User’s Reference July
Lexmark W812
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Table of contents
Chapter 8 Loading the trays
Chapter 24 Replacing the fuser
Chapter 38 Job Menu
Printer overview
Output bin Paper support Operator panel On/Off switch Stamdard
250-sheet tray Paper size dial Multipurpose feeder
Print cartridge
Release button Network card connector Parallel port connector
Power cord connector Duplex connector
Fuser
500-sheet trays
500-sheet tray 250-sheet tray
Sending a job to print
Canceling a job from a Windows desktop
Canceling a print job
Canceling a job from the printer operator panel
Canceling a job from the Windows taskbar
For more information
Conserving supplies
Setting
What the setting does
Printing and deleting held jobs
Holding a job in the printer
Recognizing when format errors occur
Accessing held jobs from the operator panel
See Printing and deleting held jobs for information
Repeating print jobs
Reserving print jobs
Verifying print jobs
1 Menu 2 Select 3 Return4 Go5 Stop
Printing confidential jobs
Enter PIN =
Enter PIN =
Paper
6 Paper and specialty media specifications
Letterhead
Transparencies
Printing on letterhead
Card stock
Labels
Linking trays
Loading the trays
Loading 250-sheet trays
Letter, A4, A5, or JIS B5 size paper
7 Slide the side guides until they lightly touch the stack of paper
5 Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them
6 Place the paper or specialty media against the back of the tray
Do not load bent or wrinkled paper
13 Press Go to start your print job
9 Replace the tray cover 10 Insert the tray
2 Remove the tray cover
A3, JIS B4, legal, 8.5x13, or 11x17 size paper
Extend the paper tray to load paper longer than A4 or letter size
1 Remove the tray, and then set it on a flat surface
4 Pull the extension out until it stops
5 Slide the locking mechanisms outward to lock the extension in place
9 Press Go to start your print job
Loading 500-sheet trays
9 Press Go to start your print job
5 Make sure the paper fits easily under the two corner bucklers
6 Replace the tray cover 7 Insert the tray
Note Do not exceed the maximum stack height indicated on the tray
Loading the multipurpose feeder
6 Press Go to start your print job
3 Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them
Printing envelopes
2 Slide the side guides to fit the width of the envelopes
4 Press Go to start your print job
Avoiding jams
10 Tips for successful printing
Storing paper
Storing supplies
Push all trays firmly into the printer after loading them
The following hints can help you avoid paper jams
Do not load wrinkled, creased, or damp paper
Flex, fan, and straighten paper before you load it
11 Using the optional duplex unit
12 Checking an unresponsive printer
13 Solving print quality problems
Replacing the print cartridge
Symptom
Solution
Cause
paper, see Storing paper
Symptom
Solution
Cause
Replacing the print cartridge
Symptom
Solution
Cause
Loading the trays for detailed
Symptom
Solution
Cause
service
14 Solving paper feed problems
Symptom
Solution
The Paper Jam
Symptom
Solution
Cause
Cause
15 Solving printing problems
Symptom
Solution
Cause
Symptom
Solution
Set Page Protect to Off from the Setup Menu
Set Collation to On in the Finishing Menu or
Symptom
Solution
Cause
correctly after it is installed, or it
16 Solving other option problems
Symptom
Solution
17 Calling for service
Message
18 Understanding jam messages
Area where jam occurs
Paper jam messages
19 Clearing jams
Clearing 200/201 jams from the paper tray
1 Open the multipurpose feeder and remove any paper from the tray
A 203 Paper Jam occurs when paper jams in the fuser. To clear the jam
Clearing 200/201 jams from the multipurpose feeder
Clearing 203 jams from the fuser
5 Close the top cover to clear the message
CAUTION The fuser may be hot. Let it cool before continuing
3 Raise the fuser paper guide and remove any jammed paper
4 Lower the fuser paper guide
Clearing 202 jams from the print cartridge
1 Remove any paper in the output tray
3 Remove the print cartridge, and then set it aside
Clearing 230/231/232 jams from the duplex unit
6 Check for any jammed paper and remove it
3 Check for any jammed paper and remove it
4 Close the duplex unit upper cover
5 Open the duplex unit lower cover
20 Ordering supplies
Ordering a print cartridge
Ordering a fuser
21 Determining the status of supplies
22 Recycling used supplies
Removing the old print cartridge
23 Replacing the print cartridge
Installing the new print cartridge
2 Shake the cartridge in all directions to distribute the toner
3 Place the cartridge on a flat surface and remove the toner seal
5 Close the top cover
Removing the old fuser
24 Replacing the fuser
4 Pull up the fuser latches on each end to release the fuser
3 Pull out the print cartridge
2 Insert the new fuser
Installing a new fuser
6 Set the fuser aside
1 Unwrap the new fuser
Reset Maint Cnt =Reset appears. d Press Select
Button
25 Understandingpanelthe printer operator
Operator panel buttons
Ready
Return
Button
Function
Select
Using MarkVision Messenger
26 Configuring printer alerts
Using the Setup Menu
Using MarkVision Professional
27 Removing memory and option cards
Removing the printer system board access panel
6 Remove the right cover and set it aside
Removing memory cards
Removing an option card
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Removing a firmware card
Reinstalling the system board access panel
Enabling the menus
28 Disabling the operator panel menus
29 Disabling Power Saver
30 Size Sensing
31 Printing a menu settings page
The operator panel Display Language setting in the Setup Menu
32 Restoring factory default settings
33 Changing menu settings
Resident fonts
34 Understanding fonts
PCL 6 emulation
PostScript 3 emulation
