Xerox 4505/4505ps and 4510/4510ps Desktop Laser Printers
USA
Table of Contents
B l e o f C o n t e n t s
Glossary
Index
Page
Chapter
Overview
Overview
E r v i e w
Printer Components
4510/4510ps only
Factory Settings
Control Panel on the printer. See Using the Control Panel
Sharing the Printer
A r i n g t h e P r i n t e r
Memory Considerations
M o r y C o n s i d e r a t i o n s
Overview Paper Input Paper Output Paper Specifications
Paper Trays
Loading Paper
A p t e r 2 H a n d l i n g P a p e r
Selecting a Paper Source
A p t e r 2 H a n d l i n g P a p e r
Paper Input
P e r I n p u t
Paper Output
P e r O u t p u t
Weight
Dimensions
Paper Size Dimensions
P e r Specification s
Legal
COM-10 Envelope
Monarch Envelope
DL Envelope
P e r T r a y s
Paper Trays
Multipurpose MP Tray Standard Paper Tray
Standard Tray
Paper†
Sheets
250
Optional Tray Paper † Capacity ‡ Sheets
Legal
Folio 8.5 x 250 Legal 8.5 x Letter 8.5 x
Envelope
Multipurpose Tray
Paper† Capacity‡ Sheets
P e r T r a y s
Optional Lower Base
Loading Standard or Lower Paper Tray
Loading Paper
A d i n g P a p e r
Remove the tray from Printer
If necessary, adjust Side guide to Correct paper width
Load paper in the tray
Making sure the paper
Is tucked under
Insert the paper tray Printer
Adjust the side guides To the desired paper Size
Feeding Multipurpose Paper Tray
Feed paper or Envelopes into the MP Tray
Loading Letterhead Pre-printed Drilled, or Label Paper
Face up
Loading Envelopes
PCL Paper Source Alternate Names
Printing a
L e c t i n g a P a p e r S o u r c e
Source Mapping Description Setting
Source Mapping Settings
Standard
PCL Paper Source Without With Lower Base
Standard Standard-Lower
MP Tray
Lower
Example
Source Mapping Examples
You have a lower base installed. You want to load as much
You do not have a lower base installed. You want to print
Will automatically switch between the trays according to
Mostly on white A4 paper but sometimes on pre-printed A4
2-10. You want to print mostly on white A4
Xerox PCL 5e emulation Windows printer driver also has this
Other pages of your document. Neither your software
Overview Control Panel Features
Navigating the Menu System
Main Menu System Language
PCL Menu
Reset Menu
PostScript Menu
Interface Menu
System Menu
Control Panel
Control Panel Features
N t r o l P a n e l F e a t u r e s
Indicator Lights
Indicator Description
Online
Form Feed
Reset
Keys
Key Description
Menu
Down
Enter
Changes to values will be saved unless you first press Enter
Reset Printer Reset Menus
Reset All
Navigating the Menu System
Language PCL Menu
Menu System Indicators
Symbol Description Example
Setting a Menu Option
Press Online to take the printer offline
Message
Main Menu System
I n M e n u S y s t e m
Main Menu hierarchy
Language
Language Options
Options English Equivalent
N g u a g e
PCL Menu
L M e n u
PCL Menu hierarchy showing factory settings
PCL Menu hierarchy
PCL Menu Options
Option Setting Description
Copies
Font Source
Internal
Pitch
Font Number
10.00
Default Source
Interaction of Default Source and Source Mapping
Point Size
12.00
Source Mapping
See Selecting a Paper Source
MP Tray Size
Paper Size
Orientation
64* Europe
Form Length
60* USA
Symbol Set
Roman-8
Protection
Jam Recovery
Off
Resolution
Printer Settings that Affect Memory page 3-67 for
TrueRes
600x600
Protection or Resolution
State Saving
Temporary fonts and macros are always
Cleared at the end of every print job
PostScript Menu
S t S c r i p t M e n u
PostScript Menu Hierarchy
11 PostScript Menu hierarchy showing factory settings
Copies Default Tray Manual Size Tray Switching
Default Tray
PostScript Menu Options
TrueRes
Tray Switching
Lower tray when the printer is feeding
