Oki Okicolor8, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ...tion in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by OKI DATA Copyright 1999 by OKI DATA All rights reserved First edition December 19...

Page 3: ...a registered trademark of Apple Computer Company Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines...

Page 4: ...e Creator Image File Index16 Tools Tab 17 About Tab 20 NetFlash Features 21 Main Screen 23 Address Dialog 25 Creating a Flash ROM Image 26 Creating Macros 27 Preparing Macros Using Image Creator 28 Lo...

Page 5: ...l fonts bar codes corporate typefaces in your printer s flash memory Two software utilities are included OKI Flash Image Creator and OKI NetFlash Click for more information Flash Memory Fonts Macros O...

Page 6: ...emory remain permanent even when power is turned off Additionally the contents of flash memory can be erased and reloaded with new data Storing commonly used fonts and macros in flash can minimize the...

Page 7: ...7 Fonts OKI s flash memory can be used to store PCL bitmaps SFP files and TrueType fonts TTF files...

Page 8: ...s or checks and forms Flash memory is commonly used to replace preprinted forms with electronic forms Electronic forms are forms that are stored in your printer s flash memory as a series of printer c...

Page 9: ...rt Image Creator lets you Import PRN files for use as macros PRN files can be created from within many Windows applications by printing to a file Import PCL bitmap and TrueType fonts Test macros store...

Page 10: ...send flash image files over a TCP IP network to printer servers NetFlash lets you program the flash memory installed in network connected printers maintain a list of print server addresses verify the...

Page 11: ...macros and fonts TrueType and PCL bitmap fonts are supported 2 Using Image Creator assemble the desired fonts and macros assign IDs and create a flash memory image file 3 Download the image file to an...

Page 12: ...s and macros into flash image files Image Creator can also download the image file to an OKI page printer via a parallel port Note For downloading image files to a network printer use OKI NetFlash Cli...

Page 13: ...nctions Add File Select fonts and macros files PRN files to be added to current project Multiple files within the same directory can be highlighted and added at the same time Macros are imported as PR...

Page 14: ...files are PRN files that have already been filtered by Image Creator BIN files should not contain Macro ID commands Macro Start or Macro End commands Each macro must be imported as a separate BIN file...

Page 15: ...be modified by double clicking an object in the list box Create Image Compile the contents of the list box into a flash image file Image files contain fonts and macros in the format required for OKI f...

Page 16: ...ng of the fonts macros and IDs used to build the image file Example Flash Image created at 10 39 08 on 22 11 1999 Contents ID 00032 File Upc13mil sfp ID 00021 File Upc10mil sfp ID 00020 File Hv14bus s...

Page 17: ...Once a connection is established additional functions are enabled Filter Macro File Convert PCL macro files into BIN files by removing PJL and page specific PCL commands PCL files can be generated us...

Page 18: ...st macros files PRN and BIN files Macros are downloaded to the printer s RAM and executed A formfeed command is added to eject the page Send Page Job Command Execute individual PCL commands to facilit...

Page 19: ...er The contents of the memory will be erased before the new image is downloaded Test Flash Macro Verify the contents of a printer s flash memory by sending the macro execute command along with the mac...

Page 20: ...20 About Tab The tab displays general information about OKI Flash Image Creator...

Page 21: ...ddresses of target network printers Printer model or flash number if the printer contains multiple flash memory modules The TCP IP address can be numerical e g 172 31 12 166 It can also be text e g ma...

Page 22: ...t Microsoft Windows operating system 95 98 NT 3 51 or NT 4 0 PC with NIC installed and configured for TCP IP networking Print server or printer NIC configured for TCP IP and supporting FTP protocol Cl...

Page 23: ...ally by using the Add button Printer model Location user entered descriptive name of printer Status You can change the size of the list element Vertical and horizontal scroll bars appear automatically...

Page 24: ...s one or more selected addresses from the list Test Verify the contents of a selected printer s flash memory The printer s font demo can be printed to verify that fonts have been properly downloaded M...

Page 25: ...you click on the Add or Edit buttons a dialog box opens for entering or editing the printer s TCP IP address The dialog includes fields for the numerical or text address the model and a description of...

Page 26: ...26 Creating a Flash ROM Image Click for more information Creating Macros Preparing Macros Using Image Creator...

Page 27: ...g a PCL5e driver print the page to verify the content and layout Note Macros cannot be created using an XL or PostScript driver 2 Print the document again but this time enable the Print to file option...

Page 28: ...ompatible with OKI printers 1 Start Image Creator 2 From the Flash Image tab press Add File The Open dialog appears 3 Select All Files as the file type and browse to the folder containing your PRN fil...

Page 29: ...cally appended to print jobs that already contain printer commands that specify paper size orientation etc Removing these commands from your PRN file eliminates possible conflicts with print jobs that...

Page 30: ...tten since the flash memory is erased prior to download 6 You can import additional PCL bitmap fonts SFP TrueType fonts TTF and PRN files using the Add File button Once you have created a list of font...

Page 31: ...reate Image to assemble the fonts and macros into a single flash image file The standard Windows Save File Dialog displays Choose a path and filename to save the image being created 9 Download the fla...

Page 32: ...32 Loading the Image into Memory Click for more information Parallel Printer Using Image Creator Network Printer Using NetFlash...

Page 33: ...inters must be connected to an LPT port and located using the Auto Locate feature 2 Download the previously created image file using the Download Flash Image button 3 Try out the macros by their IDs u...

Page 34: ...34 Network Printer Using NetFlash Note Before downloading the flash image file you must have created a list of network print server addresses How to Create a Printer List...

Page 35: ...pears 2 In the address dialog enter the printer s IP or text address model and a description of the printer 3 Click OK to enter the printer into the list 4 To verify the printer s connection click on...

Page 36: ...nformation click on the printer address then click Edit The address dialog appears Editing follows the same procedure as steps 2 and 3 6 To remove a printer from the list click on the printer address...

Page 37: ...file are added to the screen list 2 Select printer servers using the Select all button or select destination addresses by clicking on the listed address The status of the selected addresses changes t...

Page 38: ...ation of the sending process is approximately two minutes per print server 4 When the download is completed for each address the status field in the address list changes to done if successful fail if...

Page 39: ...39 Creating Multiple SIMMs To create multiple SIMMs with the same data repeat the download process after turning off the printer and changing the SIMM see the Hardware Installation Guide...