PPDS emulation
PCL 6 emulation
PostScript 3 emulation
PPDS emulation
PCL 6 emulation
PostScript 3 emulation
PPDS emulation
CooperBlack-Italic
PCL 6 emulation
PostScript 3 emulation
PPDS emulation
Resident bitmapped fonts
Symbol sets
Downloadable fonts
Symbol sets for PCL 6 emulation
Windows 98 Latin 6 Baltic
Euro support
Hebrew and Arabic fonts
FontVision
35 Printing sample fonts
9 Press Menu until you see Utilities Menu, and then press Select
10 Press Menu until you see Print Fonts, and then press Select
11 Press Select
Ready
36 Understanding printer messages
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
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What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
See also
Disk Recovery x/5 yyy%
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What you can do
Formatting Disk yyy%
Formatting Flash
What this message means
See also
Held Jobs may not be restored
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
Standard
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
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What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What this message means
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What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What this message means
Remove Paper specified bin
What this message means
What you can do
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
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What you can do
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What this message means
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What this message means
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34 Wrong Paper Size in Tray
What this message means
What you can do
What you can do
37 Insufficient Collation Area
37 Insufficient Defrag Memory
What this message means
See also
37 Insufficient Memory
What this message means
What you can do
See also
Setup Guide
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
What this message means
Serial Error
Software Error
54 Std Network
Serial Buffer
56 Standard Serial Disabled
Lost
56 Std Parallel
What you can do
57 Configuration Change
56 Standard USB
What this message means
What this message means
What this message means
What you can do
See also
See also
Setup Guide
What this message means
What you can do
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
What this message means
What you can do
900-999 Service message
Calling for service
What these messages mean
Separator Source
37 Finishing Menu
Blank Pages
Separator Sheets
Purpose
Collation
Copies
Duplex
Values
Duplex Bind
Multipage Border
Purpose
See also
Multipage Order
Purpose
Values
Values
Multipage Print
Multipage View
Purpose
Values
Separator Sheets
Separator Source
Purpose
Reset Printer
Abort Restore
Cancel Job
38 Job Menu
Purpose
Confidential Job
Held Jobs
Purpose
Purpose
Reset Printer
Print Buffer
Purpose
Purpose
Print Resolution
39 Quality Menu
PictureGrade
See also
Toner Darkness
Purpose
Values
Purpose
Configure MP
40 Paper Menu
Universal Setup
Purpose
Custom Types
Paper Loading
Purpose
First select a paper source
Paper Size
Purpose
Values
See also
Paper Source
Purpose
Values
First select a paper source
Paper Type
Purpose
Values
Values
Universal Setup
Substitute Size
Purpose
A4 Width
41 PCL Emul Menu
Purpose
Auto CR after LF
Auto LF after CR
Font Name
Values
Font Source
Lines per Page
Purpose
Purpose
Orientation
Pitch
Point Size
Values
Symbol Set
Tray Renumber
Purpose
Purpose
42 PPDS Menu
Auto CR after LF
Tray 1 Renumber
Purpose
Best Fit
Character Set
Auto LF after CR
Values
Lines per Inch
Lines per Page
Purpose
Purpose
Page Format
Tray 1 Renumber
Orientation
43 Serial Menu
Values
Baud
Data Bits
Purpose
Purpose
Honor DSR
Job Buffering
NPA Mode
Values
PCL SmartSwitch
Parity
Purpose
Purpose
PS SmartSwitch
Robust XON
RS-232
Values
Serial Buffer
Serial Protocol
Purpose
Purpose
44 Network Menu
PCL SmartSwitch
Job Buffering
Purpose
Network x Setup
MAC Binary PS
Network Buffer
Values
PCL SmartSwitch
NPA Mode
Purpose
Values
Std Net Setup
PS SmartSwitch
Purpose
Advanced Status
45 Parallel Menu
Purpose
Honor Init
Job Buffering
MAC Binary PS
Purpose
Parallel Buffer
Parallel Mode
NPA Mode
Purpose
Protocol
PCL SmartSwitch
Parallel Mode
Values
PS SmartSwitch
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
Purpose
Alarm Control
46 Setup Menu
Purpose
Auto Continue
Display Language
Download Target
Purpose
Jam Recovery
Job Accounting
Page Protect
Values
Power Saver
Print Area
Purpose
Purpose
Print Timeout
Printer Language
Resource Save
Values
Toner Alarm
Wait Timeout
Purpose
Purpose
Print PS Error
47 PostScript Menu
Font Priority
Purpose
48 USB Menu
PCL SmartSwitch
Job Buffering
Purpose
PCL SmartSwitch
MAC Binary PS
NPA Mode
Values
USB Buffer
PS SmartSwitch
Purpose
Defragment Flash
49 Utilities Menu
Purpose
Factory Defaults
Format Disk
Format Flash
Print Directory
Hex Trace
Job Acct Stat
Print Demo
Purpose
Print Net x Setup
Print Fonts
Print Menus
Remove Held Jobs
Purpose
Values
50 Notices
Edition notice
Edition July
Trademarks
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Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
Safety information
Licensing notice
BSD License and Warranty statements GNU General Public License
Industry Canada compliance statement
Cautions and warnings
Electronic emission notices
Printers with a network cable attached
Japanese VCCI notice
Printers without a network cable attached
European Community EC directives conformity
The United Kingdom Telecommunications Act
Industry Canada compliance statement
Avis de conformité aux normes d’Industrie Canada
Energy Star
Laser notice
Noise emission levels
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