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Infoprint Color 1220 User’s Reference G510-2178-00...
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Chapter 3: Sending a job to print ... 11 Chapter 4: Canceling a print job ... 12 Cancel a job from the printer operator panel ... 12 Cancel a job from the Windows taskbar ... 12 Cancel a job from a Windows desktop ... 12 Cancel a job from a Macintosh computer ...
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Chapter 27: Clearing image transfer unit jams ... 53 Chapter 28: Removing memory and option cards ... 59 Accessing the printer system board ... 59 Removing memory cards ... 60 Removing an option card ... 61 Removing a hard disk ... 61 Removing a firmware card ...
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Chapter 44: Supplies Menu ... 151 Chapter 45: Setup Menu ... 153 Chapter 46: Serial Menu ... 161 Chapter 47: PostScript Menu ... 167 Chapter 48: PCL Emul Menu ... 169 Chapter 49: Parallel Menu ... 174 Chapter 50: Paper Menu ... 179 Chapter 51: Network Menu ...
Printer overview The following illustration shows the laser printer. Standard output bin Front door Standard tray Upper right access door (redrive area) Lower right access door (fuser area)
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The following illustration shows the printer configured with a duplex unit and three optional 500-sheet drawers. Duplex unit 500-sheet drawers The following illustration shows the printer configured with a duplex unit, one optional 500-sheet drawer, and one optional 2000-sheet drawer.
Understanding the printer operator panel The operator panel has five buttons, a display, and a light that flashes when the printer is processing a job indicated by the Busy message. Operator panel buttons Button Function Press • Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the Ready message does not appear on the display).
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Return Stop Press at the Ready, Busy, or Waiting message to temporarily take the printer offline. Stop The message changes to Not Ready. No data is lost. Press to return the printer to the Ready, Busy, or Waiting state.
From the File menu, select Print. Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog box. 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.
Menu Cancel a job from the Windows taskbar When you send a job to print, a small printer icon appears in the right corner of the taskbar. Double-click the printer icon. A list of print jobs appears. Select the job you want to cancel.
Menu Duplex in the Finishing Menu Paper and Use your software specialty media application or printer driver to send a Verify Print job. Use Held Jobs in the Job Menu to access your Verify Print job. What the setting does Lets you adjust the amount of toner released on a sheet of paper.
Holding a job in the printer When sending a job to the printer, you can specify in the driver that you want the printer to hold the job in memory. When you are ready to print the job, you must go to the printer and use the operator panel menus to identify which held job you want to print.
Print the job. Be aware, however, that only part of the job may print. • Delete the job. You may want to free up additional printer memory by scrolling through the list of held jobs and deleting others you have sent to the printer.
Repeat Print If you send a Repeat Print job, the printer prints all requested copies of the job and stores the job in memory so you can print additional copies later. You can print additional copies as long as the job remains stored in memory.
When you send a job to the printer, you can enter a personal identification number (PIN) from the driver. The PIN must be four digits using the numbers 1–6. The job is then held in printer memory until you enter the same four-digit PIN from the printer operator panel and choose to print or delete the job.
The following table lists supported paper and specialty media sizes and types for the standard and optional trays, as well as for the multipurpose feeder. We recommend that you try a limited sample of any paper or specialty media you are considering using with the printer before purchasing large quantities.
Loading the trays Loading the 500-sheet trays Follow these instructions to load any of the 500-sheet trays. Remove the tray. Squeeze the front guide lever and slide the guide to the front of the tray.
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Squeeze the side guide lever and slide the guide to the correct position for the size paper you are loading. Icons along the back of the tray indicate paper sizes. Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them. Do not fold or crease the paper.
Squeeze the front guide lever and slide the guide until it lightly touches the stack of paper. Reinstall the tray. Make sure the tray is pushed completely into the printer. Loading the 2000-sheet tray Follow these instructions to load a 2000-sheet tray. Do not load any print media other than paper in the 2000-sheet tray.
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Squeeze the side guide lever, lift the guide, and place it into the appropriate slot for the size paper you are loading. Squeeze the two front guide levers and slide the guide to the correct position for the size paper you are loading.
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Place the paper against the back left corner of the tray, print side down. Do not load bent or wrinkled print media. Close the tray. Make sure the tray is pushed completely into the printer. Note: Do not exceed the maximum stack height. Overfilling the tray may cause paper jams.
The printer then prompts you to load the appropriate print media before it prints. Follow these instructions to load the multipurpose feeder. Open the multipurpose feeder. Squeeze the paper guide lever and slide the guide all the way toward the front of the printer.
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Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them. Do not fold or crease the print media. Straighten the edges of the stack on a level surface. Arrange the stack of print media correctly for the size, type, and print method you are using. Place the print media, print side up, along the left side of the multipurpose feeder, and then push it in as far as it will go.
For example, if you have the same size and type of paper or specialty media loaded in tray 2 and tray 4, the printer feeds from tray 2 until it becomes empty, and then it feeds from the next linked tray—tray 4.
Linking bins If you attach an optional finisher or mailbox to your printer, you can link output bins, or otherwise specify how the printer sends jobs to the bins, by changing the Configure Bins settings in the Paper Menu. Value...
Do not place anything on top of paper packages. Storing supplies Choose a cool, clean storage area for your printer supplies. Store supplies right side up in their original packaging until you are ready to use them. Do not expose supplies to: •...
