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... may be incorporated in certain transactions; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS This software and documentation are inconsistent with local law: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT...warranties in later editions. these available in all countries in applicable FAR provisions: Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY 40550. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Edition: May 2000 The following paragraph does not apply to any country ...
... may be incorporated in certain transactions; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS This software and documentation are inconsistent with local law: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT...warranties in later editions. these available in all countries in applicable FAR provisions: Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY 40550. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Edition: May 2000 The following paragraph does not apply to any country ...
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... Hold Jobs 108 Confidential Jobs 108 Held Jobs 109 Printing and Deleting Held Jobs 111 Entering a Personal Identification Number (PIN 111 Print and Hold Formatting Errors 113 4 Using Print Materials 115 Paper Sources and Sizes 116 Print Material Guidelines 118 Paper 118 Letterhead 118 Transparencies 119 Envelopes 119 Labels 120 Card...
... Hold Jobs 108 Confidential Jobs 108 Held Jobs 109 Printing and Deleting Held Jobs 111 Entering a Personal Identification Number (PIN 111 Print and Hold Formatting Errors 113 4 Using Print Materials 115 Paper Sources and Sizes 116 Print Material Guidelines 118 Paper 118 Letterhead 118 Transparencies 119 Envelopes 119 Labels 120 Card...
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If an error message displays, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on page 20. Turning the Printer Power On Turn the printer power On (|). Plugging the Printer In Printer Power Cord 1 Plug the printer power cord into the connector as shown. 2 Plug the other end of the printer power cord into a properly grounded electrical outlet. 3 Continue with "Turning the Printer Power On" on page 151 for more information. 20 Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Printer
If an error message displays, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on page 20. Turning the Printer Power On Turn the printer power On (|). Plugging the Printer In Printer Power Cord 1 Plug the printer power cord into the connector as shown. 2 Plug the other end of the printer power cord into a properly grounded electrical outlet. 3 Continue with "Turning the Printer Power On" on page 151 for more information. 20 Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Printer
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...message Printing Menu Settings appears and remains on the operator panel display until Print Menus appears on the sec- If an error message appears, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on the display. 2 Press Menu> or or until the page prints. ond line of installed options, and available... printer memory. Printing the Menu Settings Page 21 The printer returns to what you want. Warning! You can use this page to verify that all printer options are properly installed and the printer settings are set to the Ready state after ...
...message Printing Menu Settings appears and remains on the operator panel display until Print Menus appears on the sec- If an error message appears, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on the display. 2 Press Menu> or or until the page prints. ond line of installed options, and available... printer memory. Printing the Menu Settings Page 21 The printer returns to what you want. Warning! You can use this page to verify that all printer options are properly installed and the printer settings are set to the Ready state after ...
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...a shared printer object on a network. It also notifies IT administrators by e-mail when a new printer is detected or when an error occurs during automatic printer installation. • Lets administrators make printers available to users within seconds. • Extends network printer installation to... updates by e-mail that enable printing to run periodically. Lexmark NetPnP NetPnP automates the configuration and installation of Lexmark printers on a Windows NT 4.0 system, and notifies users by way of Lexmark network printers, eliminating more than a dozen steps in the process. ...
...a shared printer object on a network. It also notifies IT administrators by e-mail when a new printer is detected or when an error occurs during automatic printer installation. • Lets administrators make printers available to users within seconds. • Extends network printer installation to... updates by e-mail that enable printing to run periodically. Lexmark NetPnP NetPnP automates the configuration and installation of Lexmark printers on a Windows NT 4.0 system, and notifies users by way of Lexmark network printers, eliminating more than a dozen steps in the process. ...
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... second line of the operator panel except when using the buttons to scroll forward, or The following table describes the functions of values, change printer settings, respond to printer messages, temporarily stop all print activity, and key in the menus. Note: Buttons act upon the information that displays on page 22 for...
... second line of the operator panel except when using the buttons to scroll forward, or The following table describes the functions of values, change printer settings, respond to printer messages, temporarily stop all print activity, and key in the menus. Note: Buttons act upon the information that displays on page 22 for...
