Lexmark E250dn 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...

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...

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...

14Understanding the control panel lights
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...

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...

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,...

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:...

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...

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...

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...