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These specialty media types should be sent to the standard bin. • If an optional finisher or mailbox is attached to your printer, make sure the printer and option are correctly aligned. Refer to the Setup Guide for alignment instructions. •...
The printer cable is securely attached to the printer and the host computer, print server, option, or other network device. Once you have checked each of these possibilities, turn the printer off and back on. This often fixes the problem.
Understanding jam messages Always clear the entire paper path when you receive any jam message. Multipurpose feeder 250 Paper Jam Left access door (beside tray 1) 200 Paper Jam 500-sheet drawer 24x Paper Jam 2000-sheet drawer 24x Paper Jam...
Front access door 201 Paper Standard tray (Tray 1) 200 Paper Duplex mechanism 230 Paper Jam 500-sheet tray 24x Paper Jam 2000-sheet tray 24x Paper Jam Paper jam messages Message What to do... Follow the instructions for 200 Paper Jam (tray 1) Follow the instructions for 201 Paper Jam...
You can solve many print quality problems by replacing a supply or maintenance item that has reached the end of its intended life. Check the operator panel for a message about a printer consumable. See Determining the status of supplies need to be replaced.
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• The fuser is worn or defective. Solution • Select a different Toner Darkness setting from the printer driver before sending the job to print. • Replace the print cartridges. See Replacing print cartridges. • Select a different Toner Darkness setting from the printer driver before sending the job to print.
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Symptom Cause White or black line • Either the print cartridges are defective, the image transfer unit and transfer roller are defective, or the fuser is defective. Streaked horizontal lines • The print cartridges, the transfer roller, image transfer unit, or fuser may be defective, empty, or worn.
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Symptom Cause Streaked vertical lines • Toner is smeared before fusing to the paper. Toner specks • The print cartridges are defective. • The transfer roller is worn or defective. • The image transfer unit is worn or defective. • The fuser is worn or defective.
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Symptom Cause Incorrect margins • Guides in the selected tray are set for a different size paper than what is loaded in the tray. • Auto size sensing is set to off, but you loaded a different size paper in a tray. For example, you inserted A4 size paper into the selected tray but did not set...
Refer to the Setup Guide for instructions. Your printer driver may not automatically recognize that an option is attached to your printer. Look at the driver settings and verify that all the printer configuration settings are correct. • Make sure neither...
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LocalTalk Buffer is set to Disabled in the LocalTalk Menu. • Verify that the printer is set up correctly in the Macintosh Chooser. • If two Tri-Port Adapters are installed, only one LocalTalk and one infrared port works. The Tri- Port Adapter installed in connector slot 1 is active.
The mailbox cable is not connected properly. Solution Realign the mailbox and the printer. Refer to the Setup Guide for instructions. Clearing mailbox jams for more information. Check the cable connection. Refer to the Setup Guide for instructions on connecting...
Storing paper Clear paper from the entire paper path, open the door indicated by the operator panel message, clear the jam, and close the door. The printer resumes printing. Clearing the paper path information. Jam Recovery path,...
The specified output bin is full. The specified tray is empty. Solution Turn the printer off, wait about 10 seconds, and turn the printer back on. Performing Self Test appears on the display. When the test is completed, the Ready message is displayed.
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If Ready Hex appears on the display, you must exit Hex Trace mode before you can print your job. Turn the printer off and back on to exit Hex Trace mode. To configure the linked trays: • Make sure the Tray x Type value in the...
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Add printer memory or an optional hard disk. Refer to the Setup Guide for information on selecting memory options to install.
MarkVision™ Professional, the network printer management utility, indicates when it is time to replace supplies and points out actual or potential problems. When a printer needs attention, it alerts the network administrator with a detailed graphic of the printer showing the cause for the alert (for example, an empty paper tray).
Determining the status of supplies To determine the status of all of the consumables installed in your printer, print the menu settings page. Printing a menu settings page for detailed instructions. One or two pages print depending on the number of menu settings you have. Look for “Consumable...
Activating Menu Changes briefly appears, followed by Performing Self Test. The printer returns to the Ready message. Size sensing and tray linking If you want to link printer trays and have selected to load Executive or JIS B5 size paper, complete the steps beginning on page 48 of this topic to specify the size you want the printer to sense.
Turn the printer off. Press and hold the Select Release the buttons when Performing Self Test appears on the display. When the printer self test completes, Config Menu appears. Press until you see Size Sensing, and then press Menu Note: Only paper trays that support auto size sensing are displayed on the operator panel.
Ordering supplies and maintenance items Replacing maintenance items as needed helps you maintain top performance, optimize print quality, and avoid printing problems. Ordering a fuser When the 80 Fuser Maintenance or ITU/Fuser Maint message appears on the display, you should order a new fuser. See Replacing the fuser Ordering an image transfer unit and transfer roller When the 83 ITU Maintenance or ITU/Fuser Maint message appears on the display, you should...
For best print quality, make sure you align the image transfer unit after replacement or if colors print too lightly. To align the image transfer unit: On the printer operator panel, press and hold When Performing Self Test appears, release the buttons. When Config Menu appears, press Select.
Consult the following table to determine the name of the PDF file associated with a particular maintenance or troubleshooting task. You can then share the file with other printer users by copying it to a shared drive or to an intranet site.