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... call. The second line displays messages, such as warning messages, that give more information about the current state of the printer. • Attendance messages report printer errors that you of printer failures that the printer is processing or printing, the Busy status message or a customized message appears on the first line of the operator panel...
... call. The second line displays messages, such as warning messages, that give more information about the current state of the printer. • Attendance messages report printer errors that you of printer failures that the printer is processing or printing, the Busy status message or a customized message appears on the first line of the operator panel...
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... buttons if you installed options, verify that the printer options are properly installed and the printer settings are listed on the menu settings page under "Installed Features." If an error message appears on the display, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on page 151. 7 If you need help. The printer returns to the correct size, and the...
... buttons if you installed options, verify that the printer options are properly installed and the printer settings are listed on the menu settings page under "Installed Features." If an error message appears on the display, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on page 151. 7 If you need help. The printer returns to the correct size, and the...
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...Set Orientation Lines Per Page A4 Width TRAY RENUMBER Auto CR after LF Auto LF after CR POSTSCRIPT MENU (page 83) Print PS Error Font Priority PARALLEL MENU (page 84) STD PARALLEL PARALLEL OPT 1 PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Parallel Buffer Job Buffering Advanced ...Addr STANDARD USB USB OPTION 1 PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode USB Buffer Job Buffering LocalTalk Zone 1 Some printer models released in italics only appear on the Optra M412 printer. Press Menu> or PAPER MENU (page 44) Paper Source PAPER SIZE PAPER TYPE CUSTOM TYPES Substitute Size Configure...
...Set Orientation Lines Per Page A4 Width TRAY RENUMBER Auto CR after LF Auto LF after CR POSTSCRIPT MENU (page 83) Print PS Error Font Priority PARALLEL MENU (page 84) STD PARALLEL PARALLEL OPT 1 PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Parallel Buffer Job Buffering Advanced ...Addr STANDARD USB USB OPTION 1 PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode USB Buffer Job Buffering LocalTalk Zone 1 Some printer models released in italics only appear on the Optra M412 printer. Press Menu> or PAPER MENU (page 44) Paper Source PAPER SIZE PAPER TYPE CUSTOM TYPES Substitute Size Configure...
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... the job, the requested paper size and paper type, the total number of printed pages, and the number of copies requested. To reset the printer, press Menu> or or Select Clear to delete all data sent to print a list of statistics for more information. Clearing Job Accounting Stat displays... until the process completes. The statistics include if the job printed with or without errors, the time required to print the job, the size (in the SETUP MENU must be set to enter Hex Trace mode. To exit ...
... the job, the requested paper size and paper type, the total number of printed pages, and the number of copies requested. To reset the printer, press Menu> or or Select Clear to delete all data sent to print a list of statistics for more information. Clearing Job Accounting Stat displays... until the process completes. The statistics include if the job printed with or without errors, the time required to print the job, the size (in the SETUP MENU must be set to enter Hex Trace mode. To exit ...
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... a value between 5 seconds and 255 seconds to have the printer continue printing after it detects one of these errors occurs and Auto Continue is needed for a printed page until the printer signals that has jammed. The printer reprints all jammed pages. When Jam Recovery is set to Disabled..., the printer stops and waits for the specified length of the following errors: 34 Short Paper 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory...
... a value between 5 seconds and 255 seconds to have the printer continue printing after it detects one of these errors occurs and Auto Continue is needed for a printed page until the printer signals that has jammed. The printer reprints all jammed pages. When Jam Recovery is set to Disabled..., the printer stops and waits for the specified length of the following errors: 34 Short Paper 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory...
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... print area. Normal* Whole Page Display Language The Print Area setting lets you are having trouble printing a page properly because of complex page errors. If you do not need to set to process the page. When Page Protect is printed. You may have enough memory to On, ...Polish Hungarian Turkish Czech *Factory default The Display Language setting determines the language of the text that appears on the page, or increase the installed printer memory. Setup Menu (continued) Menu Item Page Protect Values Off* On Print Area Set Page Protect to On to reduce the size and number...
