Learning more about your printer

Using the control panel

Working with the Lexmark Imaging Studio

Learning about Lexmark Fast Pics

Using the Lexmark Solution Center

Using the paper type sensor

Using Print Properties

Using the control panel


	Use	To
1	Power	Turn the printer on and off.
2	Rotate	Change the orientation of your photo.
3	Number of Prints	Change the number of copies you want to print.
4	Display	View photos stored on a memory card.
5	Print Preview	See how your photos will print on the page.
6	Resize	Change the size of your photo.
7	Select	Choose a displayed photo for printing.
8	Menu	Select paper size, print quality, and print color.
9	Toggle	Browse photos and choose menu options using the left, right, up, and down arrows. For more information, see Using the arrows on the Toggle button.
10	Stop/Clear	Cancel a print job before it begins printing.
11	Start	Begin printing your photos.

Using the arrows on the Toggle button


	Use	To
1	Up arrow	Scroll through menu options. Skip forward through 10 of the pictures on the memory card to view every tenth picture on the display. Increase the number of prints.
2	Right arrow +	Scroll through menu options. Change the area selected for cropping an image. Increase a menu item. Display the next picture on a memory card.
3	Down arrow	Scroll through menu options. Change the area selected for cropping an image. Decrease the number of prints. Skip backward through 10 of the pictures on the memory card to view every tenth picture on the display.
4	Left arrow -	Scroll through menu options. Change the area selected for cropping an image. Decrease a menu item. Display the previous picture on a memory card.

Working with the Lexmark Imaging Studio

The Lexmark Imaging Studio is a software program that lets you:

Find, organize, edit, and print your photos.

Get help on many printing projects.

Use the Lexmark Solution Center to maintain your printer, find cartridge ordering information, and get important "how to" information.

Use one of these methods to start the Lexmark Imaging Studio:

Double-click the shortcut on your deskop

Double-click the icon in the system tray

Click Start

Programs

Lexmark P910 Series

Lexmark Imaging Studio

The Lexmark Imaging Studio appears on your desktop.

The Lexmark Imaging Studio buttons


Click	To	Details
	Print photos	Print common photo sizes from saved images on your computer. See Resizing a photo.
	Share photos	E-mail a saved image from your computer. See Sharing photos.
	Use memory card photos	Save or print photos from your installed photo memory card. See Printing photos from a memory card.
	Print an album page	Print an album page with various photo sizes. See Printing your photos with a computer.
	Browse and edit your photos	View saved photos on your computer. See Finding your photos.
	Enlarge/Reduce	Make your photos larger or smaller for printing.


Click		To
		Visit the Lexmark Web site.
		Find out more about what you can do with the software.
		Use tools in the Lexmark Solution Center to keep your printer working optimally. See Using the Lexmark Solution Center.

Learning about Lexmark Fast Pics

Lexmark Fast Pics is part of the Lexmark Imaging Studio. It gives you several options for printing and transferring photos from your memory card.

Note: To use Lexmark Fast Pics, your printer must be connected to a computer.

Start Lexmark Fast Pics by either:

Inserting a memory card into your printer.

Clicking the Use memory card photos button

in the Lexmark Imaging Studio.

Lexmark Fast Pics appears.

Note: If your digital camera does not support DPOF printing (see Printing a DPOF selection), the DPOF button will not be displayed.

From here you can:

Automatically save all photos to a My Pictures folder with today's date.

Select a storage location and images to save.

Select not to save the images on the computer.

Choose whether to display the Lexmark Fast Pics message screen each time a card is inserted.

Click Save Them On The PC to save photos.
Double-click the folder on your memory card to see your photos.
Click to place a check mark next to each photo you want to save.

Click the Select All icon

to select all photos.

Click the Unselect All icon

to unselect all the photos.

After choosing photos to save, click Next.

The following dialog box appears.

Select the location where you want to save your photos.
Select your Save options.

Note: Do not select Yes unless you want to delete the photos from the memory card permanently.

Click Save Now.
Click OK.

Using the Lexmark Solution Center

The Lexmark Solution Center (LSC) is a valuable information resource.

To open the LSC:

Open Lexmark Imaging Studio. For help, see Working with the Lexmark Imaging Studio.
Click the Maintain/Troubleshoot button.

The LSC appears.

The LSC consists of six tabs: Printer Status, How To, Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Contact Information, and Advanced.


