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... printer displays a "Life Warning" or "Scheduled Maintenance" message for a fee. Lexington, KY This limited warranty applies to a Lexmark designated location. When warranty service involves the exchange of a product or part, the item replaced becomes the property of the warranty period. The Power Saver Mode is provided for repair or replacement (at http://support.lexmark.com. If this product is a feature or option, this printer is used up, depleted, or consumed. ###List...
... printer displays a "Life Warning" or "Scheduled Maintenance" message for a fee. Lexington, KY This limited warranty applies to a Lexmark designated location. When warranty service involves the exchange of a product or part, the item replaced becomes the property of the warranty period. The Power Saver Mode is provided for repair or replacement (at http://support.lexmark.com. If this product is a feature or option, this printer is used up, depleted, or consumed. ###List...
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...2 Click Install Printer Software. 3 Select the Custom install path. 4 Under Tools, select Local Printer Settings Utility. 5 Click Finish to menu. Note: A PPD for the printer is a good time to change settings such as Toner Darkness, Power Saver, Default Paper Size, and Default Paper Type. Local Printer Settings Utility The Local Printer Settings Utility, a printer configuration utility, gives you restore the original printer settings (called preset factory default settings). Use the printer driver to make changes to settings for local printing Installing optional printer software If you...
...2 Click Install Printer Software. 3 Select the Custom install path. 4 Under Tools, select Local Printer Settings Utility. 5 Click Finish to menu. Note: A PPD for the printer is a good time to change settings such as Toner Darkness, Power Saver, Default Paper Size, and Default Paper Type. Local Printer Settings Utility The Local Printer Settings Utility, a printer configuration utility, gives you restore the original printer settings (called preset factory default settings). Use the printer driver to make changes to settings for local printing Installing optional printer software If you...
User's Guide
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... be configured for direct printing or shared printing. Follow the steps for the printing configuration and operating system in the printers folder. 3 Print a test page to verify printer installation. 4 Repeat steps 1-4 on each network computer. Server Printer Clients Installing software for direct printing 1 Launch the drivers CD. 2 Follow the instructions on the computer attached to the printer. • During driver installation, the printer is connected directly to the network using a local cable, such as Ethernet. • Printer drivers are installed...
... be configured for direct printing or shared printing. Follow the steps for the printing configuration and operating system in the printers folder. 3 Print a test page to verify printer installation. 4 Repeat steps 1-4 on each network computer. Server Printer Clients Installing software for direct printing 1 Launch the drivers CD. 2 Follow the instructions on the computer attached to the printer. • During driver installation, the printer is connected directly to the network using a local cable, such as Ethernet. • Printer drivers are installed...
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... flash cards. Warning: Flash cards are installing a flash card after setting up the printer, turn the printer off, and unplug the power cord before you are easily damaged by its sides, align the pins on the system board. 4 Push the flash card firmly into place. Metal pins 3 Holding the card by static electricity. How to damage the connectors. 5 Close the side cover. 6 Close the rear exit. How to install options How to access...
... flash cards. Warning: Flash cards are installing a flash card after setting up the printer, turn the printer off, and unplug the power cord before you are easily damaged by its sides, align the pins on the system board. 4 Push the flash card firmly into place. Metal pins 3 Holding the card by static electricity. How to damage the connectors. 5 Close the side cover. 6 Close the rear exit. How to install options How to access...
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... a job indicated by the Busy message. Indicator light The indicator light gives information about the status of the printer menus available from the operator panel. Using the operator panel The printer operator panel has a 2-line by 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD), five buttons, and one indicator light that setting the user default. Changes made to the printer. LCD Light See the menu map for a brief overview of your software application or printer driver. Settings you change...
... a job indicated by the Busy message. Indicator light The indicator light gives information about the status of the printer menus available from the operator panel. Using the operator panel The printer operator panel has a 2-line by 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD), five buttons, and one indicator light that setting the user default. Changes made to the printer. LCD Light See the menu map for a brief overview of your software application or printer driver. Settings you change...
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... that it as a setting: 1 From a Ready status message, press Menu. The new setting appears for the Factory Defaults menu item in effect until new ones are stored or the factory defaults are the function settings in each menu. The diagram in Using the printer menus shows the menu items in effect the first time you turn your software application may override the settings you select from the operator panel, the asterisk moves next...
