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Understanding the control panel lights The control panel lights mean different things, depending on , and/or blinking indicate printer conditions such as printer status, intervention, or service. Lights that are off, on their sequence. Common light sequences = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Ready / Power Saver Continue Toner Low / Error Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Busy...
Understanding the control panel lights The control panel lights mean different things, depending on , and/or blinking indicate printer conditions such as printer status, intervention, or service. Lights that are off, on their sequence. Common light sequences = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Ready / Power Saver Continue Toner Low / Error Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Busy...
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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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Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Invalid engine code / Invalid network code Continue Toner Low / Error Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Network interface errors / Host interface disabled Service error Printer error Paper jam printer error Short paper Output bin full Understanding the control panel lights 5
Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Invalid engine code / Invalid network code Continue Toner Low / Error Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Network interface errors / Host interface disabled Service error Printer error Paper jam printer error Short paper Output bin full Understanding the control panel lights 5
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... 8 Understanding the control panel lights Understanding the control panel lights The control panel lights mean different things, depending on what it means. The following table shows the most common light sequences. Click the indicated page for more information on their sequence. Lights that are off, on, and/or blinking indicate printer conditions such as printer status, intervention, or...
... 8 Understanding the control panel lights Understanding the control panel lights The control panel lights mean different things, depending on what it means. The following table shows the most common light sequences. Click the indicated page for more information on their sequence. Lights that are off, on, and/or blinking indicate printer conditions such as printer status, intervention, or...
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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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Following are explanations of what the primary light sequences or codes mean and what you can do to clear them. 10 Understanding the control panel lights Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Page Network interface errors 19 / Host interface disabled Continue Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Service error 19 Printer error* 20 Paper jam printer error* 20 Short paper 21 Output bin full 21 *See Secondary error codes on page25 for more information.
Following are explanations of what the primary light sequences or codes mean and what you can do to clear them. 10 Understanding the control panel lights Common light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Page Network interface errors 19 / Host interface disabled Continue Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Service error 19 Printer error* 20 Paper jam printer error* 20 Short paper 21 Output bin full 21 *See Secondary error codes on page25 for more information.
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.... - Wait for the message to clear. - The Ready light is in Power Saver mode. Busy Light sequence: • Ready-Blinking What this light sequence means: • The printer is ready to receive and process data. • The printer is on when printing stops. - Wait for a list of current printer settings. • Press and hold Cancel to print...
.... - Wait for the message to clear. - The Ready light is in Power Saver mode. Busy Light sequence: • Ready-Blinking What this light sequence means: • The printer is ready to receive and process data. • The printer is on when printing stops. - Wait for a list of current printer settings. • Press and hold Cancel to print...
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... print the contents of the print buffer. • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. 12 Understanding the control panel lights Hex Trace Ready Light sequence: Ready-Slow Blinking What this light sequence means: The printer is active.
... print the contents of the print buffer. • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer. 12 Understanding the control panel lights Hex Trace Ready Light sequence: Ready-Slow Blinking What this light sequence means: The printer is active.
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...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 prevent a memory full error. to return to the Ready to return to reset the printer. What you...print job. • Press and hold Cancel to the Ready 13 Not ready Light 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 in ...
...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 prevent a memory full error. to return to the Ready to return to reset the printer. What you...print job. • Press and hold Cancel to the Ready 13 Not ready Light 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 in ...
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... should be turned on for more information. 17 Photoconductor kit life warning Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-Blinking 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. Note...
... should be turned on for more information. 17 Photoconductor kit life warning Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-Blinking 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. Note...
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... not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is being programmed into the engine or firmware code flash. When the printer has finished programming the code, it performs a soft reset. 18 What you can do : Wait for the message to print ...; Load Paper-On What this light sequence means: The photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. Understanding the control panel lights Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-Blinking • Error-Blinking What this light sequence means: New code is replaced...
... not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is being programmed into the engine or firmware code flash. When the printer has finished programming the code, it performs a soft reset. 18 What you can do : Wait for the message to print ...; Load Paper-On What this light sequence means: The photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. Understanding the control panel lights Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-Blinking • Error-Blinking What this light sequence means: New code is replaced...
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... engine code and/or the network code has not been programmed or has been programmed but is invalid. If the lights are still blinking, contact the place where you can do : Turn the printer off and back on. What you can do: Press Continue to the internal print server. What you bought your...
... engine code and/or the network code has not been programmed or has been programmed but is invalid. If the lights are still blinking, contact the place where you can do : Turn the printer off and back on. What you can do: Press Continue to the internal print server. What you bought your...
