Lexmark C750 User's Reference August 2001 Table of contents Chapter 1: Printer overview .............................................................. 5 Chapter 2: Understanding the printer operator panel ................... 7 Operator panel buttons ........................................................................................ 7 Chapter 3: Sending a job to print ..................................................... 9 Chapter 4: Canceling a print job .................................................... 10 Cancel a job from the printer operator panel ...................................................... 10 Cancel a job from the Windows taskbar ............................................................. 10 Cancel a job from a Windows desktop ............................................................... 10 Cancel a job from a Macintosh computer ........................................................... 11 Chapter 5: Conserving supplies .................................................... 12 Chapter 6: Holding a job in the printer .......................................... 13 Printing and deleting held jobs ........................................................................... 13 Accessing held jobs from the operator panel ..................................................... 14 Recognizing when format errors occur .............................................................. 14 Repeat Print ....................................................................................................... 15 Reserve Print ..................................................................................................... 15 Verify Print .......................................................................................................... 15 Confidential jobs ................................................................................................. 15 Chapter 7: Paper and specialty media specifications ................. 17 Chapter 8: Loading the trays .......................................................... 18 Loading the 500-sheet trays ............................................................................... 18 Loading the 2000-sheet tray .............................................................................. 20 Chapter 9: Loading the multipurpose feeder ................................ 23 i Chapter 10: Linking trays ............................................................... 25 Chapter 11: Linking bins ................................................................ 26 Chapter 12: Tips for successful printing ...................................... 27 Storing paper ...................................................................................................... 27 Storing supplies .................................................................................................. 27 Avoiding jams ..................................................................................................... 28 Chapter 13: Checking an unresponsive printer ........................... 29 Chapter 14: Understanding jam messages ................................... 30 Chapter 15: Solving print quality problems .................................. 32 Chapter 16: Solving option problems ........................................... 37 Chapter 17: Solving mailbox problems ......................................... 39 Chapter 18: Solving paper feed problems .................................... 40 Chapter 19: Solving printing problems ......................................... 41 Chapter 20: Calling for service ...................................................... 44 Chapter 21: Configuring printer alerts .......................................... 45 Chapter 22: Determining the status of supplies ........................... 46 Chapter 23: Size Sensing ............................................................... 47 Enabling size sensing ........................................................................................ 47 Size sensing and tray linking .............................................................................. 47 Disabling size sensing ........................................................................................ 48 Chapter 24: Ordering supplies and maintenance items .............. 49 Chapter 25: Recycling used supplies ............................................ 51 Chapter 26: Other maintenance and troubleshooting documents ............................................................ 52 ii Chapter 27: Clearing image transfer unit jams ............................. 53 Chapter 28: Removing memory and option cards ....................... 59 Accessing the printer system board ................................................................... 59 Removing memory cards ................................................................................... 60 Removing an option card ................................................................................... 61 Removing a hard disk ........................................................................................ 61 Removing a firmware card ................................................................................. 62 Reinstalling the system board access cover ...................................................... 63 Chapter 29: Restoring factory default settings ............................ 64 Chapter 30: Disabling the operator panel menus ........................ 65 Enabling the menus ........................................................................................... 65 Chapter 31: Disabling Power Saver ............................................... 66 Chapter 32: Changing menu settings ............................................ 67 Chapter 33: Printing a menu settings page .................................. 68 Chapter 34: Printing sample fonts ................................................. 69 Chapter 35: Understanding printer messages ............................. 70 Chapter 36: Using printer menus ................................................. 118 Chapter 37: LocalTalk Menu ......................................................... 122 Chapter 38: Job Menu ................................................................... 126 Chapter 39: Infrared Menu ............................................................ 129 Chapter 40: Finishing Menu ......................................................... 