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... code. • Press and release Cancel to cancel the job currently printing. • Press and hold Cancel until all of the lights come on to reset the printer.
... code. • Press and release Cancel to cancel the job currently printing. • Press and hold Cancel until all of the lights come on to reset the printer.
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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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... the option. - If an option is correctly listed under "Printer Information." - Verify the amount of paper you loaded. Restoring factory defaults Sometimes restoring the printer to the original factory default settings solves formatting problems. To reset the factory defaults: 1 Turn off and back on . 4...the front door. 6 Press Cancel. 7 Press Continue until the control panel cycles through all the lights. Factory defaults have been reset. Printing the menu settings and network setup pages To print the menu settings page and network setup page, press the Continue Ready state...
... the option. - If an option is correctly listed under "Printer Information." - Verify the amount of paper you loaded. Restoring factory defaults Sometimes restoring the printer to the original factory default settings solves formatting problems. To reset the factory defaults: 1 Turn off and back on . 4...the front door. 6 Press Cancel. 7 Press Continue until the control panel cycles through all the lights. Factory defaults have been reset. Printing the menu settings and network setup pages To print the menu settings page and network setup page, press the Continue Ready state...
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2 Using the control panel Overview of the lights come on to reset the printer. 7 Note: The Continue button also functions as a light. 1 Error 2 Paper Jam 3 Load Paper 4 Toner Low / Replace PC Kit 5 Ready 6 Cancel button 7 Continue button Following a common ...
2 Using the control panel Overview of the lights come on to reset the printer. 7 Note: The Continue button also functions as a light. 1 Error 2 Paper Jam 3 Load Paper 4 Toner Low / Replace PC Kit 5 Ready 6 Cancel button 7 Continue button Following a common ...
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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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...to print the menu settings pages for the pages to print. Wait for the message to reset the printer. Wait for the message to receive and process data. • The printer is in Power Saver mode. The Ready light is displayed as the pages print. Understanding the...Cancel to stop processing. - Busy Light sequence: • Ready-Blinking What this light sequence means: • The printer is ready to clear. - Press and release Cancel to reset the printer. • Receiving/processing data from a host interface: - Press and hold Cancel to cancel printing. - Press and ...
...to print the menu settings pages for the pages to print. Wait for the message to reset the printer. Wait for the message to receive and process data. • The printer is in Power Saver mode. The Ready light is displayed as the pages print. Understanding the...Cancel to stop processing. - Busy Light sequence: • Ready-Blinking What this light sequence means: • The printer is ready to clear. - Press and release Cancel to reset the printer. • Receiving/processing data from a host interface: - Press and hold Cancel to cancel printing. - Press and ...
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...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. Understanding the control panel lights Hex Trace Ready Light sequence: Ready-Slow Blinking What this light ...sequence means: The printer is active. What you can do : • Advanced users can do : • Press Continue...
...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. Understanding the control panel lights Hex Trace Ready Light sequence: Ready-Slow Blinking What this light ...sequence means: The printer is active. What you can do : • Advanced users can do : • Press Continue...
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...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 ... Cancel to prevent a memory full error. to return to the Ready to return to receive or process data, or the printer ports are offline. What you can do : • Press and release Continue state. • Press and release Cancel...: • Ready-Blinking • Error-Blinking What this light sequence means: The printer is reduced from 600 dots per inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to...
...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 ... Cancel to prevent a memory full error. to return to the Ready to return to receive or process data, or the printer ports are offline. What you can do : • Press and release Continue state. • Press and release Cancel...: • Ready-Blinking • Error-Blinking What this light sequence means: The printer is reduced from 600 dots per inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to...
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... and continue printing the job. (The job may not print correctly.) • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. 14 The printer will automatically reset. Insufficient collation area / Insufficient memory Light sequence: • Continue-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The...
... and continue printing the job. (The job may not print correctly.) • Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. 14 The printer will automatically reset. Insufficient collation area / Insufficient memory Light sequence: • Continue-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The...
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... into the indicated tray, and press Continue to resume printing. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. 15 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 • Paper Jam-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer is resetting to the user default settings....
... into the indicated tray, and press Continue to resume printing. • Press Cancel to reset the printer. 15 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 • Paper Jam-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer is resetting to the user default settings....
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...manual feeder. Toner low Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On What this light sequence means: The printer prompts you to reset the printer. What you can do : • Load print media into the manual feeder. • Press Continue to resume printing. • Press...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 Load manual feeder Light sequence: • Load Paper-On What this light sequence means: The...
...manual feeder. Toner low Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On What this light sequence means: The printer prompts you to reset the printer. What you can do : • Load print media into the manual feeder. • Press Continue to resume printing. • Press...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 Load manual feeder Light sequence: • Load Paper-On What this light sequence means: The...
