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 that appears 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 supply estimates on the control panel, Embedded Web Server, menu settings, and device statistics reports.

Note:  Show estimates is the factory default setting.

Eco-Mode

• Off
• Energy
• Energy/Paper
• Paper

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

Notes:

• Off is the factory default setting.
• Setting Eco‑Mode to Energy or may affect printer performance, but not print quality.

ADF Loaded Beep

• Enabled
• Disabled

Enable an ADF beep sound when loading paper.

Note:  Enabled is the factory default setting.

Quiet Mode

• Off
• On

Reduce 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.

Note:  US is the factory default setting.

Scan to PC Port Range

• [port range]

Specify a valid port range for printers behind a port blocking firewall.

Note:  9751:12000 is the factory default setting.

Home screen customization

• Change Language
• Copy
• Fax
• Fax Shortcuts
• E‑mail Shortcuts
• FTP Shortcuts
• Search Held Jobs
• Held Jobs
• Bookmarks
• Jobs by User

Change the icons that appear on the home screen.

Select from the following options:

• Display
• Do not display

Notes:

• Do not display is the factory default setting for Change Language, Fax shortcuts, E‑mail shortcuts, FTP shortcuts, Bookmarks, and Jobs by user.
• Display is the factory default setting for Copy, Fax, Search Held Jobs, and Held Jobs.

One Page Copy

• Off
• On

Set copies from the scanner glass to only one page at a time.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

Allow Background Removal

• On
• Off

Specify whether to allow image background removal.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

Allow Custom Job Scans

• On
• Off

Scan multiple jobs to one file.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

Scanner Jam Recovery

• Job Level
• Page Level

Specify how to reload a scanned job when a paper jam occurs in the ADF.

Note:  Job Level is the factory default setting.

Alarms

• Alarm Control
• Cartridge Alarm

Set an alarm when the printer requires user intervention.

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.

Timeouts

• Sleep Mode
• Disabled
• 1–120

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

Notes:

• 20 minutes is the factory default setting.
• Disabled appears only when Energy Conserve is set to Off.

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 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 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 when there is an active Ethernet connection.

Note:  Do Not Hibernate is the factory default setting.

Timeouts

• Screen Timeout
• 15–300

Set the idle time before the display returns to Ready state.

Note:  30 seconds is the factory default setting.

Timeouts

• Print Timeout
• Disabled
• 1–255

Set the printer to end a print job after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.

Notes:

• 90 seconds is the factory default setting.
• When the timer expires, any partially printed page still in the printer is printed.
• Print Timeout is available only when using PCL emulation.

Timeouts

• Wait Timeout
• Disabled
• 15–65535

Set the time the printer waits to receive for more data before canceling a print job.

Notes:

• 40 seconds is the factory default setting.
• Wait Timeout is available only when the printer is using PostScript emulation.

Error Recovery

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

Automatically reboot the printer.

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

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 other tasks need the memory required to hold pages.

Print Recovery

• Jam Assist
• On
• Off

Set the printer to check for jammed paper.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

Print Recovery

• Page Protect
• Off
• On

Set the printer to print the correct output for a page.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

Accessibility Settings

• Speech Rate
• Very Slow
• Slow
• Normal
• Fast
• Faster
• Very Fast
• Rapid
• Very Rapid
• Fastest

Adjust the Voice Guidance speaking rate.

Note:  Normal is the factory default setting.

Accessibility Settings

• Headphone Volume
• 1–10

Set the headphones volume.

Note:  5 is the factory default setting.

Information Sent to Lexmark

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

Send anonymous device usage information to Lexmark.

Note:  The default value depends on what you selected during the initial setup.

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.
• All downloads stored in the RAM are deleted.

Custom Home Message

• Off
• IP Address
• Hostname
• Contact Name
• Location
• Zero Configuration Name
• Custom Text 1

Select a custom home message that appears as an alternating display of the printer status.

Export Configuration Package

• Export

Export the configuration package to a flash drive.

Export Compressed Logs File

• Export

Export the compressed logs file to a flash drive.