Lexmark 1200 User Manual

Optra Color 1200

User’s Guide

First Edition (March 1998)

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Table of

contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

About the manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Other sources of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Online documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Technical Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Lexmark web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Automated fax system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

1 Introducing your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Print speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MarkVision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Paper handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 Changing printer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using the operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

MarkVision’s remote operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Printing current menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Changing menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Locking the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Supplies Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Maintenance Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Color Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Paper Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Finishing Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Tests Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

PCL Emul Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

PostScript Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Parallel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Serial Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Network Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Infrared Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

LocalTalk Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Fax Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Communicating in color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Defining color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Additive colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Subtractive colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Color tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

In your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

In your software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Adjusting color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Printing color and mono jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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4 Managing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Printer memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

EDO memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Adding memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Solving memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Allocating memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Flash memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Job buffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Collating jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Storing job statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Managing resources downloaded to flash or disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5 Paper handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Paper sources and output bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Paper sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Media guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Card stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Storing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Avoiding paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Loading paper in the trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Tray linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the multipurpose feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Printing from the multipurpose feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Feeding media manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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6 Replacing supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Ordering supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Storing supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

When do I replace them? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Photoconductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Fuser coating roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Recycling used supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Conserving supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Toner Saver setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Black & White printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Printer Usage setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Replacing service items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

7 Solving printer problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Understanding printer messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Identifying other problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Cleaning the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Cleaning the fuser coating roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Calling for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Appendix A: MarkVision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Operating systems supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Introducing MarkVision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

MarkVision online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Installing MarkVision on a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Getting updated utilities and drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Automated fax system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Appendix B: Printer specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Appendix C: Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Printing font samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Resident fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Scalable fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Bitmapped fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Symbol sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Symbol sets for PCL emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Downloadable fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Appendix D: Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Appendix E: Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Appendix F: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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Preface

About the manuals

Conventions

This User’s Guide provides detailed information about color functions, media specifications, printer supplies, memory requirements, changing printer settings, using the printer operator panel, and solving printer problems. The book is intended primarily for system administrators who are making decisions about the appropriate printer configuration and printer default settings, and who may be responsible for troubleshooting printer problems and ordering printer supplies.

The Quick Reference offers an overview of the printer menu structure and some tips for clearing paper jams and loading paper. You may want to keep the Quick Reference near the printer so all printer users have convenient access to it.

Refer to the Setup Guide for detailed instructions on setting up the printer hardware, installing options, loading paper in the standard or optional trays, loading media in the multipurpose feeder, and launching the CD to install printer drivers and utilities.

It may help you to recognize the conventions we have used in this book:

• Operator panel buttons are printed in a boldface type:

Press

after changing a menu setting.

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• Messages that appear on the operator panel display are also printed in a boldface type:

Black Toner Empty

If panel display, you must install a new black toner cartridge before you can resume printing.

• Notes, warnings, and cautions appear in the left column for easy reference.

appears on the operator

Note:

iary information you may find useful.

Warning!

something that might damage your printer hardware or software.

Caution!

something that might cause you harm.

A note provides auxil-

A warning identifies

A caution identifies

Other sources

of information

Online documents

In addition to the User’s Guide, Setup Guide, and Quick Reference, Lexmark offers other sources of information about

your printer or about Lexmark products and services.

The CD that was shipped with your printer contains several online documents. Refer to the booklet that came with the CD for launching instructions. Once you have launched the CD, click the View Online Documentation icon to display a list of the available documents. All online documents are provided in English only.

The CD includes:

• Introduction to MarkVision, which describes how to use some of the most popular MarkVision features.

• Network Adapter User’s Guide, which provides gen- eral information about setting up an optional network adapter after installing it in your printer.

Preface

• Card Stock & Label Guide, which provides detailed information about selecting media appropriate for your printer.

• A listing of PCL emulation printer commands.

Technical Reference

Lexmark web site

Automated fax system

If you find you need more information about printer languages and commands, interface specifications, or memory management, a printed Technical Reference is available from Lexmark. To request a Technical Reference, simply fill out the order form included with the printer registration card and drop it in the mail.