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... kit. (See Changing the photoconductor kit on page82 for the message to clear. When the printer has finished programming the code, it performs a soft reset. 18 The printer will not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. Understanding... the control panel lights Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner ...
... kit. (See Changing the photoconductor kit on page82 for the message to clear. When the printer has finished programming the code, it performs a soft reset. 18 The printer will not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. Understanding... the control panel lights Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop) Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner ...
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... area Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer cannot establish communication with the network. Reduce the complexity of the page by reducing the amount of these errors: • Memory is full. •...; A page is too complex to print. • A page is shorter than the set page margins. • Memory is insufficient to reset the printer. • To avoid this error in the buffer. Network interface errors Light sequence: • Continue-On • Paper Jam-On • Error-On...
... area Light sequence: • Continue-On • Toner Low/Replace PC Kit-On • Error-On What this light sequence means: The printer cannot establish communication with the network. Reduce the complexity of the page by reducing the amount of these errors: • Memory is full. •...; A page is too complex to print. • A page is shorter than the set page margins. • Memory is insufficient to reset the printer. • To avoid this error in the buffer. Network interface errors Light sequence: • Continue-On • Paper Jam-On • Error-On...
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...job. • Press Cancel to cancel the print job. 31 Insufficient printer memory Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence means...: The printer has received a request for a font (PPDS) which is not installed. Understanding the control panel...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 : •...
...job. • Press Cancel to cancel the print job. 31 Insufficient printer memory Light sequence: • Continue-On • Load Paper-Blinking • Error-On What this light sequence means...: The printer has received a request for a font (PPDS) which is not installed. Understanding the control panel...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 : •...
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...). • 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 full. Install additional printer memory (see Clearing jams on page56). • Press Continue to clear the code and continue printing the ... cancel the print job. 33 Reduce the complexity of the page by reducing the amount of text or graphics on page72). This occurs when the printer does not know the print media size loaded in the future: - What you loaded is large enough. • Open the front door, clear ...
...). • 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 full. Install additional printer memory (see Clearing jams on page56). • Press Continue to clear the code and continue printing the ... cancel the print job. 33 Reduce the complexity of the page by reducing the amount of text or graphics on page72). This occurs when the printer does not know the print media size loaded in the future: - What you loaded is large enough. • Open the front door, clear ...
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... 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 to Values Send print jobs to the printer and query printer status information simultaneously. • Off ...the language interpreter or the cable by telling you what information your printer settings to the factory default values. When you select this operation and reset the maintenance counter. printer information - Hex Trace helps you determine if there is receiving. ...
... 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 to Values Send print jobs to the printer and query printer status information simultaneously. • Off ...the language interpreter or the cable by telling you what information your printer settings to the factory default values. When you select this operation and reset the maintenance counter. printer information - Hex Trace helps you determine if there is receiving. ...
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...To ensure print quality and to avoid damage to order a maintenance kit, print your photoconductor kit. To know when to the printer, the printer stops operating after the photoconductor kit has reached its official end-of-life (approximately 30,000 pages), print quality begins to order...If the print remains faded, replace the toner cartridge. Once the photoconductor kit has been replaced, and the counter has been reset, normal printer operation resumes. Checking the toner and photoconductor levels You can still print for your toner cartridge and how full the photoconductor is...
...To ensure print quality and to avoid damage to order a maintenance kit, print your photoconductor kit. To know when to the printer, the printer stops operating after the photoconductor kit has reached its official end-of-life (approximately 30,000 pages), print quality begins to order...If the print remains faded, replace the toner cartridge. Once the photoconductor kit has been replaced, and the counter has been reset, normal printer operation resumes. Checking the toner and photoconductor levels You can still print for your toner cartridge and how full the photoconductor is...
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Note: Print your printer menu settings pages. 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 . 9 Reset the photoconductor counter (see the instruction sheet that shipped with the new photoconductor kit). Recycling Lexmark products 6 Install the print cartridge assembly into the printer by aligning...
Note: Print your printer menu settings pages. 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 . 9 Reset the photoconductor counter (see the instruction sheet that shipped with the new photoconductor kit). Recycling Lexmark products 6 Install the print cartridge assembly into the printer by aligning...
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... 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 a straight-through all the lights. manual feeder. Can I don't have been reset. From your printer driver settings to make sure you are printing a multiple-...means. Why am I missing characters when I print on , but I still print with the rear exit door open the rear exit door for laser printers. • If possible try printing in its original packaging. • Turn the paper over. • Rotate the paper 180 degrees. ...
... 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 a straight-through all the lights. manual feeder. Can I don't have been reset. From your printer driver settings to make sure you are printing a multiple-...means. Why am I missing characters when I print on , but I still print with the rear exit door open the rear exit door for laser printers. • If possible try printing in its original packaging. • Turn the paper over. • Rotate the paper 180 degrees. ...
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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...