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Lexmark™ X94x

Clearing Jams Guide

Clearing jams

Avoiding jams

The following hints can help you avoid jams:

• Use only recommended paper or specialty media.

For more information, see the Card Stock & Label Guide

available on the Lexmark Web site at

www.lexmark.com/publications.

• Do not load too much paper. Make sure the stack height does

not exceed the indicated maximum height.

• Do not load wrinkled, creased, damp, or curled paper.

• Flex, fan, and straighten paper before loading it.

• Do not use paper that has been cut or trimmed by hand.

• Do not mix paper sizes, weights, or types in the same stack.

• Store the paper in an appropriate environment.

• Do not remove trays while the printer is printing. Wait for Load

tray <x> or Ready to appear before removing a tray.

• Do not load the manual feeder while the printer is printing.

Wait for Load Manual feeder with <x> to appear.

• Push all trays in firmly after loading paper.

• Make sure the guides in the trays are properly positioned, and

are not pressing too tightly against the paper.

• Make sure all paper sizes and paper types are set correctly in

the control panel menu.

• Make sure all printer cables are attached correctly. For more

information, see the setup documentation.

Understanding jam numbers

and locations

When a jam occurs, a message indicating the jam location appears.

The following illustration and table list the paper jams that can

occur and the location of each jam. Open doors and covers, and

remove trays to access jam locations.

Jam

numbers

Area name Instructions

200–203 Door A Open Door A, and then

remove the jam.

230–231 Door B Open Doors A and B,

and then remove any

jams.

241 Door C Open Door C, and then

remove the jam.

Open Tray 1, and then

remove any jams.

242–244 Door D Open Door D, and

then remove the jam.

Open Trays 2–4, and

then remove any jams.

Jam

numbers

Area name Instructions

250 Multipurpose

feeder

1 Remove all paper

from the

multipurpose

feeder.

2 Flex and stack the

paper.

3 Reload the

multipurpose

feeder.

4 Adjust the paper

guide.

280–282 Cover F

(Horizontal

Transport Unit)

Open Cover F, and

then remove the jam.

283–284

287–288

289

Door G Open Door G, and

then remove the jam.

For staple jams,

remove the paper

from the accumulator.

Remove the staple

cartridge, and then

clear the staple jam.

284–286 Door H Open Door H, and

then remove the jam.

Door H is located

between the finisher

output bins.

290–295 ADF cover Open the ADF cover,

and then remove the

jam.

200–203 paper jams

1 Open Door A by lifting the release latch and lowering the door.

CAUTION—HOT SURFACE: The inside of the printer

might be hot. To reduce the risk of injury from a hot

component, allow the surface to cool before touching.

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Clearing Jams Guide

Lexmark™ X94xClearing Jams GuideClearing jamsAvoiding jamsThe following hints can help you avoid jams:• Use only recommended paper or specialty media.

Page 2 - 230–231 paper jams

2 Lift the green lever, and then pull the paper up and towardyou.Note: Make sure all paper fragments are removed.3 Push the green lever down.4 Close D

Page 3 - 242–244 paper jams

6 Remove the jammed paper.7 Close Door B.8 Touch Continue.241 paper jam1 Open Door C.2 Pull the paper down and toward you.Note: Make sure all paper fr

Page 4 - 250 paper jam

4 Clear crumpled paper from Trays 2–4.a Open Tray 2, and then remove any crumpled paper.b Close Tray 2.c Open Tray 3, and then remove any crumpled pap

Page 5 - 283–284 and 287–288 paper

280–282 paper jams1 Open Cover F.2 Remove the jammed paper.Note: If the paper jam on the right is difficult to remove, rotatethe knob clockwise.3 Clos

Page 6 - 284–286 paper jams

7 Lift the inside cover. If the paper is jammed in the rollers, rotateKnob G8 clockwise, and then remove the jammed paper.8 Close Door G.9 Touch Conti

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4 Open the staple cover.5 Remove the jammed staple, and then close the cover.6 Place the staple cartridge into the upper stapler.7 Open the lower stap

Page 8 - 290–295 paper jams

10 Close the staple drawer.11 Close Door G.12 Touch Continue.290–295 paper jams1 Remove all original documents from the ADF.2 Open the ADF cover, and