IBM 1220 manual

I n fo pr i nt Co lo r 1 220 U s e r’s R e f e r e n c e G510-2178-00 IBM[...]

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I n fo pr i nt Co lo r 1 220 U s e r’s R e f e r e n c e G510-2178-00 IBM[...]

Note: Before using this information and the pr oduct it supports, be sure to r ead the general information under “Notices”. First Edition: January 2002 The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: INTERNA TIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORA TION PROVIDES THIS MAN[...]

iii T ab l e of contents Chapter 1: Printer overv iew ............ .............. .......... .............. ............ 7 Chapter 2: Understanding the printer ope rator panel ................... 9 Operator pan el butto ns ............ ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 9 Chapter 3: Sending a job[...]

iv Chapter 10: Linki ng trays ............... .............. .......... .............. .......... 26 Chapter 11: Linki ng bins ................ .......... .............. .............. .......... 27 Chapter 12: Tips for successful printing .................. ..... ..... .... ..... . 28 Storing paper ..................... .......................... [...]

v Chapter 27: Clearing ima ge transfer unit jams ................... ......... . 53 Chapter 28: Removing mem ory and opti on cards ........ .............. . 59 Accessing the printe r sys tem boa rd ...... ...... ...... ....... ................... ....... ...... ....... ... 59 Removing me mory cards ............... .......................... .......[...]

vi Chapter 44: Supplies Me nu ............ .............. .......... .............. ........ 151 Chapter 45: Setup Menu ............. .............. .............. .............. ........ 153 Chapter 46: Serial Menu ................. .............. .......... .............. ........ 161 Chapter 47: PostS cript Menu .............. .............. ...[...]

7 1 Printer o ver vie w The following il lustratio n shows the la ser pr inter . Standard output bi n F ront door Standar d tra y Upper right access door (re drive ar ea) Low er right access door (fuser area)[...]

8 The following illu stration shows the pr inter con figured with a duplex unit and thr ee optional 500-sheet draw ers. The following illu stration shows the pr inter con figured with a duplex unit, one opt ional 500-s heet draw er , and one o ptional 2000-s heet draw er . Duple x unit 500-she et drawers 500-she et drawer 2000-sh eet drawer Duple x[...]

9 2 Under standing the printer operator panel The operat or panel has five buttons, a disp la y , and a li ght that flash es when the p rinter is processing a job indi cated by the Busy message. Operator pan el b uttons Button Function Go Press Go to: • Return to the Rea dy state if the p rinter is offli ne (the Ready messa ge doe s not app ear o[...]

10 See the menu m ap f or a br ief ov er view of the pr inter me n us av ailable from th e operator pan el. Select Press Sel ect to: • Open the menu show n on the s econd li ne of the d ispla y . • Sav e the displ ay ed m enu ite m as the ne w user def ault setting. • Clear c er tain message s from the displ ay . • Contin ue printing after [...]

11 3 Sending a job to print T o print a job from a t ypical Windows appl ication: 1 Open the file you want to print . 2 F r om the File menu, select Print . 3 V erify t hat the correc t printer is selecte d in the dialog b o x. 4 Modify th e printer settings as appropri ate (such as the p ages you want to pr int or the numb er of copies) . Note: Cl[...]

12 4 Canceling a print job Cancel a job from the printer operator panel If the job you want to cancel is pr inting, a nd Busy a ppears on th e display: 1 Press Menu until you see Job M en u, an d then press Select . 2 Press Menu until you see Cance l Job , a nd then press Select . Cancel a job from the Windo ws taskbar When you sen d a job to pr in[...]

13 5 Conser ving supplies Sev eral settings in your appl ication so ftw are or on the d ispla y let you conser ve toner and pap er: Supply Setti ng What the setting does For more inf ormation, see... T oner T oner Darknes s in the C o lor Menu Lets y ou adju st the amount o f toner released on a shee t of p aper . The v alues rang e from 1 (ligh te[...]

14 6 Holding a job in the printer When sendi ng a job to the printe r , you can specify in the driver that you want the printer to hold the job in memo ry . When you are ready to pr int the job , y o u must go to the pr inter and use the operator panel menus to ide ntify which held j ob you w ant to print. Note: Pri nt and Hold funct ions require a[...]

15 Accessing he ld jobs from the operator pane l 1 T o access hel d jobs from the operator panel: – If the pr inter is Bu sy , press Menu and the Job Menu appear s. – If the pr inter is Rea dy , continue to s tep 2. 2 Press Menu until you see Held Job s or Confidenti al Job on the operator panel di splay , depending on the typ e of job you want[...]

16 Repeat Print If you send a Re peat Print job , the prin ter prints al l requested c opies of the job and stores the job in memor y so you can p rint ad ditional cop ies later . Y o u can prin t additional copies as long as the j ob remain s store d in memo r y . Note: Repeat Pr int jobs a re automatical ly deleted from printer m emor y when the [...]

17 Confident i al jobs When you sen d a job to the p rinter , you can enter a p ersonal identi fication numbe r (PIN) from the dri v er. The PIN must be four digits using the numbers 1 – 6. Th e j o b i s t hen h el d i n printer m e mo ry unti l you enter the same four-digit PIN from the pr inter operator panel and ch oose to print or delete the[...]

18 7 P aper and specialty media specifications The following table lis ts suppor ted p aper and sp ecialty med ia sizes and t ypes f or the s tandard and option al tra ys, as well as for the multipur pose feeder . We recommend t hat you tr y a limited sample of any paper or s pecialty m edia you are co nsidering using with t he print er bef ore pur[...]

19 8 Loading the tra ys Loading th e 500-sheet tra ys F ollow these instructi ons to load any of the 500-sheet tra ys. 1 Remov e the tr ay . 2 Squeeze the f ront guide l e ver and sli de the guide t o the front of the t ra y .[...]

20 3 Squee z e the sid e guide lev er and sl ide the gu ide to the corre ct position f o r the size paper you are load ing. Icons along the back of the tray indicate pap er sizes. 4 Flex the sheets b ac k and for th to loos en them, and th en f an them. Do not fold or creas e the paper . Straigh ten the edges of the stack on a lev el surface. 5 Pla[...]

21 6 Squeeze the f ront guide l e ver and sli de the guide u ntil it lightly touches the s tac k of pape r . 7 Reinstal l the tra y . Make sure the tray is push ed completel y into the pr inter . Loading th e 2000-sheet tra y F ollow these instr uctions to l oad a 2000-sheet tra y . Do not load any pr int media othe r than paper in th e 2000-sh eet[...]

22 2 Squeeze the s ide guide l e ver , l ift the guide, and pla ce it into the appropri ate slot for the size paper you are l oading. 3 Squeeze the t wo front guid e le vers and slide t he guide to the correct pos ition for the size pap er you are loading. 4 Slide th e bottom suppo r t tow ard the front of the tray until it t ouches the fron t guid[...]

23 5 Flex the sheets b ac k and for th to loos en them, and th en f an them. Do not fold or creas e the paper . Straigh ten the edges of the stack on a lev el surface. 6 Place th e paper agains t the back left cor ner of the t r a y , print sid e down. Do not load bent or wri nkled print media. 7 Clos e the tr a y . Make sure the tray is push ed co[...]

24 9 Loading the m ultipurpose f eeder Y ou can use the multip urpo se f eeder one of two wa ys: • Pa pe r tr ay — As a pa per tra y , you can load p rint me dia in the feeder with the intention of leaving the me dia in the feeder . • Manual bypass feeder — As a manual bypass f e eder , you send a p rint jo b to the feeder while specify ing[...]

25 3 Flex the sheets b ac k and for th to loos en them, and th en f an them. Do not fold or creas e the pr int media. S traighten the ed ges of the sta c k on a le vel surface. 4 Arrange t he stack of pri nt media corr ectly for the size, type, and pr int method y ou are us ing. 5 Place th e print med ia, prin t side up, along the left s ide of the[...]

26 10 Linking tra ys • If you load the same size and t ype of paper or specialty me dia in more tha n one tra y , the pri nter automatica lly links the trays. This means that whe n one tra y is e mpty , it feeds from the next linked tra y . F or example, if you have the same size an d type of paper o r special ty media loaded in tra y 2 and tray [...]

27 11 Linking bins If you attach an optional fin isher or mai lbo x to your printe r , you can link output bins, or othe rwise specify how the printer sends job s to the bins, by changi ng the Configur e Bins se ttings in the P aper Menu. T o change t he Configure Bi ns setting: 1 Press Menu until you see P aper Me nu, and then pres s Select . 2 Pr[...]

28 12 Tips f or successful printing Storing paper Use the following guid elines to avoid paper feeding problems and unev en p rint qua lity . • Store pa per in an environm ent where the temperature is ap pro ximately 21 ° C (70 ° F) and the relative humi dity is 40% . • Store c ar tons of paper on a palle t or shelf rather tha n directly on t[...]

