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Image tab
1.Dithering produces an intermediate greysc ale by adjusting the combination of dots 
used in printing. Selecting a setting determ ines the degree of detail with which a 
graphics image will be printed. Mesh determ ines that a screen of dots is used for 
dithering while Line Art determines that an array of lines is used for dithering.
2. Select dithering texture by setting the si ze of dots used in the halftone screen.
3. Set this control to print greyscale effect s in black without dithering. Select the 
check-box to disable greyscale printing  or de-select the check-box to enable 
greyscale printing.
4. You can manually adjust lightness (the high er the setting the lighter the print) and 
contrast (the higher the setting the greater the contrast).
5. A single on-screen button restores the default settings.
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PS EMULATION (B430DN)
The tabs available are the Layout Tab, the Paper/Quality Tab  and the  Job Options Tab .
Layout tab
1.Page orientation can be set to portrait (t all), landscape (wide) or landscape rotated 
by 180 degrees.
2. Print on both sides (duplex printing) can be  set to long edge or short edge of the 
document.
3. Printed page order can be set as front to  back or back to front of the document.
4. Set the number of pages to be printed on a  single sheet. You can also set it to print 
a booklet.
5. Click the  Advanced  button to be able to set further document options as follows:
1. Select the required printed paper size.
2. You can substitute another font for TrueType Font.
3. You can set other document options as re quired, including PostScript options and 
printer features.
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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.The output resolution  of the printed page can be set as follows.
> The ProQ1200 for B410d and B410dn setting prints at 2400 x 600dpi. This setting 
requires the most printer memory and take s the longest to print. It is the best 
option for printing photographs. 
> The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi for B410d, B410dn and B420dn, 
and 1200 x 1200dpi for B430dn 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.
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2.You can print watermark text behind the main  page image. This is useful for marking 
documents as draft, confidential, etc.
If you would like to print on special statio nery, such as forms and letterhead, but do 
not want to use pre-printed stationery, you  can create your own using Overlays (for 
B430dn). For more information on  Overlays and Macros, refer to “Overlays and 
Macros (Windows only)” on page 55 . The Overlays button also offers guidelines on 
how to carry out manual duplex printing.
3. 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.
4. Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller stationery.
5. Using the  Advanced  button gives you access to the facility to set mirror image 
printing and negative image printing.
6. A single on-screen button restores the default settings.
SETTING FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL
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.This area lists some of the  main features of your printer, including optional items.
2. 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.
3. This button prints a test page to  ensure that your printer is working.
NOTE
The above features are provided by th e Windows XP operating system and will 
vary with other operating systems.
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Advanced tab
1.You can specify which times of day your printer will be available.
2. Indicates current priority, from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority 
documents will print first.
3. Specifies that documents should be spoole d (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 star t 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 ha s 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. This specifies that the document should no t 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.
5. 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. Specifies that the spooler should favour documents which have completed spooling 
when deciding which document to print ne xt, even if completed documents are lower 
priority than documents which are still sp ooling. If no documents have completed 
spooling, the spooler will favour larger sp ooling 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.
7. Specifies that the spooler should not dele te 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, su ch as pages per sheet, are available, 
depending on your printer. For normal printing keep this option enabled. If 
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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 Wind ows 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.
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 (B430dn)
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.
NOTE
The above features are provided by the Windows XP operating system and will 
vary with other operating systems.
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Device settings tab
1.You can set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays.
2. You can make a variety of font settings depending on your application.
3. You can set which optional upgrades are in stalled on your printer. See the chapter 
entitled “Installing options”.
PRINTER SETTINGS IN MACINTOSH
Refer to the readme file on the driver CD  and the online help provided in the driver 
software.
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POWER SAVING MODE
Power Saving sets how long the printer waits before going into standby mode. In standby 
mode your printer’s energy consumption is re duced. You can specify the length of time 
before a printer enters power saving  mode by setting a larger value.
CHANGING THE LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE ENTERING POWER SAVING MODE
B410d and B410dn
Use the Menu Setup Tool
1.Select Start > Programs > Oki Data > OKI B410 printer Menu Setup Tool > Printer 
Menu Setup Tool.
2. Double-click  System Configuration Menu  then select Power Save Time .
3. Click on the drop-down menu and select  the desired power save time (1 to 240 
minutes).
4. Click Setup   > Apply the Changed Setting . The setting change is completed when 
a message dialog box appears saying “ The setting has been applied to the printer.”
5. Click OK.
B420dn and B430dn
Use the Printer Menu via the Operator Panel
1. Press the  Menu     or     button until  System Configuration Menu  appears. 
Press .
2. Press     or    until  Power Save Time appears. Press  .
3. Press     or      until the desired se tting appears (1 to 240 minutes). Press  . 
An asterisk (*) will appear to confirm the selection.
4. Press  Online .
DISABLING POWER SAVING MODE
B410d and B410dn
Use the Menu Setup Tool
1.Select Start > Programs > Oki Data > OKI B410 printer Menu Setup Tool > Printer 
Menu Setup Tool.
2. Double-click  Maintenance Menu  then click Power Save Mode .
3. Click on the drop-down menu and select  Disable. 
4. Click Setup > Apply the Changed Setting . The setting change is completed when 
a message dialog box appears saying “ The setting has been applied to the printer.”
5. Click OK.
NOTE
The printer’s Power Save mode defaul t setting is Enabled, 10 minutes.
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B420dn and B430dn
Use the Printer Menu via the Operator Panel
1.Press the  Menu    or     button until  Maintenance Menu appears. Press  .
2. Press    or    until  Power Save appears. Press  .
3. Press    or     until  Disable appears. Press   . An asterisk (*) will appear to 
confirm the selection.
4. Press  Online .
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2-SIDED PRINTING 
The duplex unit adds the function of two-sided printing, using less paper and making large 
documents easier to handle. It also enables  booklet printing, which uses even less paper.
This printer has the option of Auto  Duplex and Manual Duplex printing.
AUTO DUPLEX PRINTING
This option provides automatic two-sided prin ting only for Letter, A4, Legal 13 and 14 and 
Custom paper sizes, using paper stocks from 60 - 105g/m2 (16 - 28 lb). 
To carry out Auto Duplex Printing:
1. Select  File -> Print  and click the  Properties button. 
2. Select the input tray:  Tray1 (or optional Tray2), or  Manual Feed Tray (B410d and 
B410dn), or  Multi Purpose Tray  (B420dn, B430dn) from the  Source drop down.
3. In the  2-Sided Printing  drop down menu, select either  Long Edge (Auto) or 
Short Edge (Auto)  according to your printing preferences. 
4. Click the  OK button.
NOTE
The steps in the process relate to Windows XP PCL. Other operating system 
windows may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
NOTE
For A4, A5, A6, B5, Letter, Legal 13 and 14, Statement, Executive and 
Custom paper sizes, using paper stocks from 60 - 124g/m2, see 
Manual Duplex Printing page 51.
NOTE
 If you require further information, click the Duplex Help button.
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