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1. Trays 1 2 and 3 Note When clearing a jam open the top cover completely and clear all paper from the entire paper path Make sure you also clear paper jammed in the paper tray Then close the top cover and press Go 118 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems By carefully selecting print materials and loading them properly you should be able to avoid most paper jams For more information on proper paper handling see page 71 For tips on avoiding jams see page 80 When a jam does occur the Paper Jam message that appears on the operator panel display indicates where to find the jammed paper You must clear the paper from this area but you must also clear all paper from the entire paper path The illustration of the printer s paper path may help you After you have cleared all the paper close the printer s top cover and press Go to clear the message If you feel you have cleared all the paper from the paper path but the paper jam message is still displayed open and close the top cover and press Go again The Jam Recovery setting in the Setup Menu determines whether the printer reprints the jammed page See page 31 for more information The following table lists the paper jam messages Follow all the steps beginning on page 119 in the sequence presented to clear a jam regardless of which message appears on the display Paper jam messages Messa
2. Select LTalk Option 1 or LTalk Option 2 to activate the LocalTalk port on the optional tri port adapter If you have a tri port adapter installed in both connector 1 and connector 2 you can only activate one LocalTalk port If you select Disabled all of the other menu items in the LocalTalk Menu are hidden PCL SmartSwitch Off On Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the LocalTalk interface connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default PS SmartSwitch Off On Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the specified LocalTalk interface connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default Factory default 52 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings LocalTalk Menu continued Menu item Values NPA Mode Off Auto NPA is a mode
3. Remove the affected print unit and gently shake it back and forth to distribute the toner evenly Reinsert the print unit and try printing the job again Replace the affected toner cartridge See page 89 Replace the photoconductors If the problem only occurs when printing black you can replace just the black photoconductor If the problem occurs when printing one of the colors replace all three of the color photoconductors See page 94 for more information The page is blank Make sure the affected print unit is completely installed in the printer Replace the affected toner cartridge See page 89 Toner smears or rubs off the page Make sure you re using recommended paper or other media Make sure you have selected the correct Paper Type setting for the media you re using Make sure the top cover is completely closed and both sides are snapped shut You may need to replace the fuser See page 98 for more information Toner adheres to the back of the page Remove the fuser coating roll from under the printer s rear cover and wipe it with a dry lint free cloth See page 127 for more information Identifying other problems 111 Print quality problems continued Problem Printed materials delivered by the postal service arrive with ghosting or mirror images of the text visible on the page Ir Y Action When preparing printed materials for mailing Use 24
4. Norway 47 22 76 35 00 Spain 34 1 436 0048 Sweden 46 8 705 79 00 Switzerland 41 1 722 88 11 United Kingdom 44 1628 481 500 Choose a cool clean storage area for your printer supplies Store toner cartridges and photoconductors in their origi nal packaging until you are ready to install them Do not expose printer supplies to Direct sunlight Temperatures above 35 C 95 F High humidity above 80 Salty air Corrosive gases Heavy dust Storing supplies 91 92 When dol replace them Chapter 6 Replacing supplies Your printer displays Supplies on the second line of the operator panel display when there are any supplies that need attention Press Menu or Menu to open the Supplies Menu and quickly determine whether you need to add toner replace a photoconductor or load paper The average yield of a supply is the average number of pages you can print before you need to replace the supply The actual yield varies depending on factors such as the printer settings you choose the toner coverage on each printed page and the size paper you use The paper size affects the printer s page count calcula tions The printer counts an A4 or letter size sheet as one page however it counts a B4 or legal size sheet as 1 2 pages and an A3 or 11x17 size sheet as 2 pages There fore if you print all your jobs on A3 paper the yield for a particular supply may appear to be half the yield cl
5. Before you present this product for warranty service remove all programs data and removable storage media For further explanation of your warranty alternatives and the nearest Lexmark autho rized servicer in your area please contact Lexmark at 1 800 LEXMARK 1 800 539 6275 or on the World Wide Web at http www lexmark com We do not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of a product Warranty service does not include repair of failures caused by modification or attachments accidents or misuse e unsuitable physical or operating environment maintenance by anyone other than Lexmark or a Lexmark authorized servicer e operation of a product beyond the limit of its duty cycle e failure to have installed a maintenance kit as specified if applicable e use of printing media outside of Lexmark specifications e use of other than Lexmark supplies such as toner cartridges inkjet cartridges and ribbons e use of other than Lexmark product or component ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WAR RANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR POSE ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WILL APPLY AFTER THIS PERIOD Your sole remedy under this Statement of Limited Warranty is set forth in this section For any claim concerning performance or nonperformance of Lexmark or a Remarketer for this product under this Statement of Limited Warranty you m
6. Resetthe printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 63 Unformatted Disk The hard disk installed in your printer has not been formatted You must format the disk before you can downloading resources to it Press Go to clear the message If the error message remains the disk may be defective and need replacing To format the disk select Format Disk from the Tests Menu 70 79 Network Reserved for messages relating to the optional internal network adapter INA installed in your printer For more information refer to the online documentation included on the printer CD under Network Printing 80 Scheduled Maintenance The printer requires replacement of routine maintenance items such as the fuser and transport belt to maintain top performance and avoid print quality and paper feed problems These items are in a maintenance kit available from Lexmark You must have a trained service technician install the maintenance kit See Replacing service items on page 98 for more information The message appears when the printer maintenance counter determines 100 000 pages have printed Failure to replace the maintenance kit items will not interrupt printer operation but can result in unsatisfactory printer performance 84 Black PC Life Warning This message alerts you that you can print approximately 100 pages befor
7. printer driver A program that translates the language of a software application to the language of the printer so the two can communicate data printer language A set of defined commands such as PCL or PostScript to which the printer responds process black See composite black proportionally spaced font A font that varies the width of the character to allow uniform spacing around characters protocol A set of rules governing the communication and the transfer of data between two or more devices RAM See random access memory random access memory RAM Memory that allows rapid storage and retrieval of data RAM contents are erased when electrical power is turned off Ready State of the printer in which it can receive process and print data Press the Go button to return the printer to the ready state When the printer is in the ready state the message Ready or the message Power Saver appears on the operator panel display rear output bin Output bin you attach to the back of the printer Allows for a straight paper path when feeding from the multipurpose feeder rear paper guide Sliding part at the back of the paper tray that defines the proper placement of paper and communicates to the printer the paper size loaded receive only fax A printer function possible if an optional tri port adapter is installed You can set up the serial port to receive faxes from a class 1 fax modem registration The alignment
8. Menu item Values Advanced Status Off On If Advanced Status is set On bidirectional communication is enabled through the parallel interface Protocol Standard Fastbytes You can select Standard or Fastbytes protocol for the parallel interface Fastbytes is compatible with most existing parallel interface implementations Use Standard only if you experience parallel interface problems Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about the parallel interface Honor Init Off On The Honor Init setting determines whether the printer honors hardware initialization requests from the computer The computer requests initialization by activating the INIT signal on the parallel interface Many personal computers activate the INIT signal each time the computer is turned on and off Parallel Mode 1 Off On This setting enables or disables the pull up resistors on the parallel port signals It is useful for personal computers that have open collector outputs on the parallel port signals Set Parallel Mode 1 On to disable the resistors or Off to enable the resistors Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about this setting Parallel Mode 2 Factory default Off On This setting determines if the parallel port data is sampled on the leading or trailing edge of strobe If Parallel Mode 2 is set On the parallel port data is sampled on the leading edge of strobe The parallel po
9. a Press Menu or Menu to enter the menus Paper Menu appears on the second line of the dis play D Press Select to open the Paper Menu Using the multipurpose feeder 85 86 Chapter 5 Paper handling C Press Menu until Paper Size appears on the sec ond line of the display d Press Select to select Paper Size e Press and release Menu until Manual Pap Size or Manual Env Size appears on the second line of the display f Press Select to open a list of paper or envelope sizes g Press Menu or Menu to scroll through the list of paper or envelope sizes h When the size you need appears on the second line of the display press Select i Press Go to return the printer to the ready state Make sure the Paper Type setting is appropriate for the media you re loading in the tray See page 18 for more information about the Paper Type setting If you re loading an envelope a transparency or a sheet of labels or card stock select the rear output bin This allows media to feed through the printer along a straight path thereby reducing curl and stacking problems When the printer is in the ready state send the job to print 6 When Load Manual appears on the operator panel display insert a single sheet of media in the feeder a If necessary press the bottom of the multipur pose feeder until it clicks into the loading posi tion b Slide open the multipurpose feeder s right and left paper guides
10. Button Function Return Press the Return button to back up to the previous level of the menu structure without selecting a new menu item or value Stop Press the Stop button when the printer displays the Busy or Waiting message to temporarily activity then press Go stop all activity The message Not Ready is then displayed until you press Go to continue printer For example if you need to load paper in a tray while a job is printing press Stop and wait for the printer motors to idle before removing the tray from the printer Reinsert the loaded tray and MarkVision s remote operator panel The MarkVision utility has a remote operator panel that displays an exact replica of the printer operator panel on your computer screen You can use the remote operator panel to check printer status and change printer settings just as you would the printer operator panel If the printer is located some distance from your computer it may be more convenient to use the remote operator panel on your computer In addition to the remote operator panel some versions of MarkVision also provide a way to view many of the menu items for one menu on a single screen If you need to make several changes to settings in the Paper Menu for exam ple you may find it easier to make those changes when you can see all of the menu items and their available val ues at one time That eliminates the time required to scroll through the various menu items
11. Trademarks X PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated PostScript is Adobe Systems designation of a set of printer commands language and functions included in its printer products This printer is intended by Lexmark International Inc to be compatible with the PostScript language This means the printer recognizes PostScript commands used in various application pro grams and that the printer emulates the functions corre sponding to the commands Details relating to compatibility are included in the Techni cal Reference Sun is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Micro systems Inc in the United States or other countries The following terms are trademarks or registered trade marks of these companies Albertus Antique Olive Arial CG Omega CG Times Helvetica Intellifont ITC Bookman ITC Zapf Chancery Marigold Palatino Times New Roman Univers Wingdings The Monotype Corporation plc Monsieur Marcel OLIVE The Monotype Corporation plc A product of Bayer Corporation Based on Times New Roman under license from The Monotype Corporation plc is a product of Bayer Corporation Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Bayer Corporation International Typeface Corporation International Typeface Corporation AlphaOmega Typography Inc Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries The Monotype Corporation plc Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Microsoft Corporatio
12. creased or damp paper e Flex and straighten the paper before you load it e Do not overload the paper trays Make sure the paper stack does not exceed the maximum height indicated by the paper guides The multipurpose feeder does not have size sens ing Select the correct source and paper size from 80 Chapter 5 Paper handling Loading paper in the trays the operator panel MarkVision or the printer driver before sending the job to print Ifyou are printing a job using manual feed send the job to the printer and then wait for the Load Manual message to appear on the display before you place media in the multipurpose feeder Print transparencies only after warming the printer by printing a job on paper such as the menu set tings page you can print from the Tests Menu The procedure for loading paper in all the trays the stan dard 250 sheet tray and the optional 250 sheet trays is the same Refer to the Setup Guide for detailed instructions The printer lets you know when you need to load paper in the trays If a tray has less than 50 sheets of paper the Supplies status message appears on the display Press Menu or Menu to open the Supplies Menu and then scroll through the list of supplies that need attention The menu indicates whether a tray is missing low on paper or empty When you change the paper in the tray make sure the paper guides are in the correct positions The position of the rear pap
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14. Alarm Control Factory default Normal Whole Page Select Whole Page to modify the PCL formatting area and the printer physical print area Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about printable areas English Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Dansk Norsk Nederlands Svenska Portugu s Suomi Japanese The Display Language setting determines the language of the text that appears on the operator panel display Off Single Continuous If you want the printer alarm to sound any time the printer requires intervention select Single or Continuous If you select Single the printer sounds three quick beeps to let you know operator intervention is required If you select Continuous the printer repeats the three beeps every ten seconds If you do not want the alarm to sound select Off 32 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Setup Menu continued Menu item Values Printer Usage Max Speed Max Yield The Printer Usage setting determines how your printer reacts when it receives mono pages pages with only black print The setting you choose affects the overall print speed and how frequently you must replace printer supplies Select Maximum Speed to ensure the fastest throughput for all jobs When Maximum Speed is selected the printer makes no mechanical changes when it detects a mono page It handles all pages as if they require color printing Select Maximum Yield to redu
15. C Fonts Safety information e Ifyour product is NOT marked with this symbol H it MUST be connected to an electrical outlet that is properly grounded e The power cord must be connected to an electrical outlet that is near the prod uct and easily accessible e Refer service or repairs other than those described in the operating instruc tions to a professional service person e This product is designed tested and approved to meet strict global safety stan dards with the use of specific Lexmark components The safety features of some parts may not always be obvious Lexmark is not responsible for the use of other replacement parts Your product uses a printing process that heats the print media and the heat may cause the media to release emissions You must understand the section in your operating instructions that discusses the guidelines for selecting print media to avoid the possibility of harmful emissions Consignes de s curit e Sile symbole 5 n appara t PAS sur votre produit ce dernier DOIT tre branch sur une prise de courant mise la terre e Le cable d alimentation doit tre connect une prise de courant plac e pres du produit et facilement accessible e entretien et les r parations autres que ceux d crits dans les instructions d emploi doivent tre effectu s par le personnel de maintenance qualifi e Ce produit a t concu test et approuv pour respecte
16. Delay Auto None 1 15 The Transmit Delay setting defines the amount of time the printer must wait before trans mitting meaningful infrared data to the host computer as well as the amount of time the printer requests the host computer to wait before it transmits infrared data If Auto is selected the printer automatically sets the Transmit Delay value during power on to maximize link performance In most cases Auto is the recommended setting If you have trouble printing using the infrared port selecting a high Transmit Delay setting such as 15 may resolve the problem Max Baud Rate Factory default 2400 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 576000 1152000 4000000 The maximum baud rate possible for both the printer and the infrared adapter is automatically set during power on However if your printer is situated in a bright or highly reflective environment you may experience intermittent communication problems If you do select a lower baud rate for the infrared connection Menus 51 LocalTalk Menu Use the LocalTalk Menu to change settings affecting jobs sent to the printer via the LocalTalk port This menu is only available if an optional tri port adapter is installed in your printer If the LocalTalk Port menu item is set to Disabled all of the other menu items in the LocalTalk Menu are hidden LocalTalk Menu Menu item Values LocalTalk Port Disabled LTalk Option 1 LTalk Option 2
17. EMUL MENU page 26 page 28 page 29 page 35 Print Menus Cancel Job Printer Language Font Source Print Fonts Reset Printer Power Saver Font Name Print Directory Print Buffer Resource Save Point Size Print Demo Download Target Pitch Color Samples Print Timeout Symbol Set Factory Defaults Wait Timeout Orientation Format Flash Auto Continue Lines per Page Format Disk Jam Recovery A4 Width Job Acct Stat Page Protect TRAY RENUMBER Hex Trace Print Area Auto CR after LF Display Language Auto LF after CR Alarm Control Printer Usage Timing Adj oe purer Size POSTSCRIPT MENU ob Accounting Job Acct Limit page 39 Print PS Error Font Priority Image Smoothing PARALLEL MENU page 40 STD PARALLEL PARALLEL OPT 1 PARALLEL OPT 2 PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Parallel Buffer Job Buffering Advanced Status Protocol Honor Init Parallel Mode 1 Parallel Mode 2 SERIAL MENU page 43 SERIAL OPTION 1 SERIAL OPTION 2 PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Serial Buffer Job Buffering RS 232 RS 422 RS 422 Polarity Serial Protocol Robust XON Baud Data Bits Parity Honor DSR 12 Ex NETWORK MENU ma INFRARED MENU page 47 page 49 NETWORK OPTION 1 Infrared Port NETWORK OPTION 2 a veh PS SmartSwitc PCL SmartSwitch NPA Mode PS SmartSwitch l NPA Mode nfrared Buffer Job Buffering Network Buffer Window Siz Job Buffering Transmit Delay NETWORK x SETUP Max
18. Paper Type before sending a job to print Multipurpose feeder Notch Note To create a straight paper path and minimize curling load transparencies in the multi purpose feeder and stack them in the rear output bin Tray 1 Loading transparencies Before loading transparencies fan the stack to prevent sheets from sticking together To prevent print quality problems avoid getting fingerprints on the transparen cies Load transparencies only in the multipurpose feeder or tray 1 Your printer does not feed transparencies from tray 2 or tray 3 Load transparencies with the corner notch oriented as shown This properly positions the specially coated print side For more information refer to the detailed loading instructions packaged with the transparencies When loading transparencies in tray 1 use the piece of cardboard with the rectangular cutout that comes with the transparencies Place the cardboard in the bottom of the tray before loading transparencies The cardboard ensures proper feeding of the last transparency in the stack Only use the cardboard when loading transparencies in tray 1 Do not use the cardboard in the multipurpose feeder Media guidelines 77 78 Chapter 5 Envelopes Paper handling You can load up to 15 envelopes in the multipurpose feeder Load envelopes with the flap side down and the short edge nearest the return address area positioned to enter the printer firs
19. Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about creating demo pages Color Samples Select this menu item to print a multipage color sample The sample may take a few minutes to print To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu to display the Job Menu and then select Cancel Job Use the sample to choose colors for your applications The printout also details the RGB and CMY percentages for easy reference Factory Defaults Restore Do Not Restore When you choose to restore the factory default settings All downloaded resources fonts macros symbol sets in printer memory RAM are deleted Resources residing in flash memory or on hard disk are unaffected All menu settings are returned to the factory default values except Display Language Job Buffer Size All settings in the Parallel Menu Serial Menu Fax Menu Network Menu Infrared Menu and LocalTalk Menu Note An asterisk appears next to the factory default value for each of the menu items listed in this chapter 26 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Tests Menu continued Menu item Values Format Flash Yes No Formatting flash memory deletes all resources fonts macros stored in flash memory and prepares flash memory to receive new resources You may want to select Print Directory before you format the flash memory to determine what resources if any are stored in flash The Format Flash menu i
20. Supplies status message is then displayed with the Ready Power Saver Busy and Waiting messages unless another status message of higher priority is posted until you replace the photoconductor When you replace the black photoconductor make sure you also install the new fuser coating roll that is included in the black photoconductor kit 84 Color PC Drums Exhausted The three color photoconductors have reached the end of their 13 000 page life You may want to replace the photoconductors now When you do replace them replace all three cyan magenta and yellow at the same time See page 94 for more information If the print quality is still acceptable press Go to clear the message and continue printing The Supplies status message is then displayed with the Ready Power Saver Busy and Waiting messages unless another status message of higher priority is posted until you replace the photoconductors 84 color PC Abnormal You have installed a defective photoconductor You must replace the specified photoconductor before you can continue printing 88 color Toner Low The printer has detected that the toner supply in the specified cartridge is low After printing approximately 250 more pages the printer will display the 88 color Toner Empty message and cease operating until the toner cartridge is replaced If you do not have the necessary supplies on hand order them now See page 89 for more information about ordering
21. The basic software that provides the low level functions needed to operate your computer such as booting up Operation ReSource Lexmark s process established to recycle toner cartridges and photoconductors operator panel The buttons and liquid crystal display on the printer that are used to change printer settings and display printer status operator panel display See display optional drawer The support unit you install under your printer that holds a 250 sheet paper tray optional tray 250 sheet tray you can purchase for your printer orientation The perspective describing whether the printed text runs along the short portrait or long landscape edge of the paper output bin Any paper exit area The default is the top output bin which allows the paper to exit face down and collated overlay Background text or graphics intended to appear the same in each file where the overlay is applied pages per minute ppm The number of typical pages of text that can be printed in one minute paper guides Sliding parts in the paper trays that define proper placement of paper Failing to properly adjust the paper guides may result in paper jams paper type A printer setting that defines the type of media plain paper letterhead or transparency for example loaded in a specified tray parallel interface A bidirectional interface for exchanging data between the computer and the printer pel Picture element The
22. The following bitmapped fonts are resident for PCL emulation only Line Printer 16 POSTNET Barcode Appendix C Fonts 149 Sym bol sets A symbol set is the collection of alphabetic and numeric characters punctuation and special characters available in the font you select Symbol sets support the require ments for different languages or specific applications such as math symbols used for scientific text In PCL emulation a symbol set also defines which charac ter will print for each key on the keyboard or more specif ically for each code point Some applications require different characters at some code points To support multi ple applications and languages your printer has 77 sym bol sets for the resident PCL emulation fonts Symbol sets for Not all font names support all of the symbol sets listed PCL emulation below Refer to the printer Technical Reference to determine which symbols sets are supported by each font name ABICOMP International ABICOMP Brazil Portugal DeskTop German Greek 8 ISO 2 IRV ISO 4 UK ISO 6 ASCII ISO 10 Swedish ISO 11 Swedish ISO 14 JIS ASCII ISO 15 Italian ISO 16 Portuguese ISO 17 Spanish ISO 21 German ISO 25 French ISO 57 Chinese ISO 60 Norwegian v1 ISO 61 Norwegian v2 ISO 69 French ISO 84 Portuguese ISO 85 Spanish ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 ISO 8859 2 Latin 2 ISO 8859 5 Latin Cyrillic ISO 8859 7 Latin Greek ISO 8859 9 Latin 5 ISO 8859 10 Latin 6 Legal Math 8 MC Text
23. a typeface at a specific size style and resolution bits per second bps A measurement of the speed of data being transferred through a serial interface bps See bits per second buffer A portion of memory used to temporarily store data Busy A printer state in which the printer is processing data or printing pages byte A group of eight binary digits processed as a unit Typically used to represent an alphanumeric character C5 Envelope measuring 162 x 229 mm calibration The process of synchronizing the black and color toner cartridge drive gears as well as the black and color photoconductor drums for accurate registration card stock Heavy single ply paper frequently used for reports or book covers Centronics parallel interface A standard for connecting printers and other peripheral devices to a computer It defines the plug socket and electrical signals that are used for controlling the transmission of data CMY Abbreviation for cyan magenta and yellow See also subtractive colors color registration See registration composite black The result of combining a mixture of each of the subtractive primary colors cyan magenta and yellow Also called process black configuration 1 The arrangement of a computer system printer or network 2 The devices and programs that make up a system subsystem or network curl Curvature at the edge of a sheet of paper Data Set Ready DSR A hands
24. and customize color printing Color Menu Menu item Values Color Correction Vivid RGB CMYK Black amp White Display The Color Correction setting lets you adjust the printed color to better match the colors of other output devices or standard color systems For example if you want your printed colors to simulate the colors on your computer screen choose Display If you are using a software application that has its own color correction choose CMYK The Vivid setting the default produces bright and well saturated colors for transparencies and general business graphics For more information see page 61 Print Quality Graphics Images 1200 Image Q The default setting Graphics provides high quality output for text and business graphics such as line art and electronically generated charts If you need to print jobs composed largely of image data scanned photos or video frames for example you may want to select Images The Images setting enhances the quality of printed images on the page while maintaining high quality text and graphics For the best overall print quality when printing jobs containing images text and graphics select 1200 Image Quality This setting may require more memory than the other two settings to process a particular job and may slow print speed However the 1200 Image Quality setting delivers the highest quality output with crisp text and graphics and exceptionally high quality imag
25. and values when using the remote operator panel and its two line display For additional information about MarkVision see page 131 Using the operator panel 7 Menus Printing current menu settings Note Before printing the menu settings page make sure the selected paper source holds A4 letter or legal size paper and the Paper Type setting for the source is Plain Paper 8 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings A number of menus are available to make it easy for you to change printer settings The diagram on page 12 shows the menus and all of the menu items available in each menu The items in each menu and the values you can select are described in more detail in the tables beginning on page 13 Some of the menu items or values are displayed only if a specific option is installed on the printer Other menu items may only be effective for a particular printer lan guage You can select these values at any time but they only affect printer function when you use the specified printer language An asterisk next to a value in the tables indicates the factory default setting Factory defaults may differ for dif ferent countries When you select a new setting from the operator panel the asterisk moves next to the selected set ting to identify it as the current user default These set tings remain active until new ones are selected or the factory defaults are restored See Changing menu settings on page 9 for instructi
26. automatically resumes processing The Auto Continue value has one other purpose If the operator panel has displayed menu information for the specified period of time without a button being pressed the printer automatically exits the menus and returns to the ready state Jam Recovery Factory default On Off Auto When Jam Recovery is set Off the printer does not reprint a page that has jammed When Jam Recovery is set On the printer keeps the image for a printed page until the printer signals that the page has successfully exited the printer The printer reprints all jammed pages If Jam Recovery is set to Auto the printer keeps the image and reprints the page unless the memory required to hold the page is needed for other printer tasks Menus 31 Setup Menu continued Menu item Values Page Protect Off On Set Page Protect On to ensure that an entire page is processed before it is printed This may be helpful if you are having trouble printing a page properly because of complex page errors If you still cannot print the page after setting Page Protect On your printer may not have enough memory to process the page You may have to reduce the size and number of fonts on the page change the Print Quality setting or increase the installed printer memory For most print jobs you do not need to set Page Protect On When Page Protect is On printing may slow Print Area Display Language
