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This section describes the user tools in the System menu under Printer Features.

Print Error Report

Select this to have an error report printed when a printer or memory error occurs.

The default setting is [Off].

Auto Continue

You can select this to enable Auto Continue. When it is On, printing continues after a system error occurs.

The default setting is [Off].

Memory Overflow

Select this to have a memory overflow error report printed.

The default setting is [Do not Print].

Job Separation

You can enable Job Separation.

This menu can be selected only when an optional finisher is installed.

The default setting is [Off].

Rotate by 180 Degrees

Specify whether to rotate the print image 180 degrees relative to the paper orientation.

The default setting is [Off].

Auto Delete Temporary Print Jobs

You can select to automatically delete print jobs temporarily stored in the machine.

The default setting is [Off].

If you select [On], you can set up to 200 hours for auto file deleting.

Auto Delete Stored Print Jobs

You can select to automatically delete print jobs stored in the machine.

The default setting is [On], "3" day(s).

If you select [On], you can set up to 180 days for auto file deleting.

Initial Print Job List

You can set the desired type of print job list that appears on the screen when you press [Print Jobs].

The default setting is [Complete List].

  • Complete List

    Displays the list of print jobs stored in the machine.

  • List Per User ID

    Displays the list of the User ID who stored a file in the machine.

Print Compressed Data

Specify whether to uncompress and extract compressed job data before printing it.

The supported compression format is GZIP.

The default setting is [Off].

Memory Usage

You can select the amount of memory used in Font Priority or Frame Priority, according to paper size or resolution.

The default setting is [Frame Priority].

Duplex

You can select to have print on both sides of each page.

The default setting is [Off].

Copies

You can specify the number of print sets. This setting is disabled if the number of pages to print has been specified with the printer driver or another command.

The number of copies can be specified from 1 to 999 by increments of one.

The default setting is "1" copies.

Blank Page Print

You can select whether or not to print blank pages.

The default setting is [On].

Pages that match one of the following conditions are identified as blank.

  • There are no images.

  • There are images but they are outside the printable area.

  • There are only blank characters.

Edge Smoothing

You can set whether edge smoothing is enabled. When it is on, jagged lines appear more smoothly.

Set it to off when the print image contains fine gradation in tone. This menu appears only when an optional PostScript 3 unit is installed.

The default setting is [On].

Toner Saving

You can save toner.

The default setting is [Off].

Spool Image

You can select to print spool images. The print job transmitted from the computer is temporarily stored on the machine's hard disk as bitmap images that can be printed when transmission is complete. If more than one print job is transmitted, a spool image is printed for each.

The default setting is [Off].

Reserved Job Waiting Time

You can specify how long the machine waits to receive a print job before allowing other functions such as the copier and scanner functions to interrupt it.

The default setting is [Short Wait].

Printer Language

Specify the printer language.

The default setting is [Auto].

Sub Paper Size

You can enable the Auto Substitute Paper Size (A4, LT) feature.

The default setting is [Auto].

Page Size

You can select the default paper size.

  • The paper size you can select is as follows:

A3, A4, A5, A6, B4 JIS, B5 JIS, B6 JIS, 11multiplication17, 11multiplication14, 81/2multiplication14, 81/2multiplication13, 81/2multiplication11, 81/4multiplication13, 8multiplication13, 71/4multiplication101/2, 51/2multiplication81/2, 8K, 16K, Custom Size

220 - 240 V

The default setting is A4.

120 V 208 - 240 V

The default setting is 81/2multiplication11.

Letterhead Setting

You can rotate original images when printing.

When printing, original images are always rotated by 180 degrees. Therefore, output might not be as expected when printing onto letterhead or preprinted paper requiring orientation. Using this function, you can specify image rotation.

The default setting is [Auto Detect].

  • Off

    When set to [Off], original images are rotated by 180 degrees.

  • Auto Detect

    When set to [Auto Detect], the machine detects a letterhead or preprinted paper automatically, and does not rotate the image.

  • On (Always)

    When set to [On (Always)], the machine does not rotate.

This function reduces printing speed.

Bypass Tray Setting Priority

You can specify which of the two options, (Printer) Driver / Command or Machine Settings, has priority for determining the paper size for the bypass tray.

The default setting is [Driver / Command].

Edge to Edge Print

You can select whether or not to print on the entire sheet. This menu appears only when a PostScript 3 unit is installed.

The default setting is [Off].

Default Printer Language

You can set the default printer language if the machine cannot find the printer language automatically.

The default setting is [PCL].

Tray Switching

You can specify whether or not the machine automatically switches paper trays if paper of the specified size and type is not loaded in the driver-designated tray.

The default setting is [Off].

Collate Settings

Set the default collate type if the machine cannot obtain the collate type information from the host computer.

The default setting is [Collate].

Staple Settings

Set the default staple type if the machine cannot obtain the staple type information from the host computer.

This menu appears only when a finisher is installed.

The default setting is [Off].

Punch Settings

You can set the default punch type if the machine cannot find the printer language automatically.

This menu appears only when a punch unit is installed.

Displayed items will differ depending on the finisher type, the original's orientation, the paper size, and the orientation type.

The default setting is [Off].

Extended Auto Tray Switching

You can select whether or not to automatically switch to a suitable tray when the current tray runs out of paper.

When set to [On], [Auto Tray Switching] is enabled and the [Auto Tray Switching] setting configured in the printer driver is overridden.

The default setting is [Off].

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