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Supplemental Information Some functions that are shown in this publication may not be on your Lexmark Z82 printer. Statement of Limited Warranty Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY This warranty applies to the United States and Canada. For customers outside the U.S. and Canada, refer to the country-specific warranty information that came with your printer.
Warranty Service The warranty period is twelve months and starts on the date of original purchase as shown on the purchase receipt. To obtain warranty service you may be required to present proof of original purchase. Warranty service will be provided at a Remarketer or a Lexmark designated location. You may be required to deliver your product to the Remarketer or Lexmark, or ship it prepaid and suitably packaged to a Lexmark designated location.
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1 Chapter Introduction Overview .............................................................. 1-1 About This Guide .................................................. 1-2 Main Features ...................................................... 1-3 Printer Components .............................................. 1-4 2 Chapter Setting up Your Printer Overview ............................................................... 2-1 Unpacking Your Printer .........................................
3 Chapter Using the Control Panel Overview ............................................................... 3-1 Control Panel Buttons ........................................... 3-2 Control Panel Display ........................................... 3-4 4 Chapter Print Media Overview ............................................................... 4-1 Media Size ............................................................ 4-2 Print Media Characteristics ...................................
6 Chapter Making a Copy Overview ............................................................... 6-1 Making a Single Copy ........................................... 6-2 Making Multiple Copies ......................................... 6-3 Changing Copy Setup ........................................... 6-4 Collated Copying ................................................... 6-6 Making a Clone Copy ........................................... 6-7 Printing Posters .............................................
8 Chapter Maintaining Your Printer Overview ............................................................... 8-1 Replacing the Print Cartridges .............................. 8-2 Aligning the Print Cartridges ..................................8-3 Cleaning Your Printer ............................................ 8-4 Printing the Help List ............................................. 8-6 Restoring the Menu to the Default Settings .......... 8-7 Adjust Shading ...............................................
Appendix Appendix Specifications ........................................................ A-1 Index .....................................................................
1 Chapter Introduction Overview Congratulations on the purchase of your Lexmark Z82 Scan/Print/Copy! This chapter provides the following information: About This Guide Main Features Printer Components Introduction 1-1
Chapter 1 About This Guide This guide will show you how to get started and perform the most common tasks with your printer. Conventions used Throughout this guide, the following specific conventions are used to help you quickly identify information: This label identifies significant information. This label identifies information you should know before you continue.
Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Main Features Your Lexmark Z82 Scan/Print/Copy supports the following features: You can print with excellent quality High-quality printing at a maximum resolution of 1200 dpi. With SmarThru 2, you can easily copy, or scan documents and photographs into your computer, and maintain them as electronic documents. You can also use SmarThru to quickly transmit scanned documents by fax or electronic mail, or to print a copy on your printer.
Chapter 1 Printer Components Front View The following illustration shows the front view of your printer and indicates the various main elements.
Chapter 1 Rear View The following illustration shows the rear view of your printer and indicates the various main elements.
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2 Chapter Setting Up Your Printer Overview This chapter provides step-by-step information on setting up your printer.
Chapter 2 Unpacking Your Printer When you start unpacking, you will find the following items in addition to your printer. Power Cord ● ● User’s Guide SmarThru 2 Guide Print Cartridges (Color/Black) CD-ROM If you find that any of the above items are missing or damaged, contact your local dealer. ● ● 2-2 Setting Up Your Printer The shape of power cord may differ, depending on your country. You will need either a parallel cable or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable.
During the storage and transport of your printer, adhesive tape is used 1 Remove all the adhesive tapes, as illustrated below. 2 Slide the Input Tray out of the printer. Remove the packaging material from the tray. Setting Up Your Printer Chapter 2 to protect some of the elements that may move or open unexpectedly and consequently be damaged.
Chapter 2 Connecting the Printer Cable The Lexmark Z82 printer has two interfaces for wide connectivity; parallel and USB. If you are running Windows 98 or higher and your computer is equipped with a USB port, see page 2-6 for connection. Parallel cable connection To prevent malfunction, it is strongly recommend that you use an IEEE 1284-compliant parallel cable with the printer. 2-4 1 Check that both the printer and the computer are powered off and disconnected from the power point.
4 Plug the other end of the cable into the appropriate parallel connector on your computer and fasten it tight. Setting Up Your Printer Chapter 2 3 Push the metal clips down to fit inside the notches on the cable plug.
