Lexmark S508 manual

Lexmark Intuition S500 Se ries Quick Re ference Guide April 2009 www.lexmark.com[...]

Impor tant Mess age A bout Cartri dge Recycl ing! Please Re ad Before Opening Your Ink jet Cartridge Box At Lex mark, we take ou r commitment to t he envir onmen t seriousl y, and w e enc ourage o ur customer s to pa rticipat e in our ea sy, no- co st method for re turn ing em pty L exmark c artr idges t o Lexmar k for pr oper recyc ling. W e wil l[...]

Contents Imp or tant saf ety i nfo rmati on. .... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... 2 Ab out y our pri nter. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... ...... ..... .... .... .... ..... .... ..5 Finding inform ation about the p rinter.................... ............................... ................ ........[...]

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About your printer Finding infor mation about t he printer The Qu ic k Refe ren ce Gui de cont a in s basic in structio n s on how to acco mpli s h common printe r ta sks like p rinti ng, copy ing, and s cannin g. It also in cludes inform atio n on trou bleshoo ting comm on pr inter setu p p roblems. For a dd iti onal i nf orma tion abo ut the pri [...]

• Shar e your printer . Wireles s/n etwor k pri nters a llow yo u to share a sing le print er among mult ipl e compu ters, thus conserving en ergy a nd other resources. Conse rving pa per • Activ ate Eco -Mode. On sel ected print er mode ls, thi s fea ture sets the pri nter to automa tical l y pri nt on both sid e s of the paper (duplex ) fo r [...]

Pr inte r fe ature s Your prin ter c omes with ful l fea tures that w ill h elp you man age an d ac compl ish prin ting and imagin g ta sks: • Wi reless. Pr int and scan fro m vi rtu all y a ny wh ere in y our home o r o ffi ce ov er a se cur e wi rel ess ne tw ork , as well as s hare th e prin ter amo ng mul tiple computers . • Print. Print hi[...]

Use the To 6 Card reader ligh t Check card reader s tatu s. The lig ht blinks to indicate tha t a memory card is being access ed. 7 Wi-F i indi cator C hec k wi re le ss st at us . 8 Paper exit tra y Hold paper a s it exits. 9 Prin ter contr ol pa nel Operate the print er. 10 Top c ov er Access the scanner g lass. 11 Paper feed g uard Prevent items[...]

Using the pr inter control pa nel The foll owing di agrams exp lain the sec tions o f the prin ter co ntrol pa nel: Use the : To 1 Power button • Turn the pr inter on and of f. • Sw itch to Po wer Saver m ode . Note: When th e printer is on, press to s wit ch to Powe r Save r m ode. P ress a nd hold for th ree seconds to turn off th e printer. [...]

Use the : To 9 Can cel button • Canc el a print, copy, scan, or f ax job in progr ess . • Exit from a menu lev el of the Copy, Scan, Fax, P hoto, or File Print men u to the top level of a menu. • Exit from a menu level of the Set u p menu to th e top level of the prev ious mode. • Clea r current settin gs or er ror mess a ge s, and retu rn [...]

Using me mory cards and fla sh drives Using a memory car d or flash dri ve with th e print e r Memory c ards and flash drives are storage devic es frequently use d w ith c ameras and compu ters. You can remove the memory car d from the cam era o r the f lash driv e fro m the computer and insert it dir ectly in to t he print er. 1 Ins ert a memo ry [...]

Su pported m emory ca rds and fil e ty pes Memory Card File T y p e • Secure Dig ital (SD) • Micro Secu re Di gital (with a da pter) (Micro SD) • Min i S ec ure Di g ita l ( wi th a da pt er) (M i ni S D ) • Mu ltiMedia Card (MMC) • Redu ced S ize MultiMedia C ard (with ada pter) (R S-MMC) • Mu ltiMedia Card mobile ( with adapter) (M MC[...]

Ordering and r eplac ing ink cartridges Order ing ink cartridge s Page yields a vailabl e at www. lexm ark.c om/ pagey ields . Fo r best re sult s, us e only Le xmark ink ca rtridg es . Lex mark S500 Se ries models (ex cept Lexma rk S508 ) Item Return Program Cartridge 1 Reg ular cartridge 2 Bl ack cart ridge 100 100A Hig h yield blac k cart ridge [...]

Replacing ink c artridges Mak e sur e you h ave a new in k ca rtrid ge or cart ri dges b efor e you b egin . You m ust inst all new c artri dges imme diate ly after removi ng the old ones o r t he ink remain ing in the printhea d nozzles may dry out. 1 Tu rn on your pr inter . 2 Open the printer. Not e: The prin thead m oves to t he car tridge inst[...]