... that it as a setting: 1 From a Ready status message, press Menu. The new setting appears for the Factory Defaults menu item in effect until new ones are stored or the factory defaults are the function settings in each menu. The diagram in Using the printer menus shows the menu items in effect the first time you turn your software application may override the settings you select from the operator panel, the asterisk moves next...
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... for the printer default value. (Set the number of images and whether the images are the factory default settings. Prints each page image when using Multipage Print. Understanding the operator panel Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to print, the printer prints page 1, page 2, page 3, page 1, page 2, page 3. On Prints entire job the number of times specified by an asterisk (*) are portrait or landscape in sequence when printing multiple copies of your printed output. Solid Prints a solid line border around each page of a job the number of times specified by...
... for the printer default value. (Set the number of images and whether the images are the factory default settings. Prints each page image when using Multipage Print. Understanding the operator panel Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to print, the printer prints page 1, page 2, page 3, page 1, page 2, page 3. On Prints entire job the number of times specified by an asterisk (*) are portrait or landscape in sequence when printing multiple copies of your printed output. Solid Prints a solid line border around each page of a job the number of times specified by...
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..., printer settings, and print jobs. Control codes are not executed. Print Demo To print pages describing the printer and demonstrating its capabilities. Print Menus To print a listing of the current user default values, the installed options, the amount of installed printer memory, and the status of a print job problem. Job Menu The Job Menu is only available when the printer is busy processing or printing a job, when a printer message is displayed, or when the printer is processing a job or has a job in the Network Menu. Press Menu to the internal print server...
..., printer settings, and print jobs. Control codes are not executed. Print Demo To print pages describing the printer and demonstrating its capabilities. Print Menus To print a listing of the current user default values, the installed options, the amount of installed printer memory, and the status of a print job problem. Job Menu The Job Menu is only available when the printer is busy processing or printing a job, when a printer message is displayed, or when the printer is processing a job or has a job in the Network Menu. Press Menu to the internal print server...
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... the installed printer memory. Ensures that may be slower. Print the menu settings page to print any data in Power Saver mode, it finishes a print job. This uses much less energy, but requires more warm-up period. Using the printer menus 69 To modify the logical and physical printable area. Disabled 1...240 Prints a partial page of values.) The factory default Power Saver setting depends on pages printed using PCL 5 interpreter. This setting has no effect on your printer model. Select...
... the installed printer memory. Ensures that may be slower. Print the menu settings page to print any data in Power Saver mode, it finishes a print job. This uses much less energy, but requires more warm-up period. Using the printer menus 69 To modify the logical and physical printable area. Disabled 1...240 Prints a partial page of values.) The factory default Power Saver setting depends on pages printed using PCL 5 interpreter. This setting has no effect on your printer model. Select...
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... downloaded resources only until someone replaces the toner cartridge. If the printer runs out of memory, 38 Memory Full appears on PCL emulation print jobs. An error message is displayed until memory is only available when you use the other language. Note: Wait Timeout is needed. Disabled 15...65535 (40*) Disables Wait Timeout. Specifies the amount of time the printer waits for all printer languages during language changes and printer resets. If an Auto Continue value is canceled...
... downloaded resources only until someone replaces the toner cartridge. If the printer runs out of memory, 38 Memory Full appears on PCL emulation print jobs. An error message is displayed until memory is only available when you use the other language. Note: Wait Timeout is needed. Disabled 15...65535 (40*) Disables Wait Timeout. Specifies the amount of time the printer waits for all printer languages during language changes and printer resets. If an Auto Continue value is canceled...
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... establish the font search order. Printer does not perform a line feed after a line feed control command. Resident* Note: Font Priority is only displayed when a formatted flash or hard disk is installed, is neither defective nor Read/ Write or Write protected, and Job Flash/Disk Buffer Size is posted indicating the font could not be found . Understanding the operator panel PostScript Menu Use the PostScript Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs using Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
... establish the font search order. Printer does not perform a line feed after a line feed control command. Resident* Note: Font Priority is only displayed when a formatted flash or hard disk is installed, is neither defective nor Read/ Write or Write protected, and Job Flash/Disk Buffer Size is posted indicating the font could not be found . Understanding the operator panel PostScript Menu Use the PostScript Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs using Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
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... message to clear. Download valid code to the printer internal print server. Download valid code to the printer engine. Understanding the printer messages Message Defragmenting DO NOT POWER OFF Disabling Menus Enabling Menus Flushing Buffer Formatting Flash DO NOT POWER OFF Invalid Engine Code Invalid Standard Network Code Load Load Manual Menus Disabled Network Card Busy What this message means What you can do The printer is responding to a request to make the menus available to all users. See also: Disabling the operator panel...
