Olivetti L26 User's Manual

Monochrome led page printer

PG L26 - PG L26 Special

User’s Guide

537207EN

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Olivetti S.p.A.

Gruppo Telecom Italia

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May 2007

The manufacturer reserves the right to carry out modifications to the product described in this manual at any time and without any notice.

Your attention is drawn to the following actions which could compromise the conformity attested to above, as well as the characteristics of the product:

• incorrect electrical power supply;

• incorrect installation, incorrect or improper use or use not in compliance with the warnings provided in the

User’s Manual supplied with the product;

• replacement of original components or accessories with others of a type not approved by the manufacturer, or performed by unauthorised personnel.

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DISPOSAL OF ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND THEIR COMPONENTS

INFORMATION

1. FOR COUNTRIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

The disposal of electric and electronic devices as solid urban waste is strictly prohibited: it must be collected separately.

The dumping of these devices at unequipped and unauthorized places may have hazardous effects on health and the environment.

Offenders will be subjected to the penalties and measures laid down by the law.

T

O DISPOSE OF OUR DEVICES CORRECTLY

:

a) Contact the Local Authorities, who will give you the practical information you need and the instructions for handling the waste correctly, for example: location and times of the waste collection centres, etc.

b) When you purchase a new device of ours, give a used device similar to the one purchased to our dealer for disposal.

The crossed dustbin symbol on the device means that:

- when it to be disposed of, the device is to be taken to the equipped waste collection centres and is to be handled separately from urban waste;

- Olivetti guarantees the activation of the treatment, collection, recycling and disposal procedures in accordance with Directive 2002/96/CE (and subsequent amendments).

2. FOR OTHER COUNTRIES (NOT IN THE EU)

The treatment, collection, recycling and disposal of electric and electronic devices will be carried out in accordance with the laws in force in the country in question.

P

REFACE

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it. Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer.

While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.

Copyright © 2007. All rights reserved.

Hewlett-Packard, HP, and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard

Company.

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

Apple, Macintosh, Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer.

Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors.

Please note that Microsoft Windows XP was used to produce all screenshots in this manual. These screenshots may vary if you are using any other operating system, but the principle is the same.

E

MERGENCY

F

IRST

A

ID

Take care with toner powder:

If swallowed, induce vomiting and seek medical attention. Never attempt to induce vomiting if person is unconscious.

If inhaled, move the person to an open area for fresh air. Seek medical attention.

If it gets into the eyes, flush with large amounts of water for at least 15 minutes keeping eyelids open. Seek medical attention.

Spillages should be treated with cold water and soap to help reduce risk of staining skin or clothing.

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C

ONTENTS

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Emergency First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Using your printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Online usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Printing Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Abbreviations used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printer components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Operator panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Online button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Menu functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printing menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

PG L26 Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Panel elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Menu functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Printing menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Paper recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Paper and envelope types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Transparencies and adhesive labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Installing paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Face up and face down printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Automatic feed sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Printing envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Heavyweight paper or cardstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Paper feed, size and media setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PG L26 Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Printer drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Windows operating systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53


Macintosh operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Choosing a Mac driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Printer settings in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Printing preferences in Windows applications . . . . . 55

PCL emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Setting from Windows Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Printer settings in Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

2-sided printing (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Manual duplex printing using the paper tray . . . . . . . 70

Manual duplex printing using the Manual Feed

Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Consumables and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Consumable order details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Toner cartridge life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

When to replace the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

PG L26 Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Replacing the toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Image drum life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

When to replace the image drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

PG L26 Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Replacing the image drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Resetting the drum counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

PG L26 Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Generating a cleaning page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

PG L26 Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Cleaning the LED array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Status and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

PG L26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

PG L26 Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Input jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Feed jam or exit jam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Print quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Hardware problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84


Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Paper and tray information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Notes/symbols/terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92


N

OTES

, C

AUTIONS AND

W

ARNINGS

NOTE

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CAUTION!

A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage.

WARNING!

A warning appears in this manual like this. A warning provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury.


I

NTRODUCTION

Congratulations on purchasing this 26 pages per minute monochrome page printer.

Your new printer is designed with a range of advanced features to give you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide range of print media.

For your information, a summary of the main features of your printer is given below.

P

RINTER FEATURES

> 2 different models to choose from: PG L26,

PG L26 Special

Memory: 32MB >

>

>

>

>

High speed printing: 26 pages per minute

Resolution: 1200 x 600 dpi

Paper handling: 250 sheets (80g/m²).

Emulation: Printer Control Language PCL5e, PCL6, Epson

FX, IBM ProPrinter

Barcodes: embedded for SIDM emulations >

> USB 2.0 and Parallel interfaces

Additionally, the following optional features are also available:

>

>

10/100 BASE-TX Network Interface Card: to make the

PG L26 and PG L26 Special network compatible

16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files

>

>

RS232C Card: to provide serial interface capability for the

PG L26 and PG L26 Special

Second paper tray: to increase your printer’s paper handling capacity by 500 sheets (80g/m²)

> Multi-purpose tray: to extend the range of media your printer can accommodate (capacity 100 sheets (80g/m²) or 50 envelopes)

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> One of the following can be added:

> 8MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special

> 16MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special

> PostScript PS level 3 DIMM: to add PostScript emulation to the PG L26 Special. Cannot be added in conjunction with extra flash memory. (See the section entitled “Installing Options” for full details.)

U

SING YOUR PRINTER

To help you get the most from your printer, the manufacturer has provided a variety of supporting materials. A summary of these materials and their purposes is given in the following chapter.

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A

BOUT THIS MANUAL

This manual is the user’s guide for your printer and forms part of the overall user support listed below:

> Quick Set-up Guide: to describe how to unpack, connect and power up your printer.

> This User’s Guide: to help you to operate your printer and make the best use of its many features. Also included are guidelines for troubleshooting and maintenance to ensure that it performs at its best. Additionally, information is provided for adding optional accessories as your printing needs evolve.

>

>

Installation Guides: accompany consumable items and optional accessories to describe how to install them.

Online Help: online information associated with the printer driver and Status Monitor software.

This manual has been written using more than one printer as a model and the illustrations/screenshots reflect this. What you see will be appropriate to the model you are using.

O

NLINE USAGE

This manual is intended to be read on screen using an Adobe

Acrobat Reader. Use the navigation and viewing tools provided in

Acrobat.

You can access specific information in two ways:

>

>

In the list of bookmarks down the left hand side of your screen, click on the topic of interest to jump to the required topic. (If the bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.)

In the list of bookmarks click on Index to jump to the

Index. (If the bookmarks are not available, use the Table of Contents.) Find the term of interest in the alphabetically arranged index and click on the associated page number to jump to the page containing the subject.

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P

RINTING

P

AGES

The whole manual, Individual pages, or sections may be printed.

The procedure is:

1.

2.

From the toolbar, select File > Print (or press the

Ctrl + P keys).

Choose which pages you wish to print:

(a) [All pages], for the entire manual.

(b) [Current page] for the page at which you are looking.

3.

(c) [Pages from] and [to] for the range of pages you specify by entering their page numbers.

Click on OK.


A

BBREVIATIONS USED

The following abbreviations are used in this manual:

ABBREVIATION

Ctrl dpi

DIMM n

LED

NIC

PCL

PS

PSE

RAM

SIDM

MEANING

Control dots per inch

Dual In-line Memory Module network card installed

Light Emitting Diode

Network Interface Card

Printer Control Language

PostScript (emulation)

PostScript Emulation

Random Access Memory

Serial Impact Dot Matrix


P

RINTER COMPONENTS

Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next chapter, the PG L26 and PG L26 Special printers look similar from the outside. The important components are identified in the representations below.

4.

5.

6.

1.

2.

3.

7.

8.

9.

Operator panel (PG L26 shown)

Output Stacker (150 sheets, face down)

Top cover release button

Output Stacker extension

Output Stacker extension paper guide

Paper Tray content indicator

ON/OFF switch

Rear Output Stacker (50 sheets, face up)

Rear Output Stacker paper guide

9

1

8

2

3

4

5

7

6

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10.

LED array

11.

Image drum

12.

Manual Feed Tray (single sheet) (shown in closed position)

13.

Paper Tray (250 sheets)

14.

Toner cartridge

15.

Fuser unit

16.

Top cover

16

10

11

15

14

13

12


17.

Power cable connection

18.

Cooling fan

19.

USB interface connection

20.

Parallel interface connection

21.

Second paper tray (optional) connection

22.

Network card (optional)

23.

RS232 serial interface card (optional)

24.

Optional Multi Purpose Tray connection

17

18

24

23

22

21 20 19


O

PERATOR PANELS

This chapter describes the function of the operator panel on your printer. It is useful to describe the Status Monitor software at this point as it provides the PG L26 status information and the equivalent of the menu control panel on the PG L26 Special. (See

“Printer Drivers” for installation of the Status Monitor.)

PG L26

O

PERATOR PANEL

The PG L26 operator panel consists of 4 indicating LEDs and an

Online button. From left to right, the LEDs indicate Power On,

Ready, Manual feed and Error.

