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Lexmark 5300 Series Manual
194 pages 3.67 Mb
2 Safety information3 Contents13 Introduction17 Setting up the printer45 General networking48 Loading paper and original documents53 Printing63 Working with photos82 Copying87 Scanning96 Faxing113 Maintaining the printer121 TroubleshootingSetup Troubleshooting 126 Print troubleshootingImproving print quality CHECK PAPER S ELECT A HIGHER PRINT 127 CHECK PRINT CARTRIDGESPoor text and graphic quality REMOVE SHEETS AS THEY ARE PRINTED U SE A DIFFERENT BRAND OF 128 CHECK PAPER CONDITIONPoor quality at the edges of the page CHECK MINIMUM PRINT SETTINGS S ELECT THE B ORDERLESS PRINT MAKE SURE YOU USE PHOTO PAPER M AKE SURE THE PAPER SIZE MATCHES THE PRINTER CLEAN PRINT CARTRIDGE NOZZLES 129 Print speed is slowMAXIMIZE COMPUTER PROCESSING SPEED ADD MEMORY SELECT A LOWER PRINT QUALITY REMOVE AND REINSTALL THE SOFTWARE CHECK PAPER LOADING Partial document or photo prints 130 Photo smudgesChecking the print cartridges ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES PROPERLY INSTALLED? ARE THE STICKER AND TAPE REMOVED FROM THE CARTRIDGES? ARE THE CARTRIDGES LOW ON INK? Ink levels seem incorrect ARE YOU PRINTING GRAPHICS OR PHOTOS? ARE YOU PRINTING A LARGE FILE? 131 Ink levels seem to go down too quicklyARE YOU PRINTING PHOTOS OR DOCUMENTS WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF GRAPHICS? ARE YOU PRINTING WITH THE BEST QUALITY/SPEED SETTING? A blank or incorrect page prints REMOVE THE STICKER AND TAPE FROM THE PRINT CARTRIDGES MAKE SURE THE CARTRIDGES ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED CHECK THE USB CONNECTION CLOSE OTHER OPEN FILES BEFORE PRINTING Characters on printout are missing or unexpected MAKE SURE THE FONTS ARE APPLIED CORRECTLY IN THE PROGRAM 132 MAKE SURE THE TRUETYPE FONT IS AVAILABLE ON THE COMPUTERMAKE SURE THE DOCUMENT WAS FORMATTED OR CREATED FOR THE PRINTER Colors on printout are faded or differ from colors on the screen ARE THE COLOR AND PRINT SPEED SETTINGS CORRECT? ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES LOW ON INK? 133 Glossy photo paper or transparencies stick together DARE YOU USING A TRANSPARENCY OR PHOTO PAPER DESIGNED FOR AN INKJET PRINTER? Page prints with different fonts M MAKE SURE THE TRUETYPE FONT IS AVAILABLE ON THE COMPUTER MAKE SURE THE FONTS ARE APPLIED CORRECTLY IN THE PROGRAM 134 Print is too dark or smudgedMAKE SURE THE INK DRY BEFORE HANDLING THE PAPER MAKE SURE THE QUALITY/SPEED SETTING IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PAPER TYPE LOADED IN MAKE SURE THE PRINT CARTRIDGE NOZZLES ARE CLEAN DO YOU NEED TO ALIGN THE PRINT CARTRIDGES? ARE THE PRINT CARTRIDGES CLEAN? 135 Printouts have alternating bands of light and dark printARE THE PRINTER AND THE COMPUTER ABLE TO COMMUNICATE DATA? Transparencies or photos contain white lines CHECK THE PROGRAM SETTINGS PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE PRINT CATRIDGES Vertical straight lines are not smooth 136 ALIGN THE PRINT CARTRIDGESWhite lines appear in graphics or solid black areas ADJUST THE PROGRAM SETTINGS FOR THE DOCUMENT PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE PRINT CATRIDGES Checking the printer statusWindows Vista users only Windows XP users only Windows 2000 users only 137 Settings are not savedCHANGE TIME-OUT SETTINGS S AVE Checking printer readiness DOES THE PRINTER HAVE PAPER, AND IS IT PROPERLY LOADED? ARE THE STICKER AND TAPE REMOVED FROM THE PRINT CARTRIDGES? 138 DO THE PRINT CARTRIDGES HAVE INK?Checking the Spool Settings for banner printing Resolving font problems HAVE YOU APPLIED THE FONTS CORRECTLY IN THE PROGRAM? IS THE FONT A TRUETYPE FONT? IS IT AVAILABLE ON THE COMPUTER? WAS THE DOCUMENT FORMATTED OR CREATED FOR THE PRINTER? Printer is busy printing another job 139 Ready or Busy Printing is listed as the statusDO YOU NEED TO ADJUST THE QUALITY/SPEED SETTINGS? IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROGRAM? Printing a test page 140 Test page does not printMAKE SURE THE PRINTER IS RECEIVING POWER MAKE SURE THE STICKER AND TAPE ARE REMOVED FROM THE PRINT CARTRIDGES MAKE SURE THE CARTRIDGES ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED MAKE SURE THE LEXMARK PRINTER DRIVER IS SET AS THE DEFAULT PRINTER 141 Checking external devicesDOES THE EXTERNAL DEVICE SUPPORT BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION? Removing an external print server Cable is not connected, is loose, or is damaged MAKE SURE THE USB CABLE IS CONNECTED TO THE USB PORT ON THE