Access our site on the World Wide Web for up-to-date information about Lexmark and Lexmark products:

http: //www.lexmark.com

If you’re in the U.S. or Canada, you can use the Lexmark automated fax system to request information about Lexmark products, available printer drivers, or other related topics.

To request a catalog of the information available, simply dial (606) 232-2380 from a touchtone phone and follow the voice prompts. Have your fax number ready.

LEXFAX

is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Trademarks

FontVision, Lexmark, MarkNet, MarkVision, and Optra are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. LexExpress, LexOnSite, and Operation ReSource are service marks of Lexmark International, Inc.

AppleTalk, LocalTalk, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

PANTONE Colors generated by the Optra Color 1200 are four-color process simulations and may not match PANTONE-identified solid color standards. Use current PANTONE Color Reference manuals for accurate color.

PANTONE Color simulations are only obtainable on this product when driven by qualified Pantone-licensed software packages. Contact Pantone, Inc. for a current list of qualified licensees.

PA N TO N E property of Pantone, Inc. © Pantone, Inc., 1988

PCL Company. PCL 5 and PCL 6 are Hewlett-Packard Company’s designations of a set of printer commands (language) and functions included in its printer products. This printer is intended by Lexmark International, Inc. to be compatible with the PCL 5 and PCL 6 languages. This means the printer recognizes PCL 5 and PCL 6 commands used in various application programs, and that the printer emulates the functions corresponding to the commands.

and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the

is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard

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PostScript® is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript is Adobe Systems’ designation of a set of printer commands (language) and functions included in its printer products. This printer is intended by Lexmark International, Inc. to be compatible with the PostScript language. This means the printer recognizes PostScript commands used in various application programs, and that the printer emulates the functions corresponding to the commands.

Details relating to compatibility are included in the Te c h n i - cal Reference.

Sun is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., in the United States or other countries.

The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of these companies:

Albertus The Monotype Corporation plc Antique Olive Monsieur Marcel OLIVE Arial The Monotype Corporation plc CG Omega A product of Bayer Corporation CG Times Based on Times New Roman under license

Helvetica Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries Intellifont Bayer Corporation ITC Bookman International Typeface Corporation ITC Zapf Chancery International Typeface Corporation Marigold AlphaOmega Typography, Inc. Palatino Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries Times New Roman The Monotype Corporation plc Univers Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries Wingdings Microsoft Corporation

from The Monotype Corporation plc, is a product of Bayer Corporation

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Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Trademarks

Top output bin

Multipurpose feeder

50-sheet optional drawers

Rear output bin

250-sheet standard tray

Introducing

your printer

The Optra Color 1200 is a network color printer that uses electrophotographic technology to deliver high quality images, presentation graphics, line art, and text. Its fast output—up to 12 pages per minute (ppm) for both fourcolor and monochrome print jobs—makes it the ideal solution for businesses where performance is critical.

The printer’s flexible design allows it to support a variety of printing needs. For example, if you print a mixture of color and mono (black only) jobs, you can choose to maximize print speed or maximize supplies yield. If you need the printer to match the color process used in a particular application, you can select RGB or CMYK color corrections. Or you can adjust the printed colors to more closely represent the colors on your computer display.

A variety of connectivity options make the Optra Color 1200 an excellent choice for all types of system environments. You can attach up to two internal adapters to support network configurations requiring Ethernet, Token-Ring, LocalTalk, serial, infrared, or additional parallel ports. You can even attach a class 1 fax modem to the optional serial port and receive faxes directly to your printer.

The printer also offers flexible paper handling. It supports a wide variety of paper sizes, from A5 to A3 and 11x17 in., and has a standard multipurpose feeder that makes it easy to print on envelopes, transparencies, labels, card stock, and non-standard size paper. You can also add up to two optional drawers, which can increase the printer’s total paper capacity to 850 sheets.

