Lexmark 2500 SERIES manual

Forms Printer 2500 Series Quick Reference January 20 14 www.lexmark .com Lexmark and Lexmark wi th diamond de sign are trademarks of Lexmark Internatio nal, Inc., regist ered in the Unit ed States and/or other countries. All other t rademarks are the propert y of their respect ive owners. © 2014 Lexma rk Internation al, Inc. All righ ts res erved [...]

Conten ts Learn ing a bout t he p rinte r..... ........ ....... ............ ....... ........ ........ ........... ........ .4 Prin ter overv iew ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... ...... .... ..... ........ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... .. ........ ..... ..... .......4 Underst andin g the p rint er fea ture s a[...]

Understan ding Setup mo de and men u options..... .... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... 37 Using Setu p mode ..... ...... .......... ..... ....... ...... ...... ...... ......... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ......... ....... .... ........ ...... ......37 Changi ng men u setti ngs (an exam ple)... ....... ...... ....... ......... ....[...]

Learni ng about the prin ter For ad ditio nal setu p and in struct ion s on usin g the pri nter, see the User' s Guide availab le on th e Lexma rk Web si te at http: //sup port. lexmark .com . Printer overview The Lexmark TM Forms Printer 2500 Seri es printers are availabl e in 9 ‑ and 2 4 ‑ wire narrow ‑ and wide ‑ carriage models. De[...]

Printer back view 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Part name 1 Ribbon access cover latc h 2 Acous tic fla p 3 Tear off bar 4 Ribbon access cover latc h 5 Recessed network button 6 Network connector 7 Optional serial interface knoc kout 8 Parallel connec tor 9 USB conne ctor 10 Optional Trac tor 2 conn ector knockou t 11 Power cord conn ector Understanding t[...]

Feature/function 2580/2581 2590/259 1 Resident fonts • Fast Dra ft • Draft • Gothic • Courier • Fast Dra ft • Draft • Gothic • Cou rier • Prestige • Presentor • Orator • Script Print st yles Note: This featu re is available through pr inter commands. High lighting c apabili ty: • Double ‑ hig h • Double ‑ strike • [...]

Feature/function All models Manual fro nt loading for cut sheets Enables printing on cut sheets or envelopes Tear Off bar • Assists in removing pr inted cont inuous forms at the perforation • Assists in tearing non ‑ perforated forms • Reduces the amount of paper used, thus reducing costs Adjustable tractor Lets you handle continuous form p[...]

Using the control panel Understanding th e control panel button s The contr ol panel ha s two layers of func tiona lity: • Layer 1, with the co ntrol pa nel cover clos ed, conta ins ba sic fun ction s like Fo rmFeed, Tear Off, a nd taki ng the pri nter online/offlin e. • Layer 2, wi th the con trol pa nel cover open, co ntains more advan ced fu[...]

Power Set TOF LineFeed Macro Setup Pitch 10 12 15 17 20 24 P5 Lock 12 3 4 Micro Micro 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 Button Function 1 LineFeed Advances the paper one line. Press a nd hold LineF eed to advance the paper 5 micro movements, and then go into contin uous feed. 2 Macro To support different styles of pre ‑ printed forms, selects between four document f[...]

Light Light status What it mean s Power On The printer is online. Ready On The printer is online and ready to p rint. Bli nk ing The p rint er is r ece ivin g d ata . Off The printer is offline. Tractor 2 On Tr actor 2 i s activated. Note : The optional Tractor 2 Fe eder must be installed. Paper Out Off Pape r is loaded in the printer. Blinking The[...]

To un lock the cont rol p anel : 1 Turn the prin ter o ff. 2 Press an d hold Load /Unloa d and Trac to r while turn ing th e prin ter on . Selecting a Tractor mode Note: Because this function unloads con tinuous forms from the cu rrently selected tractor, tear off excess paper p rior to initi ating . When the optio nal Tractor 2 Feeder is installed[...]

Loading paper This se ction e xplains ho w to load conti nuous f orms, c ut form sheets, l abels, an d envel opes. I t also includes inform ation about p aper o rienta tion, se tting the forms t hicknes s lever , and us ing the p ush an d pull t ractors for d iffere nt pape r path s. 1 2 3 4 1 Cut (form) sheet 2 Continuous forms 3 Envelope 4 Labels[...]

