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Print Settings Menu Parameters

This section explains about parameters that can be set on the print settings menu.

Machine Modes

Copies

Specify the number of copies to print.

If the number of copies to print is specified by command or the printer driver, this setting is overridden.

Default: 1

  • 1 to 999

Page Size

Specify the default paper size. The default paper size is used when the paper size is not specified in the print data.

Default:

region-a(mainly Europe and Asia)
A4

region-b(mainly North America)
81/2 × 11

  • region-a(mainly Europe and Asia)
    A4, A5, A6, B5 JIS, B6 JIS, C5 Env., C6 Env., DL Env., 81/2 × 14, 81/2 × 13, 81/2 × 11, 81/4 × 13, 8 × 13, 71/4 × 101/2, 51/2 × 81/2, 41/8 × 91/2, 37/8 × 71/2, 16K, Custom Size

  • region-b(mainly North America)
    81/2 × 14, 81/2 × 13, 81/2 × 11, 81/4 × 13, 8 × 13, 71/4 × 101/2, 51/2 × 81/2, 41/8 × 91/2, 37/8 × 71/2, A4, A5, A6, B5 JIS, B6 JIS, C5 Env., C6 Env., DL Env., 16K, Custom Size

Edge to Edge Print

Select to whether or not to print using the whole area of paper, leaving no edge borders.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Duplex

Select whether or not to print on both sides of a sheet. If you specify duplex printing, you must also specify the binding method. This menu appears only when the optional duplex unit is installed.

Default: [Off]

  • Off

  • Long Edge Bind

  • Short Edge Bind

Rotate by 180 Degrees

Select whether or not to rotate the print image by 180 degrees.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Blank Page Print

Select whether or not to print blank pages.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

Edge Smoothing

Select whether or not to smooth the edges of texts and images when printing. When this setting is enabled, gradation in images may be degraded.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

Toner Saving

Reduces toner consumption when printing. When this setting is enabled, print quality may be degraded.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Letterhead Setting

Select whether or not to print on paper that has a fixed print side or print direction (letterhead paper, for example). For details, see "Printing on Fixed-Orientation Paper", Hardware Guide.

Default: [Auto Detect]

  • Off

    Not printing with the letterhead printing mode.

  • Auto Detect

    Select whether or not to print using letterhead mode whenever a page that has a fixed print side or print direction is specified as the first page.

  • On (Always)

    Print with the letterhead printing mode regularly.

Tray Setting Priority

Specify whether the paper size and type settings that are applied are those specified using the control panel, printer driver, or print command.

  • Bypass Tray

    Specify whether the paper size and type settings applied for bypass Tray are those specified using the control panel, printer driver, or print command.

    Default: [Driver/Command]

    • Driver/Command

      When the source paper tray is specified for a print job, the paper settings specified using the printer driver or by print command are applied, regardless of any settings specified using the control panel.

    • Machine Setting(s)

      The paper settings specified on the printer's control panel are applied to all print jobs. An error will occur if the paper settings specified using the printer driver or by print command do not match those specified using the control panel.

    • Any Size/Type

      If the printer's trays do not contain paper matching the settings of the print job, printing can proceed from the bypass tray with the job's settings applied.

    • Any Custom Size/Type

      If the printer's trays do not contain paper matching the settings of the print job but custom paper was specified using the printer driver or by print command, printing can proceed from the bypass tray with the job's settings applied.

  • Tray 1 to 3

    Specify whether the paper size and type settings applied for Tray 1 to 3 are those specified using the control panel, printer driver, or print command.

    Default: [Machine Setting(s)]

    • Driver/Command

    • Machine Setting(s)

Tray Switching

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

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Extend Auto Tray Switching

This setting enables the printer to switch paper trays automatically, regardless of whether the tray is manually or automatically selected.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

PCL Menu

You can set conditions when using PCL for printing.

Orientation

Select the page orientation.

Default: [Portrait]

  • Portrait

  • Landscape

Form Lines

Specify the number of lines per page between 5 to 128. The default paper size is used when the paper size is not specified in the print data.

Default:

region-a(mainly Europe and Asia)
64

region-b(mainly North America)
60

Font Source

Specify the location of the default font.

When you select [RAM], you can select only fonts downloaded to the printer RAM.

When you select [HDD], you can select only fonts downloaded to the hard disk.

When you select [SD Font Download], you can select only fonts downloaded to the SD card.

Default: [Resident]

  • Resident

  • RAM

  • HDD

  • SD

  • SD Font Download

Font Number

Specify the ID of the default font you want to use.

Default: 0

  • 0 to 63 (Resident)

  • 1 to X (Download; "X" is the number of downloaded fonts)

Point Size

Specify the point size you want to use for the default font between 4 to 999.75 in 0.25 increments. This setting is effective only for a variable-space font.

Default: 12.00 points

Font Pitch

Specify the number of characters per inch you want to use for the default font between 0.44 to 99.99 in 0.01 increments. This setting is effective only for fixed-space fonts.

Default: 10.00 pitches

Symbol Set

You can specify the character set for the default font.

Default: [PC-8]

Available sets are as follows:

Roman-8, Roman-9, ISO L1, ISO L2, ISO L5, ISO L6, ISO L9, PC-775, PC-8, PC-8 D/N, PC-850, PC-852, PC-858, PC8-TK, PC-1004, Win L1, Win L2, Win L5, Win Baltic, Desktop, PS Text, MS Publ, Math-8, PS Math, Pifont, Legal, ISO 4, ISO 6, ISO 11, ISO 15, ISO 17, ISO 21, ISO 60, ISO 69, Win 3.0, MC Text, UCS-2, PC-864, Arabic-8, Win Arabic, PC-866, PC-866U, ISO Cyrillic, Win Cyrillic, PC-851, Greek-8, ISO Greek, PC-8 Greek, Win Greek, PC-862, Hebrew-7, Hebrew-8, ISO Hebrew

Courier Font

Select the type of courier font.

