General Settings menu

Display Language

• English
• Francais
• Deutsch
• Italiano
• Espanol
• Dansk
• Norsk
• Nederlands
• Svenska
• Portuguese
• Suomi
• Russian
• Polski
• Greek
• Magyar
• Turkce
• Cesky
• Simplified Chinese
• Traditional Chinese
• Korean
• Japanese

Set the language of the text appearing on the display.

Note:  Not all languages are available for all models. You may need to install special hardware for some languages.

Show Supply Estimates

• Show estimates
• Do not show estimates

View the estimates of the supplies on the control panel, Embedded Web Server, menu settings, and device statistics reports.

Eco-Mode

• Off
• Energy
• Energy/Paper
• Paper

Minimize the use of energy, paper, or specialty media.

Notes:

• Off is the factory default setting. This setting resets the printer to its factory default settings.
• When setting Eco‑Mode to Energy or Paper, performance may be affected, but print quality is not.

Quiet Mode

• Off
• On

Minimize the printer noise.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

Run Initial setup

• Yes
• No

Run the setup wizard.

Paper Sizes

• US
• Metric

Specify the unit of measurement for paper sizes.

Notes:

• US is the factory default setting.
• The initial setting is determined by your country or region selection in the initial setup wizard.

Home screen customization

• Change Language
• Search Held Jobs
• Held Jobs
• USB Drive

Change the icons that appear on the home screen.

For each icon, select from the following options:

• Display
• Do not display

Alarms¹

• Alarm Control
• Cartridge Alarm

Set an alarm when the printer requires user intervention.

For each alarm type, select from the following options:

• Off
• Single
• Continuous

Notes:

• Single is the factory default setting for Alarm Control.
• Off is the factory default setting for Cartridge Alarm.
• Continuous repeats three beeps every 10 seconds.

Timeouts

• Sleep Mode
• Disabled
• 1–120

Set the amount of time in minutes the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes into a reduced power state.

Notes:

• 20 is the factory default setting.
• Disabled appears only when Energy Conserve is set to Off.
• Lower settings conserve more energy, but may require longer warm‑up times.
• Select a high setting if the printer is in constant use. Under most circumstances, this keeps the printer ready to print with minimum warm‑up time.

Timeouts

• Print with Display Off
• Allow printing with display off
• Display on when printing

Print a job with the display turned off.

Note:  Display on when printing is the factory default setting.

Timeouts

• Hibernate Timeout
• Disabled
• 20 minutes
• 1–3 hours
• 6 hours
• 1–3 days
• 1–2 weeks
• 1 month

Set the amount of time the printer waits before it enters Hibernate mode.

Note:  3 days is the factory default setting.

Timeouts

• Hibernate Timeout on Connection
• Hibernate
• Do Not Hibernate

Set the printer to Hibernate mode even if there is an active Ethernet or fax connection.

Note:  Hibernate is the factory default setting.

Timeouts

• Screen Timeout
• 15–300

Set the amount of time in seconds before returning the control panel to a Ready state.

Note:  30 is the factory default setting.

Timeouts

• Print Timeout
• Disabled
• 1–255

Set the amount of time in seconds the printer waits to receive an end‑of‑job message before canceling the rest of the print job.

Notes:

• 90 is the factory default setting.
• When the timer expires, any partially printed page still in the printer is printed, and then the printer checks for new print jobs in the print queue.
• Print Timeout is available only when using PCL emulation. This has no effect on PostScript emulation print jobs.

Timeouts

• Wait Timeout
• Disabled
• 15–65535

Set the amount of time in seconds the printer waits for more data before canceling a print job.

Notes:

• 40 is the factory default setting.
• Wait Timeout is available only when the printer is using PostScript emulation. This setting has no effect on PCL emulation print jobs.

Error Recovery

• Auto Reboot
• Reboot when idle
• Reboot always
• Reboot never

Set the printer to restart when an error occurs.

Note:  Reboot always is the factory default setting.

Error Recovery

• Max Auto Reboots
• 1–20

Determine the number of automatic reboots the printer can perform.

Note:  2 is the factory default setting.

Print Recovery

• Auto Continue
• Disabled
• 5–255 sec

Let the printer automatically continue printing from certain offline situations when these are not resolved within the specified time period.

Note:  Disabled is the factory default setting.

Print Recovery

• Jam Recovery
• On
• Off
• Auto

Specify whether the printer reprints jammed pages.

Note:  Auto is the factory default setting. The printer reprints jammed pages unless the memory required to hold the pages is needed for other printer tasks.

Print Recovery

• Jam Assist
• On
• Off

Set the printer to check for jammed paper automatically.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

Print Recovery

• Page Protect
• Off
• On

Successfully print a page that may not have printed otherwise.

Notes:

• Off is the factory default setting. This prints a partial page when there is not enough memory to print the whole page.
• On sets the printer to print the entire page.

Information Sent to Lexmark

• Supplies and Page Usage (Anonymous)
• On
• Off

Send anonymous device usage information to Lexmark.

Note:  The default value depends on the selection made during initial setup.

Information Sent to Lexmark

• Device Performance (Anonymous)
• On
• Off

Send anonymous device function and error information to Lexmark.

Note:  The default value depends on the selection made during initial setup.

Information Sent to Lexmark

• Start Send
• Stop Send

Set the time for sending anonymous information to Lexmark.

Press Sleep Button

• Do nothing
• Sleep
• Hibernate

Determine how the printer, while in idle state, reacts to a short press of the Sleep button.

Note:  Sleep is the factory default setting.

Press and Hold Sleep Button

• Do nothing
• Sleep
• Hibernate

Determine how the printer, while in idle state, reacts to a long press of the Sleep button.

Note:  Do nothing is the factory default setting.

Factory Defaults

• Do Not Restore
• Restore Now

Restore the printer factory default settings.

Notes:

• Do Not Restore is the factory default setting.
• Restore Now returns all printer settings to the factory default settings except Network/Ports menu settings. All downloads stored in the RAM are deleted. Downloads stored in the flash memory or on a hard disk are not affected.

Export Configuration File¹

• Export

Export configuration files to a flash drive.