Continued Connecting the Printer Cable To use a USB cable for printing, your computer should be running Windows 98 or higher and have a USB port. USB cable connection The USB and parallel printer cables cannot be connected simultaneously. You should decide which connection to use and the best connection to fit your requirement. 2-6 1 Make sure that both the printer and computer are turned off. 2 Plug one end of the certified USB cable into the USB port on the printer.
Chapter 2 Connecting the Power Cord The Lexmark Z82 printer has a power range of 110-240V AC. 2 Chapter 2 1 Plug one end of the power cable supplied to the connector on the rear of the printer. Plug the other end into a suitable power point. The printer indicates and enters the Ready Mode. At this moment, you will hear some of movement inside the printer.
Chapter 2 Loading Paper into the Input Tray Your printer has the Input Tray that can hold up to 150 sheets of paper. 1 Pull the tray completely out of the printer. 2 Slide the paper width and length guides to their outermost positions. 3 Place the paper against the back edge and the right side of the tray with the recommended print side face down. Do not fold or crease the paper. If necessary, flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, then fan them.
5 Slide the Length Guide in to fit the bottom edge of the paper. 6 Push the input tray back towards the printer until it stops. Chapter 2 4 Squeeze the Width Guide and slide it to fit the edge of the paper.
Chapter 2 Installing the Print Cartridges When you unpack the printer, the Print Cartridge Carrier is hidden on the right side of the printer. The carrier slides horizontally across a track inside the printer. It must move into the installation position on the far left side of the printer to install the print cartridges. Do not pull the Print Cartridge Carrier by hand. Doing so may damage the printer. 1 Remove the sticker and the transparent tape covering the copper contact area on one of the cartridges.
3 Complete the following steps to move the Print Cartridge Carrier into the installation position. a) Press Setup until CARTRIDGE appears in the display. Chapter 2 b) Press ➛ or ❿ until CHANGE CAR. appears in the second row of the display. c) Press Enter/Select. The Print Cartridge Carrier moves to the far left side of the printer. You are now ready to install the print cartridges. To print correctly, the cartridges should be installed into the correct slot.
Continued Installing the Print Cartridge 5 Push back on the cartridge until it snaps securely into place. You should hear a clicking sound. PUSH BACK 6 Close the Cartridge Compartment Cover. 7 Close the Printer Top Cover. 8 Press ➛ or ❿ until BOTH appears in the second row of the display. The display will timeout if there is no activity for a period of time.
10 Press ➛ or ❿ to select the color cartridge type that you installed. LEFT CARTRIDGE? NEW STD COLOR The cartridge types you can select are: NEW STD COLOR for a new standard color cartridge. NEW HIGH COLOR for a new high-yield color cartridge. OLD COLOR for a used color cartridge. RIGHT CARTRIDGE? NEW STD BLACK 11 Press Enter/Select. RIGHT CARTRIDGE? appears in the display. 12 Press ➛ or ❿ to select the black/photo cartridge type that you installed. 13 Chapter 2 9 Press Enter/Select.
Continued Installing the Print Cartridge 14 The following illustrations are examples of the alignment test patterns. Each pattern has a letter above it (A, B, C, D, E, and F for black/color, A, B, C and D for color/photo cartridge). Once the cartridge alignment test page has printed, the display looks like this: ALIGN CARTRIDGE ❿15 [00-30] A The current alignment value appears in the second row.
To change the alignment value 1) From the ALIGNMENT A group on the test page, locate the number under the alignment pattern that comes closest to forming a perfectly straight line. Chapter 2 2) Press ➛ or ❿ to display the correct alignment value based on the printed test page. 3) Press Enter/Select to choose the correct alignment value. The next Alignment screen appears on the display. 4) Repeat steps 1 through 3 to select alignment values for B, C, D, E, and F.
Chapter 2 Testing the Printer Each time you install a new print cartridge, run the Self Test to check if the print cartridge is installed properly. 2-16 1 Press Setup until MAINTENANCE appears in the display. [MAINTENANCE] ❿HELP LIST 2 Press ➛ or ❿ until PRINT SELF TEST appears in the second row of the display. [MAINTENANCE] ❿PRINT SELF TEST 3 Press Enter/Select. PRINTING The message PRINTING appears in the display.
