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Infoprint Color 1220 IBM
User's Reference
G510-2178-00
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Infoprint Color 1220 IBM User's Reference G510-2178-00
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Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information under “Notices”. First Edition: January 2002 The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS MANUAL ²AS IS² WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FO
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Table of contents Chapter 1: Printer overview .............................................................. 7 Chapter 2: Understanding the printer operator panel ................... 9 Operator panel buttons ........................................................................................ 9 Chapter 3: Sending a job to print ................................................... 11 Chapter 4: Canceling a print job .................................................... 12 Cancel a job from the p
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Chapter 10: Linking trays ............................................................... 26 Chapter 11: Linking bins ................................................................ 27 Chapter 12: Tips for successful printing ...................................... 28 Storing paper ...................................................................................................... 28 Storing supplies ..............................................................................................
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Chapter 27: Clearing image transfer unit jams ............................. 53 Chapter 28: Removing memory and option cards ....................... 59 Accessing the printer system board ................................................................... 59 Removing memory cards ................................................................................... 60 Removing an option card ................................................................................... 61 Removing a hard disk ..
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Chapter 44: Supplies Menu .......................................................... 151 Chapter 45: Setup Menu ............................................................... 153 Chapter 46: Serial Menu ............................................................... 161 Chapter 47: PostScript Menu ....................................................... 167 Chapter 48: PCL Emul Menu ........................................................ 169 Chapter 49: Parallel Menu ...........................
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1 Printer overview The following illustration shows the laser printer. Standard output bin Upper right access door (redrive area) Front door Lower right access door Standard tray (fuser area) 7
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The following illustration shows the printer configured with a duplex unit and three optional 500-sheet drawers. Duplex unit 500-sheet drawers The following illustration shows the printer configured with a duplex unit, one optional 500-sheet drawer, and one optional 2000-sheet drawer. Duplex unit 500-sheet drawer 2000-sheet drawer 8
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Understanding the printer operator 2 panel The operator panel has five buttons, a display, and a light that flashes when the printer is processing a job indicated by the Busy message. Ready Display 1 2 3 4 Menu Select Return 5 6 Go Stop Operator panel buttons Button Function Go Press Go to: • Return to the Ready state if the printer is offline (the Ready message does not appear on the display). Exit printer menus and return to the Ready state. Clear some operator panel messages. Resume
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Button Function Select Press Select to: Open the menu shown on the second line of the display. Save the displayed menu item as the new user default setting. Clear certain messages from the display. Continue printing after the Change message appears. See Change for more information. Return Press Return to go back to the previous menu level or menu item. Stop Press Stop at the Ready, Busy, or Waiting message to temporarily take the printer offline. The message changes to Not Read
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3 Sending a job to print To print a job from a typical Windows application: 1 Open the file you want to print. 2 From the File menu, select Print. 3 Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog box. 4 Modify the printer settings as appropriate (such as the pages you want to print or the number of copies). Note: Click Properties or Setup to adjust printer settings not available from the first screen, and click OK. 5 Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected printer. 11
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4 Canceling a print job Cancel a job from the printer operator panel If the job you want to cancel is printing, and Busy appears on the display: 1 Press Menu until you see Job Menu, and then press Select. 2 Press Menu until you see Cancel Job, and then press Select. Cancel a job from the Windows taskbar When you send a job to print, a small printer icon appears in the right corner of the taskbar. 1 Double-click the printer icon. A list of print jobs appears. 2 Select the job you want to cancel.
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5 Conserving supplies Several settings in your application software or on the display let you conserve toner and paper: For more information, Supply Setting What the setting does see... Toner Toner Darkness in Lets you adjust the amount of toner Toner Darkness the Color Menu released on a sheet of paper. The values range from 1 (lightest setting) to 5 (darkest setting). Paper and Multipage Print in Prints two or more page images on one Multipage Print specialty media the Finishing side of a s
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6 Holding a job in the printer When sending a job to the printer, you can specify in the driver that you want the printer to hold the job in memory. When you are ready to print the job, you must go to the printer and use the operator panel menus to identify which held job you want to print. Note: Print and Hold functions require a minimum of 16MB available printer memory. We recommend a minimum of 32MB available printer memory and a hard disk. To learn more about this function, click a topic:
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Accessing held jobs from the operator panel 1 To access held jobs from the operator panel: – If the printer is Busy, press Menu and the Job Menu appears. – If the printer is Ready, continue to step 2. 2 Press Menu until you see Held Jobs or Confidential Job on the operator panel display, depending on the type of job you want to access. 3 Press Select. User Name appears on the first line of the operator panel. The second line displays the names of users currently associated with Print and Hold
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Repeat Print If you send a Repeat Print job, the printer prints all requested copies of the job and stores the job in memory so you can print additional copies later. You can print additional copies as long as the job remains stored in memory. Note: Repeat Print jobs are automatically deleted from printer memory when the printer requires extra memory to process additional held jobs. Reserve Print If you send a Reserve Print job, the printer does not print the job immediately, but stores the
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Confidential jobs When you send a job to the printer, you can enter a personal identification number (PIN) from the driver. The PIN must be four digits using the numbers 1–6. The job is then held in printer memory until you enter the same four-digit PIN from the printer operator panel and choose to print or delete the job. This ensures that the job does not print until you are there to retrieve it, and no one else using the printer can print the job. When you select Confidential Job from the
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Paper and specialty media 7 specifications The following table lists supported paper and specialty media sizes and types for the standard and optional trays, as well as for the multipurpose feeder. We recommend that you try a limited sample of any paper or specialty media you are considering using with the printer before purchasing large quantities. Source Paper sizes supported Paper types supported Capacity 500-sheet trays Letter, A4, A5, Legal, Paper, transparencies, 500 sheets of 20 lb pa
