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5 Printing Print Quality Test Pages To help isolate print quality problems, print the Print Quality Test Pages: 1 Turn the printer off and open the upper front door. 2 Press and hold Continue as you turn the printer on. All the lights cycle. 3 Release Continue. 4 Close the upper front door. The light sequence that represents the Home menu is displayed. Note: If the Error light is displayed, close the upper front door. The Printer Settings Configuration sheet prints. 5 Press and release Cancel un
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6 Understanding fonts Your printer has resident fonts stored permanently its memory. Different fonts may be available in PCL and PostScript emulations. Your printer supports the following scalable fonts. Supported fonts PostScript 3 font names PCL 6 font names AlbertusMT Albertus Medium AlbertusMT-Italic AlbertusMT-Light Albertus Extra Bold AntiqueOlive-Roman Antique Olive AntiqueOlive-Italic Antique Olive Italic AntiqueOlive-Bold Antique Olive Bold AntiqueOlive-Compact ArialMT Arial Arial-Ita
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Supported fonts (continued) PostScript 3 font names PCL 6 font names Courier-BoldOblique CourierPS Bold Oblique CG Omega CG Omega Bold CG Omega Italic CG Omega Bold Italic Garamond-Antiqua Garamond Antiqua Garamond-Halbfett Garamond Halbfett Garamond-Kursiv Garamond Kursiv Garamond-KursivHalbfett Garamond Kursiv Halbfett Helvetica-Light Helvetica Light Helvetica-LightOblique Helvetica Light Oblique Helvetica-Black Helvetica Black Helvetica-BlackOblique Helvetica Black Oblique Helvetica Helvetica
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Supported fonts (continued) PostScript 3 font names PCL 6 font names LetterGothic-BoldSlanted Marigold Marigold NewCenturySchlbk-Roman Century Schoolbook Roman NewCenturySchlbk-Italic Century Schoolbook Italic NewCenturySchlbk-Bold Century Schoolbook Bold NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Optima Optima-Bold Optima-BoldItalic Optima-Italic Palatino-Roman Palatino Roman Palatino-Italic Palatino Italic Palatino-Bold Palatino Bold Palatino-BoldItalic Palatino Bold Italic Sym
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Supported fonts (continued) PostScript 3 font names PCL 6 font names OCR-B C39 Narrow C39 Regular C39 Wide Your printer also supports the following PCL 6 bitmapped fonts: Line Printer 16 POSTNET Bar Code Your printer supports the following PCL 6 symbol sets. Supported symbol sets ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal Wingdings ISO 25: French ABICOMP International POSTNET Bar Code ISO 57: Chinese DeskTop ISO : German ISO 60: Norwegian version 1 Legal ISO : Spanish ISO 61: Norwegian version 2 MC Text IS
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Supported symbol sets (continued) PC-851 Greece Greek-8 Windows Latin 5 PC-852 Latin 2 Turkish-8 Windows Latin 6 (Baltic) PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish) Roman-8 OCR-A OCR-B 109Y Bar Code 9Y Bar Code 209Y Bar Code Refer to the Technical Reference on Lexmark’s Web site for more information about font and symbol set support. 17
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Print media sources and 8 specifications This topic provides specifications for each type of print media that can be used with your printer, as well as important information about the print media sources and the output bins. For detailed information about print media characteristics, refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide available on Lexmark’s Web site at www.lexmark.com/publications. Print media source specifications details the types and quantities of print media you can load in each of th
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Print media source specifications Print media Source supported Sizes supported Weight Capacity 2 Tray 1 Paper, paper A4, A5, JIS B5, folio, 60–90 g/m 250 sheets of paper (standard labels, letter, legal, (16–24 lb) 50 transparencies 250-sheet tray) transparencies executive, statement 100 sheets of labels 2 Tray 1 (optional Heavy labels, A4, A5, JIS B5, folio, 75–90 g/m 250 sheets of paper label tray) paper, letter, legal, (20–24 lb) 50 transparencies transparencies executive, statement 100 sheet
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Lexmark
T420
User’s Reference
June 2002
www.lexmark.com
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Table of contents Chapter 1: Printer overview .............................................................. 7 Chapter 2: Tips for successful printing .......................................... 8 Tips on storing print media ................................................................................... 8 Avoiding jams ....................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 3: Sending a job to print ....................................
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Chapter 12: Using and loading the multipurpose feeder ............ 48 Opening the multipurpose feeder ....................................................................... 49 Loading the multipurpose feeder ........................................................................ 51 Chapter 13: Using the duplex function ......................................... 57 Duplex printing on letterhead ............................................................................. 57 Using Duplex Bind ...
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Chapter 27: Solving other problems ............................................. 87 Chapter 28: Print media guidelines ............................................... 88 Paper .................................................................................................................. 88 Letterhead .......................................................................................................... 88 Transparencies ......................................................................
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Notices ............................................................................................143 Trademarks ...................................................................................................... 144 Licensing notice ............................................................................................... 146 Safety information ............................................................................................ 146 Cautions and warnings .......................
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2 Tips for successful printing Tips on storing print media Store your print media properly. For more information, see Storing print media. Avoiding jams If you select appropriate print media (paper, transparencies, labels, and card stock) for your printer, you’ll be well on your way to trouble-free printing. See Print media guidelines for more information. Note: We recommend that you try a limited sample of any print media you are considering using with the printer before purchasing large quan
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The following hints can help you avoid jams: Use only recommended print media. See Print media guidelines for more information. Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide available on Lexmark’s Web site at www.lexmark.com/ publications for more information about which print media will provide optimum results for your printing environment. If you need detailed information before purchasing large quantities of customized print media, refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide. Do not load wrinkled,
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3 Sending a job to print Printing from a Windows environment 1 Load print media. (See Loading trays.) 2 From your software application, open the file you want to print. 3 From the File menu, select Print Setup. 4 Verify the correct printer is selected in the Print Setup dialog box. 5 In the Print Setup dialog box, select Properties, Options, or Setup (depending on the application), select the print media type and size, and then select OK. 6 Select OK or Print. Printing from a Macintosh computer
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4 Canceling a print job From the printer operator panel If the job you want to cancel is printing and the Ready/Data light is blinking, press and release the Cancel button. All the lights come on indicating the print job is canceled. From a Windows computer 1 Minimize all programs to display the desktop. 2 Double-click the My Computer icon. 3 Double-click the Printer icon. A list of available printers appears. 4 Double-click the printer you are using to print the job. A list of print jobs appea