29 The following hints c an help you av oid paper jams: • Use only recommended p aper . • Do not load wrinkled , creased, or damp paper . • Flex, f an, and stra ighten paper bef or e you load it. • Do not overload the tra ys or the mul tipur pose f eede r . Make sure the stack height doe s not ex cee d the maximum he ight indica ted. • Pu[...]

30 13 Chec king an unresponsive printer Sometime s prin ter problems are ver y easy t o solve . If your pr inter is not respondin g, first make su re: • The power cord i s plugged into the prin ter and a prope rly grounde d electric al outlet. • The ele ctrical outl et is not tur ned off by any s witch or breaker . • Other e lectrical e quipm[...]

31 14 Under standing jam messages Always clear the enti re paper path w hen you receive any jam messa ge . Multip urpose f eeder 250 Paper Jam Left acces s door (besi de tray 1) 200 Paper Jam 2000-sh eet dr aw er 24x Paper Jam 500- sheet drawe r 24x Paper Jam[...]

32 P aper jam messages Mes sage What to do.. . 200 Paper Jam (tra y 1) F ollo w the ins tructions f or Clearing the pa per path . 201 Paper Jam (fuser area) F ollo w the ins tructions f or Clearing the pa per path . If the jam mess age pers ists, paper ma y be caug ht in the fuser . See Clea ring fuser ja ms for in structi ons. 202 Paper Jam (fuser[...]

33 15 Solving print quality pr oblems Y ou can solve many pr int quality problems by replaci ng a supply or maintenan ce item that has re ached the end of i ts intended lif e. Check the operator p anel for a message abo ut a pri nter consumable. See Determining the status of supplies f or informat ion about o ther wa y s to identify c onsumables th[...]

34 Print too dark • The T one r Darkness settin g is too da rk. • The print cartridges are def ective . • Select a diff erent T oner Darknes s setting from the printer driv er bef ore sending the job to prin t. • Replac e the print ca r tridges . See Replacing prin t cartridges . Gray back gro und • The T oner Darkness settin g is too da [...]

35 White or b lac k line • Either t he print cartridges are def ectiv e, the image tran sf er unit and trans fe r roller are def ective , or the fuser is def ective . 1 First, repl ace the p rint cartr idges . See Replacing prin t cartridges . 2 If yo u still h a ve t he prob lem, rep lace the image tr ansf er unit and transf er roller . See Repl[...]

36 Streaked vertical lines • T one r is smea red before fusing to the paper . • If paper is stiff , tr y f eeding from an other tra y . T on er spec ks • The print cartridges are def ective . • The tr ansf er roller is w or n or def ective . • The imag e tra nsf er unit is wor n o r d efecti ve . • The fuser is worn or def ective . • [...]

37 Incorrect mar g ins • Guides in the se lected tr ay are set f or a diff erent size paper than what is loaded in the tr a y . • Auto size se nsing is set to off , but yo u loaded a diff erent size p aper in a tr ay . Fo r e xampl e , y ou ins erted A4 siz e paper i nto the sel ected tray but did not set the P aper Size to A4. • Mov e the gu[...]

38 16 Solving option pr oblems Symptom Cause Solut ion The option do es not o perate correctly after it is ins talled, or it stops w orking. The o ption i s not inst alled c orrect ly . R emov e t he opti on, and th en rein stall i t. Cable s conn ecting the option to the printer are not attach ed corr ect ly . Chec k the cab le connect ions. Refe [...]

39 Cannot print usi ng the in frared port on the option al T ri-P or t Adapter (continued). A connec tion betw een the two infr ared de vices can not be ma de. • Mak e s ure th e di sta nce betw e en the tw o infrare d ports is 3 m (10 ft) or le ss. I f necess ary , mo v e the ports closer togeth er . • Mak e sure no objects are betwe en the tw[...]

40 17 Solving mailbo x pr ob lems Symptom Ca use Solution P aper jams before reaching the ma ilbo x. The mailb o x and th e printer are misal igned. Realign th e mailbo x and the printer . Ref er to the Setu p Guide f or inst ructio ns. See Clearing m ailbo x jam s f or more inf or mat ion. The mailb o x cab le is not connecte d prope rly . Check t[...]

41 18 Solving paper feed pr ob lems Symptom Cause So lution P aper frequen tly jams. Y o u are usi ng paper th at does no t meet the printer specific ations . See Clearing the paper path , Clearing fuser j ams , Clear ing ima ge tra nsf er unit jams , or Clearing ma ilbo x jams for more in formation . See A voidi ng jams f o r inf ormation that can[...]

42 19 Solving printing pr oblems Symptom Cause Solution The operator p anel disp lay is bl an k or displa ys onl y diamonds. The printer self te st f ailed. T urn the printer o ff, wait about 10 seco nds, and turn the printer back on . Performing Self Test appears on the dis pl a y . When the te st is complet ed, the Ready message is displa yed. If[...]

43 Jobs do not print (con tinued) . Y ou are usi ng the wr ong printer dri v er or are pr inti ng to a fi le. • V erify that you s elected the printer driv er associa ted with the printer. • If yo u are usin g a USB po r t, mak e su re yo u are running Windo ws 98/Me o r Windo ws 2000, and usi ng a Win dows 98/M e o r Window s 2000 compatib le [...]

44 Large j obs do not collate. Collate is not set to On. Set Collation to On in the Fi nishing Men u or through the printer driv er . The job is too com ple x. Reduce the c omple xity of the print job b y elim inatin g the nu mber an d size of fonts, the number an d comple xity of im ages , and t he num ber of p ages in the job . The prin ter does [...]

45 20 Calling f or service When you cal l f or printer ser vice, descr ibe the problem you are e xpe riencing , the message on the display , and the troubleshooting s teps you hav e alrea dy taken to find a s olution. Y ou n eed to know your print er model typ e and seri al number . R ef e r to the label o n the back of the pri nter near the power [...]

46 21 Configuring printer aler ts Y ou ca n configure the prin ter se veral ways to let you know wh en it requires attention. Using the Setup Menu Select ing A uto Continue ma y affect how the pri nter aler ts e xecute. This se tting defines how lo ng the pri nter waits after dis playing a messag e bef ore it resumes p rinting . Using MarkVisi on P[...]

47 22 Determining the status of supplies T o deter mine the st atus of all o f the consuma b les insta lled in your prin ter , pr int the menu settings pag e . See Printing a menu settings page f or detail ed instr uctions. One or tw o page s prin t depending on the number of me nu settings you have . Look for “ Cons umab le Status ” on the pag[...]

48 23 Siz e Sensin g The Size Sen sing menu item lets you disable or enable auto s ize sensing on trays. Size Sensing als o lets the p rinter detect the di ff er ence between si milar paper s izes that it oth erwise cannot. Note: If you load both Executive and JIS B5 s ize paper , or Lega l and JIS B4 size paper , load o ne size in the multip urpo [...]

49 Disabling size sensin g T o disable auto size sensing: 1 T urn th e printe r off . 2 Press and hold the Sele ct and Return buttons, and th en tur n the printe r on. 3 Release t he b uttons wh en Perfor ming Self Tes t a ppears on th e display . When the p rinter self test comp letes, Config Menu appears. 4 Press Menu until you see Size Se nsing,[...]

50 24 Or dering supplies and maintenance items Replacin g maintenanc e items as n eeded helps y ou maintai n top performanc e, optimize prin t quality , and av oid p rinting pr ob lems. Or dering a fuser When t he 80 Fuser Maint enance or ITU/Fu ser Maint message ap pears on the displa y , y ou should o rder a new fuser . See Re placing the fuse r [...]

51 25 Aligning the image transfer unit F or b est print qu ality , make su re y ou ali gn the image tra nsf er unit after replacem ent or if co lors print to o light ly . T o align th e image transfer unit : 1 On the pr inter operator panel, press and hold Select and Return while tur ning the pri nter on. 2 When P erformin g Self T est ap p ears , [...]

52 26 Other maintenance and tr oub leshooting documents Consult th e f ol lo wing tab le to deter mine the name of the PDF file ass ociated with a par ticular maintenan ce or troubleshoo ting task. Y ou can th en share the fil e with other printer us ers b y cop ying it to a shar ed drive or to an i ntranet site. If some ma intenance an d troublesh[...]

53 27 Clearing image transfer unit jams 1 T urn th e printe r off . Open the front cov er . 2 Remov e all th e print c ar tridges. a Pull up slightly o n the car tr idge handho ld. b Pull the car trid ge straight out and use the hand le to lift it o ff the guides. c Place th e car tridge s on a clea n flat surface out of dir ect light.[...]