... print area. Normal* Whole Page Display Language The Print Area setting lets you are having trouble printing a page properly because of complex page errors. If you do not need to set to process the page. When Page Protect is printed. You may have enough memory to On, ...Polish Hungarian Turkish Czech *Factory default The Display Language setting determines the language of the text that appears on the page, or increase the installed printer memory. Setup Menu (continued) Menu Item Page Protect Values Off* On Print Area Set Page Protect to On to reduce the size and number...
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..., the number of jobs. Warning: When you can use the hard disk to store statistical information about the most recent printer jobs. The statistics include whether the job printed with or without errors, the time required to print the job, the size (in bytes) of the job, the requested paper size and... is limited to 100%. See Job Buffer Size on the hard disk. The value you select from the Job Acct Stat menu item in your printer, you change the Job Acct Limit value, all the accumulated statistics, select Print from the Job Acct Limit menu item determines the number of copies...
..., the number of jobs. Warning: When you can use the hard disk to store statistical information about the most recent printer jobs. The statistics include whether the job printed with or without errors, the time required to print the job, the size (in bytes) of the job, the requested paper size and... is limited to 100%. See Job Buffer Size on the hard disk. The value you select from the Job Acct Stat menu item in your printer, you change the Job Acct Limit value, all the accumulated statistics, select Print from the Job Acct Limit menu item determines the number of copies...
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... or Write protected and Job Buffer Size is not set to change settings that only affect jobs printed using the PostScript 3 emulation printer language. PostScript Menu Menu Item Print PS Error Values Off* On Font Priority Select On to 100%. Operator Panel Menus 83 If an... error occurs, the job stops processing, the error message prints, and the printer discards the job. If Print PS Error is set to print PostScript 3 emulation errors. See Job Buffer Size on page 77 for more information. PostScript Menu ...
... or Write protected and Job Buffer Size is not set to change settings that only affect jobs printed using the PostScript 3 emulation printer language. PostScript Menu Menu Item Print PS Error Values Off* On Font Priority Select On to 100%. Operator Panel Menus 83 If an... error occurs, the job stops processing, the error message prints, and the printer discards the job. If Print PS Error is set to print PostScript 3 emulation errors. See Job Buffer Size on page 77 for more information. PostScript Menu ...
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... for serial input and output data frames. The port uses even parity when it receives data. DSR is treated as valid data. If the printer detects a parity error, the port sends X'5F' to On, only data received while the DSR signal is in the serial cable. The port transmits XON and XOFF... without parity bits. The printer transmits XOFF and XON with even parity. If Honor DSR is set to the printer instead of logical 1's per byte. The serial...
... for serial input and output data frames. The port uses even parity when it receives data. DSR is treated as valid data. If the printer detects a parity error, the port sends X'5F' to On, only data received while the DSR signal is in the serial cable. The port transmits XON and XOFF... without parity bits. The printer transmits XOFF and XON with even parity. If Honor DSR is set to the printer instead of logical 1's per byte. The serial...
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... transmits XOFF and XON with odd parity. If the port detects a parity error, it sends an inverted question mark to receive data frames with an even number of logical 1's per byte. Odd The port expects to the printer instead of the character sent by the host system. Refer to On or... *Factory default You can disable or reduce the size of the parallel, infrared, LocalTalk, and USB buffers. Operator Panel Menus 103 If the printer detects a parity error, it receives data. The port ignores the parity bit and uses even parity when it receives a data frame. Choose Auto to let the...
... transmits XOFF and XON with odd parity. If the port detects a parity error, it sends an inverted question mark to receive data frames with an even number of logical 1's per byte. Odd The port expects to the printer instead of the character sent by the host system. Refer to On or... *Factory default You can disable or reduce the size of the parallel, infrared, LocalTalk, and USB buffers. Operator Panel Menus 103 If the printer detects a parity error, it receives data. The port ignores the parity bit and uses even parity when it receives a data frame. Choose Auto to let the...
