Maintainingthe printer

Maintaining ink cartridges

In addition to the following tasks that you can perform, your printer performs an automatic maintenance cycle every week if it is plugged into an electrical outlet. It will briefly come out of Power Saver mode or will temporarily power on if it is turned off.

Checking ink levels

Using the printer control panel

From the home screen, touch .

The graphic of the ink levels appears on the display.

Using the printer software

For Windows users

1Click or Start.

2Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.

3Navigate to:

Printer Home > select your printer > Maintenance tab > Check ink levels

For Macintosh users

1From the Apple menu, navigate to:

System Preferences > Print & Fax > select your printer

2Click Options & Supplies or Print Queue.

3Click Supply Levels.

Aligning the printhead

If the characters or lines on your printer image appear jagged or wavy, then you may need to align the printhead.

Using the printer control panel

1Load plain paper.

2From the home screen, navigate to: > More Options > Align Printer An alignment page prints.

Note: Do not remove the alignment page until printing is finished.

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Lexmark S800 manual Main taining the prin t er, Maintaining ink cartridges, Checking ink levels, Aligning the printhead

S800 specifications

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