IBM S544-5361-01 User Manual

IBM Network Color Printer:

Operator’s Guide

S544-5361-01

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Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Communications Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi

Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Organization and Contents of this Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii

Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii

Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Requesting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Chapter 1. Welcome to the IBM Network Color Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1

Introducing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

General De s c ript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 –2

Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

Optional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 –3

Ordering Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

Identifying Printer Parts and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

Front and Right Sides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

Back and Left Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

Inside the Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

Identifying Parts on the Density Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

Turning th e Printer On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13

Turning th e Printer On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13

Turning th e Printer Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13

Resetting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14

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Chapter 2. Choosing and Storing Paper and Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Choosing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Paper You Should Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Paper You Should Not Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Understanding the Printable Ar ea on a Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Handling and Storin g Paper and T ransparen c ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Handling and Storin g Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Handling and Storin g Printouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Handling T ranspare nc ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

Chapter 3. Loading Paper and Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

Loading Paper in Tray 1 and Tray 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

Loading Paper in the Au x iliary Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Choosing the Paper Output Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Using the Side Output Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Using the Top Output Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15

Chapter 4. Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Identifying Each Part of the Operator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 –2

Online Push Button and Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 –2

Cancel Push Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 –3

Control Push Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Paper Source Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 –4

Cancelin g a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Understanding the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 –6

Navigating the Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Choosing a Menu Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Using the Online Menu (Print Pages Menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Printing the Help Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Printing a Job Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Printing a Configuration Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Printing a Test Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Printing th e C olor Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Printing the Font Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Using the Offline Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Entering a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13

Deleting a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13

Changing a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13

Using the Printer Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

Choosing the Paper Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

Choosing the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15

Choosing the Color Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16

Choosing to Print a Cover Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16

Choosing to Print When There Is a PostScript Error . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17

Choosing to Print a Start Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18

Using the System Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19

Setting the Printer Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20

Setting the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20

Changing the Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21

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Setting the Power Savings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–23

Using the Language Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24

Changing the Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24

Language Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24

Chapter 5. Replacing Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

Storing and Handlin g T oner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

Ordering Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

Replacing Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

Removing the Old Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

Installing a New Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

Recyclin g t he U s ed Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13

Replacing the Used Toner Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14

Replacing the Fuser Oil Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16

Removing the Old Fus er Oil Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5– 16

Installing t he New Fuser Oil Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

Replacing the Fuser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19

Preparing the Fuser and Work Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19

Unpacking the New Fuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20

Removing the Fuser Oil from the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

Removing the Fuser Access Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–24

Removing the Used Fuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26

Installing t he New Fuser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–27

Replacing the Fuser Access Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–29

Filling the Ne w F us er Unit with F us er Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5– 30

Printing Test Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–31

Replacing the Photoconductor Drum Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–33

Locating th e Orange Photoconductor Drum Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–33

Removing the Old Photoconductor Drum Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . 5–33

Installing a New Phot oc onductor D rum Cartrid ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–35

Recycling the Photoconductor Drum Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–38

Cleaning the Separation Corona Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–39

Chapter 6. Diagnosing Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

Common Printer Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

Clearing a Paper Jam in Area 1 (Tr ans f er Drum Area) . . . . . . . . . . 6–4

Clearing a Paper Jam in Area 2 (Fuser Area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

Clearing a Paper Jam in Area 3 (Paper Feede r Area) . . . . . . . . . . . 6 –9

Clearing a Paper Jam in the Tray 2 Paper Feede r. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12

Correcting Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13

Adjusting the Side Registration on Tray 2 Printouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20

Adjustin g th e C olor Densit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–22

Printing Test Prints from the Density Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–24

Setting the Separation Corona Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–26

Chapter 7. Understanding Operator Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

Understanding POST Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2

Function of POST Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 –2

Table of POST Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2

Understanding Operator Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5

Understanding Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5

Understanding Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7

Understanding Operator Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8

Chapter 8. Maintaining the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1

Cleaning the Outside of the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

Cleaning the Paper Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 –3

Cleaning the Paper Feeder Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3

Cleaning the Transfer Drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 –3

Cleaning the Separation Corona Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 –3

Cleaning the Window of the Density Detection Sensor . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

Cleaning t he Fuser Ro llers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 –5

Replacing the Air and Ozone Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 –6

Replacing the Separation Corona Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10

Replacing the Transfer Drum Cleaning Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–12

Appendix A. Help Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix A–1

Appendix B. Supplies Replacement Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix B–1

Appendix C. Wiring Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix C–1

Acronyms and Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X–1

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X–3

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X–15

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Notices

References in this publication to IBM products, programs, or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM licensed product, program, or

service is n ot int ended to sta t e or imply that only IBM’s product, program, or service m ay be used. Any f unctionally equivalen t p roduct, prog ram, or service th at does not infri nge any of IBM’s intellec tual property rights m ay be used ins t ead of the IBM product. E v aluation an d v erif ic ation of operation in conjunction with other products, except those expressly designated by IBM, is the user’s responsibility.