134 Chapter 41: Color Menu ................................................................ 141 Chapter 42: Utilities Menu ............................................................ 144 Chapter 43: USB Menu .................................................................. 148 iii Chapter 44: Supplies Menu .......................................................... 151 Chapter 45: Setup Menu ............................................................... 153 Chapter 46: Serial Menu ............................................................... 162 Chapter 47: PostScript Menu ....................................................... 169 Chapter 48: PCL Emul Menu ........................................................ 171 Chapter 49: Parallel Menu ............................................................ 176 Chapter 50: Paper Menu ............................................................... 181 Chapter 51: Network Menu ........................................................... 190 Chapter 52: Understanding fonts ................................................ 194 Resident fonts .................................................................................................. 194 Symbol sets ...................................................................................................... 199 Downloadable fonts .......................................................................................... 199 Notices ............................................................................................ 201 Edition notice .................................................................................................... 201 Trademarks ...................................................................................................... 202 Licensing notice ............................................................................................... 204 Safety information ............................................................................................ 204 Cautions and warnings ..................................................................................... 205 Electronic emission notices .............................................................................. 205 Noise emission levels ....................................................................................... 208 Energy Star ...................................................................................................... 208 Laser notice ...................................................................................................... 208 Index ................................................................................................ 209 iv 1 Printer overview The following illustration shows the LexmarkTM C750 printer. Standard output bin Upper right access door (redrive area) Front door Standard tray Lower right access door (fuser area) 5 The following illustration shows the printer configured with a duplex unit and three optional 500-sheet drawers. Duplex unit 500-sheet drawers The following illustration shows the printer configured with a duplex unit, one optional 500-sheet drawer, and one optional 2000-sheet drawer. Duplex unit 500-sheet drawer 2000-sheet drawer 6 2 Understanding the printer operator panel The operator panel has five buttons, a display, and a light that flashes when the printer is processing a job indicated by the Busy message. Ready Display 1 Menu 2 Select 3 Return4 Go5 Stop 6 Operator panel buttons Button Go Function Press Go to: · Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the Ready message does not appear on the display). · Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state. · Clear some operator panel messages. · Resume printing after loading paper or clearing paper jams. · Exit Power Saver. If you have changed printer settings from the operator panel menus, press Go before sending a job to print. The printer must display Ready for jobs to print. Menu Press Menu to: · Take the printer offline (out of the Ready state) and enter the menus. When the printer is offline, press Menu to scroll through the menus and menu items. · List the menu items in the Job Menu (during Busy state). For menu items that have numerical values, such as Copies, press and hold Menu to scroll through the list of values. Release the button when the number you want appears. If you see a Menus Disabled message, you will not be able to change default settings. You can still clear messages and select items from the Job Menu when printing. When you send a job to print, change printer properties to select the settings you want for your job. 7 Button Select Function Press Select to: · · · · Open the menu shown on the second line of the display. Save the displayed menu item as the new user default setting. Clear certain messages from the display. Continue printing after the Change message appears. See Change for more information. Return Stop Press Return to go back to the previous menu level or menu item. Press Stop at the Ready, Busy, or Waiting message to temporarily take the printer offline. The message changes to Not Ready. No data is lost. Press Go to return the printer to the Ready, Busy, or Waiting state. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Use the numbers located next to the names of the buttons to enter your personal identification number (PIN) after you send a confidential job. See the menu map for a brief overview of the printer menus available from the operator panel. 8 3 Sending a job to print To print a job from a typical Windows application: 1 Open the file you want to print. 2 From the File menu, select Print. 3 Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog box. 4 Modify the printer settings as appropriate (such as the pages you want to print or the number of copies). Note: Click Properties or Setup to adjust printer settings not available from the first screen, and click OK. 5 Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected printer. 9 4 Canceling a print job Cancel a job from the printer operator panel If the job you want to cancel is printing, and Busy appears on the display: 1 Press Menu until you see Job Menu, and then press Select. 2 Press Menu until you see Cancel Job, and then press Select. Cancel a job from the Windows taskbar When you send a job to print, a small printer icon appears in the right corner of the taskbar. 1 Double-click the printer icon. A list of print jobs appears. 2 Select the job you want to cancel. 3 P ...