LED

INDICATORS

The LED indicators show the status of the printer and have five operating conditions as follows:

> Indicator off

>

>

>

>

Indicator on

Flash 1 - slow blink - 1 long flash every 4 seconds

Flash 2 - blink - 1 flash per second

Flash 3 - rapid blink - 4 flashes per second.

All four LED indicators come on momentarily when power is switched on using the main power switch.

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Power on LED (green)

This indicator comes on and stays on when the printer is switched on using the main power switch.

Ready LED (green)

> Indicator on - the printer is on-line and ready to receive data.

> Indicator off - the printer is off-line and cannot receive data.

The meaning of the indicator LEDs when they flash (x) is summarised as follows:

FLASH

TYPE

Flash 1 – slow blink

READY

LED

(GREEN) x

MANUAL

FEED LED

(AMBER)

ERROR

LED

(AMBER) x

MEANING

The printer is data processing when printing has been suspended.

The image drum requires changing, toner is low or paper tray is empty but no job is processing.


FLASH

TYPE

Flash 2

— blink

READY

LED

(GREEN) x

Flash 3

— rapid blink x x

MANUAL

FEED LED

(AMBER)

ERROR

LED

(AMBER)

MEANING x x x x x x

The printer is receiving and processing data during printing or the printer is resetting.

The printer is requesting that a

Manual Feed Tray is used for paper feed.

There is a printing error, for example, a problem with paper, the cover is open or the paper tray is empty while a job is processing.

There is a minor error with the printer, for example, toner is low and the image drum needs to be changed.

There is a major error with the printer, requiring a service call, for example, a hardware problem.

>

>

>

O

NLINE BUTTON

The primary functions of the Online button are activated by pressing the switch momentarily and releasing. The primary functions are as follows:

>

Turning the printer off-line.

Turning the printer on-line (ready).

Resuming printing after a print overrun, page overflow, or receiving buffer overflow.

Interrupting data processing when the printer is receiving and processing data.


> Resuming data processing.

The secondary functions of the Online button are activated after turning the printer off line, then pressing and holding the switch for four seconds before releasing. The secondary functions are as follows:

> Printing the demo and menu pages.

NOTE

Demo and menu pages can also be printed using the printer

Status Monitor.

> Printing any data held in the buffer after printing has been cancelled.

The other functions of the Online button are activated after turning the printer off line then pressing and holding the switch for seven seconds before releasing. The other functions are as follows:

> Printing a cleaning page.

>

NOTE

A cleaning page can also be printed using the printer Status

Monitor.

Resetting the printer and clearing the buffer after printing has been cancelled.

NOTE

To reset the printer to the default settings of the manufacturer, the Online button is pressed and held down while the printer is switched on with the main power switch.

The LED indicators blink when the printer has reset to the default settings.


S

TATUS

M

ONITOR

After installing the printer driver software onto your computer, the Status Monitor is then installed to indicate what is happening to the printer when it is being used. (See the chapter entitled

“Printer Drivers”.) This Status Monitor is also used to control and change the various printer settings.

Using the Printer Status Monitor

Viewing the status of the printer, and viewing or changing the printer settings are carried out as follows:

Click on Start > All Programs > Olivetti > Status Monitor and select the Status Monitor. The current printer status is shown.


Printer Setup Tab

Selecting the Printer Setup tab provides access to the Printer

Menu button, which, when selected, enables you to:

> Select which printer to connect to via the Select Printer button.

> Configure the printer settings via the Open

Configuration button.

At all stages, detailed on-line help is provided via the Help button.


Preferences Tab

Selecting this tab provides the means to choose the information displayed by the Status Monitor and how/when the Status

Monitor appears.

The default Alert view setting ensures that the Status Monitor pops up to inform you of a condition that requires your attention e.g. toner low.


M

ENU FUNCTIONS

The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings. You can think of this as the software equivalent of an LCD operator panel display that appears on the front of some printers.

The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as

Information Menu or Print Menu.

Some of these settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software. The settings that you can change using this software act as the printer’s defaults. These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application.

For example, if you have set the number of copies in the Printer

Menu settings to one, this will be overridden if you select three copies of your document in the printer driver.


Information Menu

This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer.

INFORMATION MENU

ITEM

PRINT MENU MAP

PRINT FILE LIST

PRINT PCL FONT

PRINT PSE FONT

PRINT IBM PPR FONT

PRINT EPSON FX FONT

PRINT DEMO 1

ACTION

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

When PSE is installed

Print menu

This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions.

PRINT MENU

ITEM

COPIES

MANUAL FEED MODE

PAPER SOURCE

AUTO TRAY CHANGE

DEFAULT

1

OFF

TRAY1

OFF

ON

REMARKS

No optional tray installed

When Tray2 or MPF is installed

AUTO TRAY SEQUENCE

PAPER SIZE CHECK

RESOLUTION

TONER SAVE

ORIENTATION

LINES PER PAGE

EDIT SIZE

DOWN

ENABLE

600

DISABLE

PORTRT

64LNS

CASSETT


Media Menu

This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media.

MEDIA MENU

ITEM

TRAY1 MEDIA SIZE

TRAY1 MEDIATYPE

TRAY1 MEDIAWEIGHT

TRAY2 PAPERSIZE

TRAY2 MEDIATYPE

TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT

MPF MEDIA SIZE

MPF MEDIATYPE

MPF MEDIAWEIGHT

MANUAL TRAY MEDIA SIZE

MANUAL TRAY MEDIA TYPE

MANUAL TRAY MEDIA WEIGHT

CUSTOM PAPER SIZE UNIT

CUSTOM PAPER WIDTH

CUSTOM PAPER LENGTH

DEFAULT

A4 SIZE

PLAIN

MEDIUM

A4 SIZE

PLAIN

MEDIUM

DL ENV

PLAIN

MEDIUM

A4 SIZE

PLAIN

MEDIUM mm

210 mm

297 mm

REMARKS

When tray 2 is installed



When MPF is installed



System configuration menu

This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU

ITEM

POWER SAVE

EMULATION

PARA PORT

USB PORT

NW PORT

RS PORT

CLEAR ALARMS

CLEAR ERRORS

MANUAL FEED TIMEOUT

WAIT TIMEOUT

PRINT CONFIGURATION AT

TONER LOW

JAM RECOVERY

ERROR REPORT

ON

OFF

DEFAULT

10 MIN

AUTO

ASCII

RAW

RAW

ASCII

ON

ON

60 SEC

40 SEC

CONT

REMARKS

When NIC is installed

When RS232 is installed



ITEM

STATUS DISPLAY LANGUAGE

DEFAULT

ENGLISH

REMARKS

PCL emulation

This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation.

PCL MENU

ITEM

FONT SOURCE

FONT No.

FONT PITCH

FONT SIZE

DEFAULT

RESDENT

I000

10.00

12.00

REMARKS

Not displayed in default setup

SYMBOL SET

A4 WIDTH

WHITE PAGE SKIP

CR FUNCTION

LF FUNCTION

UNPRINTABLE AREA

PEN ADJUST

PC-8

78 COL

OFF

CR

LF

NORMAL

ON

PPR Emulation

This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation.

PPR MENU

ITEM

FONT PITCH

FONT PITCH IN CONDENSE

MODE

CHARACTER SET

SYMBOL SET

LETTER O STYLE

ZERO CHARACTER

LINE PITCH

WHITE PAGE SKIP

CR FUNCTION

LF FUNCTION

LINE LENGTH

FORM LENGTH

TOF POSITION

DEFAULT

10 CPI

12 to 20

SET-2

IBM-437

DISABLE

NORMAL

6 LPI

OFF

CR

LF

80 COL

A4

0.0 INCH

REMARKS


PPR MENU

ITEM

LEFT MARGIN

FIT TO LETTER

TEXT HEIGHT

DEFAULT

0.0 INCH

DISABLE

SAME

REMARKS

FX Emulation

This menu controls the printer’s FX emulation.

FX MENU

ITEM

FONT PITCH

CHARACTER SET

SYMBOL SET

LETTER O STYLE

ZERO CHARACTER

LINE PITCH

WHITE PAGE SKIP

CR FUNCTION

LINE LENGTH

FORM LENGTH

TOF POSITION

LEFT MARGIN

FIT TO LETTER

TEXT HEIGHT

DEFAULT

10 CPI

SET-2

IBM-437

DISABLE

NORMAL

6 LPI

OFF

CR

80 COL

A4

0.0 INCH

0.0 INCH

DISABLE

SAME

REMARKS

Parallel menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface.

PARALLEL PORT MENU

ITEM

PARALLEL PORT

BI-DIRECTIONAL

ECP MODE

ACK WIDTH

BUSY/ACK OUTPUT SEQUENCE

I-PRIME

OFF REC

DEFAULT

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

NARROW

IN

DISABLE

DISABLE

REMARKS

Only when PSE is installed


RS232C menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s RS232C data interface.

RS232C MENU

ITEM

RS232C

DEFAULT

ENABLE

FLOW CONTROL

BAUD RATE

DATA BITS

PARITY

MIN. BUSY TIME

OFF REC

DTR HI

9600

8 BITS

NONE

200mSEC

DISABLE

REMARKS

Only when RS232C is installed






Only when both RS232C and PSE are installed

USB menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface.

