Cutting Costs in Today's Difficult Business Climate

In response to the uncertain financial situation we find ourselves in today, many companies are looking for ways to cut overhead. However, given modern business' reliance on technology, one can't simply stop buying and repairing office equipment if they are to retain a competitive edge. Because of this, many see no alternative and must consider such purchases and repairs as costs of doing business. One sure-fire method to cut costs is to buy refurbished equipment. STRS specializes in taking used equipment and rebuilding it to factory specifications. As experienced technicians of Okidata and Hewlett-Packard equipment, you can be assured that any purchases you make with STRS will significantly save your company money. And since we warranty our refurbished equipment, you will have the peace of mind that you would have when buying new. Take for instance the Oki Microline 320 Turbo Printer. This printer retails new for between $350 and $500 while ours retails for $158. Okidata's factory warranty repair can take anywhere from one to four weeks, leaving your business without vital equipment for up to a month. Since our warranty repair turnaround time is usually just two to three business days, you can rest assured that you will be back up and running ASAP.

Okidata 320/321 Turbo Printers Have the Option for a USB Port

OKIDATA 320/321 TURBO PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT NEWS:

In addition to the standard Parallel interface port, the Okidata 320 Turbo printer and Okidata 321 Turbo printer will now come equipped with a factory configured USB port connection. This provides even more versatility and performance improvements to the popular Turbo series of printers. The USB port will be conveniently located on the left rear of the printer cover where the Cut Sheet Feeder (CSF) port was located. The CSF port will be relocated to the top left rear of the printer cover. This upgrade will make it easier to connect these dot matix printers to a laptop or any computer that does not have a parallel port. Now days many new PC's come standard with only USB ports.

Oki C5200 C5150 Series Consumable Reset - Tips & Tricks

Oki C5200N Consumable - Reset

If you are replacing your consumable due to an error message on the printer saying its life is out, or if you have a malfunctioning consumable, you will need to reset the life remaining percentage on the printer. These percentages are not stored in any way by the consumables and are kept in the printers NV Ram. Below are the steps to reset all of the counts (ie fuser assembly, transfer belt, toner, image drums, etc) at once. If you are using the network port, please make a copy of your settings prior to doing a reset. You may need to reassign your network settings after the reset. This is not common, but possible. If you are using the usb port, it will remain unaffected. Here are the steps for the consumable resets. Use at your own risk.

1. Turn machine on while pushing and holding the two (+/-) menu buttons at same time.
2. Menu window will show "OKI USER"
3. Scroll to " Engine Dialog Mode" is indicated. Push ENTER button.
4. "Diagnostic Mode xx.xx.xx S-Mode is indicated.
5. Scroll to "NV-Ram initial" is indicated. Push ENTER.
6. Window shows "NV-Ram- Initial Table 1".
7. Push ONLINE and ENTER Buttons simultaneously and HOLD for 10 seconds after you see "Executing Reset" appear in menu window.
8. Restart printer. All toner, drum, fuser and transfer belt figures return to 100%

Some users, especially C5150N owners may have a toner sensor error after installing used sets of toner cartridges. The error is sporadic and can be bypassed. The toner sensor check needs to be disabled. Here are the instructions.

1. Turn machine on while pushing and holding the (+/-) menu buttons at same time.
2. Menu window will show "OKI USER"
3. Scroll to " Engine Dialog Mode" is indicated. Push Enter button.
4. "Diagnostic Mode xx.xx.xx S-Mode is indicated.
5. Press (- or +) button until (“ENGINE = PARAMETER SET 2”) is displayed.
6. Push Enter button
7. "TONER SENSOR = ENABLE" is displayed.
8. Push Enter button
9. Press (- or +) "TONER SENSOR = DISABLE" is displayed.
10. press "ON-LINE/CANCEL" buttons at same time.
11. (*) is displayed.
12. Restart Printer

Most reliable Oki Dot Matrix Printers

From our collective experience at STRS, our brand recommendation for Dot Matrix Printers is Okidata. We are very familiar with the full line of Oki and have repaired/refurbished countless of these printers. Heres the most popular and reliable equipment from this manufacturer that we sell:

For small duty cycles and for normal invoicing tasks, our customers have had great success with the Oki 320 Turbo Series (narrow carriage applications) and the Oki 321 Turbo Series (wide carriage applications). For heavier duty cycles and long report tasks, barcode printing as well as for car dealerships, we recommend the Okidata Pacemark 3410 Series. The heaviest duty printer Oki makes is the Okidata Pacemark 4410. These printers are tough as tanks and very fast at 300 lines per minute. You cant go wrong with Oki.