Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 Support Question
Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 Support Question
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Question posted by steves78334 on April 15th, 2014
Can 2500 Printer Have Multiple Forms Defaults?
I have 2 preprinted airlines forms I need to switch between. Can we program a default for each one?
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User's Guide - Page 1
All rights reserved. 740 West New Circle Road Lexington, Kentucky 40550 All other countries. Forms Printer 2500 Series
User's Guide
July 2007
www.lexmark.com
Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
© 2007 Lexmark International, Inc.
User's Guide - Page 3
... ...55 Interface options...56
Maintaining the printer 57
Ordering supplies...57 Removing the ribbon cartridge...57 Cleaning the printer...57 Recycling Lexmark products...58
Administrative support 59
Restoring the factory default settings...59 Supporting IPSec...60 Supporting SNMPv3...60 Using 802.1x authentication...61
Contents
3 Loading a cut form or envelope manually ...37 Aligning the...
User's Guide - Page 4
...Feeder places paper at the wrong Top-Of-Form position 72 Paper fed from the Auto Sheet Feeder is skewed...72 The Auto Sheet Feeder feeds multiple sheets ...72
Solving print quality problems...73
......74 Forms are smudged or print is too dark ...74 Incorrect number of lines on a page...74 Graphics do not work, except for Start/Stop, FormFeed, Tear Off and Load/Unload 68 Printer power switch is on...
User's Guide - Page 8
... about the printer
8 and wide-carriage models. Printer front view
Part name 1 Forms thickness lever 2 Ribbon access cover 3 Power switch 4 Paper select lever 5 Paper guides 6 Manual feeder 7 Front cover 8 Control panel
Learning about the printer
Printer overview
The LexmarkTM Forms Printer 2500 Series printers are available in 9- Depending on the model you have chosen, your printer may look...
User's Guide - Page 9
...6 Network connector Warning-Potential Damage: Do not touch the Network connector except when the printer is an overlay label for layer 1 of the control panel and a different overlay ... Tractor 2 connector knockout 11 Power cord connector
Applying control panel overlays
The Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 Series printers have control panel overlays available in the language of your choice:
1 Peel the...
User's Guide - Page 10
...Graphics printing Note: This feature supports existing graphics programs.
Multiple-part forms
Resolution of up to 360 x 360 dpi square inch (dpi)
Prints original plus five copies (six-part Prints original plus three copies
forms)
(four-part forms)
Learning about the printer
10 Understanding the printer features and functions
Printer features by model
Feature/function
Multi-speed printing...
User's Guide - Page 11
..., including subscript and superscript
Selects the characters and symbols corresponding to enhance flexibility when using different styles of pre-printed forms.
Enables printing on your program
• Pitch lock is set in the printer default settings.
• Locks pitch selections you make from the control panel
so they are not changed by your computer...
User's Guide - Page 13
...default font light is on solid.
3 Open the manual feeder, and then move the paper select lever to the position.
4 Move the left paper guide to the right until it stops. 5 Insert a single sheet of paper into the printer...On, the paper feeds automatically to the Top-Of-Form. • If Auto Cut Sheet Load is set to push the paper into the front of the printer. 6 Adjust the right paper guide to fit ...
User's Guide - Page 14
... button located just above the Network connection. Consult a system support person for your level of printer you are supported for a solution, and then print another network setup page.
4 Check the... from Windows or DOS
Windows
When printing from a Windows application, use the Windows Forms Printer 2500 Series driver available from the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com. Warning-Potential Damage:...
User's Guide - Page 15
... other than the 2500 series support most , but not all , of the printer capabilities. Using IBM emulation mode
If the printer is using IBM mode (the factory default setting), select a printer from your application in this list, you select for your printer. For Lexmark Forms Printer 2580/2581 users:
1 Forms Printer 2580/2581 2 Forms Printer 2480/2481 plus 3 Forms Printer 2380/2381 plus...
User's Guide - Page 18
...cpi, or proportional spacing Notes:
• On 2590/2591 models, you change the default values and modes of printer operation.
4 Micro Feeds the paper downward in small incremental movements.
Press and hold...Stop
Function Alternates the paper between Tear Off and Top-Of-Form Communicates the on/off status of pre-printed forms, selects between four document formats
3 Setup Press to enter ...
User's Guide - Page 21
... Font Lock light comes on, and the font you can press Tractor to unload the current continuous forms and switch to print when the Ready light comes on when the optional Tractor 2 Feeder is selected. The printer is ready to the continuous forms loaded in the other tractor source.
Selecting and locking a font
The...
User's Guide - Page 25
... paper from the front or the bottom of the printer. Note: The Tear Off function works only when the ...default setting.
Front loading paper
Bottom loading paper
Using the Tear Off function
Pressing the Tear Off button advances the perforation of a continuous form...your program.
Loading paper
25 You can set in Setup mode:
• On-Sets the Tear Off function to move a continuous form ...
User's Guide - Page 26
...-Of-Form and now want to change the Tear Off position, follow these steps:
1 Press Start/Stop to the printer. Setting the Tear Off position
When Auto Tear Off is the push tractor position. The printer beeps twice. The paper remains at the current Tear Off position until the printer beeps. The factory default setting...
User's Guide - Page 37
... multiple-part forms. They are using. 5 Move the paper select lever up to the position.
6 Open the manual feeder. Loading cut form or envelope manually
Note: If you have installed the optional Auto Sheet Feeder or Tractor 2 Feeder, see the documentation that came with the option, for paper loading instructions.
1 Turn the printer on...
User's Guide - Page 43
....) to 0.114 mm (0.0045 in.)
See the following note. Envelopes 0.42 mm (0.017 in.)
Continuous Forms
0.058 mm (0.0023 in.) to 0.114 mm (0.0045 in.)
Multiple part See the following note. 0.42 mm (0.017 in.)
Note: For 2580/2581 printers, the maximum thickness of 75-90 g/m2 (20-24 lb). For 2590/2591...
User's Guide - Page 83
... Epson emulation mode
using 15 European character support
Code page substitution 52
F
factory default settings restoring 59
FCC notices 77 features and functions
printer 10 font
locking 21 selecting 21 font lock disabling 21 Forms Macro options Setup mode 51 forms thickness lever setting 23
H
Hex Trace mode using 62
I
IBM emulation mode using...
User's Guide - Page 84
... contacting Customer Support 75 restoring factory default settings 59
troubleshooting, jams and misfeeds
paper is jammed in the printer 69 troubleshooting, paper feed
Auto Sheet Feeder feeds at incorrect rate 71
Auto Sheet Feeder feeds multiple sheets 72
Auto Sheet Feeder positions paper incorrectly 72
incorrect Top-Of-Form position 71, 72
jam in...
Quick Reference - Page 7
...existing square inch (dpi)
graphics programs.
Multiple-part forms
Prints original plus five copies (six-part Prints original plus three copies
forms)
(four-part forms)
Feature/function Control panel Font lock...printer default settings.
• Locks pitch selections you make from the control panel so it is not
changed by your program.
• Font lock is deactivated when you turn the printer...
Quick Reference - Page 13
... currently selected tractor, tear off . 2 Press and hold Load/Unload and Tractor while turning the printer on . Using the control panel
13 You can press Tractor to unload the current continuous forms and switch to the continuous forms loaded in the other tractor source. When the panel is locked, the light comes on when...
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