Introducing your printer

Print speed

Your Optra Color 1200 printer can print four-color and mono jobs at up to 12 ppm. With all printers, print speed varies depending on specific characteristics of the job, such as the size of the formatted page, the number of fonts, the number and complexity of images and graphics, and so on. Printing a mix of color and mono jobs may also slow printing, depending on the printer settings you have chosen.

Memory

Print quality

Your printer ships with 32MB of standard printer memory for fast, efficient processing of color jobs. (Some models may ship with more memory.) If you typically print large, complex jobs, you can install pairs of optional memory cards to increase the total memory to a maximum of 128MB.

Your printer also comes with 4MB of standard flash memory for storing downloaded resources, such as fonts and macros. In addition, you can install an optional hard disk for storing downloaded resources and job statistics, and for spooling or collating print jobs. Resources stored in flash memory or on disk are retained in memory even after the printer is turned off and back on.

With standard 600 dpi resolution, your printer provides high quality printouts of all your jobs. In addition, the 1200 Image Quality setting lets you optimize the quality of printed images.

If you sometimes print simple drafts, you can set Toner Saver On to preserve toner, while minimally affecting print quality. If Toner Saver is Off, the printer smooths printed characters for enhanced text printing.

Chapter 1: Introducing your printer

MarkVision

The MarkVision printer utility, included on the CD that was shipped with your printer, provides numerous printer management and color management tools that you can access directly from your computer. MarkVision can display a graphic of your printer indicating the options installed and the location of any printer problems. If your printer is attached to a network and located some distance from your workstation, you can view printer status and change printer settings without leaving your desk. You can also use MarkVision to gather statistics about the jobs you print, or download resources to flash memory or disk.

Paper handling

The printer comes equipped with a 250-sheet paper tray and a multipurpose feeder. (Some models may ship with a second 250-sheet tray.) The multipurpose feeder lets you load a stack of envelopes, transparencies, labels, or card stock for multiple-page jobs. To increase paper feeding capacity, you can attach up to two optional drawers, each with a 250-sheet tray.

MarkVision

Chapter 1: Introducing your printer

Changing

printer settings

Read this chapter for details about the printer settings you can change to control printer function. To make it easy for you to find the information you need, the chapter is organized according to the structure of the printer operator panel menus. However, you can also change many of these settings from your application, from a Lexmark printer driver, or from the MarkVision printer utility.

Note:

selected from a software application or driver override default settings selected from the operator panel.

Printer settings

If there is a printer feature you cannot control from the application or printer driver, use the printer operator panel or the remote operator panel available from MarkVision. Keep in mind, however, that changing a printer setting from the operator panel or from MarkVision makes that setting the user default for all subsequent jobs sent to the printer. In most cases, settings you change from the application or driver apply only to the job you are preparing to send to the printer.

Changing printer settings

Using the

operator panel

Operator panel buttons

Select Return

Go Stop

The operator panel on the top of your printer has a 2-line by 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD), five buttons, and one indicator light.

The light indicates whether the printer power is on and whether the printer is idle or busy processing a job.

Indicator light

State Indicates

Off Printer power is off. On Printer is on, but idle. Flashing Printer is busy processing a job.

Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu, scroll through a list of values, select printer settings, and clear error messages. Detailed instructions for changing a printer setting begin on page 9.

Button Function

Menu > <Menu

Select

and

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Press the Go button to:

• Exit printer menus and return the printer to the ready state

• Clear certain messages from the display If you’ve changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press Go before you send a

job to print. Press the

• Enter the menus from the

• Scroll to the next (

• Increase or decrease a numerical value for a menu item setting

• Display the Job Menu or the Supplies Menu while the printer is busy Press the

• Select the menu shown on the second line of the display and view the available menu items

• Select the menu item shown on the second line of the display and view the available values and the current user default setting for that menu item

• Save the value displayed on the second line of the display as the new user default setting

• Clear certain messages from the display

Menu>

Select

<Menu

Menu>

button to:

state

ready

) or the previous (

<Menu

) menu, menu item, or value

Operator panel buttons (continued)

Button Function

Return

Stop

Press the a new menu item or value.

