IBM 1220 - Manual

7 1 Printer overview The following illustration shows the laser printer. Standard output bin Front door Standard tray Upper right access door (redrive area) Lower right access door (fuser area)

9 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. Operator panel buttons Button Function Go Press Go to: • Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the ...

11 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 ...

12 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 ...

13 5 Conserving supplies Several settings in your application software or on the display let you conserve toner and paper: Supply Setting What the setting does For more information, see... Toner Toner Darkness in the Color Menu Lets you adjust the amount of toner released on a sheet of paper. The va...

14 6 Holding a job in the printer When sending a job to the printer, you can specify in the driver that you want the printer to hold the job in memory. When you are ready to print the job, you must go to the printer and use the operator panel menus to identify which held job you want to print. Note:...

15 Accessing held jobs from the operator panel 1 To access held jobs from the operator panel: – If the printer is Busy, press Menu and the Job Menu appears. – If the printer is Ready, continue to step 2. 2 Press Menu until you see Held Jobs or Confidential Job on the operator panel display, dependin...

16 Repeat Print If you send a Repeat Print job, the printer prints all requested copies of the job and stores the job in memory so you can print additional copies later. You can print additional copies as long as the job remains stored in memory. Note: Repeat Print jobs are automatically deleted fro...

19 8 Loading the trays Loading the 500-sheet trays Follow these instructions to load any of the 500-sheet trays. 1 Remove the tray. 2 Squeeze the front guide lever and slide the guide to the front of the tray.

21 6 Squeeze the front guide lever and slide the guide until it lightly touches the stack of paper. 7 Reinstall the tray. Make sure the tray is pushed completely into the printer. Loading the 2000-sheet tray Follow these instructions to load a 2000-sheet tray. Do not load any print media other than ...

24 9 Loading the multipurpose feeder You can use the multipurpose feeder one of two ways: • Paper tray—As a paper tray, you can load print media in the feeder with the intention of leaving the media in the feeder. • Manual bypass feeder—As a manual bypass feeder, you send a print job to the feeder w...

26 10 Linking trays • If you load the same size and type of paper or specialty media in more than one tray, the printer automatically links the trays. This means that when one tray is empty, it feeds from the next linked tray. For example, if you have the same size and type of paper or specialty med...

27 11 Linking bins If you attach an optional finisher or mailbox to your printer, you can link output bins, or otherwise specify how the printer sends jobs to the bins, by changing the Configure Bins settings in the Paper Menu. To change the Configure Bins setting: 1 Press Menu until you see Paper M...

28 12 Tips for successful printing Storing paper Use the following guidelines to avoid paper feeding problems and uneven print quality. • Store paper in an environment where the temperature is approximately 21°C (70°F) and the relative humidity is 40%. • Store cartons of paper on a pallet or shelf r...

30 13 Checking an unresponsive printer Sometimes printer problems are very easy to solve. If your printer is not responding, first make sure: • The power cord is plugged into the printer and a properly grounded electrical outlet. • The electrical outlet is not turned off by any switch or breaker. • ...

31 14 Understanding jam messages Always clear the entire paper path when you receive any jam message. Multipurpose feeder 250 Paper Jam Left access door (beside tray 1) 200 Paper Jam 2000-sheet drawer 24x Paper Jam 500-sheet drawer 24x Paper Jam

32 Paper jam messages Message What to do... 200 Paper Jam (tray 1) Follow the instructions for Clearing the paper path . 201 Paper Jam (fuser area) Follow the instructions for Clearing the paper path . If the jam message persists, paper may be caught in the fuser. See Clearing fuser jams for instruc...

33 15 Solving print quality problems You can solve many print quality problems by replacing a supply or maintenance item that has reached the end of its intended life. Check the operator panel for a message about a printer consumable. See Determining the status of supplies for information about othe...

38 16 Solving option problems Symptom Cause Solution The option does not operate correctly after it is installed, or it stops working. The option is not installed correctly. Remove the option, and then reinstall it. Cables connecting the option to the printer are not attached correctly. Check the ca...

40 17 Solving mailbox problems Symptom Cause Solution Paper jams before reaching the mailbox. The mailbox and the printer are misaligned. Realign the mailbox and the printer. Refer to the Setup Guide for instructions. See Clearing mailbox jams for more information. The mailbox cable is not connected...

41 18 Solving paper feed problems Symptom Cause Solution Paper frequently jams. You are using paper that does not meet the printer specifications. See Clearing the paper path , Clearing fuser jams , Clearing image transfer unit jams , or Clearing mailbox jams for more information. See Avoiding jams ...

