Installing the OKI MB4x1MFP USB Attached, in Windows 8

Preface

Note:The following instruction may use screenshots of either the OKI MB471MFP and / or the OKI MB451MFP for illustration purposes. However, these instructions apply to the full OKI MB4x1MFP product line, as is listed below. We refer to the full line as the OKI MB4x1MFP, which encompasses the following models.

OKI MB441OKI MB451OKI MB451wOKI MB461OKI MB461+LP

OKI MB471OKI MB471wOKI MB491OKI MB491+OKI MB491+LP

MPS4200mbMPS4700mb

The Windows 8 operating systems, by design, have “Class drivers” built-in to the OS. This is Microsoft’s® method of reducing the footprint of the Windows 8 operation systems. Further, Windows 8 functionality is such that when a device is connected via Plug ‘N Play, Windows 8 willautomatically associate one of these built-in Class drivers with the device. In the case of the OKI MB4x1MFP device, Windows 8 will automatically associate and install the “OKI PCL6 Class driver” with the device.

This is the normal operation of Windows 8 and it works fine for single-function devices, but can present issues to users of Multi-Function devices, under Windows 8. Therefore, under Windows 8, if you plan on installing your OKI MB4x1MFP USB attached, it is our recommendation that users install the OKI MB4x1MFP software, first, before connecting the device to the Windows 8 PC.

If you have already connected your OKI MB4x1MFP, USB attached, to your Windows 8 machine, please follow the steps below, to re-configure your OKI MB4x1MFP installation.

If you have not USB connected your OKI MB4x1MFP as yet, insert and install the OKI software according to the instructions in Quick Setup guide.

Installing the OKI MB4X1MFP USB Attached, in Windows 8

Figures 1, 2 and 3 show the dialogs that display when the OKI MB4x1MFP is USB attached to any Windows 8 machine prior to installing the OKI software. As mentioned above, Windows 8 will automatically associate and install the “OKI PCL6 Class driver” with the device.

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Figure 4 shows that the OKI PCL6 Class driver has been installed and associated for that device. Again, this will occur when the OKI MB4x1MFP is USB attached to a Windows 8 machine prior to installing the OKI software

At this point, the user can print to the OKI MB4x1MFP, however, there is an issue with the installation for this device. The issue is indicated by the yellow "troubleshooting icon" seen in Figure 3.

If the user were to follow thru with the troubleshooting they would find out that the troubleshooting icon indicates that no scanner driver has been installed for the OKI MB4x1MFP, seen in Figure 5.

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If this is the case, the recommended action for the user is to insert and install our software as illustrated below.

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Figure 8 shows the components selected for installation

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Figure 10 shows the dialog presented to the user as the OKI MB4x1MFP software is being installed. At this point, the components that were selected for installation in Figure 8, have been installed. This dialog asks the user to select the desired connection path, either USB or Network attached. If your OKI MB4x1MFP will be USB attached, and the device has already been USB connected, prior to installing the OKI software, we recommend that the user press the "Install using another port" button, as seen in Figure 10.

Note:The message shown below in Figure 11 will appear normally due to a timeout that is associated with the dialog in Figure 10. If in Figure 10, the user does not respond in time or the device is either Off-Line or in Power Save mode, Figure 11 may be displayed. The user should be directed to make sure the device is On-Line and not in Power Save mode. If the message is displayed the user should press "Yes" to continue with the installation.

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In Figure 12, the user should select the USB port that Windows created when the device was first USB attached to the Windows 8 PC. In this case, the USB port created by Windows 8 was USB001, as is seen above. So the user should select the appropriate USB port and click "Next"

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Figure 13 shows the OKI installer as the selected drivers are being installed.

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Figure 14 shows the OKI installer as the ActKey scanning utility is being installed.

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Figure 15 shows that all selected components have been successfully installed. The OKI installer can now be exited by clicking “Exit”

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Figure 16 shows the following drivers available to the user after the successful installation. These are …

the OKI PCL6 Class driver

the OKI MB4x1(PCL) driver

the OKI MB4x1(PS) driver

the OKI MB4x1 (PCL XPS) driver

the OKI MB4x1(FAX) driver

Also available to the user are the OKI MB4x1 scanner driver and the Oki ActKey scanning utility.

"Pull Scanning" over USBTWAINPort

"Pull Scanning" from the OKI MB4x1MFP to your Local PC, is available, but the OKI MB4x1MFP must be set in “Remote PC” mode, first. This is accomplished as follows ...

  • Place the page(s) to be scanned in the OKI MB4x1MFP either on the flatbed glass for single-sided, single-page pages, or in the ADF for multiple pages.
  • Set the OKI MB4x1MFP front panel for "Remote PC" and "TWAIN". To do this ...
  • Press the "Scan" button.
  • Press the "Down Arrow" button until "Remote PC" is displayed.
  • Press the "OK" button
  • Press the "Down Arrow" button until "TWAIN" is displayed.
  • Press the "OK" button. The front panel displays "Waiting for scanning from PC"
  • At your Local PC, click the OKI MB4x1MFP icon that was created by the installation steps described above.
  • Click "Start Scan" to display the Windows 8 New Scan utility.

You can also use the OKI ActKey scan utility.

Be sure to set the correct scanning parameters in the scanning utility.

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