Lexmark™ X646
Quick Reference
Loading paper and
specialty media
Loading standard trays and
optional trays
Note: Do not remove a tray when a job is
printing or when the control panel
green indicator light is blinking.
Doing so may cause a jam.
1 Remove the tray from the MFP, and place it on
a flat, level surface.
2 Squeeze the side guide tab, and slide the guide
to the outer edge of the tray.
3 Squeeze the rear guide tab, and slide the guide
to the correct position for the size media you are
loading.
4 Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them,
then fan them. Do not fold or crease the print
media. Straighten the edges on a level surface.
5 Place the print media in the tray:
• Print side facedown for single-sided printing
• Print side faceup for duplex printing
Note: Do not fill paper above the load line.
Overfilling the tray may cause jams.
6 Squeeze the side guide tab, and slide the guide
toward the inside of the tray until it lightly rests
against the edge of the media.
7 Insert the tray into the MFP.
Setting the Paper Type and Paper
Size
1 Make sure the MFP is on.
2 Touch the Menus button on the printer control
panel.
3 Touch Paper Menu.
4 To uc h Paper Size.
5 Touch the left or right arrow to change the size
for the desired tray.
6 To uc h Submit.
7 To uc h Paper Type.
8 Touch the left or right arrow to change the
media type for the desired tray.
9 To uc h Submit.
10 Touch the home icon.
Loading the multipurpose feeder
1 Push the release latch, and lower the
multipurpose feeder.
2 Pull the tray extension out.
3 Slide the width guide to the far right.
4 Flex the sheets or envelopes back and forth to
loosen them, then fan them. Do not fold or
Simplex
Duplex
crease the print media. Straighten the edges on
a level surface.
5 Load the media in the tray.
• Load paper or transparencies with the left
edge of the stack against the stack height
label and with the recommended print side
faceup.
• Load envelopes flap side down with the
stamp area and flap on the left. The end of
the envelope with the stamp area enters the
multipurpose feeder first.
Warnin g: Never use envelopes with stamps,
clasps, snaps, windows, coated
linings, or self-stick adhesives.
These envelopes may severely
damage the MFP.
• Follow the illustrations for loading the paper
according to your options.
6 Slide the side guide toward the inside of the tray
until it lightly rests against the edge of the
media.
7 Set the Paper Size and Paper Type for the
multipurpose feeder to the correct value for the
print media you loaded.
Closing the multipurpose feeder
1 Remove print media from the multipurpose
feeder.
2 Push the extension tray in.
3 Close the multipurpose feeder cover.
Copying
Making a copy
1 Place the original document face-up in the
automatic document feeder (ADF) or face-down
on the flatbed.
Adjust the paper guides when using the ADF.
2 Go on the numeric pad.
Note: If an LDSS profile has been
installed, you may receive an error
when attempting a quick copy.
Contact your system support
person for access.
Copying using the ADF
1 Place the original document face-up in the
automatic document feeder. Adjust the paper
guides when using the ADF.
2 To uc h Copy on the home screen, or use the
numeric keypad to specify the number of copies
you want.
After touching Copy or entering the number of
copies, the touch screen will automatically
change to the copy settings menu.
3 Change the copy options to meet your
requirements.
4 To uc h Copy It.
Copying using the scanner glass
1 Open the document cover.
2 Place the document facedown on the scanner
glass.
3 Close the document cover.
4 To uc h Copy on the home screen, or press Go
on the numeric pad.
For Copy, continue with step 5.
For Go, proceed with step 8.
5 Set the number of copies.
6 Change the copy options to meet your
requirements.
7 To uc h Copy It.
8 To uc h Scan Next if you have more pages to
scan, or touch Finish the Job if you are done.
Touching Finish the Job returns the printer to
the copy screen.
Simplex (single sided)
Duplex
9 Touch Home when you are finished.
Copying from one size to another
1 Place your original document in the automatic
document feeder faceup, short-edge first.
2 Adjust the paper guides.
3 Touch Copy on the home screen.
4 Touch Copy from:, and then identify the size of
your original document.
For example, Legal.
5 Touch Copy to:, and then select the size you
want the copy to be.
Note: If you select a paper size that is
different from the “Copy from” size,
the printer will scale the size
automatically.
6 Touch Copy It.
Copying on both sides of the Paper
1 Place your original document in the automatic
document feeder faceup, short-edge first.
2 Adjust the paper guides.
3 Touch Copy on the home screen.
4 Touch the button that looks the way you want
your copies duplexed.
The first number represents sides of the original
documents; the second number represents
sides of the copy.
