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... the edges of the page...128 Print speed is slow...129 Partial document or photo prints ...129 Photo smudges...130 Checking the print cartridges...130 Ink levels seem incorrect...130 Ink levels seem to go down too quickly ...131 A blank or incorrect page prints...131 Characters on printout are missing or unexpected ...131...
... the edges of the page...128 Print speed is slow...129 Partial document or photo prints ...129 Photo smudges...130 Checking the print cartridges...130 Ink levels seem incorrect...130 Ink levels seem to go down too quickly ...131 A blank or incorrect page prints...131 Characters on printout are missing or unexpected ...131...
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... card...168 Error messages on the computer screen...169 Clearing error messages...169 Left/Right Cartridge Missing...169 Communication not available...169 General Printing Problem ...170 Ink Low ...170 Out of Memory...170 Out of Paper...170 Fixing a printing failure...170...164 Cartridge Error (1102, 1203, 1204, or 120F)...164 Black Ink Low / Color Ink Low / Photo Ink Low ...165 Clear Carrier Jam ...165 Cover Open ...165 Error 1104 ...165 Left Cartridge Error / Right Cartridge Error...166 Left Cartridge Incorrect / Right Cartridge Incorrect ...166 Left Cartridge Missing / Right Cartridge Missing ...
... card...168 Error messages on the computer screen...169 Clearing error messages...169 Left/Right Cartridge Missing...169 Communication not available...169 General Printing Problem ...170 Ink Low ...170 Out of Memory...170 Out of Paper...170 Fixing a printing failure...170...164 Cartridge Error (1102, 1203, 1204, or 120F)...164 Black Ink Low / Color Ink Low / Photo Ink Low ...165 Clear Carrier Jam ...165 Cover Open ...165 Error 1104 ...165 Left Cartridge Error / Right Cartridge Error...166 Left Cartridge Incorrect / Right Cartridge Incorrect ...166 Left Cartridge Missing / Right Cartridge Missing ...
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... you have, some of the features 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 the task you want to the Library. Fax Send a photo or document...
... you have, some of the features 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 the task you want to the Library. Fax Send a photo or document...
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... Maintenance tab open the Solution Center, use the printer. • Obtain software version information. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. To open . Print projects such as printing photographs, troubleshooting printing problems, and installing and maintaining supplies. From.... 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 2 Select Solution Center. Troubleshooting • Learn tips about the current status. • Solve printer problems. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. Advanced • Change the appearance of the ...
... Maintenance tab open the Solution Center, use the printer. • Obtain software version information. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. To open . Print projects such as printing photographs, troubleshooting printing problems, and installing and maintaining supplies. From.... 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 2 Select Solution Center. Troubleshooting • Learn tips about the current status. • Solve printer problems. • View ink levels and order new print cartridges. Advanced • Change the appearance of the ...
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...turn the voice notification on 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: • In Windows Vista, ...Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 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. From here Maintenance You can: • Install a new print cartridge. Note: Wait until scanning is completed...
...turn the voice notification on 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: • In Windows Vista, ...Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 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. From here Maintenance You can: • Install a new print cartridge. Note: Wait until scanning is completed...
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... Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Reset printer settings to factory defaults. 1 Setting will return to the printer. View ink levels. - Align cartridges. - a Insert one end of the USB cable into the PictBridge port on making camera selections, see Note below table. Working with ...marked with the digital camera. Note: Use only the USB cable that came with the PictBridge symbol. Clean cartridges. - Understanding the PictBridge menu The PictBridge default settings menu lets you select printer settings if you want appears. 9 Press .
... Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Reset printer settings to factory defaults. 1 Setting will return to the printer. View ink levels. - Align cartridges. - a Insert one end of the USB cable into the PictBridge port on making camera selections, see Note below table. Working with ...marked with the digital camera. Note: Use only the USB cable that came with the PictBridge symbol. Clean cartridges. - Understanding the PictBridge menu The PictBridge default settings menu lets you select printer settings if you want appears. 9 Press .
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... menu Understanding the Copy Menu Use this To Copies* Specify how many copies to print on a page. Original Type* Specify the type of a copy. Align cartridges. - Print a test page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. Resize* • Specify the percentage for ...Size in Printer drop-down list, select the paper size. 5 Select the print size by clicking the appropriate thumbnail in the correct order. View ink levels. - The photo will be copied. Specify the size of paper loaded.
... menu Understanding the Copy Menu Use this To Copies* Specify how many copies to print on a page. Original Type* Specify the type of a copy. Align cartridges. - Print a test page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. Resize* • Specify the percentage for ...Size in Printer drop-down list, select the paper size. 5 Select the print size by clicking the appropriate thumbnail in the correct order. View ink levels. - The photo will be copied. Specify the size of paper loaded.
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... page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. Scanning 92 Clean cartridges. - View ink levels. - For information on the scanner glass. 2 Close the top cover. Align cartridges. - Saving a scanned image on the computer 1 Load an original document facedown on saving temporary and other settings, see the...
