February
Users Guide
Contents
Minimizing your printers environmental impact
Printing
Copying 105
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116
123
Faxing 123
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Understanding printer menus
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Troubleshooting
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Safety information
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Thank you for choosing this printer
Learning about the printer
Finding information about the printer
Printer configurations
Basic model
Selecting a location for the printer
Basic functions of the scanner
Using the scanner glass
Using the ADF
Understanding the ADF and scanner glass
Description
Understanding the printer control panel
Understanding the home screen
Other buttons may appear on the home screen, such as
Using the touch-screen buttons
Function
Sample touch screen
Other touch-screen buttons
Features
Installing internal options
Additional printer setup
Available internal options
Accessing the system board to install internal options
Additional printer setup
Installing a memory card
Notches Ridges
Installing a flash memory or firmware card
Plastic pins Metal pins
Installing an Internal Solutions Port
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Installing a printer hard disk
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Installing a fax card
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Installing a 250- or 550-sheet drawer
Installing hardware options
Attaching cables
Printing a menu settings
Verifying printer setup
Touch Menu Settings
Printing a network setup
Setting up the printer software
Installing printer software
Mac OS X version 10.5 or later
Updating available options in the printer driver
Mac OS X version 10.4 and earlier
Follow these steps to set up your printer
Setting up wireless printing
Installing the printer on a wireless network Windows
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Click Wireless Network Attach
Click Install Printer and Software
Prepare to configure the printer
Installing the printer on a wireless network Macintosh
Enter the printer information
Configure your computer to use the printer wirelessly
Configure the printer for wireless access
Click AppleTalk
Double-clickPrint Center or Printer Setup Utility
Choose the Default Browser tab Click More Printers
Mac OS X version
For Windows users
Installing the printer on a wired network
For Macintosh users
Mac OS X version 10.4 and earlier
Mac OS X version 10.5 or later
Mac OS X version
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Click Control Panel
Windows
Click Configure Port
Click Properties
Touch Network/Ports
Setting up serial printing
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows
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Conserving supplies
Using recycled paper
Minimizing your printers environmental impact
Saving paper and toner
Check your first draft for accuracy
Using Eco-Mode
Saving energy
Choose scanning
Using the Embedded Web Server
Adjusting Power Saver
Using the printer control panel
Setting the standard exit bin light
Adjusting the brightness of the display
Click Output Lighting
Touch Output Lighting
Recycling
Recycling Lexmark products
Recycling Lexmark packaging
Reducing printer noise
Touch Settings Touch General Settings Touch Quiet Mode
Returning Lexmark cartridges for reuse or recycling
Submitting changes appears
Specify the Universal Paper Size measurement
Setting the Paper Size and Paper Type
Configuring Universal paper settings
Loading paper and specialty media
Paper recommendations
Avoiding jams
Loading trays
Paper tray recommendations
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Maximum fill line
Opening the multipurpose feeder
Using the multipurpose feeder
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Loading the multipurpose feeder
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Linking trays
Linking and unlinking trays
Unlinking trays
Click Custom Names
Click Settings
Assigning a custom paper type name
Changing a Custom Type x name
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Paper and specialty media guidelines
Paper characteristics
Paper guidelines
Using recycled paper and other office papers
Storing paper
Selecting preprinted forms and letterhead
Paper sizes supported by the printer
Supported paper sizes, types, and weights
Paper type
Paper types and weights supported by the printer
Load up to
Paper capacities
Printing on both sides of the paper duplexing
Touch Print Settings Touch Finishing Menu
Printing
Printing a document
Printing on specialty media
Tips on using letterhead
Tips on using transparencies
Tips on using envelopes
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Holding jobs in the printer
Printing confidential and other held jobs
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Printing confidential and other held jobs from Windows
Touch Confidential Jobs
101
Printing from a flash drive
102
Printing information pages
Printing a font sample list
Printing a directory list
Printing the print quality test pages
Canceling a print job
Canceling a print job from the printer control panel
Canceling a print job from the computer
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Making a quick copy
Making copies
Making transparencies
Copying using the scanner glass
Copying photos
Copying on specialty media
Copying from one size to another
Customizing copy settings
Making copies using paper from a selected tray
Copying to letterhead
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Adjusting copy quality
Copying on both sides of the paper duplexing
Reducing or enlarging copies
Touch Separator Sheets
Collating copies
Placing separator sheets between copies
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Between Copies Between Jobs Between Pages
Copying multiple pages onto a single sheet
Creating a custom job job build
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Pausing the current print job to make copies
Placing information on copies
Placing the date and time at the top of each
Placing an overlay message on each
Canceling a copy job
Canceling a copy job while the document is in the ADF
Canceling a copy job while the pages are being printed
Understanding the copy screens and options
Collate
Sides Duplex
Options
Improving copy quality
Touch Continue
Getting ready to e-mail
Enabling the e-mail function
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Creating an e-mail shortcut
Setting up the e-mail function
Configuring the e-mail settings
Creating an e-mail shortcut using the Embedded Web Server
Mailing a document
Creating an e-mail shortcut using the touch screen
Sending an e-mail using the touch screen
Sending an e-mail using a shortcut number
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Customizing e-mail settings
Sending an e-mail using the address book
Adding e-mail subject and message information
Original Size
Canceling an e-mail
Understanding e-mail options
Changing the output file type
Mail Subject
Resolution
Orientation
Binding
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Advanced Options
Choosing a fax connection
Setting up the printer to fax
Faxing
Getting the printer ready to fax
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Connecting to an analog telephone line
Connecting to a PBX or Isdn system
Connecting to a DSL service
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Touch Distinctive Rings
Connecting to a distinctive ring service
Touch Settings Touch Fax Settings Touch Analog Fax Settings
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Connecting to an adapter for your country or region
