Lexmark W812 User’s Reference July 2002 www.lexmark.com Table of contents Chapter 1: Printer overview .............................................................. 7 Chapter 2: Sending a job to print ................................................... 10 Chapter 3: Canceling a print job .................................................... 11 Canceling a job from the printer operator panel ................................................. 11 Canceling a job from the Windows taskbar ........................................................ 11 Canceling a job from a Windows desktop .......................................................... 11 Canceling a job from a Macintosh computer ...................................................... 11 Chapter 4: Conserving supplies .................................................... 12 Chapter 5: Holding a job in the printer .......................................... 13 Printing and deleting held jobs ........................................................................... 13 Accessing held jobs from the operator panel ..................................................... 14 Recognizing when format errors occur .............................................................. 14 Repeating print jobs ........................................................................................... 15 Reserving print jobs ........................................................................................... 15 Verifying print jobs .............................................................................................. 15 Printing confidential jobs .................................................................................... 16 Chapter 6: Paper and specialty media specifications ................. 17 Paper .................................................................................................................. 17 Letterhead .......................................................................................................... 18 Transparencies .................................................................................................. 18 Labels ................................................................................................................. 19 Card stock .......................................................................................................... 19 Chapter 7: Linking trays ................................................................. 20 iii Chapter 8: Loading the trays .......................................................... 21 Loading 250-sheet trays ..................................................................................... 21 Loading 500-sheet trays ..................................................................................... 26 Chapter 9: Loading the multipurpose feeder ................................ 28 Printing envelopes .............................................................................................. 30 Chapter 10: Tips for successful printing ...................................... 31 Storing paper ...................................................................................................... 31 Storing supplies .................................................................................................. 31 Avoiding jams ..................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 11: Using the optional duplex unit .................................. 33 Chapter 12: Checking an unresponsive printer ........................... 34 Chapter 13: Solving print quality problems .................................. 35 Chapter 14: Solving paper feed problems .................................... 40 Chapter 15: Solving printing problems ......................................... 42 Chapter 16: Solving other option problems ................................. 45 Chapter 17: Calling for service ...................................................... 46 Chapter 18: Understanding jam messages ................................... 47 Chapter 19: Clearing jams .............................................................. 48 Chapter 20: Ordering supplies ....................................................... 55 Chapter 21: Determining the status of supplies ........................... 56 Chapter 22: Recycling used supplies ............................................ 57 Chapter 23: Replacing the print cartridge ..................................... 58 Removing the old print cartridge ........................................................................ 58 Installing the new print cartridge ........................................................................ 59 iv Chapter 24: Replacing the fuser .................................................... 61 Removing the old fuser ...................................................................................... 61 Installing a new fuser ......................................................................................... 63 Chapter 25: Understanding the printer operator panel ............... 65 Operator panel buttons ...................................................................................... 65 Chapter 26: Configuring printer alerts .......................................... 67 Chapter 27: Removing memory and option cards ....................... 68 Removing the printer system board access panel ............................................. 68 Removing memory cards ................................................................................... 70 Removing an option card ................................................................................... 71 Removing a firmware card ................................................................................. 73 Reinstalling the system board access panel ...................................................... 74 Chapter 28: Disabling the operator panel menus ........................ 75 Enabling the menus ........................................................................................... 75 Chapter 29: Disabling Power Saver ............................................... 76 Chapter 30: Size Sensing ............................................................... 77 Chapter 31: Printing a menu settings page .................................. 78 Chapter 32: Restoring factory default settings ............................ 79 Chapter 33: Changing menu settings ............................................ 80 Chapter 34: Understanding fonts .................................................. 81 Resident fonts .................................................................................................... 81 Symbol sets ........................................................................................................ 86 Downloadable fonts ............................................................................................ 86 Chapter 35: Printing sample fonts ................................................. 88 Chapter 36: Understanding printer messages ............................. 90 Chapter 37: Finishing Menu ......................................................... 127 v Chapter 38: Job Menu ................................................................... 133 Chapter 39: Quality Menu ............................................................. 136 Chapter 40: Paper Menu ............................................................... 138 Chapter 41: PCL Emul Menu ........................................................ 144 Chapter 42: PPDS Menu ............................................................... 149 Chapter 43: Serial Menu ............................................................... 153 Chapter 44: Network Menu ........................................................... 159 Chapter 45: Parallel Menu ............................................................ 163 Chapter 46: Setup Menu ............................................................... 168 Chapter 47: PostScript Menu ....................................................... 174 Chapter 48: USB Menu .................................................................. 175 Chapter 49: Utilities Menu ............................................................ 178 Notices ............................................................................................ 183 Edition notice .................................................................................................... 183 Trademarks ...................................................................................................... 184 Licensing notice ............................................................................................... 186 Safety information ............................................................................................ 186 Cautions and warnings ..................................................................................... 187 Electronic emission notices .............................................................................. 187 Energy Star ...................................................................................................... 190 Laser notice ...................................................................................................... 190 Index ................................................................................................ 191 vi 1 Printer overview The following illustrations show the views of your Lexmark W812 printer. Output bin Paper support Operator panel On/Off switch Stamdard