Clearing image transfer unit jams Turn the printer off. Open the front cover. Remove all the print cartridges. Pull up slightly on the cartridge handhold. Pull the cartridge straight out and use the handle to lift it off the guides.
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Release the latches to open the multipurpose feeder all the way. Remove the image transfer unit. Raise the lever to unlock the image transfer unit.
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Pull down on the handle. Slide the image transfer unit out and place it on a clean, flat surface. Do not touch the transfer belt. Touching the belt will damage the image transfer unit. ARNING...
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Look inside the printer. Remove all torn paper or other jams. Insert the image transfer unit back into the printer. Align the guides with the insertion grooves.
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Push the handle up using both hands, and gently slide the unit in. Lower the lever to lock the image transfer unit into place.
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Return the multipurpose feeder to its working position. Reinstall all the print cartridges. For helping installing the print cartridges, refer to the printer Setup Guide or Publications CD. Close the printer door. Turn the printer on. The printer returns to a Ready state.
Accessing the printer system board Turn the printer off. Unplug the printer power cord. Disconnect all cables from the back of the printer. Locate the access cover on the back of the printer. Hard disk connector Memory and flash memory card connectors...
Remove the four screws at the bottom of the cover. Slide the cover down to remove it. Removing memory cards Complete the following steps to remove printer memory or flash memory cards. Printer memory and flash memory cards are easily damaged by static electricity. ARNING Touch something metal on the printer before you touch a memory card.
Coax/Twinax Adapter, or USB/Parallel Interface Card. Option cards are easily damaged by static electricity. Touch something metal on the ARNING printer before you touch an option card. Remove the system board access cover. See Locate the option card. Remove the screw that secures the card to the system board connector slot.
Optional firmware cards are easily damaged by static electricity. Touch something ARNING metal on the printer before you touch an optional firmware card. Remove the system board access cover. See Grasp the firmware card gently and pull it straight out in one motion. Do not pull one side and then the other.
Reinstalling the system board access cover Align the slots at the top of the access cover with the screws near the top of the printer. Slide the cover up under the top cover lip as far as it will go, and then tighten the screws at the top of the cover.
No other button actions are available on the operator panel while Restoring Factory Defaults appears. – All downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) in printer memory (RAM) are deleted. (Resources residing in flash memory or on the optional hard disk are unaffected.) –...
Disabling the operator panel menus A network administrator can lock the printer menus to keep others from changing default menu settings from the operator panel. To disable the menus: Turn the printer off. Press and hold the Select Release the buttons when Performing Self Test appears on the display.
Ready message. Now you can select the Disabled value from the Power Saver menu item. Note: You can also disable Power Saver by issuing a Printer Job Language (PJL) command. helps keep your printer ready to print without delays.
Changing menu settings You can use the operator panel to change printer menu settings and customize your printer to meet your specific needs. Note: Changes to specific print jobs made from a software application override the settings made from the operator panel.
Printing a menu settings page Print the menu settings page to review the printer settings and to verify that printer options are installed correctly. Note: See Understanding the printer operator panel operator panel buttons if you need help. Make sure the printer is on and the Ready message appears.
Printing sample fonts Your printer has resident fonts stored permanently its memory. Different fonts may be available in PCL and PostScript emulations. To print samples of all the fonts currently available for your printer: Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears on the display.
The printer operator panel displays messages describing the current state of the printer and indicates possible printer problems you must resolve. This topic provides a list of all printer messages, explains what they mean, and tells you how to clear the messages.
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Close Door Close Finisher Door Close Tray X Door Copying Defragmenting Delete All Jobs Deleting Jobs Disabling Menus Disk Corrupted. Reformat? Disk Recovery x/5 yyy% Enabling Menus Engine Warming Fax <x> Flushing Buffer Formatting Disk Formatting Disk yyy% Formatting Flash Held Jobs may be lost Held Jobs May Not Be Restored Hole Punch Waste Full...
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Queuing Jobs Ready Ready Hex Reattach <device> Remove Paper <specified bin> Resetting Active Bin Resetting Fuser Cnt Value Resetting the Printer Restore Held Jobs. Go/Stop? Restoring Factory Defaults Restoring Held Job xxx/yyy Restoring Held Jobs Serial <x> Setup Required Staples Low...
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33 Calibration Error <x> 34 Short Paper 35 Res Save Off Deficient Memory 37 Insufficient Collation Area 37 Insufficient Defrag Memory 37 Insufficient Memory 38 Memory Full 39 Complex Page 4<x> Unsupported Firmware Card 51 Defective Flash 52 Flash Full 53 Unformatted Flash 54 Network <x>...
Activating Menu Changes What this message means: The printer is activating changes made to the printer settings. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also: Disabling the operator panel menus <x> Alignment What this message means: An image transfer unit alignment procedure is in progress and the user is being prompted for a series of alignment values.
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What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Cancelling Job What this message means: The printer is processing a request to cancel the current print job. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also: Canceling a print job Tray <x>...
• Press to clear the message and continue printing. • In the case of a hardware failure, turn the printer off and back on. If the error recurs, turn the printer off, remove the specified device, and call for service.
Clearing Job Accounting Stat What this message means: The printer is deleting all job statistics stored on the hard disk. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Close Door What this message means: The printer front cover is open.