27. be sure you also replace the fuser coating roll After you replace the photoconductors and close the printer s top cover the printer synchronizes the four pho toconductors to correct the color registration This adjust ment may take up to 90 seconds depending on the printer settings you have chosen The fuser coating roll lubricates the hot roll with oil It installs under the printer s rear cover To avoid damage to the fuser replace the fuser coating roll each time you replace the black photoconductor Refer to the installation instructions that come with the fuser coat ing roll in the black photoconductor kit With certain types of printing you may experience print quality problems that indicate you need to replace the fuser coating roll before it s time to replace the black pho toconductor For example if you repeatedly print the same images or fine line patterns or if you experience jams in the fuser you may eventually notice toner specks on the front of the page or incomplete ghost images See Identifying other problems on page 109 for more information about related print quality problems See page 89 for information about ordering a fuser coating roll separate from the black photoconductor kit When do replace them 95 96 Recycling used supplies Note Lexmark does not rec ommend refilling used toner car tridges or purchasing refilled cartridges from a third party Print quality and printer reliabil
28. cleaning 127 ordering 89 replacing 95 G German acoustics statement 163 glossary 169 Go button 6 graphics printing 61 H hard disk See disk Hex Trace Tests Menu 27 Image Smoothing PostScript Menu 39 images printing 15 39 61 Infrared Menu 49 Infrared Buffer 50 Infrared Port 49 Max Baud Rate 51 NPA Mode 50 PCL SmartSwitch 49 PS SmartSwitch 49 Transmit Delay 51 Window Size 51 Internet 39 141 intranet servers 131 141 inventory printer hardware 137 J Jam Recovery Setup Menu 31 jams See paper jams Job Accounting Setup Menu 34 Job Acct Limit Setup Menu 34 Job Acct Stat Tests Menu 27 Job Buffer Size Setup Menu 33 job buffering allocating memory 33 infrared port 50 LocalTalk port 53 network port 48 parallel port 41 serial port 44 setting up in MarkVision 139 using a hard disk 68 Job Menu 28 Cancel Job 28 Print Buffer 28 Reset Printer 28 job queue management 139 job statistics 137 deleting 27 printing 27 setting the maximum number of jobs 34 storing on disk 34 69 L labels guidelines 79 Index 185 loading 83 printing 83 landscape orientation 36 LEDs cleaning 111 126 letterhead guidelines 75 Lines Per Page PCL Emul Menu 36 loading paper multipurpose feeder 83 trays 81 LocalTalk Menu 52 LocalTalk Addr 54 LocalTalk Buffer 53 LocalTalk Name 54 LocalTalk Port 52 LocalTalk Zone 54 NPA Hosts 54 NPA Mode 53 PCL SmartSwitch 52 PS SmartSwitch 52 locking th
29. cost of some wear on the color photoconductors and the developer rolls within the color toner cartridges Printing color and mono jobs 63 Transport belt 64 Maximum Yield paper path for mono pages Black Yellow Cyan Chapter 3 Using color Magenta If you set Printer Usage to Maximum Yield the printer drops the transport belt when it detects a mono page and thereby removes the color print units from the paper path This extends the life of the color photoconductors and color toner cartridges However when the printer detects a color page it must then lift the transport belt back into the color position and calibrate the four photoconductors and the toner cartridge drive gears to ensure consistent color registration This adds time to your printing If you choose Maximum Yield the Timing Adjustment menu item also in the Setup Menu lets you specify which calibrations you want the printer to perform when it adjusts from a mono job to a color job The printer also performs these same calibrations each time you turn the printer on and each time you open and close the top cover The Timing Adjustment setting you choose may affect the overall printing time as well as print quality See page 33 for more information For more suggestions on ways to conserve printer sup plies see page 96 Printer memory EDO memory Note Memory options designed for other Lexmark laser printers do not work with your print
30. dimensions 145 features 143 inventory 137 memory 65 menus 12 messages 100 operator panel 6 options 143 resetting 28 specifications 143 status 131 135 supplies 145 printer drivers auto update in MarkVision 135 getting the latest versions 141 Printer Language Setup Menu 29 printer memory 65 managing 67 options 66 problems 66 specifications 65 printer messages attendance messages 103 70 79 Network 107 Black PC Drum Exhausted 108 Black PC Life Warning 107 Change tray 103 color PC Abnormal 108 Color PC Drums Exhausted 108 Color PC Life Warning 108 color Print Unit Missing 104 color Toner Empty 108 color Toner Low 108 Complex Page 105 Defective Disk 107 Disk Full 107 Files Will be Lost Go Stop 104 Flash Full 105 Insert Tray x 103 Insufficient Collation Area 104 Invalid Font Data 104 Invalid Network x Code 104 Load Manual 103 Load tray 103 Memory Full 105 Paper Jam 109 Par x ENA Connection Lost 106 Parallel Error 105 Parallel Option x Error 106 Parallel Port x Disabled 106 Print Jobs on Disk 104 Remove Paper 103 Res Save Off 104 Scheduled Maintenance 107 Serial Option x Error 106 Serial x Port Disabled 107 Service 109 Standard Parallel Port Disabled 106 Std Par ENA Connection Lost 106 Tray x Configuration Error 104 Unformatted Disk 107 Unformatted Flash 105 status messages 100 Activating Menu Changes 101 Busy 100 Cancelling Job 101 Clearing Job Accounting Stat 102 Close Top Covers 103 Engin
31. in the section Lexmark is continually updating printer utilities to pro vide you optimum printer control To get information about the newest versions of MarkVision which may include new features or enhanced functions use the Lex mark resources listed under Getting updated utilities and drivers on page 141 Appendix A MarkVision 133 Selected MarkVision features Not supported for TCP IP networks Limited function Support for this feature provided by the operating system Windows 95 Windows Feature NT 4 0 Windows 3 1 OS 2 Warp UNIX Mac Printer configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes E Network adapter firmware setup Yes Yes Yes Yes g MarkVision network installation Yes Yes Yes Yes B Auto driver update Yes No No No Uninstaller for MarkVision Yes Yes Yes Yes d 2 Visual status Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes E S Alerts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9 Remote operator panel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Custom media names Yes Yes Yes No No 9 Job statistics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes o Printer inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes S Property tag support Yes Yes Yes Yes No Resource management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes z Printer and network adapter password Yes Yes Yes No No control E Job queue management Yes Yes Yes 3 Yes No 2 5 Print buffer management Yes Yes Yes No Yes i Job buffering Yes Yes Yes Yes No E 134 Appendix A MarkVision Centralized setup MarkVision lets you set up sev
32. install up to 128MB of memory by installing four 32MB memory cards in your printer Lexmark offers two memory options for the Optra Color 1200 printer a 32MB option two 16MB memory cards and a 64MB option two 32MB memory cards For installation instructions refer to the Setup Guide Additional memory allows the printer to print complex jobs on large paper collate large jobs and operate more efficiently You can also download fonts and macros to printer memory However you should consider this type of memory temporary storage anything stored in printer memory is lost when the printer power is turned off If your printer encounters a memory shortage when try ing to print a job it may post a 37 Insufficient Collation Area 38 Memory Full or 39 Complex Page error message depend ing on the task it s trying to complete Refer to Under standing printer messages on page 100 for more information about these and other messages If these messages appear frequently you probably want to install additional printer memory If they only occur rarely try reducing the e Size of the formatted page e Number of pages in the job Number of fonts or graphics on each page e Size of scalable fonts used in the document e Number of fonts or macros downloaded to printer memory Allocating memory Default input buffer size You may also want to set the Print Quality menu item to Graphics or Images since the 1200 Image Quality s
33. minimize its impact Beconsistent with your color use to make your mes sage meaningful and easy to understand For exam ple use the same color in a document to highlight similar concepts Usethe brightest color to draw attention to the most important point When adding color to a business document use the color for meaning and clarification not decoration e Avoid colors that may offend or confuse your audi ence e Ina pie chart fill each slice with a solid color Draw attention to the most important slice with the brightest color e When using color on transparencies use vivid satu rated colors Use high contrast colors to attract attention to major points Select colors that look good together and reinforce your message e Avoid red and green combinations These colors are hard for people with red green color blindness to distinguish For more information about color refer to the numerous books available in the marketplace and to the documenta tion that is included with your software application Because perception of color is subjective no two people see color in exactly the same way In the desktop printing environment how we perceive color also depends on whether we are looking at color on a computer screen or printed on paper Knowing how color is produced gives you a clearer understanding of color and how it works with your color printer For example light coming from a computer screen Ad
34. mono jobs on page 63 for more infor mation about the Printer Usage settings After the printer determines that the photoconductors have printed 12 900 pages the printer displays 84 Color PC Life Warning or 84 Black PC Life Warning If you do not already have replacement photoconductors available order them at this time Press Go to clear the attendance message The Supplies sta tus message then appears on the second line of the display to remind you there are supplies that need attention Open the Supplies Menu to view the status of the four photo conductors After posting the PC Life Warning messages the printer counts 100 pages and then displays 84 Color PC Drums Exhausted or 84 Black PC Drum Exhausted If the print qual ity is still acceptable you can press Go and resume print ing However the printer continues to display the PC Drum Exhausted message each time you turn the printer on and each time you open and close the top cover until you replace the photoconductors You ll want to replace the photoconductors when you notice print quality problems such as light printing spots on the page or voids in printed characters See page 109 Fuser coating roll for more information about print quality problems that may be caused by worn out photoconductors When you need to install new photoconductors refer to the installation instructions that come with the photocon ductors Each time you replace the black photoconductor
35. of all layers of the four color planes cyan magenta yellow and black on the page See also calibration resolution A measure of the sharpness of a printed image expressed in the number of dots per inch dpi RGB Abbreviation for red green and blue See additive color Glossary 179 180 Glossary scalable font A font whose characters are stored only as outlines so it is easy to change or scale the size of the characters measured in points screen font A font you download to your computer so it appears the same on the computer screen as it does on a printed page serial interface A way of communicating between computer and printer by transmitting data one bit at a time server A device that allows the sharing of resources such as printers on a network service message A printer message that indicates the printer needs service setting Values you choose from printer menus or software applications that control printer operation and the appearance of the printed page SmartSwitch A printer function that automatically switches the printer language to that of the job the software application is sending to the printer software application Any program loaded on your computer used to perform a specific task such as word processing or data compiling standard protocol A parallel printer protocol where the printer receives information sent from the computer at a normal transmission rate status messa
36. or Menu the Menus Disabled message is displayed To unlock the menus repeat steps 1 3 above 10 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings If you want to disable the button sequence so users cannot easily lock or unlock the menus from the printer operator panel change the password variable of the PJL JOB com mand Select any non zero value for the password vari able to prevent the button sequence from unlocking or locking the menus Refer to the printer Technical Reference for more information about PJL commands Menus 11 Menu overview Menus or menu items in italics are displayed only when the required option is installed Capitalized menu items for example PAPER SIZE have submenus Refer to the tables on the following pages for a listing of the values for each menu item SUPPLIES MENU page 13 color Toner color PC Drum Tray 1 Status Tray 2 Status Tray 3 Status MAINTENANCE MENU page 14 Maint Status m COLOR MENU page 15 Color Correction Print Quality Toner Saver PAPER MENU FINISHING MENU p page 16 page 22 Paper Source Copies PAPER SIZE Blank Pages PAPER TYPE Collation CUSTOM TYPES Separator Sheets Output Bin _ Separator Source Substitute Size Multipage Print Configure MP Multipage Order Size Detection Multipage View Multipage Border TESTS MENU m JOBMENU SETUP MENU PCL
37. paper handling It supports a wide variety of paper sizes from A5 to A3 and 11x17 in and has a standard multipurpose feeder that makes it easy to print on envelopes transparencies labels card stock and non standard size paper You can also add up to two optional drawers which can increase the printer s total paper capacity to 850 sheets Introducing your printer 1 2 Print speed Memory Print quality Chapter 1 Introducing your printer Your Optra Color 1200 printer can print four color and mono jobs at up to 12 ppm With all printers print speed varies depending on specific characteristics of the job such as the size of the formatted page the number of fonts the number and complexity of images and graphics and so on Printing a mix of color and mono jobs may also slow printing depending on the printer settings you have chosen Your printer ships with 32MB of standard printer memory for fast efficient processing of color jobs Some models may ship with more memory If you typically print large complex jobs you can install pairs of optional memory cards to increase the total memory to a maximum of 128MB Your printer also comes with 4MB of standard flash mem ory for storing downloaded resources such as fonts and macros In addition you can install an optional hard disk for storing downloaded resources and job statistics and for spooling or collating print jobs Resources stored in flash memory or on disk
38. several people are using the printer in a network environment When you select Between Pages a blank page is inserted between each page of a job This may be useful if you are printing transparencies and want to reduce static build up when stacking transparencies in the output bin Separator Source Tray 1 Tray 2 Tray 3 MP Feeder If you re using separator sheets the Separator Source menu item lets you specify the tray that holds the separator sheets Only installed paper sources are displayed as values You can only select MP Feeder as the separator source if the Configure MP menu item is set to Cassette If Separator Source is set to MP Feeder and Configure MP is set to Manual or First the Separator Source setting automatically changes to Tray 1 Multipage Print Factory default Off 2 Up 3 Up 4 Up 6 Up 9 Up 12 Up 16 Up Choose a Multipage Print value to print images of the specified number of pages on one sheet of paper The printer automatically reduces the image of each page so the specified number of images fits on one sheet For example select 4 Up to print reduced images of pages 1 4 of your document on the first sheet of paper pages 5 8 on the second sheet and so on Menus 23 Finishing Menu continued Factory default Menu item Values Multipage Order Horizontal Vertical Rev Horizontal Rev Vertical Use the Multipage Order setting to determine the sequence o
39. smallest addressable unit that can be effectively reproduced by the printer Glossary 177 178 Glossary photoconductor An element of the print unit that works similarly to film in a camera As the photoconductor drum rotates it uses positive and negative charges to alternately attract the toner necessary to define the image produced by the LEDs and transfer the image to the page pitch A unit of measure that designates the number of characters that can be printed in 1 horizontal inch For example a 10 pitch font prints 10 characters per inch cpi point A unit of measure that designates the height of a printed character 1 point 1 72 in point size The height of the characters in a font portrait orientation Printed page orientation in which the print runs along the short edge of the paper power saver printer setting that reduces power usage when the printer is idle When the Power Saver message is displayed the printer is ready to receive print jobs ppm See pages per minute primary color Colors that when combined produce white in an additive color system and black in a subtractive color system Red green and blue RGB are the additive primaries Cyan magenta and yellow CMY are the subtractive primaries print material See media print server See external network adapter print unit The assembled unit inside the printer that includes the toner cartridge and developer and the photoconductor
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41. the Fax Buffer setting automatically resets the printer 56 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Communicating in color Using color Your printer provides you with outstanding color printing technology for many business office uses such as business charts photographic images or spot colors Color can give life to your printed material adding excite ment realism importance clarity or whatever feeling you want to convey You can enhance your use of color by understanding how color printing works and how to use it most effectively This chapter provides information about selecting using and adjusting color for desktop printing Today s fast paced competitive business and professional climate demands an accurate concise way to communi cate and exchange information One of the most effective visual communication tools is color By using color to con vey information you reduce the amount of verbal expla nation needed to get your message across Applications for communicating in color are endless They include Business internal and external documents Charts and graphs Promotional literature Presentation graphics Overhead transparencies Product manuals Sales brochures Scientific image printing Architectural drawings Communicating in color 57 58 Guidelines Defining color Chapter 3 Using color Follow these guidelines when using color Lessis better when using color Overusing color can
42. the requested size and type in the tray indicated f you re printing on larger paper make sure the Size Detection setting is correct See page 21 for more information Cancel the print job Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Load Manual You have sent a request for a manual feed job to the printer and the printer is ready for you to insert a single sheet or envelope into the multipurpose feeder The message displays either the custom media name defined using the MarkVision utility the media size or the media size and type it is looking for To clear the message Load media of the requested size and type in the multipurpose feeder Press Select or Go to ignore the manual feed request and print on media already installed in one of the paper sources If the printer finds a tray that has media of the correct size and type it feeds media from that tray If the printer cannot find a tray with the correct media size and type it prints on whatever media is installed in the default paper source Cancel the print job Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Remove Paper Top Output The top output bin is full Remove the stack of paper and press Go Understanding printer messages 103 Attendance messages continued Me
43. this printer feature and not send the job to the printer multiple times Your application must also let you specify the number of copies needed or recognize the printer default setting for Copies You can select Collation from the printer operator panel or from the printer driver For best results select Collated in the printer driver and set the number of copies to one In your appli cation select Uncollated if the option is available and the number of copies you want If the job is complex or exceeds the printer s storage capacity you may receive an Insufficient Collation Area message Press Go to clear the message The printer collates the remaining pages in memory If you reset the printer the printer discards the job Factory default 22 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Finishing Menu continued Menu item Separator Sheets Values None Between Copies Between Jobs Between Pages You can have the printer insert blank separator sheets between jobs between multiple copies of a job or between each page of a job Separator sheets are pulled from the source identified in the Separator Source menu item Select Between Copies for multiple copy jobs If Collation is Off a blank page is inserted between sets of each printed page If Collation is On a blank page is inserted between each copy of the job If you select Between Jobs a blank page is inserted after each print job This may be helpful when
44. to 2 the printer prints page 1 page 1 page 2 page 2 page 3 page 3 Note Selecting the number of copies from the operator panel changes the printer default and affects all subsequent jobs Blank Pages Do Not Print Print Set Blank Pages to Print to include application generated blank pages with your print job Collation Off On Set Collation On to collate multiple copies of a job For example if you send a three page job to print and set Copies to 2 the printer prints page 1 page 2 page 3 page 1 page 2 page 3 When Collation is Off the printer prints each page of a job the number of times specified by the Copies setting For example if you send a three page job to print and set Copies to 2 the printer prints page 1 page 1 page 2 page 2 page 3 page 3 Many applications collate multiple copies of a print job by repeatedly sending the job to the printer until the correct number of copies has printed If Copies is set to 2 for example the printer actually processes the same job twice However if you set Collation On from the printer operator panel or from MarkVision the printer processes the file only once saves the file in printer memory or in the optional hard disk if installed and then prints the specified number of copies This saves processing time for the printer and the application and may reduce overall printing time For Collation to work effectively your software application must recognize
45. window on your com puter display varies depending on your operating sys tem the version of MarkVision and your network and printer configuration For example when you first open MarkVision for Win dows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 you see a list of all the print ers MarkVision found at startup Double click a printer name to view a window similar to the following sample Lexmark Optra Color 1200 Q020000C02B 7 PostScript Ports Job Buffering Toner Printer Job Management Adapter Settings LexLink Settings Status Operator Panel Statistics Resource Management Paper Setup Finishing PCL Fonte antinude o Features 4 General Ej Options B Resources i Inputs i Outputs Sale Bi Code Levels zi Mah de on _ Go 132 Appendix A MarkVision Features The table on page 134 lists some of the key features of the MarkVision utility and indicates whether each feature is available for your workstation operating system A brief summary of each feature follows the table Scroll through the online Help included with MarkVision for more infor mation about its functions or refer to the MarkVision doc umentation included on the CD The majority of the features are most useful for network or workgroup administrators In general the information in the following sections is addressed to them If a feature is helpful for a user at an individual workstation user is clearly indicated
46. 41 Transparencies A4 size The fuser coating roll packaged separately from the Black Photoconductor Kit is not a routine maintenance item Order this part number only if you re experiencing print quality problems resulting from repetitive printing of the same images or patterns See page 95 for more information See page 76 for more information about transparencies If you re in the U S call 1 800 438 2468 to order supplies from Lexmark Direct or to request information about Lex mark Authorized Supplies Dealers in your area The following table lists appropriate phone numbers for other countries In countries not listed contact a representative at the place where you bought your printer Contacts for supplies information Region Country Phone number North America Canada 888 453 9226 U S 800 438 2468 Latin America Headquarters 305 447 2200 Argentina 54 1 319 8900 Brazil 55 11 820 5733 Mexico 52 5 254 2435 Asia Pacific Australia 61 2 930 3500 Hong Kong 852 825 6168 Japan 81 3 3523 7077 Singapore 65 227 3488 Taiwan 886 2 713 1000 Storing supplies Contacts for supplies information continued Europe Country Phone number Austria 43 1 797 320 Belgium 32 2 716 74 11 Denmark 45 45 82 55 11 Finland 358 0 452 34 00 France 33 1 46 67 40 00 49 6074 488 0 39 2 28 103 1 Germany Italy Netherlands 31 20 56 32 800
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48. 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Select the baud appropriate for the fax modem you attached to the serial port Fax Data Bits Factory default 7 8 Select the number of data bits that the fax modem sends in each transmission frame Menus 55 Fax Menu continued Menu item Fax Parity Values Even Odd None Ignore This setting lets you select the parity for the input and output data frames Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about parity Fax Buffer Factory default Disabled Auto 3K to maximum size allowed You can configure the size of the fax input buffer to meet the requirements of your system If the limited size of the input buffer is preventing you from continuing work in your application each time you receive a fax you may want to increase the buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off To maximize the range for the Fax Buffer size you can disable or reduce the size of the parallel serial network infrared or LocalTalk buffer Choose the Auto setting to let the printer automatically calculate a buffer size proportional to the total amount of available printer memory In most cases Auto is the recom mended setting See page 67 for a listing of the default buffer sizes for all the interface ports Note Changing
49. Baud Rate Chapter 2 Changing printer settings E LOCALTALK MENU FAX MENU page 52 page 55 LocalTalk Port Fax Port PCL SmartSwitch Fax Baud PS SmartSwitch Fax Data Bits NPA Mode Fax Parity LocalTalk Buffer Fax Buffer Job Buffering NPA Hosts LocalTalk Name LocalTalk Addr LocalTalk Zone Supplies Menu Supplies Menu The Supplies Menu provides information about printer supplies that require attention It is only available when a supply is low or needs replacement You can view the Supplies Menu when the printer is idle or when the printer is busy processing or printing a job Press Menu or Menu to open the Supplies Menu The information in the menu changes as the supplies status changes even after you have opened the menu Menu item color Toner Values Low When a toner cartridge has only enough toner left to print approximately 250 pages the printer identifies the cartridge in the Supplies Menu for example Magenta Toner When the toner cartridge is completely empty the printer ceases operation See page 93 or page 108 for more information color PC Drum Life Warning Exhausted Like the toner cartridge each of the color photoconductors requires periodic replacement When a photoconductor or PC Drum is nearing the end of its life or needs replacing the printer displays an item such as Magenta PC Drum in the Supplies Menu You must replace all three color pho
50. ENE RERR ER EK dXRe TR SHE RM det 96 Toner Sayer seting 3 cias ex ders Rae cd don GER CER Ra ed Ra i AGE OR Rt d ics 96 Black amp White printing 520464 o6 ordodees PS e EtRE TRO I Rhe A 97 Printer Usage setting x95 Shy Senedd o Ade Red AC e OE dd Ras 97 Replacing service items u neeaucs jan eee Rack ce y aoo ke a S cal Rea d 98 rj Solving printer problems nuce o bs 99 Understanding printer messages za aae rre RE e RE Yd 100 Identifying other problems i4 siduuricasidiedidsietedieieduasdeed 109 Clearing paperjams 2349 adea cC RR bU S dp Res eg b S Lbs edu 118 Cleaning the LEDS 5g gc estreit iiir RIA SACRE OR A DICA EROR 126 Cleaning the fuser coating roll vuu eA p bua d rne BSEC a bna by ash 127 Calling for service 4454 329 2 dedi LONG IER ORA Pd Ca ici Hire a a dece 129 Appendix A MarkVision V ood erET e RRDERRS 131 Operating systems supported 00 eee 131 Introducing Mark VISION ias Sandee Rc ees a oC CR eae RS 131 Features cenera dessert hdd Da Vu Age dolore a esas 133 MarkVision online Help iis iiss isin ise b e RR RE eens 139 Installing Mark Vision on a network iieesewssatr gp rn hes 140 Getting updated utilities and drivers iillieeeslleeees 141 Online services dalasaedevabbbaee 4 Xeb4 ee E exei tice ii 141 Automated fax system iissssersoexsac koe sas aiia pad 141 Appendix B Printer specifications 143 vi Table of contents Pipette TONS asdoasseddsdamdtirddqebimps qus 147 P
51. Ib 90 g m paper Avoid rough paper select paper with a smoothness from 100 to 150 Sheffield Fold sheets with the text facing outward Insert sheets in envelopes Pre barcode and pre sort all envelopes Meter envelopes or use pre canceled stamps Place envelopes in trays and deliver to the post office do not drop envelopes into mail boxes or chutes Quality of printed transparencies is inadequate T Make sure you re using the recommended Lexmark transparencies See page 76 for more information Make sure you re loading transparencies properly See page 77 When printing transparencies always set the Paper Type to Transparency Set the Color Correction menu item to Vivid See page 15 or page 61 for more information Avoid getting fingerprints on transparencies before printing Printed characters are not as crisp as you d like T Print on the page is skewed in Set Toner Saver Off from the Color Menu Make sure the width guides in the paper tray or the multipurpose feeder fit snugly against the media you loaded Make sure the paper you load in the trays fits under the two corner tabs at the front of the tray 112 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Print quality problems continued Problem Quality of printed images is inadequate A white gap is noticeable between color fills due to poor color regis tration Colors do not print a
52. Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 56 Parallel Port x Disabled Data was sent to the specified parallel port but the port has been disabled from the Parallel Buffer menu item Press Go to clear the message The printer discards the data sent to the parallel port Resetthe printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 106 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Attendance messages continued Message 56 Serial x Port Disabled Action Data was sent to the specified serial port but the port has been disabled from the Serial Buffer menu item Press Go to clear the message The printer discards the data sent to the serial port Reset the printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 61 Defective Disk The hard disk installed in your printer is defective Press Go to clear the message and continue printing You must install a different disk before you can perform any disk functions 62 Disk Full There is not enough space available to hold the resources you want to store on disk Press Go to clear the message and continue processing Downloaded fonts and macros not previously stored in flash memory or disk are deleted
53. Microsoft Publishing 150 Appendix C Fonts PC 775 Baltic PC 8 Bulgarian PC 8 Code Page 437 PC 8 Danish Norwegian PC 8 Greek PC 8 Greek Alternate 437G PC 8 PC NOVA PC 8 Polish Mazovia PC 8 Turkish PC 850 Multilingual PC 851 Latin Greek PC 852 Latin 2 PC 853 Turkish Latin 3 PC 855 Oyrillic Serbia PC 857 Turkish Latin 5 PC 860 Portugal PC 861 Iceland PC 863 Canadian French PC 865 Norway PC 869 Latin Greek PC 911 Katakana PC 1004 OS 2 L1 PC Cyrillic PC Ukrainian Pi Font POSTNET Barcode PS ITC Zapf Dingbats PS Math PS Text Roman 8 Spanish Symbol Turkish 8 USSR GOST Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats Ventura International Ventura Math Ventura US Windows 3 0 Latin 1 Western Windows 3 1 Latin 1 Western Windows 3 1 Latin 2 Central Europe Windows 3 1 Latin 5 Turkish Windows Latin 6 Baltic Windows Cyrillic Windows Greek Wingdings Appendix C Fonts 151 Downloadable You can download scalable and bitmapped fonts in Post fonts Script Level 2 emulation and PCL emulation Fonts can be downloaded to printer memory flash memory or a hard disk option Fonts downloaded to flash memory or disk remain in memory even after the printer language changes the printer resets or the printer is turned off The MarkVision utility includes a remote management function that lets you manipulate the font files you ve downloaded to flash memory or disk See page 131 for more information about MarkVision 152 Appendix