Do not remove either the standard or
Paper
Print Errors
Manual Size
Higher resolutions require more printer memory. See
Down in Page Protection or Resolution
Contents of virtual memory will not
Be saved if there is not enough free
Memory
Interface Menu
Interface Menu Hierarchy
Token Ring Menu See
T e r f a c e M e n u
13 Interface Menu hierarchy showing factory settings
Serial Menu
LocalTalk Menu‡
Port Enable
Port Timeout
Parallel Menu Options
System Language
Lang. Sensing
Also see Printer Settings that Affect Memory
Auto Job End
Auto Job End should be On if the printer
Is on a network
Bidirectional
Transfer Rate
Only set Bidirectional On if you have a
Software application that supports it
Serial Menu Options
Lang. Sensing
Enough to exceed the Port Timeout
When Off, the print job does not end after
Port Timeout interval. It could be the Port Timeout
3-67for other ways to correct the problem
Handshake
Baud Rate
DTR Polarity
Data Bits setting must match
Host computer data bits setting
How the parity bit is used in error checking
Parity setting must match the host
LocalTalk Menu Option
Secs Time interval for determining when to poll the next
Has been inactive for this amount of time
Ethernet Menu Options
Lang. Sensing
802.3
Frame Type
Correct frame type
Token Ring Menu Options
When Lang. Sensing page 3-55 is On, System
Language is used only when the printer cannot
Incoming data stream, then switching to
Language setting if it fails to sense the language
18 Token Ring Menu options showing factory settings
System Menu Hierarchy
System Menu
S t e m M e n u
System Menu Options
Hex Dump
Chime
System Messages
When Auto Continue is Off, the printer does not
Resumes operation after certain system errors if
Control of the resumption of printing after system
Two examples are
Defaults
Power Saver
15 min
30 min
Test Menu Hierarchy
Test Menu
S t M e n u
Test Menu Functions
Function Description
Config. Sheet
Demo
Have loaded and what Symbol Set page 3-25 you are using
PCL Font List
PS Font List
Test Print
Fuser Cleaning
Memory Check
Reset Menu Functions
Reset Menu Hierarchy
S e t M e n u
Option Description
I n t e r S e t t i n g s t h a t a f f e c t M e m o r y
Printer Settings that Affect Memory
Protection Off
Protection or Resolution setting
PostScript Menu
Setting 300 dpi 600 dpi
With Page Protection Off
With Page Protection set
PostScript and PCL PostScript and/or PCL 10 MB
Page
Using Fonts
A p t e r 4 U s i n g F o n t s
Temporary and Permanent Fonts
Bitmapped font
Scalable font
Where Fonts Reside
Fonts Resident on the Printer
N t s R e s i d e n t o n t h e P r i n t e r
TrueType Fonts
Intellifont Fonts
N t s R e s i d e n t o n t h e P r i n t e r
PostScript
Adding Fonts
D i n g F o n t s
Font Cards
Font cards for the 4505/4505ps and 4510/4510ps contain PCL
Fonts within Software Applications
Selecting Font
L e c t i n g a F o n t
Temporary and Permanent Fonts
W n l o a d i n g F o n t s
W n l o a d i n g F o n t s
W n l o a d i n g F o n t s
Page
Adding Printer Options
A p t e r 5 a d d i n g P r i n t e r O p t i o n s
Sheet lower base with paper tray
Paper trays
Ethernet card
LocalTalk card
Token Ring card
Font card
Install i n g a S I M M
Installing a
4505ps and 4510ps Users
Install i n g a S I M M
Install i n g a S I M M
Thumbscrews are not Removable
Plugged
Place the controller Board on a ream Paper
When removing a Simm Be careful not to damage
Press the Simm down until the clips lock it Place
Insert the new Simm into either Simm slot
Be careful not to damage Locking clips located
Replace the printer Controller board
Push the controller Board firmly into Place
Printer controller board and the chassis
Replace the rear cover
If the thumbscrews do not
