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Lexmark™ C78x
Clearing Jams
Clearing jams
Understanding jam messages
Area B
1 Open the left access door until it clicks into
place.
Guide
Avoiding jams
The following hints can help you avoid paper jams:
• Use only recommended paper. Refer to the
Card Stock & Label Guide available on the
Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/
publications for more information about which
paper provides optimum results for your printing
environment.
• Do not remove paper trays while a job is
printing. Wait for a Load Tray <x> or Ready
message before you remove the tray.
• If you need detailed information before
purchasing large quantities of customized
paper, refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide.
• Do not load wrinkled, creased, or damp paper.
• Never mix media types within a tray.
• Flex, fan, and straighten paper before you load
it.
• Do not overload the trays or the multipurpose
feeder. Make sure the stack height does not
exceed the maximum height indicated.
• Push all trays firmly into the printer after loading
them.
• Make sure the guides in the trays are properly
positioned for the size paper you have loaded.
• Do not send jobs to staple, hole punch, or offset
for transparencies, labels, or card stock.
• We recommend that transparencies, labels,
card stock, and envelopes not be sent to the
optional mailbox or optional finisher. These
specialty media types should be sent to the
standard bin.
• If a jam should occur, clear the entire paper
path. For more information, see Clearing the
entire paper path.
Message What to do
200 Paper Jam Clear Area B and Area T1.
201 Paper Jam Clear Area D, Area K, and Area L.
202 Paper Jam Clear Area K and Area L.
230 Paper Jam Clear Area E and Area J.
24<x> Paper
Jam
250 Paper Jam Clear Area A and Area D.
27<x> Paper
Jam
Clear Area B, Area C, and Area
T<x>.
Clear Area M.
Area A
1 Release the levers on each side of the
multipurpose feeder to lay it flat.
2 Press the pick assembly release lever, and
remove all media and jams.
3 Return the feeder to its working position, and
reload your paper.
2 Remove all visible paper. Remove any torn
paper from the printer.
3 Close the door.
4 Open Tray 1, and make sure the entire paper
stack is pushed all the way down into the tray.
Area C
1 Open the 500-sheet drawer access door. Hold
the door down while removing jams.
2 Make sure the entire paper stack is loaded
correctly, and then close the door.
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Area D
1 Open the front access door.
2 Hold down the front access door. Remove jams
in the rollers under the image transfer unit.
Area J
1 Remove the duplex tray J.
2 Remove any jams, and then reinstall the tray.
Clearing mailbox, finisher, or
output expander jams (Area M)
1 Open the rear door of the 5-bin mailbox or
output expander.
Area T1
1 Open tray 1.
2 Remove any jams.
3 Make sure the paper is pushed all the way down
into the tray, and then close tray 1.
Area E
1 Pull the duplex tray E completely out. Remove
any paper caught in the rollers or inside the
printer.
2 Reinstall the duplex mechanism in the printer.
Area K
1 Open the lower right access door.
2 Remove any jams, and then close the door.
Area L
1 Open the upper right access door.
2 Pull the jam straight out, and then close the
door.
Clearing fuser jams
1 Clear the paper path. If the jam error message
persists, go to step 2.
2 Open both the upper right and the lower right
access doors (Areas K and L).
Area T<x>
1 Carefully open trays 2 through 4 (all 500-sheet
trays), and then remove jams.
2 Make sure the paper is pushed all the way down
into the tray, and then close trays 2 through 4.
CAUTION: The fuser assembly may be hot. Let
it cool before continuing.
2 Remove jams from the rollers, and then close
the door.
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3 Pull down the latches. They slide toward the
center to release the fuser.
4 Pull the fuser out, and set it on a clean, flat
surface.
5 Unsnap the housing and set it aside.
10 Slide the latches out, and then pull up to
refasten them.
11 Close the doors.
Clearing image transfer unit jams
1 Open the front access door and the left access
door.
2 While holding down the front access door,
insert a folded piece of paper as shown to clear
the paper sensors under the image transfer
unit. Make sure to clear the entire width of the
paper path.
4 Turn the printer off. Open the front cover.
5 Remove all the print cartridges.
a Pull up slightly on the cartridge handhold.
b Pull the cartridge straight out and use the
handle to lift it off the guides.
c Place the cartridges on a clean, flat surface
out of direct light.
6 Lift up the fuser roller cover and remove the
jam.
7 Close the fuser roller cover.
8 Snap the housing back onto the fuser.
9 Insert the fuser back into the printer.
6 Release the latches to open the multipurpose
feeder (area A) all the way.
3 Close the left access door and the front access
door. If the jam persists, continue with step 4.
7 Remove the image transfer unit.
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a Raise the lever to unlock the image transfer
unit.
b Pull down on the handle.
8 Look inside the printer. Remove all torn paper
or other jams.
9 Insert the image transfer unit back into the
printer.
a Align the guides with the insertion grooves
and gently slide the unit in.
c Lower the lever to lock the image transfer
unit into place.
10 Return the multipurpose feeder to its working
position.
Reinstall all the print cartridges.
c Slide the image transfer unit out and place it
on a clean, flat surface.
Warning: Do not touch the transfer belt.
Touching the belt will damage the
image transfer unit.
b Rotate the handle up, and push gently to
lock the unit in place.
11 Close the printer door.
12 Turn the printer on. The printer returns to a
Ready state.
If you still need help
1 Turn the printer off and then back on.
2 Contact your administrator or Help desk if you
need more assistance.
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