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What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Defragmenting What this message means: The printer is defragmenting the flash memory to reclaim storage space occupied by deleted resources. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear.
What this message means: The printer is attempting to recover the hard disk. Disk recovery takes place in five phases; the second line on the operator panel display shows the percent complete of the current phase. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear.
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Enabling Menus What this message means: The printer is responding to a request to make the menus available to all users. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear, then press See also: Enabling the menus Engine Warming What this message means: The printer is warming the fuser assembly to prepare for printing.
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Formatting Disk yyy% What this message means: The printer is formatting the hard disk. When formatting takes longer than usual, the second line of the display shows the percent complete. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear.
What you can do: • Press to clear the message and continue printing. The printer frees memory by deleting the oldest held job and continues deleting held jobs until there is enough printer memory to process the job. • Press to clear the message without deleting any held jobs.
Held Jobs May Not Be Restored What this message means: The printer memory cannot restore Print and Hold jobs from the printer hard disk. What you can do: Press to clear the message. Some of the Print and Hold jobs stored on the disk will not be restored.
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Install <device> or Cancel Job What this message means: The printer is requesting that a specified device be installed so it can print a job. What you can do: • Turn the printer off, install the specified device, and restart the printer.
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Invalid Network <x> Code What this message means: The code in an internal print server is not valid. The printer cannot receive and process jobs until valid code is programmed into the internal print server. What you can do: Download valid code to the printer internal print server.
Select one of the input sources. If the printer finds a tray that has paper of the correct type and size, it feeds paper from that tray. If the printer cannot find a tray with the correct paper type and size, it prints on whatever paper is installed in the default input source.
You can still open the Job Menu to cancel a job that is printing or to select a confidential job or a held job that you want to print. If you need access to the printer menus, contact your network administrator.
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A network interface is the active communication link, where <x> represents the active communication link and <y> represents the channel. No DRAM Installed What this message means: No DRAM is installed in the printer. What you can do: Turn the printer off, install DRAM and turn the printer back on.
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See also: Holding a job in the printer Not Ready What this message means: The printer is not ready to receive or process data. Someone pressed offline. What you can do: Press to make the printer ready to receive jobs.
The printer is ready to receive and process data. It is reducing its electricity consumption while idle. If the printer remains inactive for the period of time specified in the Power Saver menu item (20 minutes is the factory default), the Power Saver message replaces the Ready message on the display.
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<x> Alignment Printing Directory List What this message means: The printer is processing or printing a directory of all files stored in flash memory or on a hard disk. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also:...
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Printing Font List What this message means: The printer is processing or printing a list of all available fonts for the specified printer language. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also: Print Fonts Printing Job...
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ARNING Programming Disk What this message means: The printer is storing resources, such as fonts or macros, on the hard disk. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed.
No firmware card is installed. Queuing and Deleting Jobs What this message means: The printer is deleting one or more held jobs and sending one or more jobs to print. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also:...
• In the case of a hardware failure, turn the printer off and back on. If the error recurs, turn the printer off, remove the specified device, and call for service.
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Wait for the message to clear. Resetting the Printer What this message means: The printer is resetting to the current default settings. Any active print jobs are cancelled. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also:...
Restore Held Jobs. Go/Stop? What this message means: Someone reset the printer or turned it on, and the printer detects Print and Hold jobs stored on the hard disk. What you can do: • Press . All Print and Hold jobs on the hard disk are restored to printer memory.
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Restoring Held Job xxx/yyy What this message means: The printer is restoring held jobs from the hard disk. Note: xxx represents the number of the job being restored. yyy represents the total number of jobs to be restored. What you can do: •...
Setup Required What this message means: • When you unpacked the printer, you left a piece of packing material inside. • A hardware component, such as an optional paper drawer, has not been installed correctly. What you can do: •...
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Supplies What this message means: At least one of the printer supplies requires attention. For example, you may have a toner cartridge that is low on toner. What you can do: Press to open the Supplies Menu and identify which supply item needs replacing.
Tray <x> Missing What this message means: The specified tray is either missing or not fully inserted into the printer. What you can do: Insert the tray completely into the printer. See also: Loading the trays Tray <x> Not Calibrated What this message means: The transparency sensor (in trays that have transparency sensing capability) is not calibrated.
The printer is processing data through the specified USB port. Waiting What this message means: The printer has received a page of data to print but is waiting for an End of Job command, a Form Feed command, or additional data. What you can do: •...
What this message means: The download emulator version on the firmware card does not match the printer code version. This error can occur if you update printer firmware or move a firmware card from one printer to another. What you can do: The printer automatically clears the message in 30 seconds, and then disables the download emulator on the firmware card.
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Cart Missing What this message means: The specified toner cartridge is either missing or incorrectly installed. What you can do: Insert the toner cartridge completely into the printer. The printer automatically clears the message. See also: Replacing print cartridges 31 Defective <x> Cartridge What this message means: A defective print cartridge is installed.
34 Short Paper What this message means: The printer has determined that the length of the paper in the source specified on the second line of the display is too short to print the formatted data. For auto-size sensing trays, this error occurs if the paper guides are not in the correct position.
• Install additional memory. 37 Insufficient Collation Area What this message means: The printer memory (or hard disk, if installed) does not have the free space necessary to collate the print job. What you can do: • Press to print the portion of the job already stored and begin collating the rest of the job.