Chapter 2 Installing the Printer Software Chapter 2 The printer software (printer driver) and the SmarThru 2 program are provided on CD-ROM. To use your new machine as a printer, the printer software must be installed. In addition, it is recommended to install SmarThru 2 program for more features than the stand-alone printer. Printer software (printer driver) The printer driver accesses the printer features and allows the computer to communicate with the printer.
Continued Installing the Printer Software Hardware Requirements To install and run the Printer Software you must have the following hardware configuration: ● 28MB of available Hard disk space ● 486 DX2 100MHz or better ● 16MB of RAM or more Software Requirements To install and run the Printer Software you must have the following software configuration. 2-18 ● Windows 95 ● Windows 98 ● Internet Explorer 4.
1 Installing the printer software Chapter 2 1 2 3 4 Make sure the printer is plugged in and connected to your computer. Start Windows. When the New Hardware Found message appears, click the Cancel button. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The Model Selection window should appear automatically. If the installation does not start automatically, do the following: a) Click Start ➝ Run from the Windows task bar. b) Type e:\autorun.
Continued Installing the Printer Software 7 Click Install Printer Software. If there is no Internet Explorer 4.0 or above version on your PC, the Setup program will install Internet Explorer version 5.0 on your PC first. After installing it, to continue Lexmark Z82 software setup, run ‘Autorun.exe’ from the CD or reinsert the CD in the drive. 8 9 10 2-20 Click Next. Type the user name and company and click the Next button.
11 ● Typical (recommended) This option allows you to install the printer driver, SmarThru software and OCR software. ● Compact (minimum) This option only allows you to install the printer driver. ● Custom (for experienced users) This option allows you to choose which components will be installed. The installation program will prompt you to select the software items. Select the program folder that you want to create the program icons for, and click the Next button.
Continued Installing the Printer Software After Windows is restarted, now you will be asked to add Fax Modem. 2 Adding a New Fax Modem 1 2 Click the Next button when SmarThru Add New Fax Modem window appears. 3 Type the identifier (usually your name), select the fax modem class, and then click the Next button. Select the modem that is installed in your system and then click the Next button. ● 4 2-22 Setting Up Your Printer When you have completed, click Finish.
3 Set up your Internet connection if you have an e-mail account from your company or a service provider. Select the way you are connected to the Internet and then click the Next button. If ‘Connection to internet over LAN’ is selected in step1, the following screen appears. Type your user name and the e-mail address, and then click the Next button.
Continued Installing the Printer Software 4 Type the password that you use to access your Internet mail server and then click the Next button. 5 Click the Next button. 6 To complete the configuration of your Internet e-mail service, click Finish. Congratulations! You have finished setting up your printer. Now you are ready to start using it.
Chapter 2 Uninstalling the Lexmark Software Chapter 2 The Uninstall utility is supplied with the Lexmark Software to enable you to remove the software and all associated files from your hard disk. To uninstall the printer driver, proceed as follows: Close any programs that are running first. 1) Click Start ➝ Programs ➝ Lexmark Z82 ➝ Lexmark Z82 Uninstall from the Windows task bar. 2) Follow the instructions on the screen. The printer driver is removed from your hard disk.
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3 Chapter Using the Control Panel Overview This chapter contains information about using the printer control panel, changing printer settings, and understanding control panel menus.
Chapter 3 Control Panel Buttons The Control Panel has many buttons which are used to change printer settings, make copies, scan documents and maintain the printer. Look for the following buttons and their functions. Button Function Press Setup to change printer settings. Setup The setup menu includes the following items: ● CARTRIDGE ● PAPER SIZE ● PAPER TYPE ● MAINTENANCE ● Press ❿ to move to the next item in the menus, or press ➛ to move to the previous item in the menus.
Button Function Press Resolution to change the resolution setting when copying documents. ● ● ● NORMAL BEST DRAFT Press Contrast to change the contrast setting when copying documents. ● ● ● NORMAL LIGHTEN DARKEN Press Zoom Rate to reduce or enlarge the size of a copied image from 25% to 400%. Press Copy Page to determine the number of copies (1 to 99) printed for each page. Chapter 3 Press Special Copy to : ● sort the copy job. (MONO COLLATE) ● clone the same images on a single page.
Chapter 3 Control Panel Display There are two kinds of messages and they show the information that you have to take care and what you need to do. ● Status messages provide information about the current state of the printer. ● Attendance messages indicate printer errors that you must resolve. Status Message Status Message indicates the current state of the printer. For example, if you first plug in the power cord, the printer enters the Ready Mode and shows following information.
