Okidata Microline 320 & 321 (Turbo)

These instructions only cover setting up the Okidata Microline 320 Turbo printer for use with DeskManager. If you are using another make or model printer, these instructions are likely not applicable.

Check the Okidata 320 Turbo Printer Settings

1.     Insert a blank sheet of paper in the printer.

2.     Enable the printer's Menu Mode by pressing and holding the “Shift” and “Sel” buttons at the same time. If the Menu light does not come on, turn the printer off and back on and repeat this step.

3.     Set the printer's “Emulation Mode” to "IBM PPR".
Press the “Group” button (located under LF). The printer should print:

General Control       Emulation Mode       xxxxxxxxxx

If the Emulation Mode is set to IBM PPR, skip to Step 4. Otherwise, press “Set” until it prints:

General Control       Emulation Mode       IBM PPR

4.     Set the “Bottom Margin” to "Invalid".
With the Menu light still on, press “Group” until the printer prints:

Top Feed       Line Spacing        xxxxxxxxxx

Press “Item”. The printer should print:

Top Feed       Bottom Margin       xxxxxxxxxx

If the value for “Bottom Margin” is "Invalid", skip to Step 5. Otherwise, press “Set”, and the printer should then print:

Top Feed       Bottom Margin       Invalid

5.     Set the “Paper Out Override” setting to "Yes". With the Menu light still on, press “Group” until the printer prints:

Set-Up       Graphics               xxxxxxxxxx

Press “Item”. The printer should print:

Set-Up       Paper Out Override     xxxxxxxxxx

If the value for “Paper Out Override” is "Yes", skip to Step 6. Otherwise, press “Set”, and the printer should then print:

Set-Up       Paper Out Override     Yes

6.     Press and hold the “Shift” and “Sel” buttons at the same time to turn off the Menu Mode.

Install the Okidata 320 Turbo driver for Windows

1.     Click on “Start Menu” -> “Printers and Faxes”.

2.     Double-click on “Add Printer”.

3.     Click on “Next”.

4.     Select “Local printer attached to this computer”, and un-check “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” option, and click “Next”.

5.     Select your printer port from “Use the following port” option, and click “Next”.

6.     Scroll-down the left hand side - which says “Manufacture” - section until you see “Okidata”. Click on it.

7.     From the right hand side - which says “Printers” - scroll-down until you see “Okidata ML 321 Turbo/D (IBM)”. Select it.

8.     Click on “Next”.

9.     Click on “Next” again until you see “Finish”.

10.  Click on “Finish”.

Setup DeskManager to use the Okidata 320 Turbo printer

1.     Click “File”->”Setup”->”Printers” from the DeskManager upper-left menu toolbar.

2.     Click on down arrow which is on the right hand side of “Printer Form” and select “Okidata 321 ML 321 Turbo” and then click on “Save+Exit” button.