Lexmark E462DTN User Manual

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On (Text/Graphics)
Note: This setting is best suited for printing text and line
graphics.Reduce printer noise.
Print jobs are processed at one‑half the normal
processing speed.
Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to
print. There is a short delay before the first page is printed.
Fans run at reduced speed or are turned off.
If your printer has faxing capability, fax sounds are
reduced or disabled, including those made by the fax
speaker and ringer. The fax is placed in standby mode.
The alarm control and cartridge alarm sounds are turned
off.
The printer ignores the Advance Start command.
Off (Image/Photo)
Note: Selecting Photo from the driver may disable Quiet
Mode and provide better print quality and full speed
printing.Use factory default settings. This setting supports the
performance specifications for your printer.
1Make sure that the printer is on and Ready appears.
2From the printer control panel, press .
3Press the up or down arrow button until Settings appears, and then press .
4Press the up or down arrow button until General Settings appears, and then press .
5Press the up or down arrow button until Quiet Mode appears, and then press .
6Press the up or down arrow button to scroll through the list of possible settings. Press  at the correct setting.
Submitting Selection appears.
Adjusting Power Saver
Available settings range from 1–240 minutes. The factory default setting is 30 minutes.
To increase or decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power Saver mode, do one of the following:
Using the Embedded Web Server
1
Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.
Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP
address in the TCP/IP section.
2Click Settings, and then click General Settings.
3Click Timeouts.
4In the Power Saver box, increase or decrease the number of minutes you want the printer to wait before it enters
Power Saver mode.
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							Using the printer control panel
1
Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.
2Press .
3Press the up or down arrow button until Settings appears, and then press .
4Press the up or down arrow button until General Settings appears, and then press .
5Press the up or down arrow button until Timeouts appears, and then press .
6Press the up or down arrow button until Power Saver appears, and then press .
7Press the up or down arrow button to increase or decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power
Saver mode, and then press 
.
Recycling
Lexmark provides collection programs and environmentally progressive approaches to recycling. For more information,
see:
The Notices chapter
The Environmental Sustainability section of the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/environment
The Lexmark recycling program at www.lexmark.com/recycle
Recycling Lexmark products
To return Lexmark products to Lexmark for recycling:
1Visit our Web site at www.lexmark.com/recycle.
2Find the product type you want to recycle, and then select your country from the list.
3Follow the instructions on the computer screen.
Recycling Lexmark packaging
Lexmark continually strives to minimize packaging. Less packaging helps to ensure that Lexmark printers are transported
in the most efficient and environmentally sensitive manner and that there is less packaging to dispose of. These
efficiencies result in fewer greenhouse emissions, energy savings, and natural resource savings.
Lexmark cartons are 100% recyclable where corrugated recycling facilities exist. Facilities may not exist in your area.
The foam used in Lexmark packaging is recyclable where foam recycling facilities exist. Facilities may not exist in your
area.
When you return a cartridge to Lexmark, you can reuse the box that the cartridge came in. Lexmark will recycle the
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							Returning Lexmark cartridges for reuse or recycling
The Lexmark Cartridge Collection Program diverts millions of Lexmark cartridges from landfills annually by making it
both easy and free for Lexmark customers to return used cartridges to Lexmark for reuse or recycling. One hundred
percent of the empty cartridges returned to Lexmark are either reused or demanufactured for recycling. Boxes used
to return the cartridges are also recycled.
To return Lexmark cartridges for reuse or recycling, follow the instructions that came with your printer or cartridge and
use the pre‑paid shipping label. You can also:
1Visit our Web site at www.lexmark.com/recycle.
2From the Toner Cartridges section, select your country from the list.
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							Loading paper and specialty media
This section explains how to load the 250- and 550-sheet trays and the multipurpose feeder. It also includes information
about paper orientation, setting the Paper Size and Paper Type, and linking and unlinking trays.
Setting the paper size and type
1Make sure that the printer is on and Ready appears.
2From the printer control panel, press .
3Press the up or down arrow button until Paper Menu appears, and then press .
4Press the up or down arrow button until Paper Size/Type appears, and then press .
5Press the up or down arrow button until the correct tray or feeder appears, and then press .
6Press the left or right arrow button until the correct size appears, and then press .
Paper Type appears.
7Press the left or right arrow button until the correct type appears, and then press .
