Device

Preferences

Preferences

Menu item

Description

Display Language

Set the language of the text that appears on the display.

Country/Region

Identify the country or region that the printer is configured to operate.

Run initial setup

Off*

On

Run the setup wizard.

Keyboard

Keyboard Type

Select a language as a keyboard type.

Note:  All the Keyboard Type values may not appear or may require special hardware be installed to appear.

Displayed information

Display Text 1 (IP Address*)

Display Text 2 (Date/Time*)

Custom Text 1

Custom Text 2

Specify the information to appear on the home screen.

Date and Time

Configure

Current Date and Time

Manually Set Date and Time

Date Format (MM-DD-YYYY*)

Time Format (12 hour A.M./P.M.*)

Time Zone (UTC-5:00*)

Network Time Protocol

Enable NTP (On*)

NTP Server

Enable Authentication

Configure the printer date and time and network time protocol.

Paper Sizes

U.S.*

Metric

Specify the unit of measurement for paper sizes.

Note:  The country or region selected in the initial setup wizard determines the initial paper size setting.

Screen Brightness

20–100% (100*)

Adjust the brightness of the display.

Flash Drive Access

Enabled*

Disabled

Enable access to the flash drive.

Allow Background Removal

Off

On*

Specify whether background removal is allowed.

Audio Feedback

Button Feedback (On*)

Volume (5*)

  • Enable audio feedback for button presses, panel interactions, paper loaded prompts, and error notifications.

  • Adjust the feedback volume.

Screen Timeout

5–300 seconds (60*)

Set the idle time before the display shows the home screen or before the printer logs out a user account automatically.


Eco-Mode

Menu item

Description

Print

Sides (1-Sided*)

Pages per Side (Off*)

Toner Darkness (4*)

Color Saver (Off*)

Configure the print settings of the printer.


Remote Operator Panel

Menu item

Description

External VNC Connection

Don’t Allow*

Allow

Connect an external Virtual Network Computing (VNC) client to the remote control panel.

Authentication Type

None*

Standard Authentication

Set the authentication type when accessing the VNC client server.

VNC Password

Specify the password to connect to the VNC client server.

Note:  This menu item appears only if Authentication Type is set to Standard Authentication.


Notifications

Menu item

Description

Error Lighting

Off

On*

Set the indicator light to come on when a printer error occurs.

Note:  This menu item appears only in some printer models.

Alarm Control

Off

Single*

Continuous

Set the number of times that the alarm sounds when the printer requires user intervention.

Supplies

Show Supply Estimates

Show estimates*

Do not show estimates

Show the estimated status of the supplies.

Supplies

Cartridge Alarm (Single*)

Staple Alarm (Off*)

Hole Punch Alarm (Off*)

Set the number of times that the alarm sounds when the toner cartridge is low, the staple cartridge is empty, or the hole punch receptacle is full or missing respectively.

Note:  The Staple Alarm and Hole Punch Alarm appear only when output options are installed.

Supplies

Custom Supply Notifications

Set the unit that the printer uses to estimate supply usage and trigger custom notifications when user intervention is required.

Note:  This menu item appears only in the Embedded Web Server.

E-mail Alerts Setup

E-mail Setup

Primary SMTP Gateway

Primary SMTP Gateway Port (25*)

Secondary SMTP Gateway

Secondary SMTP Gateway Port (25*)

SMTP Timeout (30 seconds*)

Reply Address

Always use SMTP default Reply Address (Off*)

Use SSL/TLS (Disabled*)

Require Trusted Certificate (On*)

SMTP Server Authentication (No authentication required*)

Device-Initiated E-mail (None*)

User-Initiated E-mail (None*)

Use Active Directory Device Credentials (Off*)

Device Userid

Device Password

Kerberos 5 REALM

NTLM Domain

Disable “SMTP server not set up” error (Off*)

Configure an SMTP server to send e-mail to a group of pre-defined e-mail addresses when certain events occur on the printer.

Error Prevention

Jam Assist

Off

On*

Set the printer to flush blank pages or pages with partial prints automatically after a jammed page has been cleared.

Error Prevention

Auto Continue

Off

On* (5 seconds)

Let the printer continue processing or printing a job automatically after clearing certain printer conditions that require user intervention.

Error Prevention

Auto Reboot

Auto Reboot

Reboot when idle

Reboot always*

Reboot never

Set the printer to restart when an error occurs.

