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Lexmark C520 Reference Manual

Lexmark C520 Reference Manual

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C520, C522, and C524
Menus and Messages Guide
June 2005
Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc.,
registered in the United States and/or other countries.
© 2005 Lexmark International, Inc.
All rights reserved.
740 West New Circle Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40550
www.lexmark.com

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  • Page 1 C520, C522, and C524 Menus and Messages Guide June 2005 Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. © 2005 Lexmark International, Inc. All rights reserved. 740 West New Circle Road Lexington, Kentucky 40550 www.lexmark.com...
  • Page 2 Lexington, Kentucky 40550, U.S.A. In the United Kingdom and Eire, send to Lexmark International Ltd., Marketing and Services Department, Westhorpe House, Westhorpe, Marlow Bucks SL7 3RQ. Lexmark may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you. You can purchase additional copies of publications related to this product by calling 1-800-553-9727.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: Using printer menus ... 4 Understanding the printer operator panel ... 5 Menu Groups ... 7 Supplies Menu ... 7 Paper Menu ... 9 Reports ... 14 Settings ... 16 Security ... 32 Network/Ports ... 33 Help ... 42...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Using Printer Menus

    Using printer menus A number of menus are available to make it easy to change printer settings. The diagram shows the menu index on the operator panel which lists the menus and menu items available under each menu. The menu items in each menu and their values are described in more detail later in this chapter.

  • Page 5: Understanding The Printer Operator Panel

    Stop To stop or suspend all printer activity. After pressing Stop, the message Stopping appears. When the printer has stopped, the status line on the display shows Stopped, and a list of options appears. Indicator light The two-toned light emitting diode called the indicator light on the operator panel gives information about the status of the printer using the colors red and green.
  • Page 6 Ready comma. Tray 1 low The other three lines of the display are the body of the screen which shows printer status, Tell me more screen supplies messages, Show me screens, and allows for the selection of menus, menu items, and values.

  • Page 7: Menu Groups

    Menu Groups Note: An asterisk (*) next to a value indicates the default setting. Not all values are available on all printer models. Supplies Menu The Supplies Menu only has true values for the Replace Supply menu item. The other menu items are view-only status that are seen from the Supplies Menu or through View Supplies.
  • Page 8 Menu item Purpose Black Cartridge To view the status of the black toner cartridge. Cyan PC Unit To view the status of the cyan photoconductor unit. Magenta PC Unit To view the status of the magenta photoconductor unit. Yellow PC Unit To view the status of the yellow photoconductor unit.

  • Page 9: Paper Menu

    Paper Menu Use the Paper Menu to define settings relating to media. Default Source Use this menu item to define the default media source. Menu item Purpose Default Source Identifies the default media source. Values Tray <x> If the same size and type of media are in two sources (and the Paper Size and MP Feeder Paper Type menu items are correctly...

  • Page 10: Paper Size/Type

    Bond Any sources containing the same Letterhead type and size of media are Preprinted automatically linked by the printer if the Paper Size and the Paper Type Colored Paper are set to the correct values. Custom Type <x> *A4 (non-US)
  • Page 11 Menu item Purpose MP Feeder Identifies the type of media installed in Size/Type the multipurpose feeder. Note: If a user-defined name is available, it appears instead of Custom Type <x>. If two or more custom types share the same name, the name only appears once in the Paper Type value list.

  • Page 12: Substitute Size

    If, for example, Substitute Size is set to Letter/A4, and only letter size paper is installed in the printer when a request is received to print on A4 paper, the printer substitutes letter for A4 and prints the job instead of displaying a change paper request.

  • Page 13: Paper Loading

    Paper Weight These menu items are used to set the paper weight for each of the defined media types. This allows the printer to optimize the print quality for the media weight. Menu item Purpose Plain Weight Identifies the relative weight of the...

  • Page 14: Custom Types

    These menu items are used to specify the height and width of the Universal Paper Size. By specifying the height and width for Universal Paper Size, the printer uses the Universal setting exactly like other paper sizes, including support for duplex and n-up.

  • Page 15: Device Statistics

    Network <x> Setup menu item in the Network Menu. Print Fonts This menu item prints a list of the fonts stored in the printer. Menu item Purpose Print Fonts Prints a sample of all the fonts available for the selected printer language.

  • Page 16: Print Directory

    Job Buffer Size is not set to 100%. Settings Setup Menu Use these menu items to configure a variety of printer features. Menu item Purpose Display Determines the language of the text Language displayed on the operator panel.
  • Page 17 Saver mode one minute after it finishes a print job. This uses much less energy, but requires more warm- up time for the printer. Select 1 if the printer shares an electrical circuit with room lighting and flickering lights are noticed.
  • Page 18 RAM provides. The resources remain in the flash memory or on the hard disk even when the printer is turned off. Values Auto Continue: Lets the printer automatically continue...

