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    www.lexmark.com E450dn Menus and Messages J une 2006 Lexmark and Le xmar k with diamond design are tr ademarks of Le xmar k International, Inc., registered in the Unit ed States and/or other countries. © 2006 Lexmark Inter national, Inc. All rights reser v ed. 740 W est New Circle Road Lexington, Kent ucky 40550[...]

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    2 Edition: June 2 006 The follo wing paragraph does not apply to an y country where such pr ovisions are inconsistent with local la w: LEXM ARK INTERNA TIONAL, INC ., PR O VIDES THIS PUBLICA TION “AS IS” WIT HOUT W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND , EI THER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED , INCLUDING, B U T NO T LIMITED T O , THE IMPLIE D W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABIL IT[...]

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    3 Conten ts Contents Chapter 1: Using printer menus ...... ........... ........... ........... ........... ............. ........... ........... .. 4 Understan ding the prin ter control panel ...................... ................. ................. ................. .............. ... ................ . 5 Menu Grou ps ............ ...............[...]

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    4 Using prin ter menus A num ber of men us are a vail able to mak e it easy fo r you to change printer settin gs. Th e diagr am sho ws the men u inde x on the con trol panel, t he menus , and item s av ailab le under each menu . The it ems in eac h menu and the v alues y ou can s elect are described in mo re detail l ater in this c hapter . Some me[...]

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    5 Using printer menus Unde rs tandi ng the pr inter contr ol pan el The con trol panel consist s of thes e items: • A 4-li ne, ba ck-lit, g ray -scale di spla y that can sho w both g rap hics and te xt • Eight b uttons: Back , Menu, Sto p , Select ( ), , , , and • Indicat or light The use of the b uttons and the la you t of the di spla y pane[...]

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    6 Using printer menus 4 Indicator li ght A two -toned LED is used on the contro l panel, o ne color b eing g reen and th e other bei ng red. The lights indicat e whether th e printer po wer is on, th e printer is b u sy , idle, pr ocessing a job , or req uires oper ator intervent ion. 5 and 6 Na vigation buttons The Up and Do wn button s are use d [...]

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    7 Using printer menus Men u Gr oups Not e: An asterisk (*) ne xt to a v alue indi cates the def ault set ting. Pa p e r M e n u Use th e P aper Me nu to de fine the pape r loaded i n each pa per tra y , the def ault paper sourc e, and the outpu t bin. Default Source Pa p e r S i z e / Ty p e Not e: Only in stall ed p aper sourc es are displ ay ed. [...]

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    8 Using printer menus T ray <x> Size /T ype Identif ies the type o f paper ins talled in this pape r source Not e: If a us er-d efi ned na me is av ailable , it appears instead o f Custom Type <x> . If two o r mor e custom ty pes sha re the sam e name, the name o nly appe ars once in the P aper T ype lis t. Plain P aper Card Stock T ran[...]

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    9 Using printer menus Substitute S ize This me nu sele ction is used to determine whe ther the printer ca n substit ute another s ize pape r if the reques ted paper si ze is n ot currently install ed in an y of the printer input sources . If , f or e xample , Substit ute Siz e is set to L etter/A4, an d only le tter siz e paper i s instal led in th[...]

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    10 Using printer menus P aper Weight This m enu selec tion is u sed to set th e paper we ight f or each of the de fined media types . This allo ws the printe r to optimiz e th e print quality fo r the medi a weight . P aper Loading This m enu sel ection is u sed to se t the load ing orientatio n f or each pa per type . This l ets you load an i nput[...]

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    11 Using printer menus Custom T ypes This me nu se lecti on is used t o defi ne a na me for each custo m pap er ty pe. Y ou c an as sign n ames using a uti lity s uch a s Mar kVis io n Prof ession al or from the control panel. Univer sal Setup This m enu se lection is used to specify the hei ght and wi dth of the Univ ersal P aper Siz e. By sp ecif[...]

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    12 Using printer menus Repor ts Menu Settings P age This me nu se lecti on pr int s a menu setti ngs pa ge. De vice St atistics This m enu sel ection d ispla ys the printer st atistics. Ne two rk Se tup P age This m enu sel ection p r ints a netwo r k setu p page . Print Fonts This m enu sel ection prints a list of th e fo nts stored i n the printe[...]