Maintaining ink cart ridges In a dditio n to th e foll owin g tasks that yo u ca n p erf o r m, y o ur prin ter perfo rms a n a uto matic maintena nce cyc l e every week if it is plugg ed int o a n elect rical o ut let. It will bri efly com e out of Power Saver mode or wi ll tempo rarily power on if it is t urned off. Ali gning the pri nthea d If t[...]

Cleani ng th e printhead nozzles Poor prin t quality is sometimes due to c logged printhead no zz les. C lean the printh ead nozzles to im prove the quality of your pri nts. Not es: • Cleaning the printh ead nozzles us es ink, so clean them only when necessa ry. • Deep clean ing uses mor e ink, s o try the C lean Pr inthead o ption first to sav[...]

Using the printer software Minimum system requirements The pr inter so ftware req uires up to 5 00 MB of fr ee disk s pace. Suppor ted o pera ting sy stem s • Mi cr oso ft Wi nd ows 7 (W eb o nly) • Mi cr oso ft Win dow s Vis ta • Mi cr oso ft Win dow s XP • Micr o s oft Wi ndows 2000 (S P4 or gre ater) • Maci ntos h Pow erPC OS X v1 0.3.[...]

Using t he W orld W ide We b 1 Go to the Le xmar k Web site at www .lex ma rk. com . 2 From the D rivers & Down loads menu, c lick Driver F inde r . 3 Sele ct you r print er, and then s elect your op eratin g sys tem. 4 Down lo ad the driver and inst all the print er sof tware. Using the Windows print er software Softw are inst alle d during pr[...]

Use the To Lex m ar k Fa x S ol ut io ns (referred to as Fax Solutions) • Send a fax. • Receive a fax in three-in-one prin ters. • Add, edit, or d elete conta cts in th e built-in phon e book. • Access the Lexmark Fax Setup Utili t y in four-in-on e printers. Use the Fax Setup Utility to set the Speed Dial and Group Dia l numbers , set Ring[...]

Using the Macintosh prin ter softwa re Softw are inst alle d during print er in stallation Sof twar e resi dent in the Ma cin tosh OS Use the To Print dial og Adj ust the p rint setting s and sc h ed ule print jobs . Pr in te r Se rv ic es dia lo g (n ot ava il ab le i n Mac OS X v1 0.5 or later) • Access the printer u tility. • Troubleshoot. ?[...]

Printing Printing a document 1 Loa d the paper in the pr inter . 2 Send th e pr int job: For Windo ws user s a With a doc ume nt ope n, click Fil e  Pri nt . b Cl ick Pro perti es , Pre fer ence s , Optio ns , o r Setup . c Select the print qual ity, the number of copies to print, the type of paper to use, and how the pages shoul d print . d Cl [...]

6 Selec t Ext end Dr y T im e , a nd th en sel e ct a se tt in g. In r egi ons w it h hi gh h umi di ty, se le ct Ext end ed . 7 Clic k OK to clos e any prin ter s oft ware di alogs . 8 Clic k OK or Pri nt . Not e: T o ret u r n t o sin gle-si ded p rint ing, retur n to the Adva nced tab. F rom the 2-Si ded P rin ting s e c tion, s elect Off from t[...]

Printing photos using t he printer contr ol panel 1 Loa d photo pa per. 2 From the prin ter control panel, pres s . 3 Inser t a memory card, fla sh drive, or di gital came ra set to mass stor a ge mode. If im age fi les and docum ent f iles are stored in the m emory devic e, then press to se le ct Phot os . 4 Pres s the u p or down a rrow but ton t[...]

If th e prin ter is using a USB connec tion a Pr e s s the up or do wn ar row butto n t o s elect the file name of the docu ment tha t you w ant to pr int. b Pre ss to star t prin ting the documen t. If t he pr inter is using a W ireless conn ectio n (se lected models on ly) a Pr e s s the up or do wn ar row butto n t o s elect the file name of the[...]

Copying ADF Scanner g lass Use th e ADF for multiple-p age documents. Note: The A DF i s available only on selected models. If y ou purcha sed a printer wi thout an ADF, th en load original documents or photos on the scanner glas s. Us e the sca nn er gl ass f or single page s, s mall ite ms (suc h as postc ards or photos), tr ansparencies, photo p[...]

Copying photos 1 Loa d photo pa per. 2 Plac e a ph oto fa cedo wn on t he sc ann er gl ass. 3 From the prin ter control panel, pres s . 4 Pres s the u p or down a rrow but ton to scroll to Pho to Repr int . 5 Pre ss the lef t o r righ t arro w bu tton t o sel ect th e des ired photo siz e. 6 Pre ss . Not e: For b est re sults , a llow t h e pr ints[...]