Paper type Paper thickness Paper weight Forms thickness lever setting Single forms (cu t or continuous) Thin 56 g/m 2 (15 lb ) 65 g/m 2 (16 lb ) 1 Normal 68 g/m 2 (18 lb ) 75 g/m 2 (20 lb ) 1 or 2 Thick 90 g/ m 2 (24 lb) 2 Multiple ‑ part forms 2 ‑ part 3 ‑ part 4 ‑ part 5 ‑ part 6 ‑ part 2 or 3 3 or 4 4 or 5 5 or 6 5, 6, or 7 Envelopes[...]

Fron t lo adi n g pa per Rea r lo adin g p ape r Paper paths for the pull tractor In these examples, th e tractor p ulls the paper from t he front o r the bottom of the printer. Front loadin g paper Bottom loadi ng paper Using the Tear Off function Pressi ng the Tear Of f button adva nces t he perfor ation of a c ontinuo us form to th e tea r off p[...]

If you have already set your Top ‑ Of ‑ Form and now want to change the Tear Off position, follow these steps: 1 Press Star t/Stop to take th e printe r offline. 2 Press an d hold Te ar O ff until t he printer b eeps. The lig ht blinks . 3 Open th e contro l panel cover to access layer 2. 4 Press Micro or Micro to m ove the pa per to the des ir[...]

3 Set the forms thick ness lev er to a s etting corres pondi ng with the pa per thic kness you are using . 4 Pul l the f ront c over up. 5 Move the pap er select l ever dow n to the posit ion. 6 Pull t he left an d right tracto r locki ng levers up to unlock the trac tors. Loading pape r 16[...]

7 Open the left a nd right tracto r door s, and t hen plac e the paper holes over t he seco nd or th ird pins of the t ractor unit. If ne cessary , mo ve the l eft o r right trac tor to adjust the t ractor s to t he pa per width. Note: Keeping the left tr actor pos itioned to the left of the rubber tractor stop keeps your paper within the paper sen[...]

12 Clos e the front cove r. 13 Press Star t/Stop to load th e paper t o Top ‑ Of ‑ Form and put the p rinter on line. If A uto Tear Off is set to On , the printe r mov es the paper to the Tear O ff ba r. Note: When you use th e push tractor to print continuous forms , line spacing within the firs t 1.5 inches of the first form ma y not b e unif[...]

6 Pull t he left an d right tracto r locki ng levers up to unlock the trac tors. 7 Open the left a nd rig ht t racto r door s. 8 Open t he fr ont cover . 9 Inser t pape r into the fro nt of the prin ter between the metal a nd plas tic p lates. Loading pape r 19[...]

Push o r pull t he pape r thro ugh the paper path un til it passes the prin thead. 10 Clos e the front cove r. 11 Place the paper holes over th e tractor pins. If ne cessary , mo ve the l eft o r right trac tor to adjust the t ractor s to t he pa per width. Note: If you ha ve tr ouble movi ng the rig ht tract or to the pape r w idth, r oll th e rub[...]

16 Remove slac k from th e pap er, and then lo ck the ri ght lo cking l ever. 17 Open th e contro l panel cover to access layer 2. 18 Press Micro , Micr o , or LineFeed to mov e the pape r to th e Top ‑ Of ‑ Form you w ant to use. Notes: • Use the secon d form to set To p ‑ Of ‑ Form alig nment. • To do this, ali gn the horizo ntal line[...]

Note: If you have installed the optional Auto Sheet Feeder or Tractor 2 Feeder, s ee the documentation that came with the opt ion for p aper load ing inst ructions. 1 Turn the printe r on. 2 Make sur e the pa per pat h is cl ear. Note: If a cut form or envelope is loaded in the printe r, press FormFeed to remove it. 3 Set t he for ms th ickness lev[...]

5 Remove the ribb on acces s cover. 6 Pull t he left an d right tracto r locki ng levers up to unlock the trac tors. Loading pape r 23[...]

7 Open the left a nd rig ht t racto r door s. 8 Inser t t he pape r th rough the b ottom slot of th e prin ter. Push o r pull t he pape r thro ugh the paper path un til it passes the prin thead. 9 Place the paper holes over th e tractor pins. Loading pape r 24[...]