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    13 Using printer menus Print De mo This me nu se lecti on show s a list of dem onst ratio n page s that are available. Settings Setup Menu Use th is menu s electio n to confi gure a v ariety of prin ter f eatures . Menu s election Purpose Va l u e s Print Demo Prints a demonstra tion page Demo Pag e After selecting t his item , the pag e will pri n[...]

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    14 Using printer menus Eco-Mode The printer min imizes waste (toner , paper , energ y) while mai ntaining acceptab le print quality . Off* No ch anges in operati on are made . Energ y The f ollowing options a re change d: • Duple x is turned off . • LCD pa nel ’ s powe r indi cat or LE D and bac klight rem ain off . • Ready mode is di sab l[...]

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    15 Using printer menus Timeouts Specifi es the amou nt of time (in seconds ) the printer waits t o return to the home screen , receive an end -of-job message , or receiv e additional b ytes of data from th e computer Not e: W a it Ti meou t is on ly available when y ou use P ostScript em ulation. This menu v alue has no eff ect on PCL emulati on pr[...]

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    16 Using printer menus Finishing Menu Use th is menu s electio n to define how the printer deliv ers the printed ou tput. Printer Langua ge Specifies the def a ult p rinter languag e used to c ommunic ate data fro m the computer to the printer Not e: Setting a printer langua ge as the def ault does not pre vent a softwa re applicati on from s endin[...]

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    17 Using printer menus Duple x Bind Defines the wa y duple xed pa ges wou ld be bound, and ho w the printin g on the back of the sh eet (e v en-num bered pages) is oriented in re lation to t he printing on the front (odd-n umbered pages) Long Edg e* Assum es bindin g along th e long ed ge of the pag e (left edge fo r por trai t orientation and top [...]

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    18 Using printer menus Quality Men u Use th is menu s electio n to chang e setting s that aff ect print quality and sa ve tone r . Mult ipage Order Det er mine s the p osit ioni ng of mul tipl e page imag es when u sing Multipa ge Print The position ing depends on the n umber of images and whethe r the imag es are por trait o r landsca pe in orie n[...]

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    19 Using printer menus Utilities Men u Use this menu sel ection to change print er settings , remo ve jo bs, s et up printer hardw are, and trou bles hoot printer pro blems . Menu s election Purpose Va l u e s F actor y Def aults Returns printer setti ngs to the fa ctory defaul t values Do Not Restore* User-defined settings remain. Restore Now All [...]

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    20 Using printer menus Po s t S c r i p t M e n u Use th is menu s electio n to chang e printer setti ngs that a ffe ct jobs using the P ostScript printer langu age. PCL Emul Menu Use th is menu s electio n to chang e printer setti ngs that aff ect jobs using the PCL emul ation printer l anguage . Menu s election Purpose Va l u e s Print PS Error P[...]

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    21 Using printer menus PCL Emulati on Settings Specifies the f ont pitch f or scalab le monospac ed f onts Po i n t S i z e : 1...1008 in inc rements o f 0.25 points ) (*12) P oint siz e refers to the he ight of the char acters in the fo nt. One p oint equa ls appro ximat ely 1/72 o f an inch . Y ou can select p oint siz es from 1 to 1008 in increm[...]

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    22 Using printer menus PPDS Menu Use the PPD S Men u to chang e printer setting s that onl y aff ect job s using the PPDS emula tion printer la nguage . Not e: The PPDS MENU is only displa yed after th e PPDS emul ator has b een activ ated. T ray Renu mber Configures the printer to w o rk with printer driv ers or ap plicatio ns that us e diff erent[...]

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    23 Using printer menus Security This m enu sel ection i s used to se t security le vels on indiv idual print j obs. P age Format Aff ects ho w the printer interprets the margin s set from s oftwar e applicati ons Print* Printer measure s the margin settings from the ins ide edge of the left unprintab le area and the bo ttom of the top u nprintabl e[...]

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    24 Using printer menus Network/P o r ts TCP/IP This m enu sec tion is use d to vie w and change the T ransm ission Co ntrol Protoc ol/Internet Protoc ol setting s . Not e: This m enu is not displ ay ed f or non-netw ork models . Standard Netw ork Use this menu sel ection to change p rinter settings a ffe cting job s sent to the printer through a ne[...]

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    25 Using printer menus Standard USB Use th is menu s electio n to change p rinter settings aff ecting a Univ ersal Serial Bus (USB) po r t. PS Smar tSwitch Configures t he printer so it a utomaticall y sw itches to P ostScript em ulation when a print job recei ve d through t he network por t requires it, regardless of the de fau lt printer languag [...]

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    26 Using printer menus PS Smar tSwitch Configures t he printer so it a utomaticall y sw itches to P ostScript em ulation when a print job recei ve d through t he USB port requires i t, regardless of the def ault printer languag e On* Printer e xamines data on th e USB interf ace and sel ects P ostScript emulation if the data indica tes that i s the[...]

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    27 Using printer menus AppleT alk Use this menu sel ection to vie w or change the printer Appl eT alk settings . Help This m enu sel ection i s used to print s ome or al l of the res ident Help Menu P ages . These pag es contain i nf ormation about p rinter connec tivity , print qual ity , paper ti ps, a nd supplies . Not e: If the control pane l i[...]

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    28 Under standing p rinter mes sages The printer ope rator panel displa ys mess ages describing the current state of the printer and indicate s possib le pr inter prob lem s you must resolv e. This topic pro vides a list of al l printer messa ges, e xplains wha t they mean, an d tells y ou ho w to clea r the mess ages. The f ollowi ng tab le lists [...]

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    29 Understanding printer messages Invalid Engine Code Down load v alid engine code to th e printer . Note: Y ou can downloa d engi ne code wh ile this message is disp la yed. Load manual feeder with <Custom Type> • Load t he specifie d paper in the man ual f eed tra y or multip urpose f eeder . • T o ignore the man ual f eed request a nd [...]

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    30 Understanding printer messages Restoring Factory Defaults W ait f or the message to clear . Note: When f actor y def ault setting s are re stored: • All do wnloade d resources (fon ts, m acros , symbol s ets) in the printer memory are deleted. • All men u setting s return to the f actory defa ult setti ng ex c e p t : – The Displ ay Langua[...]

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    31 Understanding printer messages 37 Insufficient memory, some held jobs were lost The printer w as unable to restore some or a ll of the c onfidenti al or held jobs on the hard disk . T o clear the message , press until Continue ap pears, and then p ress . 38 Memory Full • T o clear the m essage and c ontinue printing, pr ess until Continue appe[...]

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    32 Understanding printer messages 80 Scheduled maintenance advised • T o clea r the mes sage, a nd conti nue printi ng, press until Continue a ppears , and then press . • Replac e the mainte nance ite ms and i f necess ar y , reset the printer maint enance count er . 84 Insert PC unit Inser t the photoconduc tor unit. 84 PC Unit life warning ?[...]

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    33 Understanding printer messages 251 Paper jam 1 Clear the p aper path. 2 After clea ring the pape r path, press until Continue appea rs, an d then pr ess to resu me printin g. 900–999 Service <message> 1 T ur n the printer of f. 2 Unplug the po wer cord f rom the w all. 3 Chec k all cab le conn ections . 4 Plug in th e pow er cord. 5 T ur[...]

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    34 Inde x Numerics 1565 Emu l Error Load Emul Option 30 200.yy Paper jam 32 201.yy Paper jam 32 202.yy Paper jam 32 231.yy Paper jam 32 241.yy Paper jam 32 242.yy Paper jam 32 243.yy Paper jam 32 244.yy Paper jam 32 245.yy Paper jam 32 250.yy Paper jam 33 31 Rep lace defect ive or mi ssing ton er cartridg e 30 37 Insu fficient mem ory, some h eld j[...]

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    35 Index font print ing 12 Font Priority (PostScript Menu) 20 Font Source, PCL 20 fonts priority 20 Formatti ng Flash 28 H hard disk setting a s download target 16 help Connec tion Guide 27 Informatio n Guide 27 Media Guide 27 Menu Ma p 27 Movi ng Guide 27 Print Defects 27 Supplies Guide 27 Help Menu 27 help, Pri nting Guide 27 Hex Trace 19 I Infor[...]

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    36 Index PCL Me nu 20 PCL Sma rtSwitch, net work 24 PCL SmartSwitc h, USB 25 PCL symbol set 20 PCL tr ay re numb er 22 PDF Menu 20 Portrait Hei ght 11 Portrait Wi dth 11 PostScrip t emulation font priori ty 20 PostScrip t Menu 20, 22 Font Prio rit y 20 Power Saver 14, 29 Print Area 16 Print Defec ts, help 27 Print Directory 13 Print Font s 12 Print[...]