Home » Lexmark » Printers » Lexmark Forms Printer 2500

Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 Support Question

Find answers below for this question about Lexmark Forms Printer 2500.
Need a Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 manual? We have 2 online manuals for this item!

Lexmark Overview Questions Manuals Reviews Videos Research

Question posted by jf75733 on June 14th, 2013

May Re Ink And Use The Printer Ribbon Back

The person who posted this question about this Lexmark product did not include a detailed explanation. Please use the "Request More Information" button to the right if more details would help you to answer this question.

I Know the Answer!

I have the same question
Request More Information

Current Answers

There are currently no answers that have been posted for this question.
Be the first to post an answer!

Remember that you can earn up to 1,100 points for every answer you submit. The better the quality of your answer, the better chance it has to be accepted.

Related Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 Manual Pages

User's Guide - Page 3

... options ...55 Interface options...56 Maintaining the printer 57 Ordering supplies...57 Removing the ribbon cartridge...57 Cleaning the printer...57 Recycling Lexmark products...58 Administrative support 59 Restoring the factory default settings...59 Supporting IPSec...60 Supporting SNMPv3...60 Using 802.1x authentication...61 Contents 3 Loading a cut form or envelope manually ...37 Aligning the...

User's Guide - Page 8

... look slightly different from the printer illustrated. and wide-carriage models. and 24-wire narrow- Printer front view Part name 1 Forms thickness lever 2 Ribbon access cover 3 Power switch 4 Paper select lever 5 Paper guides 6 Manual feeder 7 Front cover 8 Control panel Learning about the printer Printer overview The LexmarkTM Forms Printer 2500 Series printers are available in 9- Learning...

User's Guide - Page 9

...Tractor 2 connector knockout 11 Power cord connector Applying control panel overlays The Lexmark Forms Printer 2500 Series printers have control panel overlays available in the language of your choice: 1 Peel ...To apply an overlay in different languages. Printer back view Part name 1 Ribbon access cover latch 2 Acoustic flap 3 Tear off bar 4 Ribbon access cover latch 5 Recessed network button...

User's Guide - Page 11

...limiting the potential that untrained operators may accidentally change forms settings Contains the inked fabric ribbon • Power-on Self Test • Printer test page-Determines whether your machine has print problems... screen Prints a variety of paper used in the printer default settings. Loads and unloads continuous form paper (tractor fed) The printer has the capability of storing four ...

User's Guide - Page 14

.... Consult a system support person for your DOS application to see what printer drivers are using so the application can take full advantage of a pen, press the ...printer is turned off. 3 Check the first section on and paper is useful in situations where the Address changes. Printing from Windows or DOS Windows When printing from a Windows application, use the Windows Forms Printer 2500...

User's Guide - Page 15

... printer is using IBM mode (the factory default setting), select a printer from your application in the following preferred order. Printer drivers other than the 2500 series support most , but not all , of the printers in your program must match the emulation mode you may need to select one of the printer capabilities. For Lexmark Forms Printer 2580/2581 users: 1 Forms Printer...

User's Guide - Page 29

... that came with your option for paper loading instructions. 1 Turn the printer on. 2 Make sure the paper path is clear. Loading paper 29 Note: When you use the push tractor to Top-Of-Form and put the printer online. Front loading continuous forms using . 4 Remove the ribbon access cover. 5 Move the paper select lever down to the...

User's Guide - Page 36

...solid. Loading paper 36 Note: Top-Of-Form is not saved if the printer is turned off or runs out of paper when using the pull tractor. 18 Make sure the printer is online, and the Ready light is on...use. 17 Press Set TOF to set the Top-Of-Form. Move the tractor to the paper width, load the paper, and then lock the right tractor. 10 Close the left and right tractor doors. 11 Replace the ribbon...

