Lexmark E240n User Manual

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How to load the 250-sheet and 550-sheet trays
Attaching the dust cover
The dust cover helps protect the paper tray from 
the environment as well as keep the tray from 
being knocked out of position while it is extended.
Attach the dust cover to the back of the printer by 
aligning the tabs on the cover to the holes on the 
printer, and snap the cover into place.
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How to load the manual feeder
How to load the manual feeder
The manual feeder is located at the front of your printer and can only feed one sheet of print media at a time. You can use 
the manual feeder to make quick runs of paper types or sizes that are not currently loaded in the paper tray.
For information on acceptable print media to use in the manual feeder, see What types of print media can be loaded? on 
page 22. Using only the specified print media helps prevent paper jams and print quality problems.
Note:We recommend that you send your print job to the printer prior to loading the manual feeder. See How 
to manually feed a print job on page 37 for more information.
To load the manual feeder:
1Place 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. 
Otherwise, the printer will engage the print 
media too soon and likely skew the print job.
2Adjust the paper guides to the print media 
width.
3Hold both sides of the print media close to 
the manual feeder, and push it into the 
printer until it automatically engages.
There is a brief pause between the time the 
printer engages the print media and when it 
feeds into the printer.
Warning:Do not force the print media into 
the feeder. Forcing the media 
causes jams.
Insert envelopes with the flap side down and 
with the stamp area as shown.
Hold transparencies by the edges, and avoid touching the print side. Oil from your fingers can affect print quality.
Load letterhead face-up, with the top of the sheet entering first.
If you experience problems with paper feed, turn the paper over.
How to use the rear exit
The single-sheet rear exit provides a straight-through paper path to help reduce curling and potential jams. This is 
especially useful for specialty media, such as transparencies, envelopes, labels, card stock, or index cards.
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How to use the rear exit
To use the rear exit, open the rear exit door. When the rear exit door is open, all print media comes out the rear exit. When 
closed, all media is sent to the output bin on top of the printer.
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How to clear paper jams
How to clear paper jams
When a paper jam occurs, the printer stops and the operator panel Paper Jam  and Continue  lights come on. 
Press and release Continue twice quickly to display the specific secondary error paper jam light sequence. See 
Secondary error codes on page 70 for more information.
We recommend that you clear the entire paper path when a paper jam occurs.
To clear a paper jam:
1If you are feeding paper from a tray, remove the tray, and then remove any jams.
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How to clear paper jams
2Open the front cover, and remove the print cartridge assembly.
Warning:Do not leave the print cartridge assembly exposed to direct light for an extended period of time. 
Extended light exposure can cause print quality problems.
3Remove any jams in the area behind the print cartridge assembly.
Warning:Fuser or area may be hot.
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How to clear paper jams
4Lift the flap at the front of the printer, and remove any jams beneath the flap.
5Open the rear exit, and remove any jams.
Warning:Fuser or area may be hot.
6After you have cleared the jams, reinstall the print cartridge assembly, make sure all printer covers and trays are 
closed, and then press Continue to resume printing.
Note:Jam recovery is set to Auto by default. When jam recovery is set to Auto, the memory that holds the 
image of a page may be re-used after the page is printed but before it has successfully exited the 
printer if that memory is needed for another use. Therefore, a jammed page may or may not be 
reprinted, depending on the printer’s overall memory usage. 
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5Printing tasks
How to manually feed a print job
The manual feeder is located at the front of the printer and can only feed one sheet of print media at a time. For information 
on acceptable print media to use in the manual feeder, see What types of print media can be loaded? on page 22.
When using the manual feeder, send the print job to the printer before loading the print media. When the printer is ready, it 
will display the Load Manual Feeder light sequence, at which point you should load the media.
To manually feed a print job:
1From the computer software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the printer driver settings.
3Click the Paper tab.
4Select Manual paper from the Paper tray drop-down list.
5Select the appropriate Paper size and type.
6Click OK.
7Click OK on the Print window to send the job to print.
The printer displays the Load Manual Feeder light sequence.
8Place 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.
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How to manually feed a print job
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 the paper over.
9Adjust the paper guides to the print media width.
10Hold both sides of the print media close to the manual feeder, and push it into the printer until it automatically 
engages.
There is a brief pause between the time the printer engages the print media and when it feeds into the printer.
Warning:Do not force the print media into the feeder. Forcing the media causes jams.
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How to print on both sides of the paper (manual duplex)
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 edge of the page.
To manually duplex a print job:
1From the computers 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, select 2-sided printing.
4Select either Long Edge or Short Edge.
5Select 2-sided printing.
6Click the Paper tab.
7Select the appropriate Input options for your print job.
Back of 
sheetFront of 
next sheetBack of sheet
Front of 
next sheet
Por tra itLandscape
Back of sheet
Front of sheetBack of sheetFront of sheet
Landscape Por tra it
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How to print on both sides of the paper (manual duplex)
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.
Note:Manual duplex is not available on a Macintosh computer.
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