What you can do: • Press to clear the message and continue the current print job. The printer frees memory by deleting the oldest held job and continues deleting held jobs until there is enough printer memory to process the job.
The printer detects an unsupported version of firmware on the installed firmware card. What you can do: • Turn the printer off, and then press and hold Go while turning it on. The printer reads the code on the system card and bypasses the code on the firmware card. •...
54 Serial Option <x> Error What this message means: The printer has detected a serial interface error on a serial port. What you can do: • Make sure the serial link is set up correctly and you are using the appropriate cable.
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The printer erases any reference to the ENA and then resets. 56 Serial Port <x> Disabled What this message means: Data has been sent to the printer through a serial port, but the serial port is disabled. What you can do: • Press to clear the message.
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56 Parallel Port <x> Disabled What this message means: Data has been sent to the printer through a parallel port, but the parallel port is disabled. What you can do: • Press to clear the message. The printer discards any data received through the parallel port.
58 Too Many Disks Installed What this message means: Too many hard disks are installed on the printer. The printer only supports one hard disk at a time. What you can do: Turn off and unplug the printer. Remove the excess hard disks from the printer. Plug in the printer and turn it on.
See also: Setup Guide 62 Disk Full What this message means: There is not enough memory on the hard disk to store the data sent to the printer. What you can do: • Press to clear the message and continue processing. Any information not previously stored on the hard disk is deleted.
See also: Format Disk 64 Disk Not Supported What this message means: The printer detects that an incompatible hard disk is installed. What you can do: Turn the printer off and remove the disk. See also: Removing memory and option cards...
80 Fuser Maintenance What this message means: The counter that tracks wear on the fuser has reached its limit. What you can do: • Press Go to continue printing. • If print quality is unacceptable, replace the fuser. See also: Replacing the fuser 81 Engine Code CRC Failure...
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82 Waste Toner Bottle Full What this message means: The toner waste container is full. What you can do: Replace the toner waste container and press Go to clear the message. See also: Replacing the toner waste container 82 Waste Toner Bottle Missing What this message means: The toner waste container is missing.
See also: 84 Replace Oiler 84 Replace Oiler What this message means: The web oiler has reached its end of life or is missing from the printer. What you can do: Replace the web oiler. See also: 84 Oiler Nearly Exhausted...
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88 <color> Toner What this message means: The printer has detected that the toner supply in the specified cartridge is low. If you do not have the specified toner cartridge on hand, order one now. You can print approximately 250 more pages before the cartridge becomes empty.
Using printer menus Select a menu from the following list for more information. Or, click a letter in the index at the bottom of the page to find a specific menu item that starts with that letter. Click here for a one-page overview of all the menus and their menu items.
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A4 Width Advanced Status Alarm Control Assign Type/Bin Auto Continue Auto CR after LF Auto LF after CR Baud Blank Pages Cancel Fax Cancel Job Collation Color Adjust Color Samples <color> Toner Color Correction Color Menu Confidential Job Configure Bins Configure MP Copies Custom Types...
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Print Demo Print Directory Print Fonts Print Menus Print Mode Print Net <x> Setup Print PS Error Print Resolution Print Timeout Printer Language Printer Usage Protocol PS SmartSwitch Parallel Menu Serial Menu Network Menu Infrared Menu LocalTalk Menu USB Menu...
LocalTalk Menu Use the LocalTalk Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a LocalTalk port. Select a menu item for more details: • Job Buffering • LocalTalk Addr • LocalTalk Buffer • LocalTalk Name • LocalTalk Port Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
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LocalTalk Addr Purpose: To identify the LocalTalk Node number assigned to the printer. This menu item cannot be modified through the operator panel. LocalTalk Buffer Purpose: To configure the size of the LocalTalk input buffer. Values: Disabled Disables job buffering. Any jobs already buffered on the disk are printed before normal processing of incoming jobs resumes.
Network Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. Values: Printer does not perform NPA processing. Auto* Printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it appropriately. Note: Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer.
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Printer does not examine the incoming data. The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off.
Job Menu The Job Menu is only available when the printer is busy processing or printing a job, when a printer message is displayed, or when the printer is in Hex Trace mode. Press Select a menu item for more details: •...
Confidential Job Purpose: To print confidential jobs stored in printer memory. (When the Confidential Job prints, it is automatically deleted from printer memory.) First enter the Personal Identification Number (PIN) associated with your Confidential Job: Enter PIN Then select a value:...
To define the active bin as the start bin (the first bin to receive printed output) in a set of linked bins. Reset Printer Purpose: To reset the printer to the user default value for each menu item, delete all downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) stored in printer memory (RAM), and delete all data in the interface link buffer.
Infrared Menu Use the Infrared Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through an infrared port. Select a menu item for more details: • Infrared Buffer • Infrared Port • Job Buffering • Max Baud Rate •...
User specifies the Infrared Buffer size. The maximum size setting depends on size allowed the amount of memory in your printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off. To maximize the range for the Infrared Buffer size, disable or reduce the size of the parallel, serial, network, LocalTalk, and USB buffers.
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The maximum baud possible for both the printer and the infrared adapter is automatically set during a power on reset. However, if your printer is situated in a bright or highly reflective environment, you may experience intermittent communication problems. If you do, select a lower baud for the infrared connection.