USB MENU

ITEM

USB

SOFTWARE RESET

OFF REC

DEFAULT

ENABLE

DISABLE

DISABLE

REMARKS


SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE

Network menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/

100Base-TX network interface.

NETWORK MENU

ITEM

TCP/IP

NETBEUI

NETWARE

DEFAULT

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

REMARKS

Only when NIC is installed




NETWORK MENU

ITEM

ETHERTALK

FRAME TYPE

IP ADDRESS SET

IP ADDRESS

SUBNET MASK

GATEWAY ADDRESS

INITIALIZE NIC?

WEB/IPP

TELNET

FTP

SNMP

LAN

HUB LINK SETTING

DEFAULT

ENABLE

AUTO

AUTO

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

NORMAL

AUTO

NEGOTIATE

REMARKS














Memory menu

This menu determines how printer memory is used.

MEMORY MENU

ITEM

RECEIVE BUFFER SIZE

RSRC SAV

DEFAULT

AUTO

OFF

REMARKS

System adjustment menu

This menu provides fine adjustment of image position on the printed page in steps of 0.25mm.

SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT MENU

ITEM

X ADJUST

Y ADJUST

TRAY ID

PLACE PAGE

DEFAULT

0.00 mm

0.00 mm

CENTER

REMARKS


Maintenance menu

This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions.

MAINTENANCE MENU

ITEM

RESET MENU

RESET DRUM COUNT

POWER SAVE MODE

TRANSFER SETTING

DARKNESS

PRINT CLEANING PAGE

DEFAULT

ENABLE

0

0

REMARKS

Usage menu

This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them.

USAGE MENU

ITEM

TOTAL SHEETS

DEFAULT

REMAINING

DRUM LIFE

TONER LIFE

REMAINING%

3K=%

REMARKS

The total number of sheets the printer has printed.

An indication of how soon you will need to replace the drum.

An indication of how much toner is left in the cartridge.


P

RINTING MENU SETTINGS

The menu settings can be printed as a menu map as follows.

Using the Online button

1.

Press the Online button to take the printer off-line.

2.

3.

Press and hold down the Online button for at least four seconds, but less than seven seconds.

The printer prints a list of the menu settings and a demo print page.

Using the Status Monitor

1.

Select Start > All Programs > Olivetti > Status Monitor.

2.

3.

Select the Printer Setup Tab.

Click on the Open Configuration button. The Printer

Menu is displayed.

4.

5.

Expand the Information Menu.

To print a demo page or Menu Map, select either “Print

Demo1” or “Print Menu Map” and click on the Apply button.


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PECIAL

O

PERATOR PANEL

The PG L26 Special operator panel consists of a menu driven control panel, an LCD display and a LED indicator.

READY

MENU

ON LINE

ITEM VALUE

+ +

-

SELECT

CANCEL

P

ANEL ELEMENTS

Ready indicator (green). ON - ready to receive data. FLASHING indicates processing data or error.

1.

2.

Liquid crystal display. (LCD) panel. Two rows of up to 8 alphanumeric digits displaying print status, menu items in menu mode and error messages.

Menu Button. Press briefly to enter the MENU mode.

Press briefly again to select the next menu. Press for more than 2 seconds to scroll through the different menus.

3.

4.

Item (+) button. Press briefly to scroll forward to the next menu item.

Value (+) button. Press briefly to scroll forward to the next value setting for each menu item.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Select button. Press briefly to select the menu, item or value indicated on the LCD panel.

Cancel button. Press to cancel a print job.

Value (–) button. Press briefly to scroll backward to the previous value setting for each menu item.

Item (–) button. Press briefly to scroll backward to the previous menu item.


9.

Online button. Press to switch between online and offline status.

NOTE

When pressed in Menu mode, the Online button returns the printer to ONLINE status. When pressed with DATA PRESENT displayed, it forces the printer to print out the remaining data in the printer. Also when there is an error indicating wrong paper size, pressing the Online button forces the printer to print.

M

ENU FUNCTIONS

The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s internal settings.

The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as

Information Menu or Print Menu.

Some of these settings are similar to those found in your printer driver or application software. The settings that you can change using this software act as the printer’s defaults. These can be overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application.

For example, if you have set the number of copies in the Printer

Menu settings to one, this will be overridden if you select three copies of your document in the printer driver.

Factory default settings are shown in the following tables.

Information Menu

This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer.

INFORMATION MENU

ITEM

MENU MAP

PCL FONT

PSE FONT

IBM PPR FONT

EPSON FX FONT

DEMO 1

ACTION

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply

When PSE is installed


Print menu

This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions.

PRINT MENU

ITEM

COPIES

MANUAL FEED

PAPER FEED

AUTO TRAY SWITCH

DEFAULT

1

OFF

TRAY1

OFF

ON

REMARKS

No optional tray installed

When Tray2 or MPF is installed

TRAY SEQUENCE

PAPER SIZE CHECK

RESOLUTION

TONER SAVE MODE

ORIENTATION

LINES PER PAGE

EDIT SIZE

DOWN

ENABLE

600 DPI

DISABLE

PORTRAIT

64 LINES

CASSETTE

SIZE

Media Menu

This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media.

MEDIA MENU

ITEM

TRAY1 PAPERSIZE

TRAY1 MEDIATYPE

TRAY1 MEDIAWEIGHT

TRAY2 PAPERSIZE

TRAY2 MEDIATYPE

TRAY2 MEDIAWEIGHT

MPF PAPERSIZE

MPF MEDIATYPE

MPF MEDIAWEIGHT

MANUAL PAPERSIZE

MANUAL MEDIATYPE

MANUAL MEDIAWEIGHT

UNIT OF MEASURE

X DIMENSION

Y DIMENSION

DEFAULT

A4

PLAIN

MEDIUM

A4

PLAIN

MEDIUM

DL ENV

PLAIN

MEDIUM

A4

PLAIN

MEDIUM mm

210 mm

297 mm

REMARKS








System configuration menu

This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work.


ITEM DEFAULT

POWER SAVE DELAY TIME

EMULATION

PARA PORT

USB PORT

NW PORT

RS PORT

CLEARABLE WARNING

AUTO CONTINUE

MANUAL TIMEOUT

WAIT TIMEOUT

TONER LOW

JAM RECOVERY

ERROR REPORT

10 MIN

AUTO

EMULATION

ASCII

RAW

RAW

ASCII

ON

ON

60 SEC

40 SEC

CONTINUE

ON

OFF

LANGUAGE ENGLISH

REMARKS

When NIC is installed

When RS232 is installed

PCL emulation

This menu controls the printer’s PCL emulation.

PCL MENU

ITEM

FONT SOURCE

FONT No.

FONT PITCH

FONT HGT

DEFAULT

RESDENT

I000

10.00 CPI

12.00

REMARKS

Not displayed in default setup

SYMBOL SET

A4 PRINT WIDTH

WHITE PAGE SKIP

CR FUNCTION

LF FUNCTION

PRINT MARGIN

PEN WIDTH ADJUST

PC-8

78 COLUMN

OFF

CR

LF

NORMAL

ON


PPR Emulation

This menu controls the printer’s PPR emulation.

PPR MENU

ITEM

CHARACTER PITCH

FONT CONDENSE

CHARACTER SET

SYMBOL SET

LETTER O STYLE

ZERO CHARACTER

LINE PITCH

WHITE PAGE SKIP

CR FUNCTION

LF FUNCTION

LINE LENGTH

FORM LENGTH

TOF POSITION

LEFT MARGIN

FIT TO LETTER

TEXT HEIGHT

DEFAULT

10 CPI

12 CPI to

20 CPI

SET-2

IBM-437

DISABLE

NORMAL

6 LPI

OFF

CR

LF

80 COLUMN

11.7 INCH

(A4)

0.0 INCH

0.0 INCH

DISABLE

SAME

REMARKS

FX Emulation

This menu controls the printer’s FX emulation.

FX MENU

ITEM

CHARACTER PITCH

CHARACTER SET

SYMBOL SET

LETTER O STYLE

ZERO CHARACTER

LINE PITCH

WHITE PAGE SKIP

CR FUNCTION

LINE LENGTH

FORM LENGTH

TOF POSITION

LEFT MARGIN

DEFAULT

10 CPI

SET-2

IBM-437

DISABLE

NORMAL

6 LPI

OFF

CR

80 COLUMN

11.7 INCH

(A4)

0.0 INCH

0.0 INCH

REMARKS


FX MENU

ITEM

FIT TO LETTER

TEXT HEIGHT

DEFAULT

DISABLE

SAME

REMARKS

Parallel menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s parallel data interface.

PARALLEL MENU

ITEM DEFAULT

PARALLEL ENABLE

BI-DIRECTION ENABLE

ECP ENABLE

ACK WIDTH

ACK/BUSY TIMING

I-PRIME

OFF REC

NARROW

ACK IN BUSY

3 MICRO SEC

DISABLE

REMARKS


RS232C menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s RS232C data interface.

RS232C MENU

ITEM

RS232C

DEFAULT

ENABLE

FLOW CTL

BAUD RATE

DATA BITS

PARITY

MIN. BUSY

OFF REC

DTR HI

9600

8 BITS

NONE

200mSEC

DISABLE

REMARKS







Only when both RS232C and PSE are installed


USB menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s USB data interface.

