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Table of contents Preface v Step 1: Unpack the printer 1 Step 2: Set up optional drawers 4 Step 3: Position the printer 13 Step 4: Install print units 15 Step 5: Load paper 23 Step 6: Install memory and network options 38 Step 7: Attach cables 53 Step 8: Verify setup 59 Step 9: Load MarkVision and drivers 64 Index 67 Table of contents iii
Table of contents Preface v Step 1: Unpack the printer 1 Step 2: Set up optional drawers 4 Step 3: Position the printer 13 Step 4: Install print units 15 Step 5: Load paper 23 Step 6: Install memory and network options 38 Step 7: Attach cables 53 Step 8: Verify setup 59 Step 9: Load MarkVision and drivers 64 Index 67 Table of contents iii
Setup Guide
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... multipurpose feeder, and launching the CD to install printer drivers and utilities. mation and notices in the back of the manual lets you concentrate on printer setup without burdening you to set up your printer. Preface v Preface About this book: •... you need more information about printer features or functions. It provides information about printer settings, color functions, media specifications, printer supplies, memory requirements, and solving printer problems. Conventions It may help you with details about your new Optra Color 1200 printer. This manual, by -step...
... multipurpose feeder, and launching the CD to install printer drivers and utilities. mation and notices in the back of the manual lets you concentrate on printer setup without burdening you to set up your printer. Preface v Preface About this book: •... you need more information about printer features or functions. It provides information about printer settings, color functions, media specifications, printer supplies, memory requirements, and solving printer problems. Conventions It may help you with details about your new Optra Color 1200 printer. This manual, by -step...
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... your printer contains printer drivers and utilities for printers other than the Optra Color 1200, you use . Refer to the CD Readme for both PostScript Level 2 and PCL printer languages. For more information about getting updated drivers. If you may be able to printer drivers, you set up a network of printers, monitor the status of all the printer's features, install the custom Lexmark drivers on...
... your printer contains printer drivers and utilities for printers other than the Optra Color 1200, you use . Refer to the CD Readme for both PostScript Level 2 and PCL printer languages. For more information about getting updated drivers. If you may be able to printer drivers, you set up a network of printers, monitor the status of all the printer's features, install the custom Lexmark drivers on...
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... of the text the CD displays on the user interface screens for your Optra Color 1200 printer. Install network support - View the CD Readme - Register your Lexmark color printer. Load MarkVision and drivers 65 Note: To use your printing environment. 2 Select the appropriate icon to: - Access Lexmark support phone numbers - Refer to the User's Guide for complete information about...
... of the text the CD displays on the user interface screens for your Optra Color 1200 printer. Install network support - View the CD Readme - Register your Lexmark color printer. Load MarkVision and drivers 65 Note: To use your printing environment. 2 Select the appropriate icon to: - Access Lexmark support phone numbers - Refer to the User's Guide for complete information about...
User's Guide
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... buttons are making decisions about color functions, media specifications, printer supplies, memory requirements, changing printer settings, using the printer operator panel, and solving printer problems. The book is intended primarily for system administrators who are printed in a boldface type: Press Go after changing a menu setting. Conventions It may want to install printer drivers and utilities. Preface About...
... buttons are making decisions about color functions, media specifications, printer supplies, memory requirements, changing printer settings, using the printer operator panel, and solving printer problems. The book is intended primarily for system administrators who are printed in a boldface type: Press Go after changing a menu setting. Conventions It may want to install printer drivers and utilities. Preface About...
User's Guide
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... selecting media appropriate for up-to request information about Lexmark products, available printer drivers, or other related topics. To request a catalog of PCL emulation printer commands. Technical Reference If you find you can use the Lexmark automated fax system to -date information about Lexmark and Lexmark products: http: //www.lexmark.com Automated fax system If you're in...
... selecting media appropriate for up-to request information about Lexmark products, available printer drivers, or other related topics. To request a catalog of PCL emulation printer commands. Technical Reference If you find you can use the Lexmark automated fax system to -date information about Lexmark and Lexmark products: http: //www.lexmark.com Automated fax system If you're in...
User's Guide
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... are preparing to send to the structure of these settings from your application, from a Lexmark printer driver, or from the MarkVision printer utility. In most cases, settings you change from the operator panel. However, you can change to the printer. To make it easy for you to find the information you need, the chapter is...
... are preparing to send to the structure of these settings from your application, from a Lexmark printer driver, or from the MarkVision printer utility. In most cases, settings you change from the operator panel. However, you can change to the printer. To make it easy for you to find the information you need, the chapter is...
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Changing menu settings Follow the steps below to change a user default setting from the menus: 1 From the operator panel, press Menu> or or or or If an error message appears on the display, see "Understanding printer messages" on page 100.
Changing menu settings Follow the steps below to change a user default setting from the menus: 1 From the operator panel, press Menu> or or or or If an error message appears on the display, see "Understanding printer messages" on page 100.