Any perfo rm ance data c ontained in th is publication w as obtained in a controlle d environment based on the use of sp ec if ic data. The re sults that may be obtained in oth er operatin g environments may va ry s ignificantly . Users of this publication should verify the app lic able data in their specif ic environm ent. There fo re, such data does not co ns t it ut e a perform ance guarantee or warran t y .

IBM may h av e patents or pending pat ent applications coverin g s ubject matter in th is publication. T he furnishing of this pub lic at ion does no t g iv e you any license to these patents . Y ou can send lic ense inqu iries, in writing, to th e IB M C orporatio n, IB M D irec t or of Licen s ing, 208 Harbor Drive, Sta m f ord, Connec t ic ut , Un it ed States, 06904.

Trademarks

The following terms are t rademarks of th e I BM Corporation in th e U nit ed States or ot her countries or both:

AIX AIX/6000 IBM OS/2 Personal System/2  PS/2 RISC System/6000 WIN-OS/2

The following terms are t rademarks or registe red trademarks of other compan ies :

Acrobat Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe logo Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Separator Adobe Systems Inc. Agfa Agfa Division, Miles Inc.

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Apple Apple Computer Inc. Apple logo Apple Computer Inc. AppleTalk Apple Computer Inc. ATM (Adobe Type Manager) Adobe Systems Inc. AXIS AXIS Communication, Inc. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) Altsys Corporation Ethernet Xerox Corporation EtherTalk Applice Computer, Inc. Fiery Electronics for Imaging Inc. Fiery driven Electronics for Imaging Inc. Fiery XJ Electronics for Imaging Inc. Fiery logo Electronics for Imaging Inc. IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) Novell Inc. ITC Advant Garde Gothic International Typeface Corp. ITC Bookman International Typeface Corp. ITC Zapf Chancery International Typeface Corp. ITC Zapf Dingbat International Typeface Corp. Macintosh Apple Computer Inc. Microsoft Microsoft Corp. Mylar E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. Netware Nov el l Inc. Novell Novell Inc. Pagemaker Adobe Systems Inc. PANTONE Pantone Co. PostScript Adobe Systems, Inc. Quark XPress Quark Inc. QuickDraw Apple Computer Co. TrueType Apple Computer Co. Univers Linotype AG and Subsidiaries UNIX X/Open Company Limited Windows Microsoft Corp.

Communications Statements

Federal Communication Notices Commission (FCC) Statement

NOTE: This equi pment has been tested a nd found to comply with the li mi ts for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason able protect ion agains t h arm f ul interference in a resident ial installati on. T his equipment gener at es , us es , and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if n ot ins t alled and use d in accordance with the instructio ns , m ay c ause harmf ul interferenc e to radio com munica t ions. However, th ere is no gua rantee that in t erf erence w ill not occur in a particular installation. If this equ ipment does c ause harmf ul interference to radio or television reception, which can be determ ined by turning the eq uipment off and on, the us er is encouraged to try to c orrect the interferenc e by one or more of the f ollowing measures:

• Reorient or relocate th e rec eiving an te nna.

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• In c rease the se paration be tween the eq uipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connec t ed.

• Consult an IBM authoriz ed dealer or service re presentati v e fo r help.

Properly s hielded and grounded cables and connect ors (I BM partn um ber 68X394 9 or it s equivalen t for PC paralle l) m ust be used in order to me et FCC emission limits. Proper cables and conne c to rs are availabl e f rom I BM authoriz ed dealers. IB M is not respons ible for any radio or telev is ion interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment. Unauthorized changes or m odificatio ns c ould void the us er’s authority to oper at e t he equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two con dit ions: (1) this device ma y not ca us e harmfu l interfere nc e, and (2) this device must ac c ept any inter ference re c eiv ed, including interferenc e that may c ause undesired operat ion.