For example, select 1 --> 2-sided if you have 1sided original documents and you want 2-sided
copies.
5 Touch Copy It.
Coping a document that contains
mixed Paper sizes
You can place mixed-sized original documents in the
ADF and then copy them. Depending on the paper
size loaded in the trays, the scanner will print on the
same size media or scale the document to fit the
media in the tray.
Example 1: the MFP has two paper trays, one tray
loaded with letter and the other with legal paper. A
document mixed with letter and legal pages needs to
be copied.
1 Place your original document in the ADF face
up. Labels on the ADF show how to load the
paper based on its size.
2 Adjust the paper guides.
3 Touch Copy on the home screen.
4 Touch Copy From, and then touch Mixed
Sizes.
5 Touch Copy To, and then touch Auto Size
Match.
6 Touch Copy It.
The scanner will identify the different size pages
as they scan, and then print them on the correct
size paper.
Example 2: the MFP has one paper tray, loaded with
letter-size paper. A document mixed with letter and
legal pages needs to be copied.
1 Place your original document in the ADF face
up. Labels on the ADF show how to load the
paper based on its size.
2 Adjust the paper guides.
3 Touch Copy on the home screen.
4 Touch Copy From, and then touch Mixed
Sizes.
5 Touch Copy It.
The scanner will identify the different size pages
as they scan, and then scale the legal size
pages to print on letter size paper.
Copying multiple pages onto a
single sheet
1 Place your original document in the automatic
document feeder faceup, short-edge first.
2 Adjust the paper guides.
3 To uc h Copy on the home screen.
4 Make your duplex choice.
5 To uc h Options.
6 To uc h Paper Saver.
7 Select the output you want.
For example, if you have four portrait-oriented
original documents that you want copied to the
same side of one sheet, touch 4 on 1 Portrait.
8 To uc h Print Page Borders if you want a box
drawn around each page on the copies.
9 To uc h Copy It.
Faxing
Sending a fax
1 Place your original document in the automatic
document feeder faceup, short-edge first.
2 Adjust the paper guides.
3 To uc h Fax on the home screen.
4 Enter the fax number using the numbers on the
touch screen or keypad.
Add recipients by touching next and then
entering the recipient's telephone number or
shortcut number, or search the address book.
Note: To place a two-second dialing
pause within a fax number, use the
Dial Pause button.
The dial pause will appear as a comma in the
Fax to: box. Use this feature if you need to dial
an outside line first.
5 To uc h Fax It.
Printing
Printing a document
1 Open the file you want to print.
2 From the File menu, select Print.
3 Verify that the correct printer is selected in the
dialog box.
4 Modify the printer settings as appropriate (such
as the pages you want to print or the number of
copies).
Note: Click Properties or Setup to adjust
printer settings not available from
the first screen, and click OK.
5 Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected
printer.
Printing a confidential job
1 With the file open, select File Print.
2 Click Properties. (If there is no Properties
button, click Setup, and then click Properties.)
3 Depending on the operating system, you may
have to click the Other Options tab, and then
click Print and Hold.
4 Enter a User Name and PIN.
5 Send your job to the printer.
Go to the printer when you are ready to retrieve
your confidential print job.
6 Touch Held jobs on the home screen.
7 Touch your user name.
Note: If your name does not appear, touch
the down arrow until your name
appears, or touch Search Held
Jobs if there are a large number of
held jobs in the printer.
8 Select Confidential Jobs.
9 Enter your PIN.
10 Touch the job you want to print.
11 Touch Print, or touch + to input the number of
copies, and then touch Print.
Note: After your job prints, it is deleted
from printer memory.
Printing from a USB flash memory
device
1 Make sure the MFP is on and Ready or Busy
appears.
2 Insert a USB flash memory device into the USB
Direct interface.
Note: If you insert the memory device
when the MFP requires attention
such as when a paper jam has
occurred, the MFP ignores the
memory device.
3 Touch the arrow next to the document you want
to print.
A screen asking the number of copies to be
printed will appear.
4 To print only one copy, touch Print, or touch + to
enter the number of copies.
Note: Do not remove the USB flash
memory device from the USB Direct
interface until the document has
finished printing.
Canceling a job from the printer
control panel
If the job is formatting, scanning, or already printing,
touch Cancel Job on the display.
Maintaining the printer
Cleaning the scanner glass
1 Open the document cover.
2 Dampen a clean, lint-free cloth or cotton swab
with isopropyl alcohol (95%).
3 Wipe the flatbed and backing material by
moving the cloth or swab from side to side.
4 Close the document cover.
Backing material
Scanner glass
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