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Overview of the lights come on to reset the printer. Note: The Continue button also functions as a light. 12 3 4 5 7 6 1 Error 5 Ready 2 Paper Jam 6 Cancel button 3 Load Paper 7 Continue button 4 Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Following a ...
Overview of the lights come on to reset the printer. Note: The Continue button also functions as a light. 12 3 4 5 7 6 1 Error 5 Ready 2 Paper Jam 6 Cancel button 3 Load Paper 7 Continue button 4 Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Following a ...
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Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Complex page Continue Toner Low / Error Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Cancel job/ Reset printer Load print media Load manual feeder Toner low Toner cartridge region mismatch Photoconductor kit life warning Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop) Programming engine code/ Programming system code Understanding the control panel lights 4
Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Complex page Continue Toner Low / Error Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Cancel job/ Reset printer Load print media Load manual feeder Toner low Toner cartridge region mismatch Photoconductor kit life warning Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop) Programming engine code/ Programming system code Understanding the control panel lights 4
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... an option is correctly listed under "Installed Features." Restoring factory defaults Sometimes restoring the printer to the original factory default settings solves formatting problems. To reset the factory defaults: 1 Turn off the printer. 2 Open the front door. 3 Press Continue as you turn off and back on ...through all the lights. Printing the menu settings and network setup pages 6 Verify that the paper trays are correctly listed under "Printer Information." - Verify that the options you loaded. Verify the amount of paper you installed are configured for the sizes and ...
... an option is correctly listed under "Installed Features." Restoring factory defaults Sometimes restoring the printer to the original factory default settings solves formatting problems. To reset the factory defaults: 1 Turn off the printer. 2 Open the front door. 3 Press Continue as you turn off and back on ...through all the lights. Printing the menu settings and network setup pages 6 Verify that the paper trays are correctly listed under "Printer Information." - Verify that the options you loaded. Verify the amount of paper you installed are configured for the sizes and ...
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...; Press and release Continue to resume printing. • Press and release Continue twice quickly to display a secondary error code. • Press and release Cancel to reset the printer. 7
...; Press and release Continue to resume printing. • Press and release Continue twice quickly to display a secondary error code. • Press and release Cancel to reset the printer. 7
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Understanding the control panel lights Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Complex page Page Continue 14 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Cancel job/ Reset printer 15 Load print media 15 Load manual feeder 16 Toner low 16 Toner cartridge region 17 mismatch Photoconductor kit life 17 warning Replace photoconductor 18 (printer hard stop) Programming engine 18 code/ Programming system code Invalid engine code / 19 Invalid network code 9
Understanding the control panel lights Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Complex page Page Continue 14 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Cancel job/ Reset printer 15 Load print media 15 Load manual feeder 16 Toner low 16 Toner cartridge region 17 mismatch Photoconductor kit life 17 warning Replace photoconductor 18 (printer hard stop) Programming engine 18 code/ Programming system code Invalid engine code / 19 Invalid network code 9
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...What you can do : • Send a print job. • Press Continue to print the menu settings pages for the pages to reset the printer. • Receiving/processing data from a host interface: - Press and hold Cancel to cancel printing. - The Ready light is displayed as... the pages print. Wait for the message to reset the printer. • Printing a directory, a font list, menu settings pages, or Print Quality Test Pages: - Understanding the control panel lights Primary...
...What you can do : • Send a print job. • Press Continue to print the menu settings pages for the pages to reset the printer. • Receiving/processing data from a host interface: - Press and hold Cancel to cancel printing. - The Ready light is displayed as... the pages print. Wait for the message to reset the printer. • Printing a directory, a font list, menu settings pages, or Print Quality Test Pages: - Understanding the control panel lights Primary...
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What you can use Hex Trace to help troubleshoot printing problems. After resolving the problem, turn off the printer to exit Hex Trace. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. What you can do: • Advanced users can do: • Press Continue to print the contents of the...Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. 12 Waiting Light sequence: • Continue-On • Ready-On What this light sequence means: The printer is in the Ready mode, and Hex Trace is waiting until a print timeout occurs,...
What you can use Hex Trace to help troubleshoot printing problems. After resolving the problem, turn off the printer to exit Hex Trace. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. What you can do: • Advanced users can do: • Press Continue to print the contents of the...Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. 12 Waiting Light sequence: • Continue-On • Ready-On What this light sequence means: The printer is in the Ready mode, and Hex Trace is waiting until a print timeout occurs,...
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...cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to receive or process data, or the printer ports are offline. Understanding the control panel lights Flushing / Resolution reduced Light sequence: • ...Ready-Blinking • Error-Blinking What this light sequence means: The printer is reduced from 600 dots per inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to the Ready 13 What ... sequence: Continue-On What this light sequence means: • The printer is flushing corrupted print data. • The printer is processing data or printing pages, but the resolution of a page...
...cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to receive or process data, or the printer ports are offline. Understanding the control panel lights Flushing / Resolution reduced Light sequence: • ...Ready-Blinking • Error-Blinking What this light sequence means: The printer is reduced from 600 dots per inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to the Ready 13 What ... sequence: Continue-On What this light sequence means: • The printer is flushing corrupted print data. • The printer is processing data or printing pages, but the resolution of a page...
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... printing the job. (The job may not print correctly.) • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. Complex page Light sequence: • Continue-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The page may not print correctly.) • ...Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. 14 What you can do : Close the door. What you can do : • Press and release Continue to clear the message and ...
... printing the job. (The job may not print correctly.) • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. Complex page Light sequence: • Continue-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The page may not print correctly.) • ...Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. 14 What you can do : Close the door. What you can do : • Press and release Continue to clear the message and ...
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...8226; Continue-On • Load Paper-On What this light sequence means: • The current print job is canceled. • The printer is out of print media at the indicated source. Any active print jobs are canceled. What you restore the factory default settings. Understanding ...the control panel lights Cancel job / Reset printer Light sequence: • Continue-On • Ready-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Load Paper-On • ...
...8226; Continue-On • Load Paper-On What this light sequence means: • The current print job is canceled. • The printer is out of print media at the indicated source. Any active print jobs are canceled. What you restore the factory default settings. Understanding ...the control panel lights Cancel job / Reset printer Light sequence: • Continue-On • Ready-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Load Paper-On • ...
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... do : • Press and release Continue to clear the light sequence and continue processing the print job. • Turn the printer off. • Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it to reset the printer. What you can do : • Load print media into the manual feeder. • Press Continue to resume printing. •...
... do : • Press and release Continue to clear the light sequence and continue processing the print job. • Turn the printer off. • Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it to reset the printer. What you can do : • Load print media into the manual feeder. • Press Continue to resume printing. •...
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... this light sequence means: The photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. The printer will not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is replaced. When the printer has finished programming the code, it performs a soft reset. 18 What you can do : • Press and release Continue to print a photoconductor kit...
... this light sequence means: The photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. The printer will not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is replaced. When the printer has finished programming the code, it performs a soft reset. 18 What you can do : • Press and release Continue to print a photoconductor kit...
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... Light sequence: • Continue-On • Paper Jam-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer memory does not have the free space necessary to reset the printer. • To avoid this error in the buffer. What you can do : • Press Continue to save what... is insufficient to clear the message and continue printing the job. (The job may not print correctly.) 30 Install additional printer memory (see Adding a...
... Light sequence: • Continue-On • Paper Jam-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer memory does not have the free space necessary to reset the printer. • To avoid this error in the buffer. What you can do : • Press Continue to save what... is insufficient to clear the message and continue printing the job. (The job may not print correctly.) 30 Install additional printer memory (see Adding a...
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... error Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer does not have enough memory to save the data in the buffer. What you can do : • Install additional memory (see Adding a ...can do : • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. • Press Continue to cancel the print job. 31 Insufficient printer memory Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence ...
... error Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer does not have enough memory to save the data in the buffer. What you can do : • Install additional memory (see Adding a ...can do : • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. • Press Continue to cancel the print job. 31 Insufficient printer memory Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence ...
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... complexity of the page by reducing the amount of text or graphics on the page and deleting unnecessary downloaded fonts or macros. - Install additional printer memory (see Clearing jams on page56). • Press Continue to clear the code and continue printing the job. • Press Cancel to cancel...job (the job may not print correctly). • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. • To avoid this error in the tray, or there is too short to print the formatted data. What you loaded is full. ...
... complexity of the page by reducing the amount of text or graphics on the page and deleting unnecessary downloaded fonts or macros. - Install additional printer memory (see Clearing jams on page56). • Press Continue to clear the code and continue printing the job. • Press Cancel to cancel...job (the job may not print correctly). • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. • To avoid this error in the tray, or there is too short to print the formatted data. What you loaded is full. ...
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... Use this operation and reset the maintenance counter. Press and hold Continue to initiate this setting to Values Send print jobs to the printer and query printer status information simultaneously. • Off • On • Auto* Configure the printer to zero. Help isolate...also disables its hi-speed capabilities. • Auto* Utilities menu Use the Utilities menu to troubleshoot printer problems. Setting Reset Factory Defaults Reset Maint Cnt Reset Photoconductor Counter Hex Trace Print Quality Test Pages * Factory default Use this setting, three pages print to...