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Printer does not examine the incoming data. The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off.
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To define the amount of time, in seconds, the printer must wait before transmitting meaningful infrared data to the host computer, as well as the amount of time the printer requests that the host computer wait before transmitting infrared data.
Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to define how the printer delivers the printed output. Select a menu item for more details: • Blank Pages • Collation • Copies • Duplex • Duplex Bind • Hole Punch • Multipage Border •...
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Prints entire job the number of times specified by the Copies menu item. For example, if you set Copies to 2 and send three pages to print, the printer prints page 1, page 2, page 3, page 1, page 2, page 3.
See also: Duplex Hole Punch Purpose: To punch holes along the edge of all printed output. (Select Hole Punch from the printer driver to punch holes only in output for a specific job.) Values: Off* Does not punch holes in printed output.
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Multipage Order Purpose: To determine the positioning of multiple page images when using Multipage Print. The positioning depends on the number of images and whether the images are portrait or landscape in orientation. For example, if you select 4-Up multipage printing and portrait orientation, the results differ depending on the Multipage Order value you select: Horizontal Order Vertical Order...
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Purpose: To determine the orientation of a multipage sheet. Values: Auto* Lets the printer choose between portrait and landscape orientation. Long Edge Sets the long edge of the paper as the top of the page (landscape). Short Edge Sets the short edge of the paper as the top of the page (portrait).
Separator Sheets Purpose: To insert blank separator sheets between jobs, between multiple copies of a job, or between each page of a job. Values: None* Does not insert separator sheets. Between Copies Inserts a blank sheet between each copy of a job. If Collation is Off, a blank page is inserted between each set of printed pages (all page 1’s, all page 2’s, and so on).
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Staple Job Purpose: To set stapling as the default for all print jobs. (Select stapling from the printer driver if you want to staple only specific jobs.) Values: Off* Does not staple print jobs. Staples each print job sent to the printer.
CMYK Display Note: Due to the differences between additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on your monitor are impossible to duplicate on your printer. • Print Resolution • Toner Darkness Applies different color correction to each object on the printed page depending upon the type of object and how the color for each object is specified.
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Manual Color Purpose: To let users customize color correction output from the operator panel. Values: RGB Image Vivid: Applies a color correction algorithm that produces brighter, more saturated colors. May be selected for all incoming color formats. sRGB Display*: Applies color correction to produce output that approximates the colors displayed on a computer monitor.
To determine whether images are printed in a monochrome grayscale or in color. Values: Color* Black & White Note: Selections made in the printer PostScript or PCL drivers for Windows will override other selections. Print Resolution Purpose: To define the number of dots printed per inch (dpi). The higher the value, the sharper the clarity of printed characters and graphics.
Utilities Menu Use the Utilities Menu to print a variety of listings relating to available printer resources, printer settings, and print jobs. Other menu items let you set up printer hardware and troubleshoot printer problems. Select a menu item for more details: •...
To retrieve storage area lost when resources are deleted from flash memory. Values: Printer transfers all resources stored in flash memory to printer memory and then reformats the flash memory option. When the format operation is complete, the resources are loaded back into flash memory.
Hex Trace Purpose: To help isolate the source of a print job problem. With Hex Trace selected, all data sent to the printer is printed in hexadecimal and character representation. Control codes are not executed. To exit Hex Trace, turn the printer off or reset the printer from the Job Menu.
Prints a sample of all printer fonts available for PostScript emulation. Print Menus Purpose: To print a listing of the current user default values, the installed options, the amount of installed printer memory, and the status of printer supplies. Print Net <x> Setup...
USB Menu Use the USB Menu to change printer settings affecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port (USB Option <x>). Select a menu item for more details: • Job Buffering • MAC Binary PS • NPA Mode Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
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To specify whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication, following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. Values: Printer performs NPA processing. If data is not in NPA format, it is rejected as bad data. Printer does not perform NPA processing. Auto* Printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it appropriately.
PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the USB port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: Printer examines data on the USB interface and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language.
Supplies Menu The Supplies Menu provides information about printer supplies that require attention. It is only available when a supply is low or needs replacement. Select a menu item for more details: • <color> Toner • Oiler • Waste Bottle <color>...
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To view the status of the toner waste container. Values: Near Full The toner waste container is nearly full. Note: Once the toner waste container reaches Full, the printer will print up to 15 more pages from the buffer and then stop until the container is replaced.
• Page Protect Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Alarm Control Purpose: To establish whether the printer sounds an alarm when the printer requires operator intervention. Values: Printer does not sound an alarm. Single* Printer sounds three quick beeps.
Auto Continue Purpose: To define the amount of time (in seconds) the printer waits after displaying an operator intervention error message before it resumes printing. Values: Disabled* Printer does not resume printing until someone clears the error message. 5...255 Printer waits the specified amount of time, and then automatically resumes printing.
Purpose: To establish whether the printer reprints jammed pages. Values: Printer reprints jammed pages. Printer does not reprint jammed pages. Auto* Printer reprints a jammed page unless the memory required to hold the page is needed for other printer tasks.