Press the stop all activity. The message activity.

For example, if you need to load paper in a tray while a job is printing, press the printer motors to idle before removing the tra y from the printer. Reinsert the loaded tray, and then press

Return

button to back up to the previous level of the menu structure without selecting

Stop

button when the printer displays the

Not Ready

Busy

is then displayed until y ou press Go to continue printer

Waiting

message to temporarily

Stop

and wait for

MarkVision’s remote

operator panel

The MarkVision utility has a remote operator panel that displays an exact replica of the printer operator panel on your computer screen. You can use the remote operator panel to check printer status and change printer settings just as you would the printer operator panel. If the printer is located some distance from your computer, it may be more convenient to use the remote operator panel on your computer.

In addition to the remote operator panel, some versions of MarkVision also provide a way to view many of the menu items for one menu on a single screen. If you need to make several changes to settings in the Paper Menu, for example, you may find it easier to make those changes when you can see all of the menu items and their available values at one time. That eliminates the time required to scroll through the various menu items and values when using the remote operator panel and its two-line display.

For additional information about MarkVision, see page 131.

Using the operator panel

Menus

A number of menus are available to make it easy for you to change printer settings. The diagram on page 12 shows the menus and all of the menu items available in each menu. The items in each menu and the values you can select are described in more detail in the tables beginning on page 13.

Some of the menu items or values are displayed only if a specific option is installed on the printer. Other menu items may only be effective for a particular printer language. You can select these values at any time, but they only affect printer function when you use the specified printer language.

An asterisk (*) next to a value in the tables indicates the factory default setting. Factory defaults may differ for different countries. When you select a new setting from the operator panel, the asterisk moves next to the selected setting to identify it as the current user default. These settings remain active until new ones are selected or the factory defaults are restored.

See “Changing menu settings” on page 9 for instructions on how to select a new setting.

Printing current

menu settings

Note:

menu settings page, make sure the selected paper source holds A4, letter, or legal size paper and the Paper Type setting for the source is Plain Paper.

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Before printing the

You can print a list of the current user default settings at any time.

1 From the operator panel, press

enter the menus.

2 Continue to press and release

you see

3 Press the

TESTS MENU Print Menus

4 Press

The message printer returns to the ready state after the list of user default settings prints.

TESTS MENU

Select

is then displayed on the first line, and

is on the second line.

Select

again to print the page.

Printing Menu Settings

button.

Menu>

is displayed. The

<Menu

until

If an error message appears on the display, see “Understanding printer messages” on page 100.

Changing

menu settings

Note:

tings you choose from your software application or printer driver override the user default settings you set from the operator panel menus.

Remember that set-

Follow the steps below to change a user default setting from the menus:

1 From the operator panel, press

2 Continue to press and release

the menu you want appears on the second line of the display.

The menus and their menu items are listed on page 12.

3 Press

4 Press

5 Press

Select

to display the list of menu items for

the selected menu.

Menu>

need appears on the second line.

Select

the menu item.

An asterisk (*) appears beside the current user default setting for that menu item.

Some menu items have submenus. For example, if you select the Paper Menu, and then select the Paper Type menu item, you must select another menu (such as Tray 1 Type) before the available values are displayed.

<Menu

to display a list of available values for

until the menu item you

Menu>

<Menu

until

A value can be:

– An On or Off setting – A phrase or word that describes a setting – A numerical value that you can increase or

decrease

6 Press

values.

Menu>

<Menu

to scroll through the list of

Menus

When the value you want appears on the second line of the display, press

the new user default setting.

An asterisk appears beside the value to indicate that it is now the user default setting. The display shows the new setting for one second and then clears and shows the word list of menu items.

Saved.

Select

to make the value

It then displays the previous

Locking the menus

8 Press

User default settings remain in effect until you save new settings or restore the factory defaults.

To lock the menus so that changes cannot be made to the user default settings:

Return

if you need to go back to previous

menus or menu items and select other user defaults.

Press Go if you have finished changing menu settings.

