Oki B401 User Manual

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Creating the overlay image
1. Use your preferred application, perhaps a graphics
program, to create the required overlay image and save it.
2. Open your application’s
Print… dialogue.
3. Make sure that the
selected printer
name (1) is that of your
PostScript printer driver.
4. Select the Print To
File (2) option.
5. Click the Properties button (3) to open the Document
Properties window.
6. On the Overlay tab, choose
Create Form from the drop-
down list (4).
7. Click OK to close the
Document Properties
window.
8. Click OK again to close the
Print dialogue.
9. When prompted for a print
file name, enter a meaningful name with the
extension.PRN.
10. Close your application.
Create and download the project
1. From the Windows Start menu, start Storage Device
Manager (SDM) and allow SDM to discover the printer.
2. Choose Projects→New Project.
3. Choose Projects > Add File to Project.
4. Set the Files of Type drop-down list to PRN
Files(*.prn).
5. Navigate to the folder where the.PRN files are stored and
select one or more of these to include in your overlay set.
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Oki B401 Specifications

General

Color	No
Duplex printing	Yes
Print technology	LED
Maximum resolution	2400 x 600 DPI
Time to first page (black, normal)	5.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	29 ppm
PCL fonts	87
Bitmap fonts	OCR-A, OCR-B
Printer fonts	Bitmap, PCL
Maximum duty cycle	30000 pages per month
Recommended duty cycle	2000 pages per month
Number of print cartridges	-
Page description languages	Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 5e, PCL 6
Processor family	PowerPC
Sound power level (standby)	30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	53 dB
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Maximum input capacity	251 sheets
Total number of input trays	1
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	1 sheets
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	Plain paper
Paper tray media weight	60 - 120 g/m²
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	60 - 163 g/m²
Standard interfaces	Parallel, USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
AC input voltage	220 - 240 V
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (off)	0.5 W
Power consumption (standby)	70 W
Power consumption (printing)	510 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	7 W
Storage temperature (T-T)	-10 - 43 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 32 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80 %
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Server operating systems supported	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64

Weight and Dimensions

Dimensions (WxDxH)	387 x 364 x 244.5 mm