Limit; Job Acct Stat Job Acct Limit Purpose: To specify the number of print jobs for which statistics are maintained on your printer hard disk. Values: Disabled Stores statistics for each print job until the hard disk is full. 10...1000 (1000*) Stores statistics for the specified number of print jobs.
For most print jobs, you do not need to select On. When On is selected, printing may be slower. Power Saver Purpose: To specify the amount of time (in minutes) the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes into a reduced power state. Values: 1...240...
Purpose: To specify the amount of time (in seconds) the printer waits before printing the last page of a print job that does not end with a command to print the page. The print timeout counter does not start until Waiting is displayed.
Resource Save Purpose: To determine what the printer does with downloaded resources, such as fonts and macros stored in RAM, if the printer receives a job that requires more memory than is available. Values: Off* Printer retains downloaded resources only until memory is needed.
See also: Auto Continue Wait Timeout Purpose: To specify the amount of time (in seconds) the printer waits to receive additional bytes of data from the computer. When this timeout expires, the print job is canceled. Values: Disabled Disables Wait Timeout.
Serial Menu Use the Serial Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a serial port (either Standard Serial or Serial Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more details: • Baud • Data Bits • Honor DSR •...
To specify the number of data bits that are sent in each transmission frame. Values: Honor DSR Purpose: To determine whether the printer uses the Data Set Ready (DSR) signal. DSR is one of the handshaking signals for most serial interface cables. Values: Off* All data received by the serial port is treated as valid data.
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To specify whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication, following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. Values: Printer performs NPA processing. If data is not in NPA format, it is rejected as bad data. Printer does not perform NPA processing. Auto* Printer examines the data to determine the format and then processes it appropriately.
PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: Printer examines data on the serial interface and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language.
User specifies the Serial Buffer size. The maximum size depends on the size allowed amount of memory in your printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off. To maximize the range for the Serial Buffer size, disable or reduce the size of the parallel, infrared, LocalTalk, and USB buffers.
Serial Protocol Purpose: To select the hardware and software handshaking values for the serial interface. Values: DTR* DTR/DSR XON/XOFF XON/XOFF/DTR XONXOFF/DTRDSR Hardware handshaking. Hardware handshaking. Software handshaking. Combined hardware and software handshaking. Combined hardware and software handshaking.
PostScript Menu Use the PostScript Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs using the PostScript emulation printer language. Select a menu item for more details: • Font Priority • Image Smoothing • Print PS Error Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
Image Smoothing Purpose: To enhance the contrast and sharpness of low resolution bitmapped images (such as images downloaded from the World Wide Web) and smooth their color transitions. Values: Off* Uses default resolution when printing all images. Enhances low resolution images, such as graphics with a resolution of 72 dpi. Note: Image Smoothing has no effect on images that are 300 dpi or higher resolution.
PCL Emul Menu Use the PCL Emul Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs using the PCL emulation printer language. Select a menu item for more details: • A4 Width • Auto CR after LF • Auto LF after CR •...
Auto CR after LF Purpose: To specify whether the printer automatically performs a carriage return after a line feed control command. Values: Off* Printer does not perform a carriage return after a line feed control command. Printer performs a carriage return after a line feed control command.
60* (country-specific factory default values) 64* (country-specific factory default values) The printer sets the amount of space between each line (vertical line spacing) based on the Lines per Page, Paper Size, and Orientation menu items. Select the correct Paper Size and Orientation before changing Lines per Page.
Orientation Purpose: To determine how text and graphics are oriented on the page. Values: Portrait* Prints text and graphics parallel to the short edge of the paper. Landscape Prints text and graphics parallel to the long edge of the paper. Pitch Purpose: To specify the font pitch for scalable monospaced fonts.
See also: Font Name Tray Renumber Purpose: To configure your printer to work with printer drivers or applications that use different source assignments for the paper trays. First select a paper source: Assign Tray <x> Assign Man Env...
Parallel Menu Use the Parallel Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port (either Std Parallel or Parallel Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more details: • Advanced Status • Honor Init •...
Does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk. Buffers print jobs to the hard disk. Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port. Note: Changing the Job Buffering menu item automatically resets the printer. MAC Binary PS Purpose: To configure the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs.
To specify whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication, following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. Values: Printer performs NPA processing. If data is not in NPA format, it is rejected as bad data. Printer does not perform NPA processing. Auto* Printer examines data and determines the format and then processes it appropriately.
Printer does not examine the incoming data. The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off.
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PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: Printer examines data on the parallel interface and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language.
Paper Menu Use the Paper Menu to define the paper loaded in each paper tray and the default paper source and output bin. Select a menu item for more details: • Assign Type/Bin • Configure Bins • Configure MP • Custom Types •...
Sends print jobs to the output bin designated for that user. Links two or more bins together as though they were one large bin. When one linked bin is full, the printer starts filling the next linked bin, and continues with each additional linked bin.
Cassette* Printer treats the multipurpose feeder like any other paper tray. If a print job requests a paper size or type that is only loaded in the multipurpose feeder, the printer pulls paper from the multipurpose feeder for the job.
Then select a value: Duplex Notifies the printer that the specified paper type is loaded properly for duplex printing. If the printer receives a single-sided job using that paper type, the printer inserts blank pages as necessary to print the job properly on preprinted forms. This setting may slow single-sided printing.
Universal Select Universal when you load paper that does not match any of the other available sizes. The printer automatically formats the page for the maximum possible size. You can then set the actual page size from your application software.
