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Lexmark 912 Printer User Manual

1. Values Off Prints one page image per side 2 Up Prints two page images per side 3 Up Prints three page images per side 4 Up Prints four page images per side 6 Up Prints six page images per side 9 Up Prints nine page images per side 12 Up Prints twelve page images per side 16 Up Prints sixteen page images per side Auto Lets the printer choose between portrait and landscape orientation Long Edge Sets the long edge of the paper as the top of the page landscape Short Edge Sets the short edge of the paper as the top of the page portrait None Stacks all sheets directly on top of each other Between Offsets each copy of a print job Copies Between Offsets each print job Jobs None Does not insert separator sheets Between Inserts a blank sheet between Copies each copy of a job If Collation is Off a blank page is inserted between each set of printed pages all page 1 s all page 2 s and so on If Collation is On a blank page is inserted between each collated copy of the job Between Inserts a blank sheet between Jobs jobs Between Inserts a blank sheet between Pages each page of a job This is useful if you are printing transparencies or want to insert blank pages in a document for notes Tray x Selects separator sheets from the Tray 1 specified tray MP Feeder Selects separator sheets from the multipurpose feeder You must al
2. Paper 44 Media guidelines Transparencies For best results use the following Lexmark transparencies Description Part number Professional color laser transparencies Letter 12A5940 A4 12A5941 These transparencies are designed to provide optimal print quality Using other transparencies designed for laser printers may yield unpredictable results and possibly cause damage to your printer Transparencies must be able to withstand temperatures of up to 180 C 356 F without melting discoloring offsetting or releasing hazardous emissions To order transparencies in the U S call 1 800 438 2468 In other countries regions visit www lexmark com on the World Wide Web For transparency loading instructions see Loading paper Envelopes You can load up to 10 envelopes in the multipurpose feeder Load envelopes flap side down with the flap closed and with the return address area on the right Orient the envelopes so that the edge with the return address and stamp area will enter the multipurpose feeder last Do not load stamped envelopes Before loading envelopes fan the stack to prevent them from sticking together For envelope loading instructions see Loading envelopes To ensure the best print quality set Paper Type or Media Type in the driver to Envelope and select the correct envelope size before sending the job to print When printing on envelopes Try a sample of any envelopes befo
3. If the paper advances out of the duplex unit remove the jam and go to step 7 If the paper does not advance go to step 4 4 Open the duplex unit covers 5 Remove the jam 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 120 Clearing paper jams N 5 xy o fj WW 2 BX i A e Y VON ANN ANE Xy Reo RY KREY NO QS M d Yr 7 check and clear all paper from the paper path 121 6 Close the duplex unit covers 7 Push the duplex unit until it stops 8 Close the access door 9 Press Go If the paper jam message continues 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF Clearing paper jams Removing small size paper from the duplex unit When printing on both sides of A5 or other small size paper you may need to partially remove the duplex unit to clear the jam 1 Turn off the printer 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 122 Clearing paper jams 3 Loosen the two screws shown 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 123 Clearing paper jams 5 Remove jam from the duplex unit inlet 6 Slide the duplex unit in 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF
4. Understanding printer messages 101 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Restore Held Jobs Go Stop What this message means Someone reset the printer or turned it on and the printer detects Print and Hold jobs stored on the hard disk What you can do Press Go All Print and Hold jobs on the hard disk are restored to printer memory Press Return or Stop No Print and Hold jobs are restored to printer memory The printer returns to the Ready state See also Using the Print and Hold function Restoring Factory Defaults The printer is restoring the factory default printer settings When factory default settings are restored All downloaded resources fonts macros symbol sets in the printer memory are deleted All menu settings return to the factory default setting except The Display Language setting in the Setup Menu All settings in the Parallel Menu Serial Menu Network Menu USB Menu and Fax Menu Wait for the message to clear Restoring Held Job xxx yyy The printer is restoring held jobs from the hard disk Note xxx represents the number of the job being restored yyy represents the total number of jobs to be restored Wait for the message to clear Select the Abort Restore menu item in the Job Menu See also Using the Print and Hold function Restoring Held Jobs The printer is restoring held jobs from the hard disk
5. Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Universal To determine the default size when the Paper Size setting for a tray or feeder is Universal meme 1 Select a unit of measure Inches Denotes a country region Millimeters specific factory default value 2 Select the values Portrait Width 276 360 mm 216 mm 3 00 14 17 in 8 5 in Portrait 276 360 mm 360 mm Height 3 00 14 17 in 14 17 in Feed Short Edge Direction Long Edge Paper Menu 72 Using printer menus Fax Menu Use the Fax Menu to change fax settings for your printer Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose Value Fax Setup Station Name An alphanumeric value which is 20 characters The value is displayed using the encoding determined by the value of Display Language Station Number An alphanumeric value which is 20 characters The value is displayed using the encoding determined by the value of Display Language Speaker Off On Behind a PABX Yes No Enable ECM Yes No Fax Menu 73 Menu Item Fax Logs Purpose Using printer menus Value Print Send Log Print Rev Log Auto Print Logs No Yes Clear Logs Yes Transmission Log Print Always Print Never Print on Error Log Paper Size Note Only installed paper sizes are displayed A4 NonUS A5 JIS B5
6. Menu Item NPA Mode Parity Purpose To specify whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance NPA Protocol Note Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer To select the parity for serial input and output data frames Values On Printer performs NPA processing If data is not in NPA format it is rejected as bad data Off Printer does not perform NPA processing Auto Even Printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it appropriately Odd None Ignore RS 232 RS 422 Designates the serial communication configuration RS232 or RS422 RS 232 RS 422 RS 422 Polarity PCL SmartSwitch This allows the user to specify the RS 422 polarity if RS 422 communications is active for the serial port Note Only displayed if the port supports an RS 422 configuration For example the physical port hardware supports RS 422 Note Only displayed when the RS 232 RS 422 port printer setting is set to RS 422 To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PCL emulation when a print job received through the serial port requires it regardless of the default printer language Normal Reverse On Printer examines data on the serial interface and selects PCL emulation if the data indica
7. Note The paper may be covered with unfused toner which can stain garments 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 113 Clearing paper jams 2 Remove any paper on the transfer belt If the paper source was the multipurpose feeder check the area between the multipurpose feeder and the transfer belt Transfer belt Warning Do not use any pointed objects to remove the paper This could cause permanent damage to the transfer belt 3 Check the fuser area and top cover for additional jams If there is no jam in the fuser area or top cover close the top cover and front door and then press Go If a jam is present continue with step 4 Note If you need instructions on how to close the top cover see Closing the top cover 4 Lift the fuser pressure release lever QW S88 Ay n d eo IL 2 ZY 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 114 Clearing paper jams 5 Slowly pull the paper out of the fuser toward the inside of the printer Note The top cover will not close until the lever is in the down position 7 Check the top cover for additional jams If there is no jam in the top cover close the top cover and front door If a jam is present continue with step 8 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 115 Clearing paper jams 8 Remove the jam from the top cover AANA
8. are the factory default settings Menu Item Job Buffering MAC Binary PS Network Buffer Purpose To temporarily store jobs on the printer hard disk before printing Note Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer To configure the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs To configure the size of the network input buffer Note Changing the Network Buffer menu item automatically resets the printer Values Off Does not buffer jobs to the hard disk On Buffers print jobs to the hard disk Auto On Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port Printer processes raw binary PostScript print jobs from computers using the Macintosh operating system Note This setting often causes Windows print jobs to fail Off Printer filters PostScript print jobs using standard protocol Auto Auto Printer processes print jobs from computers using either Windows or Macintosh operating systems Printer automatically calculates the Network Buffer size recommended setting 3K to maximum size allowed User specifies the Network Buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off To maximize the range for the Network Buffer size disable or reduce the size of the parallel se
9. 124 Clearing paper jams 7 Align the thumbscrews on the duplex unit with the holes in the printer 8 Tighten the thumbscrews to secure the duplex unit 9 Close the duplex unit door tat 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 125 Clearing paper jams Check Area E This message indicates a jam in the top middle or bottom optional drawer paper path area Note If you have a high capacity feeder pull the feeder away from the printer 1 Open the jam access door on the top optional drawer a LMA UMMM AAA MAA 2 Remove the jam NY LMA AHA AMA MALY Close the jam access door Repeat these steps for jams in the middle and bottom drawers Press Go If the paper jam message continues check and clear all paper from the paper path 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 126 Clearing paper jams Check Area F 1 Pull the high capacity feeder away from the printer 2 Open the jam access door on the top optional drawer jun 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 127 Clearing paper jams 3 Remove any jams 4 Close the jam access door 5 Slide the high capacity feeder until the feeder locks to the docking frame When the feeder is in the correct position you hear a click 6 Press Go If the paper jam mess
10. 40 Printing Euro support Support for the euro currency character is included in all applicable fonts for both the PostScript and PCL emulations Twelve of the PCL symbol sets support the euro character including all seven Windows symbol sets Hebrew and Arabic fonts A variety of downloadable fonts for Hebrew and Arabic are included on the CD that shipped with the printer FontVision Also included on the CD is the FontVision Management utility and screen fonts to match the resident scalable fonts An additional 48 TrueType fonts are available on the Lexmark Web site when you register the printer Understanding fonts 41 e Media guidelines OO Use recommended media paper transparencies envelopes card stock and labels for your printer to avoid printing problems For detailed information about media characteristics refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide located on the Lexmark Web site at www lexmark com Brief guidelines for choosing paper and other media follow Source Paper sizes Paper types Capacity Tray 1 Letter M Legal Paper glossy paper 550 sheets of 20 Ib paper Tabloid A3 JIS B4 200 sheets of 24 Ib legal tabloid A3 or JIS B4 paper 130 sheets of glossy paper Trays 2 4 Letter A4 Legal Paper 550 sheets of 20 Ib paper Tabloid A3 JIS B4 200 sheets of 24 Ib legal tabloid A3 or JIS B4 paper Heavy media Letter A4 A5 Legal Paper glossy paper 300 sheets of 32 Ib paper tray
11. Fax x 96 Flushing Buffer 96 Formatting Disk yyy 97 Formatting Flash 97 Fuser Maintenance 97 Held Jobs may be lost 97 Held Jobs May Not Be Restored 97 Infrared x 97 196 Insert Tray lt x gt 97 Install device or Cancel Job 98 Invalid Engine Code 98 Invalid Network x Code 98 Invalid Standard Network Code 98 Load x 98 Load Manual 98 LocalTalk x 98 Menus Disabled 99 Network x 99 Network lt x gt lt y gt 99 Network Card Busy 99 No DRAM Installed 99 No Jobs Found Retry 99 Not Ready 99 Parallel lt x gt 99 Performing Self Test 99 Power Saver 99 Print Jobs on Disk 100 Printer Calibrating 100 Printing Alignment Page 100 Printing Directory List 100 Printing Font List 100 Printing Job Accounting Stat 100 Printing Menu Settings 100 Prog Engine Code 100 Prog System Code 100 Program Flash 100 Programming Disk 100 Programming Error P lt x gt 101 Queuing and Deleting Jobs 101 Queuing Jobs 101 Ready 101 Ready Hex 101 Remove Paper lt specified bin gt 101 Resetting Maint Cnt Value 101 Resetting the Printer 101 Restore Held Jobs Go Stop 102 Restoring Factory Defaults 102 Restoring Held Job xxx yyy 102 Restoring Held Jobs 102 Serial lt x gt 102 Std Bin Full 102 Supplies 102 Tray lt x gt Empty 102 Tray lt x gt Low 102 Tray lt x gt Missing 103 Unsupported Disk 103 USB lt x gt 103 Waiting 103 Multipage Border Finishing Menu 53 Multipage Order Finishing
12. If after selecting On you still cannot print the page you may also have to reduce the size and number of fonts on the page or increase the installed printer memory For most print jobs you do not need to select On When On is selected printing may be slower To specify the amount of time in minutes the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes into a reduced power state To modify the logical and physical printable area Values Off Prints a partial page of data if memory is insufficient to process the entire page On Disabled Ensures that an entire page is processed before it prints This value does not appear unless Energy Conserve is set to Off 1 240 Normal Fit to Page Whole Page Specifies the amount of time after a print job before the printer goes into Power Saver mode Your printer may not support the entire range of values The factory default Power Saver setting depends on your printer model Print the menu settings page to determine the current Power Saver setting When the printer is in Power Saver mode it is still ready to receive print jobs Select 1 to put the printer in Power Saver mode one minute after it finishes a print job This uses much less energy but requires more warm up time for the printer Select 1 if your printer shares an electrical circuit with room lighting and you notice lights flickering Select a high value if
13. Printer treats the multipurpose feeder like any other paper tray except envelopes are not automatically supported Values for Custom Type x where x represents 1 2 8 4 6 paper only or 5 transparencies only Paper Card Stock Transparency Glossy Paper Labels Envelope Standard Bin Bin x Note If a user defined name is available it is displayed instead of Custom Type x The user defined name is truncated to 14 characters If two or more custom types share the same name the name only appears once in the Custom Types value list Note If a user defined name is available it is displayed instead of Bin x The name is truncated to 14 characters If two or more bins share the same name the name only appears once in the Output Bin value list Paper Menu 67 Menu Item Paper Loading Using printer menus Purpose Values To properly handle preprinted paper loaded in a tray whether the job is a duplexed job or a single sided job 1 Select a paper type Note If a user defined name is available it is displayed instead of Custom lt x gt Loading The name is truncated to 14 characters Card Stock Load Glossy Loading Colored Loading Custom lt x gt Loading Ltrhead Loading Preprint Loading Bond Loading 2 Select a value Duplex Notifies the printer that the specified paper type
14. Turn the printer off and then on to reset the printer Press Go to clear the message The printer erases any reference to the ENA and then resets 56 Serial Port x Disabled 56 Standard Serial Disabled Data has been sent to the printer through a serial port but the serial port is disabled Press Go to clear the message The printer discards any data received through the serial port Make sure the Serial Buffer menu item in the Serial Menu is not set to Disabled 56 Parallel Port lt x gt Disabled 56 Std Parallel Port Disabled Data has been sent to the printer through a parallel port but the parallel port is disabled Press Go to clear the message The printer discards any data received through the parallel port Make sure the Parallel Buffer menu item in the Parallel Menu is not set to Disabled 56 USB Port x Disabled 56 Standard USB Port Disabled Data has been sent to the printer through a USB port but the USB port is disabled Press Go to clear the message The printer discards any data received through the USB port Make sure the USB Buffer menu item in the USB Menu is not set to Disabled 57 Configuration Change The printer cannot restore jobs from the disk because the printer trays or drawers have been changed Press Go to clear the message Some of the Print and Hold jobs stored on the disk will not be restored 58 Input Config Error Too man
15. and that the printer emulates the functions corresponding to the commands Details relating to compatibility are included in the Technical Reference The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of these companies Albertus The Monotype Corporation plc Antique Olive Monsieur Marcel OLIVE Apple Chancery Apple Computer Inc Arial The Monotype Corporation plc Candid Agfa Corporation CG Omega Product of Agfa Corporation CG Times Based on Times New Roman under license from The Monotype Corporation plc is a product of Agfa Corporation Chicago Apple Computer Inc Clarendon Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Eurostile Nebiolo Geneva Apple Computer Inc GillSans The Monotype Corporation plc Trademarks 1 Helvetica Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Hoefler Jonathan Hoefler Type Foundry ITC Avant Garde International Typeface Corporation Gothic ITC Bookman International Typeface Corporation ITC Lubalin Graph International Typeface Corporation ITC Mona Lisa International Typeface Corporation ITC Zapf International Typeface Corporation Chancery Joanna The Monotype Corporation plc Marigold Arthur Baker Monaco Apple Computer Inc New York Apple Computer Inc Oxford Arthur Baker Palatino Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Stempel Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Garamond Taffy Agfa Corporation Times New The Monotype Corporation plc Roman TrueType Apple Computer
16. clearing paper jams 112 Close Front Door 95 Close Side Door 95 Close Top Door 95 Close Tray lt x gt Top Cover 95 Collation Finishing Menu 52 collation enabling 52 color adjusting 50 51 52 86 Color Correction Color Menu 50 Color Menu 50 Color Correction 50 Manual Color 51 Print Mode 51 Toner Darkness 52 Color Photo Devs 88 Color Samples 93 lt color gt Toner Supplies Menu 88 lt color gt toner status 88 complex page errors 85 Confidential Job Job Menu 58 Configure Bins Paper Menu 66 Configure MP Paper Menu 67 Copies Finishing Menu 52 copies specifying number 52 Copying 95 counter fuser 170 transfer belt 170 current menu settings 11 Custom Types Paper Menu 67 D Data Bits Serial Menu 80 Defragment Flash Utilities Menu 91 Defragmenting 95 Delete All Jobs 95 Deleting Jobs 95 Did You Replace Belt 95 Did You Replace Fuser 96 Disabling Menus 96 disabling operator panel menus 49 disk See hard disk Disk Corrupted Reformat 96 Disk Recovery x 5 yyy 96 Display Language Setup Menu 83 Download Target Setup Menu 84 downloadable fonts 40 downloaded resources printing 93 resource save 86 storing 84 duplex binding 53 enabling 53 Duplex Finishing Menu 53 Duplex Bind Finishing Menu 53 E Enabling Menus 96 Engine Warming 96 Enter PIN 96 envelopes loading 45 multipurpose feeder 21 F Factory Defaults Utilities Menu 92 factory defaults restoring 92 fax cance
17. paper tray 14 transparencies paper tray 14 LocalTalk lt x gt 98 M MAC Binary PS Network Menu 59 MAC Binary PS Parallel Menu 61 MAC Binary PS USB Menu 90 maintenance counter 170 Manual Color Color Menu 51 Max Baud Rate 56 maximum stack height 20 media guidelines 42 memory 7 locating 185 Print and Hold function 25 menu map 48 menu settings page printing 11 menus language 83 printing menu settings page 11 195 Menus Disabled 99 messages 1565 Emul Error Load Emul Option 103 2 lt xx gt Paper Jam 103 30 lt color gt Toner Cart Missing 103 30 Coating Roll Missing 103 32 Unsupported lt color gt Cartridge 103 33 Tray lt x gt Config Error 103 34 Incorrect Media 103 34 Short Paper 104 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory 104 37 Insufficient Collation Area 104 37 Insufficient Defrag Memory 104 37 Insufficient Memory 105 38 Memory Full 105 39 Complex Page 105 4 lt x gt Unsupported Firmware Card 106 40 Tray lt x gt Size Sense Error 106 41 Open Bin 1 Exit Tray 106 51 Defective Flash 106 52 Flash Full 106 53 Unformatted Flash 106 54 Network lt x gt Software Error 107 54 Par lt x gt ENA Connection Lost 107 54 Serial Option lt x gt Error 106 54 Standard Serial Error 106 54 Std Network Software Error 107 54 Std Par ENA Connection Lost 107 56 Parallel Port lt x gt Disabled 107 56 Serial Port lt x gt Disabled 107 56 Standard Serial Disabled 107 56 Standard USB Port Disabled 107 56 Std P
18. 11 Printing 4 Verify that the options you installed are correctly listed under Installed Features If an option you installed is not listed turn the printer off unplug the power cord and reinstall the option Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit 5 Verify the amount of memory installed is correctly listed under Printer Information 6 Verify that the paper trays are configured for the sizes and types of paper you loaded The diagram in Using printer menus shows the menu items in each menu An asterisk next to a value indicates the factory default setting Factory defaults may differ for different countries regions Factory defaults are the function settings in effect the first time you turn your printer on These remain in effect until you change them Factory defaults are restored if you select the Restore value for the Factory Defaults menu item in the Utilities menu When you select a new setting from the operator panel the asterisk moves next to the selected setting to identify it as the current user default User defaults are the settings you select for different printer functions and store in printer memory Once stored these settings remain active until new ones are stored or the factory defaults are restored See Changing printer settings Note Settings you choose from your software application may override the set
19. 43 storing 33 paper handling 7 paper jams clearing 190 reprinting jammed pages 84 transparency jams 190 Paper Loading Paper Menu 68 Paper Menu 66 Assign Type Bin 66 Configure Bins 66 Configure MP 67 197 Custom Types 67 Output Bin 67 Paper Loading 68 Paper Size 69 Paper Source 69 Paper Type 70 Paper Weight 71 Substitute Size 71 Universal Setup 72 Paper Size Paper Menu 69 paper size window 17 Paper Source Paper Menu 69 Paper Type Paper Menu 70 Paper Weight Paper Menu 71 paper specifying custom type 67 if requested size not loaded 71 preprinted forms 68 size 69 source 69 type 70 weight 71 Parallel lt x gt 99 Parallel Buffer Parallel Menu 62 Parallel Menu 61 Advanced Status 61 Honor Init 61 Job Buffering 61 MAC Binary PS 61 NPA Mode 61 Parallel Buffer 62 Parallel Mode 1 62 Parallel Mode 2 62 PCL SmartSwitch 62 Protocol 63 PS SmartSwitch 62 Parallel Mode 1 Parallel Menu 62 Parallel Mode 2 Parallel Menu 62 parallel port configuring bidirectional communication 61 buffer size 62 data sampling 62 hardware initialization 61 NPA mode 61 PCL SmartSwitch 62 protocol 63 PS SmartSwitch 62 enabling resistors 62 Parity Serial Menu 81 PCL Emul Menu 63 A4 Width 63 Auto CR after LF 63 Auto LF after CR 63 Font Name 63 Font Source 64 Lines per Page 64 Orientation 64 Pitch 64 Point Size 64 Symbol Set 65 Tray Renumber 65 PCL emulation A4 width 63 automatic carriage return 63 auto
20. Code CRC Failure 110 84 lt color gt Photo Dev Abnormal 110 84 Abnormal Coating Roll 111 84 All Photo Devs Exhausted 110 84 Black Photo Dev Exhausted 110 84 Black Photo Dev Life Warning 110 84 Color Photo Dev Life Warning 111 84 Color Photo Devs Exhausted 110 85 Coating Roll Exhausted 111 85 Coating Roll Life Warning 111 88 lt color gt Toner Empty 111 88 lt color gt Toner Low 111 900 999 Service lt message gt 111 A A4 Width PCL Emul Menu 63 Activating Menu Changes 94 adjusting color 50 51 52 86 Advanced Status Parallel Menu 61 Alarm Control Setup Menu 83 alarms error messages 83 hole punch 84 setting 83 stapler 87 toner 87 Assign Type Bin Paper Menu 66 Auto Continue Setup Menu 83 Auto CR after LF PCL Emul Menu 63 Auto LF after CR PCL Emul Menu 63 automatic size sensing 69 avoiding paper jams 33 B Baud Serial Menu 80 Belt 88 Bin lt x gt Full 94 bins assigning 66 configuring 66 output 67 resetting active 58 Black Photo dev 88 Blank Pages Finishing Menu 52 buffer sizes adjusting 192 network 59 parallel 62 serial 82 USB 91 Busy 94 C calling for service 189 Cancel Fax Job Menu 57 Cancel Job 57 Canceling Fax 94 Canceling Job 94 card stock 46 loading 14 Change lt x gt 94 changing fuser 143 oil coating roll 152 photodeveloper 139 toner cartridges 165 transfer belt 156 Check lt device gt Connection 95 Clearing Job Accounting Stat 95
21. File Page Setup Under Format for make sure that the Any Printer option is selected Under Paper Size select the custom size you want to use Print your document Printing with custom size specialty media 32 Printing Tips for successful printing Storing print media Properly storing the media helps ensure trouble free printing Use the following guidelines For best results store media in an environment where the temperature is approximately 21 C 70 F and the relative humidity is 40 Store cartons of paper on a pallet or shelf rather than directly on the floor 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 Avoiding paper jams By carefully selecting print media and loading them properly you should be able to avoid most paper jams If jams do occur follow the steps outlined in Clearing paper jams If jams occur frequently make sure you follow these tips to avoid jams See Loading a paper tray to load paper properly Make sure the adjustable guides are positioned correctly and the paper stack is pushed down and locked in the tray before closing the tray Do not overload the paper trays Make sure the paper is under the paper capacity mark on the inside of the tray relative to the size and weight of the paper you are using Refer to Quick Reference or Media guidelines