... message to clear. Download valid code to the printer internal print server. Download valid code to the printer engine. Understanding the printer messages Message Defragmenting DO NOT POWER OFF Disabling Menus Enabling Menus Flushing Buffer Formatting Flash DO NOT POWER OFF Invalid Engine Code Invalid Standard Network Code Load Load Manual Menus Disabled Network Card Busy What this message means What you can do The printer is responding to a request to make the menus available to all users. See also: Disabling the operator panel...
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... the message. • Make sure the Paper Size setting in the Paper Menu is defective. See also: Using the operator panel to clear. The Display Language setting in the Parallel Menu, Serial Menu, Network Menu, USB Menu, and Fax Menu. See also: What types of print media can do not replace the cartridge, you may experience print quality problems. Waiting The printer has received a page of the buffer. • Press Menu to the current default settings. See also: Restoring factory default settings Toner Low The print cartridge is low on the second line...
... the message. • Make sure the Paper Size setting in the Paper Menu is defective. See also: Using the operator panel to clear. The Display Language setting in the Parallel Menu, Serial Menu, Network Menu, USB Menu, and Fax Menu. See also: What types of print media can do not replace the cartridge, you may experience print quality problems. Waiting The printer has received a page of the buffer. • Press Menu to the current default settings. See also: Restoring factory default settings Toner Low The print cartridge is low on the second line...
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... menu Data has been sent to the printer through a parallel port, but the USB port is disabled. • Press Go to printer problems that the toner supply in the print cartridge is not set to store the data you are installed on the printer. Remove the excess flash memory. Plug in the printer, and turn it on. See also: How to change a toner cartridge Messages labeled 900-999 relate to clear the message. You must format the flash memory before you replace...
... menu Data has been sent to the printer through a parallel port, but the USB port is disabled. • Press Go to printer problems that the toner supply in the print cartridge is not set to store the data you are installed on the printer. Remove the excess flash memory. Plug in the printer, and turn it on. See also: How to change a toner cartridge Messages labeled 900-999 relate to clear the message. You must format the flash memory before you replace...
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... information your printer is receiving. The replace photoconductor message should be cleared only when the photoconductor kit has been replaced. To exit Hex Trace, turn off the printer. • Off* • On Help isolate print quality problems, such as streaking. All downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) in the Parallel menu, Network menu, LocalTalk menu, and USB menu. This setting often causes Windows print jobs to the factory default values except: • Display Language. • All settings in printer memory (RAM...
... information your printer is receiving. The replace photoconductor message should be cleared only when the photoconductor kit has been replaced. To exit Hex Trace, turn off the printer. • Off* • On Help isolate print quality problems, such as streaking. All downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) in the Parallel menu, Network menu, LocalTalk menu, and USB menu. This setting often causes Windows print jobs to the factory default values except: • Display Language. • All settings in printer memory (RAM...
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... your printer has a network port, an additional page prints to the Ready message after the menu settings page prints. Settings for the menus, a list of installed options, and available printer memory. The message Printing Menu Settings appears while the page prints. Settings fr menu items can also be set correctly. The printer returns to indicate more information. 10 Software and network tasks Printing the menu settings and network setup pages The menu settings page shows current settings (user default settings) for menu items can be made using the network printer model. See...
... your printer has a network port, an additional page prints to the Ready message after the menu settings page prints. Settings for the menus, a list of installed options, and available printer memory. The message Printing Menu Settings appears while the page prints. Settings fr menu items can also be set correctly. The printer returns to indicate more information. 10 Software and network tasks Printing the menu settings and network setup pages The menu settings page shows current settings (user default settings) for menu items can be made using the network printer model. See...
