature Set 1 Select from the following options: Quality • Fast: 600 x 600 dpi, b oth models • Fine: Model C7350: 600 x 1200 dpi Model C7559: 1200 x 1200 d pi Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive provid e greater Mac10.
81 performan ce. This option is useful when printing multip le copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence. Media Type Many options are availa ble for selec ting the me dia type. No rmally the Printer Setting is used. Any selection, other than Printer Setting , will override the printer’s me nu setting.
82 Color Control OKI Color Matching Affects RGB data only. This is the defa ult setting an d provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. Postscript Color Matching Uses PostScript Color Rendering Dictionar ies built into the printer, and affe cts bo th RGB an d CM YK dat a.
83 Feature Set 2 Select from the following options: Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only. Auto This option is best for an office environment, with the printer determining which style is better. Glossy This option uses more CMYK and less black while producing a shinier black.
84 Color Setting This option allows you to select your color settings as they appea r on your monitor. Monitor(6500k) Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer.
85 Rendering Intent When a document is printed, a co nversion takes place from the document's color space to the printer color space. The rend ering intents are essentially a set of ru les that dete rmine how this color conversion tak es place .
86 Printer Halftone This option pr events the half tone of a high-end graphic ap plication from printing. Click the che ckbox to enable the option. Color Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only.
87 Feature Set 3 Select from the following options: Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray. Only standard sizes are ch ecked. Toner Saving Checking this enables toner saving but redu ce print quality.
88 Printing Multiple P a ges on One Sheet (N-up Printing) 1. Click File → Print and select your printer . 2. Open the drop-do wn menu and select Layout . 3. From the Layout sc re en , select the options des ire d. a. For Multiple Pages, access Pages per sheet b.
89 Duplex Printing (Printin g on Both Sides of the Pa p e r ) 1. Click File → Print and select your printer . 2. Open the drop-do wn menu and select Layout . 3. Under T wo Sided Printing , select the binding. Mac10.3_SelectLayout.jpg Mac10.3_DuplexOff.
90 Long Edge Bind ing Short Edge Binding NOT ES • Duplex printing can only be carrie d out on st andard p aper sizes and p aper weight s between 20 and 28 lb. (75 and 105 g/m ² ). • The optional duplex unit must be inst alled in the printer and enabled before duplex prin ting can be carried out.
91 Collating Collating can be carried out with or without the optional hard d isk drive. However, using the HDD improves performance. If the software applic atio n bein g us ed has a collate print option, it is recommended to use only one collate optio n to prevent any conflicts in printing, i.
92 Mac OS 1 0.3 Utilities With the exception of Job Accounti ng, the utilities on the Drivers CD are unavailable for Mac OS 10.3 and will only run on Mac 9.x or Classic OS. Once the Job Accounting utility ha s been set up by your N etwork Administrator, it is transparent to th e operation of the p rinter driver on your OS 10.
93 Index B Black finish OS 10.1/10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . 62 OS 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Black overprint OS 10.1/10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . 60 OS 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 OS 9.x . . .
94 Mac OS 9.x activating duplex unit . . . . . . 6 activating hard disk drive . . . 6 activating optional memory . 6 activating trays . . . . . . . . . . 6 choosing color matching methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 color option settings . . . . . 13 color print matching .
95 U Utilities, OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . 37 color swatch . . . . . . . . . . . 40 fonts downloader . . . . . . . . 39 storage device manage r . . 42.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Oki C7550 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Oki C7550 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Oki C7550 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Oki C7550 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Oki C7550, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Oki C7550.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Oki C7550. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Oki C7550 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