4 Chapter Print Media Overview This chapter provides specifications and guidelines for each type of print media that can be used with your printer.
Chapter 4 Media Size The following table lists the types and dimensions of print media that you can use with your printer. Media 4-2 Dimension Letter 216 mm x 279 mm (8.50 inch x 11.00 inch) Legal 216 mm x 356 mm (8.50 inch x 14.00 inch) A4 210 mm x 297 mm (8.27 inch x 11.69 inch) A5 148 mm x 210 mm (5.83 inch x 8.27 inch) B5 182 mm x 257 mm (7.17 inch x 10.12 inch) Executive 184 mm x 267 mm (7.25 inch x 10.50 inch) A6 Card 105 mm x 149 mm (4.13 inch x 5.
Chapter 4 Print Media Characteristics Print media characteristics affect print quality and reliability. When you choose print media, consider the following: Weight The printer automatically feeds paper weights from 20 lbs to 24 Ibs. Surface Smoothness The degree of smoothness of the paper affects print quality. If the paper is too rough, the ink may not adhere to the paper properly, resulting in poor print quality.
Chapter 4 Paper Guideline When choosing any paper type, consider the weight, surface smoothness and color of the paper. ● ● For best print quality, use inkjet paper. Use only undamaged paper Not supported paper types - Multiple-sheet forms or documents - Preprinted papers with chemicals that may contaminate the printer.
Chapter 4 Using the Manual Feed Slot Your Printer has a Manual Feeder that lets you feed the papers which cannot be fed through the Input Tray. The OHP, thick paper, envelopes, and unformatted paper should be fed manually through the Manual Feeder. This feeder allows only one sheet at one time. Manual Feeder Slot 1 Insert the media against the right side of the slot until the printer picks it up. Chapter 4 Insert the media with the recommended print side face up. 2 Send your job to print.
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5 Chapter Printing Tasks Overview This chapter shows how to print a file in Windows and each property you can change.
Chapter 5 Selecting the Printer After installation, Lexmark Z82 printer is automatically selected as the default printer. To set the Lexmark Z82 printer as the default printer, follow the procedures as described below: Setting Your Default Printer 1 2 3 5-2 Printing Tasks Select Start ➝ Settings ➝ Printers from the Windows task bar. Double-click the Lexmark Z82 icon. Click Printer and select Set as Default.
Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Printing a Document The following procedure describes the general steps required for printing from various Windows applications. The steps for printing a document may vary depending on the application program you are using. 1 2 Start your application you are using to create the document, and open the document you want to print. Select Print from the File menu. ● You can see the print dialog box for your application.
Continued Printing a Document About Printer Control Program Window When the Lexmark Z82 Control Program on LPT1 window appears, click the appropriate tab for the options. Starting the Lexmark Z82 Control Program Select Start ➝ Programs ➝ Lexmark Z82 ➝ Printer Control Program from the Windows task bar. Using the Status Tab This tab shows the current printer status. These images show the amount of ink remaining in each cartridge. Click to cancel the current print job.
Chapter 5 Using the Options Tab This tab allows you to specify the Control Program setup options. Check this option to prevent the Control Program from appearing on your computer screen each time you send a job to print. Check this option to close the Control Program when a job has been sent to the printer. If your system has bi-directional communication problems, error message appears each time you send a job to print. To avoid seeing this message, check this option, or correct the problem.
Continued Printing a Document Using the Cartridges Tab This tab allows you to choose cartridge options. Click for version information. Click to install or replace the print cartridge. Shows the amount of ink remaining in each cartridge. Click to clean the print nozzles. Click to align printheads. Click this button to order supplies from Lexmark’s Web site. For more information about the print cartridge, see Chapter 8.
To take a full advantage of the printer features, be familiar with each property that the printer provides. 1 2 3 4 Select Start ➝ Settings ➝ Printers from the Windows task bar. Double-click the Lexmark Z82 icon. Select Printer ➝ Properties. The Properties dialog box allows you to access all the information you will need when using your printer. Click the appropriate tab, and then select/deselect the required options.
Continued Using Features in the Printer Driver Paper Tab This tab allows you to specify paper size, number of copies, page collation and page orientation. Paper Size Paper Source The paper source setting identifies the default paper tray. Use this setting to select the paper size installed in the Paper Tray or Manual Feeder. Copies Orientation Sets the number of copies you want to print. Select the way the image or text prints.
