Lexmark Optra Optra T Service manual

1Administrator’s Guide

Administrator’s Guide

Use this document when you have questions about the Lexmark

Optra™ T printer or encounter a problem when using it. This document

contains information on operator panel menus, printer messages, trou-

bleshooting, maintenance, and removing printer options.

You may choose to restrict access to the Administrator’s Guide by

placing all of the CD documents, except the Administrator’s Guide, on

a network.

The online User’s Guide on this CD is a complement to this Administra-

tor’s Guide.

Click the document name to open it:

User’s Guide

Roadmap

Setup Guide

2000-Sheet Drawer User’s Guide

High-Capacity Output Stacker

Installation Instructions

Home

TIPS

•Use the Adobe Acrobat (3.x or above) icons and table

of contents on your screen to navigate and use this

document.

•Click the blue text to link to another part of this

document or to another document.

•You can print all or specific pages of this document.

2Administrator’s Guide

Other sources of information

Drivers, MarkVision and

Utilities CD

In addition to printer drivers and utilities, the Drivers, MarkVision and

Utilities CD includes information about Lexmark printers. After launch-

ing the CD, click View Documentation and then click:

•Printer Commands to open the Technical Reference and get

details about printer languages and commands, interface speci-

fications, and memory management.

•Special Media to open the Card Stock & Label Guide and get

information about choosing the correct print material.

•MarkVision™Printer Utility to open documents providing details

about the MarkVision printer management software.

•MarkNet™Print Servers to open documents containing infor-

mation about configuring MarkNet print servers.

Lexmark Web site Access our site on the World Wide Web for updated printer drivers, util-

ities, and documentation:

www.lexmark.com

3Trademarks

Trademarks

Lexmark, MarkNet, MarkVision, and Optra are trademarks of Lexmark

International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other coun-

tries.

PictureGrade is a trademark of Lexmark International, Inc.

Operation ReSource is a service mark of Lexmark International, Inc.

PCL®is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company.

PCL 6 is Hewlett-Packard Company’s designation of a set of printer

commands (language) and functions included in its printer products.

This printer is intended to be compatible with the PCL 6 language. This

means the printer recognizes PCL 6 commands used in various appli-

cation programs, and that the printer emulates the functions corre-

sponding to the commands.

PostScript®is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

PostScript 3 is Adobe Systems’designation of a set of printer com-

mands (language) and functions included in its software products. This

printer is intended to be compatible with the PostScript 3 language.

This means the printer recognizes PostScript 3 commands used in var-

ious application programs, and that the printer emulates the functions

corresponding to the commands.

Details relating to compatibility are included in the Technical

Reference.

4Trademarks

The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of these

companies:

Albertus The Monotype Corporation

Antique Olive Monsieur Marcel OLIVE

Apple Chancery Apple Computer, Inc.

Arial The Monotype Corporation

Candid Agfa Corporation

CG Omega Agfa Corporation

CG Times Based on Times New Roman under license from The Monotype

Corporation, is a product of Agfa Corporation

Chicago Apple Computer, Inc.

Clarendon Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries

Eurostile Nebiolo

Geneva Apple Computer, Inc.

GillSans The Monotype Corporation

Helvetica Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries

Hoefler Text Hoefler Type Foundry

Intellifont Agfa Corporation

ITC Avant Garde International Typeface Corporation

ITC Bookman International Typeface Corporation

ITC Zapf Chancery International Typeface Corporation

Joanna MT The Monotype Corporation

Lubalin Graph International Typeface Corporation

Marigold AlphaOmega Typography

5Trademarks

Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Monaco Apple Computer, Inc.

Mona Lisa International Typeface Corporation

NewYork Apple Computer, Inc.

Oxford AlphaOmega Typography

Palatino Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries

Pantone Pantone, Inc.

Stempel Garamond Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries

Taffy Agfa Corporation

Times New Roman The Monotype Corporation

TrueType Apple Computer, Inc.

Univers Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries

Wingdings Microsoft Corporation

6Using the Operator Panel and Menus

Using the Operator Panel and Menus

This section contains information about using the operator panel,

changing printer settings, and understanding operator panel menus.