Scanning ADF Scanner g lass Use th e ADF for multiple-p age documents. Note: The A DF i s available only on selected models. If y ou purcha sed a printer wi thout an ADF, th en load original documents or photos on the scanner glas s. Us e the sca nn er gl ass f or single page s, s mall ite ms (suc h as postc ards or photos), tr ansparencies, photo [...]

6 Pres s the ar row bu ttons to sele c t t he res olution qualit y an d the orig inal image s ize. Press e ach time y o u ma ke a sel ecti on. 7 Pre ss to sta rt sc an ning . The scan is com plete when the ap plicat ion you selecte d in step 5 opens on t he destina tion comp uter, and t he scan app ears w ithin t he app licat io n as a new fil e. S[...]

For Macint osh users 1 Loa d an orig inal d ocu ment faceu p in to t he ADF or f acedow n on t he scan ne r gl ass. 2 From the Fin der de sktop, dou ble-click t he pr inter pr ogram f older. 3 Doubl e-click the p rinter Cen ter to op en th e All-In -One C enter. 4 From the “Wh at is bei ng sca nned?” menu on t he main screen, s elect a documen [...]

Troubles hooting Before you t roubleshoot Use this check list to solve most printer pro blems: • Mak e sure the p ower cord is pl ugged into the print er and in to a worki ng e lectric al ou tlet. • Make su re the printer is not plugg ed int o any surge prot ectors, unin terrupted power supp lies, or extensi on cords. • Ma ke sure th e prin t[...]

• “Prin t job does not print or is missing pages” o n pag e 33 • “Pr inter is prin ting bl ank pag es” o n page 3 4 • “Pr inter is busy o r does not resp ond ” on page 3 4 • “C ann ot del ete d ocu ment s fr om th e pr int q ueu e” o n p age 35 • “C ann ot pr in t th rou gh U S B” o n p age 35 Incorr ect language appea[...]

R EM OVE AN D REINSERT THE PR IN T HE AD 1 Op en the pr inte r a nd li ft the la tc h. 2 Re mov e th e pri nth ea d. 3 Wipe t he printhea d conta cts using a cle an, lint -free clo th. 4 Rein sert the prin thead. Not e: I f re movin g and re inse rtin g the prin thead d oes no t reso lve the err or, th en cont act tech nica l s u pp ort. Trou bles [...]

Soft ware did no t install If you enc ounter ed pro blems while ins tall ing, o r if you r prin te r does not appear in th e list in the Prin ters fold er or as a prin te r opt ion wh en se ndin g a p rin t job, t hen try re moving and reins tall ing the s oft ware . Before you reinst a ll the s oftware, do the foll owing: M AKE SU RE TH A T YO UR [...]

R ECON NECT THE PRINTER PO WE R SUPPLY 1 Turn off the p rinter, a nd then unplu g the po wer cord from th e wall o utlet. 2 Gently remove the po wer supply from t he pr inter, an d then reins ert it. 3 Plu g the powe r c ord in to th e w all ou tlet, and the n tu rn on t he print e r . R EM OVE AN D RECO NNE CT THE USB CABLE CONNE CTED TO YO U R PR[...]

If t h e pr int er wi ll no t co me ou t of P ower Sa ve r mo d e, t hen r ese t the po wer : 1 Unplug the power cord from the w all ou tlet, an d then wait 10 s econd s. 2 Inse rt the pow er cord into the wa ll ou tle t, and the n tur n on the p rint er. If this pr oble m p er sists , then chec k ou r W eb site fo r updat es for yo ur pr inter so [...]

Networ k Troubleshooting I f you are h av ing tr oub le se tt in g up you r pr int er on a n etw or k, p ri nt a n etw or k s etu p p age , an d th en s ee the com ple te netw ork t roubl eshoot ing in format ion i n th e Network Gettin g Star ted Guide or t he compr ehensive Use r' s Gui de av ailable on the in stall ation sof tware C D. Prin[...]

No tice s Edit ion noti ce Apri l 2 009 The fo llowing par agraph do es not app ly to an y countr y wher e such pr ovisio ns are inc onsisten t with l ocal law: LEXM ARK INTER NATIO NAL, IN C., PRO VIDES TH IS P UBLI CATION “A S IS ” WI THOUT WARR ANTY OF A NY K IN D, EITHER EXP RESS O R IMPLIED, INCLUDI NG, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE I MPLIED WAR[...]

Feder al Com m u nicatio ns Co mmiss ion (FCC ) comp lia nce infor mation statem en t This pro duct c o m p l ie s wi th the limits f or a Cla ss B dig ital d evice , pur suant to Pa rt 1 5 of the FCC Rules . O perati on i s s ubje ct to the fo llo wing t wo c ondi ti ons : 1 this dev ice may n ot ca us e har mful inter fer ence, an d 2 this devi c[...]