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... of the page...135 Print speed is slow...136 Partial document or photo prints ...136 Photo smudges...137 Checking the print cartridges...137 Ink levels seem incorrect...137 Ink levels seem to go down too quickly ...138 A blank or incorrect page prints...138 Characters on printout are missing or unexpected... ...138 Colors on printout are faded or differ from colors on the screen 139 Copied item does not match the original item...139 Glossy ...
... of the page...135 Print speed is slow...136 Partial document or photo prints ...136 Photo smudges...137 Checking the print cartridges...137 Ink levels seem incorrect...137 Ink levels seem to go down too quickly ...138 A blank or incorrect page prints...138 Characters on printout are missing or unexpected... ...138 Colors on printout are faded or differ from colors on the screen 139 Copied item does not match the original item...139 Glossy ...
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......172 Cartridge Error (1102, 1203, 1204, or 120F)...172 Black Ink Low / Color Ink Low / Photo Ink Low ...173 Clear Carrier Jam ...173 Cover Open ...173 Error 1104 ...173 Left Cartridge Error / Right Cartridge Error...174 Left Cartridge Incorrect / Right Cartridge Incorrect ...174 Left Cartridge Missing / Right Cartridge Missing ...card...176 Error messages on the computer screen...177 Clearing error messages...177 Left/Right Cartridge Missing...177 Communication not available...177 General Printing Problem ...178 Ink Low ...178 Out of Memory...178 Out of Paper...178 Fixing a printing failure......
......172 Cartridge Error (1102, 1203, 1204, or 120F)...172 Black Ink Low / Color Ink Low / Photo Ink Low ...173 Clear Carrier Jam ...173 Cover Open ...173 Error 1104 ...173 Left Cartridge Error / Right Cartridge Error...174 Left Cartridge Incorrect / Right Cartridge Incorrect ...174 Left Cartridge Missing / Right Cartridge Missing ...card...176 Error messages on the computer screen...177 Clearing error messages...177 Left/Right Cartridge Missing...177 Communication not available...177 General Printing Problem ...178 Ink Low ...178 Out of Memory...178 Out of Paper...178 Fixing a printing failure......
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... message. From the bottom left corner of the Welcome Screen, there are two Settings choices: Click To Printer Status and Maintenance • Check ink levels. • Order print cartridges. • Find maintenance information. • Select other Solution Center tabs for more information, including how to the Library. Send a photo or document as...
... message. From the bottom left corner of the Welcome Screen, there are two Settings choices: Click To Printer Status and Maintenance • Check ink levels. • Order print cartridges. • Find maintenance information. • Select other Solution Center tabs for more information, including how to the Library. Send a photo or document as...
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...printer. 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 2 Select Solution Center. Troubleshooting • Learn tips about the current status. • Solve printer problems. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. Click Fax History and Settings To Set printer... the Maintenance tab open the Solution Center, use the printer. • Obtain software version information. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. Print, scan, copy, and fax. - Print projects such as printing photographs, troubleshooting printing problems, and installing ...
...printer. 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 2 Select Solution Center. Troubleshooting • Learn tips about the current status. • Solve printer problems. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. Click Fax History and Settings To Set printer... the Maintenance tab open the Solution Center, use the printer. • Obtain software version information. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. Print, scan, copy, and fax. - Print projects such as printing photographs, troubleshooting printing problems, and installing ...
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... your printer to work properly, allow the printer software to fix blurry edges. • View ink levels. • Troubleshoot other ink problems. Turning printing voice notification on or off : 1 Do one of the following: •...Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 Click Advanced. 5 Click Printing Status. 6 Select or clear Play voice notification for printing events. 7 Click OK. Security Information Third-party applications, including anti-virus, security, and firewall programs may alert you when printing starts and when it is complete before installing a new print cartridge...
... your printer to work properly, allow the printer software to fix blurry edges. • View ink levels. • Troubleshoot other ink problems. Turning printing voice notification on or off : 1 Do one of the following: •...Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 Click Advanced. 5 Click Printing Status. 6 Select or clear Play voice notification for printing events. 7 Click OK. Security Information Third-party applications, including anti-virus, security, and firewall programs may alert you when printing starts and when it is complete before installing a new print cartridge...