European Union (EU) Electromagnetic Conformity Statement:

This prod uc t is in co nf ormity with the protect ion requirem ents of EU C ouncil Directive 89/ 336/EEC on the appr ox im ation of the laws of the M ember Stat es relating to electromag netic compatibility. IBM cannot ac c ept respons ibility for any failure to sa t is fy t he protection requirements re s ult ing from a nonrecommended modification of the product, including the fitting of non-IBM option car ds .

EU Conformity Statement: This product has been tested and found to c om ply

with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22/ European s t andard EN 55022. The lim it s fo r C las s B equipme nt were derived for typical environments to provide reasonable protection against interfere nc e w it h licensed c om municat ion devices .

German Conformi ty Statemen t:

Dieses Gerät erfüllt die Bedingungen der EN

55022 Kla s s e B.

Industry Canada Compliance Statement: This Cla s s B digital appa rat us meets

the requirements of t he C anadian I nt erf erence-causing eq uipment regulations.

Cet appar eil numériq ue de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Régleme nt s ur le matèriel brouiller du C anada.

Japanese VCCI Class 2 ITE Statement:

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x IBM Network Color Printer Operator’s Guide

Preface

This publication te lls yo u how to per form tasks such as loading paper, loading transparencies, removing paper jams, changing paper size, and other similar tasks.

Audience

This publi c at ion is intended for a key op erator who m aintains th e printer and orders su pplies, and fo r all users who replace supplies and who submit print jobs to this printer.

Organization and Contents of this Publication

This publication includes the following chapters:

• Chapter 1 , “Welcome to the I BM N et w ork Color Print er, ” t ells y ou about the printer’s features and parts. This chapter also lists supplies that you can order for th e printer and tells you ho w to tu rn t he printer on and off.

• Chapter 2, “Choosing and Storing Paper and Transparencies,” tells you what paper to us e in the printer and how to s to re and handle paper and transpar encies.

• Chapter 3, “Loading Paper and Transparencies,” tells you how to load paper into the printe r, how to choose the tray for output , and how to know when to add pape r.

• Chapter 4 , “Us ing the Op erator Pane l, ” te lls y ou how the operator pan el works and how to use menus on the display panel.

• Chapter 5, “Replacing Supplies,” tells you how to replace the printer’s toner cartridge , the us ed toner bo ttle, the fuser oil bottle, t he f us er, and the photoco nductor drum c artridge. It als o tells you how to store and handle toner cartridges.

• Chapter 6, “Diagnosing Printer Problems,” helps you diagnose problems you may have w hen using the printer. It t ells y ou how to cle ar paper jam s a nd correct the quality of the printouts. This chapter also explain s how to adjust the left margin of tray 2 and the color density of the printouts and how to set the separ at ion corona mode.

• Chapter 7, “Understanding Operator Messages,” lists the messages that yo u may see on the display panel, tells you the reason for the message, and tells you what to do. M essages on t he display panel tell yo u t he printer’s s ta t us and alert yo u t o upcoming problem s. I f the printer ha s a n error during operation, you see a n error messa ge on the display pane l.

• Chapter 8, “Maintaining the Printer,” tells you how to clean the printer and do routine maintenance tasks. Regular cleaning and maintenance (as needed) and caref ul handling of th e printer keep the printer and print quality in th e best condit ion.

• This publication includes a list of abbreviations , a glossary, and an index .

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Terminology

Safety Notices

Common Phrases

This guide ref ers t o th e IB M N et w ork Color Print er as the prin te r. Additionall y , the Netwo rk Print Server f eature is ref erred to as the NP S.

Paper Input an d Output Receptacles

Input receptacles are called trays, such as tray 1, tray 2, and auxiliary tray. Output re ce pt acles are ca lled output t ray s .

There are 3 levels of saf et y not ic es:

DANGER calls attention to a situation that is potentially extremely hazardous

• to people.

CAUTION calls attention to a situation that is potentially hazardous to people.

•

Attention calls attention to th e possibility of damage to a program, device,

• system, o r dat a. Attention notices are loc ated throughout this publicatio n, but are not lis te d here.