54 3 Release t he latches t o open the multip urp ose feeder all the way . 4 Remov e the image transfer unit. a Raise the le ver to unl oc k the ima ge transfer unit.[...]

55 b Pull down on the handle. c Slide th e image transfer unit out and place it on a clean, fl at surface. W ARNING : Do not touch the transf er bel t. T o uching the belt will d amage the im age transfer unit.[...]

56 5 Look ins ide the pr inter . Remo ve all tor n paper or other jams. 6 Inser t the image transfer unit back into the pr inter . a Align th e guides with the inser tion groov es.[...]

57 b Push the handle up using both ha nds, and gently slide the uni t in. c Lower the lev e r to lock the image transf er unit into place.[...]

58 7 Retur n the multipu rpos e f ee der to its wor king pos ition. Reinstal l all the pr int car tri dges. F or helping installing the print c ar tridges, refer to the pr inter Setup Guide or Pu b licati ons CD . 8 Clos e the printe r doo r . 9 T urn th e printe r on. The pr inter retur ns to a Re ady state.[...]

59 28 Remo ving memory and option cards These ins tructio ns can help you remove memor y or option car ds. Use the f ollowing illustration to lo cate the conne ctor for the card you want to re mov e. Accessing the pr inter system board 1 T urn th e printe r off . 2 Unpl ug th e printe r po we r cord. 3 Disconn ect all cables from th e back of the p[...]

60 5 Loosen th e f our screws at t he top of the ac cess cov er , but do not re mo ve the screws compl etely . 6 Remov e the f our scre ws a t the bottom of t he cov er . 7 Slide th e cov e r down to remove it. Remo ving memo ry cards Complete th e f ollowing steps to remov e printer mem ory or flash memor y card s . W ARNING : Printer memory and f[...]

61 Remo ving an op tion car d Complete th e f ollowing ste ps to remove an inter nal print ser v e r , T ri-P or t Ad apter , Infrared Adapter , Coax/T winax Adap ter , or USB /P arallel I nterf ac e Card. W ARNING : Option cards are e asily dama ged b y stati c electric ity . T ouc h something metal on the print er bef ore y ou touc h an optio n c[...]

62 3 Gently pul l the three p osts on the h ard disk moun ting plate out of the hole s on the syste m board. 4 Gently pul l the ri b bon cable c onnector out of the connector on the system board. 5 Place th e disk in its or iginal pac kaging , or wrap the disk i n paper and s tore it in a box. 6 Replace t he system boar d access cover . See Rein st[...]

63 Reinstalling the system b oar d access co ver 1 Align th e slots at th e top of the acc ess cov er with the screws near the top of the pr inter . 2 Slide the c o v e r up under the top cov er lip as far as it will go , and then tighten t he screws at the top of the c o ver . 3 Inser t and tighten the four screws to the bo ttom of the cover . 4 R[...]

64 29 Restoring factory default settings 1 Make sure the pr inter is on and the Read y messag e appears. 2 Press Menu until you see Utili ties Menu, and th en press Select . 3 Press Menu until you see F actor y Defaults, and then pr ess Select . 4 When Res tore appears, pre ss Sel ect . The mes sage Restori ng Factory Def aults appears f oll ow ed [...]

65 30 Disab ling the operator panel menus A networ k admini strator can l oc k the prin ter menus to k ee p others from chang ing default menu sett ings from the o perator panel. T o disable the menus : 1 T urn th e printe r off . 2 Press and hold the Sele ct and Return buttons, and th en tur n the printe r on. 3 Release t he b uttons wh en Perfor [...]

66 31 Disab ling P ower Sa ver Disabling Pow e r S a v e r in the Setup M enu helps keep your pri nter ready to print wi thout delays. 1 Press Menu until you see Setup Menu, and then pr ess Selec t . 2 Press Menu until you see P ower Sav er , and then press Select . 3 Press Menu until you see Disabled, and t hen press S elect . If the Disa b l ed v[...]

67 32 Changing men u settings Y ou can use the operat or panel to chan ge prin ter menu settin gs and customi z e your pr inter to meet your specific needs. Note: Changes to specific pr int jobs ma de from a so ftw are appl ication override the settings made from th e operator panel. See th e men u map for a list of the menus and th eir menu items.[...]

68 33 Printing a men u settings page Pri nt the menu setting s page to revie w the pr inter sett ings and to verify that printer options are instal led corr ectly . Note: See Understanding the printer oper ator panel to identify the display and operator p anel buttons if you need hel p . 1 Make sure the pr inter is on and the Read y messag e appear[...]

69 34 Printing sample f onts Y our p rinter has reside nt f o nts stored permane ntly its memor y . Different f onts may be av ailable in PCL and P ostSc ript emulat ions. T o print samples of a ll the f onts c urrently available f or your pr inter : 1 Make sure the pr inter is on and Ready appears on the display . 2 Press Menu until you see Utilit[...]

70 35 Under standing printer messag es The pr inter operato r panel displ a ys messages d escribi ng the current state of th e printer a nd indicate s possible pr inter problems you must resolve . This topic provide s a list of a ll printer messages, explains what they mean, a nd tells you how to clear the messages. Click a letter o r number at the[...]

71 Close Door Close Finish er Door Close T ra y X Door Cop ying D Defragmenti ng Delete All Jobs Deleting Jobs Disab ling Menus Disk Corrupted. Ref or mat? Disk Recov er y x/5 yyy% E Enabl ing Menus Engine W ar ming F Fa x < x > Flushing Buff er F ormatting Disk F ormatting Disk yyy% F ormatting Flash G H Held Jobs may be lost Held Jobs May N[...]

72 Pr inter Cal ibrating Print J obs on Disk Printing Alignment P age Printing Directory List Printing F ont List Printing Job Accounting Stat Printing Menu Settings Prog Engine Code Prog System Code Progr am Flash Progr amming Disk Progr amming Error P<x> Q Queuing and Deleting Jobs Queuing Jobs R Ready Ready He x Reattach < de vice> R[...]

73 33 Calibr ati on Error <x> 34 Shor t P aper 35 Res Save O ff D e fi cient Me m o r y 37 Insufficient Col lation Area 37 Insufficient Defr ag Memor y 37 Insufficient Memo r y 38 Memor y Full 39 Comple x P age 4 4<x> Unsuppor ted Fi r mw are Card 5 51 Defective Flas h 52 Flash Full 53 Unformatted Fl ash 54 Network <x> Software Er[...]

74 Activating Me nu Changes What this message means: The pr inter is acti v a ting changes ma de to the pr inter settin gs. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . See also: Disabling the operator pa nel menus <x> Alignment What this message means: An image transfer unit ali gnment procedur e is in progress and the use r is being p[...]

75 Busy What this message means: The pr inter is busy receivin g, processing , or print ing data. What you can do: • W ait for the messag e to clear . • Press Menu to open the Jo b Menu and canc el the curren t job . Calibratin g Tray <x> What this message means: A tra y cal ibr ation proced ure is in progres s . What you can do: • W ai[...]

76 Change <x> What this message means: The pr inter is req uesting that a diff erent t ype of paper be l oaded in one of the input s ources. What you can do: Change the paper type i n the specifie d source. See also: Loading the tra ys ; Setup G uide Change <x> Invalid Refi ll What this message means: The pr inter ha s detected a ref il[...]

77 Clearing J ob Accounting St at What this message means: The pr inter is d eleting al l job stati stics stored on the hard d isk. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . Close Door What this message means: The pr inter front cov er is open. What you can do: • Close the printer fron t cov e r to clear the message. Close Fini sher Door[...]

78 Copying What this message means: The pr inter is p rocessing a cop y job or iginatin g from an Op traImage ™ scanner . What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . Defragment ing What this message means: The pr inter is d efragmenting the flash memor y to reclaim sto r age sp ace occupi ed b y delete d reso urces. What you can do: W a it[...]

79 Disabling Men us What this message means: The pr inter is r esponding t o a request to di sable the menus. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . Note: While th e menus are di sabled, you cannot ch ange the pr inter set tings from th e operator p anel. See also: Disabling the operator pa nel menus Disk Corru pted. Reformat? What this[...]

80 Enabling M enus What this message means: The pr inter is re sponding to a r equest to ma k e the me n us available to all user s . What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear , then press Men u to view the menus fr om the operator p anel. See also: Enab ling th e me n us Engine Warmin g What this message means: The pr inter is war ming the [...]

81 Fax <x> What this message means: The printer is pr oces sing a n inc oming f ax. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . Flushing B uffer What this message means: The pr inter is fl ushing corr upted pr int data and d iscarding th e current pr int job. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . Formatting Di sk What this[...]

