Lexmark Z12 User Manual

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Edition: July 2000

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Steps to basic printing

tells you how to load paper and adjust your printer software for printing.

Home page

Lexmark™ Z12 Color Jetprinter™ User’s

Maintaining your printer

tells you ho w to insta ll, replace , and ali gn the print cartridge.

Troubleshooting

provides information for solving printing problems.

Appendix

provides softw a re installation instructions and safety information.

Index

provides quick links to the information you need. Just click an index entry, and go to the inform ation source.

Guide for Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9

Use this guide when you have questions about your printer or when you encounter a problem.

Tips for using this guide

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Use the buttons on the left side of the screen to navigate through the chapters of this guide.

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Click the guide.

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Click the left or right arrows to move forw ard or back through the pages. Click the house to return to the Home page.

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Click information.

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To print this guide:

1 From the Acro bat Reader File menu, choose Page

Setup....

2 Select the Landscape orientation button. 3 Click OK. 4 From the Acro bat Reader File menu, choose Print. 5 Select the pages you want to print, and then cli ck Print.

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Maintaining your printer

Steps to basic printing

This guide describes how to use your printer with Mac OS 8.6 and

9. For help using your printer with Windows 95 or Windows 98, refer to the using your printer with Windows 2000, refer to the button on the printer software CD.

To perform basic printing tasks, follow four simple steps:

Step 1: Insert the appropriate print cartridge Step 2: Load the paper

User’s Guide

that came with your printer. For help

User’s Guide

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

Step 3: Customize the printing options Step 4: Print your document

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Step 1: Inser t the appropriate print cartridge

Your printer uses one print cartridge at a time: either a color cartridge or a black cartridge. Documents that you want to print with colored text or graphics must be printed using a color print cartridge. To extend the life of your color print cart ridge, you can print black and white documents using a black print cartridge.

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

Your printer came w i th a color print cartridge (Lexmark part number 17G0060). You may purchase a black prin t cartridge (Lexmark part number 17G0050) from your point of purchase retailer or from a Lexmark Authorized Supplies Dealer. You may also purchase a high yi e ld co lor ca rtridge (Lexmark part number 16G0065) or a high yield black cartridge (Lexmark part number 16G0055). Where available, you may purchase supplies directly from Lexmark via the phone or the Lexmark Web site.

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

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Step 2: Load the paper

Place the paper aga inst the right side of the sheet f eeder, with the print side facing you.

Squeeze the re lease ta b and t he paper guide togeth er, and slide the paper guide to the edge of the paper.

Release tab

Paper alignment marks

Sheet feeder

Paper guide

Appendix

Index

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Loading sp ecialty paper

Load up to: Make sure:

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

100 sheets of plain paper

• The print side is facing you.

• The paper guide is against the side of

the paper.

10 envelopes • The print side is facing

you.

• The stamp location is in the upper left corner.

• The envelopes are loaded vertically against the righ t side of the sh eet feeder.

• The paper guide is against the side of the envelopes.

Index

Steps to basic printing

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

10 greeting cards, index cards, postcards, or photo cards

• The print side is facing you.

• The cards are loaded vertically against

the righ t side of the sh eet feeder.

• The paper guide is against the side of the cards.

25 sheets of

• The print side is facing you.

coated paper, photo paper, or glossy paper

• The glossy or coated side is facing you.

• The paper guide is against the side of

the photo paper.

Note: Remove each photo as it exits the printer, and allow it to dry before stacking.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

25 iron-on transfers

• The print side (black side) is facing you.

• You follow the instructions on the

packaging to load the iro n-on transfers.

• The paper guide is against the side of the iron-on transfers.

Note: To ensure the iron-on transfer prints correctly, you may w ant to print on plain paper before printing on an iron-on transfer.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

100 sheets of custom size paper

• The print side is facing you.

• The paper guide is against the side of

the paper.

• Your pape r size fits within th ese dimensions:

- Width:

76 mm to 216 mm

3.0 in. to 8.5 in.

- Length:

127 mm to 432 mm

5.0 in. to 14.0 in.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

20 sheets of banner paper

• The print side is facing you.

• You remove any paper from the sheet

feede r, and load the banner paper.

To load the banner paper:

a Pull the paper

support up slightly to unlock the fr ont tabs.

b Ti lt the

paper support back until it locks in the horizontal position.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

20 sheets of banner paper (cont.)

c Place

your stac k of banner paper on the paper support

d Insert the

leading edge of the first page into the sheet feeder .

• The paper guide is against the side of the paper.

• After your banner prints, remove the banner paper, and return the paper support to the upright position.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

25 transparencies • The rough side of the transparencies i s

facing you. If your transparency has a removable stripe, make sure it is away from you and facing down.

• The paper guide is against the side of the transparencies.

Note: Remove each transparency as it exits the printer, and allow it to dry before stacking.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Steps to basic printing

Step 3: Customize the printing options

Your printer software works with your operating system to help you print documents with superior results. To customize your printing options, use the Page Setup dialog box and the Print dialog box.

Click Help to access the printer driver help.

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

Click this pop-up menu to select a paper size.

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Click one of these to select the page orientation.

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Page Setup

From the pop-up menu, choose:

Select: When you want to:

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Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

General Paper Size

• View the available paper sizes.

Scaling

• Change the scaling v alue of the document. Valid values are be tw een 2 5% and 400%.

Orientation

• Choose between portrait and landscape.

Watermark Watermarks • Choose the watermark

you want.

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Click this pop-up menu to select print settings.

This area displays a summary of the current settings.

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Click Help to access the printe r driver help.

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Index

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From the pop-up menu, choose:

Select: When you want to:

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

General Copies

Pages

Print Last Page First

Wait f or pages to dry

• Type in the number of copies (1-999).

• Print all pages or a given page range.

• Print the pages in rev erse order.

• Add more time between pages as they exit the printer.

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

From the pop-up menu, choose:

Paper

Select: When you want to:

Paper Type

Type/Quality

Print Quality

Color ColorSync

Color Matching

Built-in Color Matching

• Select Plain Paper, Coated Paper, Glossy/Photo Paper, Transparency , or Iron-On Transfer.

• Select Quick Print (600 dpi), Normal (600 dp i), or High (1200 dpi).

• Select a printer profile to match the colo r on the screen to the color in th e document.

• Let th e printer driver match the colo r on the screen to the color in th e document.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

From the pop-up menu, choose:

Background Printing

Select: When you want to:

Print in Foreground

• Pr int quickly.

Note: Do not use your system while the document is printing.

Print in Background

• Print most documents.

• Select an exact date an d

time for the document to print.

• Mark a print job as Urgent.

• Put a print job on hold.

Note: You may use your system while the document is printing.

Index

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Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

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Changing the page settings

To change the paper size, orientation, scaling, and watermark settings:

Fr om the Fil e men u, choo se Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box opens.

Change the settings as needed.

Select OK.

Changing the print settings from an application

To change the print settings from an application (for example, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, and so on):

Open the application’s File menu.

Choose Print....

The Print dialog box opens.

Change the settings as needed.

Select Save Settings.

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