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... on a page. Align cartridges. - View ink levels. - Print a test page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Reset printer settings to factory defaults. 1 Setting will return to your photos. Menu item Action Photo Effects1 Apply red-eye reduction, color effects, or automatic image ...or repeatedly until the setting you want appears. 9 Press . Quality1 Adjust the quality of paper loaded. Working with photos 70 Clean cartridges. - For more information, see Note below table. Paper Type1, 2 Specify the type of printed photos.
... on a page. Align cartridges. - View ink levels. - Print a test page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Reset printer settings to factory defaults. 1 Setting will return to your photos. Menu item Action Photo Effects1 Apply red-eye reduction, color effects, or automatic image ...or repeatedly until the setting you want appears. 9 Press . Quality1 Adjust the quality of paper loaded. Working with photos 70 Clean cartridges. - For more information, see Note below table. Paper Type1, 2 Specify the type of printed photos.
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... the printer will reduce or enlarge the document or photo as necessary to print a borderless copy on the paper size you want . View ink levels. - Clean cartridges. - Modifying the Copy settings 1 With your scanned image open on a page. Paper Size Specify the size of the original document. Collate...Copy screen, click the Settings tab. 2 From the Copies box, select the number of an image to Automatic or Photo. 8 Press Start Color or Start Black. Original Size* Specify the size of the paper loaded. For best results with this To Copies* Specify how many pages to...
... the printer will reduce or enlarge the document or photo as necessary to print a borderless copy on the paper size you want . View ink levels. - Clean cartridges. - Modifying the Copy settings 1 With your scanned image open on a page. Paper Size Specify the size of the original document. Collate...Copy screen, click the Settings tab. 2 From the Copies box, select the number of an image to Automatic or Photo. 8 Press Start Color or Start Black. Original Size* Specify the size of the paper loaded. For best results with this To Copies* Specify how many pages to...
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... settings, see the related topic, "Saving Settings." Original Size* Specify the size of a scan. View ink levels. - For information on the scanner glass. Align cartridges. - Scanning 98 Clean cartridges. - Use this To Quality* Adjust the quality of the original document. Tools • Maintenance - 5...repeatedly to return to the selected setting. 7 To go into the ADF or on saving temporary and other setting selections. 9 Press Start Color or Start Black. Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings)...
... settings, see the related topic, "Saving Settings." Original Size* Specify the size of a scan. View ink levels. - For information on the scanner glass. Align cartridges. - Scanning 98 Clean cartridges. - Use this To Quality* Adjust the quality of the original document. Tools • Maintenance - 5...repeatedly to return to the selected setting. 7 To go into the ADF or on saving temporary and other setting selections. 9 Press Start Color or Start Black. Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings)...
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...setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. The Auto Answer light on the control panel comes on page 40. Faxing 113 Clean cartridges. - Note: You can enter a maximum of 20 characters. 10 Press to save the setting. 11 Press or repeatedly until Your Fax Name appears....Number appears. If you set is used to create a fax header for faxes you were prompted to enter your printer, you send. View ink levels. - This information is detected, the printer automatically receives the incoming fax. When the number of your name, fax number, date, ...
...setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. The Auto Answer light on the control panel comes on page 40. Faxing 113 Clean cartridges. - Note: You can enter a maximum of 20 characters. 10 Press to save the setting. 11 Press or repeatedly until Your Fax Name appears....Number appears. If you set is used to create a fax header for faxes you were prompted to enter your printer, you send. View ink levels. - This information is detected, the printer automatically receives the incoming fax. When the number of your name, fax number, date, ...
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...the message from appearing again for superior print quality. Lexmark's warranty does not cover damage caused by a refilled cartridge. If you receive an Out of failures or damage caused by non-Lexmark ink or print cartridges. 3 Press down on the message, select the ... the printer without a computer, press Cancel. Refilling print cartridges The warranty does not cover repair of Original Lexmark Ink message, the original Lexmark ink in the indicated cartridge (s) has been depleted. For best results, use of Original Lexmark Ink message appears: 1 Click Learn More on the message. ...
...the message from appearing again for superior print quality. Lexmark's warranty does not cover damage caused by a refilled cartridge. If you receive an Out of failures or damage caused by non-Lexmark ink or print cartridges. 3 Press down on the message, select the ... the printer without a computer, press Cancel. Refilling print cartridges The warranty does not cover repair of Original Lexmark Ink message, the original Lexmark ink in the indicated cartridge (s) has been depleted. For best results, use of Original Lexmark Ink message appears: 1 Click Learn More on the message. ...