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Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
Connecting to a telephone wall jack in Germany
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Connecting to a computer with a modem
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Enabling the fax function
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Using the Embedded Web Server for fax setup
Setting the date and time
Turning daylight saving time on or off
For Mac OS X version 10.5 or later users
Sending a fax using the printer control panel
Sending a fax using the computer
Sending a fax
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Creating shortcuts
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Sending a fax at a scheduled time
Customizing fax settings
Changing the fax resolution
Making a fax lighter or darker
Blocking junk faxes
Viewing a fax log
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Click the Block No Name Fax option
Canceling an outgoing fax
Understanding fax options
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Improving fax quality
Holding and forwarding faxes
Holding faxes
Fax Mail
Forwarding a fax
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Print Print and Forward
Scanning to an FTP address
Scanning to an FTP address using the keypad
Scanning to an FTP address using a shortcut number
Scanning to an FTP address
Click FTP Shortcut Setup
Scanning to an FTP address using the address book
Creating an FTP shortcut using the Embedded Web Server
Creating an FTP shortcut using the touch screen
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Understanding FTP options
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Improving FTP quality
Click Scan Profile Click Create Scan Profile
Scanning to a computer or flash drive
Scanning to a computer
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Format Type
Quick Setup
Default Content
Understanding scan profile options
Advanced Imaging
Color
Duplex
Jpeg Quality
Touch Scan to USB drive
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Menus list
Understanding printer menus
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Default Source menu
Paper menu
Paper Size/Type menu
Tray x Type
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Multipurpose Tray Type
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Substitute Size menu
Configure MP menu
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Paper Texture menu
Paper Loading menu
Paper Weight menu
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Custom Types menu
Custom Names menu
Custom Scan Sizes menu
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Universal Setup menu
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Reports menu
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Network/Ports menu
Active NIC menu
Standard Network or Network x menus
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Smtp Setup menu
Network Card menu
Network Reports menu
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TCP/IP menu
IPv6 menu
Wireless menu
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Network/Ports Network x Net x Setup Wireless
AppleTalk menu
NetWare menu
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LexLink menu
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Standard USB menu
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Parallel x menu
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Serial x menu
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Security menu
Miscellaneous menu
Confidential Print menu
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Disk Wiping menu
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Security Audit Log menu
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Set Date/Time menu
General Settings menu
Settings menu
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Keyboard
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Displayed Information
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Home screen customization
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Copy Settings menu
Original Size
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Darkness Number of Copies Header/Footer
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Color Dropout
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Fax Settings menu
Fax Mode Analog Fax Setup menu
General Fax Settings
Fax Cover
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Fax Send Settings
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Fax Receive Settings
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Fax Log Settings
Distinctive Rings
Fax Mode Fax Server Setup menu
Speaker Settings
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Fax Server Setup
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Mail Settings menu
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FTP Settings menu
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Flash Drive menu
Scan Settings
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Print Settings
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Setup menu
Print Settings
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Finishing menu
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Quality menu
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Utilities menu
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PostScript menu
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PCL Emul menu
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Html menu
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Image menu
XPS menu
Help menu
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Cleaning the exterior of the printer
Cleaning the scanner glass
Maintaining the printer
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Cleaning the ADF separator rollers
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Adjusting scanner registration
Touch Scanner Manual Registration
Touch Copy Quick Test
Touch Exit Configuration
Storing supplies
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Touch View supplies
Checking the status of supplies
Checking the status of supplies from a network computer
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Ordering supplies
Ordering toner cartridges
Ordering a photoconductor kit
Moving the printer to another location
Ordering ADF replacement parts
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Shipping the printer
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Administrative support
Setting up e-mail alerts
Checking the device status
Viewing reports
Restoring the factory default settings
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Clearing jams
Clearing jams
Understanding jam messages and locations
201 paper jams
Jam message numbers and how to access each jam
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Paper jam
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Paper jams
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Clearing jams under the ADF cover
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Clearing ADF jams by lifting the scanner cover
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Clearing ADF duplex jams
Understanding printer messages
Troubleshooting
Solving basic printer problems
Indicator light blinks red
Close front door
Clock battery
Change src to
Check tray x connection
Connect xbps
Disk Full Scan Job Canceled
Fax partition inoperative. Contact system administrator
Fax Station Name not set up
Invalid PIN
Fax Station Number not set up
Install Tray
Insert Tray
No answer
No analog phone line connected to modem, fax is disabled
Memory full, cannot print faxes
Network/Network
Scan Document Too Long
Restore Held Jobs?