... page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. Scanning 92 Clean cartridges. - View ink levels. - For information on the scanner glass. 2 Close the top cover. Align cartridges. - Saving a scanned image on the computer 1 Load an original document facedown on saving temporary and other settings, see the...
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... a fax header for faxes you send. Print a test page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. View ink levels. - Align cartridges. - For information on saving temporary and other settings, see "Saving settings" on 1 From the desktop, double-click the Productivity Studio icon. 2 From the Welcome...
... a fax header for faxes you send. Print a test page. • Device Setup-Customize printer setup settings. • Defaults-Customize printer settings. * Temporary setting. View ink levels. - Align cartridges. - For information on saving temporary and other settings, see "Saving settings" on 1 From the desktop, double-click the Productivity Studio icon. 2 From the Welcome...
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... Copy Mode. 3 Press . 4 Press or repeatedly until Tools appears. 5 Press . 3 Press down on the message. 2 Click Report a non-Lexmark print cartridge. For best results, use of failures or damage caused by non-Lexmark ink or print cartridges. If you believe you are using the printer without a computer, press Cancel. Maintaining the printer 115 Refilling print...
... Copy Mode. 3 Press . 4 Press or repeatedly until Tools appears. 5 Press . 3 Press down on the message. 2 Click Report a non-Lexmark print cartridge. For best results, use of failures or damage caused by non-Lexmark ink or print cartridges. If you believe you are using the printer without a computer, press Cancel. Maintaining the printer 115 Refilling print...
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... until Tools appears. 5 Press . 6 Press or repeatedly until Maintenance appears. 7 Press . 8 Press or repeatedly until Align Cartridges appears 9 Press . Wiping the print cartridge nozzles and contacts 1 Remove the print cartridges. 2 Dampen a clean, lint-free cloth with water, and place the cloth on a flat surface. 3 Gently hold the...cloth for about three seconds, and then wipe in the direction shown. An alignment page prints. 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 print ...
... until Tools appears. 5 Press . 6 Press or repeatedly until Maintenance appears. 7 Press . 8 Press or repeatedly until Align Cartridges appears 9 Press . Wiping the print cartridge nozzles and contacts 1 Remove the print cartridges. 2 Dampen a clean, lint-free cloth with water, and place the cloth on a flat surface. 3 Gently hold the...cloth for about three seconds, and then wipe in the direction shown. An alignment page prints. 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 print ...
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... they may damage the finish of the printer. 4 Wipe only the outside of the printer, making sure to remove any ink residue that the printer is in use . • When a photo cartridge is turned off and unplugged from the paper support and paper exit tray. 3 Dampen a clean, lint-free cloth with ...water. 2 Gently wipe the scanner glass clean. Maintaining the printer 118 • Keep the photo cartridge in its own storage unit when not in use , you may cause damage to your printer. 5 Make sure the paper support and paper exit tray...
... they may damage the finish of the printer. 4 Wipe only the outside of the printer, making sure to remove any ink residue that the printer is in use . • When a photo cartridge is turned off and unplugged from the paper support and paper exit tray. 3 Dampen a clean, lint-free cloth with ...water. 2 Gently wipe the scanner glass clean. Maintaining the printer 118 • Keep the photo cartridge in its own storage unit when not in use , you may cause damage to your printer. 5 Make sure the paper support and paper exit tray...
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... the following: CHECK MESSAGES If an error message is displayed, see "Power button is not lit" on page 121. Troubleshooting 123 CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install new print cartridges if necessary. In Windows XP, click Start to access the My Computer icon. 4 Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 5 If...
... the following: CHECK MESSAGES If an error message is displayed, see "Power button is not lit" on page 121. Troubleshooting 123 CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install new print cartridges if necessary. In Windows XP, click Start to access the My Computer icon. 4 Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 5 If...
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...Clean the print cartridge nozzles. Poor ...INK Check the ink levels, and install new print cartridges if necessary. For more information, see "Installing print cartridges" on page 116. USE A DIFFERENT BRAND OF PAPER Each paper brand accepts ink...cartridges. Try one or more information, see "Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles" on page 115. REMOVE SHEETS AS THEY ARE PRINTED To avoid ink...see "Aligning print cartridges" on page 116. For more information, see "Wiping the print cartridge nozzles and contacts... to dry. CHECK PRINT CARTRIDGES If the document still does not have...
...Clean the print cartridge nozzles. Poor ...INK Check the ink levels, and install new print cartridges if necessary. For more information, see "Installing print cartridges" on page 116. USE A DIFFERENT BRAND OF PAPER Each paper brand accepts ink...cartridges. Try one or more information, see "Cleaning the print cartridge nozzles" on page 115. REMOVE SHEETS AS THEY ARE PRINTED To avoid ink...see "Aligning print cartridges" on page 116. For more information, see "Wiping the print cartridge nozzles and contacts... to dry. CHECK PRINT CARTRIDGES If the document still does not have...
