OKIDATA Mirocline 520 is printing off-center

You can get any driver you want by installing : Driver Genius - the latest version .. and let it search through the internet :)
btw , here's a ( worked & safe ) link for D.G :
http://depositfiles.com/files/k7bzoizzb
Hope that link helps too :
http://www.driversimple.net/Camera-MP3-Player/Okidata-Oki-Ml-520-Elite

Good luck :)

Hello.

Which specific brand and model ? Don't think Okidata makes an AIO model 942.

Does the printer stop after printing half a page or it the print on just half a page ?

Still under warranty ?

This is a SNIP of a rather LONG FIX:

Found here:
http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?7080-RESOLVED-Okidata-Microline-184-Turbo

"Just purchased this thing and am running it a machine to print checks with (Win95, p1-200, 48 Mb ram). The Oki dot matrix printers don't give you drivers, they tell you to use the drivers from Win95 disk. Sure... (just lazy if you ask me :-) OK using the Oki Microline 184 IBM Turbo driver the thing works fine, EXCEPT that it *always* prints in NLQ mode no matter what the settings in the control panel, it just switches to NLQ before each print job. So... we switch to a "generic text" driver and it works fine that way EXCEPT that it no longer recognises the custom paper length (8.5" wide X 7" long) Now here's the wierd part... IF I switch back to the win95 driver, re-accept the custom paper size, print a test page (in NLQ of course), switch back to the generic driver, re-accept the the custom paper size, switch the printer to normal (non NLQ), and print it works fine with the custom paper size and non-NLQ mode until the next time it needs to print. The printer remains ON 24/7, so its not reseting itself. It just seems that with the Win95 driver there is no way to set it to print in anything but NLQ AND the generic driver refuses to keep the custom paper sizes in memory. Anyone seen this before? Never came accross this myself. I may just end up sending this thing back and getting an Epson or someting else."

AND THERE IS THIS:
"This is like going back to the dark ages....most of those old impact printers had dip switches to set things like default print quality. Additionally, Oki's usually came in two 'flavors'--plain Oki and IBM Oki. It's important that you install the correct driver between the two options..."

Anthony

You need to reset page dimensions from the page options in the printer drivers.If you want any further support, a technician from techbuddies can help you for free.For this log on to www.techbuddies.org

hi

your prints is in vfp report ?

Make sure the option for bidirectional printing is set correctly.

Try it both ways

Make sure you are not printing too far to the left or the right - the print head can hit the end of its run and lose its place.

If you still have your printer manual. Look up the instructions for calibration. That will fix it.

Hello babytenbucks,
I can help you setup your Okidata 320 printer.
Connect the printer to the printer port coming off the motherboard. Usually it's colored pink. Also known as LPT1.
If your operating system is Win XP do this. Open Control panel, open Printer & Faxes. Click File, Add new printer.
Uncheck, automatically detect & install my plug & play printer.
Click Next. Allow it to use LPT1. Click next.
There are two windows here. On the left is Manufacture on the right is Printers. Scroll through Manufacture till you find
Okidata. Under Printer, scroll down till you see Okidata ML 320 Turbo/D (IBM), click next. You can give it a new name or leave it as is. Make the 320 the default printer. You can let it print a test page. Either way re-start the system. Try another test page.
Click the link below for a .pdf file which is the manual for your
Okidata 320 Turbo.
http://www.precision.com/manuals/Okidata_ML320_321_Manual.pdf
If you do not have Adobe's pdf reader download it from the next link.
http://adobe-reader.download-express.org/now/

babytenbucks, if your still have any trouble please just post back & we'll get it solved.
Good day!
& please vote...

Your printhead is in correctly but not aligned, Please loosen the 2 screws that holds the printhead.Remove ribbon(all this while the printer is powered off) Now look on the right side there is a lever that makes the printer go closer to the ribbon ,move the lever to number 9 and move the head over to the left side of the printer.push the head forward slightly towards the black roller and tighten the 2 screws again ,install the ribbon and move the blue lever to 1 and try printing again.
Hope this helps.Dezzi

that was really easy man i finally found a fix :) if you need guidance feel free to email me at zulfequar  at  gmail dot com