Smtp server not set up. Contact system administrator
Replace x if restarting job
Unsupported USB device, please remove
Some held jobs were not restored
System busy, preparing resources for job
Unsupported disk
Insufficient memory, some Held Jobs were deleted
Insufficient memory to support Resource Save feature
Insufficient memory, some held jobs will not be restored
Insufficient memory to collate job
Defective flash detected
Ppds font error
Network x software error
Serial option x error
Standard parallel port disabled
Standard network software error
Parallel port x disabled
Serial port x disabled
Too many flash options installed
Standard USB port disabled
USB port x disabled
Configuration change, held jobs were not restored
Disk full
Routine maintenance needed
Incompatible tray
Remove defective disk
Yy scanner jam
Yy Cartridge nearly low
Yy Replace cartridge
Yy paper jam
Emulation error, load emulation option
Scanner Disabled
Scanner Service Error
Service message
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Solving printing problems
Job takes longer than expected to print
Confidential and other held jobs do not print
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Large jobs do not collate
Job prints from the wrong tray or on the wrong paper
Incorrect characters print
Tray linking does not work
Scanner unit does not close
Solving copy problems
Unexpected page breaks occur
Copier does not respond
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Poor copy quality
271
Solving scanner problems
Partial document or photo copies
Checking an unresponsive scanner
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Scan was not successful
Scanning takes too long or freezes the computer
Poor scanned image quality
Caller ID is not shown
Solving fax problems
Partial document or photo scans
Cannot scan from a computer
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Cannot send or receive a fax
275
Can send but not receive faxes
Received fax has poor print quality
Can receive but not send faxes
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Make Sure the FAX Transmission Speed is not SET TOO High
Solving option problems
Reset the Printer
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Hard disk with adapter
Internal Solutions Port
Drawers
Flash memory card
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Solving paper feed problems
Paper frequently jams
Paper trays
That jammed does not reprint after you clear the jam
Solving print quality problems
Isolating print quality problems
Paper jam message remains after jam is cleared
Characters have jagged or uneven edges
Blank pages
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Clipped images
Ghost images
Gray background
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Check the Toner Darkness Setting
Incorrect margins
Paper curl
Fuser MAY be Worn or Defective
Print irregularities
Skewed print
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Print is too light
Solid black or white streaks
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Toner is LOW
Check the Darkness Settings
Print is too dark
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Toner Cartridge is Defective
Streaked vertical lines
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Toner is Smeared
Toner rubs off
Toner fog or background shading appears on
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Embedded Web Server does not open
Toner specks
Transparency print quality is poor
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Contacting Customer Support
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Product information
Edition notice
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Trademarks
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Noise emission levels
294
Laser advisory label
Power consumption
Product power consumption
Laser notice
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Power Saver
Off mode
European Community EC directives conformity
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Industry Canada compliance statement
Avis de conformité aux normes de l’industrie du Canada
Regulatory notices for telecommunication terminal equipment
298
South Africa telecommunications notice
Utilisation de ce produit en Suisse
Using this product in Switzerland
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Exposure to radio frequency radiation
Regulatory notices for wireless products
Verwendung dieses Produkts in der Schweiz
Uso del prodotto in Svizzera
Industry Canada Canada
Industry Canada Canada
Taiwan NCC RF notice statement
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Statement of Limited Warranty
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY
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Limited warranty
Limited warranty service
Extent of limited warranty
Limitation of liability
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Additional rights
Device License Agreement Lexmark Software License Agreement
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Microsoft Corporation Notices
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Numerics
Index
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Duplexing copy jobs Fax jobs, incoming 139 print jobs
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Quality 276 faxing
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Partial document or photo scans
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Computer Creating shortcuts using the touch screen
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