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...140; Lexmark 5300 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 If an exclamation point (!) appears on page 119. For best results, remove each printed sheet individually from the paper exit tray, and allow the prints to raise the cartridge carrier lids. Install a new cartridge. For more ink. Ink levels ...seem incorrect These are not updated during a print job; The type of a printed photo. The ink levels displayed in the Printing Status window when you select...
...140; Lexmark 5300 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 If an exclamation point (!) appears on page 119. For best results, remove each printed sheet individually from the paper exit tray, and allow the prints to raise the cartridge carrier lids. Install a new cartridge. For more ink. Ink levels ...seem incorrect These are not updated during a print job; The type of a printed photo. The ink levels displayed in the Printing Status window when you select...
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... BEFORE PRINTING Before sending a file to the computer. Try one or more ink than text documents, ink usage increases when you , check for proper print cartridge installation. All other open in the program you are using a color cartridge, make sure it is connected to print, close all other paper types print... WITH THE BEST QUALITY/SPEED SETTING? The USB port on photo or heavyweight matte paper. To reduce ink usage, select Best only when you are printing on the back of the cartridges. The printer prints a blank page when too many files are open files in the same program. ...
... BEFORE PRINTING Before sending a file to the computer. Try one or more ink than text documents, ink usage increases when you , check for proper print cartridge installation. All other open in the program you are using a color cartridge, make sure it is connected to print, close all other paper types print... WITH THE BEST QUALITY/SPEED SETTING? The USB port on photo or heavyweight matte paper. To reduce ink usage, select Best only when you are printing on the back of the cartridges. The printer prints a blank page when too many files are open files in the same program. ...
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... Check the following : • In Windows Vista, click Control Panel. • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 If an exclamation point (!) appears on the scanner glass. You may change with the font. make sure the font is... placed in the program font selection box. ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES LOW ON INK? 1 Do one of the scanner glass. • Place the item you want to copy facedown on either of the print...
... Check the following : • In Windows Vista, click Control Panel. • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 If an exclamation point (!) appears on the scanner glass. You may change with the font. make sure the font is... placed in the program font selection box. ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES LOW ON INK? 1 Do one of the scanner glass. • Place the item you want to copy facedown on either of the print...
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...PAPER Remove the paper as it exits, and let the ink dry before handling. You may need to clean the print cartridge nozzles. MAKE SURE THE PRINT CARTRIDGE NOZZLES ARE CLEAN You may need to clean the print cartridge nozzles. Troubleshooting 134 Printed characters are improperly formed or are...8226; In Windows Vista, click Control Panel. • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 Click the Maintenance tab. 5 Click Align to fix blurry edges. If you have not added spaces by pressing Enter...
...PAPER Remove the paper as it exits, and let the ink dry before handling. You may need to clean the print cartridge nozzles. MAKE SURE THE PRINT CARTRIDGE NOZZLES ARE CLEAN You may need to clean the print cartridge nozzles. Troubleshooting 134 Printed characters are improperly formed or are...8226; In Windows Vista, click Control Panel. • In Windows XP or 2000, click Start. 2 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 3 Click Solution Center. 4 Click the Maintenance tab. 5 Click Align to fix blurry edges. If you have not added spaces by pressing Enter...
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...the right settings selected. 1 Click Start Settings Printers or Printers and Faxes. 2 Right-click the Lexmark 5300 Series icon. 3 Select Properties. 4 Click the Advanced tab. 5 At the bottom of the print cartridges, the ink level is low. Most programs do not print a stretched or resized font. Use the program that the... fonts are trying to be available in the program font selection box. Troubleshooting 138 The font you print. Printer is damaged." DO THE PRINT CARTRIDGES HAVE INK? 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 2 Click Solution Center.
...the right settings selected. 1 Click Start Settings Printers or Printers and Faxes. 2 Right-click the Lexmark 5300 Series icon. 3 Select Properties. 4 Click the Advanced tab. 5 At the bottom of the print cartridges, the ink level is low. Most programs do not print a stretched or resized font. Use the program that the... fonts are trying to be available in the program font selection box. Troubleshooting 138 The font you print. Printer is damaged." DO THE PRINT CARTRIDGES HAVE INK? 1 Click Programs or All Programs Lexmark 5300 Series. 2 Click Solution Center.
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..., or a newspaper, see "Error messages on the computer screen" on the scanner glass in the upper left corner. Troubleshooting 152 CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install a new print cartridge if necessary. Try one or more of the document or image. These are possible solutions. CHECK QUALITY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT If the...
..., or a newspaper, see "Error messages on the computer screen" on the scanner glass in the upper left corner. Troubleshooting 152 CHECK INK Check the ink levels, and install a new print cartridge if necessary. Try one or more of the document or image. These are possible solutions. CHECK QUALITY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT If the...