Lexmark E210 Setup Guide May 2001 www.lexmark.
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Table of Contents 1 Introducing Your Printer Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.2 Printer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.4 2 Setting Up Your Printer STEP 1: Unpacking Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.2 STEP 2: Installing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.3 STEP 3: Loading Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.5 STEP 4: Connecting to the Computer with a Parallel Cable . . .
1 chapter Introducing Your Printer Congratulations on your purchase of the LexmarkTM E210 printer! This chapter provides information on the following topics: • Special Features • Printer Components
Special Features Lexmark E210 is a versatile, productive printer equipped with special features that improve print quality, giving you a competitive edge. You can: Print with excellent quality • You can print at 600 dots per inch (dpi). See “Setting Graphic Properties” on page 5.12. Handle print media flexibly • Standard 150-sheet automatic input tray and a 1-sheet manual input tray support various sizes and types of print media.
Special Features Create professional documents • You can customize your documents by using watermarks such as “Confidential.” See “Printing Watermarks” on page 5.14. • Preprinted forms and letterheads can be printed on plain paper. See “Using Page Overlay” on page 5.17. • You can print posters. The text and pictures of each page of your document can be magnified and printed across several sheets of paper. After the document has printed, trim off the white edges of each sheet.
Printer Components Paper support Paper output support Automatic input tray Face-down output slot Paper guides Manual input tray Output lever Front cover Face-up output slot Control panel 1.
Printer Components Print cartridge Front cover Power switch Parallel port Power receptacle USB port I NTRODUCING YOUR PRINTER 1.
2 chapter Setting Up Your Printer This chapter provides step-by-step information on setting up your printer.
Unpacking Your Printer 1 Remove the printer and all accessories from the packing carton. Make sure that your printer has been packed with the items shown on the right. Print cartridge Power cord CD Paper output support Setup Guide Notes: • If any items are missing or damaged, notify your point of purchase. • Components may differ from one country to another.
Installing the Print Cartridge 1 Pull the cover open. 2 Remove the print cartridge from its bag and remove the paper covering from the print cartridge completely. 3 Gently shake the cartridge from side to side to distribute the toner evenly. Note: If toner gets on your clothing, wipe it off with a dry cloth and wash the clothing in cold water. Hot water sets toner into fabric. Warning! To prevent damage, do not expose the print cartridge to light for more than a few minutes.
Installing the Print Cartridge 4 Locate the cartridge slots, one on each side. 5 Insert the cartridge until it snaps into place. 6 Close the front cover securely. Note: When printing text at 5% coverage, expect a print cartridge life of approximately 2,000 pages (1,000 pages for the print cartridge that is shipped with the printer). 2.
Loading Print Media 1 Pull on the automatic input tray support until it stops. 2 Before loading any print media, flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them. Tap the edges of the stack on a table top to straighten them. This helps prevent jams. 3 Load a stack of paper into the automatic input tray with the print side facing up. S ETTING U P Y OUR P RINTER 2.
Loading Print Media Do not load too much paper. This tray holds 150 sheets. Keep the paper below this height mark. 4 Push the guide gently against the paper stack. Notes: • Do not push the width guide tightly causing the print media to warp. • Adjust the width guide to avoid jams. • To add more print media to the tray while a job is printing, first remove the remaining print media from the tray. Reinsert it with the new print media.
Connecting to the Computer with a Parallel Cable 1 Make sure both the printer and the computer are turned off and unplugged. 2 Plug the parallel printer cable into the connector as shown. Push the metal clips down to fit inside the notches on the cable plug. 3 Connect the other end of the cable to the parallel interface port on your computer, and tighten the screws. Refer to your computer documentation if you need help.
Turning on the Printer 1 Plug the power cord in as shown. 2 Plug the other end into a properly grounded AC outlet. 3 Turn on the power. To AC outlet Printing a Demo Page! As the printer powers up, all the printer control panel lights turn on briefly. 1 Press and hold the button when only the light remains on. 2 Hold down the button for two seconds until all lights blink slowly, then release. The Demo page prints.
Installing the Printer Software Included with your printer is a CD containing the printer driver for some of the most popular Windows-based software applications. To operate your printer, you must install a printer driver, which translates data from your application into data that the printer understands. If you are printing with a parallel interface See “Connecting to the Computer with a Parallel Port” on page 2.
Installing the Printer Software Installing the Printer Software from the CD ARK E21 0 LEXM 1 Place the CD in the CD-ROM drive. Installation begins automatically. If the CD-ROM drive does not automatically run: Select Run from the Start menu, and type x:\cdsetup.exe in the Open box (where x is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive), and click OK. Note: If the New Hardware Found box appears during the installation procedure, click the x in the upper right corner of the box, or click Cancel. 2.
