Xerox WorkCentre XE88 User Guide

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User

Guide

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New York

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Changes are periodically made to this document. Changes, technical inaccuracies and typographical errors will be corrected in subsequent editions.

Publication number: 701P33173

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

USER GUIDE

	Where do I find it?	v
1.	INTRODUCTION	1-1
	WorkCentre Features	1-2
2.	COPIER FEATURES	2-1
	Paper Specifications	2-1
	Loading Media	2-3
	Control Panel	2-6
	Copy Quality	2-6
	Copy Contrast	2-7
	Reduction/Enlargement Presets	2-7
	Reduction/Enlargement	2-7
	Indicators	2-8
	On-line/Off-line Button	2-9
	Ready Indicator Light Start	2-10
	Clear	2-10
	Message display	2-10
	Programmable Feature Settings	2-11
	Settings 0 - 7, 14 and 15	2-11

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	Setting 10	2-13
	Power Reductions	2-18
	Power Save	2-18
	Power Shut-Off	2-18
	Auto Clear	2-19
	Two-Sided Copying	2-19
	Copying While Printing	2-20
3.	PRINTING	3-1
4.	SCANNING	4-1
	Overview	4-1
	TWAIN Scanner Driver	4-2
	Starting the TWAIN Scanner	4-3
	Scanning with TextBridge Pro	4-4
	Scanning with other Software	4-6
	TROUBLESHOOTING	5-1
5.	TROUBLESHOOTING	5-1
	E1 Jams at the Paper Tray	5-2
	E1 Jams at the Paper Tray	5-2
	E2 Jams Inside the WorkCentre	5-3
	E3 Jams at the Paper Exit Area	5-4
	WorkCentre Fault Codes	5-5
	Problems and Solutions	5-6
6.	CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE	6-1
	Cleaning the Outside	6-1
	Cleaning the Glass and Cover	6-2
	Cleaning the Drum Cartridge	6-3
	To clean the drum surface	6-3
	Service	6-4
7.	CONSUMABLES	7-1
	Copy/Print Count	7-2
	Toner Cartridge Yield	7-2
	Storage	7-3
	Replacing the Toner Cartridge	7-4
	Drum Cartridge Life	7-6
	Replacing the Drum Cartridge	7-6

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W H E R E D O I F I N D I T ?

Where do I find it?

In addition to this User Guide, your WorkCentre XE88 comes complete with a Getting Started Guide, CD-ROM, and a Warranty Card. If you do not see what you are looking for in this User Guide, check below to find where you can locate the information.

Getting Started

•Getting Started

•Setup

•Installation

•Connections

•Quick Procedures

CD-ROM

•WorkCentre Installation program

•Print and TWAIN Scan drivers

•TextBridge Pro 8.0 with Tour Guide and Online Help

Warranty Card

•Warranty Information

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C h a p t e r O1 n e

The WorkCentre is compact and easy to use. It is specially designed to provide you with high quality and high performance copying, printing, and black and white scanning.

This guide tells you how to set up, operate, maintain, and get the best performance from your WorkCentre.

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W O R K C E N T R E F E A T U R E S

WorkCentre Features

The copy speed for the WorkCentre XE 88 is 8 copies per minute. The maximum print speed for the Digital WorkCentre is 8 prints per minute. The WorkCentre features a high-capacity paper tray for easy loading of paper, envelopes, label sheets and transparencies.

Some of the other advanced features which can be selected from the control panel of this WorkCentre include:

• Copy ratio: two reduction values, two enlargement values, one customerprogrammable value

• Zoom R/E ratio range: 50 to 200%

• Copy Quality modes: Automatic, Text, Photo, Toner Saver

• Programmable defaults

• Fault indicators and error message display

• Scanning in black and white

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Paper Specifications

For reliable WorkCentre operation and good copy/print quality, Xerox recommends that paper be stored appropriately:

•on a flat surface.

•in a closed container.

•in a low humidity area.

•tightly wrapped, if the ream is partially used.

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Note: Paper affected by humidity, and

curled paper can cause jams and copy/ print quality problems.

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P A P E R S P E C I F I C A T I O N S

P a p e r I n p u t			P a p e r T r a y

Sizes		3 7/8 x 5 7/8 to 8 ½ x 14 in.
		(98 to 216 x 315/330 mm)

Weights:	Optimum	20 lb / 80 g/m²
	Range	14 - 34 lb
		52 - 130 g/m²

Capacities:		20 lb / 80 g/m²
Copy, letterhead, and predrilled		XE86:	200 sheets
		XE88:	250 sheets

Labels and Transparencies *		Yes (1 at a time)

Envelopes (one at a time)		COM-10 (4.1 x 9.5 in. / 216 x 279 mm)

		Monarch (3.87 x 7.5 in. / 98.5 x 191 mm)

		C5 (6.4 x 9.16 in. / 162 x 229 mm)

		DL (4.4 x 8.8 in. / 110 x 220 mm)

* Use labels and transparencies specifically designed for copiers (high temperatures).