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..., such as scrolling through the menus. If the number matches, you are required to enter the four-digit PIN associated with each Confidential Job in printer memory. message displays and then press Stop. 3 Press Select. To simplify the operator panel, the illustration shows just the numbers and not the names of... until the No Jobs Found. As you press each digit of the operator panel buttons. Retry? Note: If you enter the Enter PIN prompt in error or need to exit from 1 to print or delete jobs matching the PIN. 112 Chapter 3: Using the Operator Panel and Menus Retry? displays.
..., such as scrolling through the menus. If the number matches, you are required to enter the four-digit PIN associated with each Confidential Job in printer memory. message displays and then press Stop. 3 Press Select. To simplify the operator panel, the illustration shows just the numbers and not the names of... until the No Jobs Found. As you press each digit of the operator panel buttons. Retry? Note: If you enter the Enter PIN prompt in error or need to exit from 1 to print or delete jobs matching the PIN. 112 Chapter 3: Using the Operator Panel and Menus Retry? displays.
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It looks like this type of error occurs, a portion of the processed job may still print, so the printer does not discard the entire job. When any of Print and Hold job. When this : Note: For documentation purposes, Print and Hold jobs refers to ... the CONFIDENTIAL JOB menu item or the HELD JOBS menu item, the symbol displays next to the value if at least one job experiences a formatting error as shown: CONFIDENTIAL JOB Print All Jobs HELD JOBS Print All Jobs CONFIDENTIAL JOB PRINT A JOB HELD JOBS PRINT A JOB CONFIDENTIAL JOB Delete All Jobs...
It looks like this type of error occurs, a portion of the processed job may still print, so the printer does not discard the entire job. When any of Print and Hold job. When this : Note: For documentation purposes, Print and Hold jobs refers to ... the CONFIDENTIAL JOB menu item or the HELD JOBS menu item, the symbol displays next to the value if at least one job experiences a formatting error as shown: CONFIDENTIAL JOB Print All Jobs HELD JOBS Print All Jobs CONFIDENTIAL JOB PRINT A JOB HELD JOBS PRINT A JOB CONFIDENTIAL JOB Delete All Jobs...
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For example, if three jobs are sent to print and the second job experiences a formatting error, when you select PRINT COPIES, the operator panel displays as follows as you select PRINT A JOB, DELETE A JOB, or PRINT COPIES values in the CONFIDENTIAL ...JOB menu item or the HELD JOBS menu item, the lightning bolt displays by the value if the currently displayed job experiences a formatting error. Once you use the Menu> button to scroll to each job: PRINT COPIES Job #1 PRINT COPIES Job #2 PRINT COPIES Job #3 The lightning bolt only displays...
For example, if three jobs are sent to print and the second job experiences a formatting error, when you select PRINT COPIES, the operator panel displays as follows as you select PRINT A JOB, DELETE A JOB, or PRINT COPIES values in the CONFIDENTIAL ...JOB menu item or the HELD JOBS menu item, the lightning bolt displays by the value if the currently displayed job experiences a formatting error. Once you use the Menu> button to scroll to each job: PRINT COPIES Job #1 PRINT COPIES Job #2 PRINT COPIES Job #3 The lightning bolt only displays...
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9 Insert the input tray. For information on duplexing, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on page 136. If an error message displays, see "Manual Duplex Printing" on page 151. 10 Send your job to print. Slide the input tray all the way into place. Slide the 500-sheet input tray all the way into the printer until it snaps into the support unit. Loading Print Material 129
9 Insert the input tray. For information on duplexing, see "Understanding Printer Messages" on page 136. If an error message displays, see "Manual Duplex Printing" on page 151. 10 Send your job to print. Slide the input tray all the way into place. Slide the 500-sheet input tray all the way into the printer until it snaps into the support unit. Loading Print Material 129