Lexmark X544 Manual

							Printing information pages
For more information on printing these pages, see “Printing menu settings pages” on page 33 and “Printing a network
setup page” on page 33.
Printing a font sample list
To print samples of the fonts currently available for your printer:
1Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.
2From the printer control panel, press .
3Press the arrow buttons until Reports appears, and then press .
4Press the arrow buttons until Print Fonts appears, and then press .
5Press the arrow buttons until PCL Fonts, PostScript Fonts, or PPDS Fonts appears, and then press
.
After the font sample list prints, Ready appears.
Printing a directory list
A directory list shows the resources stored in flash memory or on the hard disk.
1Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.
2From the printer control panel, press .
3Press the arrow buttons until Reports appears, and then press .
4Press the arrow buttons until Print Directory appears, and then press .
After the directory list prints, Ready appears.
Printing the print quality test pages
Print the print quality test pages to isolate print quality problems.
1Turn the printer off.
2Hold down  and the right arrow button while turning the printer on.
3Release the buttons when the dots appear, and wait for CONFIG MENU to appear.
4Press the arrow buttons until PRINT_QUAL_TXT appears, and then press .
The print quality test pages print.
5Press the arrow buttons until Exit Config Menu appears, and then press .
Resetting the Printer appears briefly, and then Ready appears. Printing71 
						

							Canceling a print job
Canceling a print job from the printer control panel
1Press .
Stopping . . . appears, followed by Cancel Print Job.
2Press .
Canceling appears.
Canceling a print job from the computer
To cancel a print job, do one of the following:
For Windows users
1Click , or click Start and then click Run.
2In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.
3Press Enter, or click OK.
The printer folder opens.
4Double‑click the printer icon.
5Select the job to cancel.
6From the keyboard, press Delete.
From the Windows taskbar:
When you send a job to print, a small printer icon appears in the right corner of the taskbar.
1Double‑click the printer icon.
A list of print jobs appears in the printer window.
2Select a job to cancel.
3From the keyboard, press Delete.
For Macintosh users
In Mac OS X version 10.5 or later:
1From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
2Click Print & Fax, and then double‑click the printer icon.
3From the printer window, select the job to cancel.
4From the icon bar at the top of the window, click the Delete icon.
In Mac OS X version 10.4 and earlier:
1From the Go menu, choose Applications.
2Double‑click Utilities, and then double‑click Print Center or Printer Setup Utility. Printing72 
						

							3Double‑click the printer icon.
4From the printer window, select the job to cancel.
5From the icon bar at the top of the window, click the Delete icon. Printing73 
						

							Copying
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Use the ADF for multiple‑page documents.
Use the scanner glass for single pages, small items (such as postcards or
photos), transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings).
Making copies
Making a quick copy
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
Note: If a Lexmark
TM Document Solutions Suite (LDSS) profile has been installed, then you may receive an error
when attempting a quick copy. Contact your system support person for access.
4If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
Copying using the ADF
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2Adjust the paper guides. Copying74 
						

							3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button, or use the keypad to enter the number of copies.
4Change the copy settings as needed.
5From the printer control panel, press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
Copying using the scanner glass
1Place an original document facedown on the scanner glass in the upper left corner.
2From the printer control panel, press the Copy button, or use the keypad to enter the number of copies.
3Change the copy settings as needed.
4From the printer control panel, press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
5Place the next document on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the
numeric keypad.
Copying photos
1Place a photo facedown on the scanner glass in the upper left corner.
2From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
3Press the Content button until the light next to Photo comes on.
4Change the copy settings as needed.
5From the printer control panel, press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
6Place the next document on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the
numeric keypad.
Copying on specialty media
Copying to transparencies
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4From the Copy area, press the Options button.
5Press the arrow buttons until Paper Source appears, and then press .
6Press the arrow buttons until the tray or source containing the transparencies appears, and then press .
7Change the copy settings as needed. Copying75 
						