USB MENU

ITEM

USB

SOFT RESET

OFF REC

DEFAULT

ENABLE

DISABLE

DISABLE

REMARKS


SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE

Network menu

This menu controls the operation of the printer’s 10Base-T/

100Base-TX network interface.

NETWORK MENU

ITEM

TCP/IP

NETBEUI

NETWARE

ETHERTALK

FRAME TYPE

IP ADDRESS SET

IP ADDRESS

SUBNET MASK

GATEWAY ADDRESS

INITIALIZE NIC?

WEB/IPP

TELNET

FTP

SNMP

LAN

HUB LINK SETTING

DEFAULT

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

AUTO

AUTO

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

ENABLE

NORMAL

AUTO

NEGOTIATE

REMARKS


















Memory menu

This menu determines how printer memory is used.

MEMORY MENU

ITEM

RECEIVE BUFF SIZE

RSRC SAV

DEFAULT

AUTO

OFF

REMARKS

System adjustment menu

This menu provides fine adjustment of image position on the printed page in steps of 0.25mm.

SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT MENU

ITEM

X ADJUST

Y ADJUST

PCL MANUAL ID

PCL TRAY1 ID

PCL TRAY2 ID

PCL MP ID

PLACE PAGE

DEFAULT

0.00 mm

0.00 mm

2

1

5

6

CENTER

REMARKS

Maintenance menu

This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions.

MAINTENANCE MENU

ITEM DEFAULT

EEPROM RESET

DRUM COUNT RESET

POWER SAVE ENABLE

SETTINGS 0

DARKNESS 0

CLEANING PAGE

REMARKS


Usage menu

This menu is for information only, and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items. This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them.

USAGE MENU

ITEM

DRUM LIFE

TONER

DEFAULT

REMAINING%

7K=%

3K=%

REMARKS

An indication of how soon you will need to replace the drum.

An indication of how much toner is left in the cartridge.

P

RINTING MENU SETTINGS

Current menu settings can be confirmed by printing a Menu Map.

1.

Press the Menu button until the Information Menu is available.

2.

3.

Press the Item button until the display prompts you to print the menu map.

Press the Select button to print the menu map.


P

APER RECOMMENDATIONS

For guidance on the media you can use with your printer, which input tray and which ejection method to use, see the section entitled “Paper and tray information” in the “Specifications” chapter.

P

APER AND ENVELOPE TYPES

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting paper and envelopes for use in your printer:

> Paper and envelopes should be stored flat and away from moisture, direct sunlight and heat sources.

> Use a smooth finished paper such as copier or laser type paper with a Sheffield (smoothness) rating of 250 or less.

If in doubt, please ask your paper supplier.

Use envelopes designed for use in laser type printers.

The use of heavily laid or textured paper will seriously impact on the life of the image drum.

Do not use very smooth, shiny/glossy paper.

Do not use heavily embossed headed paper.

Avoid printing on both sides and putting paper through the printer twice.

> Avoid using paper with perforations, cut-outs and ragged edges.

Do not use envelopes with windows or metal clasps.

Do not use envelopes with self sealing flaps.

Avoid using damaged or curled envelopes.

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T

RANSPARENCIES AND ADHESIVE LABELS

The manufacturer of this printer recommends the following guidelines when selecting transparencies and adhesive labels for use in your printer:

> Always manually feed single sheets using a Manual Feed

Tray.

>

>

>

>

>

Always use rear output.

Media must be designed for use in laser printers or photocopiers and must be able to withstand 200°C for 0.1 sec.

Do not use media designed for use in colour laser printers and photocopiers .

Labels should cover entire carrier sheet.

Carrier sheet or adhesive must not be exposed to any part of the printer.


I

NSTALLING PAPER

1.

NOTE

If you are topping up the paper in a paper tray, it is recommended that you remove the remaining paper from the tray first then add the new paper stock followed by the paper you removed. This ensures that the oldest paper is used first to help prevent paper jams.

Remove the paper tray from the bottom of the printer and place plain paper in the tray, keeping the level of the paper in the tray below the guide arrowheads shown on the paper guides (1).

1

3 4

2


2.

3.

4.

NOTE

Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the front of the paper tray.

Adjust the rear paper support (2) to the size of paper you are using by gripping the lugs (3), tilting and sliding the support forwards or backwards as necessary.

Adjust the paper guides (1). It is important to adjust the paper guides correctly to ensure that the paper is not skewed in the print process. Paper jams may occur if this operation is not carried out correctly.

Replace the tray in the printer. The paper level indicator

(4) provides a visual indication of how much paper is left in the tray.

NOTE

If you have the optional second paper tray (Tray 2) and you are printing from the first (upper) tray (Tray 1), you can pull out the second (lower) tray to reload it. However, if printing from the second (lower) tray, do not pull out the first (upper) tray as this will result in a paper jam.

F

ACE UP AND FACE DOWN PRINTING

For face down printing, make sure the Rear Output Stacker is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). The Output

Stacker on the top of the printer stacks printed pages face down, capacity 150 sheets of weight 80 g/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted in reading order (last page on top, facing down).

For face up printing, make sure the face up Rear Output Stacker is open and the paper guide is extended if required. In this condition, paper will exit via this path, regardless of driver settings. Paper is stacked in reverse order, capacity 50 sheets of weight 80 g/m².

Always use this tray in conjunction with the Manual Feed Tray for heavyweight stocks to reduce the possibility of paper jams.


A

UTOMATIC FEED SEQUENCE

With no optional feed trays installed, the Autotray function in the

Print Menu is set by default to OFF and the Tray sequence function is set to DOWN. Ensure that the Autotray function is set to ON (default) when you have either or both optional feed trays installed. In this way, if a tray runs out of paper, automatic feed will take place in the order Tray 1, Tray 2 (if fitted), optional Multi

Purpose Tray (if fitted), provided that these trays are set up for identical media.

P

RINTING ENVELOPES

1.

Pull out the Rear Output Stacker (1) until it locks and lift out the paper guide (2).

2

1

3

2.

3.

4.

Pull down the Manual Feed Tray (3) and adjust the paper guides to the width of the envelope.

Insert the envelope, flap down and to the left, until the printer grips it.

Set envelope size and landscape orientation in your software, then issue the print command.


H

EAVYWEIGHT PAPER OR CARDSTOCK

The normal paper path from a main paper tray to the top output stack involves two complete U-turns. This may sometimes cause very heavyweight paper or cardstock to jam or misfeed.

Use the Manual Feed Tray to feed this type of paper and the Rear

Output Stacker to collect printed output. This gives a nearly straight paper path through the machine and may prove more reliable in this type of application.

P

APER FEED

,

SIZE AND MEDIA SETTING

The process used to fuse (fix) the printed image to the paper involves a mixture of pressure and heat. Too much heat will cause lightweight paper to crease or curl and corrugations in transparencies. Too little heat will cause the image not to fuse fully into heavyweight paper.

NOTE

Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs, when filling a tray with media it is recommended that you manually set the printer to match the media as described here.

PG L26

The print quality for different types of paper is adjusted by changing the media type as follows:

1.

Start the Status Monitor.

2.

3.

4.

Select the Printer Setup tab and click on the Printer

Menu button.

Select the Paper tab. Click on the button for the paper tray being used. Adjust the media type to the required setting and, if necessary, the paper size to the size of the paper being used.

Click on the Apply button, Close button then OK button to set the printer to the new media type and printing quality.


Printing transparencies

When printing transparencies, the Manual Feed Tray must be used and the media type changed to transparencies as follows:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

CAUTION!

Damage to the printer may occur if the incorrect setting is used when printing transparencies.

Open the Manual Feed Tray on the printer and place the transparency face up between the paper guides.

Adjust the paper guides to the width of the transparency.

Start the Status Monitor.


Menu button.

Select the Paper tab and click on the Manual Feed button.

Adjust the media type to Transparency and the paper size to the size of the transparency being used.

Click on the Apply button, Close button then OK button to set the printer for transparencies.

NOTE

Remember to reset the printer for normal paper after printing transparencies.


PG L26 S

PECIAL

>

>

Using the control panel on your printer, you can choose:

> which paper to use

> the size of the paper you wish to use the weight of the paper (thickness) the type of paper

NOTE

> If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on your computer, the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message.

> The following printer settings are given as a guide only.

Some software applications require the paper feed, size and media settings to be selected from within the application (page setup).

> Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs, it is recommended that when filling a tray with media you manually set the printer to match the media as described here.

Paper feed selection

The paper feed, paper size, paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printer using the control panel as follows.

1.

Press the Online button to return the printer to offline status.

2.

Press the Menu button repeatedly until PRINT MENU is displayed, then press the Select button.

3.

4.

Press the Item button until the required paper feed is displayed.

Press the Select button. A plus (+) appears next to the selected paper feed.

NOTE

When the AUTO TRAY SWITCH is set to ON and more than one paper tray is fitted, paper feed automatically switches to the next available paper tray, providing non-stop printing.