Submitting selection appears. The printer returns to the Paper Size/Type menu.
Configuring Universal paper settings
The Universal Paper Size is a user‑defined setting that lets you print on paper sizes that are not preset in the printer
menus. Set the Paper Size for the specified tray to Universal when the size you want is not available from the Paper
Size menu. Then, specify all of the following Universal size settings for your paper:
Units of Measure (inches or millimeters)
Portrait Height and Width
Feed Direction
Note: The smallest supported Universal size is 76.2 x 127 mm (3 x 5 in.); the largest is 216 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 in.).
Specify a unit of measure
1Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.
2From the printer control panel, press .
Paper Menu appears.
3Press .
4Press the up or down arrow button until Universal Setup appears, and then press .
5Press the up or down arrow button until Units of Measure appears, and then press .
6Press the up or down arrow button until  appears next to the correct unit of measure, and then press .
Submitting selection appears, followed by the Universal Setup menu.
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							Specify the paper height and width
Defining a specific height and width measurement for the Universal paper size (in the portrait orientation) allows the
printer to support the size, including support for standard features such as duplex printing and printing multiple pages
on one sheet.
Note: Select Portrait Height to adjust the paper height setting or Paper Width to adjust the paper width
setting, or adjust both. Instructions to adjust both follow.
1From the Universal Setup menu, press the up or down arrow button until Portrait Width appears, and then
press 
.
2Press the left or right arrow button until the setting you want appears, and then press .
Submitting selection appears, followed by the Universal Setup menu.
3From the Universal Setup menu, press the up or down arrow button until Portrait Height appears, and
then press 
.
4Press the left or right arrow button until the setting you want appears, and then press .
Submitting selection appears, followed by the Universal Setup menu.
5Press and release  until Ready appears.
Specify a feed direction
Short Edge is the factory default setting for feed direction for Universal paper settings. The Feed Direction menu appears
only when both the height and width specified for the Universal paper size are set to 8.5 in (216 mm) or less. If necessary,
specify whether the short or long edge of the paper enters the printer first.
1From the Universal Setup menu, press the up or down arrow button until Feed Direction appears, and then
press 
.
2Press the up or down arrow button until Short Edge or Long Edge appears, and then press .
3Press and release  until Ready appears.
Loading trays
1Pull the tray completely out.
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							2Squeeze and slide the guides to the correct position for the paper size you are loading.
For long paper like A4 or legal, squeeze and slide the length guide backwards to accommodate the length of paper
you are loading.
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							If you are loading A6‑size paper:
aSqueeze and slide the length guide toward the center of the tray to the A5 size position.
bRaise the A6 backstop.
Notes:
Tray 1 accommodates only 150 sheets of A6‑size paper. Notice the maximum fill line on the A6 backstop
which indicates the maximum height for loading A6‑size paper. Do not try to overload the tray.
A6‑size paper cannot be loaded in Tray 2.
Note: Use the size indicators on the bottom of the tray to help position the guide.
3Flex a stack of paper back and forth to loosen the sheets, and then fan them. Do not fold or crease the paper.
Straighten the edges on a level surface.
4Load the paper stack toward the back of the tray as shown with the recommended print side facedown.
Note: The maximum fill line on the width guide indicates the maximum height for loading paper. Do not load
A6‑size paper to the maximum fill line; the tray holds only 150 sheets of A6‑size paper. Loading paper and specialty media47
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							1Maximum fill line
Load letterhead with the top edge of the sheet toward the front of the tray and the design facedown.
5Squeeze and slide the guides to lightly touch the side of the stack.
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							6Insert the tray.
7If the paper type you loaded differs from the type that was previously loaded in the tray, then change the Paper
Size/Type setting from the printer control panel Paper menu.
Using the multipurpose feeder
You may want to use the multipurpose feeder when you print on different sizes and types of papers or specialty media,
such as card stock, transparencies, paper labels, and envelopes. You may also want to use the multipurpose feeder for
single‑page print jobs on letterhead or on other specialty media you do not keep in a tray.
Opening the multipurpose feeder
1Grasp the handle, and pull the multipurpose feeder door down.
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							2Grasp the raised handle, and pull the extension forward.
3Grasp the handle, and pull the extension so it flips forward.
4Guide the extension down gently so the multipurpose feeder is extended fully and open.
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