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... For best results, select Collated in the printer driver and set to 2, for each page. If the job is Off, the printer prints each sheet of copies you reset the printer, the printer discards the job. 22 Chapter 2: Changing printer settings Press Go to 2, the printer prints page 1, page 1, page 2, page... collate the copies printed. For example, if you set Collation On from the printer operator panel or from the printer driver. However, if you send a three-page job to print and set Copies to 2, the printer prints page 1, page 1, page 2, page 2, page 3, page 3. Finishing ...
... For best results, select Collated in the printer driver and set to 2, for each page. If the job is Off, the printer prints each sheet of copies you reset the printer, the printer discards the job. 22 Chapter 2: Changing printer settings Press Go to 2, the printer prints page 1, page 1, page 2, page... collate the copies printed. For example, if you set Collation On from the printer operator panel or from the printer driver. However, if you send a three-page job to print and set Copies to 2, the printer prints page 1, page 1, page 2, page 2, page 3, page 3. Finishing ...
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... Assign Tray 2 = 5 Assign Man Pap = Off Assign Man Env = Off You can then successfully choose the correct paper source with Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers. For example, if you want to use a LaserJet 5 printer driver with an Optra Color 1200 with two optional drawers installed, use the Tray Renumber menu item to set up for other manufacturers... Default = 1 T2 Default = 4 T3 Default = 5 MPap Default = 2 MEnv Default = 3 Restore Defaults Yes No *Factory default The Tray Renumber menu item provides software compatibility with other Lexmark Optra printers, as well as with other...
... Assign Tray 2 = 5 Assign Man Pap = Off Assign Man Env = Off You can then successfully choose the correct paper source with Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers. For example, if you want to use a LaserJet 5 printer driver with an Optra Color 1200 with two optional drawers installed, use the Tray Renumber menu item to set up for other manufacturers... Default = 1 T2 Default = 4 T3 Default = 5 MPap Default = 2 MEnv Default = 3 Restore Defaults Yes No *Factory default The Tray Renumber menu item provides software compatibility with other Lexmark Optra printers, as well as with other...
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... items are available to customize your Lexmark printer driver, from the MarkVision printer utility, and from the printer operator panel. Vivid adjusts CMYK components, resulting in more saturated colors. • You need sharp overhead transparencies, especially when creating transparencies that does its applications. does its web site (www.lexmark.com). Adjusting color You can adjust • Why you...
... items are available to customize your Lexmark printer driver, from the MarkVision printer utility, and from the printer operator panel. Vivid adjusts CMYK components, resulting in more saturated colors. • You need sharp overhead transparencies, especially when creating transparencies that does its applications. does its web site (www.lexmark.com). Adjusting color You can adjust • Why you...
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the operator panel, MarkVision, or the printer driver before you place media in the multipurpose feeder. • Print transparencies only after warming the printer by printing a job on paper (such as the menu settings page you need to the Setup Guide for detailed instructions. If a tray has less than ... message appears on the display before sending the job to print. • If you are printing a job using manual feed, send the job to the printer and then wait for loading paper in the trays. Loading paper in the trays The procedure for the Load Manual message to appear on the...
the operator panel, MarkVision, or the printer driver before you place media in the multipurpose feeder. • Print transparencies only after warming the printer by printing a job on paper (such as the menu settings page you need to the Setup Guide for detailed instructions. If a tray has less than ... message appears on the display before sending the job to print. • If you are printing a job using manual feed, send the job to the printer and then wait for loading paper in the trays. Loading paper in the trays The procedure for the Load Manual message to appear on the...
User's Guide
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See page 122. Make sure you have an even number of the operator panel display before you 're using a Lexmark internal or external network adapter, verify that you must install memory in pairs, beginning with your job. Action Make sure Ready (...thumbscrews are using a parallel interface, make sure you can replace just the black photoconductor. Replace the photoconductors. If color toner is pushed in the printer. If you're using the correct printer driver. Make sure the large green tab on the operator panel display, you are securely tightened. If black toner ...
See page 122. Make sure you have an even number of the operator panel display before you 're using a Lexmark internal or external network adapter, verify that you must install memory in pairs, beginning with your job. Action Make sure Ready (...thumbscrews are using a parallel interface, make sure you can replace just the black photoconductor. Replace the photoconductors. If color toner is pushed in the printer. If you're using the correct printer driver. Make sure the large green tab on the operator panel display, you are securely tightened. If black toner ...
User's Guide
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...the order listed: 1 Turn the printer power off lights in the LocalTalk Menu. Make sure the color print units are completely installed in the Macintosh Chooser. Make sure the Paper Type setting for the selected source is selected from the printer driver. See page 51 for installation instructions.... complete the following steps in the Infrared Menu. Make sure the fax machine you 're using a color printer driver. Make sure the computer is set up correctly in the printer. Make sure neither Fax Port nor Fax Buffer is completely inserted in the Fax Menu. Make sure the...
...the order listed: 1 Turn the printer power off lights in the LocalTalk Menu. Make sure the color print units are completely installed in the Macintosh Chooser. Make sure the Paper Type setting for the selected source is selected from the printer driver. See page 51 for installation instructions.... complete the following steps in the Infrared Menu. Make sure the fax machine you 're using a color printer driver. Make sure the computer is set up correctly in the printer. Make sure neither Fax Port nor Fax Buffer is completely inserted in the Fax Menu. Make sure the...
