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... tasks 74 Printing the menu settings and network setup pages 74 Printing a test page from the computer ...74 Using the Local Printer Settings Utility ...75 Chapter 8: Supplies information 76 What supplies do I need and how do I order them 76 Storing supplies ...78 Recognizing the control panel light sequences 79 Changing the toner cartridge ...80 Changing the photoconductor kit ...82 Recycling Lexmark products ...84 Chapter 9: Troubleshooting 85 General problems ...85 Lexmark Status Messenger Utility ...86 Selecting printer operating mode ...86 Turning on Reduced Curl mode ...86 Print...
... tasks 74 Printing the menu settings and network setup pages 74 Printing a test page from the computer ...74 Using the Local Printer Settings Utility ...75 Chapter 8: Supplies information 76 What supplies do I need and how do I order them 76 Storing supplies ...78 Recognizing the control panel light sequences 79 Changing the toner cartridge ...80 Changing the photoconductor kit ...82 Recycling Lexmark products ...84 Chapter 9: Troubleshooting 85 General problems ...85 Lexmark Status Messenger Utility ...86 Selecting printer operating mode ...86 Turning on Reduced Curl mode ...86 Print...
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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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...manual feeder. • Press Continue to resume printing. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. What you to load a single sheet of print media in the toner cartridge is ready to receive and process data. Toner low Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner...continue processing the print job. • Turn the printer off. • Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it to extend the life. • Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help.) • Turn the printer back on. 16 Understanding the control panel lights ...
...manual feeder. • Press Continue to resume printing. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. What you to load a single sheet of print media in the toner cartridge is ready to receive and process data. Toner low Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner...continue processing the print job. • Turn the printer off. • Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it to extend the life. • Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help.) • Turn the printer back on. 16 Understanding the control panel lights ...
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Understanding the control panel lights Toner cartridge region mismatch Light sequence: • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The geographic region of the printer does not match the geographic region of the printer (see Secondary error codes on page25) must be replaced soon. on for more...
Understanding the control panel lights Toner cartridge region mismatch Light sequence: • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The geographic region of the printer does not match the geographic region of the printer (see Secondary error codes on page25) must be replaced soon. on for more...
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Understanding the control panel lights Secondary light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Invalid engine code Page Continue 34 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Invalid network code 34 Toner cartridge region 34 mismatch Change toner cartridge / 35 invalid refill Missing / Defective toner 35 cartridge Unsupported toner 36 cartridge *Paper jams at the input sensor can be either after the paper leaves the tray and enters the printer or in the manual feeder. 24
Understanding the control panel lights Secondary light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Invalid engine code Page Continue 34 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Invalid network code 34 Toner cartridge region 34 mismatch Change toner cartridge / 35 invalid refill Missing / Defective toner 35 cartridge Unsupported toner 36 cartridge *Paper jams at the input sensor can be either after the paper leaves the tray and enters the printer or in the manual feeder. 24
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... • Ready-On • Toner-On • Paper Jam-On What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred as a printed job exits the printer Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-On • Paper Jam-On What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred in the fuser... area under the print cartridge assembly. The jammed paper is exiting the printer. See Clearing jams on page56 for more information. Paper jams as the print media is most likely in the manual feeder. ...
... • Ready-On • Toner-On • Paper Jam-On What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred as a printed job exits the printer Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-On • Paper Jam-On What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred in the fuser... area under the print cartridge assembly. The jammed paper is exiting the printer. See Clearing jams on page56 for more information. Paper jams as the print media is most likely in the manual feeder. ...
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... programmed code is not valid. What you can do I need and how do : Download valid engine code to the internal print server. Toner cartridge region mismatch Light sequence: • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Load Paper-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence means...: The geographic region of the printer does not match the geographic region of the printer (see What supplies do I order them? on page76). 34 What you can do : Remove the toner cartridge, and install a new toner cartridge that matches the region of the installed toner cartridge. What you can do : ...
... programmed code is not valid. What you can do I need and how do : Download valid engine code to the internal print server. Toner cartridge region mismatch Light sequence: • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Load Paper-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence means...: The geographic region of the printer does not match the geographic region of the printer (see What supplies do I order them? on page76). 34 What you can do : Remove the toner cartridge, and install a new toner cartridge that matches the region of the installed toner cartridge. What you can do : ...
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... processing the print job. • Turn the printer off . • Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it is defective. • Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help .) • Turn the printer back on . What you can do : •...or replace the toner cartridge if it to extend the life, or replace the toner cartridge with a valid toner cartridge. • Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help . • Turn the printer back on . 35 Missing / Defective toner cartridge Light sequence: ...