From this tab	You can
Printer Status (Main dialog box)	View the status of the printer. For example, while printing, the status is Busy Printing. View the ink levels of the print cartridges.
How To	Learn how to: Find and change settings. Use basic features. Print banners, iron-on transfers, photos, envelopes, and other items.
Troubleshooting	Learn tips about the current status. Solve printer problems.
Maintenance	Install a new print cartridge. View shopping options for new cartridges. Print a test page. Clean to fix horizontal streaks. Align to fix blurry edges. Troubleshoot other ink problems. Remove Japanese postcard residue.
Contact Information	Learn how to contact Lexmark by phone, e-mail, or on the World Wide Web.
Advanced	Change the appearance of the Printing Status window and turn printing voice notification on or off. Change the network printing settings. Obtain software version information. Participate in the Lexmark Connect program.

Note: For more information, click Help at the bottom of the screen.

Using the paper type sensor

Your printer has a paper type sensor that detects these media types:

Plain paper

Transparencies

Coated paper

Glossy/Photo paper

By default, the paper type sensor is on. However, if you want to turn the paper type sensor off and select your paper type:

With your document open, click File Print.

The Print dialog box appears.

From the Print dialog box, click Properties, Preferences, or Options.
From the Print Properties dialog box, select the Quality/Copies tab.
From the Paper Type area, select Use my choice and choose your paper type from the drop-down box.

Note: Your printer can detect the type of paper you are using. It cannot detect the paper size.

Turning the paper type sensor back on

With your document open, click File Print.

The Print dialog box appears.

From the Print dialog box, click Properties, Preferences, or Options.
From the Print Properties dialog box, select the Quality/Copies tab.
From the Paper Type area, select Use printer sensor.

Note: For more information, click Help at the bottom of the screen.

Using Print Properties

Print Properties is the software that controls the printing function. You can change the settings in Print Properties based on the type of project you want to create. You can open Print Properties from most programs:

From the program File menu, click File Print.
In the Print dialog box, click the Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup button (depending on the program).

The Print Properties screen displays along with the I Want To menu.

Changes made to the settings apply only to the file you have open.

Print Properties can also be accessed from the Printers folder without opening any other program:

Select Start Settings Printers.
Right-click Lexmark 910 Series and select Printing Preferences.
Make the changes you want and click OK.

Changes made to the printer settings from the Printers folder become the default settings for most programs.

The I Want To menu

The I Want To menu displays when you open Print Properties. It contains a variety of task wizards-printing a banner, printing a poster, printing an envelope, printing on both sides of the paper- to help you select the correct print settings for your project. Close the menu for a full view of the Print Properties dialog box.

Print Properties tabs

All of the print settings are on the three main tabs of the Print Properties software: Quality/Copies, Paper Setup, and Print Layout.

Quality/Copies tab
From	Select
Quality/Speed	Automatic, Quick, Normal, or Photo, depending on the quality of the output you want. Quick is the fastest option.
Multiple Copies	Collate Copies if you want to print more than one copy of a document. This option prints all the pages of the first copy, and then all the pages of the second copy, and so on. Print Last Page First if you want to print the pages in reverse order. The number of copies you want to print.
Paper Type	Use printer sensor to have your printer detect the paper type. To see the paper type found, click view the paper type automatically detected. Use my choice to make your own selection from the drop-down menu.
Select Print Color Images in Black and White to save the ink in your color cartridge. Select Automatic Image Sharpening to automatically select the best image sharpening level based on image content.

Paper Setup tab
From	Select
Paper Size	Paper, Envelope, Banner, or Borderless, and then select the size specific to your paper type. If your paper size is not listed, select Custom Size.
Orientation	Portrait or Landscape.

Print Layout tab
From	Select
Layout	Normal, Banner, Mirror, N-up, Poster, Booklet or Borderless.
Duplexing	Two-Sided to print your document on both sides of the page. Side Flip or Top Flip to set which way the pages of your finished documents turn. Note: If you select Side Flip, the pages of your document turn like the pages of a magazine. If you select Top Flip, the pages turn like the pages of a legal pad.

Note: For additional information about these settings, right-click a setting on the screen, and then select the What's This? item.

Save Settings menu

From the Save Settings menu, you can name and save the current Print Properties settings for future use. You can save up to five custom settings.

Options menu

Use the Options menu to make changes to the Quality Options, Layout Options, and Printing Status Options settings. For more information on these settings, open the tab dialog box from the menu, and then click the Help button on the dialog box, if the button is available.