User GuideIM 550/600 series

Binding Printed Sheets

You can use the various functions to finish the printed sheets as a book.

Select a combination of functions to bind the printed sheets as needed.

Types of Binding

Magazine

Arrange four original pages as shown below and print them on a sheet. Stack all printed sheets and fold them in half to arrange the pages in the order of the page numbers.

Illustration of the magazine function

Magazine and Combine

You can arrange multiple pages of originals on a page of a bound book printed by specifying Magazine.

Illustration of the magazine and combine function

Functions for Binding

Cover sheet

You can insert front and back cover sheets in the printed sheets. Paper for the cover sheet is fed from a different tray from that of the main paper. You can use paper of a different quality for the cover sheet.

  • The cover sheet function can be specified in Windows.

  • The first to second pages and the last page of a document can be printed as the cover sheets.

  • You can insert a blank cover sheet.

Binding the Printed Sheets (Windows)

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

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 and other settings.

Basic Procedure for Printing Documents

3In "Booklet", select [Magazine].

Driver screen illustration

4After completing the configuration, click [OK].

5On the application, click the button for printing.

Binding the Printed Sheets (OS X/macOS)

Configure the settings in [Finishing] on "Feature Sets" of [Printer Features].

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, Orientation, Paper Type, and other settings.

Basic Procedure for Printing Documents

3On [Finishing] of "Feature Sets", select the opening direction of the bound paper.

Driver screen illustration
  • Booklet: Select the opening direction of the bound booklet.

  • Booklet - Paper Size: Specify the paper size to use for Booklet.

4After completing the configuration, click [Print].

Note

  • If you specify a custom size paper for Booklet in the PostScript 3 printer driver and the length of the short edge of the paper is equal to or shorter than half the length of the long edge of the paper, the job will be canceled.

Inserting Cover Sheet (Windows)

Configure the settings on the [Cover/Slip/Designate] menu of the [Detailed Settings] tab.

1Load the paper to use as cover sheets into the paper tray.

Loading Paper into the Paper Tray

Use a paper tray other than the one for printing the document. Load paper of the same size in the same orientation as the document.

2Open a document to print on the computer, and display the setting screen of the printer driver from the print menu in the application.

3Specify Paper Size, Paper Type, Orientation and other settings to print the document.

Basic Procedure for Printing Documents

4Configure the settings of the cover sheet on the [Cover/Slip/Designate] menu of the [Detailed Settings] tab.

Driver screen illustration
  • Front Cover/Back Cover: Select the paper tray specified on the control panel, and then specify whether to print on the cover sheet.

5After completing the configuration, click [OK].

6On the application, click the button for printing.