42 19 Solving printing problems Symptom Cause Solution The operator panel display is blank or displays only diamonds. The printer self test failed. Turn the printer off, wait about 10 seconds, and turn the printer back on. Performing Self Test appears on the display. When the test is completed, the ...

45 20 Calling for service When you call for printer service, describe the problem you are experiencing, the message on the display, and the troubleshooting steps you have already taken to find a solution. You need to know your printer model type and serial number. Refer to the label on the back of t...

46 21 Configuring printer alerts You can configure the printer several ways to let you know when it requires attention. Using the Setup Menu Selecting Auto Continue may affect how the printer alerts execute. This setting defines how long the printer waits after displaying a message before it resumes...

48 23 Size Sensing The Size Sensing menu item lets you disable or enable auto size sensing on trays. Size Sensing also lets the printer detect the difference between similar paper sizes that it otherwise cannot. Note: If you load both Executive and JIS B5 size paper, or Legal and JIS B4 size paper, ...

49 Disabling size sensing To disable auto size sensing: 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press and hold the Select and Return buttons, and then turn the printer on. 3 Release the buttons when Performing Self Test appears on the display. When the printer self test completes, Config Menu appears. 4 Press Men...

50 24 Ordering supplies and maintenance items Replacing maintenance items as needed helps you maintain top performance, optimize print quality, and avoid printing problems. Ordering a fuser When the 80 Fuser Maintenance or ITU/Fuser Maint message appears on the display, you should order a new fuser....

51 25 Aligning the image transfer unit For best print quality, make sure you align the image transfer unit after replacement or if colors print too lightly. To align the image transfer unit: 1 On the printer operator panel, press and hold Select and Return while turning the printer on. 2 When Perfor...

53 27 Clearing image transfer unit jams 1 Turn the printer off. Open the front cover. 2 Remove all the print car tridges. a Pull up slightly on the cartridge handhold. b Pull the cartridge straight out and use the handle to lift it off the guides. c Place the cartridges on a clean flat surface out o...

59 28 Removing memory and option cards These instructions can help you remove memory or option cards. Use the following illustration to locate the connector for the card you want to remove. Accessing the printer system board 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Unplug the printer power cord. 3 Disconnect all c...

60 5 Loosen the four screws at the top of the access cover, but do not remove the screws completely. 6 Remove the four screws at the bottom of the cover. 7 Slide the cover down to remove it. Removing memory cards Complete the following steps to remove printer memory or flash memory cards. W ARNING :...

61 Removing an option card Complete the following steps to remove an internal print server, Tri-Port Adapter, Infrared Adapter, Coax/Twinax Adapter, or USB/Parallel Interface Card. W ARNING : Option cards are easily damaged by static electricity. Touch something metal on the printer before you touch...

64 29 Restoring factory default settings 1 Make sure the printer is on and the Ready message appears. 2 Press Menu until you see Utilities Menu, and then press Select . 3 Press Menu until you see Factory Defaults, and then press Select . 4 When Restore appears, press Select . The message Restoring F...

65 30 Disabling the operator panel menus A network administrator can lock the printer menus to keep others from changing default menu settings from the operator panel. To disable the menus: 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press and hold the Select and Return buttons, and then turn the printer on. 3 Releas...

66 31 Disabling Power Saver Disabling Power Saver in the Setup Menu helps keep your printer ready to print without delays. 1 Press Menu until you see Setup Menu, and then press Select. 2 Press Menu until you see Power Saver, and then press Select. 3 Press Menu until you see Disabled, and then press ...

69 34 Printing sample fonts Your printer has resident fonts stored permanently its memory. Different fonts may be available in PCL and PostScript emulations. To print samples of all the fonts currently available for your printer: 1 Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears on the display. 2 Pres...

70 35 Understanding printer messages The printer operator panel displays messages describing the current state of the printer and indicates possible printer problems you must resolve. This topic provides a list of all printer messages, explains what they mean, and tells you how to clear the messages...

74 Activating MenuChanges What this message means: The printer is activating changes made to the printer settings. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also: Disabling the operator panel menus <x> Alignment What this message means: An image transfer unit alignment procedure is i...

75 Busy What this message means: The printer is busy receiving, processing, or printing data. What you can do: • Wait for the message to clear. • Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the current job. Calibrating Tray <x> What this message means: A tray calibration procedure is in progres...

