How to print and staple a booklet in Macintosh operating systems with tabloid-sized paper
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How to print and staple a booklet in Macintosh operating systems with tabloid-sized paper

How to Print and Staple a Booklet in Macintosh Operating Systems with Tabloid-Sized Paper
Overview
The following instructions should allow you to print tabloid-size stapled booklets with the Lexmark X954 MFP.
Driver configuration steps
These instructions will show you how to uninstall the current driver, reinstall a different driver and configure the driver's duplex and finishing features.
Step
Action
1
Delete the existing queue pointing to the Lexmark X954
2
Download and run the cleanup tool. See
article ID#
 removing-lexmark-files-from-mac-1012x-1011x-108x-107x-106x-105x-so6765.dita for information on removing all Lexmark files from your Mac computer.
Note:
The cleanup tool does not delete the print queue; hence, the printer driver needs to be deleted manually on the computer.
3
Manually remove the Lexmark printer driver by navigating to
System Preferences
from
Finder
> then select
Print & Fax
or
Print & Scan
or
Printers & Scanners
> select the Lexmark printer from the list, then click the
minus
(-) sign button to delete the printer. In this sample screen shot below, the button is outlined in
red
.
4
Click here to download the
Lexmark modified print driver
.
5
Install the newly downloaded printer driver by executing the steps found in Installing Lexmark print drivers in macOS .
Note:
In this link, proceed to
Section B
 for installing the driver.
6
Open the Safari or Firefox web browser and enter http://localhost:631/, and then follow these steps:
a. Go to the
Printers tab
 and select the queue pointing to the X954
b. Select
Set default options
 from the
Administration
 drop-down menu.
c. Click on
Options Installed
d. Once under the
Options Installed Menu
, select
Tray 1+2+3+4
 from the Trays drop-down menu.
e. Select
Installed
 from the
Duplexer
drop-down menu.
f. Select '
3 Optional Bins
' from the
Output Bins
 dropdown menu.
g. Select
Booklet Finisher
 from the
Output Finisher
 drop-down menu.
h. After selecting ALL entries, select
Set Default Options
.
i. Clicking on the administration tab should display
Printer lexmark _x954 default options have been set successfully
.
7
Open the file you are trying to print, and select
Print
from the
File
 menu, and then follow these steps:
a. When the Application print dialog opens, click on
Page Setup
.
b. Select the
lexmark_x954
 print queue from the '
format for
' drop-down menu.
c. Select the
Paper Size
 as '
Letter
' , and click
OK
.
d. Click on the
Printer button
.
e. Select
Printer Features
.
f. Select
Booklet 1
 from the
Feature Sets
 drop-down menu.
g. Set
Enable Booklet Printing
 to
ON
.
h. Select
Booklet 2
 from the
Features Sets
 drop-down menu, and check
Maintain original page size
 on the booklet page.
i. Select
Finishing
 from feature sets.
j. Select
Fold and Staple
 from the fold drop-down menu, and click
Print
.
k. Click on
Print
 again from the main
Print screen
.
Note:
When you use the
Staple and Fold
option in booklet printing, make sure to load the paper where the short edge is facing the entry level in feeding the paper through; otherwise, it won’t perform a staple and fold job.
If the issue persists, search for more information related to this issue or contact support for further assistance.
LEGACY ID:
SO8628

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