Lexmark 2580 Quick Setup Guide

Lexmark

Contents

Learning about the printer...............................................................5

Printer overview.....................................................................................................................................................................5

Understanding the printer features and functions....................................................................................................6

Using the control panel...................................................................10

Understanding the control panel buttons.................................................................................................................10

Understanding the control panel lights......................................................................................................................12

Using the Load/Unload function...................................................................................................................................12

Locking and unlocking the control panel...................................................................................................................13

Selecting a Tractor mode..................................................................................................................................................13

Loading paper...................................................................................14

Setting the forms thickness lever..................................................................................................................................14

Paper paths............................................................................................................................................................................16

Using the Tear Off function..............................................................................................................................................16

Loading continuous paper...............................................................................................................................................17

Loading continuous forms using the push tractor............................................................................................................. 17

Front loading continuous forms using the pull tractor .................................................................................................... 20
Bottom loading continuous forms using the pull tractor ................................................................................................ 23

Loading cut forms...............................................................................................................................................................28

Loading a cut form or envelope manually ............................................................................................................................ 28
Aligning the left margin ............................................................................................................................................................... 30

Setting Top-of-Form...........................................................................................................................................................31

Setting Top-Of-Form for continuous forms in push mode.............................................................................................. 31

Setting Top-Of-Form for continuous forms in pull mode ................................................................................................ 32
Setting Top-Of-Form for a cut form or an envelope .......................................................................................................... 32

Setting Top-Of-Form in a macro ............................................................................................................................................... 33

Paper and specialty media guide..................................................34

Paper types and sizes supported by the printer......................................................................................................34

Changing tractor positions............................................................35

Push tractor position..........................................................................................................................................................35

Pull tractor position............................................................................................................................................................35

Converting the push tractor to pull tractor position..............................................................................................35

Converting the pull tractor to push tractor position..............................................................................................37

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