Oki c3200 My colors are banding, it's printing like a gradient for left to right. light on one end then darker as you come across the page

What you have here is one of the LED print heads is not sitting correctly on the corresponding drum. Make sure the LED head is free to move and there is no foreign object sitting in/on the drum. Where it is darker the print will be fuzzy around the edges and that confirms what I have said.

Ya more than likely they didn't make a drive for your OS.

the problem is not with the printer but it is with the ink that might be damaged, this is located inside the printer

Try running the gradient/color adjuster (do a full test). It's in Additional Functions screen.
The C3200 series is known for this and many other issues. Most of the customers that I met has since switched to a Xerox color machine that has much better results (Docucolor series for print shop/marketing type work, and the WorkCenter 7600 series for high end office work. Both same body design, different engine/system software)

put that color chart on the glass with the darker end facing the let, and then press start. You will have to do it about 3 different test, so keep follow the intruction.

it is going to need to be tested to find the component that is causing the problem

Remove the toner cartridge and drum assembly together. Gently rock the assembly from end to end, as when installing a new toner cartridge. Then put the assembly back in place. This procedure worked for me. I'm guessing that I must have laid the toner and/or drum on its side, or perhaps upside down, when I was replacing the drum, and this was responsible for the problem.

Check your page count, drum life on a C3200 is roughly 15000 pages. This information can be found on the information menu map.

Information Menu Menu Item Default Setting PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE Prints the MenuMap (menu listing) with current settings shown. Information about your printer is also
shown at the top of each MenuMap page.


Life Expectancy Toner Cartridge
Life expectancy approximately 1,500 pages, assuming about 5% coverage, which means that 5% of the addressable dots in an image are printed with this color of toner. See Toner Cartridge..

Image Drum
Life expectancy approximately 15,000 pages, assuming an average of 3 pages per print job. If the average print job is longer than this, the image drums could last longer, but if the average print job is shorter, then image drums will be used more quickly. See Image Drum.

Transfer Belt
Life expectancy about 50,000 letter-size pages. See Transfer Belt.

Fuser
Life expectancy about 45,000 letter-size pages. See Fuser.

What is the stats % of drums if low under 50% change them, soon as you add non Gen you throw a spanner in any attempt to fault find, fix is possible toner more than likely drum/drums, do a print of each colour and change drums as indicated by failure in its colour to print, check transport belt is OK and led heads are clean

Hey Danzo, This error is usually caused by dirt (usually toner) on the laser lens. There should be a cleaner pad somewhere on your machine (though I am not totally familiar with Oki) that will wipe across the lens. If there is no pad, you may have to find access to the lens and wipe it manually with a tissue or similar