Chapter 8: Maintaining The Printer; Determining The Status Of Supplies; Conserving Supplies - Lexmark C520 User Manual

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Maintaining the printer
The following sections deal with topics for a network administrator in charge of the printer.
Periodically, certain tasks need completion to maintain optimum print quality. These tasks are covered in this chapter.
If several people are using the printer, designate a key operator to do the setup and maintenance of the printer. Refer
printing problems and maintenance tasks to this key operator.
In the U.S., contact Lexmark at 1-800-539-6275 for information about Lexmark Authorized Supplies Dealers in your area. In
other countries or regions, visit the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com or contact the place where you bought your
printer.

Determining the status of supplies

To determine the status of all of the consumables installed in the printer, print the menu settings page.
See Printing the menu settings page for detailed instructions.
One or more pages print, depending on the number of menu settings the printer has. Look for "Consumable Status" on the
page; the percentage of life remaining for each of the items is indicated.

Conserving supplies

Several settings in the application software or on the display conserve toner and paper:
Supply Setting
Toner cartridge Toner Darkness in
the Quality Menu
in Settings
Paper and specialty Multipage Print in
media the Finishing
Menu in Settings
Duplex in the
Finishing Menu
in Settings
Use the software
application or
printer driver to
send a Verify Print
job.
Use Held Jobs to
access a Verify
Print job.
What the setting does
Allows adjustment of the level of toner
released on a sheet of media. The values
range from 1 (lightest setting) to 5 (darkest
setting).
Causes the printer to print the two or more
page images on one side of a sheet. Values
for Multipage Print are 2 Up, 3 Up, 4 Up, 6
Up, 9 Up, 12 Up, and 16 Up. Combined with
the duplex setting, Multipage Print allows up
to 32 pages to print on one sheet of paper
(16 images on the front and 16 on the back).
Duplex (two-sided) printing allows printing on
both sides of a sheet of paper.
Allows time to examine the first copy of a
multiple-copy job to be sure it is satisfactory
before printing the other copies. If the job is
unsatisfactory, cancel the job.
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Other resources
Toner Darkness in the
Menus and Messages Guide
on the publications CD
Multipage Print in the Menus
and Messages Guide on the
publications CD
Duplex in the Menus and
Messages Guide on the
publications CD
See Verify Print
See Canceling a print job
Held Jobs in the Menus and
Messages Guide on the
publications CD
See Using the Print and
Hold function