Paper size

Set the paper size as follows.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

NOTE

> When using paper trays, standard paper sizes are recognised automatically with CASSETTE SIZE (default setting) selected. Paper size need only be set for custom paper sizes.

> When using the Manual Feed Tray, the paper size has to be selected.

Press the On Line button to return the printer to offline status.

Press the Menu button until PRINT MENU is displayed, then preset Select button.

Press either Item (+) or (-) button repeatedly until EDIT

SIZE is displayed.

Press either Value (+) or (-) button until the required paper size is displayed, then press the Select button. A plus (+) appears next to the selected paper size.

Press the Online button to return the printer to ONLINE status.

Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file.

Media type and weight

Set media type and weight as follows:

1.

2.

CAUTION!

If media type or media weight are not correctly set, print quality deteriorates and the fuser roller may be damaged.

Press the Online button to return the printer to offline status.

Press the Menu button until MEDIA MENU is displayed, then press the Select button.


3.

4.

Press the Item (+) or (-) button until MEDIA TYPE or

MEDIA WEIGHT for the required tray is displayed.

Press the Value (+) or (-) button until the required paper type or weight is displayed, then press the Select button.

A plus (+) appears next to the selected paper type or weight.

5.

Press the Online button to return the printer back to online status.

Select the correct paper settings in the printer driver before printing the file.


I

NTERFACES

Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Parallel – For direct connection to a PC. This port requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable.

USB – For connection to a PC running Windows 98 or above (not Windows 95 upgraded to Windows 98) or

Macintosh. This port requires a cable conforming to USB version 2.0 or above.

The operation of a printer is not assured if a USB compatible device is connected concurrently with other

USB-compatible machines.

When connecting multiple printers of the same type, they appear as *****, ***** (2), ***** (3), etc. These numbers depend on the order of connecting or turning on each printer.

Serial – for direct connection to a device that uses serial printing (available as an option).

Ethernet – For network cable connection (available as an option).

NOTE

> It is not recommended that you connect serial/USB and parallel cables to the printer simultaneously.

> Interface cables are not supplied with your printer.

If you are connecting your printer directly to a stand alone computer proceed to the chapter entitled “Printer Drivers”.

If your printer is to be installed as a network printer, please refer to the relevant section in the User’s Guide for the network interface card for further details on how to configure the network connection before installing the printer drivers.

NOTE

Administrator’s authority is required when installing a network connection.

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P

RINTER DRIVERS

This chapter describes how to install a printer driver on two types of operating system – Windows and Macintosh.

The printer drivers are all contained on the printer driver CD-

ROM. Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest information on printer driver installation.

W

INDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS

1.

2.

With Windows running, insert the printer driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

A message should be displayed explaining how to install your printer driver and utilities. If this is not displayed automatically, use Start > Run... and enter

E:\readme.htm (where E is your CD-ROM drive) in the

Open field.

3.

Click on OK.

4.

5.

NOTE

The printer driver must be installed first before installing any utilities.

For the PG L26, ensure that the Windows Status Monitor is installed to enable you to keep track of the printer status.

For the PG L26 Special, you can use the Operator Panel

Language Setup utility to change the language on the printer’s LCD display.

I

NSTALLED OPTIONS

Certain options may have been installed in your printer. For those that are installed, check that they appear enabled on the Menu

Map (See “Confirming current settings” in “Operator panels”.)

Ensure that your options are set up in the printer driver(s) by making the appropriate settings on the Device Options tab (PCL emulation) and/or Device Settings tab (PS emulation) described in the chapter entitled “Operation”.

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M

ACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS

Please refer to the readme file on CD for details on installing the appropriate Macintosh drivers.

I

NSTALLED OPTIONS

Ensure that any installed options are enabled in the printer driver.

C

HOOSING A

M

AC DRIVER

The PG L26, PG L26 Special models allow you to use a PCL Mac driver.

If the PS option is installed on the PG L26 Special, a PS driver must always be used with Macintosh operating systems.

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O

PERATION

This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your printer from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment. In the former, while PCL emulation is available on all printer models, PS emulation is optional on the PG L26 Special.

P

RINTER SETTINGS IN

W

INDOWS

NOTE

The illustrations in this guide relate to Windows 2000 PCL and

PS emulations – other operating system windows may appear slightly different but the principles are the same.

The operator panel controlled menus and Status Monitor controlled menus (described in the chapter entitled “Operator panels”) provide access to many options.

The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel and Status Monitor menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those settings in the operator panel and Status Monitor menus.

P

RINTING PREFERENCES IN

W

INDOWS APPLICATIONS

When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialogue box appears. This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document. Next to the printer name is a Properties button.

When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which you can choose for this document. The settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents. Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running.

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PCL

EMULATION

The tabs available are the Setup Tab, the Job Options Tab and the Image Tab.

Setup Tab.

1.

2.

3.

Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer.

You can choose the source of the paper to feed, which may be Tray 1 (the standard paper tray), Manual Feed

Tray, Tray 2 (if you have the optional second paper tray installed) or the optional Multi Purpose feeder. You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray.

If you select manual, the Weight selection box becomes visible. You can leave the setting at Printer Setting or select as required.

A variety of document finishing options can be selected, such as normal one page per sheet, or N-up (where N can be 2 or 4) for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet.


4.

5.

6.

Under Manual 2-sided Printing, you can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2-sided printing (duplex printing). Your printer allows you to carry out manual duplex printing, meaning you must pass the paper

through the printer twice. For more information, see “2sided printing (Windows only)” on page 70. The Duplex

Help button also offers guidelines on how to carry out manual duplex printing.

If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a set, you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them.

A single on-screen button restores the default settings.

Job Options tab

1.

The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows.

> The Best Quality setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery. It is the best option for printing photographs.


2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

> The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text.

> The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs.

> The Draft setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable for printing draft documents that contain mainly text.

You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some print jobs.

Page orientation can be set to either portrait (tall) or landscape (wide). Both views can be rotated by

180 degrees.

You can print watermark text behind the main page image. This is useful for marking documents as draft, confidential, etc.

In Raster (bitmap) mode, processing of the page image is done in the computer leaving little processing for the printer to do, although the file size may be large. In

Vector mode, file sizes may be smaller and so transmission over a network, for example, may be faster.

These effects are more pronounced for graphics printing than for text printing.

You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively, although you will need to top up the paper tray during such a long print run.

Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery, within a range of 25% to 400% of the original size.



Image tab

1.

2.

3.

4.

Dithering produces an intermediate greyscale by adjusting the combination of dots used in printing. Selecting a setting determines the degree of detail with which a graphics image will be printed. Mesh determines that a screen of dots is used for dithering while Line Art determines that an array of lines is used for dithering.

Select dithering texture by setting the size of dots used in the halftone screen.

Set this control to print greyscale effects in black without dithering. Select the check-box to disable greyscale printing or de-select the check-box to enable greyscale printing.

You can manually adjust lightness (the higher the setting the lighter the print) and contrast (the higher the setting the greater the contrast).

PS emulation

The tabs available are the Layout Tab, the Paper/Quality Tab and the Job Options Tab.


Layout tab

1.

2.

3.

Page orientation can be set to portrait (tall), landscape

(wide) or landscape rotated by 180 degrees.

Printed page order can be set as front to back or back to front of the document.

Set the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet.


4.

Click the Advanced button to be able to set further document options as follows:

1.

2.

3.

Select the required printed paper size.

You can substitute another font for TrueType Font.

You can set other document options as required, including

PostScript options and printer features.


Paper/Quality tab

You can set the paper source or leave it as automatic selection and by using the Advanced button you have access to the same set of options as described above for the Layout Tab.


Job Options tab

1.

2.

3.

4.

The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows.

> The Best Quality setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting requires the most printer memory and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for printing photographs.

> The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi and is the best option for printing vector objects such as graphics and text.

> The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is suitable for most printing jobs. You can select Toner

Saving to save toner for some print jobs

You can print watermark text behind the main page image. This is useful for marking documents as draft, confidential, etc.

You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively, although you will need to top up the paper tray during such a long print run.

Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery.


5.

6.

Using the Advanced button gives you access to the facility to set mirror image printing or negative image printing.


S

ETTING FROM

W

INDOWS

C

ONTROL

P

ANEL

When you open the driver properties window directly from

Windows, rather than from within an application program, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes made here will generally affect all documents you print from

Windows applications, and will be remembered from one

Windows session to the next.

PCL emulation

The main tabs are the General Tab, Advanced Tab and Device

Options Tab.


General tab

1

2 3

1.

2.

3.

This area lists some of the main features of your printer, including optional items.

This button opens the same windows as described earlier for items which can be set from within application programs. Changes you make here, however, will become the new default settings for all Windows applications.

This button prints a test page to ensure that your printer is working.

NOTE

The above features are provided by the Windows 2000 operating system and will vary with other operating systems.


Advanced tab

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7

8

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9

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10

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2.

3.

You can specify which times of day your printer will be available.

Indicates current priority, from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest).

Highest priority documents will print first.

