Oki ML8480FB Support Question
Oki ML8480FB Support Question
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Question posted by ThomasGibbs on November 30th, 2014
How Can I Get The Okidata Ml8480fb To Feed Paper?
whenever i load a sheet of paper into the printer, it immediately kicks it back out and says "paper set alarm, reset paper". i tried cleaning it, reseting it, and nothing so far has worked
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Related Oki ML8480FB Manual Pages
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 4
... Printhead Gap 65
General Information 65 Printhead Gap Settings 66 Change to a Manual Printhead Gap Setting 67
Troubleshooting 69
Paper Jams: Single Sheet 69 Paper Jams: Continuous Forms 70 Paper Jams: Correcting Repetitive Jams 71 Error Messages 74
Maintenance 76
Replace the Ribbon 76 Clean the Housing 81
Control Codes 83
In Sequence by ASCII Code 83...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 10
....jpg LOAD.jpg
SHIFT.jpg
Printer On Line Printer Off Line (Deselected)
Engages the High Speed Print mode.
Press
Normal Print mode. Toggles the eject direction for repetitive line feeds. Continuous Forms • In the print position: parks the paper
(moves it out of the printer.
Used with other switches to the tear position. Function Setting Menu...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 14
...
switch, then press the SHIFT switch repeatedly to the tear off .
2. With the printer in the new path. When prompted, load a sheet of paper (minimum letter or A4) on .
3. Press FF to engage the Normal Print Mode.
2. Press MODE to
change the paper path. Press MODE repeatedly to engage the High Impact Print Mode.
3. The...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 16
... out. Change to High Speed
Note If you change the print mode while printing, the printer immediately switches to the new print mode.
1.
Press MODE/High Impact. Change Print Mode
Change ...to Normal
Note If you change the print mode while printing, the printer immediately switches to the new print mode.
1. LF.JPG
3. Press FF/High Speed Print. Microline 8480FB...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 23
... forms in the parked position, the printer automatically pulls them to INSERT PAPER. Press MODE once or twice until you to the print position.
If there is a single sheet loaded into the print position. 5. Switch between Single Sheets and Continuous Forms
8480_3_crop.JPG
Single Sheets to Continuous Forms Manual Feed to Manual Feed
1. Press MODE once or twice...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 29
Print the Menu
Note Always print the Function Settings Menu before you are using to place the printer off-line. Single Sheet (Manual Feed)
Before Starting 1. Make sure the Page Length (see page 35) set in the menu matches the paper you reset or change the settings.
Microline 8480FB User's Guide Function Setting Menu • 29 Press SEL to print...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 30
... 8480FB User's Guide Function Setting Menu • 30 Turn the printer off. 2.
Press and hold SELECT and MODE while turning the printer on Single Sheets 1. F7_10_e.JPG
2. When "RELEASE SW" displays, release the switches. 4. F5-11a.JPG
5. The menu prints. If manual feed is selected.
Continuous Forms (Front Feed)
Before Starting 1. Load the paper on the platform.
Make...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 37
Group
Item
Manual Feed (cont.)
Align1 Pos.Adj.
(Align 1 must be selected)
Align2 Pos.Adj.
(Align 2 must be selected)
Align3 Pos.Adj.
(Align 3 must be selected)
Align4 Pos.Adj.
(Align 4 must be selected)
AutoAlignDetect
Skew Detect
CSF Front CSF Rear
Set Alarm Not Used.
Settings
0 mm, 5.1 mm, 45.4 mm Adjusts in 1/90 inch (0.28 mm...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 42
... to Invalid if you want the printer to load into the printer when using preprinted forms with Auto Align enabled [the default]. The default is set by Auto Align in the Group Manual Feed group (see page 41). Note This setting does not affect the printer when it initializes in the Manual Feed group (see page 36). Available...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 43
...turn off the printer's audible alarm. This prevents such data from the platform with Auto Alignment enabled.
Character Set
Choose the Character Set: Set I [the default] or Set II. Determines whether...sets when the paper ejects, based on the distance between the vertical center of the characters on the last line of the page and the bottom of the parallel interface to control automatic line feed...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 44
.... Emulation Mode
Choose the printer emulation: Epson LQ [the default], IBM PPR, IBM AGM, or Diablo.
CutSheet Smooth
Helps to On.
Settable from the top of 1/120 inch. Available settings: Valid [the default] or Invalid.
To activate Form Tear-Off, change the setting to correct for paper curl when feeding in increments of the form...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 47
... for inserting sheets when you do not wish this value to be stored in the printer's memory. Load LF Speed
Choose the paper feed speed for manual feed using the front panel switches MODE and SHIFT (see page 11) to be positioned when the printer is in foreign languages. This causes the Auto Align setting made using the...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 51
...; 51 Set Alarm
Controls the Paper Set Alarm. SI Pitch (12)
IBM emulation only.
Reset Inhibit
The default is Single. Sets the pitch to load preprinted forms with anomalies at the top, such as a large dark area or a cutout. Skew Detect
Detects and corrects paper skew when manual feed through the platform is received. Change to Invalid if you try to...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 56
... MODE. This selection will then automatically appear as 1Chr Set Pos. Use the Printer Menu
Note The printer default for TOF is set a temporary TOF for one sheet or one custom TOF setting for each feed path (Manual and Front) and store it in the printer's memory as the setting for TOF for TOF is 1/4-inch (6.4 mm), equivalent to...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 58
...
You can move the TOF further down on the page (print paper retracts further out of the printer):
-
Simultaneously press SHIFT and SEL. Set Pos. To move to change the setting. Set Pos you reset the printer to the Front Feed path. 2. Microline 8480FB User's Guide Set Top of Form (TOF) • 58 In 10/180-inch (1.41 mm...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 59
... printer's memory only until it is set for a preprinted form,
you can move the sheet/form to the position you last set to the on the platform. Manual Feed (Single Sheets/Forms)
1. The SEL light starts blinking and the display reads 1CHR. SET MODE INSERT PAPER. 4. Load a sheet/form on -line state. The sheet/form advances to remove the paper from the paper...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 65
... thickness varies, envelopes do not work well with
Auto Gap. To correct for this, change from the factory set gap. Microline 8480FB User's Guide Setting the Printhead Gap • 65 Setting the Printhead Gap
General Information
The printhead gap is the distance between the printhead and the platen. Your printer comes from Auto Gap to...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 67
...LOAD switch
repeatedly to scroll through the various settings for your media, then set the best one in the Function Settings Menu (see below).
1. You can establish two different printhead gap settings in the menu: one in the Manual Feed group and one (s) as the printer default in the Form Feed... to try different settings for the printhead gap. 3. The printer goes off or until the printer is...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 75
... printing until the printhead cools down. The printer has switched to be adjusted for the print media. Change the setting or restore it . Paper Set Alarm Re-Set Paper The paper is too hot. Adjust value you have selected (see page 41) is high and the printer has switched to a manual setting that the printhead is not installed correctly. Left...
ML8480FB User's Guide - Page 97
... / second 254 mm / second 7 inches / second 177.8 mm / second 6 inches / second 152.4 mm / second
Microline 8480FB User's Guide Specifications • 97 Print Method
• Impact dot matrix
Printhead
• 24-pin s, 0.2 mm diameter • Thermal protection
Emulations
• Epson LQ • IBM Proprinter • IBM AGM • Diablo
Interfaces (Standard)
• Centronics...
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