1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press and hold the

the printer on.

3 Release the buttons when

displayed.

Locking Menus

printer self test is complete, the displayed.

appears on the display. When the

Stop

and

buttons and turn

Performing Self Test

Ready

message is

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If you press message is displayed.

To unlock the menus, repeat steps 1–3 above.

Menu>

<Menu

Menus Disabled

, the

If you want to disable the button sequence so users cannot easily lock or unlock the menus from the printer operator panel, change the password variable of the PJL JOB command. Select any non-zero value for the password variable to prevent the button sequence from unlocking (or locking) the menus. Refer to the printer Technical Reference for more information about PJL commands.

Menus

Menu overview

Menus or menu items in

are displayed only when the required

italics

option is installed. Capitalized menu items (for example, PAPER SIZE) have submenus . Ref er to the tab les on the f ollo wing pages f o r a listing of the values for each menu item.

SUPPLIES MENU (page 13)

<color> Toner <color> PC Drum Tray 1 Status

Tray 2 Status Tray 3 Status

TESTS MENU (page 26)

Print Menus Print Fonts Print Directory Print Demo Color Samples Factory Defaults Format Flash

Format Disk Job Acct Stat

Hex Trace

MAINTENANCE MENU (page 14)

Maint Status

JOB MENU (page 28)

Cancel Job Reset Printer Print Buffer

COLOR MENU (page 15)

Color Correction Print Quality Toner Saver

SETUP MENU (page 29)

Printer Language Power Saver Resource Save Download Target Print Timeout Wait Timeout Auto Continue Jam Recovery Page Protect Print Area Display Language Alarm Control Printer Usage Timing Adj

Job Buffer Size Job Accounting Job Acct Limit

PAPER MENU (page 16)

Paper Source PAPER SIZE PAPER TYPE CUSTOM TYPES Output Bin Substitute Size Configure MP Size Detection

PCL EMUL MENU (page 35)

Font Source Font Name Point Size Pitch Symbol Set Orientation Lines per Page A4 Width TRAY RENUMBER Auto CR after LF Auto LF after CR

POSTSCRIPT MENU (page 39)

Print PS Error Font Priority Image Smoothing

FINISHING MENU (page 22)

Copies Blank Pages Collation Separator Sheets Separator Source Multipage Print Multipage Order Multipage View Multipage Border

PARALLEL MENU (page 40)

STD PARALLEL

PARALLEL OPT 1 PARALLEL OPT 2

PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Parallel Buffer

Job Buffering

Advanced Status Protocol Honor Init Parallel Mode 1 Parallel Mode 2

SERIAL MENU

(page 43)

SERIAL OPTION 1 SERIAL OPTION 2

PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Serial Buffer Job Buffering RS-232/RS-422 RS-422 Polarity Serial Protocol Robust XON Baud Data Bits Parity Honor DSR

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NETWORK MENU

(page 47)

NETWORK OPTION 1 NETWORK OPTION 2

PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Network Buffer Job Buffering NETWORK x SETUP

INFRARED MENU

(page 49)

Infrared Port PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode Infrared Buffer Job Buffering Window Size Transmit Delay Max Baud Rate

LOCALTALK MENU

(page 52)

LocalTalk Port PCL SmartSwitch PS SmartSwitch NPA Mode LocalTalk Buffer Job Buffering NPA Hosts LocalTalk Name LocalTalk Addr LocalTalk Zone

FAX MENU

(page 55)

Fax Port Fax Baud Fax Data Bits Fax Parity Fax Buffer

Supplies Menu

Menu item Values

Toner Low

color

When a toner cartridge has only enough toner left to print approximately 250 pages, the printer identifies the cartridge in the Supplies Menu (for example, Magenta Toner). When the toner cartridge is completely empty, the printer ceases operation. See page 93 or page 108 for more information.

PC Drum Life Warning

color

Tray

Status Missing

Exhausted

Like the toner cartridge, each of the color photoconductors requires periodic replacement. When a photoconductor (or PC Drum) is nearing the end of its life or needs replacing, the printer displays an item such as Magenta PC Drum in the Supplies Menu.

