Lexmark Z42 User Guide

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Edition: January 2000

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Steps to basic printing

-tells you how to load paper and ad just your printer software for printing.

Home page

Beyond the basics

-tells you how to print photographs and two-sided documents .

Maintaining your printer

-tells you how to ins tall, replace, and align the print cartridges.

Troubleshooting

-provides information for solving printing problems.

Appendix

-provides notices, saf e ty, and w arr anty information.

Index

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

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Steps to basic printing

Basic printing is as easy as:

Step 1: Load the paper

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

Step 2: Customize the printer driver Step 3: Print your document

3

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Step 1: Load the paper

You can load up to 100 sheets of paper (depending on thickness). Place the paper aga inst the right side of the sheet f eeder, with the

1

print side facing you.

Note: Make sure y ou do not force the paper into the sheet feed er when you load it. For example, letter or A4 siz e pa per should extend abov e the top of the paper sup port.

Paper support

Sheet feeder

Index

4

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Steps to basic printing

Squeeze the release tab and the paper guide together and slide

2

the paper guide to the edge of the paper.

Paper guide

Release tab

Appendix

Index

5

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Loading specialty media

Follow these guidelines when loading spe cialty med ia:

Load up to: Make sure:

10 env elopes • the print side is

facing you.

• env elopes are loaded

vertically

against the right side of the sheet feeder.

• the stamp location is in the upper left corner.

• the paper guide is against the side of the enve lopes.

Index

6

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

10 greeting cards,

• the print side is facing you.

index cards , or postcards

• the cards are loaded vertically against the right side of the sheet feeder.

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

25 sheets of photo

• the glossy or coated side is facing you.

paper or photo cards

• the paper guide is against the side of the photo paper or photo cards.

25 iron-on transfers • you follow the instructions on the packaging

to load the iron-on transfers.

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

Note:

We recommend printing your iron-on transfer on plain paper before printing the ironon transfer.

Index

7

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

100 sheets of

• the print side is facing you.

custom size paper

• your paper size fits within these dimensions:

-Width: 76 mm to 216 mm

3.0 in. to 8.5 in.

- Length: 127 mm to 432 mm

5.0 in. to 17.0 in.

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

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Load up to: Make sure:

20 sheets of banner paper

• you place the banner paper behind the printer, and then bring the unattached edge of the first page ov er the top of the printer and into the sheet feeder.

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

Note: Banner A4

Make sure y ou select

paper size in the Printer

Banner Lette r

or

Properties.

10 transparencies • the rough sides of the transparencies are

facing you (smooth side down).

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

Index

9

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Step 2: Customize the printer driver

Your printer software includes several applications that let you perform printing tasks with superior printing results. One of these applications is your printer driver.

If you are using:

• Windows NT 4.0, your printer driver is called

Defaults

• Windows 2000, your printer driver is called

ences

Your printer driver includes three tabs:

Features

its software.

Note: Click the Help button on any tab in the printer driver to access the printer driver Help.

.

. Each tab contains settings for op er ating your printer and

Document

Printing Prefer-

Page Setup, Color

, and

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Opening the printer driver from an applicat io n

When you open the printer driver from y our applicatio n, y ou c an change printer settings ONLY for the documents y ou are currently creating.

Open the application’s

1

Choose

2

In the Printer Setup dialog box, click the

3

Setup

Change settings as needed.

4

button (depending on the application).

Print

(or

Printer) Setup

File

menu.

.

Properties, Option

Opening the printer driver f rom Windows

When you open the printer driver from Windows , the settings apply to ALL documents, unless you change them from the application.

From the

1

Fr om the Printers f older, right-click the printer icon f or your printer.

2

Select

3

Change settings as needed.

4

Document Defaults

menu, select

Start

Settings

from the sidebar menu.

, and then select

Printers

, or

.

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Page Setup

tab to:

• Select a paper size, media type, and orientation

• Select a print quality setting

• Choose the number of copies and the order of printing

• View the current printer settings

Color

tab to:

• Select a Document Color and Shading (Halftone) setting

• Adjust the brightness and contrast settings

• Choose to print in color or black and white

• View the current printer settings

Page Setup

Color

Features

Paper Size:

Custom Paper Size

Hot Spot Help

Click this to create a paper size.

Media Type:

Plain P aper

Current Settings

Item

Setting

Print Quality

Orientation/Order

Portrait Landscape

Reverse Order Printing

Copies

1

(1-99)

Collate Copies

Draft Normal High

OK Cancel Help

Paper Size Media Type Print Quality Orientation Copies Collate

Letter (8.5 x 11 in) Plain Paper Normal Portrait 1 On

Lexmark Z42 Series ColorFine Properties

Letter (8.5 x 11 in)

Maximum

Features

tab to:

• Print on both sides of the page and select a binding edge

• Choose the default settings

• Perform print cartridge maintenance

• Select Dry Time Delay

• View the current printer settings

Steps to basic printing

Click the...