82 Formatting Fl ash What this message means: The pr inter is forma tting the flas h memor y . What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . W ARNING : Do not tur n the pri nter off while th is message is display ed. Held Jobs may be lost What this message means: The pr inter memor y is too full to co ntinue processing print jobs. What you can[...]

83 Held Jobs May Not Be Restored What this message means: The pr inter memor y can not restore Print and Hold jobs fr om the prin ter hard di sk. What you can do: Press Go to clea r the message. Som e of the Pri nt and Hold jobs st ored on the dis k will not be restor ed. See also: 37 Insuf ficient Memory Hole Punch Waste Ful l What this message me[...]

84 Infrared < x> What this message means: An in frared interface is the ac tiv e commu nication li nk. Insert Staple Ca rtridge What this message means: The sta ple car tr idge in the f inisher is m issing or is installed in correctly . What you can do: • Correctly install th e staple car tr idge to cl ear the messa ge. • Press Go to igno[...]

85 Invalid En gine Code What this message means: The pr inter engin e code has n ot been programmed or is not valid. What you can do: Call f or service. See also: Calling for service What this message means: The cod e in an inter nal p rint se rver is no t v a lid. The pr inter can not receive and p rocess jobs until valid c ode is programmed into [...]

86 Load Manua l What this message means: A reques t f or a manual feed job h as been sent to the printe r . The p rinter is ready for inser tion of a sing le sheet into the manual f eed slot . What you can do: • Load a s heet of the pap er specified in the sec ond line of th e display in the manual f eed tra y or multipur pose feeder . • Press [...]

87 Load Tray <x> What this message means: The pr inter is tr yi ng to f eed pap er from a sourc e it detects is empty . What you can do: • Load paper of the size and type requeste d in the second line of the display in the sp ecified tra y . The pr inter autom atically clear s the message and continues pr inting the j ob . • Press Menu to[...]

88 Network Ca rd Busy What this message means: An inter nal pr int se rver (also c alled an int ernal ne twork adapt er or INA) is being reset. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . Network <x > What this message means: A networ k interface is th e activ e co mm uni cation link . Network <x >, <y> What this message me[...]

89 No Jobs Fo und. Retry? What this message means: The four-digit pe rsonal identi fication number (P IN) you entered is not a ssociated wit h any confiden tial pr int job . What yo u can do: • Press Go to enter another PIN. • Press Stop to clear the PIN entr y prompt . See also: Holding a job in the printer Not Ready What this message means: T[...]

90 Performing Self Te st What this message means: The pr inter is r unning t he series of star t-up test s it perform s after it is tur ned on. What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . See also: Aligning the image transfer unit Power Saver What this message means: The pr inter is ready to re ceive and process data. It is reducing it s ele[...]

91 Print Jobs on Disk What this message means: Jobs tha t w ere sp ooled to the ha rd disk bef ore the pri nter was last tur ned off have not yet pri nted. What you can do: • Press Go to pr int the jo bs . • Press Return or Sto p to delete the jobs from th e hard disk witho ut print ing them. Printing A lignment P age What this message means: T[...]

92 Printing Font Li st What this message means: The pr inter is p rocessing or print ing a list of al l av a ilable f o nts f or the sp ecified pr inter langu age . What you can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . See also: Print Fonts Printing J ob Accounting St at What this message means: The pr inter is p rocessing or printing all job acc ount[...]

93 Prog Engin e Code What this message means: The printe r is pr ogra mming ne w c ode into t he fl ash m emory . What yo u can do: W ait for the messag e to clear . W ARNING : Do not tur n the pri nter off while th is message is display ed. Prog Syste m Code What this message means: The printe r is pr og ramm ing ne w sys tem co de . What you can [...]

94 Programmin g Error P< x> What this message means: An erro r occurred whi le the pri nter was programming cod e into mem ory . What you can do: Correct the problem speci fied on the second lin e of the disp la y: Queuing an d Deleting J obs What this message means: The pr inter is d eleting on e or more held jobs and se nding one or more jo[...]

95 Ready What this message means: The pr inter is r eady to recei v e and proces s prin t jobs. What you can do: Send a jo b to pri nt. Ready Hex What this message means: The pr inter is i n He x T race mode and is ready t o receive and proc ess prin t jobs. What you can do: • Send a job to pri nt. All data s ent to the pr inter is pr inted i n h[...]

96 Remove Paper <specified bin> What this message means: The speci fied output bi n, or bins, is full. What you can do: Remov e the stack of paper from the specified bin(s) to clear the mes sage. Resetting Active Bin What this message means: The pr inter is r esetting to t he active bin in a li nk ed set of bins. What you can do: W ait for th[...]

97 Restore He ld Jobs. Go/Stop ? What this message means: Someone reset the pr inter or turn ed it on, and the printe r detects Print and Hold jobs stor ed on the hard disk. What you can do: • Press Go . All Print a nd Hold job s on the hard disk are res tored to pri nter memor y . • Press Return or Sto p . No Print and Hold jobs are r estored [...]

98 Restoring Held Job x xx/yyy What this message means: The pr inter is re storing held jobs from the hard disk . Note: xxx r epresents the num ber of the job being res tored. yyy r epresents the t otal number of j obs to be resto red. What you can do: • W ait for the messag e to clear . • Select t he Abor t Restor e menu item in the Job Menu. [...]

99 Setup Require d What this message means: • When you unpacked the pr inter , y ou left a pi ece of packing mate rial insi de . • A hardware component, s uch as an opt ional paper dra wer , has not been in stalled co rrectly . What you can do: • Remov e al l packing mater ial from insi de the pr inter . • Correctly install the c omponent. [...]

100 Supplies What this message means: At lea st one of the p rinter supplies re quires atten tion. For e xample, you may hav e a toner car tr id ge that is low on toner . What you can do: Press Menu to open the Su pplies Menu and identify wh ich supply item need s replacing. Replace t he appropr iate pri nter supplies. Tray <x> E mpty What th[...]

101 Tray <x> M issing What this message means: The speci fied tra y is either mi ssing or not fu lly inser te d into the pr inter . What you can do: Inser t the tra y com pletely into the printer . See also: Loading the tra ys Tray <x> N ot Calibrated What this message means: The transpar ency sensor (in tra ys that h a ve transparency [...]

102 USB <x> What this message means: The pr inter is p rocessing da ta through the specified USB por t. Waiting What this message means: The pr inter has r eceiv ed a page of data to prin t but is w aiting f or an End of Job command, a F or m F eed com mand, or additi onal data. What you can do: • Press Go to pr int the c ontents of the b u[...]

103 1565 Emul Error Load Emul Option What this message means: The download emulator version on the f irmware card does not match the p rinter code version. This err or can occur if you up date prin ter firm ware or mov e a fir mware card fr om one printe r to another . What you can do: The pr inter automa tically cle ars the messa ge in 30 second s[...]

104 30 <color> Toner Cart Missi ng What this message means: The spe cified toner c ar tridg e is either mi ssing or i ncorrectly installed . What you can do: Inser t the toner car tr idge completel y into the pr inter . The printer a utomatically cl ears the message. See also: Replacing print cartridges 31 Defective <x> Car tridge What [...]

105 33 Calibratio n Error <x> What this message means: The pr inter detec ts a calibrat ion error for a par ticu lar color . What you can do: Press Go to con tinue prin ting. 34 Short P aper What this message means: The pr inter has d eterm ined that th e length of the paper in the source spec ified on the s econd line of the display is too s[...]

106 35 Res Save Off Deficient Mem ory What this message means: The pr inter lacks th e memor y needed t o enable Resource S a ve. This me ssage usual ly indicat es too much memor y is alloca ted f or one or more of the p rinte r link buff ers. What you can do: • Press Go to dis ab le Resource Save and continue pr inting. • T o enable Resourc e [...]

107 37 Insufficie nt Memory What this message means: The pr inter memor y i s full and can not continue pr ocessing cur rent pri nt jobs. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the me ssage and cont inue the current pr int job . The pri nter frees memor y by deleting the oldest he ld job and c ontinues deleting held jobs until there is en ough prin[...]

108 39 Complex Page What this message means: The page ma y not pri nt correctly be cause the pr int informa tion on the page is too com ple x. What you can do: • Press Go to cl ear the mes sage and con tinue prin ting the job. The job may not pr int correc tly . • Press Menu to open the Jo b Menu and canc el the curren t job . • T o av oid th[...]

109 52 Flash F ull What this message means: There is not enough fr ee space in the flash mem ory to store the da ta y ou are try ing to download. What you can do: • Press Go to cl ear the mes sage and cont inue printin g. Downloaded fonts and m acros not previously stored in flash memor y a re deleted. • Delete fonts, macros, and oth er data st[...]

110 What these messa ges mean: The pr inter canno t establish communic ations with an i nstalled ne tw ork por t. What you can do: • Press Go to cl ear the mes sage and con tinue prin ting. The job m a y not print c orrectly . • Program new fir mware f or the ne twork interface by wa y of the parallel p or t. • Press Menu to open t he Job Men[...]

111 What this message means: Data has b een sent to the printer thro ugh a parallel po rt, but the p arallel por t is disabled. What you can do: • Press Go to cl ear the mes sage. The pri nter discards an y data r eceived through the p arallel por t. • Make sure the Parallel Buffer menu item in the P arallel Menu is not set to Di sab led. See a[...]

112 58 Input Config Error What this message means: T oo many draw ers with matchi ng tra ys are installed on the pr inter . What you can do: T urn o ff and unplug th e print er . Remove the additiona l dra wers. Plug in the pri nter and tur n it on. See also: Setup Guide 58 Too Many Disks Install ed What this message means: T oo many hard di sks ar[...]

113 59 Incompatib le <device> What this message means: Y ou h a ve installe d an incompa tible de vice. What you can do: • Remov e the de vi ce and press Go to clear the me ssage. 61 Defective Dis k What this message means: The pr inter de tects a defective hard disk . What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue pr intin[...]

114 63 Unforma tted Disk What this message means: The pr inter detec ts an unformat ted hard dis k. What you can do: • Press Go to cl ear the mes sage and con tinue prin ting. • F or mat the di sk bef ore pe rf orming an y disk oper ation s . T o format t he di sk, sele ct F orm a t Disk from the U tilities Me n u. • If the err or message r e[...]

115 80 Fuser M aintenance What this message means: The cou nter that tracks wear on the fuser has r eached its limi t. What you can do: • Press Go to con tinue prin ting. • If pr int quality is unacceptable, repla ce the fuser . See also: Replacing the fuser 81 Engine Code CRC Failure What this message means: Microcod e in the en gine flash cod[...]

116 82 Waste T oner Bottl e Full What this message means: The tone r w aste container is full. What you can do: Replace t he toner waste co ntainer and press Go to clea r the message. See also: Replacing the toner waste c onta iner 82 Waste T oner Bottl e Missing What this message means: The tone r w aste container is missing. What you can do: Repl[...]

117 84 Oiler Nearly Exha usted What this message means: The web oil er is near ing the end of its life . What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue pr inting. • Replace t he web oiler . See also: 84 Replac e Oiler 84 Replace Oiler What this message means: The web oil er has reach ed its end of lif e or is mis sing from the p [...]

118 88 <color> Toner Low What this message means: The pr inter ha s detected tha t the toner s upply in the specified car tridge i s low . If you do not hav e the specifi ed toner car tridg e on hand, or der one now . Y ou can pr int approximately 250 more pag es bef ore the c ar tridge be comes empty . What you can do: • Replace t he speci[...]

119 36 Using printer men us Select a menu fro m the f ollowing list for more informa tion. Or , click a lette r in the inde x at the bottom of the page to find a sp ecific menu item that star ts wit h that letter . Click here f or a one -page ov er view of all the me nus and their menu items. Select a menu or menu item f o r more details. • Color[...]

120 A A4 Width Adv anced Status Alarm Control Assign T ype/Bin A uto Continue A uto CR afte r LF A uto LF after CR B Baud Blank P ages C Cancel F ax Cancel Job Collat ion Color Adjust Color Samples <color> T oner Color Correcti on Color Menu Confidential Job Configure Bin s Configure MP Copies Custom T ypes D Data Bits Defragment Flash Displa[...]

121 Serial Menu Network Menu Inf rar ed Menu LocalT alk Menu USB Menu O Offset P ages Orientation Output Bin Ove rflow Bin P P age Protect P aper Loading P aper Menu P aper Size P aper Source P aper T ext ure P aper T ype P aper W eight P a ra lle l B u ffer P a ra lle l Me nu P a ra llel Mo d e 1 P a ra llel Mo d e 2 Pa r i t y PCL SmartSwitch P a[...]

122 37 LocalT alk Men u Use the L ocalT alk Menu to change pr inter se ttings affecting job s sent to th e printe r through a LocalT alk por t. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Job Buffering Purpose: T o temporar ily store jobs on the printer ha rd disk be f o re p[...]

123 LocalT alk Addr Purpose: T o identify th e LocalT alk Node number as signed to the printer . This menu item canno t be modified through t he operator panel . LocalT alk Buff er Purpose: T o config ure t he siz e of the Local T alk inpu t b uff er . V alues: Note: Changing t he LocalT alk Bu ff er menu item au tomatically r esets the pr inter . [...]

124 LocalT alk Zone Purpose: T o identify th e LocalT alk Zone provided by the Lo calT a lk network . This menu item cannot be mod ified through t he operator panel . NPA Hosts Purpose: T o specify t he maximum number of NP A hosts that can regis ter f or NP A aler ts. V alues: NPA Mode Purpose: T o specify w hether the pr inter p erf o rms the spe[...]

125 PCL SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it autom atically switches to PCL emulati on when a pr int job rec eiv ed through t he LocalT alk por t requir es it, regard less of the default pr inter langua ge . V alues: See also: PS SmartSwitc h ; Printer La nguage PS SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it autom atica[...]

126 38 Job Menu The Job Menu is only availab le wh en the print er is busy proce ssing or pr inting a job, when a pr inter message is display ed, or wh en the pr inter is in Hex T race mode. Pres s Menu to open the Job Menu. Select a menu item for more det ails: Cancel F ax Purpose: T o cancel ou tgoing f axes bef ore they are tran smitted or to ca[...]

127 Confidential Job Purpose: T o pr int confiden tial jobs stor ed in pri nter memor y . (When the Conf idential Job print s, it is automat ically deleted fr om printer m emor y .) First ent er the P ers onal Identifi cation Numbe r (PIN) associate d with your Confidenti al Job: Then se lect a value: Held Jobs Purpose: T o print Reser v e Pr int, [...]

128 Print Buff er Purpose: T o print any data stored in the prin t buff er . Note: Pri nt Buff er is only av ailable when you enter the Job Menu whi le Wait ing is displayed. The W aiting sta te occurs if an incomp lete job is sen t to the pr inter or an ASCII job, such as a print screen co mmand, is pr inting. Reset Active Bin Purpose: T o define [...]

129 39 Infrared Men u Use the Inf r ared M enu to change pr inter sett ings affecting jobs s ent to the pr inter throug h an infrared por t. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. • Infrared Buffe r • Infrared P ort • Job Buffering • Max Baud Rate • NP A Mod e [...]

130 Infrared Buff er Purpose: T o configu re the size of the i nfrared input buffer . V alues: Note: Changing t he Infrared Bu ff er menu item automat ically res ets the pri nter . See also: Reso urce S a ve Infrar ed P o rt Purpose: T o activate the infrared por t. V alues: Job Buffering Purpose: T o temporar ily store jobs on the printer ha rd di[...]

131 Max Baud Rate Purpose: T o specify t he rate at which da ta can be recei v e d through the infrared por t. V alues: The max imum baud poss ib le for both the pr inter an d the infrared adapter is autom atically s et during a power on rese t. Ho we v er , if y our pr inter is si tuated in a br ight or hi ghly reflect iv e environment, you may ex[...]

132 PCL SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it au tomatically switche s to PCL emulati on when a pr int job r eceived through t he infrared por t r equires it, r egardless of the def ault pr inter lan guage. V alues: See also: PS SmartSwitc h ; Printer La nguage PS SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it autom aticall[...]

133 T ransmit Dela y Purpose: T o define the am ount of time, in seco nds, the printe r must wait bef ore transm itting meaning ful infrared data to the host compute r , as well as t he amount of time the pr inter reque sts that the h ost computer wait before transmitting i nfr ared data. V alues: Windo w Size Purpose: T o specify t he maximum numb[...]

134 40 Finishing Menu Use the Fin ishing Menu to define how the pr inter delivers the pr inted outp ut. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Blank P ages Purpose: T o specify w hether to inc lude applic ation-gene rated b lank p ages as par t of y our printed outp ut. [...]

135 Collation Purpose: T o keep the pages of a print job stacked in seque nce, par ticular ly when pr inting mult iple copies of the job. V alues: Copies Purpose: T o set the num ber of copie s y o u want f or the pr inter default value. (Set the n umbe r of copies requ ired f or a s pecific job fr om the pr inter dr iv er . V alu es sele cted from[...]

136 Duplex Bind Purpose: T o define th e w a y duple x ed pag es would be boun d, and how the pri nting on the b ac k of the s heet (e ven-numbered pages) is or iented in relation to the printin g on the front (odd-number ed pages). V alues: See also: Duplex Hole Pun ch Purpose: T o punch holes along the edge o f all printe d output. (Sel ect Hole [...]