54. Optra Color 1200 User s Guide First Edition March 1998 The following paragraph does not apply to any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in later editions Improvements or changes in the products or the programs described may be made at any time A form for reader s comments is provided at the back of this publication If the form has been removed comments may be addressed to Lexmark International Inc Department F95 035 3 740 New Circle Road N W Lexington Kentucky 40550 U S A In the United Kingdom and Eire send to Lexmark International Ltd Marketing and Services Department Westhorpe House Westhorpe Marlow Bucks SL7 3RQ Lexmark may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you You can purchase additional copies of publications related to this product by calling 1 800 553 9727 In the United King
55. S HHS HAHA Re A7 PAEA Aao HHCH e NA SSE AS 7l UD HA Beet UUE AE 2 EMEA ABSAALS e 29 AAAA FSH 214 BE MAHAL Pele Se A HERH 91s Sg 2 EX Lexmark FAL AA Aso Qo YAS H MA EE FES AA EA Esiste nl O MFOFALIC e elu REFI oF Ad S SHI ti APE A gr uu Lexiarkts Cle wall 5ESI APSO cH et aes al Sect e HZ2 BAS BBA elaj ofa Ss 78A uj ol eiz ola ol alot SA Sloth 4 AUSHE oleg ABS MALS gajn med aad m olay Hal MY BS AHS SER Axes SHMAIS Appendix D Safety information 161 162 Appendix D Safety information Energy Star German acoustics statement Notices The EPA ENERGY STAR Computers program is a partnership effort with computer manufacturers to promote the introduction of energy efficient products and to reduce air pollution caused by power generation Companies participating in this program introduce personal computers printers moni tors or fax machines that power down when they are not being used This feature will cut the energy used by up to 50 percent Lexmark is proud to be a participant in this program As an Energy Star Partner Lexmark International Inc has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency The following measurements were made in accordance with ISO 7779 and reported in conformance with ISO 9296 Acoustics 1 Meter Average Sound Pressure dBa Printing 50 dBa ldling 42 dBa Appendix E Notices 163 Electronic emissions noti
56. Ware 3 x Yes 4 x Windows NTS 3 5 Yes 3 3 5 1 Windows NTS 4 0 Yes 3 Windows 95 Yes Peer to Peer OS 2 LAN Server and Yes 4 OS 2 Warp Server TCP IP 5 Yes AppleTalk No OS 2 3 x requires a bidirectional print spooler Request the latest FixPak from IBM Requires a 32 bit Requester from Novell To set up the Windows NT server to support clients using Windows operating systems select Server Utilities from the Install window when running the Network Printer Utility To set up the OS 2 server to support clients using Windows operating systems select Server and Workstation Utilities from the Install window when running the Network Printer Utility 5 Server Network operating system independent 140 Appendix A MarkVision Getting updated utilities and drivers Online services Automated fax system You can also install MarkVision for Windows NT Intranet Servers on a workstation running Windows NT and a sup ported web server MarkVision for Windows NT Intranet Servers lets you use a supported web browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer to access MarkVision from any client workstation regardless of the operating system installed There are a number of ways you can get information about the latest Lexmark utilities and drivers including MarkVi sion and the Network Printer Utilities For helpful phone numbers refer to the Contacting Lexmark i
57. ach with a 250 sheet tray MarkVision 3 4 Chapter 1 Introducing your printer Note Printer settings selected from a software appli cation or driver override default settings selected from the oper ator panel Changing printer settings Read this chapter for details about the printer settings you can change to control printer function To make it easy for you to find the information you need the chapter is orga nized according to the structure of the printer operator panel menus However you can also change many of these settings from your application from a Lexmark printer driver or from the MarkVision printer utility If there is a printer feature you cannot control from the application or printer driver use the printer operator panel or the remote operator panel available from MarkVi sion Keep in mind however that changing a printer set ting from the operator panel or from MarkVision makes that setting the user default for all subsequent jobs sent to the printer In most cases settings you change from the application or driver apply only to the job you are prepar ing to send to the printer Changing printer settings 5 Using the The operator panel on the top of your printer has a 2 line operator p anel by 16 character liquid crystal display LCD five buttons and one indicator light The light indicates whether the printer power is on and whether the printer is idle or busy processing a job I
58. ages See printer messages mono printing 33 63 Multipage Border Finishing Menu 25 Multipage Order Finishing Menu 24 Multipage Print Finishing Menu 23 Multipage View Finishing Menu 25 multipurpose feeder configuring 21 manual feed 85 media specifications 72 printing from 83 using 83 N network adapter available options 144 online documentation x Network Menu 47 Job Buffering 48 Network Buffer 48 Network x Setup 48 NPA Mode 47 PCL SmartSwitch 47 PS SmartSwitch 47 notices 163 n up printing 23 O online documentation x Operation ReSource 96 operator panel buttons 6 menus 12 messages 100 remote 136 setting the display language 32 options 250 sheet drawer 82 disk 68 memory 66 specifications 144 Orientation PCL Emul Menu 36 OS 2 Warp MarkVision 131 Output Bin Paper Menu 20 output bins 71 P page count 26 Page Protect Setup Menu 32 paper guidelines xi 74 letterhead 75 loading 81 output 20 22 71 selecting a size 16 size substitution 21 sizes supported 72 sources 16 71 storing 80 paper jams avoiding 80 clearing 117 118 transparency jams 117 Paper Menu 16 Configure MP 21 Custom Types 20 Output Bin 20 Index 187 PaperSize 16 PaperSource 16 Paper Type 18 Size Detection 21 Substitute Size 21 paper path 118 Paper Size Paper Menu 16 paper sizes configuring trays 21 supported 72 73 Paper Source Paper Menu 16 paper sources 71 capacity 72 linking 82 media specificati
59. aimed for that supply The following sections provide details about when you need to replace each supply Toner cartridges Note When a Toner Empty messages appears on the dis play you cannot use your printer until you replace the toner car tridge The average yield of each toner cartridge is 6 500 pages The actual yield depends on the density of print on each page and whether you have Toner Saver set On When the printer detects that the toner supply in a partic ular cartridge is getting low it posts the 88 color Toner Low message If you do not already have a replacement toner cartridge available order one at this time Press Go to clear the attendance message The Supplies sta tus message then appears on the second line of the display to remind you there are supplies that need attention Open the Supplies Menu to see which toner cartridge is low The printer also continues to display the 88 color Toner Low message each time you turn the printer on and each time you open and close the top cover until you replace the toner cartridge or until it s empty After recognizing the toner is low the printer counts 250 pages and then displays 88 color Toner Empty When this message appears you must install a new toner cartridge before you can continue printing If you notice a reduction in print quality after the Toner Low message appears you may want to replace the car tridge before the Toner Empty message is displ
60. al communication configuration for your printer If RS 422 is selected Serial Protocol is automatically set to XON XOFF RS 422 Polarity Factory default Normal Reverse If you select RS 422 for the serial communication configuration you can then select Normal or Reverse polarity 44 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Serial Menu continued Menu item Serial Protocol Values DTR hardware handshaking DTR DSR hardware handshaking XON XOFF software handshaking XON XOFF DTR combined handshaking XON XOFF DTR DSR combined handshaking The printer supports hardware handshaking software handshaking and combined hardware and software handshaking as indicated in the list of values for this menu item Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about serial interface Robust XON Baud Off On This printer setting only applies to the serial port if Serial Protocol is set to XON XOFF When Robust XON is set On the printer sends a continuous stream of XONs to the host computer to indicate that the serial port is ready to receive more data 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 If you use a serial interface you must select the rate at which data is being sent to or from your computer Refer to the Technical Reference for information about the range of baud values Data Bits Factory default 7 8 If you use serial interface
61. and 73 23 EEC on the approximation and harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and safety of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits A declaration of conformity with the requirements of the Directive has been signed by the Director of Manufacturing and Technical Support Lexmark International S A Boi gny France This product satisfies the Class B limits of EN 55022 and safety requirements of EN 60950 Federal Communications Commission FCC compliance information statement The Optra Color 1200 printer Type 5050 has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interfer ence and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The FCC Class A limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equip ment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interfer ence
62. andard flash memory If you frequently download fonts macros forms or symbol sets to your printer you may want to use flash memory storage rather than RAM Resources stored in flash mem ory are not lost when the printer power is turned off or the printer is reset If you have a large number of permanent resources you d like to download to your printer you may want to install a hard disk option The hard disk works much like flash memory but has a larger storage capacity for downloaded resources You can also use the hard disk for job buffering collating large jobs and gathering job statistics For instructions on installing a hard disk refer to the printer Setup Guide You can partition a portion of the hard disk for job buffer ing In some cases spooling jobs to a disk may decrease the time required for the printer to accept the print job data from the application The job also remains stored in the disk until the entire job prints Since disk memory acts as permanent storage that means your jobs remain secure in the event of a power failure You can enable or disable job buffering for each of the available printer ports parallel serial fax network LocalTalk and infrared from the printer operator panel menus or from MarkVision Use the Job Buffer Size menu item in the Setup Menu to set the percentage of the disk you want to use for job buffering If you are collating a large job and the printer memory is not sufficie
63. apter 7 Solving printer problems Attendance messages Message Close Top Covers Action Close the printer s top cover and rear cover Insert Tray x Insert the tray indicated tray 1 2 or 3 Change tray The printer is requesting a different size or type media than what it detects is in the identified tray tray 1 2 3 or the multipurpose feeder The message displays either the custom media name defined using the MarkVision utility the media size or the media size and type it is looking for To clear the message fthe correct paper type is loaded in the tray but the Paper Type setting was not changed from the operator panel press Go to continue printing Press Select to ignore the request and print on the media already installed in the tray Load media of the requested size and type in the tray indicated If you re printing on larger paper make sure the Size Detection setting is correct See page 21 for more information Cancel the print job Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Load tray The printer is trying to feed paper from a source it detects is empty tray 1 2 3 or the multipurpose feeder The message displays either the custom media name defined using the MarkVision utility the media size or the media size and type it is looking for To clear the message Load media of
64. aracters that have common visual characteristics such as size weight and style for example Arial Bold fuser The part of the printer that uses heat and pressure to make toner adhere to the paper fuser coating roll A replaceable unit inside the printer that coats the fuser roll with oil grain The alignment of the paper fibers in a sheet of paper For example in grain long paper the fibers run the length of the page graphics Visual data such as graphs and charts that are usually generated electronically from a software application g m Grams per square meter Metric measurement for paper weight Glossary 173 174 Glossary K handshaking The exchange of predetermined signals when a connection is established hard disk See disk hex trace A diagnostic printer mode that lets you print the uninterpreted printer data stream so you can see a hexadecimal and character representation of a print job Honor INIT A printer setting that allows the printer to be reset by an initialization signal sent from the computer images Visual data typically scanned from original sources external to the PC such as photographs or video frames INA Internal network adapter See network adapter infrared adapter An external device that uses a low power infrared beam to allow a computer to exchange data with a printer without a physical connection between the two interface The connection between the computer and t
65. are retained in memory even after the printer is turned off and back on With standard 600 dpi resolution your printer provides high quality printouts of all your jobs In addition the 1200 Image Quality setting lets you optimize the quality of printed images If you sometimes print simple drafts you can set Toner Saver On to preserve toner while minimally affecting print quality If Toner Saver is Off the printer smooths printed characters for enhanced text printing MarkVision Paper handling The MarkVision printer utility included on the CD that was shipped with your printer provides numerous printer management and color management tools that you can access directly from your computer MarkVision can display a graphic of your printer indicating the options installed and the location of any printer problems If your printer is attached to a network and located some distance from your workstation you can view printer status and change printer settings without leaving your desk You can also use MarkVision to gather statistics about the jobs you print or download resources to flash memory or disk The printer comes equipped with a 250 sheet paper tray and a multipurpose feeder Some models may ship with a second 250 sheet tray The multipurpose feeder lets you load a stack of envelopes transparencies labels or card stock for multiple page jobs To increase paper feeding capacity you can attach up to two optional drawers e
66. artSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default 40 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Parallel Menu continued Menu item Values NPA Mode On Off Auto NPA is a mode of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions defined in Network Printing Alliance Protocol A Printer Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA NPA mode requires special processing of the print data If NPA Mode is set On the data received must be in NPA format If not it is rejected as bad data If NPA Mode is set Off the printer does not perform any NPA processing If NPA Mode is set to Auto the printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it in either format The NPA Mode setting in the Parallel Menu applies only to the parallel interface connection Note Changing the NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer Parallel Buffer Disabled Auto 3K to maximum size allowed You can configure the size of the parallel input buffer to meet the requirements of your system If the limited size of the input buffer is preventing you from continuing work in your application each time you send a job to the printer you may want to increase the buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of
67. at Vivid default Why To print brighter colors Vivid adjusts CMYK components resulting in more saturated colors When You need sharp overhead transparencies especially when creating transparencies that contain graphics Printed colors appear faded or washed out To adjust the cyan to magenta range of colors to be more blue Your printed blues are too purple RGB To print with no color correction from RGB You are using an application that does its applications own color correction in RGB color CMYK To print with no color correction from CMYK applications You are using a software application that does its own color correction Adjusting color 61 Color Correction continued What Why When Black amp White To print color images in a monochrome You want to print a draft of a color gray scale document in shades of black and white You re printing a color document for photocopying You want to preserve your color toner and thereby reduce printing expenses Display To print colors that approximate the colors You want your printed colors to look on a standard computer screen similar to your computer screen Your application does not do its own color correction and defines colors as RGB red green blue HLS hue lightness saturation or HSB hue saturation brightness Print Quality What Why When Graphics Optimal for most business printin
68. at his own expense The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Note To assure compliance with FCC regulations on electromagnetic interference for a Class A computing device use a properly shielded and grounded cable such as Lex mark part number 1329605 Use of a substitute cable not properly shielded and grounded may result in a violation of FCC regulations Industry Canada compliance statement This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Avis de conformit aux normes d Industrie Canada Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Appendix E Notices 165 166 Appendix E Notices European Community EC directives conformity This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EC Council directives 89 336 EEC and 73 23 EEC on the approximation and harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and safety of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits A declaration of conformity with the requirements of the Directive has been signed by the Director of Manufacturing and Tec
69. atus messages continued Message Ready Hex Meaning Hex Trace diagnostic mode is active and the printer is ready to receive data Use Hex Trace to isolate the source of a print job problem With Hex Trace selected all data sent to the printer is printed in hexadecimal and character representation Control code strings are printed not executed To exit Hex Trace mode turn the printer off or reset the printer To reset the printer press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed and Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select Locking Menus Someone has locked the menus While the menus are locked users cannot change the printer default settings from the operator panel See Locking the menus on page 10 for more information Unlocking Menus Someone has unlocked the menus Users can now change the printer default settings from the operator panel See Locking the menus on page 10 for more information Menus Disabled Menus have been locked or disabled See page 10 for more information Supplies At least one of the printer supplies needs attention You may have a paper tray that is low on paper or a toner cartridge or photoconductor that needs replacing Press Menu or Menu to open the Supplies Menu See page 13 for more information about the menu Maintenance It s time to replace the fuser transport belt and roller set See Replacing service items on page 98 for more informat
70. ay recover actual damages up to the limit set forth in the following paragraph Lexmark s liability for actual damages from any cause whatsoever will be limited to the greater of 1 5 000 or 2 the amount you paid for the product that caused the damages This limitation of liability will not apply to claims by you for bodily injury or damage to real property or tangible personal property for which Lexmark is legally liable In no event will Lexmark be liable for any lost profits lost savings incidental damage or other economic consequential damages This is true even if you advise Lexmark or a Remarketer of the possibility of such damages Lexmark is not liable for any claim by you based on a third party claim This limitation of remedies also applies to any developer of materials supplied to Lex mark Lexmark s and the developer s limitations of remedies are not cumulative Such developer is an intended beneficiary of this limitation Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts or do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages If such laws apply the limitations or exclusions contained in this statement may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights You may also have other rights which vary from state to state Glossary 1200 Image Quality A print quality setting that allows the printer to vary the size of each printed pixel thereby producing a co
71. ayed It is also possible that the developer roll inside the toner car tridge needs replacing before you use all of the toner in the cartridge See Identifying other problems on page 109 for information about printing problems that may indicate it s time to replace the toner cartridge When you need to install a new toner cartridge refer to the installation instructions that come with the new car tridge When do I replace them 93 94 Photoconductors Chapter 6 Replacing supplies The photoconductor is the cylindrical drum that inserts in the toner cartridge Just as there is a cyan magenta yel low and black toner cartridge there is also a unique cyan magenta yellow and black photoconductor Together the photoconductor and the toner cartridge create the print unit You can purchase the black photoconductor separately However the three color photoconductors come packaged together You should always replace all three color photo conductors at the same time The average yield of each photoconductor is 13 000 pages The actual yield depends on the size paper you use and the Printer Usage setting you select from the Setup Menu If you select Maximum Speed the printer default the printer alerts you to replace all four photoconductors at the same time If you select Maximum Yield you will probably replace the black photoconductor before you need to replace the three color photoconductors See Printing color and
72. ccess to it Refer to the Setup Guide for detailed instructions on setting up the printer hardware installing options loading paper in the standard or optional trays loading media in the multipurpose feeder and launching the CD to install printer drivers and utilities It may help you to recognize the conventions we have used in this book Operator panel buttons are printed in a boldface type Press Go after changing a menu setting Preface ix Note A note provides auxil iary information you may find useful Warning A warning identifies something that might damage your printer hardware or soft ware Caution A caution identifies something that might cause you harm Other sources of information Online documents X Preface Messages that appear on the operator panel display are also printed in a boldface type If Black Toner Empty appears on the operator panel display you must install a new black toner cartridge before you can resume printing Notes warnings and cautions appear in the left col umn for easy reference In addition to the User s Guide Setup Guide and Quick Ref erence Lexmark offers other sources of information about your printer or about Lexmark products and services The CD that was shipped with your printer contains sev eral online documents Refer to the booklet that came with the CD for launching instructions Once you have launched the CD click the View Online D
73. ce wear of the color toner cartridges and photoconductors and thereby extend the life of the supplies If the printer detects a mono page it physically removes the color print units from the paper path to reduce wear When the printer detects a color page it must then perform the internal adjustments necessary to synchronize the color print units with the black print unit see Timing Adj This may slow overall printing time depending on the mix of mono and color pages See page 63 for illustrations of the paper path the printer uses for each of the settings See page 96 for more information about conserving printer supplies Timing Adj Gear Only Gear and Drum The Timing Adjustment menu item determines how the printer calibrates itself when you first turn it on and when switching between mono and color pages This menu item is only available when the Printer Usage menu item is set to Max Yield If you select Gear and Drum the printer synchronizes the black and color toner cartridge drive gears as well as the black and color photoconductors drums This setting guarantees the best print quality but slows printing Select Gear Only to minimize the time the printer requires for this calibration You may notice slightly inconsistent color registration when using this setting Job Buffer Size Factory default Disabled 10 100 If you have an optional disk installed in your printer you can allocate a portion of
74. cement tray Memory 32MB option two 16MB memory cards 64MB option two 32MB memory cards Maximum installed memory 128MB Hard disk option 2 5 inch hard disk to store fonts forms job statistics and spooled jobs Hard disk adapter ribbon cable For installing compatible Lexmark or third party hard disks MarkNet S internal network adapters Adapters available to support the following topologies Ethernet 10BaseT and 10Base2 Ethernet 10 100BaseTX Token Ring connects the printer to a Token Ring network via DB9 or RJ45 Tri port adapter Provides support for the following interfaces Serial RS 232C RS 422A which can also be configured to support a class 1 fax modem High speed Infrared local connections LocalTalk network connection Parallel port adapter Infrared adapter Provides additional parallel port For use with the tri port adapter receives infrared beam from an IrDA compatible workstation Serial interface adapter Converts the printer s parallel port to a serial port Parallel cables High speed bidirectional 10 foot and 20 foot 1284 B parallel cables 9 8 foot 1284 A C parallel cable Serial cable 50 foot serial cable 144 Appendix B Printer specifications Printer supplies Supply Toner cartridges Description Black magenta cyan or yellow cartridges Approximate yield 6 500 pages each 596 coverage Photocondu
75. ces Without a network adapter 164 Appendix E Notices installed Electronic emission information for your printer varies depending on whether or not you have an optional network adapter installed Federal Communications Commission FCC compliance information statement The Optra Color 1200 printer Type 5050 has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interfer ence and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The FCC Class B limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc tions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be deter mined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment int
76. che riscalda i supporti di stampa il calore generato pu determinare l emissione di sostanze dannose da parte dei supporti Leggere attentamente la sezione riportata nelle istruzioni riguardante le operazioni di selezione dei supporti di stampa in modo da evitare la possibilit di emissioni dannose Sicherheitshinweise Falls der Drucker nicht mit diesem Symbol O markiert ist mu er an eine ordnungsgem f geerdete Steckdose angeschlossen werden Das Netzkabel muf an eine Steckdose angeschlossen werden die sich in der N he des Ger ts befindet und leicht zug nglich ist Wartungsarbeiten und Reparaturen mit Ausnahme der in der Betriebsanleitung n her beschriebenen sollten Fachleuten berlassen werden Dieses Produkt und die zugeh rigen Komponenten wurden entworfen und getestet um beim Einsatz die weltweit g ltigen Sicherheitsanforderungen zu erf llen Die sicherheitsrelevanten Funktionen der Bauteile und Optionen sind nicht immer offensichtlich Sofern Teile eingesetzt werden die nicht von Lexmark sind wird von Lexmark keinerlei Verantwortung oder Haftung f r dieses Produkt bernommen Dieses Produkt verwendet ein Druckverfahren bei dem das Druckmedium erhitzt wird Diese Erw rmung kann zu einer Freigabe von Emissionen des Druckmediums f hren Es ist daher wichtig daf Sie in der Betriebsanleitung den Abschnitt der sich mit der Auswahl geeigneter Druckmedien befaft sorgf ltig durchlesen und die dort aufgef
77. cnico dos servi os de assist ncia e Este produto foi concebido testado e aprovado para satisfazer os padr es globais de seguran a na utiliza o de componentes espec ficos da Lexmark As fun es de seguran a de alguns dos componentes podem n o ser sempre bvias A Lexmark n o respons vel pela utiliza o de outros componentes de substitui o e O produto utiliza um processo de impress o que aquece os materiais de impress o Devido ao aquecimento estes podem libertar emiss es radioactivas necess rio compreender as instru es de opera o relativas escolha dos materiais de impress o a fim de evitar emiss es perigosas Appendix D Safety information 157 158 Appendix D Safety information Informac es de Seguranca e Seo produto NAO estiver marcado com este s mbolo m ele DEVE SER conectado a uma tomada el trica com liga o terra e Ocabo de alimenta o deve ser conectado a uma tomada el trica localizada perto do produto e de f cil acesso e Para todos os servi os ou repara es n o descritos nas instru es de opera o entre em contato com um t cnico dos servi os de assist ncia e Este produto est projetado testado e aprovado para satisfazer os padr es globais de seguran a para uso de componentes espec ficos da Lexmark Os recursos de seguran a de alguns componentes podem n o ser sempre bvios A Lexmark n o respons vel pelo uso de outros componentes de
78. contact a Remarketer or Lexmark for repair without charge If this product is a feature or option this statement applies only when that feature or option is used with the product for which it was designed To obtain warranty service you may be required to present the feature or option with the product If you transfer this product to another user warranty service under the terms of this statement is available to that user for the remainder of the warranty period You should transfer proof of original purchase and this statement to that user The warranty period is 12 months and starts on the date of original purchase as shown on the purchase receipt To obtain warranty service you may be required to present proof of original purchase Warranty service will be provided at your location When warranty service involves the exchange of a product or part the item replaced becomes the property of the Remarketer or Lexmark The replacement may be a new or Appendix F Warranty 1 67 Extent of warranty Limitation of liability Additional rights 168 Appendix F Warranty repaired item The replacement item assumes the remaining warranty period of the original product Replacement is not available to you if the product you present for exchange is defaced altered in need of a repair not included in warranty service or damaged beyond repair Also such product must be free of any legal obligation or restrictions that prevent its exchange
79. ctors Black photoconductor with fuser coating roll Cyan magenta and yellow photoconductors packaged together 13 000 pages each Transparencies A4 and letter size Dimensions Dimension Measurement Height 303 mm 11 9 in Width 555 mm 21 9 in Depth 643 mm 25 3 in Weight with supplies installed 51 kg 112 Ib Appendix B Printer specifications 145 146 Appendix B Printer specifications Fonts Pri nting font To print samples of all the fonts currently available for sam ples your printer 1 2 From the printer operator panel press Menu or Menu to enter the menus Continue to press and release Menu gt until you see TESTS MENU Press Select to display the list of menu items for the Tests Menu Press Menu until Print Fonts is displayed Press Select Press Select again to print a sample of all the fonts available in PCL emulation Press Menu and then press Select to print a sample of all the fonts avail able in PostScript Level 2 emulation Appendix C Fonts 147 Resident fonts Scalable fonts 148 Appendix C Fonts The scalable and bitmapped fonts resident in your printer are listed below You can select the resident fonts from your software application or from the printer operator panel if you re using PCL emulation The following scalable fonts are resident for both PCL emulation and PostScript Level 2 emulation Albertus Med
80. d each sheet of paper as it moves the paper through the print units where the imaging process occurs tray linking A means of increasing the capacity of the paper source by having the printer feed paper from one tray until it is empty and then automatically feed paper from another tray tri port adapter Optional card you can install inside the printer to add support for three interfaces LocalTalk serial or receive only fax and infrared Glossary 181 182 Glossary TrueType fonts Fonts that use a single font outline for both screen display and printing You can use TrueType fonts in Microsoft Windows applications and scale them to any height They print exactly as they appear on the screen universal Paper size value to select for all paper that is not a standard size defaults to 297 x 432 mm 11 7 x 17 in and feeds short edge first Set the actual size of the page from your software application user default Printer setting selected by a user that remains in effect until a new user default is chosen value One of the settings available for a specific menu item yield The approximate number of A4 or letter size sheets you can print before a supply or service item must be replaced For example if a toner cartridge has a yield of 6 500 you can print approximately 6 500 pages before you must replace the toner cartridge Numerics 250 sheet optional drawer specifications 72 250 sheet standard tray specification