BACK OF THE COMPUTER MAKE SURE THE OTHER END OF THE USB CABLE IS CONNECTED TO THE BACK OF THE PRINTER MAKE SURE THE CABLE IS NOT DAMAGED OR LOOSE 142 Printer is plugged in but does not printMAKE SURE THE PRINTER IS SET AS THE DEFAULT PRINTER MAKE SURE THE PRINT QUEUE IS READY TO PRINT Printer is trying to print to File Printer cannot communicate with computers over peer-to-peer network CHECK THE STATUS OF THE HOST COMPUTER AND PRINTER 143 CHECK THE PRINTER STATUST RY TO LOCATE THE PRINTER FROM THE REMOTE 144 RESTART THE HOST COMPUTER AND THE REMOTE COMPUTERPrinter is not able to communicate with the computer Problems when copying, scanning, or faxingClose other software Change the scanning resolution to a lower value Is the original document loaded correctly on the scanner glass? Wrong printer is attached Updating the printer software 145 Bidirectional communication is not establishedCHECK THE USB CONNECTION MAKE SURE THE PRINTER IS RECEIVING POWER MAKE SURE THE EXTERNAL PRINT SERVER IS WORKING Experiencing poor quality or incorrect output 146 Cannot print from digital camera using PictBridgeENABLE PICTBRIDGE PRINTING FROM CAMERA MAKE SURE THE CAMERA IS A PICTBRIDGE-ENABLED DIGITAL CAMERA CHECK USB CABLE REMOVE MEMORY CARDS 1 2 3 147 Jams and misfeeds troubleshootingHow to clear and avoid paper jams Paper jam in the printer EJECT THE PAPER AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE THE PAPER MANUALLY 148 Paper jam in the paper supportPaper or specialty media misfeeds CHECK PAPER CONDITION CHECK PAPER LOADING REMOVE EACH PAGE AS IT IS PRINTED ADJUST THE PAPER GUIDES 149 Printer does not feed paper, envelopes, or specialty mediaCHECK FOR PAPER JAMS CHECK MEDIA LOADING Banner paper jams CLEAR BANNER PAPER JAMS REVIEW BANNER PRINTING CHECKLIST Paper continues to jam ARE YOU USING PAPER DESIGNED FOR AN INKJET PRINTER? ARE YOU LOADING THE PAPER CORRECTLY? 150 Memory card troubleshootingMemory card cannot be inserted CHECK MEMORY CARD TYPE CHECK MEMORY CARD PLACEMENT Nothing happens when memory card is inserted REINSERT THE MEMORY CARD CHECK MEMORY CARD PLACEMENT CHECK MEMORY CARD TYPE CHECK TO SEE IF THE MEMORY CARD IS DAMAGED CHECK TO SEE IF THE MEMORY CARD CONTAINS PHOTOS MAKE SURE THE USB CABLE IS CONNECTED 151 Copy troubleshootingCopier does not respond Scanner unit does not close Poor copy quality 152 CLEAN THE SCANNER GLASSREVIEW STEPS TO IMPROVE PRINT QUALITY ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE COPY CHECK QUALITY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ARE YOU SCANNING FROM PHOTO OR GLOSSY PAPER, A MAGAZINE, OR A NEWSPAPER? Partial document or photo copies C HECK ORIGINAL SIZE 153 Scan troubleshootingScanner does not respond Scan was not successful CHECK USB CABLE CONNECTION 154 RESTART COMPUTERScanning takes too long or freezes the computer CLOSE OTHER SOFTWARE CHANGE THE SCANNING RESOLUTION TO A LOWER VALUE Poor scanned image quality CLEAN THE SCANNER GLASS ADJUST THE QUALITY OF THE SCAN REVIEW STEPS TO IMPROVE PRINT QUALITY ARE YOU SCANNING FROM PHOTO OR GLOSSY PAPER, A MAGAZINE, OR A NEWSPAPER? CHECK QUALITY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT Partial document or photo scans C HECK ORIGINAL SIZE Cannot scan to a computer over a network 155 Fax troubleshootingCannot send or receive a fax MAKE SURE THE PRINTER IS ON 156 CHECK CABLE CONNECTIONSCHECK THE TELEPHONE WALL JACK REVIEW DIGITAL PHONE SERVICE CHECKLIST VERIFY DIAL TONE D ISCONNECT OTHER EQUIPMENT CHECK FOR PAPER JAMS 157 D ISABLE C ALL W AITING DO YOU HAVE VOICE MAIL SERVICE? CHECK COUNTRY CODE IS YOUR PRINTER MEMORY FULL? 158 Can send but not receive faxesL OAD CHECK THE AUTO ANSWER BUTTON CHECK WHETHER FAX FORWARDING IS SELECTED Can receive but not send faxes CHECK MODE SELECTION 159 CHECK THE DIAL PREFIX SETTINGCHECK SPEED DIAL NUMBER BE SURE THAT PRINTER IS DETECTING A DIAL TONE 160 Printer receives a blank faxCHECK ORIGINAL DOCUMENT CHECK CARTRIDGES Received fax has poor print quality REVIEW CHECKLIST FOR SENDER Caller ID information is not displayed CALLER ID PATTERN MAY NOT BE SET CORRECTLY 161 Fax ErrorFax Mode Unsupported Remote Fax Error CHECK PHONE LINE LOWER THE TRANSMISSION SPEED 162 Phone Line BusyCHANGE REDIAL SETTINGS SCHEDULE TO RESEND FAX AT A LATER TIME Phone Line Error REVIEW DIGITAL PHONE SERVICE CHECKLIST CHECK PHONE LINE CHECK CABLE CONNECTIONS 163 Error messages on the printer displayError messages on the computer screenClearing error messages Left/Right Cartridge Missing 169 ?
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