Easily turn, reseat
Controller board and try
Install i n g a S I M M
Press Online
Power on 1 Printer
Press Menu
Press Enter
Press Enter again to start printing a Configuration Sheet
Verify the Simm has been correctly installed
Total system memory = nnnn KB
Install i n g a F o n t C a r d
Font Card
When installing Pcmcia font cards, printing a PCL Font List
Maintaining the Printer
A p t e r 6 M a i n t a i n i n g t h e P r i n t e r
Maintaining the printer in good operating condition is
Replacing the EP Cartridge
P l a c i n g t h e E P C a r t r i d g e
Remove Multipurpose MP Tray, if installed
Press the side latches down to release Open the front cover
Remove the old EP Cartridge
Please recycle it
You may have to pull firmly Dispose of the tab and tape
Close the front cover
E E P C a r t r i d g e
P l a c i n g t h e E P C a r t r i d g e
On the Control Panel, press Online
Fuser
S e r C l e a n i n g C y c l e
Press Up or Down until you see
Wait for the Control Panel to display
Online Ready
Select the System Menu see Select Print Density
Adjusting Print Density
J u s t i n g t h e P r i n t D e n s i t y
Cleaning the Printer
E a n i n g t h e P r i n t e r
Helpful Hints for Moving the Printer
A n s p o r t i n g t h e P r i n t e r
Troubleshooting
A p t e r 7 Troubleshooting
Before Calling for Service
Critical
Serious
Moderate
Locating Your Printer’s Serial Number
Serial number
Displayed Control Panel Messages
Message Description/Action
0001†
0040†
Power Off & On
Comm. Error
0101†
1000†
Three cleaning sheets are being printed
Cleaning sheets have been printed
Fuser assembly has failed printing cannot resume
Action None A p t e r 7 Troubleshooting
Install
Service Required
EP Cartridge
IOT NVM Fail
Display
LocalTalk card XNIC-L’TALK has failed and cannot be used
Lower tray needs paper
Load that size or press Enter
Lower-Standard
MP Tray
MP-Low-Std
MP-Lower
See Printer Settings that Affect Memory
Reduce resolution to 300 dpi
Install additional memory. See Installing a Simm
Formatting and printing are halted
Too Complex
Printing
Please Read
Last Print
Reset Menus has been invoked from the Reset Menu
List of PostScript fonts page 3-63 is printing
Printer is online and waiting for data to print
Print jobs, temporary fonts, and macros from memory
Turn Power Off
Std. Tray Empty
Std. Tray Out
Temp Font/Macro
Printer is exiting power-saver mode
Printer has changed resolution to
Message clears when the next job prints
Being used by the application
Printer has changed resolution to
Message clears when the next job prints
MessageDescription/Action
Page
Paper Jams
P e r J a m s
Printer paper path
Clearing Paper Jams from Standard Tray or Lower Base
Area inside Printer near the fuser Caution may be hot
P e r
P e r J a m s
P e r
Clearing Paper Jams from MP tray
Problem Action
Printer Operational Problems
I n t e r O p e r a t i o n a l P r o b l e m s
If garbled data, check Configuration Sheet to confirm that
On printer and try again
Print a PCL Font List See Chapter
Print another PCL Font List
Hierarchy
Problem Possible Causes Corrective Actions
I n t Q u a l i t y P r o b l e m s
Light/faint prints
Blank Prints
Background/black
Defective EP cartridge Replace EP cartridge
Prints
Spot deletions
Horizontal line
Deletions
Vertical dark streaks
Horizontal dark streaks
Residual image
Defective EP cartridge Replace EP cartridge Ghost images
Previous pages is Dealer or Xerox / Rank Xerox
Current
Unfused or partially
Fused image
Skewed prints
See Chapter
Both horizontal and vertical folds
Should fall within plus or minus two
Lines
Be in your software application
TrueRes Smoothing problems
Excessively dark
Appendix a
4505ps Printer Specifications