81. dge 12 Legal 8 5x 14 in Short edge 7 5 11x17 11 x 17 in Short edge 6 5 Universal 297 x 432 mm Short edge 6 5 11 7 x 17 in Select this value when you re feeding a non standard size sheet from the multipurpose feeder The printer formats the page for 11 7 x 17 in 297 x 432 mm Set the margins for the actual page size from your software application Envelope size specifications Size Dimensions Feed orientation Print speed ppm DL Envelope 220 x 110 mm Short edge 7 5 C5 Envelope 229 x 162 mm Short edge 7 5 B5 Envelope 250 x 176 mm Short edge 7 5 7 3 4 Envelope 7 5 x 8 875 in Short edge 12 9 Envelope 8 875 x 3 875 in Short edge 7 5 10 Envelope 9 5 x 4 125 in Short edge 7 5 Other Envelope 8 5 x 14 in Short edge 7 5 Select this value when you re using a non standard size envelope The printer formats the envelope for the maximum size 8 5 x 14 in Set the margins for the actual envelope size from your software application Paper sizes 73 74 Media guidelines Paper Chapter 5 Paper handling Select appropriate media paper transparencies labels card stock and envelopes for your printer to avoid print ing problems For detailed information about media char acteristics refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide available on the CD that was shipped with your printer Brief guide lines for choosing paper and other media follow For the best output when prin
82. ditive colors Subtractive colors is additive color and light reflected from ink or toner on a page is subtractive color The colors displayed on computer screens are combina tions of red green and blue RGB Additive color is pro duced when selected hues in the color spectrum of white light are combined or added to change how colors are emphasized Combinations of red green and blue are additive colors Because red green and blue are the foundation for building all other additive colors they are called primary additive colors White is a combination of each of the primary col ors You can see an example of this in a beam of pure white light striking a prism separating into a rainbow of color Printers use the colors cyan magenta and yellow CMY Subtractive color is produced when white light strikes a pigment that absorbs or subtracts most of the hues and reflects only one or a few back to the eye In addition to human made subtractive pigments such as ink or toner on paper or dye in fabric most natural pigments are sub tractive Combinations of cyan magenta and yellow are subtractive colors Because cyan magenta and yellow are the founda tion for building all other subtractive colors they are called primary subtractive colors Black is produced by overlaying a mixture of each of the subtractive primary colors Black produced this way is not a pure black it is called process black o
83. dom and Eire call 0628 481500 In other countries contact your point of purchase O Copyright Lexmark International Inc 1998 All rights reserved UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS This software and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 and in applicable FAR provisions Lexmark International Inc Lexington KY 40550 Table of contents Preface eee ix About the manuals es ix Conventions 0 cee cece eee eee eee eee eee n ee ees ix Other sources of information c cee eee eee eee ee eee eee x Online documents 0 eee eee e x Technical Reference 0 cee eee eee eee ee ee eaae xi Lexmark website 0 0 cece eee eee ee ee ee ee ee eee xi Automated fax system 24 ev0esde eww vend oven c we Pee Ree Re Os xi Trademarks 4 c4605dsiceeboedavdewssebaauns xiii 1 Introducing VOUT PINNED 2sccretayeciday pire 1 Print speed sirisser einet as career are e d ada PR ER RR Cd Meee ee eee 2 Memory uad ee wk pid dE Rd edd Deh dps Qa edo RS GRRE Pe ba 2 Prntgualty MeTMEMC onm 2 Mark VISIO o rose sume secedere tatis Pets a aeu au et ea ed 3 Paper handling 222 405 4 2 X47 qo CI c eb aah den a a n i Dae eu Son 3 2 Changing printer settings ioo m
84. e MarkVision installed in a network environment without built in security such as TCP IP you can use MarkVision to set up printer and network adapter pass words The network administrator may want to assign a password to the printer or to the network adapter to restrict the ability to change adapter or printer settings from MarkVision Passwords can be set up for specific users and for specific printers This security function does not override existing network security functions If your network does have built in security MarkVision has access to the logon authority granted to each LAN user within the network operating system MarkVision honors this logon authority when granting access to MarkVision functions MarkVision online Help Job management Use MarkVision to manage jobs in the queue Job queue management You can use MarkVision to view reorder cancel and release print jobs in server queues Print buffer management You can also use MarkVision to view and cancel print jobs already stored in the print buffer Job buffering If you have an optional hard disk installed in any of your printers you can use MarkVision to desig nate a percentage of disk space for job buffering You can enable or disable job buffering for each of the available interface ports parallel serial network LocalTalk or infrared Job buffering allows the printer to remain busy even if the host computer networ
85. e Paper Size setting is also critical for the automatic tray linking function If you have the same paper loaded in two paper sources and want to enable tray linking set the Paper Type for each source to the same value When one tray is empty the printer then automatically feeds paper from the other tray A simple way to disable tray linking is to set Tray 1 Type to Custom Type 1 Tray 2 Type to Custom Type 2 and Tray 3 Type to Custom Type 3 if those three custom types are not predefined for other special media The MP Feeder Type menu item is displayed only if the Configure MP menu item is set to Cassette Custom Types Custom Type x where x represents a custom type from 1 to 4 Paper Card Stock Transparency Labels The Custom Type x setting specifies the print material for each of the Custom Types 1 4 defined in the Paper Type menu item If a user defined name is available the name is displayed instead of Custom Type x Output Bin Factory default Top Output Rear Output Select Top Output to collate jobs face down Select Rear Output to create a straight paper path from the multipurpose feeder to the rear output bin This may be useful when printing on heavier media such as transparencies envelopes labels or card stock Printed pages stack face up and uncollated in the rear output bin If you select Rear Output make sure you ve attached the rear output bin Refer to the Setup Guide for installa
86. e Warming 100 Flushing Buffer 101 Formatting Disk 102 Formatting Flash 102 Infrared x 101 LocalTalk x 101 Locking Menus 101 Maintenance 101 Menus Disabled 101 Network Card Busy 102 Network x 101 Not Ready 100 Parallel 101 Parallel x 101 Performing Self Test 100 Power Saver 100 Printing Directory List 102 Printing Font List 102 Printing Job Accounting Stat 102 Printing Menu Settings 101 Programming Disk 102 Programming Flash 102 Ready 100 Index 189 Ready Hex 101 Resetting the Printer 101 Restoring Factory Defaults 102 Serial x 101 Supplies 101 Unlocking Menus 101 Waiting 100 printer settings changing from MarkVision 5 from operator panel 9 from software application 5 Printer Usage Setup Menu 33 printer utilities getting the latest versions 141 MarkVision 132 printing color and mono pages 63 color samples 26 directory of contents of flash and disk 26 fontsamples 26 graphics 61 62 images 39 61 menu settings page 8 26 multiple page images per sheet n up 23 problems 114 problems alerts 136 error messages 100 memory 66 paperjams 118 print quality 109 printing 114 things to check 99 Q Quick Reference ix R registration 33 64 95 113 remote operator panel 5 7 136 190 Index renumbering trays 37 Reset Printer Job Menu 28 resetting the printer 28 resident fonts 148 resource management 69 138 Resource Save Setup Menu 29 Return button 7 S safety information 153 scalable f
87. e before you select a font name After you select a font source choose the specific font from the Font Name menu item The printer displays the font source abbreviation font ID and font name for each font The font source abbreviation is R for resident F for flash K for disk and D for download To print a font sample list showing all the fonts available for PCL emulation select Print Fonts and then PCL Fonts from the Tests Menu Point Size 1 1008 in increments of 0 25 127 If you chose a scalable typographic font you can select the point size for the font Point size refers to the height of the characters in the font One point equals approximately 1 72 of an inch You can select point sizes from 1 to 1008 in increments of 0 25 points Pitch 0 08 100 in increments of 0 01 107 If you chose a scalable monospaced font you can select the font pitch Pitch refers to the number of fixed space characters in a horizontal inch of type You can select a pitch from 0 08 to 100 characters per inch cpi in increments of 0 01 cpi For non scalable monospaced fonts the pitch is displayed but it cannot be changed Factory default Menus 35 PCL Emul Menu continued Menu item Symbol Set Values List of symbol set IDs and symbol set names 10U PC 8 Country specific 12U PC 850 Country specific A symbol set is a set of alphabetic and numeric characters punctuation and special symbo
88. e operator panel menus 10 Macintosh MarkVision 131 Magenta PC Drum Supplies Menu 13 Magenta Toner Supplies Menu 13 Maint Status Maintenance Menu 14 maintenance kits 98 Maintenance Menu 14 Maint Status 14 managing memory 65 flash memory 68 hard disk 68 printer memory 65 solving problems 66 manual feed multipurpose feeder 85 MarkNet S internal network adapter 144 MarkVision 132 alerts 136 auto driver update 135 186 index custom media names 137 Dynamic Data Exchange DDE 136 features 133 job buffering 139 job queue management 139 job statistics 137 managing memory 69 online documentation x operating systems supported 131 passwords 138 print buffer management 139 printer inventory 137 printer status 135 remote operator panel 5 136 resource management 138 security 138 Toolkit 138 visual status 136 media guidelines card stock 79 envelopes 78 labels 79 letterhead 75 online documentation xi paper 74 storing 80 transparencies 76 memory allocating 67 Extended Data Out EDO memory 65 flash 68 hard disk 68 managing 65 options 66 printer memory 65 solving problems 66 Menu button 6 menu settings changing 9 printing default settings 8 menus 8 changing settings 9 Color 15 Fax 55 Finishing 22 Infrared 49 Job 28 LocalTalk 52 locking 10 101 Maintenance 14 Network 47 overview 12 Paper 16 Parallel 40 PCL Emul 35 PostScript 39 Serial 43 Setup 29 Supplies 13 Tests 26 unlocking 10 101 mess
89. e the Black PC Drum Exhausted message appears If you do not have a black photo conductor kit on hand order it now See page 89 for more information about ordering new supplies Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The Supplies status message is then displayed with the Ready Power Saver Busy and Waiting messages unless another status message of higher priority is posted until you replace the photoconductor Understanding printer messages 107 Attendance messages continued Message 84 Color PC Life Warning Action This message alerts you that you can print approximately 100 pages before the Color PC Drums Exhausted message appears If you do not have new color photoconductors on hand order them now See page 89 for more information about ordering new supplies Note The cyan magenta and yellow photoconductors come packaged together You cannot order them separately Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The Supplies status message is then displayed with the Ready Power Saver Busy and Waiting messages unless another status message of higher priority is posted until you replace the photoconductor 84 Black PC Drum Exhausted The black photoconductor has reached the end of its 13 000 page life You may want to replace the photoconductor now See page 94 for more information If the print quality is still acceptable press Go to clear the message and continue printing The
90. e tray opening 6 If you were printing from the multipurpose feeder remove any jammed media from the feeder Clearing paper jams 121 7 Reinstall all four print units in the appropriate color coded positions starting with the magenta print unit at the front of the printer a Press the large green tab on the print unit until it clicks in place If the tab accidentally releases as you try to install the print unit press it again until it clicks in place You cannot install the print unit if the tab is released Warning Do not force the print unit into the printer or you may damage the photoconductor If the print unit does not slide eas ily into place make sure the green tab is pressed in b Slide the print unit into the appropriate color coded position as shown 122 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems C Press the print unit until it is completely seated ll 8 After you have installed all four print units gently close the top cover until it clicks in place If the cover does not close easily make sure each print unit is installed correctly Do not force the top cover closed Clearing paper jams 123 9 Close the rear cover 10 Press Go The printer clears the Paper Jam message and resumes printing The Jam Recovery setting in the Setup Menu determines whether the printer reprints the jammed page See page 31 for more information If a Paper Jam message re
91. ecific Legal A3 11x17 Universal 7 3 4 Envelope 9 Envelope 10 Envelope Country specific DL Envelope Country specific C5 Envelope B5 Envelope Other Envelope 16 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Paper Menu continued Menu item Values Paper Size Manual Pap Size continued A4 Country specific A5 JIS B4 JIS B5 Letter Country specific Legal A3 11x17 Universal Manual Env Size 7 3 4 Envelope 9 Envelope 10 Envelope Country specific DL Envelope Country specific C5 Envelope B5 Envelope Other Envelope The Paper Size setting identifies the default formatting size for each paper source See page 73 for a list of the dimensions for each paper and envelope size Trays 1 2 and 3 have size sensing The printer automatically determines the size of the paper installed in the tray and displays only that size as the default in the Paper Size menu You cannot change the default paper size for these trays from the operator panel To set the paper size adjust the rear paper guide to the appropriate position in the tray See page 72 for a listing of the paper sizes the trays support The printer can only recognize A3 and B4 size paper or 11x17 and legal size paper You must decide which of the pairs of paper sizes you want your trays to support You can still load the paper sizes you don t select in the multipurpose feeder Select the appropriate setting from the Size Detection me
92. eding odd size paper Use the Size Detection menu item in the Paper Menu to configure your trays to support either B4 and A3 size paper or legal and 11x17 size paper See page 21 for more information 72 Paper sizes Chapter 5 Paper handling Your printer supports a wide variety of paper sizes Some paper sizes feed from the trays short edge first and others feed long edge first This affects the print speed as well as the proper positioning of letterhead or other preprinted paper in the trays See the Paper size specifications table on page 73 for details Refer to the Setup Guide for illustra tions of proper paper orientation in the trays The printer determines the size paper loaded in the trays by the position of the rear paper guide Since the printer can only recognize A3 and B4 size paper or 11x17 and legal size paper you must decide which paper sizes you want your trays to support Then choose the appropriate setting from the Size Detection menu item You can still load the paper sizes you don t select in the multipurpose feeder Paper size specifications The following tables list the paper and envelope sizes your printer supports Size Dimensions Feed orientation Print speed ppm A5 148 x 210 mm Long edge 16 JIS B5 182 x 257 mm Long edge 13 5 A4 210 x 297 mm Long edge 12 JIS B4 257 x 364 mm Short edge 7 5 A3 297 x 420 mm Short edge 6 5 Letter 8 5x 11 in Long e
93. efault buffer sizes for all the interface ports Note Changing the Infrared Buffer setting automatically resets the printer Off On If you have an optional disk installed in your printer you can choose to have jobs that are sent to the infrared port spool to the disk Spooling jobs to disk may decrease the time required for the printer to accept data from an application and therefore free the application faster for other work Since disk memory provides permanent storage job buffering to disk also prevents the loss of print job data if the printer loses power The Job Buffering menu item is not displayed if the formatted hard disk is defective is Read Write or Write protected or if Job Buffer Size is set to Disabled in the Setup Menu See page 68 for more information about job buffering Note Changing the Job Buffering setting automatically resets the printer 50 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Infrared Menu continued Menu item Window Size Values Auto 1 The Window Size setting specifies the maximum number of infrared frames the printer can receive before it must send an acknowledgment to the host computer If Auto is selected the printer automatically sets the window size during power on to maximize link performance In most cases Auto is the recommended setting If you have trouble printing using the infrared port changing the Window Size setting to 1 may resolve the problem Transmit
94. efined in Network Printing Alliance Protocol A Printer Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA NPA mode requires special processing of the print data If NPA Mode is set On the data received must be in NPA format If not it is rejected as bad data If NPA Mode is set Off the printer does not perform any NPA processing If NPA Mode is set to Auto the printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it in either format The NPA Mode setting in the Infrared Menu applies only to the infrared interface connection Note Changing the NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer Disabled Auto 5K to maximum size allowed You can configure the size of the infrared input buffer to meet the requirements of your system If the limited size of the input buffer is preventing you from continuing work in your application each time you send a job to the printer you may want to increase the buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off To maximize the range for the Infrared Buffer size you can disable or reduce the size of the parallel network serial fax and LocalTalk buffers Choose the Auto setting to let the printer automatically calculate a buffer size proportional to the total amount of available printer memory In most cases Auto is the recommended setting See page 67 for a listing of the d
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96. emory In most cases Auto is the recommended setting See page 67 for a listing of the default buffer sizes for all the interface ports Note Changing the LocalTalk Buffer setting automatically resets the printer Job Buffering Factory default Off On If you have an optional disk installed in your printer you can choose to have jobs that are sent to the LocalTalk port spool to the disk Spooling jobs to disk may decrease the time required for the printer to accept data from an application and therefore free the application faster for other work Since disk memory provides permanent storage job buffering to disk also prevents the loss of print job data if the printer loses power The Job Buffering menu item is not displayed if the formatted hard disk is defective is Read Write or Write protected or if Job Buffer Size is set to Disabled in the Setup Menu See page 68 for more information about job buffering Note Changing the Job Buffering setting automatically resets the printer Menus 53 LocalTalk Menu continued Menu item NPA Hosts Values 1 10 2 Use this setting to specify the maximum number of NPA hosts that can register for NPA printer alerts When the number of hosts registered for NPA alerts exceeds the quantity specified by the NPA Hosts menu item any additional hosts attempting to register for alerts are ignored Note Changing the NPA Hosts setting automatically resets the
97. encies jam Fan transparencies before loading If you just turned the printer on or the printer has been idle for a period of time print on paper before trying to print on transparencies For example before printing transparencies select Print Menus from the Tests Menu and print the menu settings page on a sheet of paper Disabling Power Saver may also prevent transparencies from jamming after the printer has been idle See page 29 for more information about the Power Saver setting If the last transparency jams as you try to feed it from tray 1 place the cardboard sheet with the cutout included in the transparencies box in the bottom of tray 1 before loading transparencies You cannot remove paper jammed in the fuser Make sure the printer s top cover is completely open Opening the top cover all the way releases the fuser roll so you can easily remove jammed paper You cannot clear the paper jam message To clear the paper jam messages you must remove all paper from the printer s paper path Check both inside the printer as well as the paper source you were using Then open and close the top cover and press Go The page that jammed does not reprint after you clear the jam Set Jam Recovery to Auto or to On in the Setup Menu See page 31 for more information Identifying other problems 117 Clearing paper jams Top output bin Rear output bin Multipurpose feeder B
98. entory information about the print ers on a network you can create a MIF file for each printer s data You can then import the MIF files into vari ous network management tools to create reports that may help with asset management and other tasks The MIF file format is based on the standard layout approved by the Desktop Management Task Force DMTF Property tag support Use MarkVision to define com pany specific information about each printer on a net work such as a unique printer name the name of the person using the printer the location of the printer and so on This information is available when you request a printer inventory from MarkVision Appendix A MarkVision 1 37 138 Appendix A MarkVision Resource management MarkVision provides a direc tory of all the fonts overlays and forms stored in flash memory or disk The directory also lists the amount of memory available for each storage device You can use MarkVision to delete move or copy files from one storage device to another on the same printer or from one printer to another In addition you can use MarkVision to pass word protect resources on the storage devices MarkVision for Windows 3 1 groups several resource management tools in the printer Toolkit Use the Toolkit to download fonts overlays and forms to the printers as well as manage the resources once they are stored in flash memory or disk Printer and network adapter password control If you hav
99. enu item Some menu items have submenus For example if you select the Paper Menu and then select the Paper Type menu item you must select another menu such as Tray 1 Type before the available val ues are displayed A value can be AnOn or Off setting A phrase or word that describes a setting A numerical value that you can increase or decrease Press Menu or Menu to scroll through the list of values Menus 9 7 When the value you want appears on the second line of the display press Select to make the value the new user default setting An asterisk appears beside the value to indicate that it is now the user default setting The display shows the new setting for one second and then clears and shows the word Saved It then displays the previous list of menu items 8 Press Return if you need to go back to previous menus or menu items and select other user defaults Q Press Go if you have finished changing menu set tings User default settings remain in effect until you save new settings or restore the factory defaults Locking the menus To lock the menus so that changes cannot be made to the user default settings 1 Tum the printer off 2 Press and hold the Go and Stop buttons and turn the printer on 3 Release the buttons when Performing Self Test is displayed Locking Menus appears on the display When the printer self test is complete the Ready message is displayed If you press Menu
100. er Managing memory The Optra Color 1200 printer ships with at least 32MB of standard memory To determine the amount of memory currently installed in your printer select Print Menus from the Tests Menu The total installed memory appears on the printout For more information about printing the menu settings page see page 8 Your printer requires Extended Data Out EDO memory EDO memory is a memory chip technology that improves memory performance 10 to 15 over other types of mem ory Your printer has been designed to use EDO memory and take advantage of the performance increase it offers The memory cards shipped in your printer as well as the Lexmark printer memory options available for your printer model use the EDO memory technology Unpre dictable results may occur if you attempt to operate your printer with memory other than EDO memory installed When purchasing memory for your printer make sure the EDO memory card meets the following criteria e 50ns e 72pin No parity Printer memory 65 66 Adding memory Note Memory options designed for other Lexmark laser printers do not work with your printer Solving memory problems Chapter 4 Managing memory You may choose to install optional memory to increase the printer memory to a maximum of 128MB You must install memory cards in pairs each with the same amount of memory For example to install 32MB of memory you must install two 16MB cards You can
101. er Saver mode When Power Saver is displayed you can Press Go to quick start the printer Press Menu or Menu to enter the menus The printer is warming the fuser to prepare for printing Performing Self Test The printer is running the normal series of start up tests it performs after it is turned on Busy Waiting The printer is processing or printing data The light on the operator panel flashes while this message is displayed If a job name has been defined the name replaces the Busy message on the display To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select The printer has received a page of data to print but is waiting for an End of Job or Form Feed command or for additional data To print the contents of the print buffer press Go To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Not Ready The printer is not ready to receive or process data because someone selected Stop when another message was displayed Press Go to take the printer out of the Not Ready state To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select 100 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems St
102. er guide informs the printer of the size paper loaded in the tray Feeding paper when the rear paper guide is not in the correct position may result in misfeeds or paper jams If you load a different type of media change the Paper Type setting in the Paper Menu Selecting the correct paper type guarantees optimal print quality for that media See Media guidelines on page 74 for information about the changes the printer makes for specific media For more information about changing the Paper Type set ting see page 18 or refer to the Setup Guide The paper size and the paper type also must be set cor rectly for tray linking to work as expected See page 82 for more information about tray linking Loading paper in the trays 81 82 Tray linking Chapter 5 Paper handling If you want to increase your printer s paper capacity you can add up to two optional 250 sheet drawers to your printer If you load the same paper size and type in more than one tray the printer automatically links the trays when one tray is empty paper feeds from the other tray By linking the trays you can effectively create a single paper source that holds up to 850 sheets depending on the options you have installed To initiate tray linking 1 Load paper of the same size and type in all the trays you want to link 2 Make sure the rear paper guide is set to the proper paperg prop position for the paper size you ve loaded The position of the rear
103. er raa Rs 71 Paper SIZES 522445567 pe bi iaaa i o EE A E i 72 Media guidelneS ese abEUL E IR ER E ERE REA ERE Sei bx PEE 7A Paper P 74 Letterhead pig s habs enon eec RON dU ESCRIBEN AC CA UR EN AAR DRE 75 Transparencies 1 eresi ded ioa pr dara dede fo ake ef bb och hb 76 BRVEIODES issi sick a hin eho Sisal RT 78 R P 79 Card stock ees eos Sa haa ee ee ane e a oks 79 Storing MEA eaeed aue ute oVREPER ERE Eee sh vate Ee DER ES En REN 80 Avoiding paperjams scadauiessc eam esie e cue tek ge paie Sem nas 80 Loading paper in the Irdy8 c epe o AERE sans pad KCN CREDI ROC CS 81 Tray Me iavag ee bua UE ebd oa ovde Eae ire qd bri E eens 82 Using the multipurpose feeder 0 0 eee ee eee 83 Printing from the multipurpose feeder 000000 83 Feeding media manually cvex creutea vege eere ed a d dete egos 85 Table of contents V 6 Ree Ne supplies oaaccedckd ree PERRO EE RAS 89 Ordering Supplies secreti sreesedi oda e nEdEPEetesda pa EFC seeks 89 Stong SUDDIIGS se miie el qr e EE p ORE Fa ERR elvan eG adu 91 When do I replace them iss epe REFER RRRRARER IER SERT RR TAS 92 Tonercartridges a eux qe xabas e ea de RON Voc e qe Var aba pcd Vos db 93 Photoconductors s nud eec EC a deca OC EN t o dcc e o caca aS 94 F s r coating Toll ocv i pr EP rt ep prr ERE I pp ERE PI edi 95 Recycling used supplies sss Cet he ER RA TREETKRRAEd Ded Resa 96 Conserving supplies aus ew ER a R
104. eral printers on a network without leaving your workstation Printer configuration MarkVision s Quick Setup func tion lets you configure multiple printers simultaneously Simply use MarkVision to set up one printer save the set tings into a file and send that file to all the other printers you want to update Network adapter firmware setup When new firmware is available for the network adapters installed in your printers use MarkVision to upgrade all adapters from your workstation MarkVision network installation Install MarkVision on a shared network drive and any user with access to the drive can install MarkVision on his workstation Auto driver update If you select the Server installation method when you install MarkVision for Windows MarkVision can compare the drivers on a local worksta tion to those stored on the network If the workstation drivers are not as current as those available on the net work the user can have MarkVision automatically update the workstation drivers Uninstaller for MarkVision Use the uninstaller when ever you need to remove the MarkVision utility from a workstation Appendix A MarkVision 135 136 Appendix A MarkVision Remote monitoring Use MarkVision to monitor printer status directly from your workstation Visual status Network users can determine the current status for each printer and see a graphic of the options installed on each printer With this informati
105. ero era adie ob iene ened EA ER ees 57 GHI mnes Lies asi dex E eR ORE ERE de IC RERO A cR E 58 Defining color AP Rm 58 PUG UVC COMING 30a aeu ad tO RU d a n ua RS GES palo Sp E UR 59 Subtractive colors iiesssack ees eed Ead CEA XR eda ee aee dr en 59 vl dus CERT PETS ta bana ROT TT TETTE 60 T your printer Sassax we Ewe WA ee Cor dr e OR ER NER eas 60 Ii VOUT SOL BTB o ips bos pd pP nerian ea tiim eddie ha eee 60 Adjusting color 45452524 px eerie OUR Has RO RA tas o Faden dae a diced 61 Printing color and mono jobs 2 pA i rh dex echa ADI d RO AGER 63 Table of contents 4 Managing MEMOTY aea esdorddddt deber NER acs 65 Pre miemoby 444 e012 oe ei ern Seer o eed pne aue S OIE E Nd RES 65 EDO MEMOLY ied cise eth sore or exa qon p gor Fac d Ea E a sows 65 Adding memory 226b e EpERRECHEEN E VRERA ENLARGE A PR ERA 66 Solving memory problems uses ow tob eV sab eos e 66 Allocating memory iu 343 cc kd dero ce Rd s ck a dea M ADR a Sacks Y 67 Flash memory cesrseduadcep edit beans ieee esate Pp edd Daqii om edi 68 Hard Eel 4a keen 2 de ete he hea ae ee bie eee hee hae 68 Job buffering exsessnenkRRk Rr RS arkeen er iae tee ER AE 68 Collating ONS eta ch ete RE eX eee oka dicat qaia 68 Storing OP statistics 1ucdececenk sees d Eee he ER dee odes 69 Managing resources downloaded to flash or disk Luue 69 5 Paper AQUI oo eee tentGaeseasees eure 71 Paper sources and output bins ues ze s ecexu exa ut
106. es See page 62 for more information about the Print Quality settings Toner Saver Factory default Off On To get the most from your toner supply set Toner Saver On Toner Saver reduces the amount of toner used on the printed page and may help lower the cost of printing When Toner Saver is Off the printer smooths printed characters to improve the appearance of text Menus 15 Paper Menu Paper Menu Use the Paper Menu to define all settings relating to the media you load in your printer Menu item Paper Source Values Tray 1 Tray 2 Tray 3 MP Feeder Manual Paper Manual Env The Paper Source setting identifies the default paper source Only installed paper sources are displayed The MP Feeder multipurpose feeder value is displayed only if the Configure MP menu item is set to Cassette If Paper Source is set to MP Feeder and Configure MP is then changed to Manual or First the Paper Source setting automatically changes to Tray 1 If you are using the same size and type of media in two or more paper sources and the Paper Type settings are correct the trays are automatically linked When one tray is empty paper feeds from the other tray Paper Size Factory default Tray 1 Size Tray 2 Size Tray 3 Size Select the Tray x Size setting by adjusting the rear paper guide in the tray MP Feeder Size A4 Country specific A5 JIS B4 JIS B5 Letter Country sp