22. Guide for more information on paper types and sizes You can use the multipurpose feeder one of two ways Paper tray Load paper or other print media in the feeder with the intention of leaving the media in the feeder Manual bypass feeder Send a print job to the feeder while specifying the type and size of media from your computer The printer then prompts you to load the appropriate print media before it prints Keep in mind the following capacities paper dimensions and operating tips when loading the multipurpose feeder Capacity The maximum stack height is 11 mm 0 4 in The multipurpose feeder can hold approximately 100 sheets of 75 g m 20 Ib paper 80 sheets of 24 Ib 12x18 paper 55 sheets of labels 55 sheets of card stock 50 transparencies 10 envelopes 1 sheet of glossy paper manual feed 1 sheet of banner paper 297 2 x 914 4 mm 11 7 x 36 in manual feed Paper dimensions The multipurpose feeder accepts paper within the following dimensions Width 90 mm 3 54 in to 305 mm 12 in Length 148 mm 5 83 in to 914 mm 36 in Trouble free printing Load only one size of paper or envelopes at a time in the multipurpose feeder To achieve the best possible print quality use only high quality print media that is designed for use in laser printers For more guidelines on paper see Media guidelines To prevent paper jams do not add or remove print media when there is still media in the multi
23. Job Menu appears e Ifthe printer is Ready continue to step 2 2 Press Menu until you see Held Jobs or Confidential Job on the operator panel display depending on the type of job you want to access 3 Press Select Note If you are looking for a Confidential Job you are prompted to enter your PIN See Printing confidential jobs for more information 4 Press Menu until the action you want to take appears on the second line of the operator panel print a job delete a job and so on 5 Press Select e Ifyou are looking for one particular job press Menu to scroll through the list of jobs available and press Select when the correct job is displayed An asterisk appears next to the job name indicating you have chosen to print or delete that job e If you are prompted to enter the number of copies you want to print use Menu to increase or decrease the number on the operator panel and press Select Using the Print and Hold function 25 Printing 6 Press Go to print or delete specific jobs you have marked The printer briefly displays messages indicating what Print and Hold functions it is performing and then returns to the Ready state Recognizing when format errors occur If the Z syimbal appears on the display it indicates that the printer had trouble formatting one or more of the held jobs These formatting problems are most commonly the result of insufficient printer memory or invalid data that might cause the printer
24. Letter US Legal Executive JIS B4 A3 11x17 Folio Statement Universal Fax Menu 74 Menu Item Fax Logs Continued Purpose Using printer menus Value Log Paper Type Note Only installed paper types are displayed If a user defined name is available for a Custom Type then the name is displayed instead of Custom Type x The name is truncated to 14 characters Plain Paper Card Stock Transparency Labels Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Custom Type 5 Custom Type 6 Log Output Bin Note Only installed output bins are displayed If a user defined name is available for an output bin then the name is displayed instead The name is truncated to 14 characters If multiple output bins are assigned the same name the name only appears once in the Output Bin value list Note If Bin 2 is installed then it is the default Log Output Bin Otherwise the Standard Bin is the default Standard Bin Bin 1 Bin 2 Bin 3 Bin 4 Bin 5 Bin 6 Fax Menu Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Value Fax Send Automatic Redial 0 14 5 Note The value 0 indicates Redial is set to Disabled Redial Frequency 1 200 3 Fax Resolution Standard Fine Super Fine Ultra Fine Dialing Mode Tone zPulse Fax Menu 76 Menu Item Fax R
25. Make sure Honor DSR is set to Off Check the protocol baud parity and data bit settings The settings on the printer and on the host computer should match Printer seems to print slowly Make sure you select the appropriate Paper Type setting before sending a job to print If the Paper Type is set to Transparency the printer adjusts the fuser temperature and slows printing to improve the print quality After printing on this media the printer requires additional time to warm the fuser after you select another Paper Type setting such as Plain Paper or Letterhead 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 Unexpected page breaks Increase the Print Timeout value in the Setup Menu appear Transparencies jam 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 Disabling Power Saver may also prevent transparencies from jamming after the printer has been idle Paper is jammed in the fuser Rotate the fuser pressure release lever down and remove the jammed paper See Clearing paper jams for more information Part of the printed page was Make sure you have the correct size paper in the paper tray and the paper clipped or is cut off size is
26. Menu 53 multipage print border settings 53 configuring 54 order settings 53 view settings 54 Multipage Print Finishing Menu 54 Multipage View Finishing Menu 54 multipurpose feeder closing 23 guidelines 18 print material envelopes 20 loading 20 paper 20 transparencies 20 multipurpose feeder configuring 67 N Network lt x gt 99 Network lt x gt Setup Network Menu 60 Network lt x gt lt y gt 99 Network Buffer Network Menu 59 Network Card Busy 99 Network Menu 59 Job Buffering 59 MAC Binary PS 59 Network lt x gt Setup 60 Network Buffer 59 NPA Mode 60 PCL SmartSwitch 60 PS SmartSwitch 60 Std Net Setup 60 network port configuring buffer size 59 NPA mode 60 PCL SmartSwitch 60 PS SmartSwitch 60 No DRAM Installed 99 No Jobs Found Retry 99 Not Ready 99 NPA Mode 55 NPA Mode Network Menu 60 NPA Mode Parallel Menu 61 NPA Mode Serial Menu 81 NPA Mode USB Menu 90 NPA mode setting network port 60 parallel port 61 serial port 81 USB port 90 O Offset Pages Finishing Menu 54 oil coating roll ordering 136 operator panel disabling 49 LCD 9 light 9 using 9 options locating 185 verifying installation with menu settings page 11 ordering 136 fuser 136 oil coating roll 136 supplies 136 toner cartridge 136 transfer belt 136 Orientation PCL Emul Menu 64 Output Bin Paper Menu 67 P Page Protect Setup Menu 85 paper avoiding jams 33 clearing jams 112 letterhead 44 recommendations
27. Menu and then press Select Press Menu until you see Universal Setup and then press Select A OO N Press Menu until you see Portrait Width and then press Select For the default settings if the value displayed is 12 in press Return or press Menu to increase or decrease the value to the desired size Press Select 5 Press Menu until you see Portrait Height and then press Select For the default settings if the value displayed is 18 in press Return or press Menu to increase or decrease the value to the desired size Press Select To set the Unit of Measure 1 From Universal Setup press Menu until you see Units of Measure then press Select 2 Press Menu until the appropriate unit of measure is displayed If the unit of measure you want is already saved with an asterisk beside it press Return to return to Universal Setup Otherwise press Select to change the unit of measure Printing with custom size specialty media 28 Printing Once the Universal paper size is set you must designate Universal as the paper size for the multipurpose feeder Note The Multipurpose Feeder MP Feeder and Manual Paper are not the same designation To set the paper size for the multipurpose feeder oa A WO N 6 Press Return until you see the main menu Press Menu until you see Paper Menu then press Select Press Menu until you see Paper Size then press Select Press Menu until you see MP Feeder Size and then pre
28. Menu until you see Panel Menus and then press Select Press the menu keys until Disable appears on the second line of the display Press Select Disabling Menus appears briefly 7 Press Menu until you see Exit Config Menus and then press Select The menus are disabled If you press Menu the message Menus Disabled appears Enabling operator panel menus 1 Repeat steps 1 through 4 2 Press Menu until you see Enable 3 Continue with steps 5 6 and 7 Disabling operator panel menus 49 Using printer menus Color Menu Use the Color Menu to adjust print quality and customize color printing Menu Item Color Correction Purpose To adjust the printed color to better match the colors of other output devices or standard color systems Note Due to the differences between additive and subtractive colors certain colors that appear on your monitor are impossible to duplicate on your printer Values Auto Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Applies different color conversion tables to each object on the printed page depending upon the type of object and how the color for each object is specified Off No color correction is implemented Manual Lets you customize the color conversion tables applied to each object on the printed page depending upon the type of object and how the color for each object is specified Customization is performed using the s
29. SmartSwitch automatically switches to parallel interface and selects PCL emulation when a print job PCL emulation if the data indicates requires it This print job is that is the required printer received through the parallel port language regardless of the default printer language Off Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off PS To configure the printer so it On Printer examines data on the SmartSwitch automatically switches to parallel interface and selects PostScript emulation when a print PostScript emulation if the data job received through the parallel indicates that is the required port requires it regardless of the printer language default printer language Off Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PCL emulation to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PCL SmartSwitch is Off Parallel Menu 62 Menu Item Protocol Using printer menus Purpose To specify the parallel interface protocol Values Standard May resolve some parallel interface problems Fastbytes Provides compatibility with most existing parallel interface implementations recommended setting PCL Emul Menu Use the PCL Emul Menu to change printer setti
30. Tabloid A3 JIS B4 transparencies labels 50 transparencies 200 sheets of labels 360 sheets of glossy paper Multipurpose Letter ils 6 Beie Paper glossy paper 100 sheets of 20 Ib paper feeder Tabloid A3 Executive transparencies i JIS B4 js B5 12x18 labels card stock So aloha ste Banner Universal 4 55 sheets of labels 55 sheets card stock 80 sheets of 24 Ib 12x18 paper 1 sheet of glossy paper 1 sheet of banner paper 73 9 10 DL C4 C5 B5 Envelopes 10 envelopes High capacity Letter A4 Paper 3000 sheets of 20 Ib paper feeder Tabloid paper is 278 8 x 430 8 mm Universal setting lets you select the following custom sizes 11 x 17 in 70 x 127 mm to 229 x 356 mm 2 8 x 5 to 9 x 14 in Banner size is a Universal size 148 x 182 mm to 216 x 356 mm 5 8 x 7 to 8 5 x 14 in 297 2 x 914 4 mm 11 69 x 36 in CEDAR AD NUITS X TR UV 3 210 x 432 mm to 297 x 914 mm 8 3 x 17 to 11 69 Banner paper is not supported on custom x 36 in Windows 9x PCL and Windows NT 4 0 system printer drivers Universal size paper must be fed from the multipurpose feeder no other input tray supports Universal Media guidelines 42 Media guidelines Your printer supports a wide variety of paper types sizes and weights The standard tray tray 1 and optional trays 2 3 and 4 are marked with stack height letters A B C The optional heavy media tray is marked with s
31. Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Formatting Flash The printer is formatting the flash memory Wait for the message to clear Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Fuser Maintenance The counter that tracks wear on the fuser has reached its limit Press Go to continue printing If print quality is unacceptable replace the fuser See also Replacing the fuser Held Jobs May Be Lost The printer memory is too full to continue processing print jobs Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The printer frees memory by deleting the oldest held job and continues deleting held jobs until there is enough printer memory to process the job Press Stop to clear the message without deleting any held jobs The current job may not print correctly Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job To avoid this error in the future Delete fonts macros and other data stored in printer memory Install more printer memory Note The messages 37 Insufficient Memory and Held Jobs may be lost alternate on the display See also Using the Print and Hold function 37 Insufficient Memory Held Jobs May Not Be Restored The printer memory cannot restore Print and Hold jobs from the printer hard disk Press Go to clear the message Some of the Print and Hold jobs stored on the disk will no
32. 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 interference 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 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 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
33. fix the problem call your service representative Problem Action Job did not print or incorrect Make sure Ready appears on the operator panel before you send a job to characters printed print Press Go to return to Ready Make sure print media is loaded Press Go to return to Ready Verify the printer is using the correct printer language Verify you are using the correct printer driver Make sure the parallel serial ethernet or USB cable is firmly plugged in at the back of the printer Make sure you are using the correct cable Use IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable We recommend Lexmark part number 1329605 10 ft or 1427498 20 ft If you use RS 232 Serial verify that a null modem cable is used If the printer is connected through a switch box try a direct connection Verify the correct paper size is selected through the operator panel in the printer driver or in the software program Make sure PCL SmartSwitch and PS SmartSwitch are set to On Troubleshooting 189 Troubleshooting Problem Action Job did not print or incorrect If you are using a print spooler verify the spooler is not stalled characters printed continued Check the printer interface from the Setup Menu Determine which host interface you are using Print a menu settings page to verify the current interface settings are correct See Printing the menu settings page If you are using a serial interface
34. for recommended stack heights Do not remove trays while print jobs are in process Flex fan and straighten the paper before loading it Fan stacks of labels or transparencies before loading them into a Heavy Media Tray or the multipurpose feeder If jams occur using the multipurpose feeder try feeding one sheet at a time Do not load wrinkled creased damp or curled paper Do not mix paper types or paper sizes in one tray Use only recommended print media See Paper Make sure the recommended print side is face up when placed in the multipurpose feeder or high capacity feeder Make sure the recommended print side is face down when loading trays 1 through 4 Keep print media stored in an acceptable environment See Media guidelines Tips for successful printing 33 Printing Understanding fonts Resident fonts Your printer is equipped with resident fonts stored permanently in printer memory Different fonts are available in PCL 6 and PostScript 3 emulations Some of the most popular typefaces like Courier and Times New Roman are available for all printer languages The fonts in the PCL emulation are compatible with the fonts in the HP4500 and include four additional fonts and many extra symbol sets to support extra languages and programs The fonts in the PostScript emulation are compatible with Adobe PostScript 3 and include 20 additional fonts The following tables list all the fonts in your printer You can select the re
35. in the black photodeveloper kit e If the print quality is still acceptable and you do not want to replace the photodeveloper yet press Go to clear the message and continue printing 84 Black Photo Dev Life Warning The black photodeveloper is nearing its end of life If you do not have a replacement black photodeveloper kit order one now You can print approximately 100 pages before the 84 Black Photo Dev Exhausted message appears Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The Supplies message is displayed until you replace the photodeveloper 84 color Photo Dev Abnormal The printer has detected an abnormal photodeveloper Install a new photodeveloper to clear the message and continue printing 84 Color Photo Devs Exhausted The color photodevelopers have reached the end of their lives Replace the color photodevelopers Make sure you replace all three Cyan Magenta and Yellow at the same time If the print quality is still acceptable and you do not want to replace the photodevelopers yet press Go to clear the message and continue printing Understanding printer messages 110 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 84 Color Photo Dev Life Warning What this message means The color photodevelopers are nearing the end of their lives If you do not have a new color photodeveloper kit order one now You can print approximately 100 pages bef
36. open the Job Menu and cancel the current job See also Loading a paper tray Load Manual A request for a manual feed job has been sent to the printer The printer is ready for insertion of a single sheet into the manual feed slot Load a sheet of the paper specified in the second line of the display in the manual feed tray or multipurpose feeder Press Select or Go to ignore the manual feed request and print on the paper already in one of the input sources If the printer finds a tray that has paper of the correct type and size it feeds paper from that tray If the printer cannot find a tray with the correct paper type and size it prints on the paper installed in the default input source Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job See also Loading the multipurpose feeder LocalTalk x A LocalTalk interface is the active communication link Understanding printer messages 98 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Menus Disabled What this message means The printer menus are disabled You cannot change the printer settings from the operator panel What you can do You can still open the Job Menu to cancel a job that is printing or to select a confidential job or a held job that you want to print If you need access to the printer menus contact your network administrator See also Disabling operator panel menus Network Card Busy An
37. plate clicks into place 4 Close the tray 5 Press Go If the paper jam message continues check and clear all paper from the paper path 24 x Paper Jam Check Tray x 131 Clearing paper jams 249 Paper Jam Check Tray lt x gt A249 Paper Jam Check Tray x message indicates a jam has occurred in the high capacity feeder Note If you have an optional printer cabinet the high capacity feeder will be identified as tray 3 1 Open the top cover ANM 2 Remove the jam NN 24 x Paper Jam Check Tray x 132 Clearing paper jams 3 Close the top cover 4 Press Go 24 x Paper Jam Check Tray x 133 Maintenance vV Determining supply status Print the menu settings page to check the status of printer supply items See Printing the menu settings page for detailed instructions One or two pages print depending on the number of menu settings you have Look for Supplies Menu on the page each item indicates the percentage of remaining life You can also check the status of printer supply items using the operator panel Press Menu until you see Supplies Menu Press Select Press Menu until you see Supplies Life Press Select a F WO N Press Menu to scroll through the printer supply items Conserving supplies Several settings in your progra
38. processing of color jobs Network and other models may ship with more memory 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 are retained in memory even after the printer is turned off and back on Lexmark recognizes that there are third party suppliers of memory features for Lexmark products Lexmark does not recommend test or support third party memory features We cannot guarantee their reliability accuracy or compatibility Any damage to a Lexmark product caused by third party memory is not covered by the product s warranty Lexmark may require that all third party features be removed before a product is supported or serviced Paper handling The printer comes equipped with a 550 sheet paper tray and a multipurpose feeder Some models may ship with a second 550 sheet tray The multipurpose feeder lets you load a stack of envelopes transparencies labels card stock glossy or heavier papers for multiple page jobs To increase paper feeding capacity you can attach up to three optional drawers each with a 550 sheet tray and one optional 3000 sheet high capacity feeder Print speed 7 e9 Printing Q This section contains information about understanding the operator panel changing printer settings and understanding operator panel menus You can change most printer settings from your so
39. replaces the Ready message Send a job to print Press Go to quickly warm the printer to normal operating temperature and display the Ready message Understanding printer messages 99 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Printer Calibrating What this message means The printer is adjusting the color tables to correct variations caused by environmental conditions What you can do Wait for the message to clear See also Color Menu Print Jobs on Disk Jobs that were spooled to the 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 hard disk without printing them Printing Alignment Page The printer is processing or printing a test page that shows alignment values Wait until the page has completed printing Printing Directory List The printer is processing or printing a directory of all files stored in flash memory or on a hard disk Wait for the message to clear Printing Font List The printer is processing or printing a list of all available fonts for the specified printer language Wait for the message to clear Printing Job Accounting Stat The printer is processing or printing all job accounting statistics stored on the hard disk Wait for the message to clear Printing Menu Settings The printer is processing or printing t
40. resets the printer processes it appropriately PCL To configure the printer so it On Printer examines the data on the SmartSwitch automatically switches to USB interface and selects PCL emulation when a print job PCL emulation if the data indicates received through the USB port that is the required printer requires it regardless of the language default printer language Off Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off USB Menu 90 Using printer menus Menu Item PS SmartSwitch USB Buffer Purpose To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the USB port requires it regardless of the default printer language To configure the size of the USB input buffer Note Changing the USB Buffer menu item automatically resets the printer Values On Printer examines data on the USB interface and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language Off Disabled Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PCL emulation to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PCL SmartSwitch is Off Job buffering is disabled Any jobs already buff
41. settings may override operator panel settings Closing the multipurpose feeder 1 Remove print media from the multipurpose feeder 2 Push the extended tray in to collapse the multipurpose feeder to its short length position UMMA Loading the multipurpose feeder 23 Printing 4 Close the multipurpose feeder Loading the multipurpose feeder 24 Printing Using the Print and Hold function When sending a job to the printer you can specify in the driver that you want the printer to hold the job in memory When you are ready to print the job you must go to the printer and use the operator panel menus to identify which held job you want to print Printing and deleting held jobs Once held jobs are stored in printer memory you can use the operator panel to specify what you want to do with one or more of the jobs You can select either Confidential Job or Held Jobs Repeat Print Reserve Print and Verify Print jobs from the Job Menu If you select Confidential Job you must enter the personal identification number PIN you specified in the driver when you sent the job See Printing confidential jobs for more information From either the Confidential Job or the Held Jobs menu items you have five choices Print All Jobs Print A Job e Delete All Jobs e Delete A Job Print Copies Accessing held jobs from the operator panel 1 To access held jobs from the operator panel e Ifthe printer is Busy press Menu and
42. the printer off and back on If the error recurs turn the printer off remove the specified device and call for service Clearing Job Accounting Stat The printer is deleting all job statistics stored on the hard disk Wait for the message to clear Close Front Door The printer front door is open Close the printer front door to clear the message Close Side Door The printer side door is open Close the printer side door to clear the message Close Top Door The printer top door is open Close the printer top door to clear the message Close Tray x The high capacity feeder door is Close the top cover to clear the Top Cover open message Note The high capacity feeder can only be installed as Tray 3 or Tray 5 Copying The printer is processing a copy Wait for the message to clear job originating from the scanner Defragmenting The printer is defragmenting the flash memory to reclaim storage space occupied by deleted resources Wait for the message to clear Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Delete All Jobs The printer is requesting confirmation to delete all held jobs Press Go to continue The printer deletes all held jobs Press Stop to cancel the operation Deleting Jobs The printer is deleting one or more held jobs Wait for the message to clear Did You Replace Belt You have tur
43. the print media over or around and try printing again to see if feeding improves Do not mix print media types Do not mix reams of print media Remove the top and bottom sheets of a ream before loading the print media Load a paper source only when it is empty Envelope misfeeds or Remove the stack of envelopes from the multipurpose feeder Load one multiple feeds occur envelope feed it through the printer and then reload the stack of envelopes in the multipurpose feeder Push down the bottom plate until it locks into place See Loading the multipurpose feeder for an illustration Job prints from the wrong Check the Paper Type setting in the Paper Menu from the printer operator paper source or on the wrong panel and in the printer driver print media Printer does not duplex pages Make sure Duplex is selected in either the Finishing Menu or the program you are printing from Make sure you have enough printer memory installed Calling for service 191 Index C NNN Numerics 30 Coating Roll Missing 103 33 Tray lt x gt Config Error 103 40 Tray lt x gt Size Sense Error 106 41 Open Bin 1 Exit Tray 106 57 Configuration Change 107 58 Too Many Bins Attached 108 58 Too Many Trays Attached 108 80 Belt Exhausted 109 80 Belt Life Warning 109 80 Fuser Exhausted 109 80 Fuser Life Warning 110 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted 109 80 Fuser Belt Life Warning 109 81 Engine
