Maintaining your printer, Using the Control Program | Lexmark Z53

3 Maintaining your printer

Using the Control Program

The Control Program lets you monitor your printer, and install or replace print cartridges. To open the Control Program from the Start menu, click:

1Programs.

2Lexmark Z53 Series.

3Lexmark Z53 Control Program.

Maintaining your printer

Click the...

Status tab to:

•Monitor the status of your print job

•Cancel your print job

•Print a test page

•View your ink levels

Cartridges tab to:

•Install or replace print cartridges

•Align print cartridges for best print quality

•Clean the print nozzles

•View cartridge part numbers and order supplies directly from Lexmark’s Web site

About tab to find printer software version and copyright information.


Options tab to			DOS Printing tab
enable/disable various			to change settings for
printer software			DOS printing.
functions, such as Sound
Effects and Buffer Mode.
Effects and Buffer Mode.

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Lexmark Z53 manual Maintaining your printer, Using the Control Program

Contents

Lexmark Z53 United States Government Restricted Rights Contents Index Steps to basic printing Steps to basic printing Step One Load the paper Loading specialty papers Follow these guidelines when loading specialty papers Package Step Two Customize the Printer Properties Change settings as neededOpening the Printer Properties Open the application’s File menu Click Choosing printer settings for specialty papers Size paper Step Three Print your document Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper Printing beyond the basicsYou can use your printer to print Handouts see Booklets see Posters see Select Landscape Click OK Step Three Print your two-sided document Step Two Customize the Printer Properties for handouts Printing handoutsFrom the Paper Size area, select a paper size To receive paper reloading instructions, select Print Customize the Printer Properties for printing handouts Step Three Print your handouts Select the number of Sheets Per Bundle Printing booklets Step Three Print your booklet Building a booklet Step two Customize the Printer Properties for your poster Printing posters Step Three Print and assemble your poster From the Select Pages to Print screen Selecting specific pages to print Maintaining your printer Using the Control Program Make sure the Power light is On Installing or replacing print cartridges Improving print quality Maintaining your printer Aligning print cartridges Remove and reinstall the print cartridges Cleaning print nozzlesLoad plain paper in the printer Preserving print cartridges Wiping print nozzles When your printer has a problem, first make sure that Troubleshooting Before proceeding, verify that Printer prints slowly or doesn’t printMake sure Printer prints very slowly Test page does not print Printer does not feed envelopes or specialty papers Paper misfeeds or jamsPrinter has a paper jam Vertical straight lines are not smooth Document prints with mistakes or poor qualityCharacters are missing or unexpected Print is too dark or smudged You may need to clean the print nozzles. For help, seeColors on the printout differ from the colors on the screen Colors on the printout are faded Problems with transparencies, photos, envelopesGlossy photo papers or transparencies stick together Power light is On and the Paper Feed light is blinking Error messages and flashing lightsPower light blinks twice Paper Jam message Printing from DOS Appendix Extent of Warranty Appendix Energy star Index Error messages Ink Low 34 Paper Jam 30, 34 Printer Offline Improving print quality 23 index cards Loading Index