Specifies that documents should be spooled (stored in a special print file) before being printed. The document is then printed in the background, allowing your application program to become available more quickly. Options follow:

This specifies that printing should not start until the last page has been spooled. If your application program needs a lot of time for further computation in the middle of printing, causing the print job to pause for more than a short period, the printer could prematurely assume that the document has finished. Selecting this option would prevent that situation, but printing will be completed a little later, as the start is delayed.

This is the opposite choice to the one above. Printing starts as soon as possible after the document begins spooling.


4.

5.

This specifies that the document should not be spooled, but printed directly. Your application will not normally be ready for further use until the print job is complete. This requires less disk space on your computer, since there is no spool file.

Directs the spooler to check the document setup and match it to the printer setup before sending the document to print. If a mismatch is detected, the document is held in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and the document restarted from the print queue. Mismatched documents in the queue will not prevent correctly matched documents from printing.

6.

7.

Specifies that the spooler should favour documents which have completed spooling when deciding which document to print next, even if completed documents are lower priority than documents which are still spooling. If no documents have completed spooling, the spooler will favour larger spooling documents over shorter ones. Use this option if you want to maximise printer efficiency.

When this option is disabled the spooler chooses documents based only on their priority settings.

Specifies that the spooler should not delete documents after they are completed. This allows documents to be re submitted to the printer from the spooler instead of printing again from the application program. If you use this option frequently it will require large amounts of disk space on your computer.

8.

Specifies whether advanced features, such as pages per sheet, are available, depending on your printer. For normal printing keep this option enabled. If compatibility problems occur you can disable the feature. However, these advanced options may then not be available, even though the hardware might support them.

9.

This button provides access to the same setup windows as when printing from applications. Changes made via the

Windows Control Panel become the Windows default settings.

10.

You can design and specify a separator page that prints between documents. This is particularly useful on a


shared printer to help each user find their own documents in the output stack.

NOTE

The above features are provided by the Windows 2000 operating system and will vary with other operating systems.

Device Options tab

In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled “Installing options”.

PS emulation

The main tabs are the General Tab, Advanced Tab and Device

Settings Tab. The General and Advanced tabs are the same as for PCL emulation described earlier.


Device Settings tab

1

2

3

1.

2.

3.

You can set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays.

You can make a variety of font settings depending on your application.

You can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter entitled “Installing options”.

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RINTER SETTINGS IN

M

ACINTOSH

Refer to the readme file on the drivers CD and the online help provided in the driver software.


2-

SIDED PRINTING

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INDOWS ONLY

)

To carry out 2-sided, or Manual Duplex Printing you must pass paper through the printer twice. You can carry out 2-sided printing using the Paper Tray or the Manual Feed Tray.

2-sided Printing is supported on Windows operating systems only.

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ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE PAPER TRAY

1.

2.

Ensure that there is enough paper in the Paper Tray to carry out the print job.

Select File -> Print and click the Preferences button. In the 2-sided printing drop down menu, select either “Long

Edge” or “Short Edge” according to your printing preferences. If you require further information, click the

Duplex Help button. Then, Click the Print button.

3.

Every second page of your document is printed first.

When this is complete, a message appears on screen prompting you to take the paper, flip it and replace it in the Paper Tray.

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4.

5.

6.

Open the Paper Tray.

Take the printed paper from the Output Stacker and place it in the Paper Tray, ensuring that the printed side is facing up and the bottom of the page facing into the printer.

Close the Paper Tray and press the Online button. The message window should disappear from your screen and the document finishes printing the remaining pages of your document.

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ANUAL DUPLEX PRINTING USING THE

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ANUAL

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EED

T

RAY

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NOTE:

When using the Manual Feed Tray, feed pages one sheet at a time. You can use either the standard Manual Feed Tray or the optional Multi Purpose Tray, providing that this is installed.

Position the paper guides on the Manual Feed Tray according to the paper size.

Place paper one sheet at a time in the Manual Feed Tray.

The paper is automatically gripped in position.

Select File -> Print to display the Print dialog box.

Click the Preferences button. On the 2-sided printing drop down menu, select either “Long Edge” or “Short

Edge” according to your printing preferences. If you require further information, click the Duplex Help button

When every second page has printed, take the paper from the output stacker.

Set the paper one page at a time in the Manual Feed Tray with the printed side facing down and the top of the page facing into the printer. Ensure that the paper is gripped in place.

Press the Online button. The remaining pages of your document print on the blank side of the paper, one sheet at a time as you feed it into the Manual Feed Tray.

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ONSUMABLES AND MAINTENANCE

This section deals with the replacement of the toner cartridge and image drum and general maintenance.

C

ONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS

ITEM LIFE

Toner, standard, PG L26,

PG L26 Special

Toner, high capacity, PG L26 Special

3,000 A4 @ 5%

7,000 A4 @ 5%

Image drum 25,000 A4 pages*

*typical for continuous printing

Please always use genuine consumables.

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ONER CARTRIDGE LIFE

How long your toner cartridge lasts depends on the print density; the percentage of the page that prints black. A typical letter has

3% to 5% print density; graphics usually have higher density.

Higher print density means toner is used up faster. At 5% print density, a standard toner cartridge will print an average of 3,000 pages. Remember, this is only an average: actual results may vary.

The first toner cartridge installed in a new printer has to fill the image drum reservoir and saturate the developing roller with toner. The first standard toner cartridge normally produces about

1,000 pages after installation.

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HEN TO REPLACE THE TONER CARTRIDGE

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Replace the toner cartridge after Toner Low displays in the printer

Status Monitor. Also, the Error LED indicator slowly blinks when toner is low. After Toner Low displays, the printer will print about

100 more pages then display Toner Empty and stop printing.

Printing will resume after a new toner cartridge has been installed.

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When the toner is running low, TONER LOW is displayed in the operator panel LCD. If printing continues without replacing the toner cartridge, CHANGE TONER is displayed and printing is cancelled. Printing will resume after a new toner cartridge has been installed.

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EPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE

It is recommended that you clean the LED array at the same time as you change the toner cartridge.

The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder contained in the toner cartridge.

Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one.

Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly, inside the pack that the new one came in. Follow any regulations, recommendations, etc., which may be in force concerning waste recycling.

If you do spill any toner powder, lightly brush it off. If this is not enough, use a cool, damp cloth to remove any residue. Do not use hot water, and never use solvents of any kind. They will make stains permanent.

WARNING!

If you inhale any toner or get it in your eyes, drink a little water or bathe your eyes liberally in cold water.

Seek medical attention immediately.


Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about

10 minutes before opening the top cover.

1.

Press the top cover release button and open the printer’s top cover fully.

WARNING!

If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Pull the coloured lever on the right side of the toner cartridge towards the front of the printer to close the cartridge then remove the used toner cartridge.

Follow the installation instructions on or inside the box containing the new toner cartridge to install the new cartridge.

Gently wipe the LED array surface with a soft tissue.

Close the top cover and press it down to latch it closed.

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MAGE DRUM LIFE

The life of an image drum depends on a number of factors, including temperature and humidity, the type of paper used, and the number of pages per job.

The image drum should last approximately 25,000 pages continuous printing. This number is approximate because different numbers of pages are printed each time and the environmental conditions and the paper type used may vary.

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HEN TO REPLACE THE IMAGE DRUM

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When the drum reaches 90% of its life, a CHANGE DRUM message is displayed in the printer Status Monitor. Also, the Error

LED indicator blinks fast when the image drum requires changing. Change the image drum when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate.


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When the drum reaches 90% of its life, a CHANGE DRUM message is displayed in the operator panel LCD. Change the image drum when the print becomes faint or begins to deteriorate.

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EPLACING THE IMAGE DRUM

It is recommended that you change the toner cartridge and clean the LED array at the same time as you change the image drum.

1.

CAUTION!

The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive. Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes. If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this, please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light. Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting. Always hold the image drum unit by the ends or from the top.

Press the cover release and open the printer’s top cover fully.

2.

3.

4.

WARNING!

If the printer has been powered on, the fuser may be hot. This area is clearly labelled. Do not touch.

Remove the used image drum and toner cartridge.

Follow the installation instructions on or inside the box containing the new image drum to install the new image drum.

Follow the installation instructions on or inside the box containing the new toner cartridge to install the new toner cartridge.


5.

Gently wipe the LED array surface with the LED lens cleaner that came with the new toner cartridge or soft tissue.

Close the top cover and press it down to latch it closed.

6.

R

ESETTING THE DRUM COUNTER

After replacing the image drum, reset the drum counter to keep a correct count of the number of pages printed on the image drum.

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1.

Start the Status Monitor for the printer.

2.

3.

Select the Printer Setup tab, click on the Printer Menu button and then select the Maintenance Menu.

Select “Reset Drum Count” and click on the Apply button to reset the drum counter.

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1.

2.

Press the Online button to return the printer to offline status.

Press the Menu button repeatedly until MAINTENANCE

MENU is displayed, then press the Select button.

3.

4.

5.

Press the Item button until DRUM COUNT RESET is displayed.

Press the Select button and the Drum Counter is reset.

Return the printer on line by pressing the Online button.


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ENERATING A CLEANING PAGE

If the printed page shows signs of fading, streaking or erratic marks, the problem may be cleared by generating a drum cleaning page as follows.

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Using the printer Status Monitor

1.

2.

Start the Status Monitor for the printer.