... processing the print job. • Turn the printer off . • Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it is defective. • Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help .) • Turn the printer back on . What you can do : •...or replace the toner cartridge if it to extend the life, or replace the toner cartridge with a valid toner cartridge. • Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help . • Turn the printer back on . 35 Missing / Defective toner cartridge Light sequence: ...
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... job. • Turn the printer off. • Remove the toner cartridge, and replace it with a supported toner cartridge. (See What supplies do I need and how do I order them? on page76 and Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help.) • Turn the printer back on. 36 Understanding the ...control panel lights Unsupported toner cartridge Light sequence: • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Load Paper-On •...
... job. • Turn the printer off. • Remove the toner cartridge, and replace it with a supported toner cartridge. (See What supplies do I need and how do I order them? on page76 and Changing the toner cartridge on page80 for help.) • Turn the printer back on. 36 Understanding the ...control panel lights Unsupported toner cartridge Light sequence: • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Load Paper-On •...
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...formatting problems. • On All downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) in printer memory (RAM) are missing. current margin settings • Two pages with : - Configuration ...printer and query printer status information simultaneously. • Off • On • Auto* Configure the printer to initiate this operation and return the photoconductor counter to change printer settings on jobs sent through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. Press and hold Continue to initiate this operation and reset the maintenance counter. cartridge information - printer...
...formatting problems. • On All downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) in printer memory (RAM) are missing. current margin settings • Two pages with : - Configuration ...printer and query printer status information simultaneously. • Off • On • Auto* Configure the printer to initiate this operation and return the photoconductor counter to change printer settings on jobs sent through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. Press and hold Continue to initiate this operation and reset the maintenance counter. cartridge information - printer...
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Clearing jams 6 Open the front door, and remove the print cartridge assembly. 7 Lift the green flap at the front of the printer, and remove the jammed pages from behind the flap. CAUTION:The fuser or fuser area may be hot. 58
Clearing jams 6 Open the front door, and remove the print cartridge assembly. 7 Lift the green flap at the front of the printer, and remove the jammed pages from behind the flap. CAUTION:The fuser or fuser area may be hot. 58
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Clearing jams 8 Open the rear exit door, and remove the jammed pages. 9 After you have cleared the jammed pages, reinstall the print cartridge assembly, and securely close all the printer doors. 10 Press Continue to Auto by default. Therefore, a jammed page may or may be reprinted, depending on the overall memory usage ...of a page may not be reused after the page is printed but before it has successfully exited the printer if that memory is set to resume printing. When jam recovery is set to Auto, the memory that holds the image of the...
Clearing jams 8 Open the rear exit door, and remove the jammed pages. 9 After you have cleared the jammed pages, reinstall the print cartridge assembly, and securely close all the printer doors. 10 Press Continue to Auto by default. Therefore, a jammed page may or may be reprinted, depending on the overall memory usage ...of a page may not be reused after the page is printed but before it has successfully exited the printer if that memory is set to resume printing. When jam recovery is set to Auto, the memory that holds the image of the...
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...Cartridge E250A11A Return Program Toner Cartridge For Europe, the Middle East, and Africa2 E250A21E Toner Cartridge E250A11E Return Program Toner Cartridge For the Asia Pacific Region3 E250A21P Toner Cartridge E250A11P Return Program Toner Cartridge For Latin America4 E250A21L Toner Cartridge E250A11L Return Program Toner Cartridge... *Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752 †Based on your printer. To locate the dealer nearest you can order Lexmark supplies from any authorized Lexmark supplies dealer. Within the United States or Canada, you , call 1-800-539...
...Cartridge E250A11A Return Program Toner Cartridge For Europe, the Middle East, and Africa2 E250A21E Toner Cartridge E250A11E Return Program Toner Cartridge For the Asia Pacific Region3 E250A21P Toner Cartridge E250A11P Return Program Toner Cartridge For Latin America4 E250A21L Toner Cartridge E250A11L Return Program Toner Cartridge... *Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752 †Based on your printer. To locate the dealer nearest you can order Lexmark supplies from any authorized Lexmark supplies dealer. Within the United States or Canada, you , call 1-800-539...
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...Toner low light sequence does not appear if the 1500-page starter toner cartridge is time to decrease as the toner level decreases. When the toner light sequence appears, or when you might need to the printer, the printer stops operating after the photoconductor has reached a maximum of 110% of its... operating at the maximum of 110% of its life. For help printing a menu settings page, see page16) is displayed when the toner cartridge is required after the photoconductor kit has reached its official end-of-life (approximately 30,000 pages), print quality begins to replace the pick ...