  • Page 19: Finishing Menu

    Factory Defaults Returns printer settings to the factory default values. Finishing Menu Use these menu items to define how the printer delivers the printed output. Menu item Purpose Duplex Sets duplex (two-sided) printing as the default for all print jobs.
  • Page 20 Binding Back of sheet Front of next sheet Portrait 1...999 (*1) Values selected from the printer driver always override values selected from the operator panel. *Do Not Print Does not print application-generated blank pages as part of the job. Print Prints application-generated blank pages as part of the job.
  • Page 21 Copies menu item. For example, if Copies is set to 2, and three pages are sent to print, the printer prints page 1, page 2, page 3, page 1, page 2, page 3. *Off Prints each page of a job the number of times specified by the Copies menu item.

  • Page 22: Quality Menu

    Rev Vertical Vertical Reverse Order Horizontal Order *Auto Lets the printer choose between portrait and landscape orientation. Long Edge Sets the long edge of the media as the top of the page (landscape). Short Edge Sets the short edge of the media as the top of the page (portrait).
  • Page 23 Due to the differences between additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on the monitor are impossible to duplicate on the printer. Print Resolution To select printed output resolution. Toner Darkness To lighten or darken printed output, or conserve toner.
  • Page 24 RGB or CMYK combinations to use in their software applications to create the desired printed color output. The printer Embedded Web Server (EWS) interface, which is only available on network models, offers users more flexibility. It lets users access the printing of Detailed Color Samples.
  • Page 25 (text, graphics, or image). Color Adjust Initiates a recalibration of printer color conversion tables. This allows the printer to make adjustments for color variations in output that might result from changeable conditions such as room temperature and humidity. Color adjustments are based on printer internal algorithms.

  • Page 26: Utilities Menu

    Utilities Menu Use these menu items to change printer settings, remove jobs, set up printer hardware, and troubleshoot printer problems. Menu item Purpose Factory Defaults Returns printer settings to the factory default values. Remove Held Removes confidential and held jobs Jobs from the printer hard disk.

  • Page 27: Postscript Menu

    Annotations Specifies whether to print annotations in the PDF. PostScript Menu Use these menu items to change printer settings that affect jobs using the PostScript printer language. Menu item Purpose Print PS Error Prints a page defining the PostScript emulation error when an error occurs.

  • Page 28: Pcl Emul Menu

    Note: Image Smoothing has no effect on images that are 300 dpi or higher resolution. PCL Emul Menu Use these menu items to change printer settings that affect jobs using the PCL emulation printer language. Menu item Purpose Font Source...
  • Page 29 Landscape Landscape prints text and graphics parallel to the long edge of the paper. Lines per Page: The printer sets the amount of space between each line (vertical line 1–255 spacing) based on the Lines per *60 (US) Page, Paper Size, and Orientation menu items.
  • Page 30 Menu item Purpose Tray Renumber Configures the printer to work with printer drivers or applications that use different source assignments for the sources: trays, multipurpose feeder, and the manual feed slot. Note: See the Technical Reference for more information about assigning source numbers.

  • Page 31: Image Menu

    HTML Menu These menu items are used to change the printer HTML settings. Menu item Purpose Font Name Sets the default font for HTML documents. Note: Times will be used in HTML documents that do not specify a font. Font Size Sets the default font size for HTML documents.

  • Page 32: Security

    *Off • This menu item only appears if an optional hard disk is installed. • The printer counts the number of times in a row an invalid pin for a user name is entered. • Once the limit is reached, the jobs for that user name based on this PIN are deleted.

  • Page 33: Network/Ports

    Network/Ports TCP/IP This menu item is used to view and change the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol settings. Note: This menu item is not displayed for non-network models. Menu item Purpose TCP/IP Sets the network option to TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) Note: This menu item is not displayed for non-network models.
  • Page 34 Standard Network and Network <x> Use these menu items to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network port (either Standard Network or Network <x>). Menu item Purpose Configures the printer so it SmartSwitch automatically switches to...
  • Page 35 Configures the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs. Standard USB and USB <x> Use these menu items to change printer settings affecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port (USB <x>). Menu item Purpose Configures the printer so it...
  • Page 36 Sets the USB port ENA Netmask. ENA Gateway Sets the USB port ENA Gateway. Parallel and Parallel <x> Use these menu items to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port (either Std Parallel or Parallel <x>). Menu item Purpose...
  • Page 37 *Off Does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk. Buffers print jobs to the hard disk. Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port. Disables parallel port negotiation. Enables bidirectional communication through the parallel interface.
  • Page 38 Configures the printer to process Macintosh binary PostScript print jobs. Serial and Serial <x> Use these menu items to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through an optional serial port. Menu item Purpose Configures the printer so it...
  • Page 39 *Off Does not buffer print jobs to the hard disk. Buffers print jobs to the hard disk. Auto Buffers print jobs only if the printer is busy processing data from another input port. *DTR Hardware handshaking. DTR/DSR Hardware handshaking.
  • Page 40 This electrical noise can cause stray characters to print. Select On to prevent stray characters from printing. NetWare Use these menu items to view or change the printer NetWare settings. Menu item Purpose View Login Displays the assigned NetWare Name login name.
  • Page 41 Sets the Packet Burst value On or Off. NSQ/GSQ Mode Sets the NSQ/GSQ Mode value On or Off. AppleTalk Use these menu items to view or change the printer AppleTalk settings. Menu item Purpose View Name Displays the assigned AppleTalk name.