User's Guide - Page 57

... 12A2405 Serial adapter and cable 12T0154 (Serial Interface option) 1038693 (50-foot cable) Printer ribbon • 11A3540 (2400/2500 series standard re-inking ribbon) • 11A3550 (2500 series high yield re-inking ribbon) Note: Printer ribbons can be hot. Cleaning the inside of the printer Every few months, use a soft brush and a vacuum to lift it out of paper from inside the...

User's Guide - Page 63

... Ready light comes on again. No action required. Use this mode to help diagnose software/driver problems. 1 Make sure the paper is loaded, and the ribbon cartridge is in the buffer that are printing continuous forms, make sure the paper select lever is installed. 2 Turn the printer off. 3 Press and hold Tractor while turning...

User's Guide - Page 67

The paper remains at www.lexmark.com. • If you are using Windows, use the Windows Forms Printer 2500 Series driver available from the Lexmark Web site at the new Top-Of-Form position until the printer beeps and the light blinks. 3 Open the control panel to access layer 2. 4 Press Micro or Micro to move the paper to...

User's Guide - Page 68

.../Stop, FormFeed, Tear Off and Load/Unload 1 Turn the printer off and then back on . lines do not work, except for the thickness of the forms being used (letter quality, etc.) and the amount and density of the following : • Make sure the ribbon cartridge is properly installed, and the paper is off , the...

User's Guide - Page 69

... following: • Change the program so that the selected paper size is jammed in the printer To clear a continuous forms paper jam: 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Detach any continuous forms that came with the paper being used. • Make sure the ribbon cartridge is properly shielded and correctly connected at both ends. • Select the correct...

User's Guide - Page 70

.... • Remove foreign objects from the front of the printer. 5 Remove the ribbon access cover to clear any torn pieces of paper. 6 Push the paper select lever up to the position. 7 Set the forms thickness lever to the proper setting for the paper type being used . • Press Load/Unload to correspond with the...

User's Guide - Page 73

... may be set to increase print darkness. CHECK THE FORMS THICKNESS LEVER The forms thickness lever may have a printer part that requires adjustment or replacement. Dots are possible solutions. a Make sure the paper and the ribbon cartridge are using. When the print becomes too light, turn the printer on the carrier. 2 Adjust the density control knob...

User's Guide - Page 74

... feed from the carton and there is too dark These are wrong or missing Run a printer test: 1 Make sure the forms thickness lever setting is in the appropriate position for the paper being used. • Make sure the ribbon is selected. Try one or more of the following : • See the documentation that corresponds...

User's Guide - Page 83

... 52 F factory default settings restoring 59 FCC notices 77 features and functions printer 10 font locking 21 selecting 21 font lock disabling 21 Forms Macro options Setup mode 51 forms thickness lever setting 23 H Hex Trace mode using 62 I IBM emulation mode using 15 Interface options 56 IPSec 60 J jams and misfeeds troubleshooting paper is...

User's Guide - Page 84

...paths pull tractor 25 push tractor 25 paper sizes supported by the printer 43 paper types supported by the printer 43 pitch locking 22 selecting 22 pitch lock disabling 22 print quality... Lexmark products 58 WEEE statement 79 ribbon cartridge removing 57 S safety information 7 security supporting IPSec 60 supporting SNMPv3 60 using 802.1x authentication 61 setting Top-Of-Form 40, 41, 42 Setup mode ...

Quick Reference - Page 8

...potential that untrained operators may accidentally change forms settings Ribbon cartridge Contains the inked fabric ribbon Printer tests • Power-on Self Test • Printer test page-Determines whether your machine has ...are resident in the printer: • 3 of 9 • Codabar (NW-7) • Code 39 • Code 128 • Interleaved 2 of paper used in mathematical equations, ...

Quick Reference - Page 48

...Serial adapter and cable 12T0154 (Serial Interface option) 1038693 (50-foot cable) Printer ribbon • 11A3540 (2400/2500 series standard re-inking ribbon) • 11A3550 (2500 series high yield re-inking ribbon) Note: Printer ribbons can be hot. Cleaning the inside of the printer Every few months, use a soft brush and a vacuum to maintain optimum print quality. Ordering supplies...