44. toner arm away from the photodeveloper MES 3 Pullthe toner cartridge approximately halfway out of the printer 4 Grasp the toner cartridge handle and continue to pull the toner cartridge out Replacing a toner cartridge 167 Maintenance Installing a toner cartridge 1 Remove the replacement toner cartridge from the packing material Replacing a toner cartridge 168 Maintenance 4 Align the toner cartridge with its slot in the printer The toner cartridge is placed to the right of the corresponding colored label Colored label Replacing a toner cartridge 169 Maintenance 6 Push the waste toner arm until it snaps into place over the photodeveloper 7 Repeat steps 2 through 5 to install additional toner cartridges CAUTION Before closing the top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items 8 Close the top cover and the front door Note If you need instructions on how to close the top cover see Opening the top cover For instructions about replacing other supply items click one of the following headings Replacing the fuser Replacing the transfer belt Resetting the maintenance counter After replacing the fuser or transfer belt you must reset the maintenance counter Resetting the maintenance counter 170 Maintenance If the message Did you replace Fuser Of Did you replace Belt appears press G
45. wa NS Ur me R j AS D N LF Y A 2 7 od i H FS y Y oA SG y Ug i 7 10 Open the jam access door on the left side of the printer 9 Close the top cover and the front door 11 Remove any paper inside the printer 116 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF Clearing paper jams 12 Close the jam access door To prevent additional paper jams make sure both sides of the door are closed Ze 13 Press Go 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 117 Clearing paper jams Check Area C Jams that cause a Check Area C message require opening the duplex jam access door If you are printing on small paper the following steps may not clear the jam See Removing small size paper from the duplex unit 1 Open the duplex jam access door on the right side of the printer 2 Remove the jam 3 Press Go If the paper jam message continues check and clear all paper from the paper path 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 118 Clearing paper jams Check Area D This message indicates a paper jam in the duplex unit area To clear area D 1 Open the duplex jam access door on the right side of the printer MY R l 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 119 Clearing paper jams 3 Turn the paper forwarding dial counterclockwise
46. when the printer ships from item the factory Download Displays all fonts downloaded to printer RAM Flash Displays all fonts stored in flash memory Disk Displays all fonts stored on the printer hard disk All Displays all fonts available to the printer from all sources Lines per To determine the number of lines 1 255 The printer sets the amount of Page that print on each page space between each line vertical 60 line spacing based on the Lines country per Page Paper Size and region Orientation menu items Select the specific correct Paper Size and Orientation factory default pefore changing Lines per Page values 64 country region specific factory default values Orientation To determine how text and Portrait Prints text and graphics parallel to graphics are oriented on the page the short edge of the paper Landscape Prints text and graphics parallel to the long edge of the paper Pitch To specify the font pitch for 0 08 100 Pitch refers to the number of fixed scalable monospaced fonts in increments space characters in a horizontal of 0 01 cpi inch of type You can select a pitch from 0 08 to 100 characters per 10 inch cpi in increments of 0 01 cpi For nonscalable monospaced fonts the pitch is displayed but cannot be changed Note Pitch is only displayed for fixed or monospaced fonts Point Size To change the point size for 1 1008 Point size refers to the height of scalable typograph
47. 15 Printing 5 Place the paper in the tray print side down Note Do not exceed the maximum stack height for recommended media shown in the stack height table on the Quick Reference sheet or in the Media guidelines Overfilling the tray may cause jams 6 Squeeze the front paper guide lever and slide the guide until it lightly touches the stack of paper Make sure the left paper guide is positioned snugly against the stack of paper If necessary squeeze and slide the left paper guide until it latches into place against the paper stack Loading paper 16 Printing 7 Rotate the paper size dial until the size of the paper in the tray is indicated Note This setting serves as a visual reminder only it has no effect on the operation of the printer Bi lom 8 Push the tray in Loading other paper sizes See Loading the multipurpose feeder for instructions on loading letterhead in the multipurpose feeder Note Labels and Lexmark transparencies LTR P N 12A5940 or A4 P N 1245941 may only be fed from the optional Heavy Media Tray Glossy paper can be fed from any tray Loading other paper sizes 17 Printing Loading the multipurpose feeder The multipurpose feeder can hold several sizes and types of paper such as transparencies and envelopes It is useful for single page printing on letterhead colored paper or other specialty media Refer to the Card Stock amp Label
48. 38 2468 for information about Lexmark Authorized Supplies Dealers in your area In other countries regions contact the place where you bought your printer You can also visit the Lexmark online store at www lexmark com to order supplies Replacing maintenance items as needed helps you maintain top performance optimize print quality and avoid printing problems Ordering a fuser When the 80 Fuser Life Warning message appears on the display you should order a new fuser Use P N 56P9900 to order a fuser for a 120 V printer Use P N 56P9901 to order a fuser for a 230 V printer Ordering an oil coating roll When the 85 Coating Roll Life Warning message appears on the display you should order a new oil coating roll Use P N 12N0774 to order an oil coating roll Ordering a transfer belt When the 80 Belt Life Warning message appears on the display you should order a new transfer belt Use P N 56P9903 to order a transfer belt Ordering a toner cartridge When the 88 color Toner Low message appears on the display you should order a new toner cartridge You can continue to print after the 88 color Toner Low message appears for a few hundred pages until the print fades or no longer prints satisfactorily or until the 88 color Toner Empty message appears at which time you must replace the toner cartridge to continue printing Ordering supplies 136 Maintenance Order the appropriate toner cartridge Part
49. 85 Installing the system board access cover sesesseeeeee 185 Removing an optional drawer sss 187 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting eere 189 Calling f r aue 189 NAEK 192 eo Notices lv Trademarks Lexmark Lexmark with diamond design FontVision and MarkVision are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc registered in the United States and or other countries regions ImageQuick and Optralmage are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc Operation ReSource is a service mark of Lexmark International Inc PCLO is a registered trademark of the Hewlett Packard Company PCL is Hewlett Packard Company s designation of a set of printer commands language and functions included in its printer products This printer is intended to be compatible with the PCL language This means the printer recognizes PCL commands used in various application programs and that the printer emulates the functions corresponding to the commands PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated PostScript 3 is Adobe Systems designation of a set of printer commands language and functions included in its software products This printer is intended to be compatible with the PostScript 3 language This means the printer recognizes PostScript 3 commands used in various application programs
50. Eire call 0628 481500 In other countries regions contact your point of purchase References in this publication to products programs or services do not imply that the manufacturer intends to make these available in all countries regions in which it operates Any reference to a product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any existing intellectual property right may be used instead Evaluation and verification of operation in conjunction with other products programs or services except those expressly designated by the manufacturer are the user s responsibility 2003 Lexmark International Inc All rights reserved UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS This software and any accompanying documentation provided under this agreement are commercial computer software and documentation developed exclusively at private expense ii Table of Contents ns PUES ie 1 Trademalka e 1 LICENSING NOCE Dem 2 Cautions and Warnlngs svecieeresrcevets sandenaesseevclugteenetivbestastetanbrnadeeeunereamiyesaeeeelts 3 Safety information iioii e tante t dori eid dd er avesstaisededees aseedheadeecens sedans 3 Electronic emission notices sessioissa senian EEE enne 3 Noise emission levels 5 reet
51. Garamond KursivHalbfett Helvetica Light Helvetica Light Helvetica Light Oblique Helvetica LightOblique Helvetica Black Helvetica Black Helvetica Black Oblique Helvetica BlackOblique Helvetica Helvetica Helvetica Italic Helvetica Oblique Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Italic Helvetica BoldOblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Italic Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic Helvetica Narrow BoldOblique CG Times IntI CG Times CG Times Italic Intl CG Times ltalic CG Times Bold Intl CG Times Bold CG Times Bold Italic IntI CG Times Boldltalic Univers Medium Intl Univers Medium Univers Medium Italic Intl Univers Mediumltalic Univers Bold Intl Univers Bold Univers Bold Italic Intl Univers Boldltalic Courier Intl Courier Courier Italic Intl Courier Oblique Understanding fonts 35 PCL 6 emulation PostScript 3 emulation Courier Bold Printing Intl Courier Bold Courier Bold Italic Intl Courier BoldOblique Letter Gothic LetterGothic Letter Gothic Italic LetterGothic Slanted Letter Gothic Bold LetterGothic Bold LetterGothic BoldSlanted Marigold Marigold Century Schoolbook Roman NewCenturySchlbk Roman Century Scho
52. Inc Univers Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Wingdings Microsoft Corporation Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Licensing notice The printer resident software contains e Software developed and copyrighted by Lexmark Lexmark modified software licensed under the provisions of the GNU General Public License version 2 and the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 1 e Software licensed under the BSD license and warranty statements Click the title of the document you want to review e BSD License and Warranty statements GNU General Public License Licensing notice 2 The Lexmark modified GNU licensed software is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the licenses referenced above These licenses do not provide you any rights to the Lexmark copyrighted software in this printer Since the GNU licensed software that the Lexmark modifications are based upon is supplied explicitly without warranty use of the Lexmark modified version is similarly provided without warranty See the warranty disclaimers in the referenced licenses for additional details To obtain source code files for the Lexmark modified GNU licensed software launch the drivers CD that shipped with your printer and click Contact Lexmark Cautions and warnings CAUTION A caution identifies something that might cause you harm Warning A warning identifies something that might damage your
53. LEXMARK C912 User s Reference March 2002 www lexmark com Edition notice March 2003 The following paragraph does not apply to any country region 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 Comments about this publication may be addressed to Lexmark International Inc Department F95 032 2 740 West New Circle Road 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 Kingdom and
54. LIES status message until you replace the required supply items After the SUPPLIES status message appears the printer continues to monitor the required supply items until the supply is exhausted The printer displays Low Empty Life Warning or Exhausted Replacing supplies 137 Maintenance To prevent damage to your printer or its components some supply items do not allow the printer to operate when the item is exhausted When this occurs you must install the appropriate new supplies before you can continue printing To order finisher supplies staples see the Finisher Manual Storing supplies Store supplies in their original packaging until you are ready to install them Do not store supplies in Temperatures greater than 43 C 110 F An environment with extreme changes in humidity or temperature e Direct sunlight Dusty places Acar fora long period of time An environment where corrosive gases are present An environment with salty air Recycling used supplies Lexmark s Operation ReSource program lets you participate in a worldwide recycling effort at no cost to you Pack your old toner cartridge in the new toner cartridge shipping box Follow the instructions in the box to send the old cartridge back to Lexmark You can also recycle some replacement hardware parts such as the transfer belt and the fuser If a prepaid shipping label is not available for your country region contact the pla
55. Menu 54 Separator Source Finishing Menu 54 Serial Buffer Serial Menu 82 Serial Menu 80 Baud 80 Data Bits 80 Honor DSR 80 Job Buffering 80 NPA Mode 81 Parity 81 PCL SmartSwitch 81 PS SmartSwitch 82 Robust XON 82 RS 232 RS 242 81 RS 422 Polarity 81 Serial Buffer 82 Serial Protocol 82 serial port adjusting transmission speeds 80 configuring buffer size 82 NPA mode 81 parity 81 PCL SmartSwitch 81 protocol 82 PS SmartSwitch 82 robust XON 82 enabling DSR Data Set Ready signals 80 Serial Protocol Serial Menu 82 service calling for 189 Setup Menu 83 Alarm Control 83 Auto Continue 83 Display Language 83 Download Target 84 Hole Punch Alarm 84 Jam Recovery 84 Job Accounting 84 Page Protect 85 Power Saver 85 Print Timeout 86 Printer Language 86 Printer Usage 86 Resource Save 86 Staple Alarm 87 Toner Alarm 87 Wait Timeout 87 speed print 7 Staple Alarm Setup Menu 87 Staple Job Finishing Menu 55 Staple Prime Src Finishing Menu 55 stapler alarm 87 enabling 55 statistics printing 93 storing 84 Std Net Setup Network Menu 60 storing paper 33 supplies 138 Substitute Size Paper Menu 71 supplies ordering 136 recycling 138 replacing 143 152 165 170 178 storing 138 Supplies Life 89 Supplies Menu 88 Belt 88 Black Photo Dev 88 Color Photo Devs 88 color Toner 88 Fuser 88 Replace Supplies 89 Supplies Life 89 supplies status of color toner 88 Symbol Set PCL Em
56. Packard printers data from the computer to the printer PS PostScript emulation compatible Emulation with Adobe PostScript language Note Setting a printer language as the default does not prevent a software program from sending print jobs that use the other language Printer To determine the behavior of the Max Speed The image transfer unit is engaged Usage image transfer unit during printing throughout the print job Max Yield The image transfer unit position is engaged based on page content This may extend the life of certain print supplies Resource To determine what the printer does Off Printer retains downloaded Save with downloaded resources such resources only until memory is as fonts and macros stored in needed It then deletes those RAM if the printer receives a job resources associated with the that requires more memory than is inactive printer language available On Printer retains all downloaded resources for all printer languages during language changes and printer resets If the printer runs out of memory 38 Memory Full is displayed Setup Menu 86 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Staple Alarm To specify how the printer Off Load Staples is displayed until responds when it is out of staples someone loads staples If an Auto Continue value is selected from the Setup Menu the printer resumes printing after the specified timeout value Single Print
57. Wait for the message to clear See also Using the Print and Hold function Serial x A serial interface is the active Wait for the message to clear communication link Std Bin Full The standard bin is full Remove the stack of paper in the bin to clear the message Supplies At least one of the printer Press Menu to open the Supplies supplies requires attention For example you may have a toner cartridge that is low on toner Menu and identify which supply item needs replacing Replace the appropriate printer supplies Tray x Empty The specified tray is out of paper Load paper in the tray to clear the message See also Loading a paper tray Tray x Low The specified tray is low on paper Add paper to the tray to clear the message See also Loading a paper tray Understanding printer messages 102 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Tray x Missing What this message means The specified tray is either missing or not fully inserted into the printer What you can do Insert the tray completely into the printer See also Loading a paper tray Unsupported Disk The printer detects an unsupported disk Press Go to clear the message Format the disk Note Disk operations are not allowed until the disk is formatted USB x The printer is processing data Wait for the message to clear through the specified USB port W
58. Your printer monitors the toner level of your toner cartridges When the toner is getting low the printer displays 88 lt color gt Toner Low This message indicates it is time for you to replace one or more specified toner cartridges Press Go to clear the attendance message The Supplies status message appears on the second line of the display to remind you there are supplies that need attention You can open the Supplies Menu to see which toner cartridge is low The printer continues to display the Supplies message until you replace the toner cartridge or until it is empty When the life of the toner cartridge has expired the printer displays 88 lt color gt Toner Empty YOU must replace the toner cartridge to continue printing Use the following steps or the instruction sheet supplied with the toner cartridge to replace it Replacing a toner cartridge 165 Maintenance Removing a toner cartridge Note If you need instructions on how to open the top cover see Opening the top cover Warning Do not touch drop or place anything on the transfer belt Touching the surface of the transfer belt or placing items on it may cause damage 1 Complete the steps to open the top cover Transfer belt Note The toner can soil clothing Do not clean clothing soiled with toner in hot water this permanently adheres the toner to the clothing Use cold water to remove toner Replacing a toner cartridge 166 Maintenance 2 Pull the waste
59. after until someone clears the error displaying an operator intervention message error message before it resumes e printing 5 255 Printer waits the specified amount of time and then automatically resumes printing This timeout value also applies if the menus are displayed and the printer is offline for the specified period of time Display To determine the language of the English Note All values may not be text on the operator panel display ilable Language p p play Francais available Deutsch Italiano Espanol Dansk Norsk Nederlands Svenska Portugu s Suomi Japanese Russian Polski Hungarian Turkish Czech Setup Menu 83 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose METTI Download To specify the storage location for RAM All downloaded resources are Target downloaded resources automatically stored in printer Storing downloaded resources in memory RAM flash memory or on a hard disk is Flash All downloaded resources are permanent storage rather than the automatically stored in flash temporary storage that RAM memory provides The resources remain in the flash memory or on the hard Disk All downloaded resources are disk even when the printer is automatically stored on the hard turned off disk Hole Punch To specify how the printer Off Hole Punch Waste Full is Alarm responds when the hole punch box displayed until someone empties becomes full the hole punch box If
60. age continues check and clear all paper from the paper path 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF 128 Clearing paper jams 240 Paper Jam Check MP Feeder 1 Slowly pull the jam straight out of the multipurpose feeder except when feeding banner paper 11 69 X 36 in Clear banner paper jams only in the paper feed direction If the paper will not come out proceed with step 2 2 Open the top cover 3 Remove the paper on the transfer belt Warning Do not touch drop or place anything on the transfer belt Touching the surface of the transfer belt or placing items on it may cause damage Transfer belt 4 Close the top cover 5 Press Go 240 Paper Jam Check MP Feeder 129 Clearing paper jams 24 lt x gt Paper Jam Check Tray lt x gt Jams in five areas result in a 24 lt x gt Paper Jam message where x represents the tray number where the jam has occurred Paper jam messages 241 244 indicate a jam has occurred in one of the paper trays A 249 Paper Jam Check Tray x message indicates a jam has occurred in the high capacity feeder See Identifying paper jam areas for tray numbering 241 244 Paper Jam 1 Pull out the tray indicated on the display Sie NG Z 2 Remove any wrinkled or creased paper E P CC UM S 24 lt x gt Paper Jam Check Tray lt x gt 130 Clearing paper jams 3 Push down on the remaining paper in the tray until the bottom
61. aiting The printer has received a page Press Go to print the contents of of data to print but is waiting for an End of Job command a Form Feed command or additional data the buffer Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job See also Canceling Job 1565 Emul Error Load Emul Option The download emulator version on the firmware card does not match the printer code version This error can occur if you update printer firmware or move a firmware card from one printer to another The printer automatically clears the message in 30 seconds and then disables the download emulator on the firmware card Download the correct download emulator version from the Lexmark Web site 2 xx Paper Jam The printer detects a paper jam Clear the paper path See also Clearing paper jams 30 Coating Roll Missing The oil coating roll is either missing or incorrectly installed Correctly install the oil coating roll to clear the message and continue printing 30 color Print Unit Missing One or more of the color print units is either missing or incorrectly installed Correctly install the color print units to clear the message and continue printing 32 Unsupported color Cartridge The printer detects an unsupported toner cartridge Replace the unsupported toner cartridge 33 Tray lt x gt Config Error The optional Heavy Media Tray is inserted into any
62. an Auto Continue value is selected from the Setup Menu the printer resumes printing after the specified timeout value Single Printer stops printing displays Hole Punch Waste Full and sounds three quick beeps Continuous Printer stops printing displays Hole Punch Waste Full and repeats three beeps every 10 seconds until the hole punch box is emptied Jam To establish whether the printer On Printer reprints jammed pages reprints jammed pages HECOUBEY ed Off Printer does not reprint jammed pages Auto Printer reprints a jammed page unless the memory required to hold the page is needed for other printer tasks Job To store statistical information Off Printer does not store job statistics Accounting about your most recent print jobs on disk on the hard disk The statistics f Em include whether the job printed On Printer stores job statistics for the with or without errors the print most recent print jobs time the job size in bytes the requested paper size and paper type the total number of printed pages and the number of copies requested Note Job Accounting is only displayed when a hard disk is installed is neither defective nor Read Write or Write protected and Job Buffer Size is not set to 100 Setup Menu 84 Using printer menus Menu Item Page Protect Power Saver Print Area Purpose To successfully print a page that may otherwise generate Complex Page errors
63. an do Activating Menu The printer is activating changes Wait for the message to clear Changes made to the printer settings See also Disabling operator panel menus Bin lt x gt Full The specified bin is full Remove the stack of paper from the bin to clear the message If you assigned the bin a name the bin name is displayed instead of the bin number Busy The printer is busy receiving Wait for the message to clear processing or printing data Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job Canceling Fax The printer is processing a Wait for the message to clear request to cancel a fax job Canceling Job The printer is processing a Wait for the message to clear request to cancel the current See also print job Canceling Job Change lt x gt The printer is requesting that a Change the paper type in the different type of paper be loaded specified source in one of the input sources See also Loading a paper tray Setup Guide Understanding printer messages 94 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Check device Connection What this message means The specified device is either not fully connected to the printer or is experiencing a hardware failure What you can do Reestablish communication by removing the specified device and reattaching it to the printer Press Go to clear the message and continue printing If a hardware failure turn
64. ancel Job Cancel Fax Confidential Job Held Jobs Reset Active Bin Prime Stapler Finishing Menu Copies Duplex Duplex Bind Blank Pages Collation Separator Sheets Separator Source Hole Punch Offset Pages Staple Job Staple Prime Src Multipage Print Multipage Order Multipage View Multipage Border Network Menu PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch MAC Binary PS NPA Mode Network Buffer Job Buffering Network x Setup Std Net Setup Parallel Menu PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Parallel Buffer Job Bufferin Advanced Status Infrared Menu Infrared Port PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Infrared Buffer Job Buffering Window Size Transmit Delay Max Baud Rate Protocol Honor Init Parallel Mode 1 Parallel Mode 2 MAC Binary PS PCL Emul Menu Font Source Font Name Point Size Pitch Symbol Set Orientation Lines per Page A4 Width Auto CR after LF Auto LF after CR Tray Renumber Serial Menu PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Serial Buffer Job Bufferin Serial Protocol Supplies Menu color Toner Color Photo Devs Black Photo Dev Fuser Belt Supplies Life Replace Supplies Robust XON Baud Data Bits Parity RS 232 RS 422 RS 422 Polarity Substitute Size Configure MP Ho
