User GuideIM 550/600 series

Tray/Paper Settings

This section describes the settings in [Tray/Paper Settings].

How to Use the "Settings"

Paper Size/Paper Type

Setting Items

Description

Bypass Tray

Paper Size: Printer

Specify the size of the paper loaded in the bypass tray.

RegionA icon (mainly Europe and Asia)

  • Default: [A4Portrait]

RegionB icon (mainly North America)

  • Default: [81/2 × 11Portrait]

Paper Type/Thickness

Specify the type and weight of the paper loaded in the paper tray.

  • Default

    • Paper Type: [Plain Paper]

    • Paper Thickness: [75 - 90 gsm (Plain Paper 2)]

Apply Duplex

Specify whether to apply duplex print.

  • Default: (Yes)

Apply Auto Paper Select/Auto Tray Select

Specify whether to apply Auto Paper Select.

  • Default: (No)

Tray 1

Tray 2

Tray 3

Tray 4

Tray 5

Paper Size

Specify the paper size that is not available for selection with the paper size dial on the paper tray.

This setting item appears when "Asterisk" is selected by the paper size dial.

Paper Type/Thickness

Specify the type and weight of the paper loaded in the paper tray.

  • Default

    • Paper Type: [Plain Paper]

    • Paper Thickness: [75 - 90 gsm (Plain Paper 2)]

Apply Duplex

Specify whether to apply duplex print.

  • Default: (Yes)

Apply Auto Paper Select/Auto Tray Select

Specify whether to apply Auto Paper Select.

  • Default: (No)

Paper Tray Priority

Setting Items

Description

Paper Tray Priority: Copier

Paper Tray Priority: Fax

Paper Tray Priority: Printer

If multiple trays are listed for Auto Paper Select, specify which tray is used first.

Specify the paper tray to be used first for Copy, Fax, and Printer respectively.

  • Default: [Tray 1]

Common Settings/Others

Setting Items

Description

Cover Sheet Tray

Slip Sheet Tray

Specify when you use the cover/slip sheet different from the main sheet.

  • Tray to Register

    Specify the tray for loading the cover/slip sheet.

    • Default: [Not Set]

When [Cover Sheet Tray] or [Slip Sheet Tray] is set to [Bypass Tray] or one of the paper trays, the following settings are available.

  • Display Time

    Specify and display the paper tray that is used for setting front cover/slip sheets only when the Cover/Slip Sheet function is used.

    • Default: [At Mode Selected]

  • Apply Duplex

    Specify whether to print on the reverse side of the cover/slip sheet.

    • Default: [Yes]

Copy

Setting Items

Description

Paper Display

You can specify whether to display or hide the Paper Type keys on the document print screen of the document server screen. The display shown below is an example when the setting is changed from [Display] to [Hide].

Operation panel screen illustration
  • Default: [Display]

Auto Tray Switching

When paper of the same size and type is loaded in two or more trays, the machine automatically shifts to the other tray when the first tray runs out of paper (Auto Tray Switching).

To enable Auto Tray Switching only when the paper of the same size and type is loaded in the same orientation, select [Without Image Rotation].

  • Default: [With Image Rotation]

Display Bypass Tray Paper Settings

You can specify whether to display the Paper Setting screen for the bypass tray when you place the paper into the bypass tray.

  • Default: [Display Automatically]

Display Paper Settings for Bypass Tray

You can specify whether to display the Paper Selection screen for the bypass tray when you set the paper in the bypass tray.

  • Default: [Display Automatically]

Letterhead Setting

You can specify whether to use letterhead paper.

When you specify [Yes], the paper is not rotated to prevent copying onto the letterhead paper in an incorrect orientation.

  • Default: [No]

Printer

Setting Items

Description

Sub Paper Size

You can specify whether A4 and 81/2 × 11 paper is treated as the same size.

  • Default: [Auto]

Letterhead Setting

To print onto paper that has a fixed print side or print direction (letterhead paper, for example), make the settings for image rotation and print side correctly. Set the paper so that the paper orientation and print side are placed correctly.

  • Default: [Auto Detect]

Loading Orientation-fixed Paper or Two-sided Paper

Tray Setting Priority

  • Paper Confirmation for Bypass Tray

    You can specify whether to display the confirming screen of the paper size, type, and feed direction on the control panel when the bypass tray is specified as the paper source. When [Display] is specified, you can check the print settings for the bypass tray before printing starts.

    • Default: [Do not Display]

  • Paper Mismatch Alert for Bypass Tray

    You can specify whether to display an alert on the control panel when the bypass tray is specified as the paper source and the size or type of the paper loaded in the bypass tray does not match the specified one or no paper is loaded.

    • Default: [Display]

  • Bypass Tray

  • Tray 1 - 5

You can specify whether to give priority to the settings specified by the printer driver or the print command (paper size or paper type), or to the settings specified by [Paper Size/Paper Type] on the control panel. You can specify the following settings for the bypass tray. For the trays 1 to 5, you can specify either [Driver/Command] or [Machine Setting(s)].

  • Driver/Command

    When a paper tray is specified for a print job, the paper settings such as paper size, type, and orientation specified by the printer driver or the print command are applied, regardless of settings specified on the control panel.

Tray Setting Priority (Continued)

  • Machine Setting(s)

    The paper settings specified on the control panel are applied to all print jobs. An error occurs when the paper settings specified by the printer driver or the print command do not match the settings specified on the control panel.

  • Machine Setting(s): Any Type

    When the paper size specified on the control panel matches the one specified by the printer driver or the print command, then the paper type specified by the printer driver or the print command is applied to the print job.

    To use this function:

    • Specify [Bypass Tray] for the input tray using the printer driver.

    • Specify the same paper size in the [Tray Paper Settings] on the machine's control panel by the printer driver or print command.

Tray Setting Priority (Continued)

  • Any Size/Type

    When the paper that matches the settings specified by the printer driver or the print command is not loaded in any of the machine's paper trays, printing proceeds with the settings being applied to the bypass tray.

  • Any Custom Size/Type

    When a custom paper size is specified by the printer driver or the print command, and the matching paper is not loaded in any of the machine's paper trays, printing proceeds with the settings being applied to the bypass tray.

  • Default

    • Bypass Tray: [Machine Setting(s): Any Type]

    • Tray 1 to 5: [Machine Setting(s)]

Tray Switching

This is the user tool when you print by specifying the tray on the printer driver. You can specify whether to switch to Auto Paper Select when the paper set in the tray is different from the settings specified on the printer driver. If the same paper is set on another tray, the paper is fed from the tray.

  • Default: [Off]

Extended Auto Tray Switching

This is the user tool when you print by specifying the paper tray. You can specify whether to use the same paper set on another tray when the paper set in the designated tray runs out.

If Auto Tray Switching for Print Settings of emulation is disabled, printing continues by Auto Tray Switching.

  • Default: [Off]

Job Separation

Specify whether to shift the position of ejected sheets for each job alternately. You can sort the output sheets per job automatically when printing a large number of sheets from multiple jobs.

This setting item can be selected only on IM 600SRF.

  • Default: [Off]

Rotate by 180 Degrees

You can specify when you rotate the print image 180 degrees relative to the paper orientation. Use this function to print onto paper whose orientation is fixed such as a letterhead or envelope.

  • Default: [Off]

Fax

Setting Items

Description

Paper Tray

Specify the paper source for printing the received documents. A paper tray is not specified when [Auto Select] is selected.

  • Default: [Auto Select]