Lexmark E232 User Manual

 
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Place a sheet of the selected print media, print side facing up, at the center of the manual 
feeder, but only to the point where its leading edge can contact the paper guides.
Hold transparencies by the edges and avoid touching the print side. Oil from your fingers 
can affect print quality.
Insert envelopes with the flap side face down and with the stamp area as shown.
Load letterhead face up, with the top of the sheet first.
If you experience problems with paper feed, turn...

 
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How to print on both sides of the paper (manual duplex)
Printing on both sides of the paper reduces printing costs.
Although you can use Tray 1 or the 550-sheet tray to print the first side of the duplex job, only use 
Tray 1 to print the second side.
You can choose how you want your job duplexed: Long Edge or Short Edge.
Long Edge means pages are bound along the long edge of the page (left edge for portrait, 
top edge for landscape).
Short Edge means pages are bound along the short...

 
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Select either Long Edge or Short Edge.
5Select Manual 2-sided printing.
6Click the Paper tab.
7Select the appropriate Input options for your print job.
8Click OK.
9Click OK on the Print window.
The printer prints every other page of the document first. Once the first side of your job prints, 
the Load Paper  light comes on and the Continue  light blinks.
10Load the paper back into the printer with the already-printed side up and the top of the page 
toward the front of the tray....

 
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How to print multiple page images on one page (N-up printing)
The Multipage Printing (N-up) setting is used to print multiple page images on a single page. For 
example, 2-Up means two page images are printed on one page, 4-up means four page images are 
printed on one page, and so on.
The printer uses the Multipage Order, Multipage View, and Multipage Border settings to determine 
the order and orientation of the page images, and whether a border is printed around each page 
image....

 
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How to print a booklet
The Booklet setting lets you print multiple pages in booklet form without having to re-format your 
document so the pages print in the proper order. The pages print so that the finished collated 
document may be folded along the center of each page to form a booklet.
If the document contains many pages, a booklet may have too many pages to fold easily. If you are 
printing a fairly large booklet, you might want to use the Sheets per Bundle option to specify how...

 
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How to print a poster
The Poster setting lets you print a single image across several pages. Once printed, you can 
combine the pages to create one large image.
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3From the Page Layout tab, click More Page Layout Options.
4Click Poster.
5Select the poster size you want by choosing the number of pages to use...

 
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How to print on letterhead
To print on letterhead, make sure the paper is loaded with the proper orientation.
1Make sure the letterhead is properly loaded according to the paper source you are using:
Tray 1 or 2—Load the letterhead paper with the design side facing down. The top edge of 
the sheet with the logo should be placed at the front of the tray.
Manual feeder—Load the letterhead paper face-up, with the top of the sheet first.
Note:If you are using the manual feeder, first...

 
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Using an overlay
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3Click the Other Options tab.
4Click Overlays.
5Select which pages receive the overlay.
6Select the overlay to use.
7Select whether to place the overlay on top of or underneath the page image in the Overlay 
placement area.
8Click OK.
Using a watermark
1From the computer’s software...

 
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How to cancel a print job
A print job can be canceled from the operator panel or from your computer. The Cancel job light 
sequence is displayed on the operator panel while the job is being cancelled.
From the printer operator panel
Press and release Cancel  to cancel the job currently printing.
From a Windows computer
1Click StartÆ SettingsÆ Printers.
2Double-click the printer you are using to print the job.
A list of print jobs appears.
3Right-click the document you want to stop...

 
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Edition: November 2003
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