107. esin in toner or the silicone in the fuser Inks that are oxidation set or oil based should meet these requirements Latex inks might not Media guidelines 75 76 Transparencies Notch Chapter 5 Paper handling For best results use only the following Lexmark transpar encies with the Optra Color 1200 printer Recommended transparencies Part number Size 12A0541 A4 12A0540 Letter These transparencies are designed to provide optimal print quality when used with your printer Using other transparencies designed for laser printers may yield unpredictable results To order transparencies in the U S call 1 800 438 2468 In other countries refer to the table on page 90 for a listing of appropriate phone numbers Changing the Paper Type Always set the Paper Type to Transparency when printing transparencies The printer then adjusts the fuser tempera ture and engine speed to ensure the best possible print quality When you print transparencies you will experi ence a slight delay before printing starts as the printer warms the fuser to the higher temperature Transparencies then print at approximately 3 ppm When you load transparencies in the multipurpose feeder the printer recognizes the type of media you have loaded and automatically makes these adjustments However waiting for the printer to sense the presence of transparen cies may further delay the job We recommend always selecting the correct
108. etting requires more memory If Complex Page errors persist try setting Page Protect On from the Setup Menu If you expe rience frequent Memory Full errors you may want to set Resource Save Off A portion of printer memory is reserved for input buffers that hold print jobs sent from your software application Your printer has an input buffer for each interface paral lel serial network LocalTalk or infrared You can change the amount of memory allocated to each buffer depend ing on your system requirements For more information about using printer menus to allocate memory for each interface see the description of the various interface menus in Chapter 2 The size of the input buffers varies with the amount of memory installed in the printer The following table lists the default size of the input buffers for each interface If your printer is not using a particular interface the allo cated memory is reserved for job processing For more detailed information about these input buffers and memory allocation refer to the Technical Reference Installed memory 32MB Each parallel port Each serial port Each network port LocalTalk port Infrared port 64MB 96MB 128MB 1MB allocated to standard parallel port if no optional adapter is installed Printer memory 67 68 Flash memory Hard disk Job buffering Collating jobs Chapter 4 Managing memory Your printer comes with 4MB of st
109. etween the labels as shown at left Try a sample of any labels you are considering using with the printer before purchasing a large quantity Labels must be able to withstand temperatures of 195 C 383 F and pressure of 25 psi For detailed information on label printing characteristics and design refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide on the printer CD Only feed labels from the multipurpose feeder Do not load labels in the trays Refer to the Setup Guide for loading instructions When printing on labels e Use only paper labels Do not use vinyl labels Do not print a large number of labels continuously e Do not use labels that have adhesive exposed on the sheets e Donot use labels that have coating or sizing applied to make the labels liquid resistant To minimize curl use the rear output bin so the labels feed straight out the back of the printer From the operator panel or from MarkVision set the Paper Type to Labels You can load a small quantity of heavier paper in the mul tipurpose feeder To minimize curl use the rear output bin so the paper feeds straight out the back of the printer The properties of the card stock you choose such as the orientation of the paper fibers moisture content thick ness and texture can affect print quality For more infor mation on the types of card stock your printer supports refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide on the printer CD Always set the Paper T
110. external network adapter MarkNet S Family of multi protocol Lexmark INAs Versions for Ethernet and Token Ring available MarkNet XLe See external network adapter Glossary 175 176 Glossary MarkVision A printer utility that works with the printer s bidirectional communication capability to provide continuous printer status and let you configure multiple printers from a single setup file MB Megabyte 1 048 576 bytes media Any materials you print on such as paper envelopes labels and transparencies menu The choices for displaying altering or testing printer features and settings multipage printing Prints the images of a specified number of pages on one sheet of paper For example select 4 Up to print reduced images of pages 1 4 on the first sheet of paper 5 8 on the second sheet and so on multipurpose feeder Paper feeder on the front of the printer that lets you load a small stack of envelopes transparencies labels card stock and odd size paper network A group of computers printers and other hardware devices connected to each other so they can share information network adapter The network card you install in your printer to connect your printer to a local area network Not Ready A printer state in which the printer does not accept data from the computer This state is initiated either by operator intervention or a printer error n up printing See multipage printing operating system
111. f the page images on each sheet of a multipage print job The actual order of the pages depends on whether the individual page images use portrait or landscape orientation For example choose Horizontal to position portrait images in rows from left to right from the top of the page to the bottom Choose Vertical to position the images in columns from top to bottom left to right 4 up print job portrait orientation Horizontal Vertical Page 1 Page 2 Page 1 Page 3 Page 3 Page 4 Page 2 Page 4 24 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Finishing Menu continued Menu item Multipage View Values Auto Long Edge Short Edge When using multipage printing the printer by default automatically chooses whether to position the top of each page image along the long edge of the sheet or along the short edge depending on how it can best fit the selected number of images on the sheet For example when printing portrait pages 2 up with Horizontal order selected the printer positions the top edge of the images along the long edge of the page When printing the same job 4 up the printer positions the top edge of the images along the short edge of the page Auto setting horizontal order 2 up 4 up Page 1 Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 1 If you prefer to have the page images always oriented along the long edge or along the short edge of the
112. g You want high quality output for text and providing the fastest speed lowest memory business graphics usage and optimal print quality for You want to print complex jobs fast documents containing text and graphics You need to collate large jobs Images To print enhanced images without signifi You re printing documents that contain cantly affecting the memory requirements or print speed for a particular job image data and You need the best combination of speed memory usage and image quality You don t have sufficient memory installed to print the job using the 1200 Image Quality setting You want the printer to choose which images are enhanced 1200 Image Quality Optimizes the print quality of images on the page This setting provides outstanding text and graphics quality while enhancing fine detail in all image data You re printing documents that contain image data and You want the best print quality possible for a job that incorporates image data You want sharp edges on small graphic objects Quality output is more important than printing speed You have sufficient memory installed in your printer to print your jobs with 1200 Image Quality selected 62 Chapter 3 Using color Toner Saver What Why When Off Enhances the quality of printed text by You need the best possible quality for smoothing the edges of individual text and busi
113. ge A printer message that provides information on the state of the printer subtractive color Color produced by mixing primary colors to produce a pigment or dye that reflects one wavelength of light and absorbs or subtracts all others Color printers use subtractive color The subtractive primary colors are cyan magenta and yellow symbol set A unique set of alphanumeric characters and symbols that the printer uses to print the requested font Different symbol sets offer the diverse characters required for different languages or symbol intense applications system board The printer s main circuit board tabloid Paper measuring 11x17 in Feeds short edge first timeout A time interval allotted for certain operations to Occur timing adjustment See calibration Token Ring A type of network communication that conforms to IEEE 802 5 standard The name is derived from its physical ring configuration and the passing of a token from adapter to adapter toner The material that adheres to the paper or other media to create the printed page toner cartridge The replaceable unit inside the printer that contains the toner supply and developer Toolkit A group of utilities for DOS and OS 2 environments that help you perform routine printer functions such as downloading fonts installing screen fonts and sending printer commands transport belt The rotating belt inside the printer that uses an electrostatic charge to hol
114. ge To locate the jam 200 Paper Jam Open Top Cover 201 Paper Jam Open Top Cover 202 Paper Jam Open Top Cover 24x Paper Jam Check Tray x 250 Paper Jam Check MP Feeder To clear a paper jam 1 Remove any paper stacked in the top output bin Do not pull jammed paper out of the paper exit area To protect your printer remove the jammed paper from inside the printer as explained in the following steps Warning If you do not com pletely open the top cover you may damage the fuser as you try to remove jammed paper 2 Press the release button on the printer s top cover and open the cover completely Push the cover open until it stops It should rest in a near vertical position Opening the top cover all the way releases the fuser roll so you can easily remove jammed paper 3 Lift each of the four print units straight out of the printer and set the print units on a level surface Do not expose the print units to light for more than 10 minutes If you anticipate it will take more time to clear the jam cover the print units to protect them from light Clearing paper jams 119 4 Carefully remove any jammed paper from inside the printer as shown 120 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems 5 If you were printing from a paper tray a Slide the tray completely out of the printer If you have trouble removing the tray first remove the tray above or below it b Remove any damaged paper from the tray or th
115. haking signal contained in a serial interface indicating the device is ready to exchange information data stream Print data and printer control information flowing from the host system computer to the printer without interruption Data Terminal Ready DTR A handshaking signal contained in a serial interface indicating the device is ready to exchange information default An attribute value or setting that is assumed when none is explicitly specified developer roll An element in the toner cartridge that provides an even layer of toner to the photoconductor during the imaging process disk Optional device that you can install in the printer to provide non volatile storage for downloaded fonts symbol sets or macros A disk also lets you store job statistics collate large jobs and spool jobs to the disk Glossary 171 172 Glossary display The liquid crystal display on the printer operator panel that shows printer menus and messages DL Envelope measuring 110 x 220 mm download To transfer information such as fonts from a diskette or other device to your computer or printer for temporary or permanent storage dpi Dots per inch See resolution DRAM See dynamic random access memory drawer See optional drawer driver See printer driver drum The electrically charged surface within the photoconductor inside your printer Light from the LEDs exposes the photosensitive material on the drum creati
116. he printer job accounting A printer feature that lets you store statistical information about your printer s most recent jobs on an optional disk installed in your printer job buffering A printer feature that lets you spool print jobs to an optional disk installed in the printer KB Kilobyte 1024 bytes LAN See local area network landscape orientation Printed page orientation in which the print runs along the long edge of the paper LCD See liquid crystal display LED Light emitting diode A chip that projects pinpoints of light to create an image on the photoconductor drum legal Paper measuring 8 5 x 14 in Feeds short edge first letter Paper measuring 8 5 x 11 in Feeds long edge first lines per page lpp The number of lines of text that can be printed on one page link The connection between the computer system or local area network and the printer liquid crystal display LCD The display technology that shows menu selections and messages on the operator panel local area network LAN A computer network located on a user s premises within a limited geographical area LPTx A representation of one of the logical parallel ports for example LPT1 on a personal computer macro A collection of commands grouped together and temporarily or permanently stored in printer memory manual feed Feeding one sheet of media paper envelope transparency into the printer at a time MarkNet Pro See
117. he amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off To maximize the range for the Serial Buffer size you can disable or reduce the size of the parallel network infrared LocalTalk fax or other serial buffer Choose the Auto setting to let the printer automatically calculate a buffer size proportional to the total amount of available printer memory In most cases Auto is the recommended setting See page 67 for a listing of the default buffer sizes for all the interface ports Note Changing the Serial Buffer setting automatically resets the printer Job Buffering Off On If you have an optional disk installed in your printer you can choose to have jobs that are sent to the serial port spool to the disk Spooling jobs to disk may decrease the time required for the printer to accept data from an application and therefore free the application faster for other work Since disk memory provides permanent storage job buffering to disk also prevents the loss of print job data if the printer loses power The Job Buffering menu item is not displayed if the formatted hard disk is defective is Read Write or Write protected or if Job Buffer Size is set to Disabled in the Setup Menu See page 68 for more information about job buffering Note Changing the Job Buffering setting automatically resets the printer RS 232 RS 422 RS 232 RS 422 Choose the seri
118. he rear paper guide correctly for the paper size then insert the tray in the printer The printer lacks the memory needed to enable the Resource Save function This message usually indicates that too much memory is allocated for one or more of the printer link buffers To disable Resource Save and continue printing press Go To enable Resource Save after you get this message Setthe link buffer for each interface to Auto then exit the menus to activate the link buffer changes When the Ready message is displayed enable Resource Save from the Setup Menu Or install additional printer memory See page 66 for more information 37 Insufficient Collation Area The printer memory or optional hard disk if installed does not have the space necessary to collate the print job Press Go to print the portion of the job already stored and begin collating the rest of the job Cancel the print job Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select 104 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Attendance messages continued Message 38 Memory Full Action The printer is processing the job but the memory used to store pages is full Press Go to clear the message and continue printing Some data may not print or may not print correctly Cancel the print job Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Me
119. heets of paper 50 transparencies or 30 labels face up The rear output bin lets you feed transparencies labels card stock and enve lopes straight out the back of the printer reducing curling and potential paper jams Select the bin you want to use from the Output Bin menu The top output bin has a sensor that detects when the bin is full When the printer displays the message Remove Paper Top Output you must empty the bin before you can continue printing Paper sources and output bins 71 Paper source specifications For 20 Ib paper unless otherwise noted Source Media Sizes Weight Capacity Print side Standard tray Paper A4 A5 JIS B5 JIS B4 A3 60 90 g m 250 sheets Face down Tray 1 Transparencies letter legal 11x17 16 24 Ib 50 transparencies Optional drawers Paper only A4 A5 JIS B5 JIS B4 A3 60 90 g m 250 sheets Face down Tray 2 or 3 letter legal 11x17 16 24 Ib Multipurpose Paper Supports all standard sizes 60 135 g m 100 sheets Face up feeder Transparencies listed in the Paper size speci 16 36 b 30 transparencies fications and Envelope size Labels specifications tables 30 label sheets Envelopes on page 73 15 envelopes Card Stock Supports any odd size paper Card stock within the following 163 g m dimensions 90 Ib Minimum 90 x 148 mm 8 5 x 5 8 in Maximum 297 x 432 mm 11 7 x 17 in Select Universal from the MP Feeder Size menu when fe
120. help you problems solve other printing problems If these suggestions still do Print quality problems not correct the problem call for service You may have a printer part that requires cleaning or replacement by a ser vice technician Problem Print is too light or printed images or characters have voids or dropouts IN L Action Make sure you re using recommended paper or other media Use media from a new package Make sure you have selected the correct Paper Type setting for the media you re using Make sure the affected print unit is completely installed in the printer Set Toner Saver Off from the Color Menu Clean the LEDs See page 126 for more information If you suspect a toner cartridge is low on toner remove the appropriate print unit and gently shake it back and forth to distribute the toner evenly Reinsert the print unit and try printing the job again Replace the affected toner cartridge See page 89 Replace the photoconductors If only black print appears light you can replace just the black photoconductor If one of the colors prints too light replace all three of the color photoconductors See page 94 for more information Identifying other problems 1 09 Print quality problems continued Problem Colored lines streaks or smudges appear on the printed page or print appears blurred or unclear N N I i Action Replace the photoc
121. hnical Support Lexmark International S A Boi gny France This product satisfies the Class A limits of EN 55022 and safety requirements of EN 60950 Warning With a network adapter installed this is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures The United Kingdom Telecommunications Act 1984 This apparatus is approved under the approval number NS G 1234 J 100003 for the indirect connections to the public telecommunications systems in the United Kingdom Optra Color 1200 Warranty Warranty service Warranty Statement of Limited Warranty Lexmark International Inc Lexington KY This warranty applies to the United States and Canada For customers outside the U S and Canada refer to the country specific warranty information that came with your printer This Statement of Limited Warranty applies to this product if it was originally pur chased for your use and not for resale from Lexmark or a Lexmark remarketer referred to in this statement as Remarketer Lexmark warrants that this product e Is manufactured from new parts or new and serviceable used parts which perform like new parts e Is free from defects in material and workmanship e Conforms to Lexmark s official published specifications and e sin good working order If this product does not function as warranted during the warranty period
122. ically performs a line feed after a carriage return control command Factory default 38 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings PostScript Menu Use the PostScript Menu to change settings that only affect jobs printed using the PostScript Level 2 emulation printer language For information about the PostScript commands supported by your printer refer to the printer Technical Reference PostScript Menu Menu item Values Print PS Error Off On Set Print PS Error On to print PostScript Level 2 emulation errors If an error occurs the job stops processing the error message prints and the printer flushes the job If Print PS Error is set Off and an error occurs the job flushes without printing the error message Font Priority Resident Flash Disk Use the Font Priority menu item to establish the font search order Select Resident to search the printers internal memory ROM for the requested font before searching flash memory or an optional hard disk Select Flash Disk to search the hard disk if installed and then search flash memory before searching for the requested fonts in printer memory Image Smoothing Off On When you are printing low resolution images such as images you download from the World Wide Web at 72 dpi set Image Smoothing On Image Smoothing enhances the contrast and sharpness of bitmapped images and smooths color transitions The setting may have no effect on images downloaded a
123. ing as the download target 30 storing job statistics 69 Display Language Setup Menu 32 Download Target Setup Menu 30 downloading fonts 152 drawer optional options 250 sheet drawer 82 driver printer See printer drivers Dynamic Data Exchange DDE 136 E EDO memory 65 electronic emissions notices 164 energy conservation 29 163 Energy Star 163 envelopes guidelines 78 184 index loading 78 printing 83 sizes supported 73 error messages See printer messages Extended Data Out EDO memory 65 F factory defaults listed 8 restoring 26 Factory Defaults Tests Menu 26 Fax Baud Fax Menu 55 Fax Data Bits Fax Menu 55 Fax Menu 55 Fax Baud 55 Fax Buffer 56 Fax Data Bits 55 Fax Parity 56 Fax Port 55 Fax Parity Fax Menu 56 Fax Port Fax Menu 55 fax automated xi 141 Finishing Menu Blank Pages 22 Collation 22 Copies 22 Multipage Border 25 Multipage Order 24 Multipage Print 23 Multipage View 25 Separator Sheets 23 Separator Source 23 flash memory 68 directory of contents 138 downloading resources 138 formatting 27 managing resources 69 setting as the download target 30 Font Name PCL Emul Menu 35 Font Priority PostScript Menu 39 Font Source PCL Emul Menu 35 fonts bitmapped 148 downloadable 152 printing samplelist 147 resident 148 scalable 148 search order 39 selecting 35 sizing 35 symbolsets 150 Format Disk Tests Menu 27 Format Flash Tests Menu 27 fuser replacing 98 fuser coating roll
124. ion Parallel The standard parallel interface is the active communication link Parallel x The specified parallel interface is the active communication link Serial x The specified serial interface is the active communication link Network x The specified network interface is the active communication link LocalTalk x The LocalTalk interface is the active communication link Infrared x The infrared interface is the active communication link Fax The Fax interface is the active communication link Cancelling Job The printer is processing a request to cancel the print job Resetting the Printer The printer is deleting any print jobs in progress and restoring all print settings to the user defaults Flushing Buffer The printer is flushing corrupted print data and discarding the current print job Printing Menu Settings A list of the user default settings and the installed options is printing To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Understanding printer messages 101 Status messages continued Message Printing Font List Meaning A list of available fonts for the selected printer language is printing To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select P
125. ity cannot be guaranteed if you do The printer warranty does not cover damage caused by using refilled cartridges Conserving supplies Toner Saver setting Chapter 6 Replacing supplies Lexmark s Operation ReSource M program lets you partic ipate in a worldwide recycling effort at no cost to you Simply package your used toner cartridges and photocon ductors in the shipping box used for the replacement sup ply Then follow the instructions on the outside of the box to send the used supply back to Lexmark If a prepaid shipping label is not available for your coun try contact the place where you bought your printer for additional recycling information There are several steps you can take to extend the life of your printer supplies and reduce overall printing costs Depending on your printing requirements you can reduce the amount of toner you use for each print job print drafts of color documents in black only and choose settings that help reduce wear on the photoconductors and the devel oper rolls inside the toner cartridges Set Toner Saver On in the Color Menu to significantly reduce the amount of toner applied to each page Print quality may vary depending on the types of jobs you print For example if your document is composed largely of text and graphics you may not detect any noticeable difference in the print quality when Toner Saver is On If you are printing images the colors in the images may appear sligh
126. ium Albertus Extra Bold Antique Olive Antique Olive Bold Antique Olive Italic Arial Arial Bold Arial Bold Italic Arial Italic Avant Garde Book Avant Garde Book Oblique Avant Garde Demi Avant Garde Demi Oblique Bookman Demi Bookman Demi Italic Bookman Light Bookman Light Italic Century Schoolbook Roman Century Schoolbook Bold Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Century Schoolbook Italic CG Omega CG Omega Bold CG Omega Bold Italic CG Omega Italic CG Times CG Times Bold CG Times Bold Italic CG Times Italic Clarendon Condensed Bold Coronet Courier Courier Bold Courier Bold Oblique Courier Oblique Garamond Antiqua Garamond Halbfett Garamond Kursiv Garamond Kursiv Halbfett Helvetica Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Italic Helvetica Italic Helvetica Black Helvetica Black Oblique Helvetica Light Helvetica Light Oblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic Helvetica Narrow Italic Letter Gothic Letter Gothic Bold Letter Gothic Italic Marigold Palatino Roman Palatino Bold Palatino Bold Italic Palatino Italic Symbol Times New Roman Times New Roman Bold Times New Roman Bold Italic Times New Roman Italic Univers Medium Univers Medium Italic Univers Bold Univers Bold Italic Univers Condensed Medium Univers Condensed Medium Italic Univers Condensed Bold Univers Condensed Bold Italic Wingdings Zapf Chancery Medium Italic Zapf Dingbats Bitmapped fonts
127. k connection or printer server is down Jobs buffered to disk are retained even if the power supply to the printer is interrupted Context sensitive online Help is available from all MarkVision screens Point to any option right mouse click and click What s This MarkVision for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 includes detailed step by step procedures for using many MarkVision functions To view these procedures select Help from the MarkVision Printer Window menu bar and click Help Topics MarkVision for OS 2 Warp and MarkVision for Macintosh also offer task oriented information The online Help in MarkVision for Macintosh includes full color illustrations Appendix A MarkVision 139 Installi Ng The following table defines which workstation operating MarkVision on a systems can support MarkVision in various network envi network MarkVision network support ronments All of the printer and network utilities neces sary to install MarkVision on your workstation are included on the CD shipped with your printer unless you need to purchase a separate CD for UNIX or Sun systems For more information about setting up your printer for a specific network refer to the documentation that came with the optional network adapter or print server or to the network documentation on the CD Workstation operating system Network operating system Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 3 1x OS 2 Warp UNIX Mac Novell Net
128. lay You can then use the opera tor panel buttons to clear errors or step through the menus and change printer settings Printer management The tabs in the MarkVision window that group related printer settings as well as the remote operator panel make it easy to view and change printer default settings If necessary you can use MarkVision to set up passwords that control who has authority to change these settings You can also use MarkVision to collect data about printer usage and printer hardware so you can better manage workloads and maintain an up to date printer inventory Custom media names Use MarkVision to personalize names for different media you use with your printer Net work users can then easily select the correct paper source simply by selecting the custom name of the media the job requires Job statistics MarkVision can collect data about individ ual printers or network printer activity including user names job duration printer capabilities used number of pages printed and problems encountered You can then print the job statistics data file or import the data into a database application to generate the reports you need Printer inventory MarkVision can collect information about the printers on your network and print a report list ing the printer models serial numbers code versions and installed options You can save the report in a comma delimited file or as formatted output When you gather inv
129. lete all accumulated job statistics from the optional disk Note You cannot print a list of statistics if the disk is read write protected You cannot clear job statistics from the disk if the disk is write protected or read write protected Hex Trace Press Select to enter Hex Trace mode Hex Trace helps isolate the source of a print job problem With Hex Trace selected all data sent to the printer is printed in hexadecimal and character representation Control codes are not executed To exit Hex Trace turn the printer off or reset the printer To reset the printer press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer is on the second line Press Select Menus 27 Job Menu The Job Menu is available when the printer is idle when the printer is busy processing or printing a job when a printer message is displayed or when the printer is in Hex Trace mode Press Menu or Menu to open the Job Menu Job Menu Menu item Values Cancel Job If the printer is processing a job press Menu or Menu to open the Job Menu and then press Select to cancel the job Reset Printer Press Select to reset the printer The printer resets to the user default setting for each menu item All downloaded resources fonts macros symbol sets in printer memory RAM are deleted All data on the currently selected host interface is deleted from the interface link buffer Note Bef
130. ls used when printing with a selected font Symbol sets support the different requirements for languages or specific applications such as math symbols for scientific text The printer displays only the symbol sets supported for the selected font name Orientation Portrait Landscape The Orientation setting determines how the printing is oriented on the page In Portrait orientation the printing runs parallel to the short edge of the paper This is PORTRAIT orientation This is PORTRAIT orientation This is In Landscape orientation the printing runs parallel to the long edge of the paper This is LANDSCAPE orientation This is LANDSCAPE orientation Lines per Page Factory default 1 255 60 U S 64 EMEA The Lines per Page setting determines the number of lines that print on each page The setting can range from 1 to 255 lines per page The printer sets the amount of space between each line vertical line spacing based on the Lines per Page Paper Size and Orientation settings Select the correct Paper Size and Orientation before setting Lines per Page 36 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings PCL Emul Menu continued Menu item A4 Width Values 198 mm 203 mm The A4 Width menu item lets you select the width of the logical page for A4 paper When you select 198 mm the width of the logical page is compatible with Hewlett Packard LaserJet printer
131. mains on the display make sure you e Cleared all paper inside the printer e Cleared jammed paper form the paper source Closed the top cover after clearing all paper in the path e Pressed Go If you still cannot clear the Paper Jam message complete the following steps 1 Open the jam access door at the back of the printer 124 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems 2 Clear any paper from the area 3 Close the jam access door Make sure you close the jam access door before you continue printing 4 Open and close the printer s top cover and then press Go to clear the message Clearing paper jams 125 Cleaning the LEDs If you are experiencing print quality problems such as voids light streaks or light print you may need to clean the LEDs inside the top cover Warning Avoid touching the LEDs with anything other than a lint free cloth Fingerprints or scratches may cause other print quality problems To clean the LEDs 1 Open the printer s top cover 2 Usea dry lint free cloth to clean all four LEDs 3 Gently close the top cover until it clicks in place If print quality problems continue you may need to replace photoconductors or toner cartridges See page 109 for more information 126 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Cleaning the fuser coating roll Caution The fuser coating roll is very hot Do not touch the roll with your hand If toner adheres to
132. memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off To maximize the range for the Parallel Buffer size you can disable or reduce the size of the serial fax network infrared and LocalTalk buffers Choose the Auto setting to let the printer automatically calculate a buffer size proportional to the total amount of available printer memory In most cases Auto is the recommended setting See page 67 for a listing of the default buffer sizes for all the interface ports Note Changing the Parallel Buffer setting automatically resets the printer Job Buffering Factory default Off On If you have an optional disk installed in your printer you can choose to have jobs that are sent to the parallel port spool to the disk Spooling jobs to disk may decrease the time required for the printer to accept data from an application and therefore free the application faster for other work Since disk memory provides permanent storage job buffering to disk also prevents the loss of print job data if the printer loses power The Job Buffering menu item is not displayed if the formatted hard disk is defective is Read Write or Write protected or if Job Buffer Size is set to Disabled in the Setup Menu See page 68 for more information about job buffering Note Changing the Job Buffering setting automatically resets the printer Menus 41 Parallel Menu continued
133. ms in the maintenance kit 98 Chapter 6 Replacing supplies After printing approximately 100 000 pages the message 80 Scheduled Maintenance appears on the printer display This message indicates that it s time for a service techni cian to replace the fuser transport belt and roller set Rou tine replacement of these parts ensures peak printer performance and helps prevent print quality problems and paper feed problems resulting from worn parts Lexmark offers a maintenance kit that contains the parts required for your printer When the 80 Scheduled Mainte nance message appears contact your service provider or the place where you bought your printer to order the appropriate kit Maintenance kit Part number Printer power supply 11G0601 115V 750W 11G0602 220V 750W You can continue to use your printer until you are able to schedule a service call Press Go to clear the 80 Scheduled Maintenance message The Maintenance status message appears on the display until you have the printer serviced Solving printer problems Sometimes printer problems are very easy to solve If your printer is not responding first make sure The printer cable is securely attached to the printer and the host computer The power cord is plugged into the printer and a properly grounded electrical outlet The printer is turned on The electrical outlet is not turned off by any switch or breaker The printer s top cover is c
134. ms 2 Using the operator panel i a ree n tar ER a CURE P CR OR e 6 MarkVision s remote operator panel 0 0 cee eee eee eee 7 Table of contents iii iv Menus eese 8 Printing current menu settings auae ho o EE OC ER on 8 Changing menu settings uxosenc ex Ec Roe ga o iio RR Aes a a DS 9 Locking the Men s vaso se keke anes NEP RR PSOE Pi re nes 10 Menu overview eeee RR e Re e s 12 Supplies MENU 244 vedere RES IEEE REP AUAERERKETEREAS E ERE 13 Maintenance Menu 0 ccc eee eee eee eee eens 14 Color Menu 4 344 eee EE Rd ena due RE eRai reper ey ey ekneveve 15 Paper MOE aeu dune desc Ea qu ea adbeast ded ao cod ra ee ees 16 Finishing Menu achat RR R Fe C ce ee eal Re OR eod de RS 22 Tests Menu lseeeeeeeeeee eee eee rr 26 Job MGW 12odxeDd a E d S EH AERE Od dris S eire iade ds 28 Setup MENU vac aad acre ka woes a RNC Ira CU EACH C RC DS 29 PCL Emul Men Sodio Sch tae eee dG A Uc Dl CORRER a aa 35 l ostocript Men 4d HER RH deben bed etd RE b pikis 39 Parallel Men ss cester cessi on Sio sou Enae nE UC AC do ERA Da deed 40 Seral Men sereia iea ex URN DR de ES QR C oS En CO RS 43 Network Menu 29 adc 4h AGA Ew A ASR RAT RRNA eee 47 Infrared Menu 452 3269 hehe ori n dci Sw OH ica A A ERED 49 Local Talk Menu 464 4500 A ee Ux Rr AR RR RR 44 WOK eA aww ee e o 52 Fax MENU soie isset nde adque o e AE UE 55 3 UIME COME aaucacsod du d 6d 14 dos a PP enrii oF Communicating Te S0 OE io odeur h
135. n Other trademarks are the property of their respective Owners xiv Trademarks Top output bin Rear output bin Multipurpose feeder 250 sheet standard tray 250 sheet optional drawers Introducing your printer The Optra Color 1200 is a network color printer that uses electrophotographic technology to deliver high quality images presentation graphics line art and text Its fast output up to 12 pages per minute ppm for both four color and monochrome print jobs makes it the ideal solution for businesses where performance is critical The printer s flexible design allows it to support a variety of printing needs For example if you print a mixture of color and mono black only jobs you can choose to maxi mize print speed or maximize supplies yield If you need the printer to match the color process used in a particular application you can select RGB or CMYK color correc tions Or you can adjust the printed colors to more closely represent the colors on your computer display A variety of connectivity options make the Optra Color 1200 an excellent choice for all types of system envi ronments You can attach up to two internal adapters to support network configurations requiring Ethernet Token Ring LocalTalk serial infrared or additional par allel ports You can even attach a class 1 fax modem to the optional serial port and receive faxes directly to your printer The printer also offers flexible
136. nal disk installed in your printer you can choose to have jobs that are sent to the network port spool to the disk Spooling jobs to disk may decrease the time required for the printer to accept data from an application and therefore free the application faster for other work Since disk memory provides permanent storage job buffering to disk also prevents the loss of print job data if the printer loses power The Job Buffering menu item is not displayed if the formatted hard disk is defective is Read Write or Write protected or if Job Buffer Size is set to Disabled in the Setup Menu See page 68 for more information about job buffering Note Changing the Job Buffering setting automatically resets the printer Values for this menu item are supplied by the specific network adapter Open the menu to see the available values For more information refer to the documentation that came with your network adapter 48 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Infrared Menu Infrared Menu Use the Infrared Menu to change settings affecting jobs sent to the printer via the infrared interface port This menu is only available if an optional tri port adapter is installed in your printer If the Infrared Port menu item is set to Disabled all of the other menu items in the Infrared Menu are hidden Menu item Values Infrared Port Disabled IR Option 1 IR Option 2 Select IR Option 1 or IR Option 2 to activate the infrared port on
137. ndicator light State Indicates Off Printer power is off On Printer is on but idle Flashing Printer is busy processing a job Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu scroll through a list of values select printer settings and clear error messages Detailed instructions for changing a printer setting begin on page 9 Operator panel buttons Button Function Go Press the Go button to Exit printer menus and return the printer to the ready state Clear certain messages from the display If you ve changed printer settings from the operator panel menus press Go before you send a job to print Menu gt and Press the Menu or Menu button to Menu Enter the menus from the ready state Scroll to the next Menu or the previous Menu menu menu item or value Increase or decrease a numerical value for a menu item setting Display the Job Menu or the Supplies Menu while the printer is busy Select Press the Select button to Select the menu shown on the second line of the display and view the available menu items Select the menu item shown on the second line of the display and view the available values and the current user default setting for that menu item e Save the value displayed on the second line of the display as the new user default setting Clear certain messages from the display 6 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Operator panel buttons continued
138. ness graphics characters You value quality over economy On Reduces toner consumption without You want to conserve your supply of markedly affecting the quality of the printed toner and reduce printing costs output You re printing drafts or review copies that don t require fully saturated colors Your jobs consist largely of text and graphics which are affected the least by setting Toner Saver On Printing color and mono jobs Maximum Speed paper path for color and mono pages Black Yellow Cyan Magenta Transport belt You can choose whether your printer handles all pages as if they contain color or adjusts mechanically when it rec ognizes a mono page one which requires black toner only The adjustment for mono jobs significantly slows overall printing time but also extends the life of printer supplies If you re interested in conserving printer sup plies and reducing the overall cost of printing you may want to change the Printer Usage setting in the Setup Menu to Maximum Yield When shipped from the factory your printer is designed to deliver the fastest possible printing of all jobs color and mono When the Printer Usage menu item is set to the default Maximum Speed the printer does not make any mechanical adjustments when it detects mono pages Although it lays only black toner on the page it does not remove the color print units from the paper path This results in fast throughput but at the
139. new supplies Press Go to clear the message The Supplies status message is then displayed with the Ready Power Saver Busy and Waiting messages unless another status message of higher priority is posted until you replace the toner cartridge The 88 color Toner Low message is also displayed each time you turn the printer on and each time you open and close the top cover 88 color Toner Empty The printer has detected that the specified toner cartridge is completely out of toner You must install a new toner cartridge before you can continue printing See page 93 for more information 108 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Attendance messages continued Message 2xx Paper Jam Open Top Cover Action The printer has detected a paper jam in the area specified in the message In some cases the Open Top Cover message alternates with the Paper Jam message to remind you to open the top cover and remove jammed paper from inside the printer You must remove all the paper from the entire paper path Then close the top cover and press Go to clear the message See page 118 for additional instructions on clearing a jam See page 80 for information about avoiding jams 9xx Service Turn the printer off and back on If the service message recurs call for service and report the message number and description of the problem See page 129 Identifying other The information in the following tables may
140. nformation on the CD or in the MarkVision Printer Utility folder on the Windows desktop If you have access to an online service you can download printer drivers and updates to MarkVision and other printer utilities from Lexmark 24 hours a day 7 days a week The addresses are nternet server ftp lexmark com driver files are located at pub driver World Wide Web WWW http www lexmark com CompuServe go lexmark In the U S and Canada you can get a list of available driv ers by dialing the Lexmark Automated Fax System The system is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week To access the Automated Fax System from the U S or Can ada call 606 232 2380 from a touchtone phone and fol low the voice prompts You can request information on how to use the system request a catalog of documents available or choose a specific document you want sent to you The system prompts you for the phone number of the fax machine that will receive the information you requested Appendix A MarkVision 141 142 Appendix A MarkVision Standard features Printer specifications Feature Print method Description Dry electrophotographic process using LED printheads Print addressability 600 dpi Maximum print speed 12 ppm letter and A4 paper Fonts Paper input 75 resident scalable fonts PostScript Level 2 emulation 39 Optra compatible plus 36 additional PCL emulation 45 LaserJe
141. ng a likeness of the page DSR See Data Set Ready DTR See Data Terminal Ready dynamic random access memory DRAM Memory that allows rapid storage and retrieval of data DRAM contents are erased when electrical power is turned off EDO memory Extended Data Out memory A memory chip technology that improves memory performance 10 to 1576 over standard memory emulation Imitation of a printer processing language for example PCL 5 emulation imitates the printer language used with the Hewlett Packard LaserJet printer Ethernet A network with a bus topology that utilizes carrier sense multiple access with collision detection CSMA CD An Ethernet network may be installed using any of three cabling systems Ethernet 10Base2 using RG 58 coax Ethernet 10BaseT using telephone twisted pair cable e Ethernet 100BaseTX external network adapter ENA A LAN device such as the Lexmark MarkNet XLe or MarkNet Pro that attaches externally to the printer and lets you connect various printers to your network thereby freeing dedicated PC print servers for use as LAN workstations factory default Printer setting defined when the printer is manufactured Fastbytes protocol A parallel printer protocol that enables the printer to receive information at faster transmission rates than normal flash memory Memory that provides non volatile storage for downloaded fonts symbol sets or macros font A family or set of ch
142. nt the printer automatically uses storage area available on an installed hard disk to finish collating the job See page 22 for more information about collation Storing job statistics Managing resources downloaded to flash or disk You can also use an installed hard disk to gather statistics about a specified number of the most recent print jobs The statistics include whether the job printed with or without errors the time required to print the job the size in bytes of the job the requested paper size and paper type the color settings used the total number of printed pages and the number of copies requested See page 34 for more information about setting up your printer to gather job statistics and printing the accumu lated data Or if you re using the MarkVision utility refer to the MarkVision online Help or the MarkVision docu mentation on the printer CD Use the Mark Vision utility to manage the resources you store on flash memory or hard disk MarkVision offers tools for setting the download target formatting the stor age devices downloading resources deleting files mov ing files from one storage device to the other on the same printer or from one printer to another printing a directory listing the resources stored on a device and setting both read write and write passwords to protect all the resources stored on flash memory or disk or to protect individual files For more information about the specific reso
143. ntact in de buurt van het produkt Neem contact op met een professionele onderhoudstechnicus voor onderhoud en reparaties die niet in de bij het produkt geleverde instructies beschreven worden Dit product is ontworpen getest en goedgekeurd om te voldoen aan strenge internationale veiligheidsvoorschriften Deveiligheidsvoorzieningen van bepaalde onderdelen zullen niet altijd duidelijk zichtbaar zijn Lexmark is niet verantwoordelijk voor het gebruik van andere vervangende onderdelen Uw produkt gebruikt een afdrukproces waarbij het afdrukmateriaal verhit raakt Hierdoor kan straling vrijkomen Lees het gedeelte in de bij het produkt geleverde instructies waarin richtlijnen voor de keuze van afdrukmateriaal worden beschreven zorgvuldig door zodat u mogelijke schadelijke straling kunt voorkomen Appendix D Safety information 155 156 Appendix D Safety information Sikkerhedsoplysninger Hvis dit produkt IKKE er markeret med dette symbol SKAL det sluttes til en stikkontakt med jordforbindelse Ledningen skal sluttes til en stikkontakt der er teet pa produktet og som er let tilg ngelig Service og reparationer som ikke er beskrevet i brugsanvisningen skal udf res af en kvalificeret tekniker Dette produkt er udviklet testet og godkendt i overensstemmelse med Lexmarks verdensomsp ndende standarder for sikkerhed Delenes sikkerhedsfunktioner kan v re skjulte Lexmark p tager sig intet ansvar for brugen af uoriginale rese
144. nte beskrivs i handledningen Denna produkt r utformad testad och godk nd f r att uppfylla internationella s kerhetsbest mmelser n r den anv nds tillsammans med andra Lexmark produkter S kerhetsegenskaperna f r vissa delar r inte helt uppenbara Lexmark fr ns ger sig ansvaret om delar av ett annat fabrikat anv nds Maskinen anv nder en utskriftsmetod som upphettar utskriftsmaterialet Hettan kan i vissa fall leda till att materialet avger partiklar Undvik skadliga partiklar genom att noga l sa det avsnitt i handledningen som beskriver hur man v ljer utskriftsmaterial Informaci de Seguretat e Siel vostre producte NO est marcat amb el s mbol E HAUR de connectar a una presa el ctrica de terra e Elcable de pot ncia s haur de connectar a una presa de corrent propera al producte i facilment accessible e Si heu de fer una reparaci que no figuri entre les descrites a les instruccions de funcionament confieu la a un professional e Aquest producte est dissenyat comprovat i aprovat per tal d acomplir les estrictes normes de seguretat globals amb la utililitzaci de components espec fics de Lexmark Les caracter stiques de seguretat d algunes peces pot ser que no sempre siguin bvies Lexmark no es responsabilitza de l us d altres peces de recanvi e Elvostre producte fa servir un procediment d impressi que escalfa el mitj d impressi i la calor pot fer que aquest mitj alliberi
145. ntinuous tone effect This setting improves the print quality of graphic fills images and halftones A3 Paper measuring 297 x 420 mm Feeds short edge first A4 Paper measuring 210 x 297 mm Feeds long edge first A5 Paper measuring 148 x 210 mm Feeds long edge first additive color Color produced by mixing different combinations of the primary colors red green and blue RGB Color computer screens produce additive color application See software application attendance message A message that appears on the operator panel display describing a printer problem The printer requires operator intervention before it can continue processing automated fax system Lexmark s quick turnaround system for providing customers product information technical tips and printer driver information The automated attendant walks the customer through the steps necessary to receive information by fax Glossary 169 170 Glossary B4 Paper measuring 257 x 364 mm Feeds short edge first B5 1 Paper measuring 182 x 257 mm Feeds long edge first 2 Envelope measuring 176 x 250 mm baud The rate at which data is sent to or received from the computer through the serial interface in bits per second bps bidirectional communication Two way communication between your printer and a computer using Network Printing Alliance Protocol NPAP 1 0 standard bin See output bin bitmapped font Predefined pattern of bits that represent
146. nu item See page 21 for more information For paper and envelope sources without size sensing manual feed and the multipurpose feeder it is important to select the correct paper size from the menu The MP Feeder Size menu item is displayed only if the Configure MP menu item is set to Cassette Select Universal from the Paper Size menu when you load media in the multipurpose feeder that doesn t match any of the standard sizes The printer formats the page for 11 7 x 17 in 297 x 432 mm You can then set the margins for the actual page size from your software application Factory default Menus 17 Paper Menu continued Menu item Values Paper Type Tray 1 Type Plain Paper Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Transparency Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Tray 2 Type Plain Paper Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Tray 3 Type Plain Paper Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Factory default 18 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Paper Menu continued Menu item Paper Type continued Factory default Values MP Feeder Type Plain Paper Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Transparency Labels Card Stock Envelope Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Manual Pap Ty
147. nu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select To reduce the complexity of the job Reduce the number of graphics or images on a page Delete unnecessary downloaded fonts or macros Change the Print Quality setting Install additional printer memory to avoid future Memory Full errors 39 Complex Page The text graphics and print information on the page require more memory to print than what you have installed in your printer Press Go to clear the message and continue printing Some data may not print or may not print correctly Cancel the print job Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select To avoid another Complex Page error Set Page Protect On from the Setup Menu and resend the job Reduce the complexity of the page by using fewer fonts macros and graphics Install additional printer memory 52 Flash Full There is not enough space available to hold the resources you want to store in flash memory Press Go to clear the message and continue processing Downloaded fonts and macros not previously stored in flash memory or disk are deleted Resetthe printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 53 Unformatted Flash The flash memory installed in your printer has not been formatted You m
148. o an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult your point of purchase or service representative for additional sug gestions The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate this equipment To assure compliance with FCC regulations on electromagnetic interference for a Class B computing device use a properly shielded and grounded cable such as Lex mark part number 1329605 Use of a substitute cable not properly shielded and grounded may result in a violation of FCC regulations Any questions regarding this compliance information statement should be directed to Director of Lab Operations Lexmark International Inc 740 New Circle Road NW Lexington KY 40550 606 232 3000 Industry Canada compliance statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Avis de conformit aux normes d Industrie Canada Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada With a network adapter installed European Community EC directives conformity This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EC Council directives 89 336 EEC
149. ocumentation icon to display a list of the available documents All online documents are provided in English only The CD includes e Introduction to MarkVision which describes how to use some of the most popular MarkVision features e Network Adapter User s Guide which provides gen eral information about setting up an optional net work adapter after installing it in your printer Card Stock amp Label Guide which provides detailed information about selecting media appropriate for your printer A listing of PCL emulation printer commands Technical Reference If you find you need more information about printer lan guages and commands interface specifications or mem ory management a printed Technical Reference is available from Lexmark To request a Technical Reference simply fill out the order form included with the printer registration card and drop it in the mail Lexmark web site Access our site on the World Wide Web for up to date information about Lexmark and Lexmark products http www lexmark com Automated If you re in the U S or Canada you can use the Lexmark fax system automated fax system to request information about Lex mark products available printer drivers or other related topics LEXFAX is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week To request a catalog of the information available simply dial 606 232 2380 from a touchtone phone and follow the voice prompts Have your fax number ready P
150. of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions defined in Network Printing Alliance Protocol A Printer Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA NPA mode requires special processing of the print data If NPA Mode is set On the data received must be in NPA format If not it is rejected as bad data If NPA Mode is set Off the printer does not perform any NPA processing If NPA Mode is set to Auto the printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it in either format The NPA Mode setting in the LocalTalk Menu applies only to the LocalTalk interface connection Note Changing the NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer LocalTalk Buffer Disabled Auto 6K to maximum size allowed You can configure the size of the LocalTalk input buffer to meet the requirements of your system If the limited size of the input buffer is preventing you from continuing work in your application each time you send a job to the printer you may want to increase the buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off To maximize the range for the LocalTalk Buffer size you can disable or reduce the size of the parallel serial fax network and infrared buffers Choose the Auto setting to let the printer automatically calculate a buffer size proportional to the total amount of available printer m
151. ompletely closed All printer options are properly installed Once you ve checked each of these possibilities turn the printer off and back on This often fixes the problem If a message appears on the operator panel display see page 100 for more information If the message indicates the printer has a paper jam turn to Clearing paper jams on page 118 If you are having trouble determining the source of the problem refer to the tables beginning on page 109 They identify some printing problems and offer suggestions for solving them Solving printer problems 99 Understandi NO Your printer displays two types of messages status mes pri nter messages sages and attendance messages Status messages provide Status messages information about the current state of the printer They require no action on your part Attendance messages on the other hand alert you to printer problems that require your intervention A table listing the status messages follows See Atten dance messages on page 103 for a listing of the atten dance messages and what you need to do to respond to them Message Ready Meaning The printer is ready to receive and process data Power Saver Engine Warming When your printer is in power saver mode the Power Saver message replaces the Ready message on the display When Power Saver is displayed your printer is ready to receive and process data See page 29 for more information about Pow
152. on the user can then easily identify the printer best suited for a partic ular print job Alerts Unlike other network printer management soft ware MarkVision s alert driven architecture lets you actively monitor the status of multiple printers on a real time basis without polling If an error occurs on a printer attached to your network MarkVision immediately pro vides a visual and audible alert When minimized on your screen the MarkVision icon flashes to let you know there is a problem with a printer You can maximize the window to see a graphic of the printer and detailed information about the problem You can customize the alerts for each printer choosing which alerts the user and the network administrator receive and whether the alerts are visual simple sounds or spoken words You can also identify which printers on a network you are responsible for monitoring and receive information only about those specific printers Software developers writing DDE enabled Windows applications can use DDE as a means of accessing printer information from MarkVision for Windows 3 1 For exam ple Lexmark offers an application that works with remote pagers to transmit printer status alerts to network admin istrators away from their workstations Remote operator panel MarkVision s remote operator panel provides an exact replica of the selected printer s operator panel The menus and messages appear just as they do on the printer disp
153. onductors If the problem only occurs when printing black you can replace just the black photoconductor and fuser coating roll If the problem occurs when printing one of the colors replace all three of the color photoconductors See page 94 for more information Toner specks appear on the page H5 Y Replace the fuser coating roll If it is not time to order a black photoconductor kit which includes a fuser coating roll order a separate fuser coating roll P N 12A1706 See page 95 for more information Toner colors the background of the page T Make sure the affected print unit is completely installed in the printer The page has 100 coverage of one color Make sure the system board is completely inserted in the printer and the thumb screws are securely tightened Refer to the Setup Guide for installation instructions Make sure the affected print unit is completely installed in the printer Replace the photoconductors If the page is black you can replace just the black photoconductor If the page is another color replace all three of the color photo conductors See page 94 for more information 110 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Print quality problems continued Problem Light lines or streaks appear on the printed page L Action Clean the LEDs See page 126 for more information Make sure the affected print unit is completely installed in the printer
154. only MarkVision for Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 3 1x Macintosh and OS 2 Warp was shipped with your printer You can purchase MarkVision for UNIX networks and UNIX Intranet Servers and MarkVision for Sun Sys tems and Sun Intranet Servers from Lexmark Contact a representative at the place where you bought your printer for more information MarkVision s graphical user interface provides ongoing status for Lexmark printers connected locally via a bidi rectional parallel port or attached directly to a network via an optional network adapter or print server Work group administrators or key operators can create print queues to monitor only selected printers Printer status is reported by visual and audible alerts that you can customize for your work environment In addi tion messages on MarkVision s remote operator panel and the printer graphic reflect printer status The printer graphic also gives you a visual confirmation of the options installed on the printer Appendix A MarkVision 131 As a workgroup administrator you can also use MarkVi sion to manage Lexmark printers attached to a network MarkVision helps you configure the printers quickly and consistently as well as establish a comprehensive inven tory of the hardware and software features of each printer You can use MarkVision to maintain printer usage statis tics and manage downloaded resources such as fonts or forms The appearance of the MarkVision
155. ons on how to select a new setting You can print a list of the current user default settings at any time 1 From the operator panel press Menu or Menu to enter the menus 2 Continue to press and release Menu or Menu until you see TESTS MENU 3 Press the Select button TESTS MENU is then displayed on the first line and Print Menus is on the second line 4 Press Select again to print the page The message Printing Menu Settings is displayed The printer returns to the ready state after the list of user default settings prints Changing menu settings Note Remember that set tings you choose from your soft ware application or printer driver override the user default Settings you set from the opera tor panel menus If an error message appears on the display see Understanding printer messages on page 100 Follow the steps below to change a user default setting from the menus 1 2 From the operator panel press Menu or Menu Continue to press and release Menu or Menu until the menu you want appears on the second line of the display The menus and their menu items are listed on page 12 Press Select to display the list of menu items for the selected menu Press Menu or Menu until the menu item you need appears on the second line Press Select to display a list of available values for the menu item An asterisk appears beside the current user default setting for that m
156. ons 72 selecting 16 Paper Type Paper Menu 18 Parallel Menu 40 Advanced Status 42 Honor Init 42 Job Buffering 41 NPA Mode 41 Parallel Buffer 41 Parallel Mode1 42 Parallel Mode 2 42 PCL SmartSwitch 40 Protocol 42 PSSmartSwitch 40 passwords MarkVision 138 PCL Emul Menu 35 A4 Width 37 Auto CR after LF 38 Auto LF after CR 38 Font Name 35 FontSource 35 Lines Per Page 36 Orientation 36 Pitch 35 PointSize 35 SymbolSet 36 Tray Renumber 37 PCL emulation 29 command listing xi menu 35 188 index resident fonts 148 photoconductors ordering 89 recycling 96 reducing wear 33 63 replacing 94 storing 91 Pitch PCL Emul Menu 35 Point Size PCL Emul Menu 35 portrait orientation 36 PostScript Level 2 emulation 29 command information xi font search order 39 menu 39 resident fonts 148 PostScript Menu 39 Font Priority 39 Image Smoothing 39 Print PS Error 39 Power Saver Setup Menu 29 Print Area Setup Menu 32 Print Buffer Job Menu 28 print buffer management 139 Print Demo Tests Menu 26 Print Directory Tests Menu 26 Print Fonts Tests Menu 26 Print Menus Tests Menu 26 Print PS Error PostScript Menu 39 print quality character smoothing 15 color 15 61 images 15 39 62 problems 109 toner saver setting 15 Print Quality Color Menu 15 print speed 2 72 116 Print Timeout Setup Menu 30 print unit 94 installing 122 removing 119 printable area 32 printer commands xi configuration files 135
157. onts resident 148 security MarkVision 138 Select button 6 Separator Sheets Finishing Menu 23 Separator Source Finishing Menu 23 Serial Menu 43 Baud 45 Data Bits 45 Honor DSR 46 Job Buffering 44 NPA Mode 43 Parity 46 PCL SmartSwitch 43 PS SmartSwitch 43 Robust XON 45 RS 232 RS 422 44 RS 422 Polarity 44 Serial Buffer 44 Serial Protocol 45 service calling 129 maintenance kits 98 messages 109 routine parts replacement 98 warranty 167 settings changing from MarkVision 5 136 changing from operator panel 9 changing from software application 5 printing current defaults 8 Setup Guide ix Setup Menu 29 Alarm Control 32 Auto Continue 31 Display Language 32 Download Target 30 Jam Recovery 31 Job Accounting 34 Job Acct Limit 34 Job Buffer Size 33 Page Protect 32 Power Saver 29 Print Area 32 Print Timeout 30 Printer Language 29 Printer Usage 33 Resource Save 29 Timing Adjustment 33 Wait Timeout 30 Size Detection Paper Menu 21 solving problems memory 66 paperjams 118 print quality 109 printing 114 specifications printer 143 spooling jobs See job buffering statistics See job statistics status printer MarkVision 131 136 messages 100 Stop button 7 storing media 80 supplies 91 Substitute Size Paper Menu 21 supplies conserving 33 64 96 fuser coating roll 95 ordering 89 photoconductors 94 recycling 96 replacing 92 storing 91 toner cartridges 93 transparencies 76 Supplies Menu 13 color PC Drum 13 col