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... . 4 Press or repeatedly until Tools appears. 5 Press . 6 Press or repeatedly until Maintenance appears. 7 Press . 8 Press or repeatedly until Align Cartridges appears 9 Press . Maintaining the printer 123 A page prints, forcing ink through the print cartridge nozzles to clean them. 10 Print the document again to verify that the print quality has improved. 11 If...
... . 4 Press or repeatedly until Tools appears. 5 Press . 6 Press or repeatedly until Maintenance appears. 7 Press . 8 Press or repeatedly until Align Cartridges appears 9 Press . Maintaining the printer 123 A page prints, forcing ink through the print cartridge nozzles to clean them. 10 Print the document again to verify that the print quality has improved. 11 If...
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...electric shock, unplug the power cord from the wall outlet and disconnect all ink or corrective fluid on a document is dry before beginning a new print job. Warning-Potential Damage: Do not use . • When a photo cartridge is turned off and unplugged from the paper support and paper exit tray...a clean, lint-free cloth with water. Cleaning the exterior of the printer, making sure to remove any ink residue that the printer is in use, you may store the black cartridge in use household cleaners or detergents, as they may cause damage to the printer before proceeding. 2 Remove paper...
...electric shock, unplug the power cord from the wall outlet and disconnect all ink or corrective fluid on a document is dry before beginning a new print job. Warning-Potential Damage: Do not use . • When a photo cartridge is turned off and unplugged from the paper support and paper exit tray...a clean, lint-free cloth with water. Cleaning the exterior of the printer, making sure to remove any ink residue that the printer is in use, you may store the black cartridge in use household cleaners or detergents, as they may cause damage to the printer before proceeding. 2 Remove paper...
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.... DISABLE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS 1 Close all open software applications. 2 Disable any anti-virus programs. 3 Double-click the My Computer icon. CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install new print cartridges if necessary. UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL SOFTWARE Uninstall the printer software, and then reinstall it. Troubleshooting 130 For more of the following: CHECK...
.... DISABLE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS 1 Close all open software applications. 2 Disable any anti-virus programs. 3 Double-click the My Computer icon. CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install new print cartridges if necessary. UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL SOFTWARE Uninstall the printer software, and then reinstall it. Troubleshooting 130 For more of the following: CHECK...
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... ink smudging when you are printing photos or other high-quality images, for best results use Lexmark photo papers. Troubleshooting 134 For more of the following media, remove each sheet as it exits, and allow it to dry: • Documents with color variations. If print quality is still not satisfactory, replace the print cartridges...
... ink smudging when you are printing photos or other high-quality images, for best results use Lexmark photo papers. Troubleshooting 134 For more of the following media, remove each sheet as it exits, and allow it to dry: • Documents with color variations. If print quality is still not satisfactory, replace the print cartridges...
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... XP and earlier, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 If an exclamation point (!) appears on a cartridge, the ink level is low. The ink levels may seem inconsistent in the printer software are not updated during a print... job; Checking the print cartridges ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES PROPERLY INSTALLED? For more information, see "Replacing print cartridges" on page 120. For cartridge-ordering information, see "Replacing print cartridges" on page 120. they represent the ink level at least 24 hours before stacking...
... XP and earlier, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 If an exclamation point (!) appears on a cartridge, the ink level is low. The ink levels may seem inconsistent in the printer software are not updated during a print... job; Checking the print cartridges ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES PROPERLY INSTALLED? For more information, see "Replacing print cartridges" on page 120. For cartridge-ordering information, see "Replacing print cartridges" on page 120. they represent the ink level at least 24 hours before stacking...
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...Plug the long, flat end of the USB cable into this port. 2 Make sure that the smaller, more ink than text documents, ink usage increases when you , check for proper print cartridge installation. The printer prints a blank page when too many files are printing on photo or heavyweight matte paper. ... facing you print photos or graphics. All other open in the right carrier. Ink levels seem to go down too quickly These are possible solutions. Make sure the sticker and tape are using a color cartridge, make sure it is marked by the USB symbol. CLOSE OTHER OPEN FILES ...