137 Multip a ge Or der Purpose: T o deter mine the positioning of multiple pag e images whe n using Mult ipage Pr int. The po sitioning depends o n the number of i mages and wh ether the images are por trait or lan dscape in or ientation . F or example, if you select 4-Up multipag e printin g and por trait or ientation, the r esults differ dependin[...]

138 Multip a ge Print Purpose: T o print multiple page i mages on one side of a sh eet of paper . Also cal led n-up or Paper Sav er . V alues: See also: Multipage Border ; Multipage Order ; Multipage View Multip a ge View Purpose: T o deter mine the or ientation of a multipage s heet. V alues: See also: Multipage Pr int Offset P ages Purpose: T o o[...]

139 Sepa rator S heets Purpose: T o inser t blank se parator sheets between jobs, between multiple copies of a job , or between each page of a j ob . V alues: See also: Separator Sour ce ; Collation Sepa rator Sour ce Purpose: T o specify t he paper so urce that hol ds separator s heets. V alues: See also: Sepa rator Sh eets ; Configure MP None* Do[...]

140 Staple Job Purpose: T o set stapli ng as the default for all pr int jobs. (Selec t stapling f rom the pri nter dr iv er if you want to staple on ly specif ic jobs.) V alues: Staple Prim e Sr c Purpose: T o specify t he paper so urce you want the pri nter to use when it pr imes the stapl er . When a staple car tr idge is repla ced or a staple ja[...]

141 41 Color Men u Use the Col or Menu to adju st pri nt quality an d customize colo r prin ting. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Color Correction Purpose: T o adjus t the pr inted color to better match the c olors of oth er outpu t de vices or standard color sys [...]

142 Manual Color Purpose: T o let users c ustomize colo r correction outpu t from the ope rator panel. V alues: RGB Image Viv id : Applies a color correction algorithm that produ ces brigh ter , more satura ted co lors. Ma y be s elected for all incoming c olor f or mats . sRGB D isplay *: Applies color c orrection t o produce output that appro xim[...]

143 Print Mode Purpose: T o deter mine whether images are p rinted i n a monochrome gr ayscale or in col or . V alues: Note: Selecti ons made in the pr inter P ostScri pt or PCL drivers for Windows will ov er ride other se lections. Prin t Re s o lu ti on Purpose: T o define th e number of dots pr inted pe r inch (dpi). T he higher the v alue, the [...]

144 42 Utilities Men u Use the Uti lities Menu to print a v ar iety of li stings re lating to availab l e pr inter resou rces, printe r settings, and print jobs. O ther menu item s let you set up pr inter hardware and troubleshoot pr inter problems. Select a menu item for more det ails: Color Adjust Purpose: T o manually re linearize the color tabl[...]

145 Def r ag m en t Flas h Purpose: T o retri e ve storage area lost when resource s are deleted fr om flash me mory . V alues: W ARNING : Do not tur n off the pr inter while th e flash is defrag menting. F ac tory Defaul t s Purpose: T o retur n your prin ter settings to the f a ctor y def ault values. V alues: Format Disk Purpose: T o f or mat th[...]

146 Format Flash Purpose: T o f or mat the flash me mor y . V alues: W ARNING : Do not tur n off the pr inter while th e flash is formatti ng. Hex T race Purpose: T o help isolate the source of a pri nt job problem. With Hex T race sel ected, all data sent to the printer is pri nted in hexadecimal an d character repres entation. Co ntrol codes are [...]

147 Print Directory Purpose: T o print a list of all the resources stored in flas h memor y or on the hard disk. Note: Pri nt Director y is av ailable only when eithe r a nondef ective flash or disk is ins talled and format ted, and Job B uff er Size is not s et to 100%. Prin t Fon ts Purpose: T o print a sample of a ll the fonts a vailable f or th[...]

148 43 USB Men u Use the US B Menu to change printe r settings aff ec ting a Universal Se rial Bus (USB) por t (USB Option <x> ). Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Job Buffering Purpose: T o temporar ily store jobs on the printer ha rd disk be f o re printi ng[...]

149 MA C Binary PS Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter to proces s Macintosh b inar y P ostS cript pr int jobs. V alues: NPA Mode Purpose: T o specify w hether the pr inter p erf o rms the special pr ocessing r equired for bidirectio nal communica tion, following the co n vention s defined in the Network Pr inting A lliance (NP A) P rotocol. V alu[...]

150 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it au tomatically switche s to P ostS cript emula tion when a pr int job re ceived through t he USB por t requi res it, regardl ess of the de f a ult printer l anguage. V alues: See also: PCL Smar tS wi tch ; Printer Language USB Buffer Purpose: T o configu re the size of the US B input buf[...]

151 44 Supplies Men u The Sup plies Menu provide s inf or mation about printer supplies that require at tention. It is only av ai lab le when a supply is low or needs repl acement. Select a menu item for more det ails: <color> T oner Purpose: T o view the status of the color pr int car tr idges. V alues: See also: Replacing print cartridges O[...]

152 W aste Bottle Purpose: T o view the status of the toner waste con tainer . V alues: Note: Once the toner waste contai ner reaches Full, the pr inter will pr int up to 15 more pages fr om the buff e r and then st op until the c ontainer is replaced. Near Ful l The tone r was te contai ner is nea rly full.[...]

153 45 Setup Men u Use the S etup Menu to configu re a variety of p rinter features. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Alarm Control Purpose: T o establish wheth er the prin ter sounds an alarm when the pr inter requi res operator inter vention. V alues: • Alarm C[...]

154 A u to Continue Purpose: T o define th e amount of time (in seco nds) the pr inter waits aft er displaying an o perator inter vention error mes sage before it resumes printing. V alues: Displa y Language Purpose: T o deter mine the lan guage of th e te x t on the operator pa nel display . V alues: Note: All values m a y n ot be av ailable. Down[...]

155 Hole Punch Alarm Purpose: T o specify h o w the printe r responds wh en the hole pu nch bo x beco mes full. V alues: See also: A uto Continue Jam Rec o very Purpose: T o establish wheth er the prin ter repri nts jammed page s . V alues: Off* Hole Punch Wast e Full i s dis pla y ed until s omeo ne emp ties th e h ole pun ch bo x. If an A uto Con[...]

156 Job Accounting Purpose: T o store st atistical infor mation abou t y our most rec ent prin t jobs on the har d disk. The stati stics include whether th e job pr inted with or wit hout errors, the p rint tim e , the job s ize (in bytes), the req uested paper s iz e and pa per type, the total numb er of pr inted pages, and t he number of co pies [...]

157 P age Pr otec t Purpose: T o successf ully pr int a page that ma y otherw ise generate Complex Page errors. V alues: If, after selectin g On, y ou still c annot print the page, you ma y also hav e to reduce the size and number of fonts on the p age, or increa se the insta lled pr inter memor y . F or mos t print job s , you do not need to selec[...]

158 Print Ar ea Purpose: T o modify the logical and ph ysical p rintable area. V alues: Note: The Who le P ag e setting onl y affects pages p rinted using PCL 5 inte rpr eter . Th is setting has no effect on pages pr inted us ing the PCL XL or P ostScr ipt in terp reters. If you tr y to print any data in the non -printable area defi ned b y Norma l[...]

159 Print er Usage Purpose: T o deter mine the beha vior of the image tran sf er unit dur ing prin ting. V alues: Resour ce Save Purpose: T o deter mine what the prin ter does with dow nloaded resour ces, such as f onts and macros stored in RAM, if the printer r eceives a job that r equires mor e memor y than is available . V alues: Staple Alarm Pu[...]

160 T oner Alarm Purpose: T o specify h o w the pr inter resp onds when it i s low on toner . V alues: See also: A uto Continue W ait Time out Purpose: T o specify the amount of time (i n seconds) the pri nter waits to receive additio nal bytes of data from the comput er . When this timeout expires, the pr int job i s canceled. V alues: Note: W ait[...]

161 46 Serial Menu Use the S erial Menu to change pr inter setting s affecting jobs s ent to the pri nter throug h a serial por t (either Standard Ser ial or Ser ial Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked with an aste risk (*) are the factory de f a ult settings. Baud Purpose: T o specify t he rate at which da t[...]

162 Data Bits Purpose: T o specify t he number of data bits that are s ent in each transmission frame. V alues: Ho n or DS R Purpose: T o deter mine whether the printe r uses the Data Set Ready (DSR) signal. DS R is one of the handshak ing signals f o r most ser ial interface cables. V alues: The ser ial interface uses DSR to dist inguish data se n[...]