65. arallel Port Disabled 107 56 USB Port lt x gt Disabled 107 57 Configuration Change 107 58 Input Config Error 107 58 Too Many Bins Attached 108 58 Too Many Disks Installed 108 58 Too Many Flash Options 108 58 Too Many Trays Attached 108 61 Defective Disk 108 62 Disk Full 108 63 Unformatted Disk 109 64 Unsupported Disk Format 109 80 Belt Exhausted 109 80 Belt Life Warning 109 80 Fuser Exhausted 109 80 Fuser Life Warning 110 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted 109 80 Fuser Belt Life Warning 109 81 Engine Code CRC Failure 110 84 lt color gt Photo Dev Abnormal 110 84 All Photo Devs Exhausted 110 84 Black Photo Dev Exhausted 110 84 Black Photo Dev Life Warning 110 84 Color Photo Dev Life Warning 111 84 Color Photo Devs Exhausted 110 85 Coating Roll Exhausted 111 85 Coating Roll Life Warning 111 86 Abnormal Coating Roll 111 88 lt color gt Toner Empty 111 88 lt color gt Toner Low 111 900 999 Service message 111 Activating Menu Changes 94 Bin lt x gt Full 94 Busy 94 Canceling Fax 94 Canceling Job 94 Change lt x gt 94 Check lt device gt Connection 95 Clearing Job Accounting Stat 95 Close Front Door 95 Close Side Door 95 Close Top Door 95 Close Tray lt x gt Top Cover 95 Copying 95 Defragmenting 95 Delete All Jobs 95 Deleting Jobs 95 Did You Replace Belt 95 Did You Replace Fuser 96 Disabling Menus 96 Disk Corrupted Reformat 96 Disk Recovery x 5 yyy 96 Enabling Menus 96 Engine Warming 96 Enter PIN 96
66. ated in the Master Boot Record P112 An upddle fls file was used to update the DLE code on a printer with a firmware card installed but the DLE was not found on the firmware card P200 No firmware card is installed Queuing and Deleting Jobs The printer is deleting one or more held jobs and sending one or more jobs to print Wait for the message to clear See also Printing and deleting held jobs Queuing Jobs The printer is sending one or more held jobs to print Wait for the message to clear See also Using the Print and Hold function Ready The printer is ready to receive Send a job to print and process print jobs Ready Hex The printer is in Hex Trace mode Senda job to print All data sent to and is ready to receive and process print jobs the printer is printed in hexadecimal and character representation Control strings are printed not executed Turn the printer off and then on to exit Hex Trace mode and return to Ready status Remove Paper specified bin The specified output bin or bins is full Remove the stack of paper from the specified bin s to clear the message Resetting Maint Cnt Value The printer is resetting the counter that tracks wear on the fuser Wait for the message to clear Resetting the Printer The printer is resetting to the current default settings Any active print jobs are canceled Wait for the message to clear
67. ayed enable Resource Save from the Setup Menu Install additional memory 37 Insufficient Collation Area The printer memory or hard disk if installed does not have the free 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 Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job See also Canceling a print job 37 Insufficient Defrag Memory The printer cannot defragment flash memory because the printer memory used to store undeleted flash resources is full Delete fonts macros and other data in printer memory Install additional printer memory Understanding printer messages 104 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 37 Insufficient Memory What this message means The printer memory is full and cannot continue processing current print jobs What you can do Press Go to clear the message and continue the current print job The printer frees memory by deleting the oldest held job and continues deleting held jobs until there is enough printer memory to process the job Press Stop to clear the message without deleting any held jobs The current job may not print correctly Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job To avoid this error in the future Delete fonts macros and other data in printer memory nstall additional printer
68. b Held Jobs Reset Active Bin Purpose Values To print confidential jobs stored in printer memory Note When the confidential job prints it is automatically deleted from printer memory 1 Enter the Personal Identification Number PIN associated with your confidential job Enter PIN Use the operator panel buttons to enter the PIN associated with your confidential job 2 Then select a value To print Reserve Print Repeat Print or Verify Print jobs stored in printer memory To define the active bin as the start bin the first bin to receive printed output in a set of linked bins Print All Jobs Prints all jobs associated with your PIN Print A Job Prints the specified confidential job Press Menu to scroll through the list of confidential jobs associated with your PIN Press Select to print a specific job Delete All Jobs Deletes all jobs associated with your PIN Delete A Job Deletes the specified confidential job Press Menu to scroll through the list of Confidential Jobs associated with your PIN Press Select to delete a specific job Copies Print All Jobs Determines the number of copies printed for each confidential job Press Menu to scroll through the list of confidential jobs associated with your PIN Press Select to specify the job you want to print Press Menu to increase or decrease the number of copies and then press Select Prints all h
69. b statistics 93 print timeout configuring 86 Print Timeout Setup Menu 86 printer model with paper handling options 6 resetting 59 Printer Language Setup Menu 86 printer messages Enter PIN 27 No Jobs Found Retry 27 printer testing Hex Trace mode 92 print defaults 93 print hardware statistics 93 Printer Usage Setup Menu 86 printing menu settings page 11 problem solving paper jams 112 printer settings 8 problems calling for service 189 Protocol Parallel Menu 63 PS emulation See PostScript emulation PS SmartSwitch 55 PS SmartSwitch Network Menu 60 PS SmartSwitch Parallel Menu 62 PS SmartSwitch Serial Menu 82 PS SmartSwitch USB Menu 91 PS SmartSwitch setting See also printer language 86 network port 60 parallel port 62 serial port 82 USB port 91 R recycling supplies 138 Remove Held Jobs 92 removing system board access cover 184 Replace Supplies 89 replacing fuser 143 oil coating roll 152 photodeveloper 139 supplies 148 152 165 170 178 toner cartridges 165 transfer belt 156 Reset Active Bin Job Menu 58 Reset Printer Job Menu 59 resetting fuser counter 152 transfer belt counter 165 Resetting Maint Cnt Value 101 resetting printer 59 resetting the maintenance counter 170 resident fonts 34 Resource Save Setup Menu 86 Robust XON Serial Menu 82 RS 232 81 RS 242 81 RS 422 Polarity 81 S safety information 3 scalable fonts resident 34 Separator Sheets Finishing
70. bin is full the printer starts filling the next linked bin and continues with each additional linked bin Mail Overflow Sends print jobs to the output bin designated for that user until it is full and then sends jobs to the designated overflow bin Link Optional Links all optional output bins as though they were one large bin while leaving the standard bin individually addressable Type Sends each job to the output bin Assignment specified for that paper type Paper Menu 66 Menu Item Configure MP Custom Types Output Bin Using printer menus Purpose To determine when the printer selects paper loaded in the multipurpose feeder To specify the kind of paper associated with each of the Custom Types available in the Paper Type menu item To specify the default bin for printed material Values Cassette Printer treats the multipurpose feeder like any other paper tray If a print job requests a paper size or type that is only loaded in the multipurpose feeder the printer pulls paper from the multipurpose feeder for the job Manual Printer treats the multipurpose feeder like a manual feed tray and displays Load Manual when you need to insert a single sheet of paper in the feeder First Printer pulls paper from the multipurpose feeder until it is empty regardless of the paper Source or paper size requested for the job Paper Cassette
71. by the Copies menu item For example if you set Copies to 2 and send three pages to print the printer prints page 1 page 1 page 2 page 2 page 3 page 3 On 1 999 1 Prints entire job the number of times specified by the Copies menu item For example if you set Copies to 2 and send three pages to print the printer prints page 1 page 2 page 3 page 1 page 2 page 3 Finishing Menu 52 Menu Item Duplex Duplex Bind Hole Punch Multipage Border Multipage Order Using printer menus Purpose To set duplexing as the default for all print jobs Select Duplex from the printer driver to duplex only specific jobs To define the way duplexed pages are bound and how the printing on the back of the sheet even numbered pages is oriented in Values Off Prints on one side of the paper On Prints on both sides of the paper Long Edge Assumes binding along the long end of the page left edge for portrait orientation and top edge for landscape orientation relation to the printing on the front odd numbered pages To punch holes along the edge of all printed output Select Hole Short Edge Assumes binding along the short edge of the page top edge for portrait orientation and left edge for landscape orientation Punch from the printer driver to punch holes only in output for a specific job To print a border around each page image when using M
72. ce the fuser To replace the fuser use the following steps or the instruction sheet supplied with the fuser Preparing for maintenance 1 Turn the printer on 2 Follow the instructions in the table for the message your printer is displaying Primary message Secondary message What you should do 80 Fuser Life Warning Select Replace Press Select if you want to replace the fuser now Press Go if you want to wait to replace the fuser Go Continue 80 Fuser Exhausted Select Replace Press Select to replace the fuser 80 Fuser Belt Select Replace Press Select if you want to replace the fuser now Press Go if you want to wait to replace the fuser Life Warning Go Continue 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted Select Replace Press Select to replace the fuser The Preparing for Maintenance message appears while the printer moves parts into position After the parts are in position the message Printer Ready for Maintenance appears followed by Power Off to Replace Items 3 Turn the printer off Removing the fuser 1 Complete the steps in Preparing for maintenance 2 Make sure the printer is turned off Replacing the fuser 144 Maintenance 3 Turn off or unplug any optional devices connected to the printer or place anything on the transfer belt Touching the surface of Warning Do not touch drop the transfer belt or placing items on it may cause damage 4 Complete the step
73. ce where you bought your printer for additional recycling information Warning Lexmark does not recommend refilling used toner cartridges or purchasing refilled cartridges from a third party Print quality and printer reliability cannot be guaranteed if you do The printer warranty does not cover damage caused by using refilled cartridges Storing supplies 138 Maintenance Replacing a photodeveloper Your printer monitors the life of your photodevelopers When a photodeveloper reaches the end of its life the printer displays 84 Black Photo Dev Exhausted or 84 Color Photo Devs Exhausted This message indicates it is time to replace one or more specified photodevelopers For best print quality make sure you replace the fuser when the printer displays 84 Black Photo Dev Life Warning or 84 Color Photo Dev Life Warning Press Go to clear the message The Supplies message appears on the second line of the display to remind you that supplies need attention You can open the Supplies Menu to see which photodeveloper is nearly exhausted The printer continues to display the Supplies message until you replace the photodeveloper or until it is exhausted To replace a photodeveloper use the following steps or the instruction sheet supplied with the photodeveloper Removing a photodeveloper Note If you need instructions on how to open the top cover see Opening the top cover 1 Complete the steps to open the top cover Note The exce
74. ch side of the transfer belt cover 5 r belt cover e 6 Lift and remove the transf A T W NOAS NN NN SA b 4 S Seo 3 no ED Replacing the transfer belt 159 Maintenance Loosen the thumbscrews on each side of the transfer belt 7 DIO N TEN v STEN SU Ep ANS 7 s Qus AANA B S JA ENS t e A t NALE M Ok UNS ant a NS By LY KA S VIA 27 if A 8 Pull the transfer belt out Replacing the transfer belt 160 Maintenance Installing the transfer belt 1 Remove the replacement transfer belt from the packing material 2 Align the transfer belt with the opening in the printer o Replacing the transfer belt 161 Maintenance 3 Slide the transfer belt in until it is fully seated Vee 0 o New V K vi o C 2 lo 1 E m Me ENS asi y s ey 5 4 Tighten the transfer belt thumbscrews Replacing the transfer belt 162 Maintenance 5 Align and place the transfer belt cover as shown 7 SEM ERE o D 6 Tighten the transfer belt cover thumbscrews Warning Do not touch drop or place anything on the transfer belt Touching the surface of the transfer belt or placing items on it may cause damage Replacing the transfer belt 163 Maintenance 7 Lift and remove the f
75. consecutively Do not use labels that have adhesive exposed on the sheets e Do not use labels that have coating or sizing applied to make them liquid resistant From the operator panel from MarkVision Professional or with the printer driver set the Paper Type or Media Type to Labels For label loading instructions see Loading paper Card stock Load card stock in the multipurpose feeder only Using the wrong paper source may cause paper jams or a failure to feed The properties of the card stock such as the orientation of the paper fibers moisture content thickness and texture can affect the print quality For optimum results we recommend using Springhill Index Plus 90 Ib index card stock Card stock must be able to withstand temperatures up to 180 C 356 F without melting or releasing hazardous emissions For more information on card stock your printer supports refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide available on Lexmark s Web site Always set the Paper Type or Media Type to Card Stock when printing on heavier paper The printer then adjusts the fuser temperature and engine speed to ensure the best print quality For card stock loading instructions see Loading paper Labels 46 Media guidelines Card stock 47 Using printer menus Select a menu or menu item for more details Color Menu Color Correction Manual Color Print Mode Toner Darkness Job Menu Reset Printer C
76. d Helvetica Condensed Helvetica Condensed Bold Helvetica Condensed BoldObl Helvetica Condensed Oblique StempelGaramond Bold StempelGaramond Boldltalic StempelGaramond ltalic StempelGaramond Roman Apple Chancery Chicago Geneva Monaco NewYork Oxford Taffy MonaLisa Recut Candid Bodoni Bodoni Italic Understanding fonts 37 Printing PCL 6 emulation PostScript 3 emulation Bodoni Bold Bodoni Boldltalic Bodoni Poster Bodoni PosterCompressed CooperBlack CooperBlack Italic Copperplate Thirty TwoBC Copperplate Thirty ThreeBC Eurostile Eurostile Bold Eurostile ExtendedTwo Eurostile BoldExtendedTwo GillSans GillSans Italic GillSans Bold GillSans Boldltalic GillSans Condensed GillSans BoldCondensed GillSans Light GillSans Lightltalic GillSans ExtraBold Goudy Goudy ltalic Goudy Bold Goudy Boldltalic Goudy ExtraBold HoeflerText Regular HoeflerText Italic HoeflerText Black HoeflerText Blackltalic HoeflerText Ornaments JoannaMT JoannaMT Italic JoannaMT Bold Understanding fonts 38 Printing PCL 6 emulation PostScript 3 emulation JoannaMT Bolditalic LubalinGraph Book LubalinGraph BookOblique LubalinGraph Demi LubalinGraph DemiOblique Resident bit
77. dard Serial or Serial Opt lt x gt Menu Item Baud Data Bits Honor DSR Job Buffering Purpose To specify the rate at which data can be received through the serial port To specify the number of data bits that are sent in each transmission frame To determine whether the printer uses the 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 Select On to prevent stray characters from printing To temporarily store jobs on the printer hard disk before printing Note Changing the Job Buffering menu item automatically resets the printer Values 1200 Note Values marked with an asterisk are the factory default settings 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 138200 172800 230400 345600 7 8 Off All data received by the serial port is treated as valid data On Off Only data received while the DSR signal is high is treated as valid Does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk On Buffers print jobs to the hard disk Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port Serial Menu 80 Using printer menus
78. e None Paper source ignores the Select Paper Feed command Other Tray Renumber selections View Factory Def Press Menu to display the factory default value assigned to each paper source Restore Select Yes to return all tray Defaults assignments to factory default values PCL Emul Menu 65 Using printer menus Paper Menu Use the Paper Menu to define the paper loaded in each paper tray and the default paper source and output bin Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Assign Type Bin Configure Bins Purpose To send print jobs to a specific output bin based on the requested paper type Note If a user defined name is available it is displayed instead of Custom lt x gt Bin The name is truncated to 14 characters If two or more bins share the same name the name only appears once in the Assign Type Bin value list To determine which output bin s the printer uses for a particular job Values Plain Paper Bin Card Stock Bin Transparency Bin Glossy Paper Bin Labels Bin Bond Bin Envelope Bin Letterhead Bin Preprinted Bin Colored Bin Custom lt x gt Bin where lt x gt represents 1 through 6 Disabled Mailbox Sends print jobs to the output bin designated for that user Link Links two or more bins together as though they were one large bin When one linked
79. e To lighten or darken printed output or 5 conserve toner Note Setting Toner Darkness to values of 1 2 or 3 is only effective when using the PostScript driver Values If Print Mode is Black amp White a setting of 5 increases toner density and darkness to all print jobs PCL or PostScript If Print Mode is Color a setting of 5 is the same as 4 4 Default toner darkness setting 3 Reduction in toner consumption 2 Further reduction in toner consumption 1 Maximum reduction in toner consumption Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to define how the printer delivers the printed output Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Blank Pages Collation Copies Purpose To specify whether to include program generated blank pages as part of your printed output To keep the pages of a print job stacked in sequence when printing multiple copies of the job To set the number of copies you want for the printer default value Set the number of copies required for a specific job from the printer driver Values selected from the printer driver always override values selected from the operator panel Values Do Not Print Does not print program generated blank pages as part of your job Print Off Prints program generated blank pages as part of your job Prints each page of a job the number of times specified
80. e printer displays 85 Coating Roll Life Warning Press Go to clear the message The printer continues to display the Supplies message until you replace the oil coating roll To replace the oil coating roll use the following steps or the instruction sheet supplied with the oil coating roll Replacing the oil coating roll 152 Maintenance Removing the oil coating roll 1 Turn the printer off 2 Turn off or unplug any optional devices connected to the printer Warning Do not touch drop or place anything on the transfer belt Touching the surface of the transfer belt or placing items on it may cause damage 3 Complete the steps to open the top cover Transfer belt CAUTION The oil coating roll may be hot Allow the oil coating roll to cool before touching Replacing the oil coating roll 153 Maintenance 4 Pull up on the locking tab to unlock the oil coating roll 2 g D Ev O o a Oil coating roll 5 Slide the oil coating roll out of the fuser o x o Ben D o I Hold the oil coating roll by the top as indicated by the dark areas in the illustration 6 Remove packing material from the new oil coating roll Replacing the oil coating roll 154 Maintenance 7 Slide the oil coating roll into the fuser Make sure the oil coating roll drops down into position It should click into place with no gap between it and the fuser CAUTION Before closing the
81. e returned to the factory default values except Display Language All settings in the Parallel Menu Serial Menu Network Menu and USB Menu All downloaded resources fonts macros and symbol sets in printer memory RAM are deleted Resources residing in flash memory or on the hard disk are unaffected Do Not Restore User defined settings remain Remove Held Jobs Format Disk Format Flash Hex Trace Print Alignment The Remove Held Jobs operation is used to remove Print and Hold jobs from the disk because unwanted jobs may tend to pile up on the disk To format the printer hard disk Warning Do not turn off the printer while the hard disk is formatting To format the flash memory Warning Do not turn off the printer while the flash is formatting To help 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 from the Job Menu When this menu item is chosen the user alignment pages print Held Causes all non Confidential Print and Yes Confidential Causes all Confidential Print and Hold jobs to be removed even if they failed to be restored from the disk Hold jobs to be removed even if they failed to be restored from the disk Not Restored Causes all Pri
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83. e transfer belt Replacing the fuser 80 Fuser The fuser has reached its end of Replace the fuser Exhausted life See also Replacing the fuser Understanding printer messages 109 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 80 Fuser Life Warning What this message means The fuser is nearing its end of life If you do not have a replacement fuser order one now You can print approximately 500 pages before the 80 Fuser Exhausted message appears What you can do Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The Supplies message is displayed until you replace the fuser See also Replacing the fuser 81 Engine Code Microcode in the engine flash code module has failed a system Press Go to clear the message and discard the code Retransmit the CRC Failure check microcode data from the host computer 84 All Photo All of the photodevelopers have Replace all of the Devs Exhausted reached their end of life photodevelopers Make sure you also install the new fuser coating roll that is included in each photodeveloper kit If the print quality is still acceptable and you do not want to replace the photodevelopers yet press Go to clear the message and continue printing 84 Black Photo Dev Exhausted The black photodeveloper has reached its end of life Replace the black photodeveloper Make sure you also install the new fuser coating roll that is included
84. eceive Purpose Using printer menus Value Fax Storage Off On Fax Paper Size Note Only installed paper sizes are displayed A4 NonUS A5 JIS B5 Letter US Legal Executive JIS B4 A3 11x17 Folio Statement Universal Fax Paper Type Note Only installed paper types are displayed If a user defined name is available for a Custom Type then the name is displayed instead of Custom Type X The name is truncated to 14 characters Plain Paper Card Stock Transparency Labels Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Custom Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 4 Custom Type 5 Custom Type 6 Fax Menu Menu Item Fax Receive Continued Purpose Using printer menus Value Fax Output Bin Note Only installed output bins are displayed If a user defined name is available for an output bin then the name is displayed instead The name is truncated to 14 characters Note If multiple output bins are assigned the same name the name only appears once in the Output Bin value list Note If Bin 2 is installed then it is the default Fax Output Bin Otherwise the Standard Bin is the default Standard Bin Bin 1 Bin 2 Bin 3 Bin 4 Bin 5 Bin 6 Auto Reduction Off On Rings to Answer 1 25 1 Fax Menu 78 Using printer menus PostScript Menu Use the PostScript Menu to change printer settin
85. ed Port is not set to Disabled Auto None 1 15 Max Baud Rate Note Only displayed when Infrared Port is not set to Disabled 2400 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 576000 1152000 4000000 Infrared Menu 56 Using printer menus Job Menu The Job Menu is only available 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 to open the Job Menu Menu Item Purpose Values Cancel Fax To cancel outgoing faxes before R Cancels an incoming fax When they are transmitted or to cancel the fax number for the sending incoming faxes before they finish machine is displayed press Select printing to cancel the incoming fax D Cancels an outgoing fax When the fax number for the receiving machine is displayed press Select to cancel the fax job If the telephone number of the fax you want to cancel is not displayed use the Menu button to scroll through the list The printer can display up to five outgoing fax numbers in the outgoing fax queue When more than five faxes are in the queue the next fax job that appears on the display as an outgoing fax is transmitted or canceled Cancel Job To cancel the current print job Cancel Job is only displayed if the printer is processing a job or has a Job in printer memory Job Menu 57 Using printer menus Menu Item Confidential Jo
86. eld jobs Print A Job Prints the specified held job Press Menu to scroll through the list of held jobs Press Select to print the specific job Delete All Jobs Deletes all held jobs Delete A Job Deletes the designated held job Press Menu to scroll through the list of held jobs Press Select to delete the job Copies Determines the number of copies for each held job Press Menu to scroll through the list of held jobs Press Select to specify the job you want to print Press Menu to increase or decrease the number of copies and then press Select Job Menu 58 Using printer menus Menu Item Prime Stapler Reset Printer Purpose The staple priming operation is mostly required when a user loads a new staple cartridge in the stapler device However this operation may also be required when a staple jam has occurred as part of the staple jam clearing procedure To reset the printer to the user default value for each menu item delete all downloaded resources fonts macros and symbol sets stored in printer memory RAM and delete all data in the interface link buffer Before selecting Reset Printer exit the software program you are using Values Network Menu Use the Network Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network port either Standard Network or Network Opt lt x gt Note Values marked by an asterisk
87. elections available under the Manual Color menu item Color Menu 50 Using printer menus Menu Item Manual Color Print Mode Purpose To let users customize the RGB or CMYK color conversions applied to each object on the printed page Color conversion of the data specified using RGB combinations can be customized based on object type text graphics or image To determine whether images are printed in a monochrome grayscale or in color Values RGB Image sRGB Display Applies a color conversion table to produce output that approximates the colors displayed on a computer monitor sRGB Vivid Increases color saturation for the sRGB Display color conversion table Preferred for business graphics and text Off No color conversion is implemented Vivid Applies a color conversion table that produces brighter more saturated colors RGB Text RGB Graphics sRGB Display sRGB Vivid Off Vivid CMYK Color US CMYK default for 120V machines Applies a color conversion table to approximate SWOP color output Euro CMYK default for 220V machines Applies color conversion table to approximate EuroScale color output Vivid CMYK Increases color saturation for the US CMYK color conversion table Off No color conversion is implemented Black amp White Color Menu 51 Menu Item Toner Darkness Using printer menus Purpos
88. electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits A declaration of conformity with the requirements of the directives has been signed by the Director of Manufacturing and Technical Support Lexmark International S A Boigny France This product satisfies the Class A limits of EN 55022 and safety requirements of EN 60950 Warning 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 Electronic emission notices 4 Japanese VCCI notice CORBIS FPHUBRESERMRERERABRS VCCI ORM EDS VO RZABHRNRE CT COERtRERS CHAT 25cm gmESpEEIdIECAGO0Exdd COBSICSEASMBOIEMRERT HELIDBRENSZTEMAVET 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 Noise emission levels The following measurements were made in accordance with ISO 7779 and reported in conformance with ISO 9296 Printing 58 dBA Idling 48 dBA Energy Star enr The EPA ENERGY STAR Office equipment 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 monitors or fax machines that powe
89. er stops printing displays Load Staples and sounds three quick beeps Continuous Printer stops printing displays Load Staples and repeats three beeps every 10 seconds until the staple cartridge is replaced Toner Alarm To specify how the printer Off An error message is displayed until responds when it is low on toner someone replaces the toner cartridge If an Auto Continue value is selected from the Setup Menu the printer resumes printing after the specified timeout value Single Printer stops printing displays an error message and sounds three quick beeps Continuous Printer stops printing displays an error message and repeats three beeps every 10 seconds until the toner cartridge is replaced Wait Timeout To specify the amount of time in Disabled Disables Wait Timeout seconds the printer waits to receive additional bytes of data 15 65535 Specifies the amount of time the from the computer When this 40 printer waits for additional data timeout expires the print job is before it cancels the job canceled Wait Timeout is only available when you use PostScript emulation This menu item has no effect on PCL emulation print jobs Start Page The purpose of this page is to On clean oil from the fuser and Off improve OHP quality when printed after a POR The default for the setting is Off Setup Menu 87 Using printer menus Supplies Menu The Supplies Menu provides information about prin
90. ered on the disk are printed before normal processing of incoming jobs resumes Auto Printer automatically calculates the USB Buffer size recommended setting 3K to maximum size allowed User specifies the USB Buffer size The maximum size depends on the amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off To maximize the range for the USB Buffer size disable or reduce the size of the parallel serial and network buffers Utilities Menu Use the Utilities Menu to print a variety of listings relating to available printer resources printer settings and print jobs Other menu items let you set up printer hardware and troubleshoot printer problems Menu Item Defragment Flash Purpose To retrieve storage area lost when resources are deleted from flash memory Warning Do not turn off the printer while the flash is defragmenting Values Yes Printer transfers all resources stored in flash memory to printer memory and then reformats the flash memory option When the format operation is complete the resources are loaded back into flash memory Printer cancels the request to defragment the flash memory Utilities Menu 91 Using printer menus Menu Item Factory Defaults Purpose To return your printer settings to the factory default values Values Restore e All menu items ar
91. ftware program or printer driver Settings you change from the application or printer driver apply only to the job you are preparing to send to the printer Changes made to printer settings from a software program override changes made from the operator panel If you cannot change a setting from your program use the operator panel or the remote operator panel available from MarkVision Professional Changing a printer setting from the operator panel or from MarkVision Professional makes that setting the user default Refer to the drivers CD for information about MarkVision Professional Printing 8 Printing Understanding the operator panel The printer operator panel has a two line by 16 character liquid crystal display LCD five buttons and one indicator light Ready LCD Menu 2 Select Return Ooo 9 9 Indicator light Indicator light The indicator light gives information about the status of your printer If the light is e Off the printer is off On the printer is on but idle e Blinking the printer is on and is busy Using the operator panel buttons Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu scroll through a list of values change printer settings and respond to printer messages The numbers 1 through 6 appear beside the operator panel buttons these numbers are used to enter personal identification numbers PIN for Print and Hold jobs For more information see Using the Print and Hold func
92. gs that only affect jobs using the PostScript emulation printer language Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose METTE Font Priority To establish the font search order Resident Printer searches printer memory Ju for the requested font before Note Font Priority is only searching flash memory or hard displayed when a formatted flash Nd disk or hard disk is installed is neither defective nor Read Write or Write Flash Disk Printer searches the hard disk and protected and Job Buffer Size is flash memory for the requested not set to 100 font before searching printer memory Image To enhance the contrast and Off Uses default resolution when Smoothing sharpness of low resolution printing all images bitmapped images such as TE images downloaded from the On Enhances low resolution images World Wide Web and smooth their such as graphics with a resolution color transitions of 72 dpi Note Image Smoothing has no effect on images that are 300 dpi or higher resolution Print PS To print a page defining the Off Discards the print job without Error PostScript emulation error when printing an error message an error occurs On Prints an error message before it discards the job PostScript Menu 79 Using printer menus Serial Menu Use the Serial Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a serial port either Stan
93. he Form Description For field enter a name for the custom form that you are defining For example enter Custom 12x18 in Under Measurements enter the appropriate dimensions and margins for the form as well as the units of measurement Click Save Form to add the new form Click OK to return to the Printers folder Printing with custom size specialty media 30 7 10 Notes Printing For Windows 2000 and XP in the Printers folder highlight your printer by clicking it once Go to File Printing Preferences In Printing Preferences select the Paper tab For PostScript drivers for Windows 2000 and XP select your custom form from the list under Form Type For PCL Drivers for Windows 2000 and XP select your custom form from the list under Form Size Open your program and print your document Some programs may override your print settings As a result you must configure your program s settings to accommodate your custom form See your program s reference materials for information on how to change your program s settings Selecting your custom form in Printing Preferences is recommended for using your newly created form in a program However this makes the new form the default for all programs that do not override the printer driver s selected paper size To reset the default form size enter Printing Preferences again and set the form size to the desired type If you are working on a network only an administrator can c
94. he USB Menu to change printer settings affecting a Universal Serial Bus USB port USB Option lt x gt Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose Values Job To temporarily store jobs on the Off Does not buffer print jobs to the Buffering printer hard disk before printing hard disk Note Changing the Job Buffering On Buffers print jobs to the hard disk menu item automatically resets the printer Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port MAC Binary To configure the printer to process Off Printer processes raw binary PS Macintosh binary PostScript print PostScript print jobs from jobs computers using the Macintosh operating system Note This setting often causes Windows print jobs to fail On Printer filters PostScript print jobs using standard protocol Auto Printer processes print jobs from computers using either Windows or Macintosh operating systems NPA Mode To specify whether the printer Off Printer performs NPA processing performs the special processing If data is not in NPA format it is required for bidirectional rejected as bad data communication following the conventions defined in the On Printer does not perform NPA Network Printing Alliance NPA processing Protocel Auto Printer examines the data to Note Changing this menu item determine the format and then automatically
95. he menu settings page Wait for the message to clear See also Printing the menu settings page Prog Engine Code The printer is programming new code into the flash memory Wait for the message to clear Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Prog System Code The printer is programming new system code Wait for the message to clear and the printer to reset Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Program Flash The printer is storing resources such as fonts or macros in flash memory Wait for the message to clear Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Programming Disk The printer is storing resources such as fonts or macros on the hard disk Wait for the message to clear Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Understanding printer messages 100 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Programming Error P lt x gt What this message means An error occurred while the printer was programming code into memory What you can do Correct the problem specified on the second line of the display P105 A network file was used to program a non network printer or a non network file was used to program a network printer P109 An update file was used to program the printer but the information did not fit within the space alloc
96. he system board access cover 184 Maintenance Locating memory and network options Use the following illustration to locate the connector for the card you want to remove Optional ImageQuick firmware card Optional hard disk Memory and flash memory card connectors Option card connector Parallel connector Ethernet i W USB connector Installing the system board access cover After you have removed the options complete the following steps to install the cover and system board Locating memory and network options 185 Maintenance You need a number 2 Phillips screwdriver to install the cover Make sure the printer is off and unplugged 2 Align the holes on the access cover with the screws 3 Place the cover against the printer and slide it down 00000000090 6090090900 6990090995 2000000000 609909900 Installing the system board access cover 186 Maintenance 4 Tighten the eight screws 5 Connect the printer cables and power cord and turn the printer on Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit Removing an optional drawer 1 Turn the printer off 2 Unplug the power cord Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit 3 Disconnect the parallel or Ethernet cable from the
97. ic fonts in increments of 0 25 points 12 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 Note Point Size is only displayed for typographic fonts PCL Emul Menu 64 Menu Item Symbol Set Tray Renumber Using printer menus Purpose To choose a symbol set for a specified font name Values 10U PC 8 country region specific factory default values 12U PC 850 country region specific factory default values A symbol set is a set of alphabetic and numeric characters punctuation and special symbols used when printing with a selected font Symbol sets support the different requirements for languages or specific programs such as math symbols for scientific text Only the symbol sets supported for the selected font name are displayed To configure your printer to work with printer drivers or programs that use different source assignments for the paper trays Note Refer to the Technical Reference for more information about assigning source numbers 1 Select a paper source Assign Tray lt x gt Assign MP Feeder Assign Man Env Assign Man Paper 2 Select a value Off Printer uses factory default paper source assignments 0 199 Select a numeric value to assign a custom value to a paper sourc
98. ied cartridge E Ae not Press Go to clear the message cartridge order one now You and continue printing The can print approximately 250 Supplies message is displayed more pages before the cartridge until you replace the specified becomes empty toner cartridge 900 Messages 900 999 relate to Turn the printer off and check all 999 Service lt message gt printer problems that may require service cable connections Turn the printer back on If the service message recurs call for service and report the message number and description of the problem See also Calling for service Understanding printer messages 111 Q Clearing paper jams By carefully selecting print media and loading them properly you should be able to avoid most paper jams If jams do occur follow the steps outlined in this section To resolve the paper jam messages you must clear the jammed area and then press Go to clear the message and resume printing The printer prints a new copy of the page that jammed if Jam Recovery is set to On or Auto however the Auto setting does not guarantee the page will print To clear paper jams in the Finisher see the Finisher Manual to locate jam access areas Identifying paper jam areas See the diagram below for the path the paper travels through the printer and options and areas where jams may occur The path varies depending on the paper source and output bin Click a message below for more infor
99. igh capacity feeder away from the printer 5 Remove the high capacity feeder from the guide rail Removing the high capacity feeder 181 Maintenance 6 Raise the guide rail and pull it away from the docking frame me 7 Remove the wrench from the holder in the high capacity feeder Removing the high capacity feeder 182 Maintenance 8 Remove the four screws securing the docking frame 9 Insert the two side covers into the screw holes on the optional drawer until they snap into place Removing the high capacity feeder 183 Maintenance Removing the system board access cover You must remove the system board access cover to install memory cards a firmware card a hard disk or an option card CAUTION This printer weighs 80 5 kg 177 Ib and requires four people to lift Anytime you move or lift the printer make sure you have enough people to help Use the handholds located on the sides to lift the printer 1 Move the printer or place it in an area that will be convenient for removing the cover and components You need a number 2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the cover and system board 2 Loosen the eight screws on the cover Do not remove the screws completely 3 Slide the cover up and away from the printer Warning The system board access cover must be replaced before operating the printer Screws Screws Removing t
100. internal print server also called an internal network adapter or INA is being reset Wait for the message to clear Network x A network interface is the active communication link Network x y A network interface is the active communication link where lt x gt represents the active communication link and lt y gt represents the channel No DRAM Installed No DRAM is installed Turn the printer off install DRAM and turn the printer back on See also Setup Guide No Jobs Found Retry The four digit personal identification number PIN you entered is not associated with any confidential print job Press Go to enter another PIN Press Stop to clear the PIN entry prompt See also Using the Print and Hold function Not Ready The printer is not ready to Press Go to make the printer ready receive or process data to receive jobs Someone pressed Stop to take the printer offline Parallel x A parallel interface is the active communication link Performing The printer is running the series Wait for the message to clear Self Test of start up tests it performs after itis turned on Power Saver The printer is ready to receive and process data It is reducing its electricity consumption while idle If the printer remains inactive for the period of time specified in the Power Saver menu item 20 minutes is the factory default the Power Saver message
101. inting the additional copies stored in memory Note Once all copies are printed the Verify Print job is deleted from printer memory Using the Print and Hold function 26 Printing Printing confidential jobs When you send a job to the printer you can enter a personal identification number PIN from the driver The PIN must be four digits using the numbers 1 6 The job is then held in printer memory until you enter the same four digit PIN from the operator panel and choose to print or delete the job This ensures that the job does not print until you are there to retrieve it and no one else using the printer can print the job Select Confidential Job from the Job Menu and then select your user name The following prompt is displayed Enter PIN Use the buttons on the operator panel to enter the four digit PIN associated with your confidential job The numbers next to the button names identify which button to press for each digit 1 6 As you enter the PIN asterisks are displayed on the operator panel to ensure confidentiality Enter PIN I kkk k Menu Select 3 Return 4 vo 9 If you enter an invalid PIN the message No Jobs Found Retry appears Press Go to re enter the PIN or press Stop to exit the Confidential Job menu When you enter a valid PIN you have access to all print jobs matching the user name and PIN you entered The print jobs matching the PIN you entered appear on the display when you enter the Pri
102. is loaded properly for duplex printing If the printer receives a single sided job using that paper type the printer inserts blank pages as necessary to print the job properly on preprinted forms This setting may slow single sided printing Off Printer assumes preprinted material is loaded for single sided printing Duplexed jobs may not print properly Paper Menu 68 Using printer menus Menu Item Paper Size Purpose Values To identify the default paper size for each paper source For trays with automatic size sensing only the value detected by the hardware is displayed 1 Select a paper source Tray lt x gt Size Manual Pap Size MP Feeder Size Manual Env Size 2 Select a value Denotes country region specific factory default values Note Size sensing must be turned off for Statement and Folio values to appear Letter Legal Executive Statement A4 A5 B5 Folio 10 Envelope US 9 Envelope B5 Envelope Other Envelope 7 3 4 Envelope DL Envelope non US C5 Envelope Universal Select Universal when you load paper that does not match any of the other available sizes The printer automatically formats the page for the maximum possible Size You can then set the actual page size from your program s software Paper Source To identify the default pape
103. ity Always try a sample of any paper before buying large quantities Before loading paper note the recommended print side identified on the paper package Load paper with the recommended print side face down in the paper trays For paper loading instructions see Loading a paper tray Paper 43 Media guidelines The following are not recommended for your printer e Paper with a large cotton content e Paper with a rough or heavily textured surface Coated papers such as erasable bond Preprinted papers manufactured with chemicals that may contaminate the printer e Paper designed for inkjet printers Deformed or damaged paper e Paper that is wet or has absorbed moisture e Paper that is punched embossed or perforated e Multiple part forms e Synthetic papers Thermal papers e Recycled paper having a weight less than 75 g m 20 Ib Preprinted papers such as letterhead must be able to withstand temperatures of up to 180 C 356 F without melting or releasing hazardous emissions Use inks that are not affected by the resin in toner or the silicone in the fuser Inks that are oxidation set or oil based should meet these requirements Latex inks may melt Duplexer The duplex option does not support Cardstock Transparencies Labels or Envelopes Orientation Paper Size Weight Short edge Feed A3 JIS B4 Legal Tabloid Long edge Feed A4 A5 JIS B5 Letter 80 105g m 20 28 Ibs
104. ling 57 logs 74 receive 77 send 76 setup 73 Fax lt x gt 96 Fax Menu 73 Fax Logs 74 Fax Receive 77 Fax Send 76 Fax Setup 73 Finishing Menu 52 Blank Pages 52 Collation 52 Copies 52 Duplex 53 Duplex Bind 53 Hole Punch 53 Multipage Border 53 Multipage Order 53 Multipage Print 54 Multipage View 54 Offset Pages 54 Separator Sheets 54 Separator Source 54 Staple Job 55 Staple Prime Src 55 flash memory defragmenting 91 formatting 92 printing downloaded resources 93 setting as download target 84 Flushing Buffer 96 Font Name PCL Emul Menu 63 Font Priority PostScript Menu 79 Font Source PCL Emul Menu 64 fonts choosing in PCL emulation 63 193 downloadable 40 printing samples 93 priority 79 resident 34 symbol sets supported 65 symbol sets PCL 6 emulation 39 Format Disk Utilities Menu 92 Format Flash Utilities Menu 92 Formatting Disk yyy 97 Formatting Flash 97 Fuser 88 fuser ordering 136 fuser counter 170 resetting 152 Fuser Maintenance 97 G guidelines paper storing 33 H hard disk formatting 92 printing downloaded resources 93 setting as download target 84 heavy paper 46 Held jobs 25 Held Jobs Job Menu 58 Held Jobs may be lost 97 Held Jobs May Not Be Restored 97 Help Menu 55 Hex Trace Utilities Menu 92 high capacity feeder clearing jams in 130 132 removing 181 successful printing in 33 Hole Punch Finishing Menu 53 Hole Punch Alarm Setup Menu 84 h
105. lization requests from the requests from the computer The computer computer requests initialization by activating the INIT signal on the On Printer honors hardware parallel interface Many personal initialization requests from the computers activate the INIT signal computer each time the computer is turned on and off Job To temporarily store jobs on the Off Does not buffer print jobs to the Buffering printer hard disk before printing hard disk Note Changing this menu item On Buffers print jobs to the hard disk automatically resets the printer Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port MAC Binary To configure the printer to process On Printer processes raw binary PS Macintosh binary PostScript print PostScript print jobs from jobs computers using the Macintosh operating system Note This setting often causes Windows print jobs to fail Off Printer filters PostScript print jobs using standard protocol Auto Printer processes print jobs from computers using either Windows or Macintosh operating systems NPA Mode To specify whether the printer On Printer performs NPA processing performs the special processing If data is not in NPA format it is required for bidirectional rejected as bad data communication following the conventions defined in the Off Printer does not perform NPA Network Printing Alliance NPA processing lee Auto Printer examines data and Note Cha
106. llic Printing Wingdings POSTNET Bar code ISO German ISO Spanish ISO 2 IRV Int l Ref Version ISO 4 United Kingdom ISO 6 ASCII ISO 10 Swedish ISO 11 Swedish for Names ISO 14 JIS ASCII ISO 15 Italian ISO 16 Portuguese ISO 17 Spanish ISO 21 German PC 857 Latin 5 Turkish PC 858 Multilingual Euro PC 860 Portuguese PC 861 Icelandic PC 863 Canadian French PC 865 Nordic PC 866 Oyrillic PC 869 Greek PC 911 Katakana PC 1004 OS 2 Math 8 Greek 8 Turkish 8 Roman 8 ISO 25 French ISO 57 Chinese ISO 60 Norwegian version 1 ISO 61 ISO 69 French ISO 84 Portuguese ISO 85 Spanish ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 ECMA 94 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 ISO 8859 15 Latin 9 Roman 9 Norwegian version 2 Roman Extension Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats Ventura International Ventura Math Ventura US Windows 3 0 Latin 1 Windows 98 Cyrillic Windows 98 Greek Windows 98 Latin 1 Windows 98 Latin 2 Windows 98 Latin 5 Windows 98 Latin 6 Baltic You can download scalable fonts in PostScript 3 emulation and either scalable or bit mapped fonts in PCL 6 emulation Fonts can be downloaded to printer memory or to a flash memory option or hard disk option Fonts downloaded to flash memory or hard disk remain in memory even after the printer language changes the printer resets or the printer is turned off Understanding fonts
107. ly status ssseesseeeeenem e enne 134 Gonservirig SUpplies teet teet tea ae db tane iar resa te aa 134 Ordering Supplies 1 3 inrer aed trente Fate e tula z eunti dard ena dde 136 Replacing supplies 2 1t teneret Inte IE ep leavin 137 Storing SUppll8S eric rente ep entro Etpe Dae reden a deve tcn 138 Recycling used supplies esses eeeeaaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 138 Replacing a photodeveloper ssseeeeenne eene 139 Replacing the T Ser usi entente ctii set re tese eR ee ec 143 Replacing the oil coating roll sssrinin nannan RAAE RANTAS 152 Replacing the transfer belt eeeeeeseeseeseeeeeeeeeneee entren 156 Replacing a toner cartridge cccccccesscccceeeeeeceeeeseeeceeeeeeeeceeeeeeseeceeneeseeaeeenenies 165 Resetting the maintenance counter ssssssseeenne eene 170 Cleaning the LEDS sess iere hee eter ha ren be dish aeiceavdyesanviniess 173 Closing the Top COVEN ee rette txt n facce Fe ine PL ERR erede can 175 Opening the top COVES sssssssssssssessesennenee ener nennen nennen enn nennen 177 Removing the duplex unit 0 eeccccceeesecceceeeeeeceeeeseaaeeeessaaaeeeseseaeeeeneeeaeeeeneees 179 Removing the high capacity feeder sssssseeeene 181 Removing the system board access COVer sssssssssseeee 184 Locating memory and network options sseeeemm 1
108. m s software or on the display let you conserve toner and paper For more information Setting What the setting does see Toner Toner Darkness in the Color Lets you adjust the amount Toner Darkness Menu of toner released on a sheet of paper The values range from 1 lightest setting to 5 darkest setting Maintenance 134 Setting Maintenance What the setting does For more information see Paper and specialty media Multipage Print in the Finishing Menu Prints two or more page images on one side of a sheet Values for Multipage Print are 2 Up 3 Up 4 Up 6 Up 9 Up 12 Up and 16 Up Combined with the duplex setting Multipage Print lets you print up to 32 pages on one sheet of paper 16 images on the front and 16 on the back Multipage Print Duplex in the Finishing Menu Available when you attach an optional duplex unit Duplex Paper and specialty media Use your software application or printer driver to send a Verify Print job Use Held Jobs in the Job Menu to access your Verify Print job Lets you examine the first copy of a multiple copy job to be sure it is satisfactory before you print the other copies If the job is unsatisfactory you may cancel the job Verify Print Canceling a print job Using the Print and Hold function Conserving supplies 135 Maintenance Ordering supplies In the U S or Canada call 1 800 4