77 Clearing JobAccounting Stat What this message means: The printer is deleting all job statistics stored on the hard disk. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Close Door What this message means: The printer front cover is open. What you can do: • Close the printer front cover to clear t...

78 Copying What this message means: The printer is processing a copy job originating from an OptraImage™ scanner. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Defragmenting What this message means: The printer is defragmenting the flash memory to reclaim storage space occupied by deleted resource...

79 Disabling Menus What this message means: The printer is responding to a request to disable the menus. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Note: While the menus are disabled, you cannot change the printer settings from the operator panel. See also: Disabling the operator panel menus Di...

80 Enabling Menus What this message means: The printer is responding to a request to make the menus available to all users. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear, then press Menu to view the menus from the operator panel. See also: Enabling the menus Engine Warming What this message means: ...

81 Fax <x> What this message means: The printer is processing an incoming fax. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Flushing Buffer What this message means: The printer is flushing corrupted print data and discarding the current print job. What you can do: Wait for the message to cl...

82 Formatting Flash What this message means: The printer is formatting the flash memory. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. W ARNING : Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed. Held Jobs may belost What this message means: The printer memory is too full to continue pr...

83 Held Jobs MayNot Be Restored What this message means: The printer memory cannot restore Print and Hold jobs from the printer hard disk. What you can do: Press Go to clear the message. Some of the Print and Hold jobs stored on the disk will not be restored. See also: 37 Insufficient Memory Hole Pu...

84 Infrared <x> What this message means: An infrared interface is the active communication link. Insert Staple Cartridge What this message means: The staple cartridge in the finisher is missing or is installed incorrectly. What you can do: • Correctly install the staple cartridge to clear the ...

85 Invalid Engine Code What this message means: The printer engine code has not been programmed or is not valid. What you can do: Call for service. See also: Calling for service What this message means: The code in an internal print server is not valid. The printer cannot receive and process jobs un...

86 Load Manual What this message means: A request for a manual feed job has been sent to the printer. The printer is ready for insertion of a single sheet into the manual feed slot. What you can do: • Load a sheet of the paper specified in the second line of the display in the manual feed tray or mu...

87 Load Tray <x> What this message means: The printer is trying to feed paper from a source it detects is empty. What you can do: • Load paper of the size and type requested in the second line of the display in the specified tray. The printer automatically clears the message and continues prin...

88 Network CardBusy What this message means: An internal print server (also called an internal network adapter or INA) is being reset. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. Network <x> What this message means: A network interface is the active communication link. Network <x>, &...

89 No Jobs Found.Retry? What this message means: The four-digit personal identification number (PIN) you entered is not associated with any confidential print job. What you can do: • Press Go to enter another PIN. • Press Stop to clear the PIN entry prompt. See also: Holding a job in the printer Not...

90 PerformingSelf Test What this message means: The printer is running the series of start-up tests it performs after it is turned on. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. See also: Aligning the image transfer unit Power Saver What this message means: The printer is ready to receive and p...

91 Print Jobs onDisk What this message means: Jobs that were spooled to the hard disk before the printer was last turned off have not yet printed. What you can do: • Press Go to print the jobs. • Press Return or Stop to delete the jobs from the hard disk without printing them. Printing Alignment Pag...

93 Prog Engine Code What this message means: The printer is programming new code into the flash memory. What you can do: Wait for the message to clear. W ARNING : Do not turn the printer off while this message is displayed. Prog System Code What this message means: The printer is programming new sys...

94 Programming Error P<x> What this message means: An error occurred while the printer was programming code into memory. What you can do: Correct the problem specified on the second line of the display: Queuing andDeleting Jobs What this message means: The printer is deleting one or more held ...

95 Ready What this message means: The printer is ready to receive and process print jobs. What you can do: Send a job to print. Ready Hex What this message means: The printer is in Hex Trace mode and is ready to receive and process print jobs. What you can do: • Send a job to print. All data sent to...

98 RestoringHeld Job xxx/yyy What this message means: The printer is restoring held jobs from the hard disk. Note: xxx represents the number of the job being restored. yyy represents the total number of jobs to be restored. What you can do: • Wait for the message to clear. • Select the Abort Restore...

99 Setup Required What this message means: • When you unpacked the printer, you left a piece of packing material inside. • A hardware component, such as an optional paper drawer, has not been installed correctly. What you can do: • Remove all packing material from inside the printer. • Correctly ins...

