User GuideIM C2000/C2500/C3000/C3500/C4500/C5500/C6000 series

Making a Partial Print as a Test and Printing the Rest of the Document

You can test print the first set of a multiple-set print job. After you have checked the result, print the rest of the sets from the control panel (Sample Print). Sample Print can reduce misprints due to mistakes in contents or settings.

1Open a document to print on the computer, and display the setting screen of the printer driver from the print menu in the application.

2Specify Paper Size, Paper Type, Orientation of the document and other settings.

Basic Procedure for Printing Documents

3Configure the job type.

Windows

Specify the settings on the [Frequently Used Settings] tab.

Driver screen illustration
  • Job Type: Select [Sample Print].

  • Details...: Enter your user ID.

    • User ID: The User ID is displayed on the control panel to show the owner of the document. Specify whether to enter the user ID, or the machine enters the Windows logon name as the user ID automatically.

    • Enter User ID: When you enter the user ID, enter up to eight single-byte alphanumeric characters.

OS X/macOS

Specify the settings on [Job Log].

Driver screen illustration
  • User ID: The User ID is displayed on the control panel to show the owner of the document. Enter the user ID using up to eight single-byte characters to identify the owner of the document.

  • Job Type: Select [Sample Print].

4Enter the print quantity.

5After completing the configuration, execute print.

The machine prints only one set of a print job.

6Check the print result.

If you do not need to change the contents or settings, proceed to print the rest of the document.

7Display the Home screen on the control panel of the machine, and then press [Quick Print Release].

Operation panel screen illustration

8On the Quick Print Release screen, select the user ID entered in the printer driver.

Operation panel screen illustration

9Select the document to print.

Operation panel screen illustration

10To change the print settings, press [Print Settings] and specify the settings.

Print Settings Configured on the Control Panel

If you change the print quality when multiple documents are selected, the newly specified print quality will be used for all of the selected documents.

11Press [Print].

After the print job is complete, the stored document is deleted.

To stop printing, press [Stop]. If you stop printing, the stored document is deleted.

Note

  • If you do not print the second and remaining sets of the print job, the stored document is not deleted automatically. To delete an unnecessary document, select and delete it on [Quick Print Release].