Caution: Do not insert paper with metallic attachments such as staples or paper clips, nor place anything on top of the WorkCentre. They get stuck in the paper feeding mechanism and will scratch the drum and damage other parts of the WorkCentre mechanism.

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L O A D I N G M E D I A

Loading Media

Pull the paper release lever at the right of the paper tray toward you until it locks into place.

If you are using extra-long paper such as legal size, raise the paper support to hold the paper once it has been inserted.

Place the paper into the paper tray with the side to be printed facing toward you. Adjust the position of the paper so that its right edge is up against the right paper guide.

Note: E1 and E2 paper jams will occur if the release lever does not lock into place during paper loading.

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L O A D I N G M E D I A

Note: It is recommended that you load and print one envelope or transparency at a time.

Move the left paper guide until it is resting 4 gently against the left edge of the paper.

The paper tray can be filled to the MAX line with standard weight paper (16 to 24 lbs.

Gently push the paper release lever back. The paper will be clamped by the paper feed roller inside the printer.

If printing onto an envelope:

Ensure that the side to be printed on is facing upwards (as shown by the imprint on the paper tray) and the flap on the reverse side is closed and at the right when looking from the front of the printer. Leave a gap of approximately 1/32 in. (1 mm) between the paper guide and the left edge of the envelope.

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Push the paper release lever back. The paper

will be clamped by the paper feed roller inside 6

Note: Paper jams (E1) may

the printer.

occur if:

•the paper lever is not used.

Do not reuse the misfed paper.

		• the paper tray is overstacked.
	Do not use materials that:	• the space between the paper guide
	Do not use materials that:	and the left edge of the paper is
		and the left edge of the paper is
	• are composed with glues, inks and	greater than 1 mm.
	adhesive that could discolor, scorch, or	• the paper guide is pushing the
	melt when heat is applied	• the paper guide is pushing the
	melt when heat is applied

paper so hard that the paper

• have cellophane windows, peel-off buckles. adhesive strips

•the paper is not stored properly

•	are heavily textured, coated or embossed	and absorbs moisture from the air
•	are cotton paper composed of more than	(replace the paper).
•	are cotton paper composed of more than
	25% of recycled paper.

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C O N T R O L P A N E L

Copy Quality	On-Line/
Copy Contrast	Off-Line Clear

Indicators Ready

Reduce/Enlargement

Note: When Auto is selected, the copier automatically varies the contrast of your copies. Lighter/Darker settings are not available.

Toner Saver

Photo

Text

Auto

Control Panel

Copy Quality

Select Auto Exposure, Text, Photo or Toner Saver.

Use Auto when copying from originals with a colored background. (Auto is the default setting.)

Use Text to copy documents containing mostly text. If you copy primarily text documents, you can change the default to Text mode for darker copies.

Use Photo when the originals are photographs.

Toner Saver mode lowers the cost of copying by decreasing overall copy density on each page. Use this feature when making draft copies.

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R E D U C T I O N / E N L A R G E M E N T P R E S E T S

Copy Contrast

Lightest

Adjust the exposure from lighter to darker for Text, Photo and Toner Saver. The indicators light up one or two at a time to represent the selected setting. There are 5 variations represented by 3 lights.

Darkest

Reduction/Enlargement Presets

is preset at 50% and is customer programmable. 78%, 129% and 200% are standard reduction/enlargement options. (Refer to Programmable Feature Setting 10)

Reduction/Enlargement

The down and up arrows reduce and enlarge in 1% increments. The % button indicates the present percent chosen when pressed.

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I N D I C A T O R S

Paper Tray Indicator

Jam Drum Toner

Indicators

The paper tray indicator blinks when the paper tray is out of paper. The indicator light is green.

The jam indicator blinks when a jam occurs and a fault code will appear. The indicator light is red.

The drum indicator is on when the drum is near end of life and blinks when the drum is at end of life. The indicator light is red.

The toner indicator comes on when the toner is low. The indicator light is red.

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On-line/Off-line Button

Alternates between the On-line and Off-line status.

The On-line/Off-line button can be pressed to interrupt a print job to run a copy job. When the copy job is complete, touch the On-line/Off-line button to revert to print mode, or the machine will revert to print mode automatically after 1 minute.

•When the light is on, the WorkCentre is ready.

•When the light is off, there is no communication to or from the PC.

•When the light is blinking, data is being received from the PC.

Note: The time for mode reversion is programmable. See Programmable Feature Settings later in this chapter.

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I N D I C A T O R S

Wor kC en t r e XE 88

50% 200%

Ready Indicator Light Start

Press to start copying.

Clear

•Stops a copy job in progress after completing the copy being made.

•Changes the copy quantity to one after the entire job is complete.

•Displays copy count information (refer to Copy Count).

Message display

Indicators light up when there is a fault. The fault codes will appear in the Message Display.

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