• Translations of the safety notices used in this library are found in

Network Co lor Printer: Safety Info rm at ion,

shipped w it h t he printer an d is provided wit h t he maintenance docume nt at ion.

Safety Precautions

Electrical Safety

This printer is inspected and listed by recognized national testing laboratories, such as Un derwriters Laboratorie s , Inc. (U L) in the U.S.A. and Ca nadian Standards Association (CSA) in C anada. List ing of a product by a national testing laboratory indicates that the produc t is des igned and m anufactured in accordance with national requirements intended to minimize safety hazards. IBM equipment meets a very high standard of safety in design and manufacture. Remember, however, that this product operates under condition s of high electric al potentials and heat gen eration, bot h of which are functionally necessary.

Because th e paper and t oner used in the printer can burn, you s hould take normal precautions to prevent fire. These precautions include common-sense measure s , suc h as keeping potentially combu s ti ble materials (f or examp le, curtains and chemic als ) away from t he printer, providing a dequate ventilation and cooling, limiting unattended operatio n, and having trained pers onnel available and assigned to the printer.

IBM

G544-5352. This publication is

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Laser Safety

This printer complies w it h t he performance stand ards set th e by U . S. F ood and Drug Administration for a Class 1 Laser Product. This means that the printer belongs to a class of laser products that does not produce hazardous laser radiat ion in a custo m er access area. This clas s if ic ation was accomplis hed by pro vi ding the neces s ary protec ti v e housing an d s c anning safegua rds t o ensure that las er radiatio n is inaccessible or within C las s 1 limits.

There are v arious tool-operated m ac hine covers t hat should be m oved, removed, or replaced only by trained service personnel. There are no operator controls or adjustments associated with the laser.

No operat or m aintenan c e is required to ke ep the produ c t in co m pliance as a Class 1 Laser Product. No adjustments that affect laser operation or power are accessible to the operator.

Note: See

languag e t ranslations regarding las er safety.

Disposal of Materials

This printer m ay contain ma te rials, either a s com ponents or supplies, tha t are regulated by governm ent agen c ies fo r disposal. Dispose of a ll s uc h it ems in accorda nc e w it h y our govern m ental agen c ies regulatio ns .

Related Publications

The following public at ions are included in hardcopy with t his printer:

IBM Network Color Printer: Adm inistrator’s Guide,

•

IBM Network Color Printer: Operator’s G uide,

•

IBM Network Color Printer: Quic k Print Guide,

•

IBM Network Color Printer: Installation and Relocation Guide,

•

IBM Network Color Printer: Saf et y Inf ormation,

•

IBM Network Color Printer: User’s Guide,

•

The above publications are also available in Adobe Acrobat Reader format on

IBM Network Color Printer:Customer CD-ROM

the You can vie w th es e publications using Adobe Acr obat Reader, which is included on the CD-ROM. The Adobe Acrobat Reader and the softcopy documentation onto your system.

IBM Network Color Printer: Safety Information

S544-53 64

S544-53 61

softcopy only

G544-53 52

S544-53 63

shipped with this printer.

User’ s Gu ide

contains instructions for installing

for national

G544-5362

If you wish to purchase additional co pies of the publications , please cont ac t your IBM s erv ic e represe nt at iv e or authorized servic e dealer.

Requesting Service

To reques t se rv ic e on your IBM N et w ork C olor Printe r in t he U.S. or C anada, call 1-800-358-6661. Service is av ailable from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m . EST. To request service in oth er countries , ca ll y our count ry Ca ll C enter.

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• Yo u m ay c all for servic e free of cha rge during th e printer’s wa rranty period.

• Yo u c an obtain s erv ic e after the wa rranty period has expired if you sign a service co nt ract agreem ent with an aut horized serv ic e provide r.

• Yo u also can o bt ain service on a billable-per-call basis after the warranty period ha s e x pired.

• Ple as e have yo ur s ervice con tr ac t inf ormation av ailable whe n y ou call.

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Chapter 1. Welcome to the IBM Network Color Printer

This chapt er te lls yo u about the printer’s feature s and parts. This chapter also lists supplies that you ca n order for the printer and te lls y ou how to turn th e printer on and off.

This chapter covers the following topics: