General Maintenance - Lexmark Dot Matrix Manual

Forms supported (11-inch card stock and label trays)
Media
200-sheet heavy duty tray
500-sheet tray (450 grams)
500-sheet tray (550 grams)
500-sheet tray (650 grams)
500-sheet tray (750 grams)
Valid tray positions (upper and
lower)
1
Select the appropriate tray according to the part of the form (pressure-sensitive area or paper base) that enters the printer
first when feeding from the tray.
2
Grain long is recommended.
Media specifications
Labels Thickness:
Smoothness:
* 150–250 Sheffield is optimal. Using media higher than 300 Sheffield could result in printing degradation.
Card stock Weight:
Maintenance procedures
For reliable printer performance when feeding card stock and labels, follow the appropriate maintenance procedures
outlined in the following sections.

General maintenance

If the print quality begins to degrade when printing sheets of vinyl labels, we suggest you follow the three cleaning
steps below:
1
Print 5 sheets of paper.
2
Wait approximately 5 seconds.
Dual web forms
Pressure-sensitive area
Paper base
2
140–175 g/m
2
75–135 g/m
(20–36 lb bond)
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2
140–175 g/m
2
75–131 g/m
(20–35 lb bond)
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Upper and Lower: All supported media
0.102–0.254 mm (0.004–0.01 in.)
100–400* Sheffield
Up to 163 g/m
Up to 163 g/m
Printer specifications
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1
Pressure-sensitive area
Upper and Lower: All supported media
2
Index Bristol (90 lb)
2
Tag (100 lb)
1
Integrated forms
2
Paper base
2
140–175 g/m
2
75–135 g/m
(20–36 lb bond)
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2
75–90 g/m
(20–24 lb bond)
2
140–170 g/m
2
75–135 g/m
(20–36 lb bond)
2
170–175 g/m
NA
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