Print Settings

You can 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

You can specify the default paper size. The default paper size is used when the paper size is not specified in the print data.

Default:

(mainly Europe and Asia)
A4

(mainly North America)
8¹/₂ × 11

• (mainly Europe and Asia)
  A3, A4, A5, A6, B4 JIS, B5 JIS, B6 JIS, C5 Env, C6 Env, DL Env, 11 × 17, 11 × 15, 10 × 14, 8¹/₂ × 14, 8¹/₂ × 13, 8¹/₂ × 12, 8¹/₂ × 11, 8¹/₄ × 14, 8¹/₄ × 13, 8 × 13, 8 × 10, 7¹/₄ × 10¹/₂, 5¹/₂ × 8¹/₂, 4¹/₈ × 9¹/₂, 3⁷/₈ × 7¹/₂, 8K, 16K, Postcard, 148 × 200 mm, Custom Size

• (mainly North America)
  11 × 17, 11 × 15, 10 × 14, 8¹/₂ × 14, 8¹/₂ × 13, 8¹/₂ × 12, 8¹/₂ × 11, 8¹/₄ × 14, 8¹/₄ × 13, 8 × 13, 8 × 10, 7¹/₄ × 10¹/₂, 5¹/₂ × 8¹/₂, 4¹/₈ × 9¹/₂, 3⁷/₈ × 7¹/₂, A3, A4, A5, A6, B4 JIS, B5 JIS, B6 JIS, C5 Env, C6 Env, DL Env, 8K, 16K, Postcard, 148 × 200 mm, Custom Size

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

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can specify 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

You can specify whether or not to rotate the print image by 180 degrees.

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can specify whether or not to print blank pages.

Default: [On]

• On

• Off

You can specify whether or not to print on paper that has a fixed print side or print direction (letterhead paper, for example). For details, see Loading Orientation-Fixed Paper or Two-Sided Paper.

Default: [Auto Detect]

• Off

  The letterhead printing mode is disabled.

• Auto Detect

  You can specify 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.

You can 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

  You can specify whether the paper size and type settings applied for the 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 Paper Type

    If this setting is selected for a print job and the type of the document for the print job does not need to be specified, you can proceed with printing only if the paper size matches the job's print setting. For details about this function, see Preventing Paper Setting Mismatch Errors.

  • 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 4

  You can 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)

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

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can set the printer to switch paper trays automatically, regardless of whether the tray is manually or automatically selected.

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

Select the page orientation.

Default: [Portrait]

• Portrait

• Landscape

You can 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:

(mainly Europe and Asia)
64

(mainly North America)
60

You can 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

You can 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)

You can specify the point size you want to use for the default font between 4.00 to 999.75 in 0.25 increments. This setting is effective only for a variable-space font.

Default: 12.00 points

You can 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

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

You can select the type of courier font.

Default: [Regular]

• Regular

• Dark

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

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can specify whether or not to append a CR code to each LF code to print text data clearly.

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can specify the print resolution in dots per inch.

Default: [600dpi Fast]

• 300dpi

• 600dpi Fast

• 600dpi Standard

• 600dpi High Quality

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)

You can specify how long the printer waits (in seconds) before it cancels the receiving of 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)

You can specify how the source tray will be selected by specifying the default value for DeferredMediaSelection in PostScript.

Default: [Select Paper Tray]

• Auto Select

  The default value for DeferredMediaSelection is "true". The source tray that matches the paper setting specified in a print job will be selected.

• Select Paper Tray

  The default value for DeferredMediaSelection is "false". The source tray will be selected according to the media selection of PostScript Language Reference.

You can specify which side of the paper to print on when the PS command is used to perform duplex printing and the "setpagedevice" command is entered.

Default: [Active]

• Inactive

  Retains duplex printing, and prints pages after the "setpagedevice" command has been entered on the back side of paper.

• Active

  Cancels duplex printing, and prints pages after the "setpagedevice" command has been entered on the front side of paper.

You can select the data format from Binary Data or TBCP.

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

When binary data is sent from the printer driver while operating the printer with a parallel or USB connection, the print job is canceled.

Default: [TBCP]

• Binary Data

• 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.

You can select the resolution.

Default: [600dpi Fast]

• 600dpi Fast

• 600dpi Standard

• 600dpi High Quality

• 1200dpi

You can specify whether or not to reduce toner consumption when printing. When this setting is enabled, print quality may be degraded.

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can specify the RGB setting.

Default: [Super Fine]

• None

• Fine

• Super Fine

You can specify the color profile.

Default: [Auto]

• Auto

• Presentation

• Solid Color

• Photographic

• User Setting

You can specify the color model.

Default: [Color]

• Color

• Black and White

You can specify orientation auto detect.

Default: [On]

• On

• Off

You can specify how to print black or gray tones.

Default: [Black/Gray by K (Black)]

• Black/Gray by K (Black)

• Black by K (Black)

• CMY + K

• Blk/Gry by K(Blk)-TextOnly

• Black by K (Blk)-Text Only

You can specify a password for a 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.

This setting is not available on this printer.

You can set the printer to start printing 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

You can specify the resolution for the PDF file executing PDF Direct Print.

Default: [600dpi Fast]

• 600dpi Fast

• 600dpi Standard

• 600dpi High Quality

• 1200dpi

You can specify whether or not to reduce toner consumption when printing. When this setting is enabled, print quality may be degraded.

Default: [Off]

• On

• Off

You can specify the RGB setting.

Default: [Super Fine]

• None

• Fine

• Super Fine

You can specify the color profile.

Default: [Auto]

• Auto

• Presentation

• Solid Color

• Photographic

• User Setting

You can specify the color model.

Default: [Color]

• Color

• Black and White

You can specify orientation auto detect for the PDF file executing PDF Direct Print.

Default: [On]

• On

• Off