Lexmark 644, 640 Determining the status of supplies, Conserving supplies, Maintaining the printer

Maintaining the printer

Determining the status of supplies

The printer operator panel alerts you once a supply item or maintenance is required. You can also view the status of supplies in the printer on the operator panel unless the printer is printing or in a busy state. The header or gray area at the top of the display will indicate the printer is Ready and lets you know if any trays are low. Selecting Status / Supplies on the display will open the Status / Supplies screen where you can view the status of the various trays and open the View Supplies screen to view the current status of your print cartridge.

Ready. Tray 1 Low, Tray 2 Low…

Status / Supplies

Held jobs

Status / Supplies View supplies

Ready

Tray 1 Low

View Supplies

Toner Low

Staples OK

Conserving supplies

Several settings in your application software or on the display let you conserve toner and paper. For more information on changing these settings, see the Menus and Messages Guide on the publications CD.

Supply	Menu selection item	What the setting does
Toner	Toner Darkness in the	Lets you adjust the level of toner released on a sheet of print media. The
	Settings Æ Quality Menu	values range from 1 (lightest setting) to 10 (darkest setting).
		Note: When toner is low, firmly shake the cartridge to redistribute any
		remaining toner. See Ordering a print cartridge for more information.
Print media	Multipage Print in the	Causes the printer to print two or more page images on one side of a
	Settings Æ Finishing Menu	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 lets
		you print up to 32 pages on one sheet of paper (16 images on the front
		and 16 on the back).
	Duplex in the Settings Æ	Duplex printing is available when you install an optional duplex unit. It
	Finishing Menu	lets you print on both sides of a sheet of paper.
	Use your software application	Lets you examine the first copy of a multiple-copy job to be sure it is
	or printer driver to send a	satisfactory before you print the other copies. If the job is unsatisfactory,
	Verify Print job.	you can cancel the job.
		See Printing and deleting held jobs for more information about a
		Verify Print job.

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