Paper Texture Purpose: To identify the texture of the paper loaded in a specific source and to ensure that characters print clearly. Values: First select a paper type: Plain Texture Preprint Texture Card Stock Text Colored Texture Trnsprncy Text Custom <x> Texture Then select a value: Smooth Normal*...
Select paper sources through your software application by selecting type and size. • Automatically link paper sources. Any sources containing the same type and size of paper are automatically linked by the printer, if you have set the Paper Size and the Paper Type to the correct values. MP Feeder Type...
Note: If a user-defined name is available, it is displayed instead of Custom <x> Weight. The name is truncated to 14 characters. Substitute Size Purpose: To have the printer substitute the specified paper size if the requested size is not loaded. Values: Printer prompts the user to load the requested paper size. Statement/A5 Prints A5 size jobs on statement size paper if only statement size paper is loaded, and prints statement size jobs on A5 paper if only A5 paper is loaded.
Universal Setup Purpose: To determine the default size when the Paper Size setting for a tray or feeder is Universal. Values: First select a unit of measure (* denotes a country-specific factory default value): Inches* Millimeters* Then select the values: Portrait Width Portrait Height Feed Direction...
Network Menu Use the Network Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network port (either Standard Network or Network Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more details: • Job Buffering • MAC Binary PS •...
User specifies the Network Buffer size. The maximum size depends on the size allowed amount of memory in your printer, the size of the other link buffers, and whether Resource Save is set to On or Off. To maximize the range for the Network Buffer size, disable or reduce the size of the parallel, serial, infrared, LocalTalk, and USB buffers.
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Printer does not examine the incoming data. The printer uses PostScript emulation to process the job if PS SmartSwitch is On, or uses the default printer language specified in the Setup Menu if PS SmartSwitch is Off.
PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the network port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: Printer examines data on the network interface connection and selects PostScript emulation if the data indicates that is the required printer language.
Understanding fonts Resident fonts Your printer is equipped with resident fonts stored permanently in printer memory. Different fonts are available in PCL 6 and PostScript 3 emulations. Some of the most popular typefaces, like Courier and Times New Roman, are available for all printer languages.
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PCL 6 emulation Courier Bold Courier Bold Italic Letter Gothic Letter Gothic Italic Letter Gothic Bold Marigold Century Schoolbook Roman Century Schoolbook Italic Century Schoolbook Bold Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Palatino Roman Palatino Italic Palatino Bold Palatino Bold Italic SymbolPS Symbol Times Roman Times Italic...
The symbol set encoding also defines which character will print for each key on the keyboard (or more specifically, for each code point). Some applications require different characters at some code points. To support multiple applications and languages, your printer has 83 symbol sets for the resident PCL 6 emulation fonts.
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You can download scalable fonts in PostScript 3 emulation and either scalable or bitmapped fonts in PCL 6 emulation. Fonts can be downloaded to printer memory, or to a flash memory option or hard disk option. Fonts downloaded to flash memory or hard disk remain in memory even after the printer language changes, the printer resets, or the printer is turned off.
Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and in applicable FAR provisions: Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY 40550. Licensing notice The printer resident software contains: • Software developed and copyrighted by Lexmark •...
Cautions and warnings CAUTION: A caution identifies something that might cause you harm. A warning identifies something that might damage your printer hardware or ARNING software. , it MUST be connected to an electrical...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance information statement The printer has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance information statement The printer has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
42 dBA Laser notice The printer is certified in the U.S. to conform to the requirements of DHHS 21 CFR Subchapter J for Class I (1) laser products, and elsewhere is certified as a Class I laser product conforming to the requirements of IEC 60825-1.
Index A4 Width (PCL Emul Menu) 169 Adapter, Tri-Port 38 adjusting color 141, 142, 143, 159 Advanced Status (Parallel Menu) Alarm Control (Setup Menu) 153 alarms error messages 154 hole punch 155 setting 153 stapler 159 toner 160 aligning the image transfer unit 51 Assign Type/Bin (Paper Menu) Auto Continue (Setup Menu) 154 Auto CR after LF (PCL Emul Menu)
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Job Menu 126 Cancel Fax 126 Cancel Job 126 Confidential Job 127 Held Jobs 127 Print Buffer 128 Reset Active Bin 128 Reset Printer 128 labels 18 laser notice 203 Lines per Page (PCL Emul Menu) linking 26 bins 27 trays 26...
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Ready Hex 95 Reattach <device> 95 Remove Paper <specified bin> Resetting Active Bin 96 Resetting Fuser Cnt Value 96 Resetting the Printer 96 Restore Held Jobs. Go/Stop? Restoring Factory Defaults 97 Restoring Held Job xxx/yyy 98 Restoring Held Jobs 98 Serial <x>...
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128 taking offline 9 with Menu button 9 with Stop button 10 Printer Language (Setup Menu) printer memory option, removing printer menu settings, changing 67 printer menus disabling 65 enabling 65 locking operator panel 65 printer messages Enter PIN 17 No Jobs Found.
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PS SmartSwitch, setting See also printer language 158 infrared port 132 LocalTalk port 125 network port 191 parallel port 178 serial port 164 USB port 150 removing firmware card 62 flash memory option 60 option cards 61 printer memory option 60...
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