Chapter 5 Document/Quality Tab This tab allows you to specify the document type, paper type and print quality. Document Types Automatic: Automatically produces quality printing. Vivid Color: Produces enhanced color printing. Paper Types Natural Color: Produces photo-realistic natural color printing. Select the paper type you are feeding. Black Color: Optimizes black and white printing. Print Quality You can set the resolution for the graphics images.
Continued Using Features in the Printer Driver Advanced Tab This tab allows you to specify the halftone type, and adjust the image brightness, shadow and color. Halftone Use the Halftone settings to improve the appearance of pictures and graphics. Line Art: Generally the best choice for printed text or pen-and-ink drawings. Fine Dither: Produces fine quality printing. Air Brush: Produces air brush image printing. Image You can adjust image Brightness, Contrast, and color.
6 Chapter Making a Copy Overview This chapter contains information about copying the original document, selecting the special copy, and changing the copy setup.
Chapter 6 Making a Single Copy Your printer can copy in black and white or full color. 1 Place your original document face down on the Scanner Bed with the top left of the original towards the green mark ( ), and close the Printer Top Cover. 2 Start copying by doing one of the following: ● ● Press the Black button to make black and white copies. Press the Color button to make color copies. To cancel a copy in progress, press the Stop/Restore button.
Chapter 6 Making Multiple Copies You can make copies up to 99 via the Control Panel. Chapter 6 1 Place your original document face down on the Scanner Bed with the top left of the original towards the green mark ( ), and close the Printer Top Cover. 2 3 Press the Copy Page button. [SET COPY PAGE] ❿01 PAGE Press ➛ or ❿ until the desired number appears on the display. [SET COPY PAGE] ❿04 PAGES For example, if you select 4, set the pages to 04.
Chapter 6 Changing Copy Setup Before making copies, you can change the contrast, resolution and scale. Any change will take effective to every copy you will make. To change Copy Contrast 1) Press the Contrast button. 2) Press ➛ or ❿ until the desired setting appears in the display. You may choose NORMAL, LIGHTEN or DARKEN. 3) Press Enter/Select. To change Copy Resolution 1) Press the Resolution button. 2) Press ➛ or ❿ until the desired setting appears in the display.
Chapter 6 To change Copy Size 1) Press the Zoom Rate button repeatedly until the desired setting appears in the display. Or press Zoom Rate, ➛ or ❿ to increase/decrease the scale value. [ZOOM RATE] ❿NORMAL 100% Whenever you press Zoom Rate, following options display in order. NORMAL 100% makes a copy that is the same size as your original document. ENTIRE 91%➛❿ reduces your copy slightly to ensure that the whole image, out to all the edges, is copied.
Chapter 6 Collated Copying The Lexmark Z82 printer has a collated copying function to sort copies. The copy will be produced as below when collated. 1 2 3 Press the Special Copy button until MONO COLLATE appears in the first row of the display. [MONO COLLATE] DOCUMENT NO (01) Press ➛ or ❿ to enter the number of pages to scan. Choose print order by pressing either Enter/Select or Stop/Restore.
Chapter 6 Making a Clone Copy Use the CLONE setting to print multiple copies of the same image on a single page. For example, 4 IMAGES means four of the same images are printed on one page. 2 Press the Special Copy button until CLONE appears. 3 4 5 Chapter 6 1 Place your original document face down on the Scanner Bed with the top left of the original to the green mark ( ), and close the Printer Top Cover. [CLONE] ❿4 IMAGES Press ➛ or ❿ to select the clone number.
Chapter 6 Printing Posters This feature allows you to print a single page image on 4, 9 or 16 pages, which can be pasted together to form one poster size image. 6-8 1 Place your original document face down on the Scanner Bed with the top left of the original to the green mark ( ), and close the Printer Top Cover. 2 Press the Special Copy button until POSTER COPY appears. 3 Press ➛ or ❿ to select the number of the pages, which can be divided.
7 Chapter Changing Printer Settings Overview This chapter provides the following information: Selecting the Paper Size Selecting the Paper Type Changing Printer Setting 7-1
Chapter 7 Selecting the Paper Size It is important to select the correct paper size from the setup when using the input tray. See tables beginning on page 4-2 for a list of the dimensions for each paper and envelope size. 1 Press the Setup button repeatedly until PAPER SIZE appears. 2 Press ➛ or ❿ until the desired paper size appears in the second row of the display. 3 Press the Enter/Select button. [PAPER SIZE] ❿A4 NORMAL LETTER 100% 01 PAGES The selected paper size appears in the display.
Chapter 7 Selecting the Paper Type The Paper Type Setting lets you specify the type of print media installed in the Paper Input Tray. 1 Press the Setup button until PAPER TYPE appears. 2 Press ➛ or ❿ until the desired paper type appears in the second row of the display. 3 Press the Enter/Select button.
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8 Chapter Maintaining Your Printer Overview You will need to replace and clean print cartridges in your printer in order to maintain optimum print capabilities. This chapter provides information about maintaining your printer.
Chapter 8 Replacing the Print Cartridges The following sections take you through the process of replacing the print cartridges. To remove the print cartridge 1) Lift the Scanner Bed and support it with the Cartridge Compartment Cover. 2) Complete the following steps to move the Print Cartridge Carrier into the installation position. a) Press Setup repeatedly until CARTRIDGE appears in the display. b) Press ➛ or ❿ until CHANGE CAR. appears in the second row of the display. c) Press Enter/Select.
Chapter 8 Aligning the Print Cartridges For optimal printing you should align the print cartridges. If you replace print cartridges, your printer automatically prints an alignment test page. If you need to print an alignment test page, complete the following steps: 1 Press the Setup button until CARTRIDGE appears in the display. [CARTRIDGE] ❿CHANGE CAR. 2 Press ➛ or ❿ until ALIGN CAR. appears in the second row of the display. [CARTRIDGE] ❿ALIGN CAR. 3 Press the Enter/Select button.
Chapter 8 Cleaning Your Printer The following sections take you through the process of cleaning the print cartridge printheads. To clean the printheads Run CLEAN CAR. to clean the printheads. A test line prints so that you can see if the cleaning process was successful. Clean the printheads: ● ● When you suspect the printheads are clogged. When characters are not printing completely. [CARTRIDGE] 1) Press the Setup button until CARTRIDGE appears in the display. ❿CHANGE CAR.
To wipe the printheads 1) Remove the print cartridge from the printer. If you need help, see ‘To Remove the Print Cartridges’ on page 8-2. Copper Contact Area 2) Use a clean, damp cloth or cotton swab to gently wipe the entire copper contact area and the printheads as shown. 3) Allow the copper contact area to dry. 4) Reinstall the print cartridges. Printhead cle direaning ctio n If you need help, see ‘Installing the Print Cartridges’ on page 2-10.
Chapter 8 Printing the Help List The Help list contains the information about all of the functions currently available. 1 Press the Setup button until MAINTENANCE appears in the display. [MAINTENANCE] ❿HELP LIST 2 Press the Enter/Select button when HELP LIST appears on the second line of the display. PRINTING The printer prints the Help list.
Chapter 8 Restoring the Menu to the Default Setting To disable the menus so that changes cannot be made to the printer default setting: To restore factory defaults 1 Press the Setup button until MAINTENANCE appears in the display. [MAINTENANCE] ❿HELP LIST 2 Press ➛ or ❿ until RESTORE DEFAULT appears in the second row of the display. [MAINTENANCE] ❿RESTORE DEFAULT Press the Enter/Select button. The printer restores the factory default.
Chapter 8 Adjust Shading The shading is adjusted at the factory. However, if you accidentally drop the machine, you may want to adjust shading for optimized lightness. 1 Place your original document face down on the Scanner Bed with the top left of the original to the green mark ( ), and close the Printer Top Cover. 2 Press the Setup button until MAINTENANCE appears in the display. [MAINTENANCE] ❿HELP LIST 3 Press ➛ or ❿ until ADJUST SHADING? appears in the second row of the display.
9 Chapter Troubleshooting Overview Most printer problems can be easily solved by going through simple check lists and tests. The most frequent problems have been divided into several categories, as listed below.
Chapter 9 Clearing Paper Jams By carefully selecting print media and loading them properly, you should be able to avoid most paper jams. Paper jams while the printer is feeding 1 Pull the Input Tray completely out of the printer. Output Tray Input Tray 2 Lift the Output Tray. 3 Pull the paper up and toward you to remove it. 4 Press the Stop/Restore button. The error message disappears. 5 Replace the Input Tray and lower the Output Tray.
