10 Administrative support

The following sections are for a system support person in charge of the printer.

Since many people could be using the printer, an administrator may choose to lock the menus to keep others from changing menu settings from the operator panel.

Disabling operator panel menus

To disable the operator panel menus so that changes cannot be made to the printer default settings:

1Turn the printer off.

Note: Disabling the operator panel menus does not prevent access to Print and Hold functionality.

2Press and hold and while turning the printer on.

3Release the buttons when the clock appears.

CONFIG MENU appears on the first line of the display.

4Press until Panel Menus appears, then press .

Disable appears on the first line of the display.

5Press until Disable appears, then press .

The messages Submitting Selection and Disabling Menus appear briefly in succession. The menus are

disabled.

The operator panel returns to CONFIG MENU with Panel Menus shown.

6Press until Exit Config Menu appears, and then press .

Activating Menu Changes and Resetting the Printer appear briefly in succession followed by a short appearance of the clock. The operator panel then returns to Ready.

Note: Once the menus are disabled, pressing causes Menus are Disabled to appear.

Enabling menus

1Repeat steps 1 through 4 in Disabling operator panel menus.

2Press until Enable appears, and then press .

The messages Submitting Selection and Enabling Menus appear briefly in succession. The menus are

enabled.

The operator panel returns to CONFIG MENU with Panel Menus shown.

3Press until Exit Config Menu appears, and then press .

Activating Menu Changes and Resetting the Printer appear briefly in succession followed by a short appearance of the clock. The operator panel then returns to Ready.

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Lexmark C524, C520, C522 manual Enabling menus, Repeat steps 1 through 4 in Disabling operator panel menus

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