Lexmark Optra Optra T User manual

1User’s Guide
User’s Guide
Use this document when you have questions about the Lexmark
Optra™ T printer or encounter a problem when using it. This docu-
ment contains information on loading print material, clearing jams,
and using your printer.
The online Administrator’s Guide on this CD is a complement to this
User’s Guide. If you are not accessing these documents directly
from the CD, the Administrator’s Guide may not be available to you.
See your administrator if you need the Administrator’s Guide.
Click the document name to open it:
Administrator’s Guide
Roadmap
Setup Guide
2000-Sheet Drawer User’s Guide
High-Capacity Output Stacker
Installation Instructions
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2User’s Guide
Other sources of
information
Drivers, MarkVision and
Utilities CD
In addition to printer drivers and utilities, the Drivers, MarkVision and
Utilities CD includes information about Lexmark printers. After
launching the CD, click View Documentation and then click:
•Printer Commands to open the Technical Reference and get
details about printer languages and commands, interface
specifications, and memory management.
•Special Media to open the Card Stock & Label Guide and get
information about choosing the correct print material.
•MarkVision™Printer Utility to open documents providing
details about the MarkVision printer management software.
•MarkNet™Print Servers to open documents containing infor-
mation about configuring MarkNet print servers.
Lexmark Web site Access our site on the World Wide Web for updated printer drivers,
utilities, and documentation:
www.lexmark.com

3Trademarks
Trademarks
TrademarksTrademarks
Trademarks
Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design, MarkNet, MarkVision, and Optra are
trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or
other countries.
Operation ReSource is a service mark of Lexmark International, Inc.
PCL®is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company. PCL 6 is
Hewlett-Packard Company’s designation of a set of printer commands (language)
and functions included in its printer products. This printer is intended to be com-
patible with the PCL 6 language. This means the printer recognizes PCL 6 com-
mands used in various application programs, and that the printer emulates the
functions corresponding to the commands.
PostScript®is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript
3 is Adobe Systems’designation of a set of printer commands (language) and
functions included in its software products. This printer is intended to be compati-
ble with the PostScript 3 language. This means the printer recognizes PostScript
3 commands used in various application programs, and that the printer emulates
the functions corresponding to the commands.
Details relating to compatibility are included in the Technical Reference.
Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

4Meet the Printer
Meet the Printer
The following illustrations show typically and fully configured printers. If you have attached paper
handling options to your printer, it may look more like the fully configured model. For information on
other possible configurations, refer to the Setup Guide.
Tray 2
Standard output bin
Operator panel
Tray 1
(integrated tray)
Tray 5
(2000-sheet drawer)
5-Bin mailbox
Output expander
Envelope feeder
Tray 2
Tray 3
Duplex unit
Tray 4
Typically configured Fully configured
Multipurpose Feeder
Tray 1
(integrated tray)

5Using Printer Drivers
Using Printer Drivers
The printer drivers, installed on your computer from the Drivers,
MarkVision and Utilities CD that came with your printer, provide you
with powerful control of the printer features from almost any soft-
ware application. Some of the things you can control include:
•Choosing paper sources
•Changing page orientation
•Choosing different sizes and types of media
•Adjusting the quality of print jobs
•Resetting printer defaults
•Multipage printing
•Changing duplex settings
•Print and Hold functions
You can open the printer driver from most applications:
1Open the application File menu.
2Choose Print (or Printer) Setup.
3In the Printer Setup dialog box, click the Properties, Options,
or Setup button (depending on the application).

6Using the Operator Panel and Menus
Using the Operator Panel and Menus
This section contains information about using the operator panel,
changing printer settings, and understanding operator panel menus.
You can change most printer settings from your software application
or printer driver. Settings you change from the application or printer
driver apply only to the job you are preparing to send to the printer.
NOTE:Changes made to printer settings from a software application
override changes made from the printer operator panel.
If there is a setting you cannot change from your application, use the
printer operator panel or the remote operator panel available from
MarkVision. Changing a printer setting from the printer operator
panel or from MarkVision makes that setting the user default.

7Using the Operator Panel and Menus
Using the
operator panel
The printer operator panel, on the front left-side of your printer, has
a 2-line by 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD), five buttons,
and one indicator light.
Printer indicator light The printer indicator light gives information about the status of your
printer. If the light is:
•Off - the printer is off
•On - the printer is on, but idle
•Blinking - the printer is on and is busy
LCD
Light
1 Menu 2Select 3Return 4
Go 5Stop 6

8Using the Operator Panel and Menus
Operator panel buttons Use the five operator panel buttons to open a menu, scroll through a
list of values, change printer settings, and respond to printer mes-
sages.
You will find the numbers 1 through 6 beside the operator panel but-
tons; these numbers are used to enter PIN numbers for Print and
Hold jobs. For more information, see “Using the Print and Hold
Function”on page 106.
The following information describes the functions of each button.
NOTE:Buttons act upon the information that displays on the second
line of the operator panel.
Go Press the Go button to:
•Return to the Ready state if the printer is in an offline situation
(the Ready message does not display on the operator panel).
•Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state.
•Clear operator panel error messages.
If you’ve changed printer settings from the operator panel menus,
press Go before sending a job to print. The printer must display
Ready for jobs to print.

9Using the Operator Panel and Menus
<Menu> Each end of the button has a function. Press Menu> or <Menu:
•When Ready displays, to take the printer offline (out of the
Ready state) and enter the menus. Menu> takes you to the
first menu in the menus. <Menu takes you to the last menu in
the menus.
•When Busy displays, to take the printer to the JOB MENU.
•When the printer is offline:
–Press Menu> to go to the next item in the menus, or
–Press <Menu to go to the previous item in the menus.
•For menu items with numerical values, such as Copies, press
and hold Menu> to scroll forward, or <Menu to scroll backward.
Release the button when the number you want displays.
Select Press the Select button to:
•Select the menu displayed on the second line of the operator
panel. Depending on the type of menu, this action:
–Opens the menu and displays the first item in the menu.
–Opens the menu item and displays the default setting.
•Save the displayed menu item as the default setting. The
printer displays the Saved message and returns to the menu
item.
•Clear certain messages from the operator panel.

10Using the Operator Panel and Menus
Return Press the Return button to return to the previous menu level or
menu item.
Stop Press the Stop button at the Ready , Busy , or Waiting message to
temporarily stop all activity and take the printer offline. The operator
panel status message changes to Not Ready .
Press Go to return the printer to the Ready , Busy , or Waiting state.