Installing the Printer Software 2 Click Install the Lexmark Software on your PC. 3 The Welcome window opens. Click Next. The files are copied into the appropriate directory. S ETTING U P Y OUR P RINTER 2.
Installing the Printer Software 4 Click Finish. Software Installation Tips I do not have a CD-ROM drive How do I access printer features? If you have access to another computer with a CD-ROM drive, you can use the Make Diskette utility in Windows to create the disks you need for the installation. See “Installing Software from Diskette” on page 2.15. Some printer features, such as paper size and page orientation, may be available through your application settings.
Installing the Printer Software How do I remove the printing software? In Windows, after installation, the Uninstall icon in the Lexmark E210 program group allows you to select and remove any or all of the Lexmark E210 printing system components. If you are upgrading the printer driver, or if your installation fails, follow these instructions to uninstall the driver. 1 From the Start menu, select Programs. 2 Select Lexmark E210, and then Lexmark E210 Driver Maintenance.
Installing the Printer Software 4 The Lexmark E210 printer driver and all of its components are removed from your computer. 5 Click Finish. If you have installing problems • Exit your software programs. Then, turn off your computer and printer. Turn on your printer, and then turn on your computer. • Close any virus protection programs that are running on your computer. • Uninstall the printer software using the instruction above, and repeat the installation procedure.
Installing Software from Diskettes If you do not have a CD-ROM drive and if you have access to another computer with a CD-ROM drive, you can copy software installation files from your printer software CD onto floppy diskettes, and then use the diskettes instead of the CD to install the software. Making Installation Diskettes You can make the installation diskettes for the Lexmark E210 printer driver.
Installing Software from Diskettes 3 Click Make your own Diskette set of software. The Copy to Floppy dialog box appears. 4 Select the floppy disk drive you will use to insert the diskette. Select the floppy drive you will use. Shows the number of disks required to copy the selected component. Shows the path of the selected component. 2.
Installing Software from Diskettes 5 Click Copy all disk images. If you want to copy a portion of the selected component, select the disk you want to copy in the Disk Images window, and then click Copy Selected disk image. 6 When prompted, insert a blank, formatted diskette into the floppy drive, and click Yes to copy the first diskette. For multiple diskettes, when the first diskette is finished, you are prompted to insert disk 2.
Installing Software from Diskettes Installing Software To install the printer driver from the diskettes, complete the following steps: 2.18 S ETTING U P Y OUR P RINTER 1 Insert the first diskette (if the selected software diskettes are more than one). 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Type A:\setup.exe in the Open box and click OK. (If your floppy drive is not A, substitute the correct letter.) 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
3 chapter Using the Control Panel This chapter describes how to use the printer control panel.
Control Panel Buttons The printer has three buttons: (Continue), (Cancel) and (Demo). Printing a demo page Press and hold for 2 seconds until the control panel lights blink slowly to print a demo page. The printer must be in Ready mode. For more information, see “Printing a Demo Page” on page 2.8. Cleaning the inside of the printer Press and hold for 10 seconds until the control panel lights remain lit. After cleaning the printer, one cleaning sheet prints.
Control Panel Buttons Canceling a job Press and hold until the control panel lights blink to cancel a job the printer is currently printing. The light blinks while the print job is cleared from both the printer and the computer, and then returns to the Ready mode. This may take some time, depending on the size of the print job. Note: If the button is accidentally pushed, the job must be reprinted. There is no undo function.
Control Panel Lights The control panel lights indicate the status of your printer. If the light is on, the printer is experiencing an error. See “Troubleshooting Error Messages” on page 7.18. Control Panel Light Message Ready mode The light is on and the printer is ready to print. No action is needed. If you press and hold the demo page prints. button for about 2 seconds, a Processing The printer is receiving or processing data. Wait for the job to print. Pressing the button cancels the current job.
Using Your Printer with a USB Cable Installing the Printer Software - Windows 2000/XP 1 Turn the printer on and connect the USB cable to the computer and printer. 2 Follow your on screen instructions for driver installation. Note: To connect the printer to the USB port of the computer requires a certified USB cable. You will need to buy the USB 1.0 compliant cable.
Using Your Printer with a USB Cable c Plug the other end into the USB port on the computer. d The Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next. e Check Search for the best driver for your device and click Next. A.
Using Your Printer with a USB Cable f Check CD-ROM drive and click Browse, then choose x:\E210\Eng (or the desired language code)\USB (where x is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive). g Click Next. The USB driver will be installed. h Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. D RIVER AND P RINTER S PECIFICATIONS A.
Using Your Printer with a USB Cable 3 Set your PC printer port a From the Start menu, select Settings, then select Printers. b Select the Lexmark E210 printer icon in the Printers folder. c Select Properties from the File menu. d Click the Details tab. Select USB: (E210) in the Print to the following port box. Click OK. The setup is now completed. A.