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... your printer driver, select Custom 6-Rough Env from the manual feeder. The Utility will be installed on the drivers CD that when the printer tries to manually duplex a print job, it always prints side 2 from the Paper Type menu. Repeat this procedure multiple times. Load the card stock in the manual feeder. From your printer. Yes, you selected Envelope from Tray 1. If you see the Custom menu setting. 9 Click Custom. 10 Scroll down , with the top of the toner cartridge somewhat, remove the cartridge...
... your printer driver, select Custom 6-Rough Env from the manual feeder. The Utility will be installed on the drivers CD that when the printer tries to manually duplex a print job, it always prints side 2 from the Paper Type menu. Repeat this procedure multiple times. Load the card stock in the manual feeder. From your printer. Yes, you selected Envelope from Tray 1. If you see the Custom menu setting. 9 Click Custom. 10 Scroll down , with the top of the toner cartridge somewhat, remove the cartridge...
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...; Toner level is low in the toner cartridge. • Make sure the Form Type setting is correct for exits to the bin the type of the page.) Incorrect margins The Form Size setting in the printer driver is different than the size paper that they are snug against the sides of the paper. Set the Form Size to Smooth. Replace the toner cartridge. Change Paper Weight to A4. Blank pages The toner cartridge is not properly installed. Print quality problems 108 Symptom Ghost Images Troubleshooting Cause...
...; Toner level is low in the toner cartridge. • Make sure the Form Type setting is correct for exits to the bin the type of the page.) Incorrect margins The Form Size setting in the printer driver is different than the size paper that they are snug against the sides of the paper. Set the Form Size to Smooth. Replace the toner cartridge. Change Paper Weight to A4. Blank pages The toner cartridge is not properly installed. Print quality problems 108 Symptom Ghost Images Troubleshooting Cause...
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..., enabling 63 complex page errors 69 configuration menus Network MAC Binary PS 86 NPA Mode 86 Set Card Speed 86 Parallel MAC Binary PS 87 Mode 2 87 NPA Mode 87 Protocol 87 Setup Auto CR after LF 87 Auto LF after CR 87 USB MAC Binary PS 88 NPA Mode 88 Utilities Hex Trace 88 Print Quality Test Pages 88 Reset Factory Defaults 88 Reset Photoconductor Counter 88 Copies (Finishing Menu) 63 copies, specifying number 63 current menu settings 89 with menu settings page 89 Custom Types (Paper Menu) 59 D disabling...
..., enabling 63 complex page errors 69 configuration menus Network MAC Binary PS 86 NPA Mode 86 Set Card Speed 86 Parallel MAC Binary PS 87 Mode 2 87 NPA Mode 87 Protocol 87 Setup Auto CR after LF 87 Auto LF after CR 87 USB MAC Binary PS 88 NPA Mode 88 Utilities Hex Trace 88 Print Quality Test Pages 88 Reset Factory Defaults 88 Reset Photoconductor Counter 88 Copies (Finishing Menu) 63 copies, specifying number 63 current menu settings 89 with menu settings page 89 Custom Types (Paper Menu) 59 D disabling...
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... IP address setting 18, 90 verifying 19, 90 Index J Jam Recovery (Setup Menu) 68 jams 35 messages 80 See paper jams job canceling 65 Job Menu 65 Cancel Job 65 Print Buffer 66 Reset Printer 66 L labels 26 legal 32 letterhead 25, 45 Lines per Page (PCL Emul Menu) 71, 74 Linux 15, 22 loading 250-sheet tray (Tray 1) 29 550-sheet tray 29 letterhead 45 manual feeder 33 M MAC Binary PS Network menu 86 Parallel menu 87 USB menu 88 MAC Binary PS (Network Menu) 76 MAC Binary PS (Parallel Menu) 75 MAC...
... IP address setting 18, 90 verifying 19, 90 Index J Jam Recovery (Setup Menu) 68 jams 35 messages 80 See paper jams job canceling 65 Job Menu 65 Cancel Job 65 Print Buffer 66 Reset Printer 66 L labels 26 legal 32 letterhead 25, 45 Lines per Page (PCL Emul Menu) 71, 74 Linux 15, 22 loading 250-sheet tray (Tray 1) 29 550-sheet tray 29 letterhead 45 manual feeder 33 M MAC Binary PS Network menu 86 Parallel menu 87 USB menu 88 MAC Binary PS (Network Menu) 76 MAC Binary PS (Parallel Menu) 75 MAC...