Menu button.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Select the Test Print tab and click on the Cleaning button.

Open the Manual Feed Tray and insert a sheet of A4 plain paper between the paper guides, then click the OK button.

The printer grips the paper and prints a cleaning page.

If subsequent printing appears faded or uneven, try replacing the toner cartridge.

Using the Online button

1.

Press the Online button to take the printer off line.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Open the Manual Feed Tray and insert a sheet of A4 plain paper between the paper guides.

Press and hold down the Online button for at least five seconds.


6.

Return the printer on line by pressing the Online button.



3.

4.

5.

6.

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1.

2.

7.

Open the Manual Feed Tray and insert a sheet of A4 plain paper between the paper guides. To print from the Paper

Tray, press the Online button when the LCD display prompts you to insert a sheet of paper in the Manual Feed

Tray.

Press the Menu button repeatedly until MAINTENANCE

MENU is displayed, then press the Select button.

Press the Item button until CLEANING PAGE is displayed.

Press the Select button.


Press Cancel to exit the menu. The printer should now be on line.


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LEANING THE

LED

ARRAY

Clean the LED array whenever a new toner cartridge is installed or if there are faded vertical areas or light printing down a page.

Wipe the LED array gently with an anti-static cleaning pad that is generally available for computer cleaning.


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ROUBLESHOOTING

S

TATUS AND ERROR MESSAGES

Your printer has been designed to give you helpful status feedback not only during normal operation but also if a printing problem occurs so that you can take appropriate corrective action.

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Both status and error messages are displayed in your chosen language in the Status Monitor, error messages being accompanied by the appropriate flashing of the Error indicator.

You can set the Status Monitor to pop up on your computer screen when an alert condition occurs from the Preferences tab in the Status Monitor.

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The LCD on the printer operator panel provides the selfexplanatory status and error messages in your chosen language.

Error messages are accompanied by the Ready indicator being extinguished.

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APER

J

AMS

Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media, and you keep the media in good condition prior to use, your printer should give years of reliable service.

However, paper jams occasionally do occur, and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply.

Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point on the paper path through the printer. When a jam occurs, the printer immediately stops, and the operator panel informs you of the event. If printing multiple pages (or copies), do not assume that having cleared an obvious sheet that others will not also be stopped somewhere along the path. These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation.

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The printer may experience a paper jam in one of three areas.

> INPUT JAM - paper has failed to leave the selected feed tray and enter the internal paper path of the printer. A typical message indicates a paper jam and identifies the tray to check.

>

>

FEED JAM - paper has entered the printer but failed to reach the exit. A typical message indicates a paper jam and advises you to open the top cover for access.

EXIT JAM - paper has reached the exit but has failed to exit completely from the printer. A typical message indicates an exit jam and advises you to open the top cover for access.

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NPUT JAM

1.

2.

3.

Remove the paper tray from the printer.

Remove any crumpled or folded paper.

Remove any paper from the underside of the printer.

4.

Replace the paper tray.

After successful removal of any damaged or misfed paper, the printer should continue printing.

F

EED JAM OR EXIT JAM

1.

2.

Remove the tray and clear any misfed sheets as given above.

Open the top cover.

WARNING!

The fuser area will be hot. This area is clearly marked.

Do not touch it.


3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

CAUTION!

Never expose the image drum unit to light for more than 5 minutes. Never expose the image drum unit to direct sunlight. Always hold the image drum unit by the ends or from the top. Never touch the surface of the green drum inside the image drum unit.

Carefully lift out the image drum, complete with the toner cartridge. Be careful not to touch or scratch the green drum surface.

Remove any jammed sheets from the paper path.

Re-install the image drum complete with toner cartridge, ensuring that it correctly locates into the slots on each side of the printer.

Close the top cover and press down to latch it closed.

The printer will warm up and commence printing when ready. The page lost through the jam will normally be reprinted.

NOTE

If the edge of the jammed paper protrudes (or can be seen) from the exit, reinstall the image drum, close the top cover and switch the printer on. Remove the jammed paper from the exit when the exit roller begins rotating after a few seconds after switching on. However, if the jammed paper cannot be removed, contact a service representative.


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RINT QUALITY PROBLEMS

Before consulting a service representative regarding a print quality problem, check the table below to see if there is a solution, or something you might have overlooked.

SYMPTOM

Blank sheets printed.

Entire page prints faintly.

Page has grey background.

PROBLEM

Image drum cartridge not properly installed.

Empty or missing toner cartridge.

Empty toner cartridge. Pages get fainter when toner is used up.

LED array is dirty.

Static electricity, generally from dry environments, causes toner to stick to background.

Hardware problem.

SOLUTION

Reinstall image drum cartridge.

Install new toner cartridge.


Clean LED array.

Change paper to a smoother laser bond or use a humidifier.

Page prints all black.

Page has repetitive marks.

Oblong area of faint print appears on each page.

Vertical white streaking or faint areas on page.

Vertical black lines.

Damaged image drum cartridge causes repetitive marks every 1.6 inches (4.06 cm) due to surface nicks and scratches.

Drop out caused by using paper exposed to high humidity.

Toner is low and does not distribute properly, or the drum is worn out.

LED array is dirty.

Hardware problem.

Contact service.

Generate a cleaning page, repetitive marks may be temporary.

Change paper stocks, check paper storage environment or use a dehumidifier; check toner level.

Replace toner cartridge. Check drum and replace the drum, if necessary. Contact service.

Clean LED array.

Contact service.


SYMPTOM

Fuzzy print.

Distorted print.

Faded print.

Smeared or blotched print.

Printed page is light/blurred.

PROBLEM

LED array is dirty.

Paper path, lamp assembly, or fusing unit problem.

Toner cartridge is not correctly installed.

Toner low.

Dirty rollers; toner dropped inside printer or image drum problem.

Is toner low?

Is paper meant for laser printers?

LED array is dirty.

Toner is low.

SOLUTION

Clean LED array.

Generate cleaning page.

Contact service.

Install toner cartridge correctly.

Replace toner cartridge.

Replace image drum and toner.

Contact service.

Replace toner cartridge.

Use recommended paper.

Clean LED array.


Bold characters and dark lines are smeared.

Print is darker than usual.

Pages curl excessively.

Darkness setting is too high.

Printing on wrong side of paper.

Moisture in paper.

Improper storage.

High humidity.

Change darkness setting.

Turn paper over in tray. (Note arrow on paper package). Install paper print side down in tray.

Avoid storing paper in areas of excessive temperature and humidity. Store paper in protective wrapping.

Recommended operating humidity:

20-80%


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OFTWARE PROBLEMS

Your software (operating environment, applications and printer drivers) controls the printing process. Make sure you have selected the right driver for use with your printer. See your software documentation for more information.

SYMPTOM

Printing is garbled.

Printer’s output is below rated speed.

Size of top margin increases with each page printed.

PROBLEM

Incorrect driver is installed.

Much of the printing delays will be caused by your application.

Sometimes purely text documents will print slowly depending on the selected fonts and how they are transferred to the printer.

Creeping text.

Number of lines per page in software is not equal to number of lines per page of printer.

SOLUTION

Install an appropriate driver.

For maximum speed, use text in your document and use a printer resident font.

Many software packages assume

66 lines per page, but your printer’s default is 64. Adjust software accordingly, or set LINES

Per PAGE in the soft control panel to equal lines per page in your software.

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ARDWARE PROBLEMS

SYMPTOM

Graphic image prints partly on one page, partly on the next.

When you try to print nothing happens, but printer indicates it is ready to receive data.

Garbage prints.

PROBLEM

Insufficient printer memory for this image at this resolution.

Configuration error.

SOLUTION

Change the resolution, reduce the image size, or install more memory in your printer.

Check cable connection. If more than one printer is available, make sure your printer has been selected.

Incorrect cable configuration. Also, see Software

Problems.

Check cable configuration, continuity, and length.


SYMPTOM

Printer freezes or displays error message when computer is rebooted.

Odours.

Printer is on but must warm up before a job is printed.

PROBLEM

Booting the computer while the printer is on can cause a communications error.

Gases are given off by forms or adhesives passing through the hot fusing unit.

Power Save mode is set on to conserve energy. The fuser must heat up before you can begin printing the next job.

SOLUTION

Turn printer off before rebooting computer.

Make sure the forms you use can withstand heating, and provide adequate ventilation.

To eliminate warm up delay, change

Power Save setting


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NSTALLING OPTIONS

The following options are available to extend the performance of your printer:

> 10/100 BASE-TX Network Interface Card: to make the

PG L26 and PG L26 Special network compatible

>

>

>

>

>

16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main memory of your printer and speed up the processing of large files

RS232C Card: to provide serial interface capability for the

PG L26 and PG L26 Special

Second paper tray: to increase your printer’s paper handling capacity by 500 sheets (80g/m²)

Multi Purpose Tray: to extend the range of media your printer can accommodate (capacity 100 sheets (80g/m²) or 50 envelopes)

One of the following can be added:

(a) 8MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special

(b) 16MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special

(c) PostScript PS level 3 DIMM: to add PostScript emulation to the PG L26 Special. Cannot be added in conjunction with extra flash memory.