User's Guide
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...can download printer drivers and updates to MarkVision and other printer utilities from a touchtone phone and follow the voice prompts. Online services If you have access to access MarkVision from the U.S. For helpful phone numbers, refer to the Contacting Lexmark information on... get information about the latest Lexmark utilities and drivers, including MarkVision and the Network Printer Utilities. Getting updated utilities and drivers There are located at /pub/driver) • World Wide Web (WWW): http://www.lexmark.com • CompuServe: go lexmark Automated fax system In the ...
...can download printer drivers and updates to MarkVision and other printer utilities from a touchtone phone and follow the voice prompts. Online services If you have access to access MarkVision from the U.S. For helpful phone numbers, refer to the Contacting Lexmark information on... get information about the latest Lexmark utilities and drivers, including MarkVision and the Network Printer Utilities. Getting updated utilities and drivers There are located at /pub/driver) • World Wide Web (WWW): http://www.lexmark.com • CompuServe: go lexmark Automated fax system In the ...
User's Guide
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... of the primary colors red, green, and blue (RGB). A4. Paper measuring 210 x 297 mm. attendance message. Glossary 1200 Image Quality. Paper measuring 148 x 210 mm. See software application. The printer requires operator intervention ...printer problem. Feeds short edge first. Feeds long edge first. A5. Color produced by fax. A message that allows the printer to receive information by mixing different combinations of graphic fills, images, and halftones. Lexmark's quick turnaround system for providing customers product information, technical tips, and printer driver...
... of the primary colors red, green, and blue (RGB). A4. Paper measuring 210 x 297 mm. attendance message. Glossary 1200 Image Quality. Paper measuring 148 x 210 mm. See software application. The printer requires operator intervention ...printer problem. Feeds short edge first. Feeds long edge first. A5. Color produced by fax. A message that allows the printer to receive information by mixing different combinations of graphic fills, images, and halftones. Lexmark's quick turnaround system for providing customers product information, technical tips, and printer driver...
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... drum, creating a likeness of data. download. To transfer information, such as fonts, from the LEDs exposes the photosensitive material on the printer operator panel that allows rapid storage and retrieval of the page. dpi. See optional drawer. driver. See printer driver. Light from a diskette or other device to 15% over standard memory. DSR. See Data...
... drum, creating a likeness of data. download. To transfer information, such as fonts, from the LEDs exposes the photosensitive material on the printer operator panel that allows rapid storage and retrieval of the page. dpi. See optional drawer. driver. See printer driver. Light from a diskette or other device to 15% over standard memory. DSR. See Data...
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... unit. When the Power Saver message is displayed, the printer is idle. primary color. Colors that, when combined, produce white in an additive color system and black in .). printer driver. point. See external network adapter. A set of measure... that includes the toner cartridge and developer and the photoconductor. As the photoconductor drum rotates, it uses positive and negative charges to alternately attract the toner necessary to define the image produced by the LEDs...
... unit. When the Power Saver message is displayed, the printer is idle. primary color. Colors that, when combined, produce white in an additive color system and black in .). printer driver. point. See external network adapter. A set of measure... that includes the toner cartridge and developer and the photoconductor. As the photoconductor drum rotates, it uses positive and negative charges to alternately attract the toner necessary to define the image produced by the LEDs...
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Color Samples (Tests Menu) 26 CompuServe 141 Configure MP (Paper Menu) 21 conserving supplies 64, 96 conventions used in manual ix Copies (Finishing Menu) 22 Custom ... 30 storing job statistics 69 Display Language (Setup Menu) 32 Download Target (Setup Menu) 30 downloading fonts 152 drawer, optional options 250-sheet drawer 82 driver, printer See printer drivers Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) 136 E EDO memory 65 electronic emissions notices 164 energy conservation 29, 163 Energy Star 163 envelopes guidelines 78 184 Index...
Color Samples (Tests Menu) 26 CompuServe 141 Configure MP (Paper Menu) 21 conserving supplies 64, 96 conventions used in manual ix Copies (Finishing Menu) 22 Custom ... 30 storing job statistics 69 Display Language (Setup Menu) 32 Download Target (Setup Menu) 30 downloading fonts 152 drawer, optional options 250-sheet drawer 82 driver, printer See printer drivers Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) 136 E EDO memory 65 electronic emissions notices 164 energy conservation 29, 163 Energy Star 163 envelopes guidelines 78 184 Index...
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... 145 printer drivers auto update in MarkVision 135 getting the latest versions 141 Printer Language (Setup Menu) 29 printer memory 65 managing 67 options 66 problems 66 specifications 65 printer messages attendance messages 103 70-79 Network 107 Black PC Drum Exhausted 108 Black PC Life Warning 107 Change tray 103 color PC Abnormal 108 Color PC...
... 145 printer drivers auto update in MarkVision 135 getting the latest versions 141 Printer Language (Setup Menu) 29 printer memory 65 managing 67 options 66 problems 66 specifications 65 printer messages attendance messages 103 70-79 Network 107 Black PC Drum Exhausted 108 Black PC Life Warning 107 Change tray 103 color PC Abnormal 108 Color PC...