158. or Toner 13 Tray x 13 Symbol Set PCL Emul Menu 36 symbol sets definition 150 supported 150 T Technical Reference xi Tests Menu Color Samples 26 Factory Defaults 26 Format Disk 27 Format Flash 27 Hex Trace 27 Job Acct Stat 27 Print Demo 26 Print Directory 26 Print Fonts 26 Print Menus 26 text printing smoothing characters 15 timeouts print timeout 30 wait timeout 30 Timing Adjustment Setup Menu 33 toner cartridge conserving toner 15 96 ordering 89 recycling 96 replacing 93 storing 91 Toner Saver Color Menu 15 Toolkit 138 transparencies guidelines 76 loading 77 ordering 76 printing 83 Index 191 recommended 76 transport belt adjusting for mono printing 64 replacing 98 traylinking 82 disabling 20 Tray Renumber PCL Emul Menu 37 Tray x Supplies Menu 13 trays capacity 72 linking 82 loading 81 media specifications 72 optional 144 renumbering 37 sizes supported 21 troubleshooting Hex Trace mode 27 memory problems 66 PostScript errors 39 print quality problems 109 printing problems 114 U UNIX Networks MarkVision 131 user default settings 8 changing 9 overriding 5 99 printing current settings 8 utilities MarkVision 131 Toolkit 138 W Wait Timeout Setup Menu 30 warnings x Windows MarkVision support 131 World Wide Web xi 141 192 Index Y Yellow PC Drum Supplies Menu 13 Yellow Toner Supplies Menu 13 Optra Color 1200 User s Guide Part Number 11F0
159. or panel or from MarkVi sion a Press Menu or Menu to enter the menus Paper Menu appears on the second line of the dis play D Press Select to open the Paper Menu The Paper Source menu item appears on the sec ond line of the display C Press Select to select Paper Source d Press and release Menu until MP Feeder appears on the second line of the display e Press Select to set the multipurpose feeder as the paper source Using the multipurpose feeder 83 84 Chapter 5 Paper handling Press Go to return the printer to the ready state 2 Selectthe paper size Since the multipurpose feeder does not automati cally sense the size of the media you loaded you must select the correct paper size If you set the size from your software application or driver press Go when the message Load MP Tray appears on the display Follow the instructions below to set the size from the operator panel or from MarkVision a Press Menu or Menu to enter the menus Paper Menu appears on the second line of the dis play D Press Select to open the Paper menu C Press Menu until PAPER SIZE appears on the second line of the display d Press Select to select Paper Size e Press and release Menu until MP Feeder Size appears on the second line of the display f Press Select to open a list of paper and envelope sizes g Press Menu or Menu to scroll through the list of sizes h When the size you need appea
160. ore selecting Reset Printer exit the software application you are using Print Buffer Press Select to print any data stored in the print buffer This menu item is only available when you enter the Job Menu while the Waiting message is displayed The Waiting state occurs if an incomplete job is sent to the printer or if an ASCII job is being printed Examples include sending a print screen command from your host computer or copying a DOS file 28 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Setup Menu Use the Setup Menu to configure a variety of printer fea tures Setup Menu Menu item Values Printer Language PCL Emulation PS 2 Emulation The printer language defines how the computer communicates with the printer Your computer uses printer languages such as PCL emulation and PostScript Level 2 emulation to send print data to the printer Setting a printer language as the default does not prevent the software application from sending print jobs that use the other printer language Power Saver Disabled 1 120 20 The Power Saver menu item lets you reduce power usage when the printer is idle The Power Saver setting determines the length of time in minutes the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes to a reduced power state If you have selected a Power Saver value the message Power Saver replaces the Ready message on the operator panel display when the printer is in a ready state afte
161. paper guide informs the printer of the paper size loaded in the tray If you want to link the multipurpose feeder to a tray select the appropriate MP Feeder Size setting from the Paper Size menu 3 Select the same Paper Type setting for all the sources See page 18 or refer to the Setup Guide for more information about changing the Paper Type setting With tray linking in effect the printer feeds paper from one tray until it is empty and then feeds paper from the next tray To disable tray linking change the Paper Type setting for one or more of the trays to a Custom Type setting See page 18 for more information Using the multipurpose feeder Printing from the multipurpose feeder The multipurpose feeder holds 100 sheets of paper 30 transparencies 30 sheets of labels or 15 envelopes Refer to the Setup Guide for instructions for loading media in the multipurpose feeder If you want to use the multipurpose feeder like you use the other trays make sure the Configure MP menu item in the Paper Menu is set to Cassette You can also use the multipurpose feeder to manually feed a single sheet or envelope See page 85 for more infor mation about manual feed Since the multipurpose feeder does not have auto size sensing you must select the correct paper size and type from the printer operator panel or from MarkVision before you send a job to print 1 Select MP Feeder as the paper source From the printer operat
162. pe Plain Paper Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Transparency Labels Card Stock Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Manual Env Type Envelope Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Menus 19 Paper Menu continued Menu item Paper Type continued Values The Paper Type setting lets you specify the type of media installed in each source The printer uses the Paper Type setting to optimize print quality for the media you specified For example if you set Tray 1 Type to Transparency the printer heats the fuser to a higher temperature and slows printing to produce the best transparency possible If you then change Tray 1 Type to Plain Paper there is a slight delay while the printer cools to the appropriate temperature for printing paper You can also select paper sources from your software application simply by specifying a paper type and size Or use the MarkVision utility to define names for up to four Custom Types identifying special print materials For example if you are using names for three different letterheads for different individuals in your workplace you can define a custom type for each individual s letterhead If you re not sure which source contains the letterhead you need you can specify the Custom Type from the software application or driver and the printer will feed paper from the proper source The correct Paper Type setting along with th
163. printer LocalTalk Name Lexmark Default Name This setting identifies the printer model name stored in printer memory It cannot be modified from the printer operator panel LocalTalk Addr 0 0 0 LocalTalk Node Number The LocalTalk Address identifies the LocalTalk Node number assigned to the printer It cannot be modified from the printer operator panel LocalTalk Zone Factory default Zone name provided by LocalTalk network This setting identifies the LocalTalk Zone The setting indicates that no particular zone is specified and therefore all zones are valid This setting cannot be modified from the printer operator panel 54 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Fax Menu Fax Menu Use the Fax Menu to configure a serial port to receive faxes from a class 1 fax modem connected to the port This menu is only available if an optional tri port adapter is installed in your printer If the Fax Port menu item is set to Disabled all of the other menu items in the Fax Menu are hidden Menu item Fax Port Values Disabled Ser Option 1 Ser Option 2 Select Ser Option 1 or Ser Option 2 to activate the fax function for the specified serial port If you have a tri port adapter installed in both connector 1 and connector 2 you can only activate one fax port If you select Disabled all of the other menu items in the Fax Menu are hidden Fax Baud 1200 2400 4800
164. processing If NPA Mode is set to Auto the printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it in either format The NPA Mode setting in the Network Menu applies only to the network interface connection Note Changing the NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer Menus 47 Network Menu continued Menu item Network Buffer Values Auto 3K to maximum size allowed You can configure the size of the network input buffer to meet the requirements of your system If the limited size of the input buffer is preventing you from continuing work in your application each time you send a job to the printer you may want to increase the buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether the Resource Save setting is On or Off To maximize the range for the Network Buffer size you can disable or reduce the size of the parallel serial fax infrared LocalTalk or other network buffer Choose the Auto setting to let the printer automatically calculate a buffer size proportional to the total amount of available printer memory In most cases Auto is the recommended setting See page 67 for a listing of the default buffer sizes for all the interface ports Note Changing the Network Buffer setting automatically resets the printer Job Buffering Network x Setup Factory default Off On If you have an optio
165. purpose feeder until it is empty regardless of the paper source or paper size requested for the job When the multi purpose feeder is empty the printer then feeds paper from the source containing the requested size Size Detection Factory default A3 amp B4 Country specific 11x17 amp Legal Country specific The printer determines the size paper loaded in the trays by the position of the rear paper guide However the printer can only recognize A3 and B4 size paper or 11x17 and legal size paper You must decide which of the pairs of paper sizes you want your trays to support You can still load the paper sizes you don t select in the multipurpose feeder For example if you select A3 amp B4 and send a job formatted for legal size paper the printer displays a message asking you to load legal size paper in the multipurpose feeder Note Changing the Size Detection setting automatically resets the printer Menus 21 Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to specify the final output of your jobs including the number of copies whether you want to insert separator pages between jobs and how many page images you want to print on each sheet of paper Finishing Menu Menu item Values Copies 1 999 The Copies setting determines the number of copies printed for each page The printer does not automatically collate the copies printed For example if you send a three page job to print and set Copies
166. r composite black Your printer can print with pure black by using the black toner Defining color 59 60 Color tools In your printer In your software Chapter 3 Using color Since no two people see color in exactly the same way you need to match your colors to standard colors There are several tools to help balance your own perception of color with measurable color standards You can print color samples from your printer by selecting Color Samples from the Tests Menu The sample prints using the printer s Print Quality and Color Correction set tings See Adjusting color on page 61 for more informa tion The RGB and CMY percentages also print on the chart for easy reference Use this multipage color sample to select colors when using applications that let you set RGB or CMY palette colors Most software applications have a color chart in the soft ware that lets you select and adjust colors from within the software However since your computer screen uses an additive RGB color process and printers use a subtractive CMY process what you see on the screen is often not what you see when you print Color management systems seek to minimize this problem Still even with color correction there are many colors you can see on your screen particu larly bright blues and greens which cannot be reproduced on any four color printer Most software applications let you make some color selec tions and adjustments from within
167. r les normes strictes de s curit globale lors de l utilisation de composants Lexmark sp cifiques Les caract ristiques de s curit de certains l ments ne sont pas toujours videntes Lexmark ne peut tre tenu responsable de l utilisation d autres pi ces de rechange e Le produit utilise un syst me d impression qui chauffe le support d impression duquel peuvent alors se d gager des missions Vous devez consulter les directives g n rales dans la section appropri e des instructions d emploi pour savoir comment emp cher que ces missions ne se produisent Appendix D Safety information 153 154 Appendix D Safety information Norme di sicurezza Se il prodotto NON contrassegnato con questo simbolo DEVE essere collegato lo stesso ad una presa elettrica con messa a terra Il cavo di alimentazione deve essere collegato ad una presa elettrica posta nelle vicinanze del prodotto e facilmente raggiungibile Per la manutenzione o le riparazioni escluse quelle descritte nelle istruzioni operative consultare il personale di assistenza autorizzato Il prodotto stato progettato testato e approvato in conformit a severi standard di sicurezza e per l utilizzo con componenti Lexmark specifici Le caratteristiche di sicurezza di alcune parti non sempre sono di immediata comprensione Lexmark non responsabile per l utilizzo di parti di ricambio di altri produttori Il prodotto in questione utilizza un processo di stampa
168. r the time specified by the Power Saver setting has elapsed This is the printer default Both messages indicate the printer is ready to receive jobs If your printer is in constant use select a high setting such as 120 Under most circum stances this keeps the printer ready to print with minimum warm up time However it also uses more energy Setting Power Saver to 1 puts the printer in Power Saver mode one minute after it finishes printing each job This uses much less energy but requires more warm up time for the printer If your printer shares an electrical circuit with room lighting and you notice lights flickering you may want to set Power Saver to 1 If you want a balance between energy consumption and a shorter warm up period select a Power Saver value between 1 and 120 minutes Resource Save Off On The Resource Save setting determines what the printer does with resources downloaded to RAM if the printer receives a job that requires more memory than is available If Resource Save is On the printer retains all permanent downloaded resources for all printer languages during language changes and printer resets If the printer runs out of memory the message Memory Full appears on the display If Resource Save is Off the printer retains permanent downloaded resources only until memory is needed Then it deletes those resources stored for the inactive printer language See page 66 for information about adding memory to your printer Fac
169. reface xi xii Preface Trademarks FontVision Lexmark MarkNet MarkVision and Optra are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc registered in the United States and or other countries LexExpress LexOnSite and Operation ReSource are service marks of Lexmark International Inc AppleTalk LocalTalk and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc PANTONE Colors generated by the Optra Color 1200 are four color process simulations and may not match PAN TONE identified solid color standards Use current PAN TONE Color Reference manuals for accurate color PANTONE Color simulations are only obtainable on this product when driven by qualified Pantone licensed soft ware packages Contact Pantone Inc for a current list of qualified licensees PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 1988 PCL is a registered trademark of the Hewlett Packard Company PCL 5 and PCL 6 are Hewlett Packard Com pany s designations of a set of printer commands lan guage and functions included in its printer products This printer is intended by Lexmark International Inc to be compatible with the PCL 5 and PCL 6 languages This means the printer recognizes PCL 5 and PCL 6 commands used in various application programs and that the printer emulates the functions corresponding to the commands
170. rinting Directory List A list of all the files stored in flash memory or on the hard disk is printing To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Printing Job Accounting Stat A report of the accumulated statistics for the most recent print jobs is printing To cancel the print job press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Cancel Job appears on the second line Press Select Clearing Job Accounting Stat The printer is deleting all job statistics stored on the optional disk Restoring Factory Defaults The printer is restoring factory defaults See page 26 for details about which printer settings are affected Formatting Flash The printer is formatting the flash memory Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Programming Flash The printer is storing resources in flash memory Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Formatting Disk The printer is formatting the hard disk Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Programming Disk Network Card Busy The printer is storing resources on the hard disk Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed The network adapter is being reset The Network x Setup menu is not available while this message is displayed 102 Ch
171. rinting font samples suam eto v rare xa rdc eere p er E ys 147 R sident fonts 6 ese cee er ex dor ta Rn EAE ba GU EU RUE EUR 148 Scalable fonts 44 64 48 Ride exer EE de hdd aden ied ES 148 Bitmapp d POS 2 00ce cet tren ROC i adi n C nod d a qe bane 149 Symbol sets Jdccinevko ducta eet 63a aad ouo dedos eet adt 150 Symbol sets Tar PCL embi lalOEl iss sa sens Ge seas eb E ONCE ans 150 Downloadable fonts eeeeee IRR 152 Appendix D Safety information 2 25 ore 153 ADPEDODCEINOHEBS su kon cg te sy ene x P pins 163 Appendix F Warraniy dece nr TREO PIRE 167 fivc m 169 WAGES nc ose os d own bee ekeahaedaobanenaounouds 183 Table of contents vii viii Table of contents Preface About the manuals Conventions This User s Guide provides detailed information about color functions media specifications printer supplies memory requirements changing printer settings using the printer operator panel and solving printer problems The book is intended primarily for system administrators who are making decisions about the appropriate printer configuration and printer default settings and who may be responsible for troubleshooting printer problems and ordering printer supplies The Quick Reference offers an overview of the printer menu structure and some tips for clearing paper jams and load ing paper You may want to keep the Quick Reference near the printer so all printer users have convenient a
172. rs on the second line of the display press Select i Press Go to return the printer to the ready state Make sure the Paper Type setting is appropriate for the media you re loading in the feeder See page 18 or refer to the Setup Guide for more information about the Paper Type setting When the printer is in the ready state send the job to print Feeding media manually You can also use the multipurpose feeder to feed single sheets of paper transparencies card stock labels or indi vidual envelopes To print a page manually 1 Select Manual Paper or Manual Envelope as the paper source from the operator panel or from MarkVi sion a Press Menu or Menu to enter the menus Paper Menu appears on the second line of the dis play D Press Select to open the Paper Menu The Paper Source menu item appears on the sec ond line of the display C Press Select to select Paper Source d Press and release Menu until Manual Paper or Manual Env appears on the second line of the display e Press Select to set the paper source Press Go to return the printer to the ready state 2 Select the paper size Since the multipurpose feeder does not automati cally sense the size of the media you load you must select the correct paper size for each job You can set the paper size from your software appli cation or driver or follow the instructions below to set the paper size from the operator panel or from MarkVision
173. rt data is sampled on the trailing edge of strobe if Parallel Mode 2 is set Off Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about this setting 42 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Serial Menu Menu item PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Factory default Serial Menu Use the Serial Menu to change settings affecting jobs sent to the printer via the serial interface port This menu is only available if an optional tri port adapter is installed in your printer When you select Serial Menu from the operator panel Serial Option 1 or Serial Option 2 appears on the second line of the display depending on whether a tri port adapter is installed in connector 1 connector 2 or both When the correct option is displayed press Select to view the menu items listed in the following table Values Off On Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the serial interface connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default Off On Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the serial interface connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if
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175. s When you select 203 mm the width of the logical page is wide enough to print eighty 10 pitch characters Tray Renumber Factory default Assign MP Feeder Assign Tray 1 Assign Tray 2 Assign Tray 3 Assign Man Paper Assign Man Env Off 0 199 VIEW FACTORY DEF MPF Default 8 T1 Default 1 T2 Default 4 T3 Default 5 MPap Default 2 MEnv Default 3 Restore Defaults Yes No The Tray Renumber menu item provides software compatibility with other Lexmark Optra printers as well as with other manufacturers printers This may be helpful if you have print jobs or applications previously set up for other printers For example if you want to use a LaserJet 5 printer driver with an Optra Color 1200 with two optional drawers installed use the Tray Renumber menu item to set the following values Assign MP Feeder 4 Assign Tray 1 Off Assign Tray 2 2 5 Assign Man Pap Off Assign Man Env Off You can then successfully choose the correct paper source with the LaserJet 5 printer driver Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about assigning source numbers Menus 37 PCL Emul Menu continued Menu item Values Auto CR after LF Off On The Auto CR after LF setting determines whether the printer automatically performs a carriage return after a line feed control command Auto LF after CR Off On The Auto LF after CR setting determines whether the printer automat
176. s 72 A A4 Width PCL Emul Menu 37 acoustics 163 Alarm Control Setup Menu 32 alerts 136 Auto Continue Setup Menu 31 Auto CR after LF PCL Emul Menu 38 Auto LF after CR PCL Emul Menu 38 automated fax system xi 141 B bitmapped fonts resident 149 Black PC Drum Supplies Menu 13 Black Toner Supplies Menu 13 Blank Pages Finishing Menu 22 buttons printer 6 Index C calibrating the printer 33 64 Cancel Job Job Menu 28 cancelling print jobs 28 card stock guidelines 79 loading 83 printing 83 Card Stock amp Label Guide xi 74 cautions x CD MarkVision 131 online documentation x changing printer settings from MarkVision 5 136 from operator panel 9 from software application 5 collating memory requirements 66 using the optional disk 68 Collation Finishing Menu 22 color adjusting 15 61 calibrating 33 64 printing samples 26 Color Correction Color Menu 15 Color Menu 15 Color Correction 15 Print Quality 15 Toner Saver 15 Index 183 Color Samples Tests Menu 26 CompuServe 141 Configure MP Paper Menu 21 conserving supplies 64 96 conventions used in manual ix Copies Finishing Menu 22 Custom Types Paper Menu 20 Cyan PC Drum Supplies Menu 13 Cyan Toner Supplies Menu 13 D demo pages 26 disk 68 collating jobs 68 directory of contents 138 downloading resources 138 formatting 27 job buffering 68 managing resources 69 partitioning for job buffering 139 sett
177. s listed in the following table Menu item PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Factory default Values Off On Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the network interface connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch set On as the default Off On Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the network interface connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default Off Auto NPA is a mode of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions defined in Network Printing Alliance Protocol A Printer Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA NPA mode requires special processing of the print data If NPA Mode is set On the data received must be in NPA format If not it is rejected as bad data If NPA Mode is set Off the printer does not perform any NPA
178. s you expect IN c Action Set Toner Saver Off from the Color Menu Set Print Quality to Images or 1200 Image Quality See page 15 or page 61 for more information If you re printing low resolution images using PostScript Level 2 emulation set Image Smoothing On See page 39 for more information Make sure all four corners of the printer are resting on a level surface Turn the printer off and back on The printer calibrates the photoconductors and drive gears which may improve registration If the Printer Usage menu item is set to Maximum Yield make sure the Timing Adjustment menu item is set to Gear and Drum See page 33 or page 63 for more information Make sure you have selected the appropriate Color Correction value for the job you re printing See page 61 for more information Identifying other problems 113 Printer problems Problem You cannot insert the paper tray into the printer Action Press the plate in the bottom of the tray until it clicks Then insert the tray in the printer You cannot insert a print unit into the printer Make sure the large green tab on the left of the print unit is pushed in You cannot insert the print unit if this tab is released See page 122 The operator panel display is blank or only displays diamonds Make sure the system board is completely inserted in the printer and the thumb screws are securely tightened Refer to the Setup G
179. select the number of data bits that are sent in each transmission frame Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about data bits Menus 45 Serial Menu continued Menu item Parity Values Even Odd None Ignore This setting lets you select the parity for serial input and output data frames Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about parity Honor DSR Factory default Off On The Honor DSR setting determines whether the printer uses its data set ready DSR signal DSR is one of the handshaking signals for most serial interface cables The serial interface uses DSR to distinguish data sent by the computer from data created by electrical noise in the serial cable This electrical noise can cause stray characters to print Set Honor DSR On to prevent stray characters from printing 46 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Network Menu Network Menu Use the Network Menu to change settings affecting jobs sent to the printer via the network port This menu is only available if an optional network adapter is installed in your printer When you select Network Menu from the operator panel Network Option 1 or Network Option 2 appears on the second line of the display depending on whether a net work adapter is installed in connector 1 connector 2 or both connectors When the correct option is displayed on the second line press Select to view the menu item
180. sheet select Long Edge or Short Edge as the user default Multipage Border Factory default None Solid Select Solid to print a border around each page image when using multipage printing Menus 25 Tests Menu Use the Tests Menu to print a variety of listings relating to available printer resources printer settings and print jobs Additional menu items let you set up printer hardware and troubleshoot printer problems Tests Menu Menu item Values Print Menus Press Select to print a page detailing the user default setting for each menu item the installed options the amount of installed printer memory the printer software code levels the total count of printed pages and the printer serial number You can only print the menu settings page on A4 letter and legal size paper Print Fonts PCL Fonts PS 2 Fonts Select PCL Fonts or PS 2 Fonts to print a sample of all the fonts currently available in the specified printer language Print Directory Press Select to print a list of all the resources stored in flash memory or on disk Refer to the Technical Reference for details Print Demo List of demo files stored in flash memory or on optional hard disk Select the Print Demo menu item to view a list of the demo files stored in your printer Press Menu or Menu to scroll through the list of Lexmark demo pages as well as any other demo pages you may have stored in your printer
181. ssage Print Jobs on Disk Action Jobs that were spooled to the optional hard disk before the printer was last turned off have not yet printed Press Go to print the jobs Press Return or Stop to delete the jobs from the disk without printing them Files Will be Lost Go Stop You have changed the Job Buffer Size setting from the operator panel and the printer must reformat the hard disk to activate the change If you press Go all files currently stored on the disk will be deleted Press Return or Stop to cancel this operation Invalid Font Data The printer has detected an incompatibility between the font data and the firmware You must download compatible font data to flash memory before the printer can return to the ready state Invalid Network x Code The code in the specified network adapter has not been programmed or is invalid You must download valid code to the network adapter before the printer can return to the ready state 30 color Print Unit Missing The specified print unit Cyan Magenta Yellow or Black is not installed in the printer Insert the print unit and close the top cover to clear the message 33 Tray x Configuration Error 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory The printer has detected a tray with the rear paper guide in the wrong position When loading A4 and letter size paper make sure you place it in the tray with the long edge of the sheet next to the front of the tray Position t
182. store statistical information about a specified number of jobs The value you select from the Job Acct Limit menu item determines the number of jobs for which statistics are stored Once you reach the job limit statistics for the oldest job are deleted as new statistics are stored maintaining statistics for the specified number of jobs If you select Disabled the only limit to the number of jobs for which statistics are stored is the memory available on the disk Warning When you change the Job Acct Limit value all statistical information stored on the disk is discarded The Job Acct Limit menu item is not displayed if the installed disk option is defective or Read Write or Write protected or if the Job Buffer Size menu item is set to 10096 34 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings PCL Emul Menu Use the PCL Emul Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs printed using the PCL emulation printer language For information about the PCL emulation com mands supported by your printer refer to the printer Tech nical Reference PCL Emul Menu Menu item Values Font Source Resident Download Flash Disk All The Font Source setting determines which fonts appear in the Font Name menu If a font Source is not installed or does not contain any fonts it is not listed as a value Font Name Font position and font name for all fonts in the selected font source RO Courier 10 Always select the font sourc
183. t as shown Do not load stamped envelopes Refer to the Setup Guide for additional loading instructions To ensure the best print quality make sure you set the Paper Type to Envelope and select the correct envelope size before sending the job to print When printing on envelopes Try a sample of any envelopes you are considering using with the printer before buying large quanti ties Use envelopes made from 90 to 105 g m 24 to 28 Ib bond paper For best performance and fewer paper jams do not use envelopes that Have excessive curl Are stuck together Are damaged in any way Contain windows holes perforations cutouts or embossing Use metal clasps or string ties Have postage stamps attached Have any exposed adhesive when the flap is in the sealed or closed position Use envelopes that can withstand temperatures of 195 C 383 F without sealing excessive curling wrinkling or releasing hazardous emissions Adjust the left and right paper guides to fit the width of the envelopes To minimize curl use the rear output bin so the envelopes feed straight out the back of the printer Labels Acceptable labels Unacceptable labels Card stock If you occasionally need to print labels use paper labels designed for laser printers Use only label sheets that have no gaps b