...Plug the long, flat end of the USB cable into this port. 2 Make sure that the smaller, more ink than text documents, ink usage increases when you , check for proper print cartridge installation. The printer prints a blank page when too many files are printing on photo or heavyweight matte paper. ... facing you print photos or graphics. All other open in the right carrier. Ink levels seem to go down too quickly These are possible solutions. Make sure the sticker and tape are using a color cartridge, make sure it is marked by the USB symbol. CLOSE OTHER OPEN FILES ...
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...may not be printed; Troubleshooting 139 Colors on printout are faded or differ from colors on the screen Check the following : • In Windows Vista, click Control Panel. • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution ...of the scanner glass. • Place the item you are designed to adjust the color and print speed. ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES LOW ON INK? 1 Do one of the following . Install a new cartridge. Copied item does not match the original item IS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT LOADED CORRECTLY ON...
...may not be printed; Troubleshooting 139 Colors on printout are faded or differ from colors on the screen Check the following : • In Windows Vista, click Control Panel. • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution ...of the scanner glass. • Place the item you are designed to adjust the color and print speed. ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES LOW ON INK? 1 Do one of the following . Install a new cartridge. Copied item does not match the original item IS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT LOADED CORRECTLY ON...
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... ADDED SPACES AT THE LEFT MARGIN? DO YOU NEED TO ALIGN THE PRINT CARTRIDGES? ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES CLEAN? You may be out of alignment. 1 Do one or more of the following : MAKE SURE THE INK DRY BEFORE HANDLING THE PAPER Remove the paper as it exits, and let... Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 Click the Maintenance tab. 5 Click Align to clean the print cartridge nozzles. Troubleshooting 141 MAKE SURE THE PRINT CARTRIDGE NOZZLES ARE CLEAN You may cause smearing if used with plain paper. If you...
... ADDED SPACES AT THE LEFT MARGIN? DO YOU NEED TO ALIGN THE PRINT CARTRIDGES? ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES CLEAN? You may be out of alignment. 1 Do one or more of the following : MAKE SURE THE INK DRY BEFORE HANDLING THE PAPER Remove the paper as it exits, and let... Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 Click the Maintenance tab. 5 Click Align to clean the print cartridge nozzles. Troubleshooting 141 MAKE SURE THE PRINT CARTRIDGE NOZZLES ARE CLEAN You may cause smearing if used with plain paper. If you...
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...ARE THE STICKER AND TAPE REMOVED FROM THE PRINT CARTRIDGES? 1 Lift the scanner unit. 2 Remove the print cartridges from the print cartridge carrier. 3 Make sure the sticker and tape are removed from the bottom and back of the print cartridges, the ink level is not, right-click the icon, and... then click Set as Default. For more information, see the related topic below . If it is low. DO THE PRINT CARTRIDGES HAVE INK? 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 2 Click Solution Center. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE CONNECTIONS? Windows XP users only 1 Click Start ...
...ARE THE STICKER AND TAPE REMOVED FROM THE PRINT CARTRIDGES? 1 Lift the scanner unit. 2 Remove the print cartridges from the print cartridge carrier. 3 Make sure the sticker and tape are removed from the bottom and back of the print cartridges, the ink level is not, right-click the icon, and... then click Set as Default. For more information, see the related topic below . If it is low. DO THE PRINT CARTRIDGES HAVE INK? 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark X5400 Series. 2 Click Solution Center. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE CONNECTIONS? Windows XP users only 1 Click Start ...
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...From the control panel, press Copy Mode. 3 Press Lighter/Darker. 4 Press or repeatedly to lighten or darken the copy. 5 Press Start Color or Start Black. Poor copy quality • Blank pages • Checkerboard pattern • Distorted graphics or pictures • Missing characters •...Smudges • Streaks • Unexpected characters • White lines in print These are possible solutions. CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install a new print cartridge if necessary. CHECK QUALITY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT If the quality of the following: CHECK MESSAGES If an error ...
...From the control panel, press Copy Mode. 3 Press Lighter/Darker. 4 Press or repeatedly to lighten or darken the copy. 5 Press Start Color or Start Black. Poor copy quality • Blank pages • Checkerboard pattern • Distorted graphics or pictures • Missing characters •...Smudges • Streaks • Unexpected characters • White lines in print These are possible solutions. CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install a new print cartridge if necessary. CHECK QUALITY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT If the quality of the following: CHECK MESSAGES If an error ...