Lexmark C524, C520 Printing, Tips for successful printing, Sending a job to print, Avoiding jams

4 Printing

This chapter covers tips for printing, how to print certain lists of information from the printer, how to cancel a job, and how to print black-only text and graphics.

Tips for successful printing

Tips on storing media

Store the media properly. For more information, see Storing media.

Avoiding jams

By selecting appropriate paper or specialty media (transparencies, labels, and card stock) and loading it properly, most jams are avoidable. See Loading the standard tray and Loading the optional 500-sheet tray for instructions on loading paper and specialty media into the standard tray and the optional 500-sheet tray.

If a jam occurs, see Clearing jams for instructions. For hints to help avoid jams, see Avoiding jams hints.

Note: Try a sample of any paper or specialty media before purchasing large quantities.

Sending a job to print

A printer driver is software that lets the computer communicate with the printer. When Print is chosen from a software application, a window representing the printer driver opens. Select the appropriate settings for the specific job being sent to print. Print settings selected from the driver override the default settings selected from the printer operator panel.

Click Properties or Setup from the initial Print box to see all of the available printer settings that may be changed. If a feature in the printer driver window is unfamiliar, open the online Help for more information.

To support all the printer features, use the Lexmark custom printer drivers. Updated drivers, as well as a complete description of the driver packages and Lexmark driver support, are available from the Lexmark Web site. A user may also use the system drivers built into the operating system. See the Setup sheet for more information about choosing and installing drivers.

Sending a job from a typical Windows application

1Open the file needed for printing.

2From a word processor, spreadsheet, browser, or other application, select File à Print.

3Click Properties. (If there is no Properties button, click Setup, and then click Properties.)

Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog. Modify the printer settings as appropriate (such as the pages selected to print or the number of copies).

4Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected printer.

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