109. mapped fonts PCL 6 emulation PostScript 3 emulation Line Printer 16 POSTNET Bar code Symbol sets A symbol set is an encoded collection of alphabetic and numeric characters punctuation and special characters available in the font you select Symbol sets support the requirements for different languages or specific programs such as math symbols used for scientific text The symbol set encoding also defines which character will print for each key on the keyboard or more specifically for each code point Some programs require different characters at some code points To support multiple programs and languages your printer has 83 symbol sets for the resident PCL 6 emulation fonts Symbol sets for PCL 6 emulation Not all fonts support all of the symbol sets listed in Downloadable fonts Refer to the Technical Reference to determine which symbol sets are supported by each font name Understanding fonts 39 Downloadable fonts ABICOMP Brazil Portugal ABICOMP International DeskTop Legal MC Text Microsoft Publishing Russian GOST Ukrainian PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats PS ITC Zapf Dingbats PS Math PS Text Pi Font Symbol PC 8 Bulgarian PC 8 Danish Norwegian 437N PC 8 Greek Alternate 437G PC 8 Turkish 437T PC 8 Latin Greek PC 8 PC Nova PC 8 Polish Mazovia PC 8 Code Page 437 PC 775 Baltic PC 8 Latin 6 PC 850 Multilingual PC 851 Greek PC 852 Latin 2 PC 853 Latin 3 Turkish PC 855 Cyri
110. matic line feed 63 font name 63 font sample print 93 font source 64 lines per page 64 orientation 64 pitch 64 point size 64 resident fonts 34 symbol set 65 tray renumber 65 PCL SmartSwitch 55 PCL SmartSwitch Network Menu 60 PCL SmartSwitch Parallel Menu 62 PCL SmartSwitch Serial Menu 81 PCL SmartSwitch USB Menu 90 PCL SmartSwitch setting See also printer language network port 60 parallel port 62 serial port 81 USB port 90 Performing Self Test 99 Pitch PCL Emul Menu 64 Point Size PCL Emul Menu 64 ports network 59 parallel 61 serial 80 USB 90 PostScript emulation font priority 79 font sample print 93 image smoothing 79 printing PS errors 79 resident fonts 34 PostScript Menu 79 Font Priority 79 Image Smoothing 79 Print PS Error 79 Power Saver 99 power saver configuring 85 Power Saver Setup Menu 85 Prime Stapler 59 Print Alignment 92 Print and Hold function see Held jobs 25 Print Area Setup Menu Setup Menu Print Quality 85 Print Demo 93 Print Directory Utilities Menu 93 Print Fonts Utilities Menu 93 Print Menus Utilities Menu 93 Print Mode Color Menu 51 Print Net lt x gt Setup Utilities Menu 93 print options offset pages 54 separator sheets 54 See also separator source 54 Print PS Error 79 Print PS Error PostScript Menu 79 print quality adjusting color correction 50 51 52 86 print speed 7 190 print statistics job accounting 84 printing jo
111. mation 240 Paper Jam 200 Paper Jam 2 P 00 Paper Jam Check Areas C Check Areas A B 200 Paper Jam Check Area F 200 Paper Jam Check Area D 249 Paper Jam T 1 T2 TS3 T5 13 depending on configuration TA 241 Paper Jam 200 Paper Jam Check Area E 242 Paper Jam 243 Paper Jam 244 Paper Jam Clearing paper jams 112 Clearing paper jams 200 Paper Jam lt x gt Pages Jammed Check Areas A F T1 5 MPF This message identifies the areas A F MPF or T1 T5 you need to check to remove the paper or to clear the message The display alternates between 200 Paper Jam x Pages Jammed and Check Areas A E T1 5 MPF Jam message Jam message Check Areas A B Check Area F Check Area C Check MPF Check Area D Check T1 T4 Check Area E Check T5 Note If there is a paper jam when you turn the printer on the second line of the 200 Paper Jam message is blank To resolve the message you must clear all paper from the paper path Check Areas A B This message indicates a paper jam in the transfer belt fuser or output roller area To clear areas A B 1 Complete the steps to open the top cover Note If you need instructions on how to open the top cover see Opening the top cover Photodeveloper Warning Never touch the photodeveloper drum on the underside of the toner cartridge
112. memory Note The messages 37 Insufficient Memory and Held Jobs May Be Lost alternate on the display See also Using the Print and Hold function Held Jobs May Be Lost Held Jobs May Not Be Restored 38 Memory Full The printer is processing data but the memory used to store pages is full Press Go to clear the message and continue printing the job The job may not print correctly Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job To avoid this error in the future Simplify the print job by reducing the amount of text or graphics on a page and deleting unnecessary downloaded fonts or macros Install additional printer memory See also Canceling a print job 39 Complex Page The page may not print correctly because the print information on the page is too complex Press Go to clear the message and continue printing the job The job may not print correctly Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job To avoid this error in the future Reduce the complexity of the page by reducing the amount of text or graphics on the page and deleting unnecessary downloaded fonts or macros Set Page Protect to On in the Setup Menu Install additional printer memory See also Setup Menu Understanding printer messages 105 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 4 x Unsupported Firmware Card What this message means The
113. more information CAUTION The photodevelopers are hot Allow the photodevelopers to cool before touching Warning Exposing the photodeveloper to light for prolonged periods of time can damage it Do not expose the photodeveloper to light for more than ten minutes Fingerprints Cleaning the LEDs 173 Maintenance can affect the performance of the photodeveloper Avoid touching the photodeveloper anywhere except the handles Warning The toner inside the toner cartridges can soil clothing Do not clean clothing soiled with toner in hot water this permanently adheres the toner to the clothing Use cold water to remove toner that has soiled clothing 3 Wipe the glass lenses of all four LED heads with a clean dry cloth or tissue paper 4 Reinstall all toner cartridges See Installing a toner cartridge for more information CAUTION Before closing the top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items 5 Close the top cover and the front door Note For instructions on how to close the top cover see Closing the top cover Cleaning the LEDs 174 Maintenance Closing the top cover CAUTION Before closing the top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items 1 Place both hands on the top cover as shown 2 Press down firmly until the top cover clicks into place L
114. ncoming data The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off Printer examines data on the network interface connection and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language Off Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PCL emulation to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PCL SmartSwitch is Off Values for this menu item are supplied by the specific print server Select the menu item to see the available values Note Refer to the documentation on the drivers CD for more information Network Menu 60 Using printer menus Parallel Menu Use the Parallel Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port either Std Parallel or Parallel Opt lt x gt Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose METTE Advanced To enable bidirectional Off Disables parallel port negotiation Status communication through the S parallel port On Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel interface Honor Init To determine whether the printer Off Printer does not honor hardware honors hardware initialization initia
115. ned on the printer while the transfer belt is in the warning state and needs to be replaced Press Select to reset the transfer belt maintenance counter Press Stop to continue The message continues to appear each time you turn the printer on while the transfer belt is in the warning state Understanding printer messages 95 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Did You Replace Fuser What this message means You have turned on the printer while the fuser is in the warning state and needs to be replaced What you can do Press Select to reset the fuser maintenance counter Press Stop to continue The message continues to appear each time you turn the printer on while the fuser is in the warning state Disabling Menus The printer is responding to a request to disable the menus Wait for the message to clear While the menus are disabled you cannot change the printer settings from the operator panel See also Disabling operator panel menus Disk Corrupted Reformat The printer has attempted a disk recovery process and cannot repair the disk Press Go to reformat the disk and delete all files currently stored on the disk Press Stop to clear the message without reformatting the disk The printer may display Disk Recovery and attempt to recover the disk See also Disk Recovery x 5 yyy Disk Recovery x 5 yyy The printer is attempting to
116. nging this menu item determines the format and then automatically resets the printer processes it appropriately Parallel Menu 61 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Parallel To configure the size of the parallel Disabled Disables job buffering Any jobs Buffer input buffer already buffered on the disk are rinted before normal processing Note Changing this menu item Et incoming jobs resumes automatically resets the printer Auto Printer automatically calculates the Parallel Buffer size recommended setting 3K to User specifies the Parallel Buffer maximum size The maximum size depends size allowed onthe amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off To maximize the range for the Parallel Buffer size disable or reduce the size of the serial and USB buffers Parallel To control the pull up resistors on On Disables the resistors Mode 1 the parallel port signals This menu item is useful for personal Off Enables the resistors computers that have open collector outputs on the parallel port signals Parallel To determine whether the parallel On Samples parallel port data on the Mode 2 port data is sampled on the leading edge of strobe leading or trailing edge of strobe Off Samples parallel port data on the trailing edge of strobe PCL To configure the printer so it On Printer examines data on the
117. ngs that only affect jobs using the PCL emulation printer language Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose Values A4 Width To select the width of the logical 198 mm Makes the logical page compatible page for A4 size paper with the Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5 Printer 203 mm Makes the logical page wide enough to print eighty 10 pitch characters Auto CRafter To specify whether the printer Off Printer does not perform a carriage LF automatically performs a carriage return after a line feed control return after a line feed control command command On Printer performs a carriage return after a line feed control command Auto LF after To specify whether the printer Off Printer does not perform a line CR automatically performs a line feed feed after a carriage return control after a carriage return control command command On Printer performs a line feed after a carriage return control command Font Name To choose a specific font from the RO Courier The font name and font ID for all specified font source 10 fonts in the selected font source are displayed The font source abbreviation is R for resident F for flash K for disk and D for download PCL Emul Menu 63 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Font Source To determine the set of fonts Resident Displays all fonts resident in printer displayed in the Font Name menu RAM
118. nly displayed when both PCL and PostScript interpreters are available AND Infrared Port is not set to Disabled Off On PS SmartSwitch Note Only displayed when both PCL and PostScript interpreters are available AND Infrared Port is not set to Disabled Off On NPA Mode Whenever the value of the NPA Mode Infrared Port or Job Buffering is changed from the operator panel the printer automatically restarts upon exiting the menus in order to reconfigure memory Note Only displayed when Infrared Port is not set to Disabled Off Auto Infrared Menu 55 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Infrared Buffer Whenever the value of the NPA Mode Infrared Port or Job Buffering is changed from the operator panel the printer automatically restarts upon exiting the menus in order to reconfigure memory Note Only displayed when Infrared Port is not set to Disabled Disabled Auto 36 K max size allowed Job Buffering Whenever the value of the NPA Mode Infrared Port or Job Buffering is changed from the operator panel the printer automatically restarts upon exiting the menus in order to reconfigure memory Note Only displayed when Infrared Port is not set to Disabled Note Only displayed when a formatted disk is installed Off On Auto Window Size Note Only displayed when Infrared Port is not set to Disabled Auto 1 Transmit Delay Note Only displayed when Infrar
119. nor DSR Paper Menu Paper Source Paper Size Setup Menu Paper Type Printer Language Custom Types Printer Usage Output Bin Power Saver Configure Bins Resource Save al n Type Download Target in Print Timeout Auto Continue Wait Timeout Paper Weight Jam Recovery Paper Loading Page Protect Universal Display Language Setup Alarm Control Hole Punch Alarm Staple Alarm Fax Menu Job Accounting Fax Setup Start Page Fax Logs Fax Send Fax Receive Using printer menus 48 USB Menu PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch MAC Binary PS NPA Mode USB Buffer Job Bufferin Utilities Menu Print Menus Print Net lt x gt Setup Print Fonts Print Directory Print Demo Color Samples Factory Defaults Remove Held Jobs Format Flash Defragment Flash Format Disk Job Acct Stat Hex Trace Print Alignment PostScript Menu Print PS Error Font Priority Image Smoothing Using printer menus Disabling operator panel menus To disable the operator panel menus so that changes cannot be made to the printer default settings 1 Turn the printer off Note Disabling the operator panel menus does not prevent access to the Job Menu or to the Print and Hold function Press and hold Select and Return and turn the printer on Release the buttons when you see Performing Self Test Config Menu appears on the first line of the display Press
120. nt A Job Delete A Job and Print Copies menu items You can then choose to print or delete jobs matching the PIN you entered See Printing and deleting held jobs for more information After printing the job the printer deletes the confidential job from memory Printing confidential jobs 27 Printing Printing with custom size specialty media Your printer supports a wide range of paper sizes and types some of which exceed the dimensions of your printer s standard trays As a result when printing with media of a special size you must first make the appropriate adjustments to both your printer and your printer s driver Step 1 Using the multipurpose feeder Because some sizes of media do not fit in your printer s normal paper trays you must use the multipurpose feeder to load the media into your printer For detailed instructions on loading custom size media see Loading the multipurpose feeder Step 2 Configuring the operator panel for custom size media The Universal paper size is the standard setting for custom size media on your printer using 12x18 in as the default dimensions If you have changed the default settings on your printer or you want to use media of a different size you must set the Universal paper size to the dimensions that you want to use and make sure that the appropriate unit of measure is selected To set the Universal paper size Press Return until you see the main menu Press Menu until you see Paper
121. nt and Hold jobs that were NOT restored from the disk to be deleted This is a good way to clean up the disk when jobs are not being restored due to a permanent configuration change All Causes ALL Print and Hold jobs to be deleted even if they failed to be restored from the disk Deletes any data stored on the hard disk and prepares the device to receive new resources No Yes Cancels the request to format the hard disk and leaves current resources stored on the disk Deletes any data stored in flash memory and prepares the flash memory to receive new resources No Cancels the request to format the flash memory and leaves current resources stored in flash memory Utilities Menu 92 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Job Acct Stat To print a listing of all job statistics Print Prints all statistics available for the stored on the hard disk or to clear most recent print jobs all statistics on the disk Clear Deletes all accumulated job statistics from the hard disk Print To print a list of all the resources stored in flash memory or on the hard disk Directory Note Print Directory is available only when either a nondefective flash or disk is installed and formatted and Job Buffer Size is not set to 100 Print Demo The Print Demo menu contains a list of the demo files available in the RIP code SIMM the flash option and the disk option C
122. number Toner cartridge Approximate yield Approximate coverage 12N0771 Black toner cartridge 14 000 pages 596 12N0770 Yellow toner cartridge 12N0768 Cyan toner cartridge 12N0769 Magenta toner cartridge Replacing supplies The printer calculates and stores information on the number of images that have been printed When a count for a supply nears the end of the supplies life the SUPPLIES status message appears on the second line of the display to remind you there are supplies that need attention Open the SUPPLIES Menu to view the supplies that need to be replaced Replacement of these parts ensures peak printer performance and prevents print quality and paper feed problems resulting from worn parts Ready SUPPLIES Menu Select Return x C o Q Stop The printer counter keeps track of your toner cartridges photodevelopers fuser cleaner fuser and transfer belt It posts a Low Empty Life Warning or an Exhausted message on the display when one of these supplies nears or reaches an end of life condition If you do not have the appropriate supply item order one when the Low Empty or Life Warning message appears Press Go to clear the message The SUPPLIES status message appears on the second line of the display to remind you there are supplies that need attention Press Menu to open the Supplies Menu and quickly determine the supply items that need to be replaced The printer continues to display the SUPP
123. o Otherwise use the following steps to reset the fuser or transfer belt counter Note Although the fuser is shown the same procedure is used to clear the transfer belt 1 Press Menu until SUPPLIES MENU appears on the second line of the display SUPPLIES MENU Menu Select Return Tp vo Go 5 Stop 2 Press Select to open the SUPPLIES MENU 3 Press Menu until REPLACE SUPPLIES appears on the second line of the display SUPPLIES MENU REPLACE SUPPLIES Menu Select Return db Q vo Go 5 Stop 4 Press Select to open Replace Supplies Resetting the maintenance counter 171 Maintenance 5 Press Menu until Fuser appears on the second line of the display REPLACE SUPPLIES Fuser Menu 2 Select Return 6 Press Select to open the Fuser menu item 7 Press Menu until ZReplaced appears on the second line of the display Fuser Replaced Menu Select Return GD vO 8 Press Select to reset the fuser counter to zero 9 Press Go Resetting the maintenance counter 172 Maintenance 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 Note For instructions on opening the top cover see Opening the top cover 1 Complete the steps to open the top cover 2 Remove all toner cartridges See Removing a toner cartridge for
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125. ole punch enabling 53 Honor DSR Serial Menu 80 Honor Init Parallel Menu 61 Image Smoothing PostScript Menu 79 indicator light 9 Infrared lt x gt 97 Infrared Buffer 56 Infrared Menu 55 Infrared Buffer 56 Infrared Port 55 Job Buffering 56 Max Baud Rate 56 NPA Mode 55 PCL SmartSwitch 55 PS SmartSwitch 55 Transmit Delay 56 Window Size 56 infrared port 55 Insert Tray lt x gt 97 Install lt device gt or Cancel Job 98 installing fuser 143 oil coating roll 152 photodeveloper 139 system board access cover 185 toner cartridges 165 transfer belt 156 interfaces network 59 parallel 61 serial 80 USB 90 Invalid Engine Code 98 Invalid Network lt x gt Code 98 Invalid Standard Network Code 98 J Jam Recovery Setup Menu 84 jams avoiding 33 clearing paper 112 See paper jams job confidential 58 held 58 statistics 84 Job Accounting Setup Menu 84 Job Acct Stat Utilities Menu 93 Job Buffering 56 Job Buffering Network Menu 59 Job Buffering Parallel Menu 61 Job Buffering Serial Menu 80 Job Buffering USB Menu 90 194 Job Menu 57 Cancel Fax 57 Cancel Job 57 Confidential Job 58 Held Jobs 58 Prime Stapler 59 Reset Active Bin 58 Reset Printer 59 L labels usage 46 letterhead loading multipurpose feeder 22 Lines per Page PCL Emul Menu 64 Load lt x gt 98 Load Manual 98 loading card stock 14 envelopes multipurpose feeder 21 letterhead multipurpose feeder 22 paper multipurpose tray 18
126. olor Color sample pages are printed Samples using the same paper selection method and Printer Settings as is used to print the resident demo page with the exception of Print Mode These pages always print with Print Mode set to Color The multipage Color Sample can be used as an aid to select colors for applications The RGB percent ages will be printed on the chart for easy reference Print Fonts To print a sample of all the fonts PCL Fonts Prints a sample of all printer fonts available for the selected printer available for PCL emulation language PS Fonts Prints a sample of all printer fonts available for PostScript emulation Print Menus To print a listing of the current user default values the installed options the amount of installed printer memory and the status of printer supplies Print Net x To print information relating to the internal print server and the network settings defined Setup by the Network x Setup menu item in the Network Menu Utilities Menu 93 e Understanding printer messages The operator panel displays messages describing the current state of the printer and indicates possible printer problems you must resolve This topic provides a list of all printer messages explains what they mean and tells you how to clear the messages For Finisher error messages see the Finisher Manual Menu 2 Select Return yy Go Stop o 99 Message What this message means What you c
127. omatically resets the printer Auto Printer automatically calculates the Serial Buffer size recommended setting 3K to User specifies the Serial Buffer maximum size The maximum size depends size allowed onthe amount of memory in your printer the size of the other link buffers and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off To maximize the range for the Serial Buffer size disable or reduce the size of the parallel and USB buffers Serial To select the hardware and DTR Hardware handshaking Protocol software handshaking values for the serial interface DTR DSR Hardware handshaking XON XOFF Software handshaking XON XOFF Combined hardware and software DTR handshaking XONXOFF Combined hardware and software DTRDSR handshaking Serial Menu 82 Using printer menus Setup Menu Use the Setup Menu to configure a variety of printer features Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose Values Alarm To establish whether the printer Off Printer does not sound an alarm Control sounds an alarm when the printer requires operator intervention Single Printer sounds three quick beeps Continuous Printer repeats three beeps every 10 seconds Auto To define the amount of time in Disabled Printer does not resume printing Continue seconds the printer waits
128. on to add the form to the Defined User Forms list and then click OK to return to Printer Properties In Properties under the Paper tab make sure that your new custom form is displayed in the Form Type field Open your program and print your document If you are using a PCL Printer Control Language driver 1 O oco N OO oa RA Q 10 In your computer go to Start Settings Control Panel Double click the Printers folder and highlight your printer in the list by clicking it once then select File Properties Click the Paper tab Under Custom Forms click New Size Enter the name of the custom form you are defining Specify the form type as Paper Specify the appropriate units of measurement Enter the appropriate dimensions for Width and Length Click OK to define the form and return to Printer Properties In Properties under the Paper tab make sure that your new custom form is displayed in the Form Size field Open your program and print your document For Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP 1 In your computer go to Start Settings Control Panel For Windows XP and Windows XP Professional go to Start Control Panel Go to the Printers folder and select File Server Properties For Windows XP and Windows XP Professional go to Printers and Other Hardware and select Printers and Faxes Select File Server Properties Select the Forms tab and then click the Create a new form box In t
129. ore the 84 Color Photo Devs Exhausted message appears What you can do Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The Supplies message is displayed until you replace the photodevelopers Note The Cyan Magenta and Yellow photodevelopers are packaged together You cannot order them separately 85 Coating Roll Exhausted The oil coating roll has reached its end of life Replace the oil coating roll e If the print quality is still acceptable and you do not want to replace the oil coating roll yet press Go to clear the message and continue printing 85 Coating Roll The oil coating roll is nearing its Press Go to clear the message and Life Warning end of life If you do nothavea continue printing The Supplies replacement oil coating roll message is displayed until you order one now You can print replace the oil coating roll approximately 500 pages before the 85 Coating Roll Exhausted message appears 86 Abnormal The printer has detected an Install a good coating roll to clear the Coating Roll abnormal coating roll message and continue printing 88 color The printer has ceased operating Install a new toner cartridge Toner Empty because the specified toner cartridge is empty You cannot print until you replace the specified toner cartridge 88 color Toner The printer has detected that the Replace the specified toner Low toner supply in the specif
130. otodeveloper into the slot until it is fully seated As the photodeveloper slides in slide off the photodeveloper cover Photodeveloper cover Replacing a photodeveloper 142 Maintenance 5 Push the waste toner arm until it connects with the photodeveloper and snaps into place 6 Repeat steps 2 through 5 to install additional photodevelopers CAUTION Before closing the top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items 7 Close the top cover and the front door Note If you need instructions on how to close the top cover see Closing the top cover For instructions about replacing other supply items click one of the following headings Removing the duplex unit Replacing the transfer belt Replacing the fuser Your printer monitors the life of your fuser When the fuser reaches the end of its life the printer displays 80 Fuser Exhausted This message indicates it is time for you to replace the fuser For best print quality make sure you replace the fuser when the printer displays 80 Fuser Life Warning Press Go to clear the message The Supplies message appears on the second line of the display to remind you that supplies need attention You can open the Supplies Menu to see the 80 Fuser Exhausted and 80 Fuser Life Warning messages Replacing the fuser 143 Maintenance The printer continues to display the Supplies message until you repla