If ne cessary , mo ve the l eft o r right trac tor to adjust the t ractor s to t he pa per width. Note: If you ha ve tr ouble movi ng the rig ht tract or to the pape r w idth, r oll th e rubb er tr actor stop out o f the seated positio n. Mo ve the tr actor t o the pape r widt h, load th e paper, and then lock t he rig ht trac tor. 10 Close the le [...]

Loading cut forms Cut forms c an be singl e sh eets, envel opes, or m ultipl e-part fo rms. Th ey are placed o ne at a time into t he manual feeder. Loading a cu t form or enve lope man ually Note: If you have installed the optional Auto Sheet Feeder or Tractor 2 Feeder, s ee the documentation that came with th e optio n, for paper lo ading i nstr [...]

7 Move the left pa per guide so tha t th e pri nt s tart po siti on yo u want alig ns with the [A symb ol pri nted o n th e m argin guide. The distance from the left p aper guide to the [A symbol determ ines the width o f the le ft marg in. A 8 Place a cut form or an envelope against the left paper guide. Note: If you are lo ading a prepri nted f o[...]

• If Auto Cut Sheet Load is set to Off, press FormFeed . 11 Make sure t he printer is o nline, and th e Ready light is o n solid. Note: If n ot, press Start/Stop until the Ready lig ht is on solid. Aligni ng the left ma rgin You can manual ly change the first pri nt posi tion at the left margin. The first print po sitio n is indica ted by the [A [...]

Setting Top-of-Form Top-of -Form sets the first line of print. Use th e co ntrol p anel to sa ve your Top-o f-Form sett ings for cont inuou s for ms, cut fo rms, and for eac h macr o enab led. Setti ng Top ‑ Of ‑ Form for co ntinuo us for ms in p ush mo de 1 Clear the paper path. The Pa per Out l ight b links if no paper is l oade d. If the Pap[...]

Setti ng Top ‑ Of ‑ Form for co ntinuo us for ms in p ull mo de 1 Turn the printe r on. The Pa per Ou t ligh t blinks if no pape r is l oaded. 2 Move the pap er select l ever dow n to the posit ion. 3 Load co ntinuous form p aper o n the pu ll tract or feed p ins. 4 Open th e contro l panel cover to access layer 2. Power Set TOF LineFeed Macro [...]

4 Open th e contro l panel cover to access layer 2. Power Set TOF LineFeed Macro Setup Pitch 10 15 17 20 24 123 4 Micro Micro 12 Lock 5 Press any paper mov ement bu tton ( Micro , Micro , LineFe ed ) to align the ho rizontal line s locat ed on the platen with the Top ‑ Of ‑ For m you wan t. Note: If you pres s and h old a pape r move ment but t[...]

Paper and specialty media guide Paper types and s izes supp orted by the printer The pr inter supp orts pape r weig hts of 56–90 g /m 2 (15 ‑ 24 lb) and envelope weig hts of 75–90 g/m 2 (20 ‑ 24 lb ). Paper types Sing le Multip le pa rt Envelopes Cut Fo rms 76 mm (3 .0 in.) to 297 mm (11. 7 in.)* 76 mm (3 .0 in.) to 297 mm (11.7 in.) * 152 [...]

Chan ging trac tor positi ons The tracto r unit ca n be in stalled in t he push t ractor po sitio n or the pu ll tract or positio n. This section de scribes how to change the tr acto r unit p osit ion. Push tractor position The p rinter come s with the tracto r uni t inst alle d in th e pu sh tract or pos iti on, a t the f ront o f th e print er. U[...]

Converting the pus h tracto r to pull tractor position 1 Make sure the p rinter is of f. 2 Make sur e paper is not l oaded in the print er. 3 Pull the fr ont c over up a nd out of the way. 4 Hold down the la tching l evers whil e you lift and pul l the tr actor unit out of the printer . 1 2 1 Tractor unit 2 Latching lever s 5 Remove the ribb on acc[...]

8 To slide the tractor feed er into the printer: a Hold down the latc hing lever s and gently push the tr actor f eeder into the pri nter until it sto ps. b Cont inue hold ing do wn the latc hing levers , and tilt the tracto r feeder toward the fron t of the pri nter unti l the hooks at the e nd of t he la tchin g lev ers fit aroun d the p osts on [...]

