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Maintaining the printer

 

The following sections deal with topics for a network administrator in charge of the printer.

Periodically, certain tasks need completion to maintain optimum print quality. These tasks are covered in this chapter.

If several people are using the printer, designate a key operator to do the setup and maintenance of the printer. Refer printing problems and maintenance tasks to this key operator.

In the U.S., contact Lexmark at 1-800-539-6275 for information about Lexmark Authorized Supplies Dealers in your area. In other countries or regions, visit the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com or contact the place where you bought your printer.

Determining the status of supplies

To determine the status of all of the consumables installed in the printer, print the menu settings page.

See Printing the menu settings page for detailed instructions.

One or more pages print, depending on the number of menu settings the printer has. Look for “Consumable Status” on the page; the percentage of life remaining for each of the items is indicated.

Conserving supplies

Several settings in the application software or on the display conserve toner and paper:

Supply

Setting

What the setting does

Other resources

Toner cartridge

Toner Darkness in

Allows adjustment of the level of toner

Toner Darkness in the

 

the Quality Menu

released on a sheet of media. The values

Menus and Messages Guide

 

in Settings

range from 1 (lightest setting) to 5 (darkest

on the publications CD

 

 

setting).

 

 

 

 

 

Paper and specialty

Multipage Print in

Causes the printer to print the two or more

Multipage Print in the Menus

media

the Finishing

page images on one side of a sheet. Values

and Messages Guide on the

 

Menu in Settings

for Multipage Print are 2 Up, 3 Up, 4 Up, 6

publications CD

 

 

Up, 9 Up, 12 Up, and 16 Up. Combined with

 

 

 

the duplex setting, Multipage Print allows up

 

 

 

to 32 pages to print on one sheet of paper

 

 

 

(16 images on the front and 16 on the back).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duplex in the

Duplex (two-sided) printing allows printing on

Duplex in the Menus and

 

Finishing Menu

both sides of a sheet of paper.

Messages Guide on the

 

in Settings

 

publications CD

 

 

 

 

 

Use the software

Allows time to examine the first copy of a

See Verify Print

 

application or

multiple-copy job to be sure it is satisfactory

See Canceling a print job

 

printer driver to

before printing the other copies. If the job is

 

Held Jobs in the Menus and

 

send a Verify Print

unsatisfactory, cancel the job.

 

job.

 

Messages Guide on the

 

Use Held Jobs to

 

publications CD

 

 

See Using the Print and

 

access a Verify

 

 

Print job.

 

Hold function

 

 

 

 

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C520, C524, C522 specifications

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