Chapter 9 Paper jams while printing 1 Open the Rear Cover by pushing the release tabs at each end of the cover. 2 Pull the paper out gently and slowly. 3 Close the Rear Cover until it snaps into place. 4 Press the Stop/Restore button. The error message disappears.
Continued Cleaning Paper Jams Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams If jams occur frequently, make sure you are following these tips to avoid jams : 9-4 ● Follow the procedures in 'Loading paper into the Input Tray' on page 2-8 to load paper properly. ● Do not overload the Input Tray. Never exceed the maximum capacity of 150 sheets of paper in the tray. ● When using the Manual Feeder, feed only one sheet of print media at a time. ● Do not remove the Input Tray while the printer is printing.
Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Error Messages The following table explains the various messages that may appear on your printer display. Message Meaning and Required Action CHECK PAPER THEN PRESS STOP Press the Stop/Restore button after loading the paper in the Input Tray. REMOVE PAPER JAM THEN PRESS STOP The printer detects a paper jam. Remove the jammed paper and press the Stop/Restore button. See 'Clearing paper jams' on page 9-2.
Continued Error Messages Message RIGHT CAR. EMPTY The Black or Photo cartridge is not installed or improperly installed in the Print Cartridge Carrier. LEFT CAR. EMPTY The Color cartridge is not installed or improperly installed in the Print Cartridge Carrier. CHECK CARTRIDGE Check the print cartridge to make sure that it is properly installed in the print cartridge carrier. See 'Installing the print cartridges' on page 2-10 for more information.
Chapter 9 Chapter 9 General Printing Problems Selecting the Default Printer If you did not select this printer as the default, you’d better select it as the default printer before attempting to print a document. To set the default printer, proceed as follows: 1) Select Start ➝ Settings ➝ Printers from the Windows task bar. 2) Double-click the Lexmark Z82 icon. 3) Select File ➝ Default Printer.
Problem The paper does not feed into the printer Cause & Solution ● Make sure the print media is loaded correctly. Remove and re-insert paper correctly. There is too many sheets in the Input Tray. Remove some papers. Do not mix paper types. The data does not print correctly ● The printer cable is not connected properly. ● The printer driver may be incorrectly installed. Remove the existing printer driver, and re-install it. Printing is too slow ● Adjust the print quality setting.
Chapter 9 Problem Print is too light or blurred Cause & Solution ● ● ● ● ● Characters print askew ● ● Characters print with White lines ● ● ● Incorrect character print ● ● 9-9 Chapter 9 Print Quality Problems Make sure the Print Quality setting is set to Normal. See Print Quality on page 5-9 for more information. Check to see if the print cartridge ink is low or empty. If you are printing on an uneven print surface, change the paper type setting.
Problem Entire page is white Cause & Solution ● ● ● ● ● Printed color does not match screen color ● ● Black and White is printing instead of color ● Color print quality is poor ● ● ● ● 9-10 Troubleshooting The page layout is too complex. Simplify the page layout. Delete any unnecessary graphics. Check the paper orientation. Make sure the paper size is set correctly. Make sure you are using the correct cable; IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable.
Problem The printer does not scan Cause & Solution ● ● ● ● The printer scans very slowly Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Scanning Problems ● ● ● Make sure your original document is placed face down on the Scanner Bed. Make sure the printer cable is connected properly. The printer lacks the memory for scanning. The printer cable is defective. If necessary, replace the cable. Graphics are scanned more slowly than text.
Problem ‘The scanner driver is not installed or an operation environment is not set up properly. Re-install the scanner driver and try again’ message appears on the screen Cause & Solution File setting required for I/O may not be proper. Follow the instructions below : 1) Start your windows. 2) Select Run from Start menu. 3) Type sysedit, then click OK. 4) Select SYSTEM.INI file, and set the file as shown below. • [386 Enh] • device = vecp.386 • LPT1TurnAroundDelay = 50 5) Restart your Windows.
Continued Chapter 9 Scanning Problems Problem 9-13 Cause & Solution ‘Scanning has failed. Restart your scanner and try again’ message appears on the screen Scan error occurs. Turn the printer off and back on. If you still have the same problem, restart your computer. After scanning, scan program is not closed If Samsung TWAIN UI is used for scanning, you must close the Samsung TWAIN UI program. Part of data is not automatically scanned Match scan area of the image being scanned to the data size.