If you are familiar with using an operator panel similar to this, you may

want to skip to “Overview of printer menus”on page 13. Otherwise, if

you need information see:

NOTE:Changes made to printer settings from a

software application override changes made from

the printer operator panel. Refer to the User’s

Guide for more details.

“Using the operator panel”on page 7.

“Printing the menu settings page”on page 9.

“Changing menu settings”on page 10.

“Disabling operator panel menus”on page 12.

7Using the Operator Panel and Menus

Using the operator panel Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu, scroll through a

list of values, change printer settings, and respond to printer mes-

sages. The following table describes the functions of each button.

Buttons act upon the information that displays on the second line of the

operator panel.

Operator panel buttons

Button Function

Go Press Go to:

•Return to Ready if the printer is in an offline situation (Ready does not display on the operator panel).

•Exit printer menus and return to Ready

•Clear operator panel error messages.

•Exit Power Saver mode and jump start the printer.

If you’ve changed printer settings, press Go before sending a job to print. Ready must display for jobs to print.

Menu> and <Menu Each end of the button has a function. Press Menu> or <Menu:

•When Ready displays, to take the printer offline (out of the Ready state) and enter the menus. Menu> takes you to the

first available menu. <Menu takes you to the last available menu.

•When Busy displays, to take the printer to the JOB MENU.

•When the printer is offline:

- Press

Menu> to go to the next item in the menus, or

- Press

<Menu to go to the previous item in the menus.

•For menu items that have numerical values, such as Copies, press and hold Menu> to scroll forward, or <Menu to

scroll backward. Release the button when the number you want displays.

8Using the Operator Panel and Menus

Select Press Select to:

•Select the menu displayed on the second line of the operator panel. Depending on the type of menu, this action:

- Opens the menu and displays the first item in the menu.

- Opens the menu item and displays the default setting.

•Save the displayed menu item as the new default setting. Saved displays and the printer returns to the menu item.

•Clear certain messages from the operator panel.

Return Press Return to return to the previous menu level or menu item.

Stop Press Stop while Ready, Busy, or Waiting displays to temporarily stop all activity and take the printer offline. The

operator panel status message changes to Not Ready.

Press Go to return to the Ready, Busy, or Waiting state.

Operator panel buttons (continued)

Button Function

9Using the Operator Panel and Menus

Printing the menu

settings page

The menu settings page shows current settings for the menus and a

list of installed options. You can use this page to verify that the printer

options are properly installed and the printer settings are set to what

you want.

NOTE:Before printing the menu settings page,

make sure the selected paper source holds

letter-, legal-, or A4-size paper and the PAPER

TYPE setting for the source is set to Plain Paper.

To print a menu settings page:

1Make sure the printer is on and Ready displays.

2Press Menu> or <Menu to enter the menus.

3Continue to press and release Menu> until UTILITIES MENU

displays.

4Press Select.

NOTE:If an error message displays, see

“Understanding Printer Messages”on page 93.

5Press Menu> until Print Menus displays.

6Press Select.

Printing Menu Settings displays until the page prints. The printer

returns to Ready after the menu settings page prints.

7If you installed options, verify that they are listed under “Installed

Features.”

10Using the Operator Panel and Menus

Changing menu settings Use the operator panel to change printer settings and customize your

printer to meet your specific needs.

To select a new value as the default setting:

1From Ready

, press Menu> or <Menu to enter the menus.

NOTE:Changes made from a software

application override the user default settings

made from the printer operator panel.

2Continue to press and release Menu> or <Menu until the menu

you need displays.

See “Overview of printer menus”on page 13 for a list of the

menus and their menu items.

3Press Select.

The menu opens and the first menu item in the menu displays.

4Press Menu> or <Menu until the menu item you need displays.

5Press Select.

An asterisk (*) appears beside the current user default setting

for that menu item.

Some menu items have submenus. For example, if you select

PAPER MENU, and then select the PAPER TYPE menu item, you

must select another menu (such as Tray 1 Type) before the avail-

able values display.

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