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You can change your printer setting by using your application software, your Lexmark printer
driver, the printer operator panel, or the remote operator panel available from MarkVision.
Note: Printer settings selected from a software application or driver override
default settings selected from the operator panel.
If there is a printer feature you cannot control from the application or printer driver, use the
printer operator panel or the remote operator panel available from MarkVision. Changing a
printer setting from the operator panel or from MarkVision makes that setting the user default
for all subsequent jobs sent to the printer. In most cases, settings you change from the
application or driver apply only to the job you are preparing to send to the printer.
For more information, click one of the following headings:
•Understanding the operator panel
•Changing menu settings
•Locking the menus
•Using the MarkVision remote operator panel
•Using the operator panel

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Understanding the operator panel
The operator panel on the top left side of your printer has a 2-line by 16-character liquid
crystal display (LCD), five buttons, and one indicator light. The operator panel can be
disabled so that other users cannot access most of the menus. Users can still access the Job
Menu.
Power indicator light
Has three possible states:
• Off The printer power is off.
• On The printer power is on and the printer is cur-
rently idle.
• Flashing The printer power is on and the printer is busy
or awaiting operator intervention.
1Menu 2Select 3
Go 5
Return 4
Stop 6
LCD
Two-line 16-character display.
Buttons and numbers
For selecting settings from
menus,clearingerrormessages,
and entering PINs when printing
confidential jobs.

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Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu, scroll through a list of values, select
printer settings, clear error messages, and enter a personal identification number (PIN) for
confidential print jobs.
Operator panel buttons
Button Function
Go 5Press Go to:
• Exit printer menus and return the printer to the Ready state.
• Clear certain messages from the display.
• Enter a number 5 as part of a PIN for confidential or print and hold
printing.
If you’ve changed printer settings from the operator panel, cleared a
paper jam, or changed a supply item, press Go to resume printing.

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1Menu > and <Menu 2Press Menu> or <Menu to:
• Enter the menus from the Ready state.
• Scroll to the next (Menu>) or previous (<Menu) menu, menu item,
or value.
• Increase or decrease a numerical value for a menu item setting.
•DisplaytheJob Menu or the Supplies Menu while the printer is
busy.
• Enter a number 1 or 2 as part of a PIN for confidential or print and
hold printing.
Operator panel buttons
Button Function

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Select 3Press Select to:
• Select the menu shown on the second line of the display and view
the available menu items.
• Select the menu item shown on the second line of the display and
view the available value or current user default setting for that
menu item.
• Save the value displayed on the second line of the display as the
new user default setting.
• Clear certain messages from the display.
• Enter a number 3 as part of a PIN for confidential or print and hold
printing.
Return 4Press Return to:
• Back up to the previous level of the menu structure without
selecting a new menu item or value.
• Enter a number 4 as part of a PIN for confidential or print and hold
printing.
Operator panel buttons
Button Function

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Stop 6Press Stop when:
•The printer displays the Busy or Waiting message to temporarily
stop all activity. The message Not Ready then displays until you
press Go to continue printer activity.
•Entering a number 6 as part of a PIN for confidential or print and
hold printing.
For example, if you need to load paper in a tray while a job is printing,
press Stop and wait for the printer motors to idle before removing the
tray. Reinsert the loaded tray, and then press Go.
Operator panel buttons
Button Function

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Changing menu settings
Note: Remember, settings you choose from your software application or printer
driver override the user default settings you set on the operator panel.
To change the user default settings through the operator panel menus:
1Press and release Menu> or <Menu until the menu item you want is on the second line
of the display.
See Using printer menus for the menus and their menu items.
2Press Select to display the list of items for the selected menu.
3Press Menu> or <Menu until the item you want appears on the second line.

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4Press Select to display a list of available values for the menu item.
Some menu items have submenus. For example, if you select the Paper Menu, and
then select Paper Type, you must select another menu (such as Tray 1 Type) before
the available values are displayed.
A value can be:
–An On or Off setting
–A phrase or word that describes a setting
–A numerical value that you can increase or decrease
5Press Menu> or <Menu to scroll through the list of values.
Note: Press Return if you need to go back to previous menus or menu items
without changing the current setting.

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6When the value you want is on the second line of the display, press Select to make the
value the new user default setting.
An asterisk appears beside the value to indicate that it is now the user default setting.
The new setting shows for one second and then clears and shows the word Saved.
The previous list of menu items appears.
Note: User default settings remain in effect until you save new settings or restore
factory defaults.
7Press Go when you have finished changing menu settings.

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Locking the menus
To lock menus so changes cannot be made to user default settings:
1Turn the printer off.
2Press and hold the Go and Stop buttons and turn the printer on.
3Release both buttons when Performing Self Test or Engine Warming appears.
Configuration Menu appears on the first line.
4Press Menu> or <Menu, until Panel Menus appears on the second line.
5Press Select.
6Press Menu> or <Menu, until Disable appears on the second line.
7Press Select.
CONFIG MENUS appears on the first line and Panel Menus appears on the second
line.
8Press Menu> or <Menu, until Exit Config Menu appears on the second line.
9Press Select.
To unlock the menus, repeat steps 1-9. However, select Enable when it appears on the
second line, instead of Disable.

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If you want to disable the button sequence so users cannot easily lock or unlock the menus
from the printer operator panel, change the password variable of the PJL JOB command.
Select any nonzero value for the password variable to prevent the button sequence from
unlocking (or locking) the menus. Refer to the Technical Reference for more information
about PJL commands.
Using the MarkVision remote operator panel
The MarkVision utility has a remote operator panel that shows an exact replica of the printer
operator panel on your computer screen. You can use the remote operator panel to check
printer status and change printer settings just as you would on the actual printer operator
panel. If the printer is located some distance from your computer, it may be more convenient
to use the remote operator panel on your computer.
In addition to the remote operator panel, some versions of MarkVision also provide a way to
view many of the menu items for one menu on a single screen. If you need to make several
changes to settings in the Paper Menu, for example, you may find it easier to make those
changes when you can see all of the menu items and their available valuesat one time. Using
this option eliminates the time required to scroll through the various menu items and values
when using the operator panel and its two-line display.
For additional information see Introducing MarkVision.