Configuring Eco-Settings

The Eco-Settings application lets you select energy- and paper-saving settings that can help reduce the environmental impact of your printer.

Configuring Eco-Settings using the printer control panel

  1. From the home screen, navigate to:

    Eco-Settings > Eco-Mode > select a setting > the check icon

    Notes:

    • If your printer model supports duplex printing, you will be able to print on both sides of the paper. Choose Paper to set 2-Sided Printing.
    • Choose Energy/Paper to automatically set 2-Sided Printing and Sleep Mode to default values. You will not be able to modify those settings.

  2. Touch 2-Sided Printing, and then touch 1-Sided, 2-Sided Long Edge, or 2-Sided Short Edge.

  3. Touch the check icon.

  4. Touch Quiet Mode, and then touch Off or On.

  5. Touch the check icon.

    Note: In Quiet Mode, the printer runs at a speed that is slower than the default speed. You should notice an increase in processing time for your jobs.

    1. Touch Standby Mode to adjust the time (1–240 minutes) the printer waits before entering a standby mode.

    2. Touch Sleep Mode to adjust the time (1–240 minutes) the printer waits before entering a sleep mode.

      Note: Standby Mode will engage automatically when the printer is in Sleep mode.

    3. Touch Screen Brightness to adjust the screen brightness settings (20–100%).

    4. Touch Darkness to adjust the darkness settings of your printed documents.

  6. Touch Advanced Options to configure Schedule Power Modes.

    To add a scheduled energy-saving task:

    1. Touch the Action left or right arrow to select an energy-saving task. You may choose Sleep Mode, Hibernation Mode, Wake Device – Allow Sleep Mode, or Wake Device – Do Not Allow Sleep Mode.

    2. Touch the Time icon to set the time to perform the energy-saving task.

    3. Touch the Day(s) left or right arrow to specify the day.

    4. Touch Add to save the configuration.

  7. Touch the check icon.

Configuring Eco-Settings using the Embedded Web Server

Scheduling energy-saving tasks

  1. From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Solutions > Embedded Solutions > Eco-Settings > Configure.

  2. Beside Scheduled Power Modes field, click Add.

  3. From the Action list, choose an energy-saving task. You may choose Wake Device – Do Not Allow Sleep Mode, Sleep Mode, Wake Device – Allow Sleep Mode, or Hibernate.

  4. From the Time field, choose the time to perform the energy-saving task.

  5. From the Days field, choose the days to perform the energy-saving task

  6. Click Apply to save changes, or Restore Defaults to return all settings to default values.

Configuring home screen icons and text

  1. From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Solutions > Embedded Solutions > Eco-Settings > Configure.

  2. In the Text field, type the new button text that you want to appear on the home screen.

  3. In the Icon field, type a path or browse to the graphic that you want to appear when the button on the home screen is not pressed.

    Note: Use a GIF, JPEG, or PNG image with dimensions of 120 x 75 pixels and is 11KB or smaller.

  4. In the Icon When Pressed field, type a path or browse to the graphic you want to appear when the button on the home screen is pressed.

    Note: Use a GIF, JPEG, or PNG image with dimensions of 120 x 75 pixels and is 11KB or smaller.

  5. Click Apply.

    6. Note: To restore the appearance of the default button on the home screen, select Reset to default value under the “Home Screen Button: Icon” field or the “Home Screen Button: Icon When Pressed” field, and then click Apply.

Configuring energy- and paper-saving options

  1. From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Solutions > Embedded Solutions > Eco-Settings > Configure.

  2. Adjust the following settings as necessary:

    • Eco Mode—Choose Off, Energy (to reduce energy use, especially when the printer is idle), Energy/Paper, or Paper.

      Note: If your printer model supports duplex printing, you will be able to print on both sides of the paper. Choosing Energy/Paper will automatically set 2-Sided Printing and Sleep Mode to default values. Additional changes made to these settings through the Embedded Web Server will be ignored.

    • Standby Mode—Type the number of minutes (1–240) the printer waits before the printer enters a standby mode.

    • Sleep Mode—Type the number of minutes (1–240) the printer waits before the printer enters a sleep mode.

      Note: Standby Mode will automatically engage when the printer is in Sleep Mode.

    • Screen Brightness—Type the desired percentage for screen brightness (20–100).

    • 2-Sided Printing—Choose 1-Sided, 2-Sided Long Edge, or 2-Sided Short Edge.

    • Darkness or Toner Darkness—Choose a toner darkness value (1–5).

    • Quiet Mode—Enable this option to reduce the amount of noise produced by the printer.

      Note: When this is selected, printer engine motors do not start until a print job is ready to print. You may notice a short delay before the first page is printed, as well as a reduction in processing speed.

    • Lock UI— Enable this option to prevent users from changing Eco-Settings from the printer control panel.

  3. Click Apply to save changes, or Restore Defaults to return all settings to default values.

Exporting or importing configuration settings

You can export configuration settings into a text file that can then be imported and then used to apply the settings to one or more additional printers.

  1. From the Embedded Web Server, click Settings > Solutions > Embedded Solutions > Eco-Settings > Configure.

  2. To export your current settings, click Export, and then follow the instructions on the computer screen.

    You may enter a unique file name or use the default file name.

  3. To import a previously saved configuration file, click Import.

    You may load or preview this file.