100 Supplies What this message means: At least one of the printer supplies requires attention. For example, you may have a toner cartridge that is low on toner. What you can do: Press Menu to open the Supplies Menu and identify which supply item needs replacing. Replace the appropriate printer suppl...

102 USB <x> What this message means: The printer is processing data through the specified USB port. Waiting What this message means: 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. What you can do: • Press Go t...

103 1565 Emul ErrorLoad Emul Option What this message means: The download emulator version on the firmware card does not match the printer code version. This error can occur if you update printer firmware or move a firmware card from one printer to another. What you can do: The printer automatically...

105 33 Calibration Error <x> What this message means: The printer detects a calibration error for a particular color. What you can do: Press Go to continue printing. 34 Short Paper What this message means: The printer has determined that the length of the paper in the source specified on the s...

107 37 InsufficientMemory What this message means: The printer memory is full and cannot continue processing current print jobs. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue the current print job. The printer frees memory by deleting the oldest held job and continues deleting held j...

108 39 Complex Page What this message means: The page may not print correctly because the print information on the page is too complex. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue printing the job. The job may not print correctly. • Press Menu to open the Job Menu and cancel the cu...

110 What these messages mean: The printer cannot establish communications with an installed network port. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue printing. The job may not print correctly. • Program new firmware for the network interface by way of the parallel port. • Press Men...

113 59 Incompatible<device> What this message means: You have installed an incompatible device. What you can do: • Remove the device and press Go to clear the message. 61 Defective Disk What this message means: The printer detects a defective hard disk. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the...

114 63 Unformatted Disk What this message means: The printer detects an unformatted hard disk. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue printing. • Format the disk before performing any disk operations. To format the disk, select Format Disk from the Utilities Menu. • If the err...

115 80 Fuser Maintenance What this message means: The counter that tracks wear on the fuser has reached its limit. What you can do: • Press Go to continue printing. • If print quality is unacceptable, replace the fuser. See also: Replacing the fuser 81 Engine CodeCRC Failure What this message means:...

116 82 Waste Toner Bottle Full What this message means: The toner waste container is full. What you can do: Replace the toner waste container and press Go to clear the message. See also: Replacing the toner waste container 82 Waste Toner Bottle Missing What this message means: The toner waste contai...

117 84 Oiler Nearly Exhausted What this message means: The web oiler is nearing the end of its life. What you can do: • Press Go to clear the message and continue printing. • Replace the web oiler. See also: 84 Replace Oiler 84 Replace Oiler What this message means: The web oiler has reached its end...

119 36 Using printer menus Select a menu from the following list for more information. Or, click a letter in the index at the bottom of the page to find a specific menu item that starts with that letter. Click here for a one-page overview of all the menus and their menu items. Select a menu or menu ...

122 37 LocalTalk Menu Use the LocalTalk Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a LocalTalk port. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Job Buffering Purpose: To temporarily store jobs on the p...

123 LocalTalk Addr Purpose: To identify the LocalTalk Node number assigned to the printer. This menu item cannot be modified through the operator panel. LocalTalk Buffer Purpose: To configure the size of the LocalTalk input buffer. Values: Note: Changing the LocalTalk Buffer menu item automatically ...

126 38 Job Menu The Job Menu is only available when the printer is busy processing or printing a job, when a printer message is displayed, or when the printer is in Hex Trace mode. Press Menu to open the Job Menu. Select a menu item for more details: Cancel Fax Purpose: To cancel outgoing faxes befo...

128 Print Buffer Purpose: To print any data stored in the print buffer. Note: Print Buffer is only available when you enter the Job Menu while Waiting is displayed. The Waiting state occurs if an incomplete job is sent to the printer or an ASCII job, such as a print screen command, is printing. Rese...

129 39 Infrared Menu Use the Infrared Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through an infrared port. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. • Infrared Buffer • Infrared Port • Job Buffering • Max Bau...

130 Infrared Buffer Purpose: To configure the size of the infrared input buffer. Values: Note: Changing the Infrared Buffer menu item automatically resets the printer. See also: Resource Save Infrared Port Purpose: To activate the infrared por t. Values: Job Buffering Purpose: To temporarily store j...

134 40 Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to define how the printer delivers the printed output. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Blank Pages Purpose: To specify whether to include application-generated blank pages as pa...

135 Collation Purpose: To keep the pages of a print job stacked in sequence, particularly when printing multiple copies of the job. Values: Copies Purpose: To set the number of copies you want for the printer default value. (Set the number of copies required for a specific job from the printer drive...