Chapter 9 OCR Problems Problem The recognized page contains many unrecognized words Cause & Solution ● ● ● 9-14 The original document is scanned with improper brightness or too low resolution. Adjust the scanning brightness to medium in your scanning application. The original document contains wrong text language. You can recognize English text only. You have set wrong text type. Text type is set in the AnyPage Lite system automatically.
Appendix Specifications General Specifications specification Item Rated AC power input Average power consumption 110 ~240V AC (Universal) Under 15W (Standby) Under 35W (Operation Mode) Machine Size 444 x 369 x 258 mm Machine Weight 7.
Printer specification Item Technology Color Thermal Inkjet Engine Type 2-pen (K and CMY) Operating System Windows 95/98 Interface IEEE 1284 (ECP Support), USB (Windows 98 only, without HUB Mode) Emulation HBP (GDI) Print Resolution (H x V) Draft 300 x 600 dpi Normal 600 x 600 dpi Best 1200 x 1200 dpi Maximum Paper Size A4 (210 mm x 297 mm), See page 4-2 for paper sizes Effective Printing Width 203 ± 1 mm Output Tray Capacity Maximum 50 sheets Input Paper Capacity Maximum 150 sheets
Copier Item specification Black and Color Scanner Type Flat-bed Maximum Original Size A4 (210 x 297 mm) Maximum Paper Size A4 (210 x 297 mm) Optical Resolution 300 x 600 dpi Copy Quality Draft, Normal, Best Mono Copy Speed (A4) Draft: 4 cpm Color Copy Speed (A4) Draft: 1.5 cpm Effective Print-edge Margin Top : 3.4 mm Bottom : 19.05 mm Each side : 6.
Index A Color Acrobat Reader Advanced Tab Air Brush Alignment test page value AnyPage Lite Application program Automatic A4 2-20 5-10 5-10 2-13, 2-14 2-15 2-17 2-17 5-9 4-2 B BIOS Black Button Cartridge Color Buttons B5 9-14 3-3, 6-6 2-15 5-9 3-2 4-2 Type 8-6 1-6 5-5, 5-6, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10 2-11 Check Cartridge Paper Cleaning Scanner Bed Paper Jam Clone Copy Collate A-4 Appendix 3-3 2-15 A-3 A-2 A-2 2-7 2-4 2-23 2-6 1-4, 3-2, 3-4 2-10 6-4 3-3 6-4 6-5 A-3 A-3 6-5 D C Cartridge Carrier Contacts Comp
E 9-14 A-2 A-2 3-3, A-3 4-2, 4-5 9-5 4-2 2-17, 2-23 2-22 2-17 5-7 9-9 5-10 H Halftone Handle Hardware Requirements Help List Humidity 5-10 1-4 2-18 8-7 A-1 I Image Installation diskettes J JPEG 9-9 L F Fax Modem Fax Message Feature File format Fine Dither 2-10 2-17 2-23 2-4, A-2 A-2 Appendix ECP Emulation Engine Type Enlargement Envelope Error Messages Executive E-mail Installing Print Cartridge Printer Software Internet connection Interface Interpolation Resolution 5-10 2-26 Letter Lighten Li
N Print Natural color Normal N-up Copy 5-9 3-3, 6-4 3-3, 6-8 O OCR Operating System Optical Resolution Options Tab Orientation 1-3, 2-17, 9-17 A-2 A-2, A-3 5-5 5-8 3-3 8-3 2-10 8-2 8-2 A-2 5-9, 9-12 A-2 8-4 8-5 Q Quality Tab P 5-9 R Paper Guideline Input Tray Jams Output Tray Size Source Tab Type Parallel Interface Part number Photo Cartridge Post card Poster Copy Power Connector Power Cord ppm Pre-scan Mode A-6 Button Cartridge Aligning Install Remove Replacing Speed Quality Resolution Printhe
A-1 2-4 A-3 A-2 A-2 5-4 i 9-6 Weight Machine Media Windows 95/98 A-1 4-3 2-18 Z T Technology Temperature Top Cover Troubleshooting TWAIN UI W Appendix Specifications Cable Copier Printer Scanner Status Tab Supplemental Information System Error A-2 A-1 1-4 9-1 9-16 Zoom Rate 3-3, 6-5 U Uninstall Printer driver SmarThru 2 USB Cable Port 2-25 2-25 2-2, 2-6 1-5 V Vivid Color 5-9 Appendix A-7
