Lexmark E250d User Manual

							11Understanding the control panel lights
Primary codes
Ready / Power Saver
BusyLight sequence:
•Ready—On
What this light sequence means:
•The printer is ready to receive and process data.
•The printer is in Power Saver mode.
What you can do:
•Send a print job.
•Press Continue to print the menu settings pages 
for a list of current printer settings.
•Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.
Light sequence:
•Ready—Blinking
What this light sequence means:
•The printer is busy receiving and processing data or 
printing.
•The printer is printing a directory, font list, menu settings 
pages, or Print Quality Test Pages.
What you can do:
•Busy:
–Wait for the message to clear.
–Press and release Cancel to cancel the print 
job.
–Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.
•Printing a directory, a font list, menu settings pages, or 
Print Quality Test Pages:
–Wait for the pages to print. The Busy message is 
displayed as the pages print. The Ready light is on 
when printing stops.
–Press and release Cancel to cancel printing.
–Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.
•Receiving/processing data from a host interface:
–Wait for the message to clear.
–Press and release Cancel to stop processing.
–Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							12Understanding the control panel lights
Hex Trace Ready
WaitingLight sequence:
Ready—Slow Blinking
What this light sequence means:
The printer is in the Ready mode, and Hex Trace is active.
What you can do:
•Advanced users can use Hex Trace to help troubleshoot 
printing problems. After resolving the problem, turn off 
the printer to exit Hex Trace.
•Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Ready—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer is waiting until a print timeout occurs, or until it 
receives additional data.
What you can do:
•Press Continue to print the contents of the print 
buffer.
•Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job.
•Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							13Understanding the control panel lights
Flushing / Resolution reduced
Not readyLight sequence:
•Ready—Blinking
•Error—Blinking
What this light sequence means:
•The printer is flushing corrupted print data.
•The printer is processing data or printing pages, but the 
resolution of a page in the current print job is reduced 
from 600 dots per inch (dpi) to 300 dpi to prevent a 
memory full error.
What you can do:
•Wait until the control panel returns to Ready to print other 
jobs.
•Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job.
•Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.
Light sequence:
Continue—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer is not ready to receive or process data, or the printer 
ports are offline.
What you can do:
•Press and release Continue to return to the Ready 
state.
•Press and release Cancel to return to the Ready 
state.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

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Close door
Insufficient collation area / Insufficient memory
Complex pageLight sequence:
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer front door is open.
What you can do:
Close the door. The printer will automatically reset.
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer memory is too full to collate the print job.
What you can do:
•Press and release Continue to clear the message 
and continue printing the job. (The job may not print 
correctly.)
•Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job.
•Press Cancel to reset the printer.
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The page may not print correctly because the print information on 
the page is too complex (that is, too large for the printer memory).
What you can do:
•Press Continue to clear the message and 
continue printing the job. (The job may not print 
correctly.)
•Press and release Cancel to cancel the print job.
•Press Cancel to reset the printer.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							15Understanding the control panel lights
Cancel job / Reset printer
Load print mediaLight sequence:
•Continue—On
•Ready—On
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—On
•Load Paper—On
•Paper Jam—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
•The current print job is canceled.
•The printer is resetting to the user default settings. Any 
active print jobs are canceled. A user default setting 
remains in effect until you change it or until you restore 
the factory default settings.
What you can do:
Wait for the message to clear.
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Load Paper—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer is out of print media at the indicated source.
What you can do:
•Load print media into the indicated tray, and press 
Continue to resume printing.
•Press Cancel to reset the printer.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							16Understanding the control panel lights
Load manual feeder
Toner lowLight sequence:
•Load Paper—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer prompts you to load a single sheet of print media in the 
manual feeder.
What you can do:
•Load print media into the manual feeder.
•Press Continue to resume printing.
•Press and hold Cancel to reset the printer.
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer is ready to receive and process data. In addition, the 
toner in the toner cartridge is getting low.
What you can do:
•Press and release Continue to clear the light 
sequence and continue processing the print job.
•Turn the printer off.
•Remove the toner cartridge, and shake it to extend the 
life.
•Replace the toner cartridge. (See Changing the toner 
cartridge on page80 for help.)
•Turn the printer back on.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							17Understanding the control panel lights
Toner cartridge region mismatch
Photoconductor kit life warningLight sequence:
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The geographic region of the printer does not match the 
geographic region of the installed toner cartridge. 
What you can do:
Remove the toner cartridge, and install a new toner cartridge that 
matches the region of the printer (see What supplies do I need 
and how do I order them? on page76).
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—Blinking
What this light sequence means:
The photoconductor is almost full and should be replaced soon.
Note:The Toner Alarm (see Secondary error 
codes on page25) must be turned on for 
this message to appear.
What you can do:
•Press and release Continue to clear the light 
sequence and continue printing.
•Replace the photoconductor kit. See Changing the 
photoconductor kit on page82 for more information.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							18Understanding the control panel lights
Replace photoconductor (printer hard stop)
Programming engine code / Programming system 
codeLight sequence:
•Continue—On
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—Blinking
•Error—Blinking
What this light sequence means:
The photoconductor kit is full and must be replaced. The printer 
will not print any more pages until the photoconductor kit is 
replaced.
What you can do:
•Press and release Continue to print a 
photoconductor kit instruction page.
•Replace the photoconductor kit. (See Changing the 
photoconductor kit on page82 for help.)
Light sequence:
•Ready—On
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—On
•Load Paper—On
What this light sequence means:
New code is being programmed into the engine or firmware code 
flash.
What you can do:
Wait for the message to clear. When the printer has finished 
programming the code, it performs a soft reset.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							19Understanding the control panel lights
Invalid engine code / Invalid network code
Network interface errors / Host interface disabled
Service errorLight sequence:
•Ready—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The engine code and/or the network code has not been 
programmed or has been programmed but is invalid.
What you can do:
Download valid engine code to the internal print server.
Light sequence:
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer cannot establish communication with the network.
What you can do:
Press Continue to clear the message and continue printing. 
(The current print job may not print correctly.)
Light sequence:
•Continue—Blinking
•Ready—Blinking
•Toner Low/Replace PC Kit—Blinking
•Load Paper—Blinking
•Paper Jam—Blinking
•Error—Blinking
What this light sequence means:
The printer has a service error and printing has stopped.
What you can do:
Turn the printer off and back on. If the lights are still blinking, 
contact the place where you bought your printer.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals 
						

							20Understanding the control panel lights
Printer error
Paper jam printer errorLight sequence:
•Continue—On
•Error—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer has one of the following errors:
•Memory is full, insufficient to save what is in the buffer.
•A page is too complex to print or is shorter than the set 
page margins.
•Resolution of a formatted page is reduced to 300 dpi.
•A font error occurred.
•Communication with the host computer is lost.
•Short paper.
What you can do:
•Press Continue twice quickly to see the secondary 
error code. See Secondary error codes on page25 for 
more information.
•Press Continue to clear the secondary message.
Light sequence:
•Continue—On
•Paper Jam—On
What this light sequence means:
The printer has a paper jam.
What you can do:
•Press Continue twice quickly to see the secondary 
error code. See Secondary error codes on page25 for 
more information.
•Press Continue to resume printing once all the 
jammed pages are cleared from the paper path.Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals