User GuideIM C300/C300F/C300FLT/C400F/C400SRF/C400FLT

Tray/Paper Settings

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

How to Use the Settings Screen

Paper Size/Paper Type

Important

  • If the specified paper size differs from the actual size of the paper loaded in the paper tray, a misfeed might occur because the correct paper size was not detected.

Setting Items

Description

Bypass Tray

Paper Size: Printer

Specify the size of the paper loaded in the bypass tray. This setting is applied when printing with the printer driver.

Region A icon(mainly Europe and Asia)

  • Default: [A4Landscape]

Region B icon(mainly North America)

  • Default: [81/2 × 11Landscape]

Paper Type/Thickness

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

  • Default

    • Paper Type: [Plain Paper]

    • Paper Thickness: [75 - 81 gsm (Plain Paper 2)]

Apply Duplex

Specify whether to apply duplex print.

  • Default: (Yes)

Tray 1

Tray 2

Tray 3

Tray 4

Paper Size

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

Region A icon (mainly Europe and Asia)

  • Default: [A4Landscape]

Region B icon (mainly North America)

  • Default: [81/2 × 11Landscape]

Paper Type/Thickness

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

  • Default

    • Paper Type: [Plain Paper]

    • Paper Thickness: [75 - 81 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 Copier, 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).

  • Default: [On]

Display Bypass Tray Paper Settings

You can specify whether to display the Paper Setting screen for the bypass tray when you select the bypass tray in [Paper Size/Paper Type].

  • 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 load paper into the bypass tray.

  • Default: [Display Automatically]

Bypass Tray Paper Misfeed Prevention

You can specify how the machine responds when the paper size selected on the control panel differs from that loaded on the bypass tray.

If you specify [On], the machine will display a message after copying the first page of the originals. Load the correct size of paper on the bypass tray, and then press [Start] to copy from the first page of the originals.

  • Default: [Off]

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

Specify whether to display the confirming screen of the paper size, type, and feed direction on the control panel when feeding paper from the bypass tray. If [Display] is specified, you can check the print settings for the bypass tray before printing starts.

This setting is available when Bypass Tray is set to [Driver/Command].

  • Default: [Do not Display]

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Paper Mismatch Alert for Bypass Tray

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

This setting is available when Bypass Tray is set to [Machine Setting(s)] or [Machine Setting(s): Any Type].

  • Default: [Display]

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Bypass Tray

Tray 1

Tray 2

Tray 3

Tray 4

You can specify whether to give priority to the settings specified by the printer driver or the print command, or to the ones specified on the control panel for each tray when the machine receives print data. Only the trays attached to the machine appear.

For the bypass tray, you can specify of the following settings. For the trays 1 to 4, 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 [Paper Size/Paper Type] specified on the control panel.

    When Bypass Tray is set to [Driver/Command], the paper orientation specified by [Paper Size/Paper Type] on the control panel is applied. Load paper in the same orientation as the orientation specified by [Paper Size/Paper Type]. When a custom size is specified by the printer driver or the print command, the paper orientation specified in the printer driver or command is applied.

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  • 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 ones specified on the control panel.

  • Machine Setting(s): Any Type

    When the paper size specified on the control panel matches the ones 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 as the one specified by [Paper Size/Paper Type] on the control panel using the printer driver or the print command.

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  • Any Size/Type

    If 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, you can proceed with printing by applying the settings specified by the printer driver or the print command to the bypass tray.

    Region A icon (mainly Europe)

    This function supports PS3, PDF, and PCL.

    Region A icon (mainly Asia)

    This function supports PS3, PDF, PCL, and XPS.

    Region B icon (mainly North America)

    This function supports PS3, PDF, PCL, and XPS.

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  • Any Custom Size/Type

    If 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, you can proceed with printing by applying the settings specified by the printer driver or the print command to the bypass tray.

    Region A icon (mainly Europe)

    This function supports PS3, PDF, and PCL.

    Region A icon (mainly Asia)

    This function supports PS3, PDF, PCL, and XPS.

    Region B icon (mainly North America)

    This function supports PS3, PDF, PCL, and XPS.

  • Default

    • Bypass Tray: [Driver/Command]

    • Tray 1 – 4: [Machine Setting(s)]

Tray Switching

This is the setting item to specify 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 setting item to specify 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 the IM C400SRF machine.

  • 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 tray to feed paper on which received fax documents are printed. A paper tray is not specified when [Auto Select] is selected.

  • Default: [Auto Select]