136 Duplex Bind Purpose: To define the way duplexed pages would be bound, and how the printing on the back of the sheet (even-numbered pages) is oriented in relation to the printing on the front (odd-numbered pages). Values: See also: Duplex Hole Punch Purpose: To punch holes along the edge of all p...

137 Multipage Order Purpose: To determine the positioning of multiple page images when using Multipage Print. The positioning depends on the number of images and whether the images are portrait or landscape in orientation. For example, if you select 4-Up multipage printing and portrait orientation, ...

138 Multipage Print Purpose: To print multiple page images on one side of a sheet of paper. Also called n-up or Paper Saver. Values: See also: Multipage Border ; Multipage Order ; Multipage View Multipage View Purpose: To determine the orientation of a multipage sheet. Values: See also: Multipage Pr...

141 41 Color Menu Use the Color Menu to adjust print quality and customize color printing. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Color Correction Purpose: To adjust the printed color to better match the colors of other output de...

142 Manual Color Purpose: To let users customize color correction output from the operator panel. Values: RGB Image Vivid: Applies a color correction algorithm that produces brighter, more saturated colors. May be selected for all incoming color formats. sRGB Display*: Applies color correction to pr...

144 42 Utilities Menu Use the Utilities Menu to print a variety of listings relating to available printer resources, printer settings, and print jobs. Other menu items let you set up printer hardware and troubleshoot printer problems. Select a menu item for more details: Color Adjust Purpose: To man...

145 Defragment Flash Purpose: To retrieve storage area lost when resources are deleted from flash memory. Values: W ARNING : Do not turn off the printer while the flash is defragmenting. Factory Defaults Purpose: To return your printer settings to the factory default values. Values: Format Disk Purp...

146 Format Flash Purpose: To format the flash memory. Values: W ARNING : Do not turn off the printer while the flash is formatting. Hex Trace Purpose: To help isolate the source of a print job problem. With Hex Trace selected, all data sent to the printer is printed in hexadecimal and character repr...

148 43 USB Menu Use the USB Menu to change printer settings affecting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port (USB Option <x>). Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Job Buffering Purpose: To temporarily store jobs on the printe...

151 44 Supplies Menu The Supplies Menu provides information about printer supplies that require attention. It is only available when a supply is low or needs replacement. Select a menu item for more details: <color> Toner Purpose: To view the status of the color print cartridges. Values: See a...

152 Waste Bottle Purpose: To view the status of the toner waste container. Values: Note: Once the toner waste container reaches Full, the printer will print up to 15 more pages from the buffer and then stop until the container is replaced. Near Full The toner waste container is nearly full.

153 45 Setup Menu Use the Setup Menu to configure a variety of printer features. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Alarm Control Purpose: To establish whether the printer sounds an alarm when the printer requires operator in...

155 Hole Punch Alarm Purpose: To specify how the printer responds when the hole punch box becomes full. Values: See also: Auto Continue Jam Recovery Purpose: To establish whether the printer reprints jammed pages. Values: Off* Hole Punch Waste Full is displayed until someone empties the hole punch b...

156 Job Accounting Purpose: To store statistical information about your most recent print jobs on the hard disk. The statistics include whether the job printed with or without errors, the print time, the job size (in bytes), the requested paper size and paper type, the total number of printed pages,...

157 Page Protect Purpose: To successfully print a page that may otherwise generate Complex Page errors. Values: If, after selecting On, you still cannot print the page, you may also have to reduce the size and number of fonts on the page, or increase the installed printer memory. For most print jobs...

158 Print Area Purpose: To modify the logical and physical printable area. Values: Note: The Whole Page setting only affects pages printed using PCL 5 interpreter. This setting has no effect on pages printed using the PCL XL or PostScript interpreters. If you try to print any data in the non-printab...

160 Toner Alarm Purpose: To specify how the printer responds when it is low on toner. Values: See also: Auto Continue Wait Timeout Purpose: To specify the amount of time (in seconds) the printer waits to receive additional bytes of data from the computer. When this timeout expires, the print job is ...

161 46 Serial Menu Use the Serial Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a serial port (either Standard Serial or Serial Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked with an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Baud Purpose: T...

163 NPA Mode Purpose: To specify whether the printer performs the special processing required for bidirectional communication, following the conventions defined in the Network Printing Alliance (NPA) Protocol. Values: Note: Changing this menu item automatically resets the printer. Parity Purpose: To...

164 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the serial port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: See also: PCL SmartSwitch ; Printer Language Robust XON Purpose: To determine w...