5 Make su re the pap er se lect lever is s et to the positi on. 6 While holdi ng down t he latc hing l evers , fit th e left a nd right locks on to the posts in the pr inter . 7 Rele ase the la tch ing leve rs. 8 Clos e the front cove r. Changi ng tr actor posi tions 36[...]

Understandin g Setup mod e and menu option s The printer is preset at the factory for font , pitch, form length, and other settings. These are called factory default settin gs. This chap ter d escrib es ho w to c hang e the factory default sett ings, how to set up macros , and how to set form length. Using Setup mode Note: Make su re co ntinuo us f[...]

To Sel ect Press Data Opti ons Micro Con trol Op ti ons Micro Emulation Options Setup Interface Options Pitch 4 Selec t any o ption from the Ma in menu by pre ssing t he corres ponding but ton. Note: A ne w menu will print each t ime you press a bu tton , displaying the n ew sel ection . 5 After you make all your s elections, the pr inter wil l pri[...]

Control Options Current Press Quiet Micro 4 Press the butto n that cor resp onds to th e languag e you want, or press Setu p to pr int more Menu Langu age o ption s. 5 For this example, p ress Macro to sele ct French . Menu Language To Sele ct Press No Change Set TOF English LineF eed French Ma cro German Micro Italian Micro (More) Set up Return to[...]

Control Options Contro l Optio ns define how the p rint er per forms m any basi c tasks. Emulation Options Emulati on Optio ns determ ine how the pr inter int eracts w ith the prog ram. Interface Options Interf ace Opt ions de fine how info rmatio n is tra nsferre d from the com puter to the pr inter . Forms Ma cro opti ons Note: Use Setup mode to [...]

Paper Handling Options Use th e follo wing opti ons t o sele ct pape r handli ng o ption chang es, as d etail ed: • Auto Tear Off – On —Conti nuous form s auto matic ally advanc e to the Te ar Off bar p osition . – Off —You can man ually ad vance the perf oration of a cont inuous f orm to the Tear Off bar p osition . Note: On is th e fact[...]

Auto LF Requir es a line f eed to occur. • On —A line feed is performed for each Carrier Ret urn (CR ) code rece ive d. • Off —A line fe ed does not occu r when a CR code is received. Note: O ff is the factor y default setting. Auto CR Requires a CR to occur. • On —A CR is performed for each line feed code recei ved. • Off —A CR doe[...]

Uni ‑ Dir Printing • On —The prin ter prin ts unidi rectio nally by lin e (i n NLQ mode) . • Off —The printer pr ints on e line and a re turn lin e of print bi directio nally. Pr oportiona l Spacing is an exceptio n; when this p itch is sel ected, t he printer s till prin ts unidirect ionally. Note: O ff is the factor y default setting. A[...]

Emulati on op ti ons Note: Enter Se tup mod e to co nfig ure th e printer accord ing to yo ur needs. For mo re inform ation , see “Using Setu p mode” on page 37 . To print a list o f all de fault settings , pres s LineFe ed from the Main m enu. Make Emula tion opt ion sele ctions from IBM (t he facto ry defaul t setting ), Epso n, or OKI m ode.[...]

Interface Selec tion Unless turn ed off, the Auto setting autom atically selects the printer in terface from the available connection cables. The following connection cables are availa b le: parallel cable, USB cable, serial cable (only avail able when an optional serial in terface i s instal led), an d network cable ( only availa ble on net work m[...]

Maintaining the printer Peri odical ly, certain tasks are requir ed to maint ain opt imum pri nt qu ality. Ordering su pplies Use the listed part num bers to order printer supply items yo u will need. Supply item Part number Para llel c able • 1329 605 ( 10 ‑ foot c able) • 142749 8 (20 ‑ foot cabl e) USB ca ble 12A2405 Serial ad apter and [...]

Cleaning th e outside o f the pri nter Clean the outside of the printer with a damp cloth a nd mild soap. Do n ot use spray or chemical cleaners anywhere on your printe r. Do not use liq uids or spray ne ar the air vents. For stubbo rn ink sta ins on the out side of the print er, use a commercia l mechanic' s hand cleaner . Recycling Lexmark p[...]