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Selecting settings for specialty media

When you r printer software was installed, the printer driver was se t to the default settings . Use the default settings for printing most documents on plain paper. However, you may need to change your printer settings for printing on specialty med ia.

When you are printing on this specialty media:

Env elopes F rom the list of Paper Sizes, select the

Greeting cards, index cards, or postcards

Photo papers or photo cards

From the Page Setup tab, make these selections:

appropriate envelope size.

Note:

Your application may override the

env e lope settings in the printer driver.

• From the Media Type drop-down menu, select

Greeting Card Stock

.

• Select the appropriate Paper Siz e setting.

F rom the Media Type drop-down menu, select

Glossy/Photo Paper

.

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

When you are printing on this specialty media:

Sheets of custom size paper

From the Page Setup tab, make these selections:

Click the

Custom Paper Size

button. Enter the dimensions for your custom paper size. For help, see

specialty media

.

Loading

Banner paper F rom the list of Paper Sizes, select

Banner Letter

or

Banner A4

.

Transparencies • From the Media Type drop-down menu,

select

Transparency

.

• F rom the Print Quality area, select

Normal, High

Note:

When printing transparencies,

, or

Maximum

.

remov e each transparency as it e xits from the printer and allow it to dry before stacking.

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

When you are printing on this specialty media:

Iron-on transfers F rom the Media Type drop-down menu,

Step 3: Print your document

From your application’s

1

From the Print dialog box, click OK or

2

application).

From the Page Setup tab, make these selections:

select

Note:

Iron O n Transfer

Many softw are

.

applications accept iron-on transfers differently. We recommend printing your document on plain paper before printing it on an iron-on transfer.

menu, click

File

Print

.

Print

(depending on the

Index

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Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

You can use your printer for:

Printing photos

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Index

Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper

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Bey ond the basics

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Printing photos

You can print quality photos with the black and color cartridge combination that came with y our printer. However, for the best possible photo quality, replace the black cartridge with a photo cartridge. Fo r help replac ing the black cartridge, see

Step 1: Load the photo paper

Place up to 25 sheets of photo paper (or photo cards) against the right side of the sheet feeder. For help, see

page 7

page 29

.

Index

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Bey ond the basics

a

Click the

Color

tab.

b

Select

Natural Color

.

Color

Features

Page Setup

Document Color Shading (Halftone)

Hot Spot Help

Click this to print photographic and highly detailed graphic images.

Auto

Vivid Color

Natural Color

Auto Matrix

Air Brush

OK

Color Appearance

Color

Black

Cancel

Help

Brightness / Contrast Brightness

Contrast

Current Settings

Item Paper Size

Media Type Print Quality Orientation Copies Collate

Letter (8.5 x 11 in) Plain Paper Normal Portrait 1 On

Setting

Lexmark Z42 Series ColorFine Properties

0

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Step 2: Customize the printer software for printing photos

Open the printer driver. For help, see

1

Adjust the Document Color settings:

2

page 18

.

Index

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Steps to basic printing

a

Click the

Page Setup

tab.

b

Select the

Paper Size

.

c

Select

Glossy/Photo Paper

.

d

Select

High

or

Maximum

Print Quality.

e

Click OK.

Hot Spot Help

Current Settings

Item

Setting

(1-99)

Collate Copies

OK

Cancel

Paper Size Media Type Print Quality Orientation Copies Collate

Letter (8.5 x 11 in) Glossy/Photo Paper High Portrait 1 Off

Help

1

Custom Paper Size

Media Type:

Print Quality

Orientation/Order

Portrait

Reverse Order Prin ting

Draft

High

Glossy/Photo Paper

Normal

Landscape

Click this to select the type of print media you are using.

Page Setup

Color

Features

Lexmark Z42 Series ColorFine Properties

Letter (8.5 x 11 in)

Maximum

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Bey ond the basics

Customize the settings for printing photos:

3

Index

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Bey ond the basics

Steps to basic printing

Beyond the basics

Maintaining your printer

Troubleshooting

Appendix

Step 3: Print your photos

Note: For the bes t possible photo quality, print with a photo and color

cartridge combination in y our printer. U se a photo cartridge, Lexmark part number 12A1990. To replace the black cartridge with a photo cartridge, see

From your application’s

1

From the Print dialog box, click OK or

2

application).

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

When you have finished printing your photos, reinstall the black

3

print cartridge. For help, see

page 29

.

menu, click

File

page 29

Print

.

Print

(depending on the

Index

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