Error Prevention

Auto Reboot

Max Auto Reboots

1–20 (2*)

Set the number of automatic reboots that the printer can perform.

Error Prevention

Auto Reboot

Auto Reboot Window

1–525600 seconds (720*)

Set the time before the printer performs an automatic reboot.

Error Prevention

Display Short Paper Error

On

Auto-clear*

Set the printer to show a message when a short paper error occurs.

Note:  Short paper refers to the size of the paper loaded.

Error Prevention

Page Protect

Off*

On

Set the printer to process the entire page into the memory before printing it.

Jam Content Recovery

Jam Recovery

Off

On

Auto*

Set the printer to reprint jammed pages.


Power Management

Menu item

Description

Sleep Mode Profile

Print from Sleep Mode

Stay awake after printing

Enter Sleep Mode after printing*

Set the printer to stay in Ready mode or return to Sleep mode after printing.

Timeouts

Sleep Mode

1–120 minutes (15*)

Set the idle time before the printer begins operating in Sleep mode.

Timeouts

Hibernate Timeout

Disabled

1 hour

2 hours

3 hours

6 hours

1 day

2 days

3 days*

1 week

2 weeks

1 month

Set the time before the printer turns off.

Timeouts

Hibernate Timeout on Connection

Hibernate

Do Not Hibernate*

Set Hibernate Timeout to turn off the printer while an active Ethernet connection exists.

Schedule Power Modes

Schedules

Add New Schedule

Schedule the printer when to enter Sleep or Hibernate mode.


Information Sent to Lexmark

Menu item

Description

Information Sent to Lexmark

Supplies and Page Usage

Device Performance

None*

Send printer usage and performance information to Lexmark.

Note:  Information Send Time appears only when you select any of the settings in Information Sent to Lexmark, except None.

Information Send Time

Start Time

Stop Time


Accessibility

Menu item

Description

Duplicate Key Strike Interval

0–5 (0*)

Set the interval in seconds during which the printer ignores duplicate key presses on an attached keyboard.

Key Repeat Initial Delay

0.25–5 (1*)

Set the initial length of delay in seconds before a repeating key starts repeating.

Note:  This menu item appears only when a keyboard is attached to the printer.

Key Repeat Rate

0.5–30 (30*)

Set the number of presses per second for a repeating key.

Note:  This menu item appears only when a keyboard is attached to the printer.

Prolong Screen Timeout

Off*

On

Let the user remain in the same location and reset the Screen Timeout timer when it expires instead of returning to the home screen.

Headphone Volume

1–10 (5*)

Adjust the headphone volume.

Note:  This menu item appears only when a headphone is attached to the printer.

Enable Voice Guidance When Headphone Is Attached

Off*

On

Enable Voice Guidance when a headphone is attached to the printer.

Speak Passwords/PINs

Off*

On

Set the printer to read out loud passwords or personal identification numbers.

Note:  This menu item appears only when a headphone or a speaker is attached to the printer.

Speech Rate

Very Slow

Slow

Normal*

Fast

Faster

Very Fast

Rapid

Very Rapid

Fastest

Set the Voice Guidance speech rate.

Note:  This menu item appears only when a headphone or a speaker is attached to the printer.


Restore Factory Defaults

Menu item

Description

Restore Settings

Restore all settings

Restore printer settings

Restore network settings

Restore app settings

Restore the printer factory default settings.


Maintenance

Configuration Menu

Menu item

Description

USB Configuration

USB PnP

1*

2

Change the USB driver mode of the printer to improve its compatibility with a personal computer.

USB Configuration

USB Speed

Full

Auto*

Set the USB port to run at full speed and disable its high-speed capabilities.

Tray Configuration

Size Sensing

Tray [x] Sensing (On*)

Tray 3 Sensing (Letter*)

Oficio/Folio Sensing (Folio*)

Statement/A5 Sensing (Sense Statement*)

Executive/B5 Sensing (Sense Exec*)

Set the tray to sense automatically the paper size loaded into it.

Tray Configuration

Tray Linking

Automatic*

Off

Set the printer to link the trays that have the same paper type and paper size settings.

Tray Configuration

Show Tray Insert Message

Off

Only for unknown sizes*

Always

Display a message to select paper size and type after inserting the tray.

Tray Configuration

Paper Prompts

Auto*

Multipurpose Feeder

Manual Paper

Set the paper source that the user fills when a prompt to load paper appears.