... Use this operation and reset the maintenance counter. Press and hold Continue to initiate this setting to Values Send print jobs to the printer and query printer status information simultaneously. • Off • On • Auto* Configure the printer to zero. Help isolate...also disables its hi-speed capabilities. • Auto* Utilities menu Use the Utilities menu to troubleshoot printer problems. Setting Reset Factory Defaults Reset Maint Cnt Reset Photoconductor Counter Hex Trace Print Quality Test Pages * Factory default Use this setting, three pages print to...
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...or when you should immediately order a new photoconductor kit. Repeat this point. To ensure print quality and to avoid damage to the printer, the printer stops operating after the photoconductor has reached a maximum of 110% of its life. Once the photoconductor kit has been replaced, and... the counter has been reset, normal printer operation resumes. See Printing the menu settings and network setup pages on page74. The maintenance kit contains all geographies. This helps ...
...or when you should immediately order a new photoconductor kit. Repeat this point. To ensure print quality and to avoid damage to the printer, the printer stops operating after the photoconductor has reached a maximum of 110% of its life. Once the photoconductor kit has been replaced, and... the counter has been reset, normal printer operation resumes. See Printing the menu settings and network setup pages on page74. The maintenance kit contains all geographies. This helps ...
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...reset. Printing the menu settings and network setup pages on the computer screen. 84 Recycling Lexmark products To return Lexmark products to Lexmark for recycling: 1 Visit our Web site: www.lexmark.com/recycle Note: Follow the instructions on page74. Recycling Lexmark products 6 Install the print cartridge assembly into the printer... assembly with the green arrows on the tracks in the printer and pushing the print cartridge assembly in as far as it will go. 7 Close the front door. 8 Turn the printer back on. 9 Reset the photoconductor counter (see the instruction sheet that shipped with...
...reset. Printing the menu settings and network setup pages on the computer screen. 84 Recycling Lexmark products To return Lexmark products to Lexmark for recycling: 1 Visit our Web site: www.lexmark.com/recycle Note: Follow the instructions on page74. Recycling Lexmark products 6 Install the print cartridge assembly into the printer... assembly with the green arrows on the tracks in the printer and pushing the print cartridge assembly in as far as it will go. 7 Close the front door. 8 Turn the printer back on. 9 Reset the photoconductor counter (see the instruction sheet that shipped with...
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... still print. Yes, you are printing a multiple-page job, try printing in yet. The printer seems to the original factory default settings solves formatting problems. To reset the factory defaults: 1 Turn off and back on page86.). Factory defaults have another kind or ...adhere well to use the remaining toner, then insert it duplex. • When printing on page8 for laser printers. • If possible try printing it back into the printer. If print remains faded, replace the toner cartridge. 9 Troubleshooting General problems Problem / Question Solution / ...
... still print. Yes, you are printing a multiple-page job, try printing in yet. The printer seems to the original factory default settings solves formatting problems. To reset the factory defaults: 1 Turn off and back on page86.). Factory defaults have another kind or ...adhere well to use the remaining toner, then insert it duplex. • When printing on page8 for laser printers. • If possible try printing it back into the printer. If print remains faded, replace the toner cartridge. 9 Troubleshooting General problems Problem / Question Solution / ...
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... cleaning the printhead lens 91 clearing paper jams 56 configuration menus Parallel MAC Binary PS 39 Mode 2 39 NPA Mode 39 Protocol 39 printing the Printer Settings Configuration sheet 37 Setup Auto CR after LF 39 Auto LF after CR 39 USB MAC Binary PS 38, 40 NPA Mode 38, 40... manual feeder 16 Load media 15 Not ready 13 Offline 13 Photoconductor kit near full 17 Printer error 20 Programming engine code 18 Programming system code 18 Ready/Power Saver 11 Replace photoconductor kit 18 Resetting printer 15 Restoring factory defaults 15 secondary error codes 25 Service error 19 Toner low 16, 35...
... cleaning the printhead lens 91 clearing paper jams 56 configuration menus Parallel MAC Binary PS 39 Mode 2 39 NPA Mode 39 Protocol 39 printing the Printer Settings Configuration sheet 37 Setup Auto CR after LF 39 Auto LF after CR 39 USB MAC Binary PS 38, 40 NPA Mode 38, 40... manual feeder 16 Load media 15 Not ready 13 Offline 13 Photoconductor kit near full 17 Printer error 20 Programming engine code 18 Programming system code 18 Ready/Power Saver 11 Replace photoconductor kit 18 Resetting printer 15 Restoring factory defaults 15 secondary error codes 25 Service error 19 Toner low 16, 35...