163 NPA Mode Purpose: T o specify w hether the pr inter p erf o rms the special pr ocessing r equired for bidirectio nal communica tion, following the co n vention s defined in the Network Pr inting A lliance (NP A) P rotocol. V alues: Note: Changing t his menu ite m automatica lly reset s the pr inter . Pa r i t y Purpose: T o select the parity fo[...]

164 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it autom atically switche s to P ostS cript emula tion when a print job r eceived through t he serial por t requires it, regardless of the default printer language. V alues: See also: PCL Smar tS wi tch ; Printer Language Rob u st XON Purpose: T o deter mine whet her the pri nter communicat[...]

165 RS-422 P olarity Purpose: T o establish the b ehavior of the pos itive and negative signal s when using RS-422 ser ial communica tion. V alues: Serial Buffer Purpose: T o configu re the size of the s erial in put buff e r . V alues: Note: Changing t he Seri al Buff er menu i tem automatic ally resets the printer . See also: Reso urce S a ve Nor[...]

166 Serial Pr otocol Purpose: T o select the hardware and s oftw are han dshaking values for the se rial in terf ace. V alues: DTR* Hardw are ha ndshakin g. DTR/DSR Hardw are ha ndshakin g. XON/XOFF Softw are hands haking. XON/XOFF/DTR Combi ned hardw are and softw are handshakin g. XONXOFF/DTRDSR Combined hardw are and s oftw are hands haking.[...]

167 47 P ostScript Menu Use the P ostSc ript Menu to ch ange pri nter settin gs that only aff ect jobs us ing the P ostScr ipt emulatio n pri nter language. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Font Priority Purpose: T o establish the font se arch order . V alues: Note[...]

168 Image Smoothing Purpose: T o enhance the contrast a nd shar pness o f low resolu tion bitmappe d images (s uch as ima ges downloaded fr om the World Wide W eb) and smooth their color trans itions. V alues : Note: Image Smo othing has no eff ec t on images that are 300 d pi or higher res olution. Print PS Err or Purpose: T o print a page definin[...]

169 48 PCL Em ul Menu Use the P CL Emul Menu to change printer s ettings that o nly affec t jo bs using the PC L emulation pri nter language. Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. A4 Width Purpose: T o select the width of the logical page for A4 s ize paper . V alues: ?[...]

170 A uto CR after LF Purpose: T o specify w hether the printer a utomaticall y perf or ms a car riage re turn a fter a line feed contro l comma nd. V alues: A uto LF after CR Purpose: T o specify w hether the pr inter autom atically perfor ms a line feed after a car riage retu rn c ontrol comma nd. V alues: Font Name Purpose: T o choose a specific[...]

171 Font Sour ce Purpose: T o deter mine the se t of f onts di spla yed in the Font Name me n u item. V alues: See also: Font Name Lines per P age Purpose: T o deter mine the n umber o f lines that p rint on each page. V alues: The pr inter se ts the amount o f space betwee n each line (v er tical l ine spacing) based on the L ines per P ag e, P ap[...]

172 Orienta tion Purpose: T o deter mine how text and graphics ar e orien ted on the page. V alues: Pitc h Purpose: T o specify t he f ont pitc h f or scalable mo nospaced fonts. V alues: Pitch refers to the number of fi x ed- space character s in a hor izontal inch of type. Y ou can select a pitch from 0.08 to 100 character s per inch (cp i) in in[...]

173 Symbol Set Purpose: T o choose a symbol set for a sp ecified font name. V alues: A symbo l set is a set of alphabe tic and numer ic characters, pu nctuation, an d special sy mbols used when pr inting with a selected font. Symbol s ets suppor t the d iff er ent requireme nts f or langu ages or specifi c applicat ions, such as math symbols f or s[...]

174 49 P arallel Men u Use the Parallel Menu to c hange pr inter settin gs aff ecting j obs sent to t he print er through a pa r allel por t (eith er Std P arallel or P a r all el Opt < x>). Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Advance d Status Purpose: T o enabl[...]

175 Honor Init Purpose: T o deter mine whet her the pri nter honors h ardware initializa tion reques ts from the com puter . Th e comput er requests ini tialization by ac tiv ating the INIT signal on the parallel interface. Many persona l computers activate the INIT signal ea ch time the c omputer is tur ned on and off . V alues: Job Buffering Purp[...]

176 NPA Mode Purpose: T o specify w hether the pr inter p erf o rms the special pr ocessing r equired for bidirectio nal communica tion, following the co n vention s defined in the Network Pr inting A lliance (NP A) P rotocol. V alues: Note: Changing t his menu ite m automatica lly reset s the pr inter . P arallel Buff er Purpose: T o configu re th[...]

177 P arallel Mod e 1 Purpose: T o control th e pull-up r esistors on the parallel por t signals. This m enu item is useful f or person al computer s that hav e open c ollector outp uts on the paralle l por t signals. V alues: P arallel Mod e 2 Purpose: T o deter mine whet her the parallel por t data is sam pled on the le ading or traili ng edge of[...]

178 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it autom atically switche s to P ostS cript emula tion when a print job r eceived through t he parallel por t r equires it, rega rdless of the def ault p rinter lan guage. V alues: See also: PCL Smar tS wi tch ; Printer Language Protocol Purpose: T o specify t he parallel inter f ac e proto[...]

179 50 P aper Men u Use the Paper Menu to defi ne the paper loaded in eac h paper tra y and th e def ault pa per source and output bin . Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. • Assi gn T ype /B in • Configure Bins • Configure MP • Custom T ypes • Output Bin ?[...]

180 Assign T ype/Bin Purpose: T o send pr int jobs to a specific ou tput bin base d on the reque sted paper type. V alues (f or Standard Bin* and Bin <x>): Note: If a user-de fined name is a v ailab le, it is display ed instead of Cus tom <x> Bin. The name is tr uncated to 14 characte rs. If two or more bins share the sam e name, the na[...]

181 Configure MP Purpose: T o deter mine when the printer selects pap er loaded in the multipur pose feeder . V alues: Custom T ypes Purpose: T o specify t he kind of pa per associated w ith each of the Custom T ypes availab le in the P aper T ype menu item. V alues f or Custom T ype <x> , where <x> represents 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 ( paper onl [...]

182 Overf lo w Bin Purpose: T o design ate an output bi n as the ov erflow bin. If Configure B ins is set to M ail Overflo w and a specific output b in is full, the printer au tomaticall y div er ts pr inted mater ial to the overflow bin. V alues: Note: If a user -defined bin i s a vailable , it is display ed inste ad of Bin <x>. The name is [...]

183 Pa p e r S i z e Purpose: T o identify th e def ault pa per size f or each paper sourc e . F or trays with automati c size sens ing, only the v alue detected by the hard w are is displa y e d. V alues: First se lect a paper source : Then se lect a value (*d enotes countr y- specific factor y default values): Note: Size sens ing must be tur ned [...]

184 P aper T exture Purpose: T o identify th e te xture of the paper loade d in a spec ific source and to ensure th at characters p rint clear ly . V alues: First se lect a paper type: Then se lect a value: Note: The default for Bond T exture is Rough i nstead of Nor mal. If a user-defined name is av ai lable f or a cust om T ype, then the nam e is[...]

185 P a per T ype Purpose: T o identify th e type of pape r installed i n each paper source. V alues: First se lect a paper source: Then se lect a value: The Paper T y pe default f or eac h en velope source is Env elope. Th e P aper T y pe def ault for each pap er tra y is as follows : Note: If a user -defined nam e is av a ilable , it is di spla y[...]

186 P a per W eight Purpose: T o identify th e relative weight of the p aper loaded in a specific source an d ensure tha t the toner adheres properly to the prin ted page. V alues: First se lect a paper type: Then se lect a value: Note: If a user -defined nam e is a v ai lable , it is display ed in stead of Custo m <x> Weight. The name i s tr[...]

187 Univer sal Setup Purpose: T o deter mine the def au lt size when the Paper Size set ting f or a tray or f eeder is Universal. V alues: First se lect a unit o f measure ( * denotes a cou ntry -specific f a ctory def ault value): Then se lect the values: Inches * Millimete rs * Po r t ra i t W i d th =3.00 – 14.1 7 in. =76 – 36 0 mm (8.5 in.*[...]

188 51 Network Menu Use the Net work Menu to c hange prin ter settings af f e cting jobs sent to the pr inter th r ough a networ k por t (eith er Standard Ne tw ork or Network O pt <x>). Select a menu item for more det ails: Note: V alues mar ked by an aster isk (*) are th e f ac tor y default settings. Job Buffering Purpose: T o temporar ily[...]

189 MA C Binary PS Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter to proces s Macintosh b inar y P ostS cript pr int jobs. V alues: Netw ork Buffer Purpose: T o confi g ure t he s iz e of th e net work inpu t b uff er . V alues: Note: Changing t he Networ k Buffer menu item a utomaticall y resets t he prin ter . See also: Reso urce S a ve Netw ork <x> [...]