  • Page 42: Help

    These menu items are used to print some or all of the resident Help menu pages. These pages contain information about printer connectivity, print quality, paper tips, and supplies. Note: If the operator panel is set to a language other than English, French, German, or Spanish, the document prints in English.

  • Page 43: Chapter 2: Understanding Printer Messages

    The printer operator panel displays messages describing the current state of the printer and indicates possible printer problems requiring intervention. This topic provides a list of all printer messages, explains what they mean, and tells how to clear the messages.
  • Page 44 If the printer finds a tray that has media of the correct type and size, it feeds media from that tray. If the printer cannot find a tray with the correct media type and size, it prints on whatever media is installed in the default source.
  • Page 45 • Load the source with the correct type and size media. • Cancel the current job. The printer menus are disabled. The printer settings cannot be changed from the operator panel. Note: It is possible to cancel a job, print a confidential job, or print a held job.
  • Page 46 Tray <x> Low Tray <x> Missing USB <x> View supplies Action The printer is set to Black Only mode in the CONFIG MENU in the Print Mode menu item. • Remove all color toner cartridges and color photoconductor units. • Press until Continue appears, and then press the message and print in Black Only mode.
  • Page 47 38 Memory Full Action The printer has received a page of data to print, but is waiting for an End of Job command, a Form Feed command, or additional data. • Press to print the contents of the buffer.
  • Page 48 Continue appears, and then press the message and continue printing. The job may not print correctly. • Turn the printer off and then on to reset the printer. • Press until Continue appears, and then press the message and continue printing.
  • Page 49 Continue appears, and then press the message. The printer discards any data received through the USB port. • Make sure the USB Buffer menu item is not set to Disabled. 1 Turn off and unplug the printer. 2 Remove the excess flash memory.
  • Page 50 242.yy Paper jam 250.yy Paper jam 900–999 Service <message> Action Replace the transfer belt using the instruction sheet that comes with the replacement transfer belt. Reset the printer internal counter for the transfer belt. • Press until Ignore appears, and then press message and continue printing.
  • Page 51 Index Numerics 1565 Emul Error Load Emul Option 47 200.yy Paper jam 50 201.yy Paper jam 50 202.yy Paper jam 50 203.yy Paper jam 50 230.yy Paper jam 50 241.yy Paper jam 50 242.yy Paper jam 50 250.yy Paper jam 50 31 Missing or defective <color>...
  • Page 52 Clearing job accounting statistics 43 Close lower door. Close upper door. 43 Collation 21 collation, enabling 21 Color Adjust 25 Color Balance 24 Color Correction 23 Color Quality, Help 42 Color Samples 24 Color Saver 23 Configure MP 12 Connection Guide, Help 42 Copies 43 Copies, specifying number 20 Coverage Estimator 27...
  • Page 53 34 parallel 37 serial 39 USB 36 Job Expiration 32 language, display 16 language, printer 18 LCD Contrast 27 LexLink 41 light, indicator 5 Load <src> with < Custom String> 45 Load <src> with < type> <size> 45 Load <src> with <Custom Type Name> 45 Load <src>...
  • Page 54 Auto Continue 18 Jam Recovery 18 Page Protect 18 Print Resolution 23 Printer Language 18 Printer locked, enter PIN to unlock 45 Printing 45 printing annotations 27 Printing Guide, Help 42 Profiles List 15 Programming Disk DO NOT POWER OFF 45...
  • Page 55 Timeouts (continued) Screen Timeout 17 Wait Timeout 17 Toner Darkness 23 Tray <x> Empty 46 Tray <x> Low 46 Tray <x> Missing 46 Tray <x> Size 10 Tray <x> Type 10 Tray Renumber Assign Man Env 30 Assign Manual Paper 30 Assign MP Feeder 30 Restore Defaults 30 View Factory Def 30...

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