You must replace all three color photoconductors (magenta, cyan, and yellow) at the same time. When you replace the black photoconductor, you must also replace the fuser coating roll.

See page 94 or page 108 for more information.

Low Empty

The Supplies Menu provides information about printer supplies that require attention. It is only available when a supply is low or needs replacement.

You can view the Supplies Menu when the printer is idle or when the printer is busy processing or printing a job. Press

Menu>

<Menu

to open the Supplies Menu. The information in the menu changes as the supplies’ status changes, even after you have opened the menu.

Your printer can detect if a tray is missing, low on paper (less than 50 sheets), or empty. The Supplies Menu lists any of the installed trays (tray 1, tray 2, or tray 3) that meets any of these three conditions.

Menus

Maintenance Menu

Menu item Values

Maint Status Life Warning

The printer requires replacement of routine maintenance items, such as the fuser and transport belt, to maintain top performance and avoid print quality and paper feed problems. This menu appears when the printer maintenance counter determines 100,000 pages have printed.

These maintenance items are in a kit available from Le xmark. You must have a trained service technician install the maintenance kit. Failure to replace these items will not interrupt printer operation, but can result in unsatisfactory performance of the printer.

See page 98 for more information about ordering a maintenance kit.

The Maintenance Menu provides information about printer parts that need replacement by a service technician. The menu is only available when this condition exists.

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Color Menu

Menu item Values

Color Correction Vivid*

RGB CMYK Black & White Display

The Color Correction setting lets you adjust the printed color to better match the colors of other output devices or standard color systems. For example, if you want your printed colors to simulate the colors on your computer screen, choose Display. If you are using a software application that has its own color correction, choose CMYK. The Vivid setting (the default) produces bright and well saturated colors for transparencies and general business graphics.

For more information, see page 61.

Print Quality Graphics*

Images 1200 Image Q

The default setting, Graphics, provides high quality output for text and business graphics, such as line art and electronically generated charts.

If you need to print jobs composed largely of image data (scanned photos or video frames, for example), you ma y w ant to select Images . The Images setting enhances the quality of printed images on the page, while maintaining high quality text and gr aphics.

For the best overall print quality when printing jobs containing images, text, and graphics, select 1200 Image Quality. This setting may require more memory than the other two settings to process a particular job, and may slow print speed. However, the 1200 Image Quality setting delivers the highest quality output, with crisp text and graphics and exceptionally high quality images.

See page 62 for more information about the Print Quality settings.

Toner Saver Off*

Use the Color Menu to make print quality adjustments and customize color printing.

*Factory default

To get the most from your toner supply, set Toner Saver On. Toner Saver reduces the amount of toner used on the printed page and may help lower the cost of printing.

When Toner Saver is Off, the printer smooths printed characters to improv e the appearance of text.

Menus

Paper Menu

Menu item Values

Paper Source Tray 1*

Tray 2 Tray 3 MP Feeder Manual Paper Manual Env

The Paper Source setting identifies the def ault paper source. Only installed paper sources are displayed.

The MP Feeder (multipurpose feeder) value is displayed only if the Configure MP menu item is set to Cassette. If Paper Source is set to MP Feeder and Configure MP is then changed to Manual or First, the Paper Source setting automatically changes to Tray 1.

If you are using the same size and type of media in two or more paper sources (and the P aper Type settings are correct), the trays are automatically linked. When one tray is empty, paper feeds from the other tray.

Paper Size Tray 1 Size

Tray 2 Size Tray 3 Size

(Select the Tray

Use the Paper Menu to define all settings relating to the media you load in your printer.

Size setting by adjusting the rear paper guide in the tray.)

*Factory default

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MP Feeder Size

A4* (Country specific) A5 JIS B4 JIS B5 Letter* (Country specific) Legal A3 11x17 Universal 7 3/4 Envelope 9 Envelope 10 Envelope* (Country specific) DL Envelope* (Country specific) C5 Envelope B5 Envelope Other Envelope

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