Lexmark Printer 2500 Users Manual User's Guide

2015-01-23

• Contents
• Safety information
• Learning about the printer
  • Printer overview
  • Applying control panel overlays
  • Understanding the printer features and functions
  • Printing a demonstration page
  • Printing a network setup page
  • Printing from Windows or DOS
  • Using IBM emulation mode
  • Using Epson emulation mode
  • Using Okidata MICROLINE emulation mode
• Using the control panel
  • Understanding the control panel buttons
  • Understanding the control panel lights
  • Setting the printer online or offline
  • Advancing paper
  • Using the Load/Unload function
  • Locking and unlocking the control panel
  • Selecting a Tractor mode
  • Selecting and locking a font
  • Disabling Font Lock
  • Selecting and locking a pitch
  • Disabling Pitch Lock
• Loading paper
  • Setting the forms thickness lever
  • Paper paths
  • Using the Tear Off function
  • Loading continuous paper
    • Loading continuous forms using the push tractor
    • Front loading continuous forms using the pull tractor
    • Bottom loading continuous forms using the pull tractor
  • Loading cut forms
    • Loading a cut form or envelope manually
    • Aligning the left margin
  • Setting Top-of-Form
    • Setting Top-Of-Form for continuous forms in push mode
    • Setting Top-Of-Form for continuous forms in pull mode
    • Setting Top-Of-Form for a cut form or an envelope
    • Setting Top-Of-Form in a macro
• Paper and specialty media guide
  • Paper types and sizes supported by the printer
• Changing tractor positions
  • Push tractor position
  • Pull tractor position
  • Converting the push tractor to pull tractor position
  • Converting the pull tractor to push tractor position
• Understanding Setup mode and menu options
  • Using Setup mode
  • Changing menu settings (an example)
  • Setup Mode - Main menu
    • Main menu options
    • Forms Macro options
    • Data options
    • Control options
    • Emulation options
    • Interface options
• Maintaining the printer
  • Ordering supplies
  • Removing the ribbon cartridge
  • Cleaning the printer
  • Recycling Lexmark products
• Administrative support
  • Restoring the factory default settings
  • Supporting IPSec
  • Supporting SNMPv3
  • Using 802.1x authentication
• Troubleshooting
  • Checking an unresponsive printer
  • Testing the printer
  • Checking the printer status
  • Adjusting character (bidirectional) alignment
  • Solving printing problems
    • Printer test works, but the printer does not print when attached to the computer
    • Printer is noisy
    • Printer sounds like it is printing, but does not print
    • Printer alarm sounds
    • Printer goes to the Tear Off position before the print job finishes
    • Buttons do not work, except for Start/Stop, FormFeed, Tear Off and Load/Unload
    • Printer power switch is on, but the power light is off
    • Left margin moves to the right during printing
    • Incorrect line length; lines do not start at the left margin
    • Printer speed slows
    • Incorrect characters print, left margin changes, or printing stops
    • Printing continues beyond the edges of the continuous forms
    • Selected font or pitch is not printing or is changing
  • Solving paper feed problems
    • Paper is jammed in the printer
    • Paper is jammed in the Auto Sheet Feeder
    • Paper fed in the Auto Sheet Feeder jams at the printer entrance
    • Paper jam in the Tractor 2 Feeder
    • Printer does not feed paper
    • Printer does not feed from the optional Tractor 2 Feeder
    • Printer does not feed from the Auto Sheet Feeder
    • The optional Tractor 2 Feeder positions paper at incorrect Top-Of-Form position
    • The Auto Sheet Feeder feeds paper at an incorrect rate
    • The Auto Sheet Feeder places paper at the wrong Top-Of-Form position
    • Paper fed from the Auto Sheet Feeder is skewed
    • The Auto Sheet Feeder feeds multiple sheets
  • Solving print quality problems
    • Print is too light
      • Check the ribbon density control knob
      • Check the forms thickness lever
    • Dots are missing or print quality is poor
    • Characters are wrong or missing
    • Forms are smudged or print is too dark
    • Incorrect number of lines on a page
    • Graphics do not print
    • Incorrect line spacing or overprinting occurs
  • Contacting Customer Support
• Notices
  • Edition notice
  • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
  • Trademarks
  • Conventions
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compliance information statement
  • European Community (EC) directives conformity
  • Noise emission levels
  • Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive
  • ENERGY STAR
  • Power consumption
    • Product power consumption
    • Power Saver
    • Off mode
    • Total energy usage
  • Statement of Limited Warranty
• Index