Factory-provided features 2 MB printer memory
Document Services for Printing software diskettes
On the 4505ps printer
PostScript option
1 0 a n d 4 5 1 0 p s P r i n t e r Specification s
4510ps Printer Specifications
Up to 20,000 prints
35.2 x 39.4 x 25.4 cm
On the 4510ps printer
Printer Language Paper Size Printable Area Width Length
All paper sizes
PostScript
X 11 Letter
B l e Specification s
Cable Specifications
Signal Signal Name Source Function Pin #
ACK
Init Host
Settings are for 8 bit data with 1 stop bit and parity none
RS-232C Serial Interface Ccitt
Signal Name Pin # RS-232C Direction Function
Figure A.4 Pin assignment for RS-232C
RS-422A Serial Interface Ccitt
Signal Name Pin # RS-422A Direction Function
Figure A.6 Null Modem wiring
Null Modem Network Interface
Appendix B
Page
Function Parameter Command Decimal Value Hexadecimal Value
Graphics are printed on the page. Figure B.1 lists the PCL
Length and Size
L P r i n t e r C o m m a n d s
Reverse Landscape
Margins and Text Length
Perforation Skip Mode
Horizontal Column Spacing
Cursor Positioning
End-of-Line Termination
Ventura Math 027 040 054
Math-8 027 040 056
Spacing
Primary Height # Points 027 040 115 # ... # 28 73 # ... #
Stroke Weight
Primary Typeface Family
Underline
Font Default
Transparent Print
Soft Symbol Set Management / Creation
C2S 027 042 099 050 2A 63 32
Graphics
Raster Graphics
Print Model
Imaging
Rectangle Dimensions
USER-DEFINED Pattern / Management Creation
Macros
Programming Hints
PCL Vector Graphics SWITCHING/SET-UP Picture Frame
Command Mnemonic Parameters
Context Printer Commands
G L / 2 C o n t e x t P r i n t e r C o m m a n d s
Polygon Group
Character Group
Pen required, 1 for black recommended or 0 for
White
Height must be less than
User Defined Line Type Index ,gap1 . . . gapn
Control Codes
Function Symbol Decimal Description
N t r o l codes
Page
Appendix C
P e n d i x C I / O P o r t P o l l i n g C-1
For the 4505/4505ps printers
Auto Job End is On
For the 4510/4510ps printers
P e n d i x C I / O P o r t P o l l i n g C-3
Page
Appendix D
P e n d i x D O r d e r i n g I n f o r m a t i o n D-1
Option/Part No Description Comments
Printer Options
Printer Memory Simm
Font Cards
Printer Memory option, above
P e n d i x D O r d e r i n g I n f o r m a t i o n D-3
Network Interfaces
Paper Trays
P e n d i x D O r d e r i n g I n f o r m a t i o n D-5
Base attaches to the bottom
Lower Base
4505/4505ps and 4510/4510ps
Additional Order Items
Type/Part No Description Comments
EP Cartridge
Cables
Services for Printing Guide
Software Diskettes
For more information on Xerox
Software drivers and utilities for
P e n d i x D O r d e r i n g I n f o r m a t i o n D-9
User Documentation
P e n d i x D O r d e r i n g I n f o r m a t i o n D-11
Page
P e n d i x E E n v i r o n m e n t a l Specification s E-1
Appendix E
Xerox Commitment to Environmental Quality
Acoustic Noise Figures maximums
P e n d i x E E n v i r o n m e n t a l Specification s E-3
Class B
Operational Safety
P e n d i x E E n v i r o n m e n t a l Specification s E-5
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Glossary
O s s a r y GL-1
Page
Downloaded fonts See Downloading
O s s a r y GL-3
Page
O s s a r y GL-5
Page
Manual tray See MP tray
O s s a r y GL-7
Page
O s s a r y GL-9
Printer reset See Reset
Printer description See Description
O s s a r y GL-11
Page
O s s a r y GL-13
Page
Index
D e x
Emulation, see Lang. Sensing option, State Saving option
Procedure 6-9 to
Adding, see SIMM, Installing
Lower tray 2-14 to
Options 3-41 to
PCL Menu 3-15 to Options 3-18 to
Options 3-32 to
System Menu 3-57 to 3-60 Options 3-58 to
Test Menu 3-61 to Functions 3-62 to
Options 3-54 to
Toner, see EP cartridge