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... printing (see Clearing jams on page56.) • Press Continue to clear the light sequence and continue printing. • Press Cancel to print the formatted data. Output bin full Light sequence: • Load Paper-Blinking What this light sequence means: The paper length is too short to cancel the print job.... What this light sequence means: The output bin is full. What you can do : • Make sure the print media you can do : • Remove printed pages from the output bin. • Press Continue to clear the error code. 21 This occurs when the printer does not know...
... printing (see Clearing jams on page56.) • Press Continue to clear the light sequence and continue printing. • Press Cancel to print the formatted data. Output bin full Light sequence: • Load Paper-Blinking What this light sequence means: The paper length is too short to cancel the print job.... What this light sequence means: The output bin is full. What you can do : • Make sure the print media you can do : • Remove printed pages from the output bin. • Press Continue to clear the error code. 21 This occurs when the printer does not know...
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... both on, a paper jam secondary error has occurred. Press and release Continue twice quickly to go for help. Secondary light sequences = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Paper jam at the input sensor* Page Continue 26 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Paper jam in the ...
... both on, a paper jam secondary error has occurred. Press and release Continue twice quickly to go for help. Secondary light sequences = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Paper jam at the input sensor* Page Continue 26 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Paper jam in the ...
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Understanding the control panel lights Secondary light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Paper jam (duplex unsupported size) Page Continue 28 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Complex page 29 Insufficient collation area 32 Network interface errors 32 Font error 32 Insufficient printer 31 memory ENA connection lost 32 Host interface disabled 32 Memory full 33 Short paper 33 23
Understanding the control panel lights Secondary light sequences (continued) = On = Blinking = Slow blink Empty = Off Printer Condition Paper jam (duplex unsupported size) Page Continue 28 Error Toner Low / Replace PC Kit Load Paper Paper Jam Ready Complex page 29 Insufficient collation area 32 Network interface errors 32 Font error 32 Insufficient printer 31 memory ENA connection lost 32 Host interface disabled 32 Memory full 33 Short paper 33 23
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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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... of the printer. What you can do: Clear the paper jam. See Clearing jams on page56 for more information. 27 What you can do : Clear the paper jam. What you can do : Clear the paper jam. Paper jam (duplex rear) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-Blinking •... Paper Jam-On What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred in the 250-sheet tray. Understanding the control panel...
... of the printer. What you can do: Clear the paper jam. See Clearing jams on page56 for more information. 27 What you can do : Clear the paper jam. What you can do : Clear the paper jam. Paper jam (duplex rear) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-Blinking •... Paper Jam-On What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred in the 250-sheet tray. Understanding the control panel...
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... means: A paper jam has occurred somewhere in the duplex unit due to an unsupported print media size. unknown location) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Paper Jam-On • Ready-Blinking What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred in the duplex unit. What you can do : Clear the paper jam. Understanding...
... means: A paper jam has occurred somewhere in the duplex unit due to an unsupported print media size. unknown location) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Paper Jam-On • Ready-Blinking What this light sequence means: A paper jam has occurred in the duplex unit. What you can do : Clear the paper jam. Understanding...
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..." on page 1-2 for side 2 of manual z duplex printing ¹ Toner low light will remain on Light off ✷ Light blinking x Light blinking slowly Common light sequences 4512-220, -230 Printer Condition Page Ready / Power Saver 4 Busy 4 Hex Trace Ready 4 Waiting 5 Flushing / Resolution reduced 5 ✷ Not ready 5 (printer is offline) Close door 6 z Insufficient collation area/ 6 Insufficient memory Cancel job/ Reset...
..." on page 1-2 for side 2 of manual z duplex printing ¹ Toner low light will remain on Light off ✷ Light blinking x Light blinking slowly Common light sequences 4512-220, -230 Printer Condition Page Ready / Power Saver 4 Busy 4 Hex Trace Ready 4 Waiting 5 Flushing / Resolution reduced 5 ✷ Not ready 5 (printer is offline) Close door 6 z Insufficient collation area/ 6 Insufficient memory Cancel job/ Reset...
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...service secondary error codes ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ Service secondary error codes Service secondary codes Lights 900-Software 900-Software ✷ ✷ 91x-DC motor or transfer roll ✷ 92x-Fuser or toner sensor ✷... 96-RAM memory ✷ ✷ 97x-Network ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ 2-24 Lexmark™ E250d and E250dn 4512-220, -230 Service primary code ✷ Light blinking When this code appears, double-click Service primary code to reveal the secondary codes.
...service secondary error codes ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ Service secondary error codes Service secondary codes Lights 900-Software 900-Software ✷ ✷ 91x-DC motor or transfer roll ✷ 92x-Fuser or toner sensor ✷... 96-RAM memory ✷ ✷ 97x-Network ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ 2-24 Lexmark™ E250d and E250dn 4512-220, -230 Service primary code ✷ Light blinking When this code appears, double-click Service primary code to reveal the secondary codes.