190 NPA Mode Purpose: T o specify w hether the pr inter p erf o rms the special pr ocessing r equired for bidirectio nal communica tion, following the co n vention s defined in the Network Pr inting A lliance (NP A) P rotocol. V alues: Note: Changing t his menu ite m automatica lly reset s the pr inter . PCL SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the [...]

191 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: T o configu re the pri nter so it au tomatically switche s to P ostS cript emula tion when a pr int job re ceived through t he network p or t requires i t, regardles s of the default pr inter language. V alues: See also: PCL Smar tS wi tch ; Printer Language Std Net Setup Purpose: T o configu re an inter nal pr int ser v[...]

192 52 Under standing f onts Resident fonts Y our pr inter is equipped wit h resident fonts sto red per manently in printer m emor y . Different f onts ar e av ai lable in PCL 6 and P ostSc ript 3 emulati ons. Some of the m ost popular ty pef ac es, like Courier and Times Ne w Roman, ar e a v aila b l e f or all pr inter l anguages. The fonts in th[...]

193 ITC Book man Demi Italic Bookman-De miItalic Clarend on Co nd ens ed Bold Coronet Coro net-Regular Cour ier PS Cour ier CourierPS Ob li qu e Courier-Ob li que CourierPS Bold Courier-Bold CourierPS Bold Obliq ue Courier-BoldOb l i que CG Omega CG Omeg a Bold CG Omeg a Itali c CG Omeg a Bold Italic Garam ond Antiqu a Garam ond-Antiqua Garam ond H[...]

194 Courier Bold Intl-Courier-Bold Cour ier B old Ita lic Intl -Cour ier- BoldObliq ue Letter Gothi c LetterGot hic Letter Gothi c Italic LetterGot hic -Sla nte d Letter Gothi c Bold LetterGot hic -Bol d LetterGot hic-BoldSla nted Marigold Ma rigold Century School boo k Ro ma n Ne w Centu r y Sc hlb k-Roma n Century Schoolboo k Ital ic Ne wCe ntu r[...]

195 Wingding s Wingd ings-Regul ar ITC Zapf Chance r y M edium Ita lic ZapfCha ncery-MediumIta lic ITC Zapf Dingbat s Zap fDingba ts Univ ers-Extend ed Univ ers-Extend edOb l Univ ers-BoldExt Univ ers-BoldExtOb l Univ ers-Light Univ ers-LightOb lique Clarend on Clarend on-Light Clarend on-Bold Helv etica-Condens ed Helv etica -Condensed -Bold Helv [...]

196 Copperplate-Thi r tyT woBC Copperplate-Thi r tyT hreeBC Eurostile Eurostile- Bold Eurostile- ExtendedT wo Eurostile- BoldExte ndedT wo GillSans GillSans -Italic GillSans -Bold GillSans -BoldItali c GillSans -Condense d GillSans -BoldConden sed GillSans -Light GillSans -LightItal ic GillSans -ExtraBol d Goudy Goudy-It alic Goudy-Bo ld Goudy-Bo l[...]

197 Resident bitmapped f onts Symbol sets A symbol set is an encoded c ollection of a lphabetic an d numeric c haracters, punctuation , and specia l characters a vailab le in th e f ont you select. S ymbol sets s uppor t the req uirements for different langu ages or specif ic applicati ons, such as ma th symbols u sed for scientific text. The symbo[...]

198 Y ou ca n download scala b le fonts in P ostScr ipt 3 emula tion and eithe r scalable or bitmap ped fonts in PCL 6 em ulati on. F ont s can be do wnl oaded to prin ter me mory , or to a fl ash m emory opt ion or hard disk op tion. Fonts downloaded to fla sh memor y or har d disk remain i n memor y e ven after the printer language changes, the p[...]

199 53 Notices • Editio n notice • Licensing notice • Safet y informat ion • Cautions and w arnings • Electr onic emission notices • Noise emis sion le vels • Laser notice Edition not i ce A ugust 2 0 0 1 © Copyright 2001 Lexmark Internation al, Inc. All rights reserved. UNITED ST A TES GO V ERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS This soft w are [...]

200 Click the title o f the docum ent you w ant t o re view: The Lexmar k modified GN U licensed sof tware is free s oftw are; y ou can r edistribute it and/or modif y it under the terms of the licen ses ref erence d abov e. These licen ses do not pr o vide you any r ights to th e Lexmark copyrigh ted software in this printer . Since th e GNU licen[...]

201 Electr onic emission notices With a netw ork cab le or high-capacity output finisher installed Federal Comm unications Commission (FCC) compliance i nfor mation statement The pri nter has been te sted and f ound to com ply with the limits for a Class A digita l de vice, pursuant to P a rt 15 of the FCC Ru les. Operation is subject to th e f ol [...]

202 Japanese VCCI notice Without a networ k cable or high-capacity output finisher installed Federal Comm unications Commission (FCC) compliance i nfor mation statement The pri nter has been te sted and f ound to com ply with the limits for a Class B digita l de vice, pursuant to P a rt 15 of the FCC Ru les. Operation is subject to th e f ol lo win[...]

203 Europ ean Communi ty (EC) directives conf ormity This p r oduct is in con f or mity with the protecti on requiremen ts of EC Council directives 89/336/ EEC and 73/ 23/EEC on the appro ximatio n and har monization of the laws of the Mem ber States re lating to electrom agnetic compat ibility and s af ety of electr ical equ ipment design ed f or [...]

204 Index A A4 Width (PCL Emul Menu) 169 Adapter, T ri-Port 38 adjus ting color 141, 142, 143, 159 Advance d Status (Pa rallel Me nu) 174 Alarm Cont rol (Setup M enu) 1 53 alar ms error mess ages 154 hole punc h 155 sett ing 15 3 stap ler 159 tone r 160 alignin g the ima ge transfe r unit 51 Assign Typ e/Bi n (Paper Me nu) 180 Auto Conti nue (Setup[...]

205 Font Name (PCL Emul Menu) 170 Font Priority (PostScr ipt Me nu) 167 Font Sourc e (PCL Emul Menu) 171 fonts choosin g in PC L em ul ati on 170 downloa dable 197 printing fo nt sampl es 69 prin ting sa mp les 147 priority 1 67 resident 69, 192 symbol sets supported 173 symbol sets, PCL 6 emula tion 197 Format D isk (Util ities Me nu) 145 Format F[...]

206 language 15 4 main list of 11 9 printing m enu setti ngs page 68 select ing 10 menu it ems 10 numer ical val ues 9 messa ges <type> in <source> . Go? 101 <x> Alignm ent 7 4 100 – 199 Se rvice <m essage> 102 1565 Emul Error Load Em ul Optio n 103 2<xx > Paper Ja m 103 30 <color> Toner Ca rt Missi ng 104 30 I[...]

207 Tray <x> M issing 101 Tray <x> No t Calibrated 101 USB <x> 1 02 Waitin g 102 Multi page Bo rder (F inishin g Menu) 136 Multipa ge Or der (Finish ing Menu ) 137 multi page pr int border set tings 136 configuri ng 138 order setti ngs 137 view s ettings 138 Multipa ge Print (Fi nishing Men u) 138 Multipa ge View (Finishin g Menu)[...]

208 tra y renumb er 1 73 PCL Sma rtSwitch (Infra red Menu) 132 PCL Sma rtSwitch (Loc alTalk Menu) 12 5 PCL Sm artSwi tch (Ne twork Me nu) 190 PCL Sma rtSwitch (Paral lel Menu ) 177 PCL Sm artSwi tch (Se r ial Menu ) 163 PCL SmartSwitch (USB Menu) 149 PCL SmartSwitc h, settin g See also printer l anguage infrared port 1 32 LocalTal k port 125 networ[...]

209 PS SmartSwitc h, sett ing See also printer l angua ge 158 infrared port 1 32 LocalTal k port 125 network port 191 parallel port 178 serial po rt 164 USB port 1 50 R removing firmware card 62 flas h memor y optio n 60 option cards 61 printer memo ry opti on 60 Reset Act ive Bin (Job Menu) 128 Reset Prin ter (Job Me nu) 128 resettin g printer 128[...]

210 Defragment Fla sh 145 Factory D efaults 145 Format Dis k 145 Format Fla sh 14 6 Hex Trace 146 Job Acct Stat 146 Print Demo 146 Print Dire ctory 147 Print Fonts 147 Print Menu s 147 Print Net<x> Setup 147 V values , selecti ng 67 verifyi ng prin tin g 6 8 menus s ettings p age 68 W Wait Tim eout (Setup Menu) 160 wait ti meout, c onfigur in[...]

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