Tray Configuration

Envelope Prompts

Auto*

Multipurpose Feeder

Manual Envelope

Set the paper source that the user fills when a prompt to load envelope appears.

Tray Configuration

Action for Prompts

Prompt user*

Continue

Use current

Set the printer to resolve paper- or envelope-related change prompts.

Reports

Menu Settings Page

Event Log

Event Log Summary

HealthCheck Statistics

Print reports about printer menu settings, status, and event logs.

Supply Usage And Counters

Clear Supply Usage History

Reset the supply usage history, such as number of pages and days remaining, to the factory shipped level.

Supply Usage And Counters

Large Media Adjustments (Off*)

Determine whether to publish click count values in the reports.

Printer Emulations

PPDS Emulation

Off*

On

Set the printer to recognize and use the PPDS data stream.

Printer Emulations

PS Emulation

Off

On*

Set the printer to recognize and use the PS data stream.

Printer Emulations

Emulator Security

Page Timeout

0–60 (60*)

Set the page timeout during emulation.

Printer Emulations

Emulator Security

Reset Emulator After Job

Off*

On

Reset the emulator after a print job.

Printer Emulations

Emulator Security

Disable Printer Message Access

Off

On*

Disable access to printer message during emulation.

Print Configuration

Black Only Mode

Off*

On

Print non-copy jobs in grayscale.

Print Configuration

Color Trapping

Off

1

2*

3

4

5

Enhance the printed output to compensate for misregistration in the printer.

Print Configuration

Font Sharpening

0–150 (24*)

Set a text point-size value below which the high-frequency screens are used when printing font data.

For example, if the value is 24, then all fonts sized 24 points or less use the high-frequency screens.

Device Operations

Quiet Mode

Off*

On

Set the printer to operate in Quiet Mode.

Note:  Enabling this setting slows down the overall performance of the printer.

Device Operations

Safe Mode

Off*

On

Set the printer to operate in a special mode, in which it attempts to continue offering as much functionality as possible, despite known issues.

For example, when set to On, and the duplex motor is nonfunctional, the printer performs one-sided printing of the documents even if the job is two-sided printing.

Device Operations

Clear Custom Status

Erase user-defined strings for the Default or Alternate custom messages.

Device Operations

Clear all remotely-installed messages

Erase messages that were remotely installed.

Device Operations

Automatically Display Error Screens

Off

On*

Show existing error messages on the display after the printer remains inactive on the home screen for a length of time equal to the Screen Timeout setting.

Device Operations

Automatic Image Stabilization

Off

On* (700)

Set the printer to detect the paper type of a page being loaded.

Device Operations

Enable Optional Parallel Port

Off*

On

Enable an optional parallel port.

Note:  When the setting is changed, the printer restarts.

App Configuration

LES Applications

Off

On*

Enable the Lexmark Embedded Solutions (LES) applications.

Notes:

  • When the setting is changed, the printer restarts.
  • When set to On, this setting does not affect built-in applications.

Out of Service Erase

Menu item

Description

Out of Service Erase

Memory Last Sanitized

Hard Disk Last Sanitized

Show information on when the printer memory or hard disk was last sanitized.

Note:  Hard Disk Last Sanitized appears only when a hard disk is installed.

Out of Service Erase

Sanitize all information on nonvolatile memory

Erase all printer and network settings

Erase all apps and app settings

Erase all shortcuts and shortcut settings

Sanitize all information on hard disk

Erase downloads (Erase all macros, fonts, PPOs, etc.)

Erase buffered jobs

Erase Held jobs

Clear all information on non-volatile memory and information on the hard disk.

Note:  Sanitize all information on hard disk appears only when a hard disk is installed.


Visible Home Screen Icons

Menu

Description

Status/Supplies

Job Queue

Change Language

Address Book

Bookmarks

Held Jobs

USB

App Profiles

Display Customization

Eco-Settings

Specify which icons to show on the home screen.


About this Printer

Menu item

Description

Asset Tag

Show the serial number of the printer.

Printer’s Location

Identify the printer location. The maximum length is 63 characters.

Contact

Personalize the printer name. The maximum length is 63 characters.

Export Configuration File to USB

Export the configuration file to a flash drive.

Export Compressed Logs to USB

Export the compressed log files to a flash drive.

Send Logs

Cancel

Send

Send diagnostic information to Lexmark.