131. our shipping spacers from the transfer belt Note If you do not remove the four shipping spacers from the transfer belt you may not be able to close the top cover Transfer belt CAUTION Before closing the top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items Close the top cover and the front door Reconnect any optional devices to the printer 10 Turn the optional devices on 11 Turn the printer on The message Did you replace Belt appears Replacing the transfer belt 164 Maintenance 12 Press Go to reset the transfer belt counter Once the counter is reset the Printing Alignment Page message appears and a test page prints After the test page has printed you are prompted to enter alignment values for each setting 13 Press Menu to choose the alignment value 14 Press Select to enter the value and continue to the next value After you have entered values for each alignment setting the transfer belt should be aligned and the printer ready to print Note If you replaced the transfer belt after receiving the 80 Fuser Belt Life Warning message or the 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted message see Removing the duplex unit for instructions on replacing the fuser For instructions about replacing other supply items click one of the following headings Removing the duplex unit Replacing a toner cartridge Replacing a toner cartridge
132. p 6 Loading envelopes a Load envelopes flap side down with the flap closed and with the return address area on the right Orient the envelopes so that the edge with the return address and stamp area will enter the multipurpose feeder last Warning Never use envelopes with stamps clasps snaps windows coated linings or self stick adhesives These envelopes may severely damage the printer War Note If envelopes jam while printing try reducing the number of envelopes in the multipurpose feeder b Continue with step 6 Loading the multipurpose feeder 21 Printing Loading letterhead a For both simplex single sided and duplex double sided printing on letterhead place the printed side face up b Continue with step 6 6 Gently slide the print media into the multipurpose feeder Note Forcing the print media may cause a jam 7 Slide the width guides until they lightly rest against the edges of the print media Do not bend the print media Loading the multipurpose feeder 22 Printing 9 Select the paper source size and type from your software program and select paper size and type from the operator panel a Make sure the paper size MP Feeder Size and paper type MP Feeder Type for the multipurpose feeder are set to the correct value for the print media you are loading See Paper and Paper Type for detailed information about these settings b Press Go to return to Ready Note Software
133. printer If you have any other devices connected to the printer turn them off and unplug any cables going to the printer CAUTION This printer weighs 80 5 kg 177 Ib and requires four people to lift Anytime you move or lift the printer make sure you have enough people to help Use the handholds located on the sides to lift 4 Lift the printer and move it away from the optional drawer eer aes CAUTION An optional drawer weighs 18 5 kg 40 8 Ib Have someone help when lifting Removing an optional drawer 187 Maintenance 5 Lift the optional drawer Removing an optional drawer 188 Troubleshooting NM NNN Calling for service When you call for printer service describe the problem you are experiencing the message on the display and the troubleshooting steps you have already taken to find a solution Also if possible print out a print menu this will greatly speed up the troubleshooting process You need to know your printer model type and serial number Refer to the label on the back of the printer near the power cord for this information The serial number is also listed on the menu settings page you can print from the Utilities menu For service in the U S or Canada click Contact Lexmark from the drivers CD and then click Customer Support This link takes you to Lexmark s technical service and support if you have internet access If the suggested corrective action does not
134. printer detects an unsupported version of firmware on the installed firmware card What you can do Turn the printer off and then press and hold Go while turning it on The printer reads the code on the System card and bypasses the code on the firmware card Remove the firmware card See also Setup Guide 40 Tray x Size Sense Error The high capacity feeder detects an error in the size sensing mechanism Turn off printer and make sure that all the high capacity feeder connectors are installed correctly Have the high capacity feeder size sensor checked by a service technician 41 Open Bin 1 Exit Tray The printer wants to send paper to the Bin 1 output tray but the tray is closed Open Bin 1 to clear the message and continue printing Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The paper is diverted to the Standard bin 51 Defective Flash The printer detects defective flash memory Press Go to clear the message and continue printing You must install different flash memory before you can download any resources to flash 52 Flash Full There is not enough free space in the flash memory to store the data you are trying to download Press Go to clear the message and continue printing Downloaded fonts and macros not previously stored in flash memory are deleted Delete fonts macros and other data stored on the flash memory Install flash memory with more s
135. printer hardware or software Safety information Connect the power cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet that is near the product and easily accessible e Refer service or repairs other than those described in the operating instructions to a professional service person e This product is designed tested and approved to meet strict global safety standards 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 CAUTION Do not use the fax feature during a lightning storm CAUTION Do not set up this product or make any electrical cabling connections power cord telephone and so on during a lightning storm Electronic emission notices Federal Communications Commission FCC compliance information statement This printer 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 interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Cautions and warnings 3 The FCC Class A limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
136. purpose feeder Load media with the recommended print side up Loading the multipurpose feeder 18 Printing e Do not place objects on the multipurpose feeder Also avoid pressing down or applying excessive force on it Do not remove any paper tray while a job is printing from the multipurpose feeder or Busy is displayed on the operator panel Doing so may cause a jam To load the multipurpose feeder 1 Open the multipurpose feeder and then extend the recessed tray to accommodate the paper you want to use 2 f g Loading the multipurpose feeder 19 Printing Push down the bottom plate until it locks into place Prepare the print media for loading Flex paper or fan envelopes back and forth Do not fold or crease the paper Straighten the edges on a level surface Hold transparencies by the edges and avoid touching the print side Fan the stack of transparencies to prevent jams Be careful not to scratch or leave fingerprints on the transparencies Load one type of print media in the multipurpose feeder Do not mix types Click a topic for loading instructions Loading paper transparencies labels and card stock Loading envelopes Loading letterhead Loading the multipurpose feeder 20 Printing Loading paper transparencies labels and card stock a Load paper transparencies labels and card stock in the center of the tray with the recommended print side face up b Continue with ste
137. r Tray x If you loaded the same size and Source Tray 1 type of paper in two paper sources and the Paper Size and Paper MP Feeder Type menu items are correctly set Env Feed the trays are automatically linked V VUE When one paper source is empty Manual Paper paper automatically feeds from the next linked source Manual Env Paper Menu 69 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Paper Type To identify the type of paper installed in each paper source Use this menu item to Optimize print quality for the specified paper Select paper sources through your software program by selecting type and size Automatically link paper sources Any sources containing the same type and size of paper are automatically linked by the printer if you have set the Paper Size and the Paper Type to the correct values Select a paper source Tray x Type Manual Pap Type MP Feeder Type Manual Env Type 2 Select a value Plain Paper Card Stock Transparency Labels Bond Letterhead Preprinted Custom Type x Glossy Paper Envelope Colored Paper The Paper Type default for each Tray 1 Plain Paper envelope source is Envelope The Paper Type default for each paper Tray 2 Custom Type 2 tray is as follows Tray 3 Custom Type 3 Note If a user defined name is available it is displayed instead of Tray 4 Custom Type 4 C
138. r displays the Saved message and returns to the menu item Clear certain messages from the operator panel Return Press Return to return to the previous menu level or menu item Stop Press Stop at the Ready Busy or Waiting message to temporarily stop all activity and take the printer offline The operator panel status message changes to Not Ready Press Go to return the printer to Ready Busy Of Waiting Changing printer settings From the operator panel you can select menu items and associated values to print your jobs successfully You can also use the panel to alter the setup and operating environment of the printer See Using printer menus for an explanation of all the menu items You can modify printer settings by Selecting a setting from a list of values e Changing an On Off setting e Changing a numerical setting Understanding the operator panel 10 Printing To select a new value as a setting O N a From a Ready status message press Menu The menu names appear Continue to press and release Menu until you see the menu you need Press Select to select the menu or menu item displayed on the second line of the display If the selection is a menu the menu opens and the first printer setting in the menu appears If the selection is a menu item the default setting for the menu item appears The current user default setting has an asterisk beside it Each menu item has a list of values for
139. r 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 Noise emission levels 5 Printer overview The following illustrations show a standard model configuration and a fully configured network printer without the optional staple punch finisher If you have attached paper handling options to your printer it may look more like the fully configured model For information on other possible configurations refer to the Setup Guide Standard model configuration Fully configured This printer 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 28 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 the toner darkness settings lets you conserve toner when maximum print quality is not necessary You can also adjust the printed colors to more closely represent the colors on your computer display A variety of connectivity options make the printer an excellent choice for all types of sys
140. re buying large quantities e Use envelopes made from 90 to 105 gm 24 to 28 Ib bond paper Do not use envelopes that Have excessive curl Are stuck together Are damaged 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 e Use envelopes that can withstand temperatures of 180 C 356 F without sealing excessive curling wrinkling or releasing hazardous emissions Transparencies 45 Media guidelines e Adjust both multipurpose feeder guides to fit the envelope width Labels Use only labels designed for laser printers Use only label sheets that have no gaps between the labels as shown Try a sample of any labels before purchasing a large quantity Acceptable labels Unacceptable labels Labels must be able to withstand temperatures of 180 C 356 F without melting discoloring offsetting or releasing hazardous emissions For detailed information on label printing characteristics and design refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide available on Lexmark s Web site Feed labels only from the multipurpose feeder When printing on labels e Use only paper labels Do not use vinyl labels Do not print a large number of labels
141. reate a new form on the server In a client server architecture once the new form has been placed on the server the client s printer objects installed through Point and Print receive the custom form from the server Some changes may not immediately appear in a program s copy of the driver As a result it may be necessary to close and reopen the program so that any changes to the driver s settings may be displayed For Mac OS 8 6 9 x ao A o N Verify that your desktop printer is the default printer In your program go to File Page Setup Click the Page Setup menu and then select Custom Page Sizes Click New Enter a name for your custom page under the Custom Page Size Name edit box Under Paper Size enter the appropriate dimensions Under Margins enter the appropriate margin size Select the appropriate units of measure Click OK In your program go to File Page Setup Click the Page Setup menu and then select Page Attributes Under Paper select the custom size you want to use Print your document Printing with custom size specialty media 31 Printing For Mac OS X v10 2 O o Oo BF WO MN hk O In your program go to File Page Setup Under Format for select the Any Printer option Under Settings select Custom Paper Size and then click New Enter the name for your custom paper size Enter the appropriate dimensions and margins Click Save Click OK In your program go to
142. recover the hard disk Disk recovery takes place in five phases the second line on the operator panel display shows the percent complete of the current phase Wait for the message to clear Warning Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed Enabling Menus The printer is responding to a request to make the menus available to all users Wait for the message to clear and then press Menu to view the menus from the operator panel Engine Warming The printer is warming the fuser assembly to prepare for printing Wait for the message to clear Enter PIN The printer is waiting for you to Use the operator panel buttons to enter your four digit personal enter the PIN you identified in the mcer identification number PIN driver when you sent the confidential job to the printer See also Using the Print and Hold function Fax x The printer is processing an Wait for the message to clear incoming fax Flushing Buffer The printer is flushing corrupted print data and discarding the current print job Wait for the message to clear Understanding printer messages 96 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Formatting Disk yyy What this message means The printer is formatting the hard disk When formatting takes longer than usual the second line of the display shows the percent complete What you can do Wait for the message to clear
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144. rial and USB buffers Network Menu 59 Using printer menus Menu Item Network lt x gt Setup NPA Mode PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch Std Net Setup Purpose To configure an internal print server To specify whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance NPA Protocol Note Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PCL emulation when a print job received through the network port requires it regardless of the default printer language To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the network port requires it regardless of the default printer language To configure an internal print server Values Values for this menu item are supplied by the specific print server Select the menu item to see the available values Note Refer to the documentation on the drivers CD for more information Off Printer does not perform NPA processing Auto Printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it appropriately Printer examines data on the network interface and selects PCL emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language Off On Printer does not examine the i
145. rimary message Secondary message What you should do 80 Belt Life Warning Select Replace Press Select if you want to replace the transfer belt now Press Go if you want to wait to replace the transfer belt Go Continue 80 Belt Exhausted Select Replace Press Select to replace the transfer belt 80 Fuser Belt Select Replace Press Select if you want to Life Warning replace the transfer belt now Press Go if you want to wait to replace the transfer belt Go Continue 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted Select Replace Press Select to replace the transfer belt The Preparing for Maintenance message appears while the printer moves parts into position After the parts are in position the message Printer Ready for Maintenance appears followed by Power Off to Replace Items 3 Turn the printer off Removing the transfer belt 1 Complete the steps in Preparing for maintenance 2 Make sure the printer is turned off Replacing the transfer belt 157 Maintenance 3 Turn off or unplug any optional devices connected to the printer Warning Do not touch drop or place anything on the transfer belt Touching the surface of the transfer belt or placing items on it may cause damage 4 Complete the steps to open the top cover CAUTION The inside of the printer may be hot Allow the printer to cool before touching Replacing the transfer belt 158 Maintenance Loosen the thumbscrews on ea
146. ror message remains the hard disk may be defective and require replacing Install a new hard disk and format it 64 Unsupported Disk Format The printer detects an unsupported disk format Press Go to clear the message Format the disk Note Disk operations are not allowed until the disk is formatted 80 Belt The transfer belt has reached its Replace the transfer belt Exhausted end of life See also Replacing the transfer belt 80 Belt The transfer belt is nearing its Press Go to clear the message and Life Warning end of life If you do not havea continue printing The Supplies transfer belt on hand order one now You can print approximately 500 pages before the 80 Belt Exhausted message appears message is displayed until you replace the transfer belt See also Replacing the transfer belt 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted The transfer belt and fuser have reached their end of life Replace the transfer belt and fuser See also Replacing the transfer belt Replacing the fuser 80 Fuser Belt The transfer belt and fuser are Press Go to clear the message and Life Warning nearing their end of life If you do continue printing The Supplies not have a replacement transfer message is displayed until you belt and fuser order them now replace the transfer belt and fuser You can print approximately 500 See also pages before the 80 Belt Fuser l Exhausted message appears Replacing th
147. s to open the top cover Transfer belt Replacing the fuser 145 Maintenance 5 Lift the fuser pressure release lever up Warning Removing or replacing the fuser while the fuser pressure release lever is in the down position will damage the lever CAUTION The fuser may be hot Allow the fuser to cool before touching 6 Grasp the fuser handles and press both fuser release buttons Replacing the fuser 146 Maintenance 7 Lift the fuser up and out Note Do not discard the old fuser at this time The oil coating roll will be installed in the new fuser Replacing the fuser 147 Maintenance Installing the fuser 1 Remove the replacement fuser from the packing material and remove any packing material from the fuser 2 Align the new fuser with the opening in the printer Replacing the fuser 148 Maintenance 3 Lower the fuser until it snaps into place Replacing the fuser 149 Maintenance 4 Remove the oil coating roll from the old fuser CAUTION The oil coating roll may be hot Allow the oil coating roll to cool before touching a Pull up on the locking tab to unlock the oil coating roll Locking tab Oil coating roll b Slide out the oil coating roll Hold here Hold the oil coating roll by the top as indicated by the dark areas in the illustration Note The underside of the oil coating roll may be covered with oil If you are not ready to
148. s to the Ready state Loading a paper tray The printer lets you know when you need to load paper If a tray has less than 50 sheets of paper Tray x Low appears on the display where x corresponds to a paper tray Open the tray and load paper to remove the message When you change the paper in the tray make sure the paper guides are in the correct positions The position of the left paper guide informs the printer of the size of paper loaded in the tray Feeding paper when the left or front paper guides are not in the correct position may result in misfeeds or paper jams If you load a different type of media see how to change the Paper Type setting in the Paper Menu Canceling a print job 13 Printing Loading paper Complete these instructions to load print materials into any of the standard or optional trays 1 Pull the paper tray out until it stops 2 Press the metal plate down until it locks mete 7 Y A DNO Loading paper 14 Printing 3 Release the left paper guide by squeezing it and sliding it into the position for the size of paper you are loading Note The position of the left paper guide tells the printer the size of the paper in the tray If the left paper guide is in the wrong position you may experience paper feeding problems or incorrect page formatting Do not fold or crease the paper Straighten the edges of the stack on a level surface Loading paper
149. set correctly for the paper in the tray Printer is connected to the Make sure you are using Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows Me or USB port but will not print another USB capable operating system supported by your manufacturer Paper does not feed properly Make sure you are using recommended media Do not use 16 Ib paper or paper greater than 32 Ib with the duplex unit Make sure the adjustable guides in the paper tray are adjusted properly for the media you loaded Make sure the stack of media does not exceed the maximum stack height indicated on the tray Calling for service 190 Troubleshooting Problem Action Print media misfeeds or Make sure the print media you are using meets the specifications for your multiple feeds occur printer Refer to the Card Stock amp Label Guide for more information Flex print media before loading it in any of the paper sources Make sure the print media is loaded correctly Make sure the paper width and length guides on the paper sources are adjusted correctly Do not overfill the paper sources Do not force print media into the multipurpose feeder when you load it otherwise it may skew or buckle Remove any curled print media from paper sources Load the recommended print side correctly for the type of print media you are using See Loading a paper tray for more information Load less print media in the paper sources Turn
150. sh memory Plug in the printer and turn it on Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit 58 Too Many Trays Attached Too many drawers with matching trays are installed Turn off and unplug the printer Remove the additional drawers Plug in the printer and turn it on Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit 61 Defective Disk The printer detects a defective hard disk Press Go to clear the message and continue printing Install a different hard disk before you perform any operations that require one See also Setup Guide 62 Disk Full There is not enough memory on the hard disk to store the data sent to the printer Press Go to clear the message and continue processing Any information not previously stored on the hard disk is deleted Delete fonts macros and other data stored on the hard disk Understanding printer messages 108 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 63 Unformatted Disk What this message means The printer detects an unformatted hard disk What you can do Press Go to clear the message and continue printing Format the disk before performing any disk operations To format the disk select Format Disk from the Utilities Menu If the er
151. sident fonts from your software program or from the operator panel if you are using PCL 6 emulation PCL 6 emulation PostScript 3 emulation Albertus Medium AlbertusMT AlbertusMT Italic AlbertusMT Light Albertus Extra Bold Antique Olive AntiqueOlive Roman Antique Olive Italic AntiqueOlive Italic Antique Olive Bold AntiqueOlive Bold AntiqueOlive Compact Arial ArialMT Arial Italic Arial ItalicMT Arial Bold Arial BoldMT Arial Bold Italic Arial BoldltalicMT ITC Avant Garde Book AvantGarde Book ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique AvantGarde BookOblique ITC Avant Garde Demi AvantGarde Demi ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique AvantGarde DemiOblique ITC Bookman Light Bookman Light ITC Bookman Light Italic Bookman Lightltalic ITC Bookman Demi Bookman Demi ITC Bookman Demi Italic Bookman Demiltalic Clarendon Condensed Bold Coronet Coronet Regular Understanding fonts 34 PCL 6 emulation PostScript 3 emulation CourierPS Printing Courier CourierPS Oblique Courier Oblique CourierPS Bold Courier Bold CourierPS Bold Oblique Courier BoldOblique CG Omega CG Omega Bold CG Omega Italic CG Omega Bold Italic Garamond Antiqua Garamond Antiqua Garamond Halbfett Garamond Halbfett Garamond Kursiv Garamond Kursiv Garamond Kursiv Halbfett
152. slide the coating roll into the fuser immediately place the coating roll on a sheet of plastic or other protective material to prevent stains Replacing the fuser 150 Maintenance 5 Install the oil coating roll Make sure the oil coating roll drops down into position It should click into place with no gap between it and the fuser CAUTION Before closing the top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items 6 Close the top cover and the front door 7 Reconnect any optional devices to the printer 8 Turn the optional devices on Replacing the fuser 151 Maintenance 9 Turn the printer on The message Did you replace Fuser appears 10 Press Go to reset the fuser counter Note If you replaced the fuser after receiving the 80 Fuser Belt Life Warning message or the 80 Fuser Belt Exhausted message see Replacing the transfer belt for instructions on replacing the transfer belt For instructions about replacing the transfer belt click the following heading Replacing the transfer belt Replacing the oil coating roll Your printer monitors the life of your oil coating roll When the oil coating roll reaches the end of its life the printer displays 85 Coating Roll Exhausted This message indicates that you must replace the oil coating roll to continue printing For best print quality make sure you replace the oil coating roll when th