							8Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
9If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
Copying to letterhead
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4From the Copy area, press the Options button.
5Press the arrow buttons until Paper Source appears, and then press .
6Press the arrow buttons until the tray or source containing the letterhead appears, and then press .
7Change the copy settings as needed.
8Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
9If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
Customizing copy settings
Copying from one size to another
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4From the Copy area, press the Options button.
Original Size appears.
5Press .
6Press the arrow buttons until the size of the original document appears, and then press .
7Press the arrow buttons until Paper Source appears, and then press .
8Press the arrow buttons until the tray or source containing the size you want the copy to be appears, and then press
.
Note: If you select a paper size that is different from the original size, then the printer will scale the size
automatically. Copying76 
						

							9Change the copy settings as needed.
10Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
11If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
12Press  to return to the Ready state.
Making copies using paper from a selected tray
During the copy process, you can select the tray that contains the paper type of choice. For example, if specialty media
is loaded in the multipurpose feeder, and you want to make copies on that media:
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4From the Copy area, press the Options button.
5Press the arrow buttons until Paper Source appears, and then press .
6Press the arrow buttons until the tray or source containing the media you want the copy to be on appears, and then
press 
.
7Change the copy settings as needed.
8Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
9If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
10Press  to return to the Ready state.
Copying on both sides of the paper (duplexing)
Note: The duplex feature is not available on selected printer models.
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4Press the Duplex/2‑Sided button.
5Press the arrow buttons until 1 To 2 Sided appears, and then press .
The first number represents sides of the original documents; the second number represents sides of the copy. For
example, select 1‑sided to 2‑sided if you have 1-sided original documents and you want 2‑sided copies. Copying77 
						

							6Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
7If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
Reducing or enlarging copies
Copies can be reduced to 25% of the original document size or enlarged to 400% of the original document size. The
factory default setting for Scale is Auto. If you leave Scale set to Auto, then the content of your original document will
be scaled to fit the size of the paper onto which you are copying.
To reduce or enlarge a copy:
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4Press the Scale button.
5Press the arrow buttons until the scale option you want appears, and then press .
If you selected Custom then do the following:
aPress the arrow buttons to decrease or increase the size, or enter a number between 25 and 400 on the numeric
keypad.
bPress .
6Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
7If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
Making a copy lighter or darker
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4Press the Darkness button.
5Press the arrow buttons to make the copy lighter or darker.
6Press .
7Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
8If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad. Copying78 
						

							Adjusting copy quality
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4Press the Content button until the light comes on next to the setting that best represents what you are copying:
Text—Used for original documents that are mostly text or line art
Text/Photo—Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures
Photo—Used when the original document is a high-quality photograph or inkjet print
5Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
6If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad.
7Press  to return to the Ready state.
Collating copies
If you print multiple copies of a document, then you can choose to print each copy as a set (collated) or to print the
copies as groups of pages (not collated).
Collated Not collated
By default, Collate is set to On. If you do not want to collate your copies, then change the setting to Off.
To turn collation off:
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4From the Copy area, press the Options button.
5Press the arrow buttons until Collate appears, and then press .
6Press the arrow buttons until Off [1,1,1,2,2,2] appears, and then press .
7Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
8If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad. Copying79 
						

							Placing separator sheets between copies
1Type 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 address
in the TCP/IP section.
2Click Settings.
3Click Copy Settings.
4Click Separator Sheets.
Note: Collation must be On for the separator sheets to be placed between copies. If Collation is Off, then the
separator sheets are added to the end of the print job.
5Select one of the following:
Between pages
Between copies
Between jobs
6Click Submit.
Copying multiple pages onto a single sheet
In order to save paper, you can copy either two or four consecutive pages of a multiple‑page document onto a single
sheet of paper.
Notes:
The Paper Size must be set to Letter, Legal, A4, or B5 JIS.
The Copy Size must be set to 100%.
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine
clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.
4From the Copy area, press the Options button.
5Press the arrow buttons until Paper Saver appears, and then press .
6Select the output you want.
For example, if you have four portrait-oriented original documents that you want copied to the same side of one
sheet, stop at 4 on 1 Portrait, and then press 
.
7Press  for a black only copy or  for a color copy.
8If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on
the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the numeric keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the numeric keypad. Copying80