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4 Printing This chapter covers tips for printing, how to print certain lists of information from the printer, how to cancel a job, and how to print black-only text and graphics. Tips for successful printing Tips on storing media Store the media properly. For more information, see Storing media. Avoiding jams By selecting appropriate paper or specialty media (transparencies, labels, and card stock) and loading it properly, most jams are avoidable. See Loading the standard tray and Loading the optional 500-sheet tray for instructions on loading paper and specialty media into the standard tray and the optional 500-sheet tray. If a jam occurs, see Clearing jams for instructions. For hints to help avoid jams, see Avoiding jams hints. Note: Try a sample of any paper or specialty media before purchasing large quantities. Sending a job to print A printer driver is software that lets the computer communicate with the printer. When Print is chosen from a software application, a window representing the printer driver opens. Select the appropriate settings for the specific job being sent to print. Print settings selected from the driver override the default settings selected from the printer operator panel. Click Properties or Setup from the initial Print box to see all of the available printer settings that may be changed. If a feature in the printer driver window is unfamiliar, open the online Help for more information. To support all the printer features, use the Lexmark custom printer drivers. Updated drivers, as well as a complete description of the driver packages and Lexmark driver support, are available from the Lexmark Web site. A user may also use the system drivers built into the operating system. See the Setup sheet for more information about choosing and installing drivers. Sending a job from a typical Windows application 1 Open the file needed for printing. 2 From a word processor, spreadsheet, browser, or other application, select File Æ Print. 3 Click Properties. (If there is no Properties button, click Setup, and then click Properties.) Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog. Modify the printer settings as appropriate (such as the pages selected to print or the number of copies). 4 Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected printer. Printing 24

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Printing
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4
Printing
This chapter covers tips for printing, how to print certain lists of information from the printer, how to cancel a job, and how to
print black-only text and graphics.
Tips for successful printing
Tips on storing media
Store the media properly. For more information, see
Storing media
.
Avoiding jams
By selecting appropriate paper or specialty media (transparencies, labels, and card stock) and loading it properly, most
jams are avoidable. See
Loading the standard tray
and
Loading the optional 500-sheet tray
for instructions on loading
paper and specialty media into the standard tray and the optional 500-sheet tray.
If a jam occurs, see
Clearing jams
for instructions. For hints to help avoid jams, see
Avoiding jams hints
.
Note:
Try a sample of any paper or specialty media before purchasing large quantities.
Sending a job to print
A printer driver is software that lets the computer communicate with the printer. When
Print
is chosen from a software
application, a window representing the printer driver opens. Select the appropriate settings for the specific job being sent to
print. Print settings selected from the driver override the default settings selected from the printer operator panel.
Click
Properties
or
Setup
from the initial Print box to see all of the available printer settings that may be changed. If a
feature in the printer driver window is unfamiliar, open the online Help for more information.
To support all the printer features, use the Lexmark custom printer drivers. Updated drivers, as well as a complete
description of the driver packages and Lexmark driver support, are available from the Lexmark Web site. A user may also
use the system drivers built into the operating system. See the
Setup
sheet for more information about choosing and
installing drivers.
Sending a job from a typical Windows application
1
Open the file needed for printing.
2
From a word processor, spreadsheet, browser, or other application, select
File
Print
.
3
Click
Properties
. (If there is no Properties button, click
Setup
, and then click
Properties
.)
Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog. Modify the printer settings as appropriate (such as the
pages selected to print or the number of copies).
4
Click
OK
or
Print
to send the job to the selected printer.