Default: [Regular]

  • Regular

  • Dark

Ext. A4 Width

Select whether or not to extend the width of the printable area of A4 sheets, by reducing side margins.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Append CR to LF

Select whether or not to append a CR code to each LF code to print text data clearly.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Resolution

You can specify the print resolution in dots per inch.

Default: [600dpi]

  • 300dpi

  • 600dpi

PS Menu

You can set conditions when using PostScript for printing.

Job Timeout

You can specify how long the printer waits (in seconds) before canceling the current job when the job is interrupted while being processed. If you select Use Machine Setting(s), enter a value between 0 to 999. (Default: 0)

Default: [Use Driver/Command]

  • Use Driver/Command

  • Use Machine Setting(s)

Wait Timeout

You can specify how long the printer waits (in seconds) before it cancels receiving a job when the printer cannot detect the end of the job. If you select Use Machine Setting(s), enter a value between 0 to 999. (Default: 300)

Default: [Use Driver/Command]

  • Use Driver/Command

  • Use Machine Setting(s)

Data Format

Select the data format from Binary Data or TBCP.

This setting is ineffective when using a parallel or EtherTalk connection.

When using a parallel or USB connection, the print job is canceled if binary data is sent from the printer driver.

Default: [TBCP]

When using an Ethernet connection, the print job is canceled if:

  • The printer driver data format is TBCP and the data format selected using the control panel is Binary Data.

  • The printer driver data format is binary and the data format selected using the control panel is TBCP.

Resolution

Select the resolution.

Default: [600dpi Fast]

  • 300dpi

  • 600dpi Fast

  • 600dpi Standard

Orientation Auto Detect

Specify the orientation auto detect.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

PDF Menu

You can set conditions when using PDF for printing.

Change PDF Password

Specify the password for the PDF file executing PDF Direct Print. If you do not set a PDF password, this menu does not appear. The password can be set using Web Image Monitor, but must be sent through the network. For increased security, use this menu on the control panel to set the password directly.

PDF Group Password

This setting is not available on this printer.

Reverse Order Printing

This setting enables printing to start from the last page of the document. Use this function when prints come out face up in the output tray. This allows a printed document to be assembled in page order.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Resolution

Specify the resolution for the PDF file executing PDF Direct Print.

Default: [600dpi Fast]

  • 300dpi

  • 600dpi Fast

  • 600dpi Standard

Orientation Auto Detect

Specify the orientation auto detect for the PDF file executing PDF Direct Print.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

IPDS Menu

You can set conditions when using IPDS for printing.

Tray Form

Specify an IPDS form for each paper tray. For each paper tray, select the IPDS form you want to allocate to it. Only installed trays appear on the display panel.

  • Tray 1

  • Tray 2

  • Tray 3

  • Bypass Tray

Emulation Mode

Specify the emulation mode.

Default: [Native]

  • Native

  • 4028

Print Mode

Specify the print mode.

Default: [Enhanced]

  • Standard

  • Enhanced

Def. Code Page

Specify the default code page.

Default: 37

37, 38, 260, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 297, 420, 423, 424, 500, 870, 871, 875, 880, 892, 893, 905, 1025, 1026, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149

Default FGID

Specify the default FGID (Font Typeface Global Identifier), which identifies the printer's default resident font.

Default: 416

3, 11, 12, 18, 19, 46, 85, 86, 92, 111, 112, 159, 164, 203, 221, 223, 254, 256, 281, 283, 290, 304, 305, 306, 318, 319, 400, 404, 416, 420, 424, 428, 432, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 5687, 5707, 5815, 5835, 20224

Chara. Per Inch

Specify the number of characters per inch (pitch) for the default font. Valid values are 5.0 to 30.0 in units of one tenth of an inch.

Default: 10.0

Valid Prnt.Area

Enable or disable valid printable area checking.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

Page

Specify how data is positioned on the page.

Default: [Whole]

  • Whole

  • Comp1

  • Comp2

  • Print

Edge to Edge

Enable or disable "Edge to Edge" printing.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Font Substitution

Enables or disables font substitution.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Caching

Specify whether or not to apply caching for repeated overlays.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Font Capture

Enable or disable font capturing. This menu appears only when the hard disk is installed.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

Resolution

Specify the resolution reported to the host in the "IPDS XOAOPC" command for raster coded fonts and IM1 image support.

Default: [Auto]

  • Auto

  • 240dpi

  • 300dpi

  • 600dpi

Graph.Char.Str.

Specify the Graphic Character String (Graphic Character Sizing) processing method.

Default: [Auto]

  • Auto

  • Character Scale

  • Font Activation

Bar Code

Specify the barcode level protocol.

Default: [Auto]

  • Auto

  • 4028

  • Native

Box Draw

Specify the Box Draw processing.

Default: [Off]

  • On

  • Off

Clr. Simulation

Specify how color specification controls are processed on a monochrome printer.

Default: [Fidelity]

  • Fidelity

  • Legacy

Text Color Simulation

Specify how text color specification controls are processed on a monochrome laser printer.

Default: [On]

  • On

  • Off

Tray Mapping

Map the media source (input tray) to an ID the host uses for the media source.

Default: [Auto]

  • IPDS Tray

  • Auto