Lexmark Color Jetprinter Z53 User manual

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First Edition (January 2001)
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Lexmark Z53 Color Jetprinter™ User’s Guide for
Macintosh
Use this guide when you have questions about your
printer or when you encounter a problem.
Tips for using this guide
• Use the buttons on the left side of the screen to
navigate through the pages of this guide.
• Click the blue text to link to another part of this guide.
• Click the left or right arrows to
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the pages. Click the house to
return to the Home page.
• Click Edition notice to view edition and trademark
information.
• To print this guide:
1From the Acrobat Reader File menu, select
Print.
2Click Setup and make sure Landscape is
selected.
3Select the pages you want to print and click OK.
Steps to basic printing
tells you how to load paper and adjust
your printer software for printing.
Printing beyond the basics
tells you how to print booklets and two-
sided documents.
Troubleshooting
provides information to help you solve
printing problems.
Appendix
provides notices.
Index
allows you to link directly to the
information you need.
Maintaining your printer
tells you how to install, replace, and align
the print cartridges.

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Steps to basic printing
Basic printing is as easy as:
Step One: Load the paper
Step Two: Customize your printing options
Step Three: Print your document

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Step One: Load the paper
You can load up to 100 sheets of paper (depending on thickness)
into the printer.
1Place the paper against the right side of the sheet feeder
with the print side facing you.
Sheet feeder
Paper alignment
marks

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Steps to basic printing 2Squeeze the release tab and the paper guide together and
slide the paper guide to the edge of the paper.
Release tab
Paper guide

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Loading specialty papers
Follow these guidelines when loading specialty papers:
Load up to: Make sure the...
10 envelopes. •print side is facing you.
•paperguide isagainst
the side of the
envelopes.
•stamp location is in
the upper left corner.
10greetingcards,
index cards, or
postcards.
•print side is facing you.
•cards are loaded vertically against the right
side of the sheet feeder.
•paper guide is against the side of the cards.

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25 sheets of
photo paper or
photo cards.
•glossy or coated side is facing you.
•paper guide is against the side of the photo
paper.
25 iron-on
transfers. •print side is facing you and follow the instructions included in the iron-on transfer
packaging.
•paper guide is against the side of the iron-on
transfers.
100 sheets of
custom-sized
paper.
•paper size fits within these dimensions:
•Width dimensions:
mm: 76.2 - 215.9
inches: 3.0 - 8.5
•Length dimensions:
mm: 127.0 - 431.8
inches: 5.0 - 17.0
•paper guide is against the side of the paper.
Load up to: Make sure the...

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20 sheets of
banner paper. •print side is facing you, and then place the banner paper
behind the printer. Next,
bring the unattached edge
of the first page over the top
of the printer and into the
sheet feeder.
•paper guide is against the side of the paper.
NOTE: Select the Banner (Letter) or Banner (A4)
Paper Size in the Lexmark Z53 Page Setup dialog
box.
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transparencies. •rough sides of the transparencies are facing you (smooth side down).
•paper guide is against the side of the
transparencies.
Load up to: Make sure the...

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Step Two: Customize your printing options
The printer software for your printer allows you to perform printing
tasks with superior printing results.
The Page Setup dialog box comes with your operating system. It
includes options such as paper size, orientation, and watermarks.
Clickthispop-up
menu toselecta
paper size.
Click one of
these to select
the page
orientation.

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The Print dialog box comes with your printer software. It includes
options such as number of copies, pages to print, paper source,
print quality, booklet printing, pages per sheet (handouts), print last
page first, print on both sides, color matching, background printing,
and print time.
See the
table
below.

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Changing your page settings
To change your paper size, orientation, scaling, and watermarks,
open the Page Setup dialog box from your application.
1Open the application’s File menu.
2Choose Page Setup.
3Change options as needed.
From the pop-up menu,
choose this option: When you want to select:
General the number of copies, the pages to print,
and wait for pages to dry.
Paper Type/Quality paper type, and print quality.
Layout booklet printing, pages per sheet, print last
page first, print on both sides, and binding.
Color ColorSync or Built-In color matching.
Background Printing print in foreground, print in background, or
print time.

