Lexmark Platinum Pro900, Quick Reference Manual

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Using the printer control panel
From the home screen, navigate to:
> More Options > Clean Printhead or Deep Clean Printhead
A cleaning page prints.
Using the printer software
For Windows users
1 Click or Start .
2 Click All Programs or Programs , and then select the printer program folder from the list.
3 Navigate to:
Printer Home > select your printer > Maintenance tab > Clean cartridges
4 Follow the instructions on the computer screen.
For Macintosh users
Note: This feature is available only in Mac OS X version 10.5 or earlier.
1
Load plain paper.
2
From the Finder desktop, double-click the printer program folder.
3
Select Printer Utility from the list.
4 From the Maintenance tab, select Clean Print Nozzles .
A cleaning page prints.
Using the printer software
Minimum system requirements
The printer software requires up to 500MB of free disk space.
Supported operating systems
• Microsoft Windows 7 (Web only)
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•
Microsoft Windows Vista (SP1)
•
Microsoft Windows XP (SP3)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4 or later)
• Macintosh PowerPC OS X version 10.3.9 to 10.6
• Macintosh Intel OS X version 10.4.4 to 10.6
• Linux Ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04 LTS (Web only)
*
• Linux openSUSE 11.1 and 11.0 (Web only) *
• Linux Fedora 10 (Web only)
*
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The printer driver for this operating system is available only at http://support.lexmark.com .
Installing the printer software
Note: If you installed the printer software on this computer before but need to reinstall the software,
then uninstall the current software first.
For Windows users
1
Close all open software programs.
2
Insert the installation software CD.
If the installation dialog screen does not appear after a minute, then launch the CD manually:
a
Click , or click Start and then click Run .
b
In the Start Search or Run box, type
D:\setup.exe
, where
D
is the letter of your CD or DVD
drive.
c Press Enter , or click OK .
3 Click Install , and then follow the instructions on the computer screen.
For Macintosh users
1
Close all open applications.
2
Insert the installation software CD.
If the installation dialog does not appear after a minute, then click the CD icon on the desktop.
3
Double-click Install , and then follow the instructions on the computer screen.
Using the Internet
1
Go to the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com .
2
Navigate to:
SUPPORT & DOWNLOADS > select your printer > select your operating system
3
Download the driver and install the printer software.
Note: Updated printer software may be available at http://support.lexmark.com .
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