184. t 300 dpi or higher resolution Factory default Menus 39 Parallel Menu Menu item PCL SmartSwitch Parallel Menu Use the Parallel Menu to change settings affecting jobs sent to the printer via a parallel interface port When you select Parallel Menu from the operator panel Std Parallel appears on the second line of the display Press Select if you want to change the settings listed in the following table for the standard parallel port If you have an optional parallel port adapter installed select Parallel Menu and then press Menu or Menu to scroll to Parallel Opt 1 or Parallel Opt 2 When the correct option is displayed press Select to view the menu items listed in the following table Values Off On Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the parallel interface connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default PS SmartSwitch Factory default Off On Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the parallel interface connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL Sm
185. t compatible plus 30 additional 2 PCL bitmap fonts LinePrinter POSTNET Barcode FontVision font manager utility with 110 fonts World class international font support 77 symbol sets including support for Canadian French Brazilian Portuguese Cyrillic and Greek 250 sheet tray Multipurpose feeder Paper output Top output bin 250 sheets collated Rear output bin 100 sheets uncollated Paper sizes supported A4 A5 JIS B4 JIS B5 A3 letter legal 11 x 17 Printer memory Flash memory 32MB two 16MB 50 ms EDO SIMMS Note Some printer models may ship with more memory 4MB for permanent storage of fonts logos and forms Interface Parallel standard Centronics protocol that complies with bidirectional IEEE 1284B Appendix B Printer specifications 143 Standard features continued Feature Internal solutions ports Description 2 ports for network adapters tri port adapters or parallel port adapters 1 connector for hard disk 2 pairs of memory connectors Printer software Options MarkVision utility that lets you manage your printer from your computer Supported in the following environments Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 3 1x OS 2 Warp Macintosh UNIX Option Optional drawer Description Support unit and 250 sheet tray up to two drawers may be installed underneath the printer 250 sheet tray Repla
186. tem is not displayed if the flash memory is Read Write or Write protected Warning If you select Format Flash and then press Go any data stored in flash memory is lost Do not turn the printer off while the flash is formatting Format Disk Job Acct Stat Yes No Formatting the hard disk option deletes all resources stored on the hard disk and prepares the disk to receive new resources You may want to select Print Directory before you format the disk to determine what resources if any are stored on the disk The Format Disk menu item is not displayed if the installed option is defective or is Read Write or Write protected Format Disk is also not displayed if Job Buffer Size is set to 100 Warning If you select Format Disk and then press Go any data stored on the hard disk is lost Do not turn the printer off while the hard disk is formatting Print Clear If you have an optional disk installed in your printer and you are using the printer s Job Accounting function you can choose to print a list of statistics for a defined number of the most recent print jobs The number of jobs is determined by the value of the Job Acct Limit menu item in the Setup Menu The statistics include whether the job printed with or without errors the time required to print the job the size in bytes of the job the requested paper size and paper type the total number of printed pages and the number of copies requested Select Clear to de
187. the available disk space for spooling jobs You can choose any 1 increment between 10 and 100 You must select a Job Buffering Size before you can set the Job Buffering menu item On for a particular port Warning If you change the job buffer size the printer formats the hard disk and all resources stored on the disk are deleted The Job Buffer Size menu item is only displayed if the installed disk option is formatted and is not defective or Read Write or Write protected Menus 33 Setup Menu continued Job Acct Limit Factory default Menu item Values Job Accounting Off On If you have an optional disk installed in your printer set Job Accounting On to use the disk to store statistical information about your printer s most recent jobs The statistics include whether the job printed with or without errors the time required to print the job the size in bytes of the job the requested paper size and paper type the color settings used the total number of printed pages and the number of copies requested To print a listing of all the accumulated statistics select Print from the Job Acct Stat menu item in the Tests Menu The Job Accounting menu item is not displayed if the installed disk option is defective or Read Write or Write protected or if the Job Buffer Size menu item is set to 100 Disabled 10 1000 If you have an optional disk installed in your printer you can use the disk to
188. the back of your page particularly after a paper jam cleaning the fuser coating roll may solve the problem To clean the fuser coating roll 1 Open the rear cover 2 Slide the locking plate to the left to release the fuser coating roll 3 Remove the fuser coating roll as shown Cleaning the fuser coating roll 127 128 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems 4 Usea dry lint free cloth to clean the roll Rotate the roll to make sure you clean the entire surface 5 Reinstall the fuser coating roll as shown 6 Slide the locking plate to the right to secure the fuser coating roll in place 7 Close the rear cover Calling for service When you call for printer service be prepared to describe the problem you are experiencing or the error message on the printer operator panel You ll also need to know your printer model type and serial number Lower the multipurpose feeder and refer to the label on the right The serial number is also listed on the menu settings page you can print from the Tests Menu Calling for service 129 130 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Operating systems supported Introducing MarkVision MarkVision This appendix provides a quick overview of the MarkVi sion printer utility and some of its features An online doc ument detailing how to use some of the most popular MarkVision features is included on the CD that came with your printer This document is available in English
189. the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL Smartswitch and PS Smartswitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default On Off Auto NPA is a mode of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions defined in Network Printing Alliance Protocol A Printer Host Control Specification Developed by the NPA NPA mode requires special processing of the print data If NPA Mode is set On the data received must be in NPA format If not it is rejected as bad data If NPA Mode is set Off the printer does not perform any NPA processing If NPA Mode is set to Auto the printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it in either format The NPA Mode setting in the Serial Menu applies only to the serial interface connection Note Changing the NPA Mode setting automatically resets the printer Menus 43 Serial Menu continued Menu item Values Serial Buffer Disabled Auto 3K to maximum size allowed You can configure the size of the serial input buffer to meet the requirements of your system If the limited size of the input buffer is preventing you from continuing work in your application each time you send a job to the printer you may want to increase the buffer size The maximum size depends on t
190. the optional tri port adapter If you have a tri port adapter installed in both connector 1 and connector 2 you can only activate one infrared port If you select Disabled all of the other menu items in the Infrared Menu are hidden PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch Factory default Off On Setting PCL SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the infrared interface connection and select PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default Off On Setting PS SmartSwitch On lets the printer examine the data on the network infrared connection and select PostScript Level 2 emulation if the data indicates that is the printer language If both PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set Off the printer uses the language specified in the Printer Language menu as the default If only one SmartSwitch setting is set Off the printer uses the language that has its SmartSwitch setting set On as the default Menus 49 Infrared Menu continued Infrared Buffer Job Buffering Factory default Menu item Values NPA Mode Off Auto NPA is a mode of bidirectional communication that follows the conventions d
191. the software Be aware that changes made in an application override changes made from the printer operator panel The Color Correc tion table on page 61 may help you determine the best method to reproduce the colors in your software applica tions If you are using color correction from your software or operating system make sure the printer s Color Correc tion menu item is set to CMYK Adjusting color Color Correction You can make color adjustments from your Lexmark printer driver from the MarkVision printer utility and from the printer operator panel Lexmark posts updates about color support on its web site www lexmark com See page 141 for more information about online services From the operator panel select Color Menu The follow ing menu items are available to customize your color printing e Color Correction e Print Quality e Toner Saver The values for each menu item are defined in the follow ing tables Each table indicates What you can adjust e Why you would make the adjustment When you would want to make the adjustment The settings you choose may depend on the types of jobs you print For example jobs full of images visual data typically scanned from original sources external to the PC such as photographs or video frames may require set tings different from those you would choose for business graphics such as charts and graphs electronically gener ated from a software application Wh
192. the top cover Depending on the types of jobs you print these adjustments may significantly slow print time Setting Timing Adjustment to Gear Only may decrease the time necessary to complete the calibration but you may notice inconsistent color registration on your printed pages See page 33 or page 63 for more information about these settings Reduce the complexity of your print job Eliminating the number and size of fonts the number and complexity of images and the number of pages in a job may increase print speed Set Page Protect Off from the Setup Menu See page 32 for more information 116 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Other printing problems continued Problem You can t collate a large job Action Reduce the complexity of your print job Eliminate the number and size of fonts the number and complexity of images and the number of pages Add more printer memory See page 65 or refer to the Setup Guide for more information Install an optional hard disk in your printer See page 68 or refer to the Setup Guide for more information You get unexpected page breaks Check the Print Timeout setting in the Setup Menu Increase the value Transparencies curl excessively Make sure you re using the recommended Lexmark transparencies See page 76 for more information Select the rear output bin when printing transparencies rather than the top output bin Transpar
193. ting photographic quality images use a high quality laser printer paper We recom mend the following papers for optimum results e Hammermill Laser Print 90 g m 24 1b e Xerox Image Series LX Paper When printing text and typical business graphics you may find 75g n 20 Ib paper designed for use with laser printers or photocopiers produces acceptable print quality Always try a sample of any paper you are considering using with the printer before buying large quantities Before loading paper note the recommended print side identified on the paper package Load paper with the rec ommended print side face down in the paper trays and face up in the multipurpose feeder Refer to the Setup Guide for complete paper loading instructions The following papers are not recommended for use with your printer Paper with a rough or heavily textured surface Coated papers such as erasable bond Preprinted papers manufactured with chemicals that may contaminate the printer Multiple part forms e Synthetic papers Thermal papers Recycled paper having a weight less than 20 Ib 75 g m Letterhead Refer to the illustrations at left to orient A4 or letter size preprinted paper in the multipurpose feeder or the paper trays Preprinted papers such as letterhead must be able to with stand temperatures up to 195 C 383 F without melting or releasing hazardous emissions Use inks that are not affected by the r
194. tion instructions 20 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Paper Menu continued Menu item Substitute Size Values Off Letter A4 11x17 A3 All Listed Select Letter A4 if you want the printer to automatically print A4 jobs on letter size paper and letter jobs on A4 size paper if the requested size is not currently installed in the printer Likewise select 11x17 A3 if you want the printer to automatically print 11x17 jobs on A3 size paper and A3 jobs on 11x17 size paper if the requested size is not available Select All Listed if you want to substitute paper sizes in both cases If the printer substitutes a paper size other than the one requested for the job the printer may have to clip the image to fit on the new page size Some data may be lost If you do not want the printer to substitute paper sizes automatically select Off The printer then prompts you to load the requested paper size if it is not installed Configure MP Cassette Manual First When the multipurpose feeder MP is configured as a Cassette the printer treats it like any other tray If a print job requests a size paper that is only loaded in the multipurpose feeder the printer picks paper from the multipurpose feeder to print the job Set Configure MP to Manual to use the multipurpose feeder strictly for manual feed of single sheets or envelopes If you set Configure MP to First the printer feeds paper from the multi
195. tly less saturated Black amp White printing Printer Usage setting If you re printing drafts of a color document or you re printing a color document that you want to photocopy set Color Correction to Black amp White in the Color Menu Your document prints in shades of gray suitable for reviewing or photocopying on a monochrome copier This preserves the toner in the magenta cyan and yellow toner cartridges If print speed is not critical to you you can set Printer Usage to Maximum Yield in the Setup Menu to extend the life of the color photoconductors and toner cartridges If Maximum Yield is selected the printer lowers the trans port belt each time it detects a mono page a page that requires only black toner This allows the media to bypass the color print units as it travels through the paper path thereby reducing wear When the printer detects a page with color it then elevates the transport belt and synchro nizes all four print units This adjustment may take up to 90 seconds and thereby slows overall printing The total effect this adjustment has on print speed depends on the mix of mono and color pages in the job as well as the Tim ing Adjustment setting in the Setup Menu See Printing color and mono jobs on page 63 for more information about the Printer Usage and Timing Adjust ment settings Conserving supplies 97 Replacing service items Warning A trained service technician must install the ite
196. toconductors magenta cyan and yellow at the same time When you replace the black photoconductor you must also replace the fuser coating roll See page 94 or page 108 for more information Tray x Status Missing Low Empty Your printer can detect if a tray is missing low on paper less than 50 sheets or empty The Supplies Menu lists any of the installed trays tray 1 tray 2 or tray 3 that meets any of these three conditions Menus 13 Maintenance Menu The Maintenance Menu provides information about printer parts that need replacement by a service techni cian The menu is only available when this condition exists Maintenance Menu Menu item Maint Status Values Life Warning The printer requires replacement of routine maintenance items such as the fuser and transport belt to maintain top performance and avoid print quality and paper feed problems This menu appears when the printer maintenance counter determines 100 000 pages have printed These maintenance items are in a kit available from Lexmark You must have a trained service technician install the maintenance kit Failure to replace these items will not interrupt printer operation but can result in unsatisfactory performance of the printer See page 98 for more information about ordering a maintenance kit 14 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Color Menu Use the Color Menu to make print quality adjustments
197. tory default Menus 29 Setup Menu continued Print Timeout Menu item Values Download Target RAM Flash Disk The Download Target menu item specifies where you want to store downloaded resources Storing downloaded resources in flash memory or an optional hard disk is permanent storage rather than the temporary storage that RAM provides You can add resources to flash memory or disk until the device is full Use your software application or the MarkVision printer utility to download resources to the printer The Download Target menu item is only displayed if the flash memory or hard disk is not defective or Read Write or Write protected Disk is not an available value for Download Target if Job Buffer Size is set to 10096 Disabled 1 255 90 The Print Timeout setting determines the time from 1 to 255 seconds the printer waits before printing the last page of a print job that does not end with a command to print the page The print timeout counter does not start until the printer displays the Waiting message When a print timeout occurs the printer stores the page in the print buffer When Print Timeout is disabled the printer does not print the last page of a print job until one of the following occurs The printer receives enough information to fill the page The printer receives a Form Feed command You select Print Buffer from the Job Menu See page 28 for more information Wait Timeo
198. ts are between the two ports Make sure the computer is set on a level surface Bright light such as direct sunshine or nearby artificial lights may interfere with communication If necessary turn off lights in the room or close window shades or blinds You cannot print using the LocalTalk port Make sure neither LocalTalk Port nor LocalTalk Buffer is set to Disabled in the LocalTalk Menu Verify that the printer is set up correctly in the Macintosh Chooser You cannot receive faxes via the fax port Make sure neither Fax Port nor Fax Buffer is set to Disabled in the Fax Menu Make sure the fax machine you have connected to your printer is a class 1 fax modem If power to the modem has been interrupted complete the following steps in the order listed 1 Turn the printer power off 2 Turn the modem power on 3 Turn the printer power on Identifying other problems 115 Other printing problems continued Problem Paper does not feed properly Action Make sure you re using recommended paper or other media Make sure the adjustable guides in the tray or multipurpose feeder are adjusted properly for the paper you loaded Make sure the stack of media does not exceed the maximum stack height indicated on the tray or feeder Make sure the paper you load in the trays fits under the two corner tabs at the front of the tray The printer does not recognize a paper si
199. twork adapter verify that it is set up properly and the network cable is securely connected Refer to the documen tation that came with your adapter or to the network documentation on the printer CD for more information 114 Chapter 7 Solving printer problems Other printing problems continued Problem You cannot print color Action Make sure the Color Correction menu item is not set to Black amp White Make sure you re using a color printer driver Make sure color printing is selected from the printer driver Make sure the color print units are completely installed in the printer Make sure the system board is completely inserted in the printer and the thumb screws are securely tightened Refer to the Setup Guide for installation instructions You cannot print the menu settings page Make sure the selected paper source holds A4 letter or legal size paper The menu settings page can only print on those paper sizes Make sure the Paper Type setting for the selected source is Plain Paper You cannot print using the infrared port Make sure neither Infrared Port nor Infrared Buffer is set to Disabled in the Infrared Menu Also check the Window Size and Transmit Delay settings See page 51 for suggestions about changing these settings Make sure the distance between the two infrared ports is 3 m 10 ft or less If necessary move the ports closer together Make sure no objec
200. uide for installation instructions Make sure you have an even number of memory cards installed on the system board You must install memory in pairs beginning with the leftmost connector Refer to the Setup Guide for installation instructions Toner drifts develop inside the printer Replace the photoconductors If black toner is the problem you can replace just the black photoconductor If color toner is the problem replace all three of the color photoconductors See page 94 for more information Other printing problems Problem Your job did not print or incorrect characters printed Action Make sure Ready or Power Saver appears on the first line of the operator panel display before you send a job to print Press Go to return the printer to the ready state If Ready Hex appears on the operator panel display you must exit Hex Trace mode before you can print your job To exit Hex Trace mode reset the printer or turn the printer off and back on Make sure the printer is not displaying a Toner Empty message If it is you cannot print until you replace the specified toner cartridge Verify that you are using the correct printer driver If you re using a parallel interface make sure you re using an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable We recommend Lexmark part number 1329605 10 ft or 1427498 20 ft for the standard parallel port If you re using a Lexmark internal or external ne
201. until there is enough room to load the media C Adjustthe left and right paper guides to fit snugly against the media d Press the green release lever to the left to posi tion the media for printing 7 Ifyou are printing additional pages manually insert a single sheet or envelope each time the printer prompts you with the Load Manual message Using the multipurpose feeder 87 88 Chapter 5 Paper handling Ordering supplies Replacing supplies Periodically you ll need to install new toner cartridges and the items included in the two photoconductor kits listed below You may find it helpful to keep these replacement supplies on hand so you can operate your printer without interruption Following are the order numbers for each supply Routine maintenance supplies Part number 12A1451 Supply item Approx yield Magenta Toner Cartridge 6 500 pages 12A1452 5 coverage Cyan Toner Cartridge ge 12A1453 Yellow Toner Cartridge 12A1454 Black Toner Cartridge 12A1455 12A1450 Color Photoconductor Kit 13 000 pages includes cyan magenta and yellow photoconductors Black Photoconductor Kit includes a black photocon ductor and a fuser coating roll Ordering supplies 89 90 Chapter 6 Replacing supplies Other supplies Part number Supply item 12A1706 Fuser coating roll 12A0540 Transparencies letter size 12A05
202. urce manage ment tools that MarkVision offers see Introducing MarkVision on page 131 or refer to the MarkVision online Help For more information about setting passwords refer to the printer Technical Reference Managing resources downloaded to flash or disk 69 70 Chapter 4 Managing memory Paper sources and output bins Top output bin Rear output bin Multipurpose feeder 250 sheet standard tray 250 sheet optional drawers Paper handling Your printer comes equipped with two standard paper sources a 250 sheet paper tray and the 100 sheet multi purpose feeder Some models may ship with a second 250 sheet tray You can load paper and transparencies in the standard tray Load paper transparencies labels card stock or envelopes in the multipurpose feeder For additional paper capacity you can attach up to two 250 sheet optional drawers to your printer When linked you can then effectively create a single 850 sheet source See page 82 for more information about tray linking Refer to the Setup Guide for information about installing optional drawers The table on page 72 details the types and quantities of media you can load in each of the printer s paper sources For more information about selecting specific media see Media guidelines on page 74 Your printer also has two output bins the top output bin that collates up to 250 sheets of paper face down and the rear output bin that stacks up to 100 s
203. ust format the flash memory before downloading resources Press Go to clear the message To format flash memory select Format Flash from the Tests Menu 54 Parallel Error The printer has detected a protocol error on the standard parallel interface Check the cable connection between the printer and the computer and make sure the cable is not defective Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The job may not print correctly Resetthe printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select Understanding printer messages 105 Attendance messages continued Message 54 Parallel Option x Error Action The printer has detected a protocol error on the specified parallel interface Check the cable connection between the printer and the computer and make sure the cable is not defective Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The job may not print correctly Reset the printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 54 Serial Option x Error The printer has detected a protocol error on the specified serial interface Make sure the serial interface parameters are set up correctly and you are using an appropriate serial cable Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The job ma
204. ut Factory default Disabled 15 65535 40 The Wait Timeout setting determines the amount of time in seconds the printer waits to receive additional bytes of PostScript data from the computer When this timeout expires the print job is canceled Select Disabled to turn Wait Timeout off The Wait Timeout menu item is only available when using PostScript Level 2 emulation The setting has no effect on PCL emulation print jobs 30 Chapter 2 Changing printer settings Setup Menu continued Menu item Auto Continue Values Disabled 5 255 Set Auto Continue to a value between 5 seconds and 255 seconds to have the printer automatically continue operating after it detects one of the following errors 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory 37 Insufficient Collation Area 38 Memory Full 39 Complex Page 52 Flash Full 53 Unformatted Flash 54 Parallel Error 54 Parallel Option x Error 54 Serial Option x Error 54 Std Par ENA Connection Lost 54 Par x ENA Connection Lost 56 Std Parallel Port Disabled 56 Parallel Port x Disabled 56 Serial x Port Disabled 61 Defective Disk 62 Disk Full 63 Unformatted Disk 80 Scheduled Maintenance Print Jobs on Disk If one of these errors occurs and Auto Continue is disabled the printer stops and waits for operator intervention When Auto Continue is set to a numerical value the printer waits for operator intervention for the specified length of time and then
205. y not print correctly Resetthe printer Press Menu or Menu The Job Menu is displayed Press Menu or Menu until Reset Printer appears on the second line Press Select 54 Std Par ENA Connection Lost 54 Par x ENA Connection Lost An external network adapter ENA that was once connected to the standard parallel port is no longer responding The printer only recognizes the missing connection when the printer power is first turned on Make sure the cable connecting the ENA and the printer is securely attached Turn the printer off and then on again to see if the printer recognizes the connection Press Go to clear the message The printer erases any reference to the ENA and then resets An external network adapter ENA that was once connected to the specified parallel port is no longer responding The printer only recognizes the missing connection when the printer power is first turned on Make sure the cable connecting the ENA and the printer is securely attached Turn the printer off and then on again to see if the printer recognizes the connection Press Go to clear the message The printer erases any reference to the ENA and then resets 56 Std Parallel Port Disabled Data was sent to the standard parallel port but the port has been disabled from the Parallel Buffer menu item Press Go to clear the message The printer discards the data sent to the parallel port Resetthe printer Press Menu or
206. ype to Card Stock when printing on heavier paper The printer then adjusts the fuser tempera ture and engine speed to ensure the best print quality Media guidelines 79 Stori ng media Properly storing media helps ensure trouble free printing Follow the guidelines below For best results store media in an environment where the temperature is approximately 21 C 70 F and the relative humidity is 40 e Store cartons of paper on a pallet or shelf rather than directly on the floor e If you store individual packages of paper out of the original carton make sure they rest on a flat surface so the edges do not buckle or curl Do not place anything on top of the paper packages Avoidi NO Ifyou follow the tips outlined in Media guidelines on paper jam S page74 you re well on your way to trouble free printing If you do experience a paper jam see page 118 for instruc tions on clearing the jam Here are a few reminders of ways to avoid paper jams Make sure the paper guides in the trays are prop erly positioned for the size paper you have loaded Load only standard size paper in the trays If you need to load paper in a tray while a job is printing press the Stop button and wait for the printer motors to idle before you remove the tray from the printer After you reinstall the loaded tray press Go to continue printing e Use only recommended media See page 74 for more information Do not load wrinkled
207. ze loaded in the tray The printer can only recognize A3 and B4 size paper or 11x17 and legal size paper You must decide which paper sizes you want your trays to support Choose the appropriate setting from the Size Detection menu item in the Paper Menu See page 21 for more information You can load the paper sizes your trays don t support in the multipurpose feeder When using the multipurpose feeder always select the correct paper size from the operator panel or from the driver The printer seems slow to print Make sure you select the appropriate Paper Type setting before sending a job to If you set Print Quality to 1200 Image Quality it may take longer to print some complex jobs or jobs formatted for larger paper Select another Print Quality setting if you need the job to print faster See page 15 or page 61 for more infor mation print If you set the Paper Type to Transparency or Card Stock the printer increases the fuser temperature and slows printing to 3 ppm to improve the print quality After printing on these media the printer requires additional time to cool the fuser after you select another Paper Type setting such as Plain Paper or Letterhead If Printer Usage is set to Maximum Yield the printer must adjust the photocon ductors as it prepares to print a color page after printing a mono page The printer performs this same calibration each time you turn the printer on and each time you open and close
208. zellikleri her zaman kesin olmaz Lexmark ba ka yedek par alar n kullan m ndan sorumluluk ta maz r n n z zerine bask yapt n z malzemeyi s tan bir yazd rma s reci kullanmaktad r ve s zerine bask yapt n z malzemenin emisyonu b rakmas na neden olabaliri letim y nergelerinizde zararl emisyon olana n engellemek zere zerine bask yap lacak malzemeyi se me konusundaki ana hatlar i eren b l m dikkatli bi imde okuyunuz Appendix D Safety information 159 ZEDEODIORA CIERIO SIBI COD ESSA UC MRAZ EL lt itt 7 23 LTJERIY CY hT ILENE ET BRAVEY hls RERO ERD kI RABINE NERI vELbkIRSUCKAEUO Bi C HNESDGDEGIBS GEIRBEURILCCORODERIE Bomae ROT BPIORMB C CBR lt EX Slant HO Lexmark PRICMTSEULWABHRERE LAETAKSE Rit BURG ABSN TUES BRI REREMKATL SOBA THWODbHVET Lexmark it fh ORBRAO BASRA CA EA Back DRAMAS SM FALABEDNTTHY 160 Appendix D Safety information OC JU YEA AS e dd ise usd EARRA fs BRT AK OD RT BE TE E EIT o KT EDI OD BARIC OW TMNT C e852 5 UXd0C CONBECHR lt K KE RERUN inis E se sR eB E EH ARR WREKE IS PEEL RE EA RI AGE AEEA UNT SES OUI KAP MEL HMA RT SERED aT Ets Ny HA AL APER Lexmark ef FERC HERS AO HER Ze A b MEK BLE WARRE HAERERAA GEAR HALE WA ERE Lexmark MARA Peu F EDL ee V EI TRE EARS SON ARERR LY RPE EBA po De ED HE PR DIU RE i BaP Eee UM erm ALS 1 Lu e e Aol O AZo AHA UI ge AT WS
209. zony TYLKO do prawid owo uziemionego gniazda elektrycznego Kabel zasilaj cy musi by pod czony do atwo dost pnego gniazda elektrycznego znajduj cego si w pobli u urz dzenia Wszelkie naprawy i czynno ci serwisowe opr cz opisanych w instrukcji obs ugi powinny by wykonywane przez autoryzowany serwis Produkt zosta zaprojektowany z wykorzystaniem okre lonych podzespo w firmy Lexmark i zatwierdzony jako spelniajacy wiatowe standardy bezpiecze stwa Pozosta e podzespo y mog nie spetniac tych warunk w Firma Lexmark nie ponosi odpowiedzialno ci za skutki u ywania innych cz ci zamiennych Proces drukowania zwi zany jest z podgrzewaniem no nika co mo e spowodowa emisj zwi zk w chemicznych Aby zmniejszy ryzyko emisji szkodliwych substancji nale y zapozna si ze wskaz wkami dotycz cymi wyboru no nika zawartymi w odpowiednim rozdziale instrukcji u ytkownika G venlik Bilgisi r n zde E simgesi YOKSA r n do ru bi imde topraklanm bir elektrik prizine TAKILMALIDIR G kablosu r n n yak n nda ve kolay ula labilir bir elektrik prizine tak lmal d r sletim y nergelerinde a klananiar d nda servis veya onar m i in yetkili servis personeline ba vurun Bu r n zel Lexmark bile enlerinin kullan m konusundaki genel g venlik standartlar na uyacak bi imde tasarlanm denenmi ve onaylanm t r Baz par alar n g venlik

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