(d) The PG L26 Special PS option is supplied as 2

DIMMs: a PS DIMM and a 16MB RAM DIMM. When fitted into a basic PG L26 Special (i.e. one with no memory upgrade already fitted) the PS DIMM will expand into the 16MB RAM DIMM in order to work, and the amount of memory available for general operation of the printer will therefore not change. It will remain at 16MB, which is the printer's base memory.

(e) If you require to install a PS upgrade into a

PG L26 Special which already has a memory upgrade installed, discard the 16MB RAM DIMM which ships with the PS option and install only the PS DIMM. The

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result will be that the amount of overall memory available to the printer will decrease by 16MB as the

PS code expands into 16MB of RAM currently installed. For example, a user who already has

128MB installed (total memory is therefore

128+16=144MB) will fit only the PS DIMM and will then have 128MB of RAM left for printing.

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NSTALLATION PROCEDURE

To install any of the above options, follow the detailed installation sheet that accompanies the option.

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PECIFICATIONS

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ENERAL

A summary of the basic characteristics of your printer appears in the table below:

ITEM

Dimensions

SPECIFICATION

PG L26 (N22105B):

355mm x 395mm x 200mm (W x D x H)

PG L26 Special (N22106B):

355mm x 395mm x 215mm (W x D x H)

9 kg approximately

Electro-photographic printing using LEDs as light source

Weight

Printing method

Print colour

Print speed

Resolution

Emulations

Interfaces

Processor

Memory

Paper sizes

Paper feed

Paper feed capacity at 80g/m²

Paper output

Monochrome

26 pages per minute maximum

1200 x 600 dots per inch

PCL6, PCL5e, PCLXL, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter for PG L26,

PG L26 Special

PCL6, PCL5e, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PS for PG L26 Special

Parallel port in compliance with IEEE 1284-1994 standard

USB 2.0 full speed

Optional 100BASE-TX/10Base-T

Optional RS232C Serial interface

266 MHz PowerPC

16 MB expandible to 272MB

A4, A5, A6, B5, Letter, Legal 13, Legal 14, Executive, Custom,

Envelopes (5 types)

Automatic feeding via paper trays (including optional tray and optional Multi Purpose Tray)

Manual feeding of single sheets

Tray 1: 250 sheets

Optional Tray 2: 500 sheets

Optional Multi-purpose feeder: 100 sheets

Face up, face down depending on paper size, type and thickness

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ITEM SPECIFICATION

Power consumption

Paper output capacity at

80g/m²

Monthly duty cycle

Consumables

Power cable

Noise level

Environmental conditions

Typical: 400W

Idle: 70W

Power save mode: 7-10W

Face up: 50 sheets

Face down: 150 sheets

30,000 pages

Toner cartridge, Image drum

Approximately 1.8 m max. length (not provided)

Operation: 53 dB(A)

Standby mode: 30dB(A)

Power saving mode: Background level

Operation: 10 - 32°C, 20% - 80% RH,

Storage: 14 - 110°C, 10% - 90% RH

When the printer is stored, it should be in its original packaging, with no moisture formation.


P

APER AND TRAY INFORMATION

Feed and ejection methods vary depending on the type, size and thickness of medium used. Use the chart below and the notes/ symbols/terms on the following page for initial guidance. (Minor variations to settings may be necessary depending on user setup and environmental conditions.)

PAPER

TYPE

Plain paper

SIZE WEIGHT

L, ML, M

MH, H o x

FEED

CASSETTE

T1 T2 o x

MPF o o

MF o o o o

EJECTION

METHOD

FU FD o x

A4

A5

B5

Letter

Executive

Legal

(13)

Legal

(14)

A6

L, ML, M

MH, H o x o x x x o o o o o x

L, ML, M

MH, H

L, ML, M

MH, H o x o x o x x x o o o o o o o o o o o o o x x x

Envelopes

Labels

Transparencies

Custom

W: 90 –

216

L: 148 –

356

Com-9

Com-10

DL

C5

Monarch

Custom

W: 90 –

216

L: 148 –

356

A4

Letter

A4

Letter

–

–

– x x x x x x o o o o o o o o o x x x


N

OTES

/

SYMBOLS

/

TERMS

Notes:

1.

When an optional second paper tray is used, the original tray is referred to as Tray 1 and the optional tray as Tray

2.

2.

It is not possible to use custom paper sizes with the PS emulation driver.

3.

4.

Tray 2 can accommodate paper with width of 148 to

216mm and length of 210 to 316mm.

Paper smaller than A5 (i.e. less than 210mm long) should be ejected face up.

MEANING SYMBOL/

TERM o x

ML

M

MH

H

FU

FD

W, L

L

T1

T2

MPF

MF

Paper Tray 1

Paper Tray 2 (optional)

Multi Purpose Tray (optional)

Manual Feed Tray

Face Up printing from the rear of the printer

Face Down printing from the top of the printer

Width, Length in mm

Light paper weight: 59 - 66g/m²

Medium Light paper weight: 67 - 73g/m²

Medium paper weight: 74 - 88g/m²

Medium Heavy paper weight: 89 - 104g/m²

Heavy paper weight: 105 - 122g/m²

Can be used

Cannot be used


I

NDEX

Numerics

2-sided printing............................ 70

A

Adhesive labels ............................ 43

Advanced features

enabling or disabling................. 67

C

Cleaning page

PG L26 ................................... 77

D

Drum counter............................... 76

E

Envelopes

Printing................................... 46

Types ..................................... 42

Exit paper jam ............................. 80

F

Feed jam or exit jam..................... 80

Feed paper jam ............................ 80

G

Generating a cleaning page

PG L26 ................................... 77

H

Heavyweight paper or cardstock .................................. 47

I

Image drum

Life ........................................ 74

Replacing ........................... 74, 75

Resetting counter PG L26 .......... 76

Resetting counter

PG L26 Special ...................... 76

Input paper jam ........................... 80

installed options

Macintosh ............................... 54

Windows ................................. 53

Installing

Paper ..................................... 44

installing drivers

Macintosh ............................... 54

Windows ................................. 53

Installing paper ............................ 44

interface

network .................................. 52 parallel ................................... 52 serial.......................................52

USB ........................................52

L

Labels..........................................43

LCD

PG L26 Special .........................33

LED array .....................................78

LED indicators

PG L26 ....................................17

M

Maintenance

Cleaning LED array....................78

Cleaning page PG L26................77

Manual Duplex

Multi Purpose Tray ....................71

Paper Tray ...............................70

Manual Duplex printing ..................70

media settings

PG L26 ....................................47

PG L26 Special .........................49

menu functions

PG L26 ....................................24

PG L26 Special .........................34

menu settings

PG L26 ....................................32

PG L26 Special .........................41

Menus

FX menu............................ 28, 37

Information menu ............... 25, 34

Maintenance menu .............. 31, 40

Media menu ....................... 26, 35

Memory menu .................... 30, 40

Network menu.................... 29, 39

Parallel menu ..................... 28, 38

PCL menu .......................... 27, 36

PPR menu .......................... 27, 37

Print menu ......................... 25, 35

RS232C menu .................... 29, 38

System adjustment menu .... 30, 40

System configuration menu .............................. 26, 36

Usage menu....................... 31, 41

USB menu ......................... 29, 39

O online button

PG L26 ....................................19

operator panel

PG L26 ....................................17

PG L26 Special .........................33

options

installing..................................86

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Page orientation

setting in Windows .............. 58, 60

Paper

Envelope types ........................ 42

Exit jam.................................. 80

Feed jam ................................ 80

feed sequence ......................... 46

Input jam................................ 80

Installing ................................ 44

Label types ............................. 43

Paper types ............................. 42

size setting in Windows ............. 56

Transparencies ........................ 43

tray selection in Windows .......... 56

Paper and envelope types .............. 42

paper and trays............................ 90

Paper jams .................................. 80

Power on LED

PG L26 ................................... 18

Preferences Menu ......................... 23

Print order

face down printing.................... 45 face up printing ....................... 45

Print quality problems ................... 82

Print settings

how to save............................. 57

printer components....................... 14

Printer default settings

Windows defaults ..................... 64

printer features .............................. 9

Printing

Cardstock ............................... 47

different media ........................ 71

Envelopes ............................... 46

Heavyweight paper................... 47

Label types ............................. 43

Paper & envelope types............. 42

Quality problems...................... 82

Transparencies ........................ 48

Transparency types .................. 43

Priority

print queue priority .................. 66

R

Ready LED

PG L26 ................................... 18

PG L26 Special......................... 33

Resolution

setting in Windows .............. 57, 63

S

Separator page

separating print jobs on a shared printer.................................. 67

Software problems........................ 84

specifications

general ................................... 88

paper and trays ........................90

Spooling

Windows settings ......................66

status & error messages

PG L26 ....................................79

PG L26 Special .........................79

status monitor ..............................21

support materials ..........................11

T

Toner

Cartridge life ............................72

how to replace..........................73

Replacing.................................73

Troubleshooting

Hardware problems ...................84

Paper jams...............................80

Print quality problems................82

Software problems ....................84

U user’s guide

printing ...................................12

viewing....................................11

W

Watermark

printing in Windows............. 58, 63

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