...Toner low light sequence does not appear if the 1500-page starter toner cartridge is time to decrease as the toner level decreases. When the toner light sequence appears, or when you might need to the printer, the printer stops operating after the photoconductor has reached a maximum of 110% of its... operating at the maximum of 110% of its life. For help printing a menu settings page, see page16) is displayed when the toner cartridge is required after the photoconductor kit has reached its official end-of-life (approximately 30,000 pages), print quality begins to replace the pick ...
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Changing the toner cartridge Changing the toner cartridge 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press the button on the base of the printer to remove the toner cartridge. 80 b Grasp the handle, pulling up and out to release and lower the front door. 3 Remove the toner cartridge. a Press the release button on the left side of the print cartridge assembly.
Changing the toner cartridge Changing the toner cartridge 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press the button on the base of the printer to remove the toner cartridge. 80 b Grasp the handle, pulling up and out to release and lower the front door. 3 Remove the toner cartridge. a Press the release button on the left side of the print cartridge assembly.
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... Close the front door. 8 Turn the printer back on the tracks of the photoconductor and pushing the toner cartridge in all directions to Lexmark for recycling. See Changing the photoconductor kit on page82 for more information. 5 Firmly shake the toner cartridge in as far as it will go. ...Changing the toner cartridge 4 Unpack the new toner cartridge. Note: You can use...
... Close the front door. 8 Turn the printer back on the tracks of the photoconductor and pushing the toner cartridge in all directions to Lexmark for recycling. See Changing the photoconductor kit on page82 for more information. 5 Firmly shake the toner cartridge in as far as it will go. ...Changing the toner cartridge 4 Unpack the new toner cartridge. Note: You can use...
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... an extended period of time. Extended light exposure can cause print quality problems. 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Remove the print cartridge assembly. c Grasp the toner cartridge handle, and pull up and out. Place the print cartridge assembly on the print cartridge assembly. b Lower the front door. Changing the photoconductor kit Changing the photoconductor kit Warning...
... an extended period of time. Extended light exposure can cause print quality problems. 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Remove the print cartridge assembly. c Grasp the toner cartridge handle, and pull up and out. Place the print cartridge assembly on the print cartridge assembly. b Lower the front door. Changing the photoconductor kit Changing the photoconductor kit Warning...
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... sheet that shipped with the new photoconductor kit). Recycling Lexmark products 6 Install the print cartridge assembly into the printer by aligning the green arrows on the guides of the print cartridge 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...
... sheet that shipped with the new photoconductor kit). Recycling Lexmark products 6 Install the print cartridge assembly into the printer by aligning the green arrows on the guides of the print cartridge 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...
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...environment. Factory defaults have another kind or brand of the toner cartridge somewhat, remove the toner cartridge, firmly shake it back into the printer. The toner low light sequence is normal. Yes, you turn the printer back on. 4 Keep pressing Continue until the lights cycle, ...remains faded, replace the toner cartridge. The Load Paper, Toner Low / Replace PC Kit, Ready and Continue lights appear. 8 Release the Continue button. 9 Turn the printer off the printer. 2 Open the front door. 3 Press Continue as a xerographic paper for laser printers. • If possible try...
...environment. Factory defaults have another kind or brand of the toner cartridge somewhat, remove the toner cartridge, firmly shake it back into the printer. The toner low light sequence is normal. Yes, you turn the printer back on. 4 Keep pressing Continue until the lights cycle, ...remains faded, replace the toner cartridge. The Load Paper, Toner Low / Replace PC Kit, Ready and Continue lights appear. 8 Release the Continue button. 9 Turn the printer off the printer. 2 Open the front door. 3 Press Continue as a xerographic paper for laser printers. • If possible try...
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...order listed: 1 Clean the printhead lens. (See Cleaning the printhead lens on the printed page. 10 Turn the printer off to the paper. • The toner cartridge is defective. • If paper is being formatted and printed. Solution Try the following table to find solutions ... Error lights appear. 9 Follow the instructions on page91.) 2 Replace the toner cartridge. 3 Replace the fuser*. Streaked horizontal lines ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE The toner cartridge or fuser may be changed using the Local Printer Settings Utility. 87 The Continue, Ready/Data, Toner Low and Load/Remove Paper...
...order listed: 1 Clean the printhead lens. (See Cleaning the printhead lens on the printed page. 10 Turn the printer off to the paper. • The toner cartridge is defective. • If paper is being formatted and printed. Solution Try the following table to find solutions ... Error lights appear. 9 Follow the instructions on page91.) 2 Replace the toner cartridge. 3 Replace the fuser*. Streaked horizontal lines ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE The toner cartridge or fuser may be changed using the Local Printer Settings Utility. 87 The Continue, Ready/Data, Toner Low and Load/Remove Paper...