Document Outline

• Contents
• Safety information
• Learning about the printer
  • Finding information about the printer
  • Printer configurations
  • Understanding the printer control panel
• Additional printer setup
  • Selecting a location for the printer
  • Installing internal options
    • Accessing the system board to install internal options
    • Installing a memory card
  • Installing hardware options
    • Installing a 250- or 550-sheet drawer
  • Attaching cables
  • Installing printer software
• Interpreting the printer control panel lights
  • Understanding the printer control panel light sequences
    • Understanding the primary light sequences
    • Understanding the secondary error light sequences
    • Understanding the secondary paper jam light sequences
  • Understanding the printer configuration menus
    • Printing the printer settings configuration sheet
• Loading paper and specialty media
  • Setting the paper size and paper type
  • Configuring Universal paper settings
  • Loading the standard 250-sheet tray
  • Loading the optional 250- or 550-sheet tray
  • Using the manual feeder
  • Using the standard exit bin and paper stop
  • Paper capacities
  • Linking and unlinking trays
    • Linking trays
    • Unlinking trays
    • Assigning a Custom Type <x> name
    • Changing a Custom Type <x> name
• Paper and specialty media guide
  • Paper guidelines
    • Paper characteristics
    • Unacceptable paper
    • Selecting paper
    • Selecting preprinted forms and letterhead
    • Using recycled paper and other office papers
  • Storing paper
  • Supported paper sizes, types, and weights
    • Paper types and weights supported by the printer
    • Paper sizes supported by the printer
• Printing
  • Printing a document
  • Printing on both sides of the paper
    • Printer models and printing on both sides of the paper
    • Printing on both sides of the paper automatically
    • Printing on both sides of the paper manually
  • Printing specialty documents
    • Tips on using letterhead
    • Tips on using transparencies
    • Tips on using envelopes
    • Tips on using labels
    • Tips on using card stock
    • Printing a booklet
  • Printing information pages
    • Printing the menu settings and network setup pages
    • Printing the print quality test pages
  • Setting Jam Recovery
  • Canceling a print job
• Understanding printer menus
  • Menus on the Embedded Web Server
  • Using the Embedded Web Server
  • Installing the Local Printer Settings Utility
  • Using the Local Printer Settings Utility
  • Using the Finishing menu
  • Paper menu
    • Default Source menu
    • Size/Type menu
    • Paper Texture menu
    • Paper Weight menu
    • Paper Loading menu
    • Custom Types menu
    • Universal Setup menu
  • Settings menu
    • General Settings menu
    • Setup menu
    • Finishing menu
    • Quality menu
    • PostScript menu
    • PCL Emul menu
  • Network/Ports menu
    • Network menu
    • Network Card menu
    • TCP/IP menu
    • IPv6 menu
    • AppleTalk menu
    • USB menu
    • Parallel menu
• Understanding printer messages
  • Checking the virtual display
  • List of status and error messages
    • Busy
    • Canceling
    • Close front door
    • Flushing buffer
    • Hex Trace
    • Invalid Engine Code
    • Invalid Network Code
    • Load manual feeder with <x>
    • Load <src> with <x>
    • Not Ready
    • Power Saver
    • Programming Engine Code DO NOT POWER OFF
    • Programming System Code DO NOT POWER OFF
    • Ready
    • Restoring Factory Defaults
    • Remove paper from standard output bin
    • Waiting
    • 31.yy Replace defective or missing cartridge
    • 32.yy Cartridge part number unsupported by device
    • 34 Short paper
    • 37 Insufficient memory to collate job
    • 38 Memory full
    • 39 Complex page, some data may not have printed
    • 54 Standard network software error
    • 84 PC Kit life warning
    • 84 Replace PC Kit
    • 42.xy Cartridge region mismatch
    • 200.yy Paper jam
    • 201.yy Paper jam
    • 202.yy Paper jam
    • 231.yy Paper jam
    • 233.yy Paper jam
    • 234.yy Paper jam
    • 235.yy Paper jam
    • 24x.yy Paper jam
    • 251.yy Paper jam
• Maintaining the printer
  • Cleaning the exterior of the printer
  • Storing supplies
  • Conserving supplies
  • Checking the status of supplies
    • Checking the status of supplies from a network computer
  • Ordering supplies
    • Ordering toner cartridges
    • Ordering a photoconductor kit
  • Replacing supplies
    • Replacing the toner cartridge
    • Replacing the photoconductor kit
  • Recycling Lexmark products
  • Moving the printer
    • Before moving the printer
    • Moving the printer to another location
    • Shipping the printer
• Administrative support
  • Adjusting Power Saver
  • Restoring the factory default settings
  • Checking the device status
  • Viewing reports
  • Restricting access to printer menus
  • Setting up e-mail alerts
  • Configuring supply notifications
  • Copying printer settings to other printers
• Clearing jams
  • Avoiding jams
  • Accessing jam areas
  • Understanding jam lights and access locations
  • Clearing jams behind the photoconductor kit and toner cartridge
  • Clearing jams from the standard exit bin
  • Clearing jams from Tray 1
  • Clearing jams from Tray 2
  • Clearing jams in the manual feeder
  • Clearing jams behind the rear door
• Troubleshooting
  • Solving basic printer problems
  • Solving printing problems
    • Jobs do not print
    • Multiple-language PDFs do not print
    • Job takes longer than expected to print
    • Job prints from the wrong tray or on the wrong paper
    • Incorrect characters print
    • Tray linking does not work
    • Large jobs do not collate
  • Solving option problems
    • Option does not operate correctly or quits after it is installed
    • Drawers
    • Memory card
  • Solving paper feed problems
    • Paper frequently jams
    • Paper jam lights remain on after jam is cleared
    • Page that jammed does not reprint after the jam is cleared
  • Solving print quality problems
    • Isolating print quality problems
    • Blank pages
    • Characters have jagged or uneven edges
    • Clipped images
    • Gray background
    • Ghost images
    • Incorrect margins
    • Paper curl
    • Print is too dark
    • Print is too light
    • Skewed print
    • Toner fog or background shading appears on the page
    • Toner rubs off
    • Toner specks
    • Transparency print quality is poor
    • Streaked horizontal lines
    • Streaked vertical lines
    • Solid black or white streaks appear on transparencies or paper
  • Contacting Customer Support
• Notices
  • Product information
  • Edition notice
  • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
  • Trademarks
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance information statement
  • European Community (EC) directives conformity
  • Exposure to radio frequency radiation
  • Industry Canada notice
  • European Community (EC) directives conformity statement for radio products
  • Noise emission levels
  • Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive
  • Static sensitivity notice
  • ENERGY STAR
  • Laser notice
  • Laser advisory label
  • Power consumption
    • Product power consumption
    • Power Saver
    • Off mode
    • Total energy usage
  • Statement of Limited Warranty
  • LEXMARK SOFTWARE LIMITED WARRANTY AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
• Index