166 Serial Protocol Purpose: To select the hardware and software handshaking values for the serial interface. Values: DTR* Hardware handshaking. DTR/DSR Hardware handshaking. XON/XOFF Software handshaking. XON/XOFF/DTR Combined hardware and software handshaking. XONXOFF/DTRDSR Combined hardware and ...

167 47 PostScript Menu Use the PostScript Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs using the PostScript emulation printer language. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Font Priority Purpose: To establish the font ...

169 48 PCL Emul Menu Use the PCL Emul Menu to change printer settings that only affect jobs using the PCL emulation printer language. Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. A4 Width Purpose: To select the width of the logical pag...

171 Font Source Purpose: To determine the set of fonts displayed in the Font Name menu item. Values: See also: Font Name Lines per Page Purpose: To determine the number of lines that print on each page. Values: The printer sets the amount of space between each line (vertical line spacing) based on t...

172 Orientation Purpose: To determine how text and graphics are oriented on the page. Values: Pitch Purpose: To specify the font pitch for scalable monospaced fonts. Values: Pitch refers to the number of fixed-space characters in a horizontal inch of type. You can select a pitch from 0.08 to 100 cha...

173 Symbol Set Purpose: To choose a symbol set for a specified font name. Values: A symbol set is a set of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and special symbols used when printing with a selected font. Symbol sets support the different requirements for languages or specific application...

174 49 Parallel Menu Use the Parallel Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a parallel port (either Std Parallel or Parallel Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Advanced Sta...

178 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the parallel port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: See also: PCL SmartSwitch ; Printer Language Protocol Purpose: To specify the...

183 Paper Size Purpose: To identify the default paper size for each paper source. For trays with automatic size sensing, only the value detected by the hardware is displayed. Values: First select a paper source: Then select a value (*denotes country-specific factory default values): Note: Size sensi...

184 Paper Texture Purpose: To identify the texture of the paper loaded in a specific source and to ensure that characters print clearly. Values: First select a paper type: Then select a value: Note: The default for Bond Texture is Rough instead of Normal. If a user-defined name is available for a cu...

186 Paper Weight Purpose: To identify the relative weight of the paper loaded in a specific source and ensure that the toner adheres properly to the printed page. Values: First select a paper type: Then select a value: Note: If a user-defined name is available, it is displayed instead of Custom <...

187 Universal Setup Purpose: To determine the default size when the Paper Size setting for a tray or feeder is Universal. Values: First select a unit of measure (* denotes a country-specific factory default value): Then select the values: Inches* Millimeters* Portrait Width =3.00–14.17 in. =76–360 m...

188 51 Network Menu Use the Network Menu to change printer settings affecting jobs sent to the printer through a network port (either Standard Network or Network Opt <x>). Select a menu item for more details: Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Job Bufferin...

191 PS SmartSwitch Purpose: To configure the printer so it automatically switches to PostScript emulation when a print job received through the network port requires it, regardless of the default printer language. Values: See also: PCL SmartSwitch ; Printer Language Std Net Setup Purpose: To configu...

192 52 Understanding fonts Resident fonts Your printer is equipped with resident fonts stored permanently in printer memory. Different fonts are available in PCL 6 and PostScript 3 emulations. Some of the most popular typefaces, like Courier and Times New Roman, are available for all printer languag...

197 Resident bitmapped fonts Symbol sets A symbol set is an encoded collection of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and special characters available in the font you select. Symbol sets support the requirements for different languages or specific applications, such as math symbols used ...

199 53 Notices • Edition notice • Licensing notice • Safety information • Cautions and warnings • Electronic emission notices • Noise emission levels • Laser notice Edition notice August 2001 © Copyright 2001 Lexmark International, Inc. All rights reserved. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS...

201 Electronic emission notices With a network cable or high-capacity output finisher installed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance information statement The printer has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules....

202 Japanese VCCI notice Without a network cable or high-capacity output finisher installed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance information statement The printer has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Ope...

203 European Community (EC) directives conformity This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EC Council directives 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC on the approximation and harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and safety of electrica...

204 Index A A4 Width (PCL Emul Menu) 169Adapter, Tri-Port 38adjusting color 141, 142, 143, 159 Advanced Status (Parallel Menu) 174 Alarm Control (Setup Menu) 153alarms error messages 154hole punch 155setting 153stapler 159toner 160 aligning the image transfer unit 51Assign Type/Bin (Paper Menu) 180 ...

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