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Changing your print settings from an application
To change your print settings from an application (for example, word
processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.), open the Print dialog box.
1Open the application’s File menu.
2Choose Print....
3Change options as needed.
Changing your print settings from your desktop
To change your print settings from your desktop, open the Print
dialog box.
1From your desktop, open the File menu.
2Choose Print....
3Change options as needed.

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Changing your print settings for specialty paper.
When you installed your printer software, the Page Setup dialog box
and the Print dialog box were set to the default settings. Use the
default settings for printing most documents on plain paper.
However, you may need to change your printer options for printing
on specialty papers.
When you are
printing on this
specialty media:
Open this
dialog box: And make these selections:
Envelopes Page Setup From the Paper Size pop-up menu,
select the appropriate envelope size.
Cards Page Setup From the Paper Size pop-up menu,
select the appropriate card size.
Banners Page Setup From the Paper Size pop-up menu,
select Banner (Letter) or Banner
(A4).

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Transparencies Print From the Paper Type/Quality pop-up
menu, select Transparency Paper
Type and Normal (600 dpi) Print
Quality.
NOTE: When printing
transparencies, remove each
transparency as it exits the printer
and allow it to dry before stacking.
Iron-On
Transfers Print From the Paper Type/Quality pop-up menu, select Iron-On Transfer Paper
Type.
Coated Print From the Paper Type/Quality pop-up
menu, select Coated Paper Type.
When you are
printing on this
specialty media:
Open this
dialog box: And make these selections:

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Glossy/Photo
Paper Print
•From the Paper Type/Quality
pop-up menu, select Glossy
Paper Type and High (1200
dpi) Print Quality.
•From the Color pop-up menu,
select Built-In Color Matching.
•From the Document Color pop-
up menu, select Natural Color.
NOTE: When printing photos,
remove each photo as it exits the
printer and allow it to dry before
stacking.
When you are
printing on this
specialty media:
Open this
dialog box: And make these selections:

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Saving your settings
You may want to save your settings and use them the next time you
print. To save your settings:
1Open the File menu.
2Choose Print.... The Print dialog box appears.
3Change settings as needed.
4Select Save Settings.
Going back to the defaults
You may want to change your settings back to the default settings.
1Open the File menu.
2Choose Print.... The Print dialog box appears.
3Select Revert to Defaults.
Step Three: Print your document
1Open the File menu.
2Choose Print.... The Print dialog box appears.
3Select Print.

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Beyond the basics
You can customize your printer software for:
Printing booklets
Printing handouts
Printing last page first
Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper
Printing booklets
You can print and bundle your document together to make a booklet.
Step One: Load the paper
Load up to 100 sheets of paper against the right side of the sheet
feeder. For help loading paper, see page 4 .

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Step Two: Customize the Print dialog box for booklets
1Open the Page Setup dialog box.
2Select the appropriate paper size.
3Select the appropriate page orientation.
4Open the Print dialog box.
5From the General pop-up menu, select Layout.
Select
Layout.
Select the
number of
sheets to
bundle.

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Steps to basic printing 6From the Booklet Printing pop-up menu, select the
appropriate number of sheets to bundle.
Notes: A bundle is any number of sheets of paper folded together.
For help, see the next section, Building a booklet .
When printing with a heavier paper stock, select a smaller number of
sheets to bundle to allow for binding considerations.
7Select Print.
When the first half of your booklet is finished printing, your printer software
prompts you to reload the paper.
8Insert the stack of paper and paper reloading instruction
page with the printed side facing away from you and the
arrows pointing down.
9Select Print.

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Building a booklet
Once your document prints, you need to stack the bundles together
and bind your booklet.
To build a booklet:
1Take the first bundle from the paper exit tray, fold it in half,
and set it aside.
2Take the next bundle, fold it in half, and stack it on top of the
first bundle.
3Stack the rest of your bundles on top of each other until
your booklet is complete.
4Bind the bundles together to complete your booklet.
Five bundles
stacked to
form a
booklet.