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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.

Default: [Off]

Auto Continue

Select whether or not the machine automatically continues to print after a system error occurs.

Default: [Off]

Memory Overflow

Select this to have a memory overflow error report printed.

Default: [Do not Print]

Job Separation

You can enable Job Separation.

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

Default: [Off]

Rotate by 180 Degrees

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

Default: [Off]

Auto Delete Temporary Print Jobs

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

Default: [Off]

If you select [On], you can set up to 200 hours for auto file deleting (Default: "8").

Auto Delete Stored Print Jobs

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

Default: [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].

Default: [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.

Default: [Off]

Memory Usage

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

Default: [Frame Priority]

Duplex

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

Default: [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.

Default: "1" copies

Blank Page Print

You can select whether or not to print blank pages.

Default: [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.

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.

Default: [Short Wait]

Printer Language

Specify the printer language.

This menu can be selected only when an optional PostScript 3 unit is installed.

Default: [Auto]

Sub Paper Size

You can specify whether A4 or Letter (81/2 multiplication 11) size paper is automatically selected as the default size when the job-specified size is unavailable.

Default: [Auto]

Page Size

You can select the default paper size.

The paper size you can select is as follows:

  • A3, A4, A5, A6, B4JIS, B5JIS, B6JIS, C5 Env, C6 Env, DL Env, 12 multiplication 18, 11 multiplication 17, 11 multiplication 15, 10 multiplication 14, 81/2 multiplication 14, 81/2 multiplication 13, 81/2 multiplication 11, 81/4 multiplication 14, 81/4 multiplication 13, 8 multiplication 13, 8 multiplication 10, 71/4 multiplication 101/2, 51/2 multiplication 81/2, 41/8 multiplication 91/2, 37/8 multiplication 71/2, 8K, 16K, Custom Size

Default:

  • region-a(mainly Europe and Asia)

    A4

  • region-b(mainly North America)

    81/2 multiplication 11

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.

Default: [Auto Detect]

  • Off

    When set to [Off], original images are always 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.

Tray Setting Priority

You can specify which of the two options, [Driver / Command] or [Machine Setting(s)], has priority for determining the paper size for each tray.

Default: [Driver / Command] (bypass tray), [Machine Setting(s)] (the other trays)

Edge to Edge Print

You can select whether or not to expand the print area.

When set to [Off], margins on all sides are 4.2 mm (0.17 inches).

When set to [On], margins on the left and right will become 2 mm.

Default: [Off]

Default Printer Language

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

This menu can be selected only when an optional PostScript 3 unit is installed.

Default: [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.

Default: [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 [On] is set, the extended auto tray switching is priority, regardless of the printer driver settings.

Default: [Off]

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