153. so set Configure MP to Cassette Finishing Menu 54 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Staple Job To set stapling as the default for all Off Does not staple print jobs print jobs Select stapling from the T printer driver if you want to staple On Staples each print job sent to the only specific jobs printer Staple Prime To specify the paper source you Tray x Selects paper from the specified Src want the printer to use when it Tray 1 tray primes the stapler When a staple cartridge is replaced or a staple MP Feeder Selects paper from the jam is cleared the printer may multipurpose feeder need to prime the stapler by stapling a sheet of paper several times Infrared Menu The Infrared Menu is only displayed when at least one infrared interface exists on the printer Note Values marked by an asterisk are the factory default settings Menu Item Purpose Infrared Port Whenever the value of the NPA Mode Infrared Port or Job Buffering is changed from the operator panel the printer automatically restarts upon exiting the menus in order to reconfigure memory Note Only one of the installed infrared ports are displayed If there are multiple infrared ports available the user cannot specify which one will be activated The first option is always enabled for example the option with the lowest slot number Disabled IR Option X PCL SmartSwitch Note O
154. ss Select Press Menu until you see Universal then press Select Press Return until you see Ready If MP Feeder Size is not listed as an option under the Paper Size menu then you must set the Configure MP menu option to Cassette The Configure MP menu is located in the Paper Menu To set the paper source for the multipurpose feeder ao F WO N Press Return until you see the main menu Press Menu until you see Paper Menu then press Select Press Menu until you see Paper Source and then press Select Press Menu until you see MP Feeder and then press Select Press Return until you see Ready Step 3 Configuring your printer s driver Now that you have configured your printer s operator panel you must configure your printer s driver on your computer For Windows 95 98 Me If you are using a PostScript driver 1 In your computer go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Printers folder and highlight your printer in the list by clicking it once then select File Properties 3 Select the Paper tab and then click User Forms 4 Inthe Form Type field enter the name of the custom form you are defining Printing with custom size specialty media 29 9 Printing Under Form Size enter the form s dimensions in the fields for Width and Length In the case of 12x18 in paper you would enter 12 0 under Width and 18 0 under Length Specify the appropriate units of measurement Click the Add butt
155. ss toner on the photodevelopers can soil clothing Do not clean clothing soiled with toner in hot water this permanently adheres the toner to the clothing Use cold water to remove toner Replacing a photodeveloper 139 Maintenance 2 Pull the waste toner arm away from the photodeveloper 3 Use the tab to pull the photodeveloper approximately halfway out of the printer Some force is initially required to pull the photodeveloper past the locking spring A ses em 6 Q A o UP gt 4 Grasp the photodeveloper handle and continue to pull the photodeveloper out Replacing a photodeveloper 140 Maintenance Installing a photodeveloper Note Your printer has four color coded photodevelopers Each photodeveloper has its own color coded position 1 Remove the replacement photodeveloper from the packing material Note The photodeveloper has a cover over the green developer film Do not remove the cover until you begin installing the photodeveloper in step 4 2 Remove the tape from the photodeveloper and photodeveloper cover Note The photodevelopers are color matched to a specific toner color and must be placed in a specific location in the printer Replacing a photodeveloper 141 Maintenance 3 Align the photodeveloper with the slot under the matching color label 4 While holding the photodeveloper with your left hand and the photodeveloper cover with your right hand slide the ph
156. t be restored Infrared x An infrared interface is the active communication link Insert Tray x The specified tray is either missing or not fully inserted Insert the specified tray completely See also Loading a paper tray Understanding printer messages 97 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 Install device or Cancel Job What this message means The printer is requesting that a specified device be installed so it can print a job What you can do Turn the printer off install the specified device and restart the printer Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job Invalid Engine Code The printer engine code has not been programmed or is not valid Call for service See also Calling for service Invalid Network x Code or Invalid Standard Network Code The code in an internal print server is not valid The printer cannot receive and process jobs until valid code is programmed into the internal print server Download valid code to the printer internal print server Note You can download network code while this message is displayed Load x The printer is trying to feed paper from a source it detects is empty Load paper of the size and type requested in the second line of the display in the specified tray The printer automatically clears the message and continues printing the job Press Menu to
157. tack height letters D E and F For detailed information about media characteristics refer to the Card Stock and Label Guide located on the Lexmark Web site at www lexmark com The following table lists recommended media weights and the stack height guide to use when loading the paper trays Stack height letter Recommended media A Lexmark Glossy Paper Letter P N 12A5950 A4 P N 12A5951 B 11x17 Legal B4 A3 90 105 g m 24 28 Ib bond C Letter A4 60 105 g m 16 28 Ib bond 11x17 Legal B4 A3 60 90 g m 16 24 Ib bond D Lexmark Transparency Letter P N 12A5940 A4 P N 1245941 E Lexmark Glossy Paper Letter P N 12A5950 A4 P N 1245951 Paper Labels Letter A4 up to 180 g m 48 Ib bond F Letter A4 105 128 g m 28 34 Ib bond Lexmark Glossy Paper is 120 g m 80 Ib book 32 Ib bond Lexmark Transparency weight is 170 g m Paper Note Using low quality paper may result in unsatisfactory performance and may degrade print quality When printing photographic quality images use a high quality laser printer paper We recommend the following paper for optimum results Part Number Hammermill Laser Print 90 g m 24 Ib Letter 12A5950 Lexmark Glossy Laser Paper 120 g m 32 Ib A4 12A5951 For printing text and typical business graphics you may find 75 g m 20 Ib paper designed for laser printers or photocopiers produces acceptable print qual
158. tem environments You can attach one internal adapter to support network configurations requiring Ethernet Token Ring LocalTalk serial infrared or additional parallel 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 paper handling It supports a wide variety of paper sizes from A5 to A3 Banner 11 7 x 36 in and 12 x 18 in and has a standard multipurpose feeder that makes it easy to print on envelopes transparencies labels card stock glossy and non standard size paper You can add up to three optional drawers to the base printer which can increase the printer s paper Printer overview 6 Printer overview capacity to 2300 sheets You can also add an optional high capacity feeder making the total paper capacity 5300 sheets A finisher that offers staple hole punch and job offset options is also available to give you a more professional and efficient output Print speed Your printer can print four color and mono jobs at up to 28 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 Memory Your printer ships with at least 128MB of memory for fast efficient
159. ter supplies that require attention It is only available when a supply is low or needs replacement Menu Item Purpose Values lt color gt To view the status of the color print Low Toner cartridges Change Cartridge Color Photo To view the status of the color Life Warning Devs photoconductor Exhausted Black Photo To view the status of the black Life Warning Dev photoconductor Exhausted Fuser To view the status of the fuser Life Warning Exhausted Belt To view the status of the belt Life Warning Exhausted Supplies Menu 88 Menu Item Supplies Life Replace Supplies Using printer menus Purpose To view the status of all of the printer supplies Selecting this takes the user through the appropriate screens to help replace these items The Replaced option tells the printer that the item was replaced and resets the engine counters for that item Values Note Staples and Hole Punch Box only appear in the menu when a finisher is installed on the printer Note This is a two level menu Cyan Toner Yellow Toner Magenta Toner Black Toner Low Empty XXX96 Color Photo Devs Black Photo Dev Fuser Belt Life Warning Exhausted XXX96 Staples Low Empty Missing OK Hole Punch Box Full Missing OK Fuser Belt Not Replaced Replaced Replace Now Supplies Menu 89 Using printer menus USB Menu Use t
160. tes that is the required printer language Off Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off Serial Menu 81 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values PS To configure the printer so it On Printer examines data on the serial SmartSwitch automatically switches to interface and selects PostScript PostScript emulation when a print emulation if the data indicates that job received through the serial port is the required printer language requires it regardless of the default printer language Off Printer does not examine the incoming data The printer uses PCL emulation to process the job if PCL SmartSwitch is On or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PCL SmartSwitch is Off Robust XON To determine whether the printer Off Printer waits to receive data from communicates availability to the the computer computer 7 7 f On Printer sends a continuous stream This menu item only applies to the of XONs to the host computer to to XON XOFF to receive more data Serial Buffer To configure the size of the serial Disabled Disables job buffering Any jobs input buffer already buffered on the disk are rinted before normal processing Note Changing the Serial Buffer Et incoming jobs resumes menu item aut
161. the menu item A value can be A phrase or word to describe a setting A numerical value that can be changed An On or Off setting Press Menu to move to the value you need Press Select to select the value on the second line of the operator panel An asterisk appears beside the value to indicate that it is now the user default setting The new setting appears for one second clears displays the word Saved and then displays the previous list of menu items Press Return to go back to previous menus Make additional menu selections to set new default settings Press Go if this is the last setting to change User default settings remain in effect until you save new settings or restore the factory defaults Settings you choose from your software program can also change or override the user default settings you select from the operator panel Printing the menu settings page Complete the following steps to print a list of the current user default settings and installed printer options 1 Make sure the printer power is on and the Ready status message appears Press Menu until you see Utilities Menu and then press Select Press Menu until you see Print Menus and then press Select The message Printing Menu Settings appears and remains until the page prints The printer returns to Ready when the page or pages finish printing If a message appears see Understanding printer messages for more information Understanding the operator panel
162. tings you select from the operator panel Menus Disabled If your printer is configured as a network printer available to a number of users Menus Disabled may appear when you press Menu from the Ready state Disabling the menus prevents users from using the operator panel to inadvertently change a printer default that has been set by the person managing the printer You can still use Print and Hold features clear messages and select items from the Job menu when printing a job but you cannot change other printer settings You can however use your printer driver to override printer defaults and select settings for individual print jobs Sending a job to print 1 Open the file you want to print 2 From the File menu choose Print 3 Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog box Sending a job to print 12 Printing 4 Adjust the printer settings according to your need The printer settings available are determined by the program that opens your file Note Click Properties or Setup to adjust printer settings not available from the first screen and then click OK 5 Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected printer Canceling a print job 1 Press Menu Job Menu appears on the first line of the display and Cancel Job appears on the second line 2 Press Select Canceling Job briefly appears on the display The printer finishes printing any page already being printed and then stops The printer return
163. tion Understanding the operator panel Printing The following information describes the functions of each button Note Buttons act upon the information displayed on the second line of the operator panel Press the Go button to Return to the Ready state if the printer is in an offline situation the Ready message does not display on the operator panel Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state Clear operator panel error messages If you ve changed printer settings from the operator panel menus press Go before sending a job to print The printer must display Ready for jobs to print Each end of the button has a function Press Menu When Ready is displayed to take the printer offline out of the Ready state and scroll through the menus When Busy is displayed to take the printer to the Job Menu e When the printer is offline press Menu to scroll through the menus Press Menu to go to the previous item in the menus For menu items with numeric values such as Copies press and hold Menu to scroll through the values Release the button when the number you want is displayed Select Press Select to Select the menu displayed on the second line of the operator panel Depending on the type of menu this action Opens the menu and displays the first item in the menu Opens the menu item and displays the default setting Save the displayed menu item as the default setting The printe
164. to flush the job When a symbol appears next to a held job you can e Print the job Only part of the job may print e Delete the job You may want to free up additional printer memory by scrolling through the list of held jobs and deleting others you have sent to the printer If formatting errors are a recurring problem with held jobs your printer may require more memory Repeat Print If you send a Repeat Print job the printer prints all requested copies of the job and stores the job in memory so you can print additional copies later You can print additional copies as long as the job remains stored in memory Note Repeat Print jobs are automatically deleted from printer memory when the printer requires extra memory to process additional held jobs Reserve Print If you send a Reserve Print job the printer does not print the job immediately but stores the job in memory so you can print the job later The job is held in memory until you delete it from the Held Jobs menu Reserve Print jobs may be deleted if the printer requires extra memory to process additional held jobs See Printing and deleting held jobs Verify Print If you send a Verify Print job the printer prints one copy and holds the remaining copies you requested from the driver in printer memory Use Verify Print to examine the first copy to see if it is satisfactory before printing the remaining copies See Printing and deleting held jobs if you need help pr
165. top cover make sure everyone is away from the printer and the area under the cover is free of hands clothing and other items 8 Close the top cover and the front door 9 Reconnect any optional devices to the printer 10 Turn the optional devices on Replacing the oil coating roll 155 Maintenance 11 Turn the printer on For instructions about replacing other supply items click one of the following headings Replacing the fuser Replacing the transfer belt Replacing the transfer belt Your printer monitors the life of your transfer belt When the transfer belt reaches the end of its life the printer displays 80 Belt Exhausted This message indicates it is time for you to replace the transfer belt For best print quality make sure you replace the transfer belt when the printer displays 80 Belt Life Warning Press Go to clear the message The Supplies message appears on the second line of the display to remind you that supplies need attention You can open the Supplies Menu to see 80 Belt Exhausted or 80 Belt Life Warning messages The printer continues to display the Supplies message until you replace the transfer belt To replace the transfer belt use the following steps or the instruction sheet supplied with the transfer belt Replacing the transfer belt 156 Maintenance Preparing for maintenance 1 Turn the printer on 2 Follow the instructions in the table for the message your printer is displaying P
166. torage capacity 53 Unformatted Flash The printer detects unformatted flash memory Press Go to clear the message and continue printing You must format the flash memory before you can store any resources on it If the error message remains the flash memory may be defective and require replacing 54 Serial Option x Error The printer has detected a serial interface error on a serial port Make sure the serial link is set up correctly and you are using the appropriate cable Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The job may not print correctly Press Menu to open the Job Menu and reset the printer Understanding printer messages 106 Understanding printer messages IM SEIT Ye 3 54 Network lt x gt Software Error 54 Std Network Software Error What this message means The printer cannot establish communications with an installed network port What you can do Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The job may not print correctly Program new firmware for the network interface by way of the parallel port Press Menu to open the Job Menu and reset the printer 54 Std Par ENA Connection Lost 54 Par x ENA Connection Lost The printer has lost the connection to an external print server also called an external network adapter or ENA Make sure the cable connecting the ENA and the printer is securely attached
167. tray location except Tray 1 Remove the Heavy Media Tray from the invalid location to clear the message 34 Incorrect Media The printer detects the wrong type of media in the listed source Place the requested media in the listed source and press Go Understanding printer messages 103 Understanding printer messages Message 34 Short Paper What this message means The printer has determined that the length of the paper in the source specified on the second line of the display is too short to print the formatted data What you can do Press Go to clear the message and continue printing The printer does not automatically reprint the page that prompted the message Make sure the Paper Size setting in the Paper Menu is correct for the size paper you are using If MP Feeder Size is set to Universal make sure your paper is large enough for the formatted data Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job See also Media guidelines 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory The printer lacks the memory needed to enable Resource Save This message usually indicates too much memory is allocated for one or more of the printer link buffers Press Go to disable Resource Save and continue printing To enable Resource Save after you get this message Make sure the link buffers are set to Auto and exit the menus to activate the link buffer changes When Ready is displ
168. ul Menu 65 symbol sets definition 39 system board access cover installing 185 system board access cover removing 184 T test printing Hex Trace mode 92 menus page 93 timeout print 86 wait 87 toner alarm 87 soiled clothing 174 status 88 Toner Alarm Setup Menu 87 toner cartridge ordering 136 recycling 138 Toner Darkness Color Menu 52 transfer belt ordering 136 transfer belt counter 170 resetting 165 Transmit Delay 56 transparencies 45 loading paper tray 14 Tray Renumber PCL Emul Menu 65 troubleshooting paper jams 112 printer settings 8 U Universal Setup Paper Menu 72 Unsupported Disk 103 USB Buffer USB Menu 91 USB Menu 90 Job Buffering 90 MAC Binary PS 90 NPA Mode 90 PCL SmartSwitch 90 PS SmartSwitch 91 USB Buffer 91 USB port configuring buffer size 91 NPA mode 90 PCL SmartSwitch 90 PS SmartSwitch 91 Utilities Menu 91 Color Samples 93 201 Defragment Flash 91 Factory Defaults 92 Format Disk 92 Format Flash 92 Hex Trace 92 Job Acct Stat 93 Print Alignment 92 Print Demo 93 Print Directory 93 Print Fonts 93 Print Menus 93 Print Net lt x gt Setup 93 Remove Held Jobs 92 V verifying options 12 verifying printing menus settings page 11 W Wait Timeout Setup Menu 87 wait timeout configuring 87 Window Size 56 Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc registered in the United States and or other countries 2003 Le
169. ultipage Print To determine the positioning of multiple page images when using Multipage Print The positioning Off Does not punch holes in printed output On Punches holes in every printed page None Does not print a border around each page image Solid Prints a solid line border around each page image Horizontal Vertical depends on the number of images and whether the images are Rev Horizontal portrait or landscape in orientation Rev Vertical For example if you select 4 Up multi page printing and portrait orientation the results differ depending on the Multipage Order value you select Horizontal Vertical Order Reverse Reverse Horizontal Vertical Order 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 Finishing Menu 53 Using printer menus Menu Item Multipage Print Multipage View Offset Pages Separator Sheets Separator Source Purpose To print multiple page images on one side of a sheet of paper Also called n up or Paper Saver To determine the orientation of a multipage sheet To offset the output of each print job or each copy of a print job making it easier to separate the documents stacked in the output bin To insert blank separator sheets between jobs between multiple copies of a job or between each page of a job To specify the paper source that holds separator sheets
170. ustom Type x The user defined name is truncated to 14 Manual Pap Type Cosiom Type 6 characters If two or more custom types share the same name the name only appears once in the Paper Type value list Paper Menu 70 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Paper Weight To identify the relative weight of the paper loaded in a specific source and ensure that the toner adheres properly to the printed page 1 Select a paper type Plain Weight Note If a user defined name is CardStock Weight available it is displayed instead of Custom x Weight The name is Trnsprncy Weight truncated to 14 characters Preprint Weight Colored Weight Custom x Weight Bond Weight Envelope Weight Glossy Weight Labels Weight Ltrhead Weight 2 Select a value Light Normal Heavy Substitute To have the printer substitute the Off Printer prompts the user to load Size specified paper size if the the requested paper size requested size is not loaded Statement A5 Prints A5 size jobs on statement size paper if only statement size paper is loaded and prints statement size jobs on A5 paper if only A5 paper is loaded Letter A4 Prints A4 size jobs on letter size paper if only letter size paper is loaded and prints letter size jobs on A4 size paper if only A4 size paper is loaded All Listed Substitutes Letter A4 and Statement A5 Paper Menu 71
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172. y drawers with matching trays are installed on the printer Turn off and unplug the printer Remove the additional drawers or reconfigure the offending option Plug in the printer and turn it on Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit See also Setup Guide Understanding printer messages 107 Understanding printer messages LUSIT Ye 3 58 Too Many Bins Attached What this message means Too many output bins are installed An unsupported configuration of output bins is installed What you can do Turn off and unplug the printer Remove the additional output option s Plug in the printer and turn it on Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit See also Setup Guide 58 Too Many Disks Installed Too many hard disks are installed on the printer The printer only supports one hard disk at a time Turn off and unplug the printer Remove the excess hard disks from the printer Plug in the printer and turn it on Note To prevent an electrical overload plug your printer into a well grounded outlet on a non ground fault interrupter GFI circuit 58 Too Many Flash Options Too many flash memory options are installed on the printer Turn off and unplug the printer Remove the excess fla
173. your printer is in constant use Under most circumstances this keeps the printer ready to print with minimum warm up time Select a value between 1 and 240 minutes if you want a balance between energy consumption and a shorter warm up period Note The Whole Page setting only affects pages printed using PCL 5 interpreter This setting has no effect on pages printed using the PCL XL or PostScript interpreters If you try to print any data in the non printable area defined by Normal Print Area the printer clips the image at the boundary defined by the Normal defined printable area Setup Menu 85 Using printer menus Menu Item Purpose Values Print To specify the amount of time in Disabled The printer does not print the last Timeout seconds the printer waits before page of a print job until one of the printing the last page of a print r following occurs that does not end with a comman to print the page The print timeout The printer receives enough counter does not start until information to fill the page Waiting is displayed The printer receives a Form Feed command You select Print Buffer from the Job Menu 1 255 90 The printer prints the last page after the specified time Your printer may not support the entire range of values Printer To establish the default printer PCL PCL emulation compatible with Language language used to communicate Emulation Hewlett
174. z 3 Rotate the top cover locking lever to the right Note If you cannot rotate the locking lever the cover is not fully closed Open the top cover and press down firmly until the top cover clicks into place Closing the top cover 175 Maintenance 4 Close the front door Closing the top cover 176 Maintenance Opening the top cover To access the printer supplies and some of the paper jam areas 1 Open the front door Opening the top cover 177 Maintenance 3 Push upon the right top cover locking button and lift at the points shown below For information about replacing an individual supply item or clearing paper jams click one of the following headings Replacing the fuser Clearing paper jams Opening the top cover 178 Maintenance Removing the duplex unit 1 Turn the printer off 2 Open the duplex unit door NOR NN Removing the duplex unit 179 Maintenance 4 Slide the duplex unit out 5 Close the duplex unit door E e Removing the duplex unit 180 Maintenance Removing the high capacity feeder 1 Turn the printer off 2 Unplug the high capacity feeder power cord from the electrical outlet 3 Disconnect the interface cable from the side of the high capacity feeder 4 Roll the h

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