Sides

1-sided*

2-sided

Specify whether to print on one side or two sides of the paper.

Flip Style

Long Edge*

Short Edge

Determine which side of the paper (long edge or short edge) is bound when performing two-sided printing.

Note:  Depending on the option selected, the printer automatically offsets each printed information of the page to bind the job correctly.

Blank Pages

Print

Do Not Print*

Print blank pages that are included in a print job.

Collate

Off [1,1,1,2,2,2]

On [1,2,1,2,1,2]*

Keep the pages of a print job stacked in sequence, particularly when printing multiple copies of the job.

Separator Sheets

None*

Between Copies

Between Jobs

Between Pages

Insert blank separator sheets when printing.

Separator Sheet Source

Tray [x] (1*)

MP Feeder

Specify the paper source for the separator sheet.

Pages per Side

Off*

2 pages per side

3 pages per side

4 pages per side

6 pages per side

9 pages per side

12 pages per side

16 pages per side

Print multiple page images on one side of a sheet of paper.

Pages per Side Ordering

Horizontal*

Reverse Horizontal

Vertical

Reverse Vertical

Specify the positioning of multiple page images when using Pages per Side.

Note:  The positioning depends on the number of page images and their page orientation.

Pages per Side Orientation

Auto*

Landscape

Portrait

Specify the orientation of a multiple-page document when using Pages per Side.

Pages per Side Border

None*

Solid

Print a border around each page image when using Pages per Side.

Copies

1–9999 (1*)

Specify the number of copies for each print job.

Print Area

Normal*

Whole Page

Set the printable area on a sheet of paper.

Printer Language

PCL Emulation*

PS Emulation

Set the printer language.

Note:  Setting a default printer language does not prevent a software program from sending print jobs that use another printer language.

Resource Save

Off*

On

Set the printer to handle temporary downloads when it receives a job that requires more than the available memory.

Notes:

• Off sets the printer to retain downloads only until memory is needed. Downloads are deleted to process print jobs.
• When set to On and the printer runs out of memory, a Memory Full [38] appears on the display but downloads are not deleted.

Print All Order

Alphabetical*

Oldest First

Newest First

Specify the order in which held and confidential jobs are printed when Print All is selected.

Print Resolution

600 dpi*

1200 Image Q

2400 Image Q

1200 dpi

300 dpi

Set the resolution for the text and images on the printed output.

Note:  Resolution is determined in dots per inch or image quality.

Pixel Boost

Off*

Fonts

Horizontally

Vertically

Both directions

Enable more pixels to print in clusters for clarity, in order to enhance text and images.

Toner Darkness

1–10 (8*)

Determine the lightness or darkness of text images.

Halftone

Normal*

Detail

Enhance the printed output to have smoother lines with sharper edges.

Brightness

-6 to 6 (0*)

Adjust the brightness of the printed output.

Contrast

0 to 5 (0*)

Adjust the contrast of the printed output.

Gray Correction

Off

Auto*

Adjust the contrast enhancement applied to images.

Job Accounting

Off*

On

Set the printer to create a log of the print jobs that it receives.

Accounting Log Frequency

Daily

Weekly

Monthly*

Specify how often the printer creates a log file.

Log Action at End of Frequency

None*

E-mail Current Log

E-mail & Delete Current Log

Post Current Log

Post & Delete Current Log

Specify how the printer responds when the frequency threshold expires.

Note:  The value defined in Accounting Log Frequency determines when this action is triggered.

Log Near Full Level

Off*

On

Specify the maximum size of the log file before the printer executes the Log Action at Near Full.

Log Action at Near Full

None*

E-mail Current Log

E-mail & Delete Current Log

E-mail & Delete Oldest Log

Post Current Log

Post & Delete Current Log

Post & Delete Oldest Log

Delete Current Log

Delete Oldest Log

Delete All But Current

Delete All Logs

Specify how the printer responds when the hard disk is nearly full.

Note:  The value defined in Log Near Full Level determines when this action is triggered.

Log Action at Full

None*

E-mail & Delete Current Log

E-mail & Delete Oldest Log

Post & Delete Current Log

Post & Delete Oldest Log

Delete Current Log

Delete Oldest Log

Delete All But Current

Delete All Logs

Specify how the printer responds when disk usage reaches the maximum limit (100MB).

URL to Post Log

Specify where the printer posts job accounting logs.

E-mail Address to Send Logs

Specify the e-mail address to which the printer sends job accounting logs.

Log File Prefix

Specify the prefix for the log file name.

Note:  The current host name defined in the TCP/IP menu is used as the default log file prefix.

Print Error Pages

Off*

On

Print a test page that contains information on errors, including XML markup errors.

Minimum Line Width

1–30 (2*)

Set the minimum stroke width of any job printed in 1200 dpi.

Scale To Fit

Yes

No*

Scale the page content to fit the selected paper size.

Annotations

Print

Do Not Print*

Specify whether to print annotations in the PDF.

Print PS Error

On

Off*

Print a test page that contains the PostScript error.

Minimum Line Width

1–30 (2*)

Set the minimum stroke width of any job printed in 1200 dpi.

Lock PS Startup Mode

On

Off*

Disable the SysStart file.

Wait Timeout

Disabled

15–65535 (40*)

Set the printer to wait for additional data before canceling a print job.

Font Source

Resident*

All

Choose the source which contains the default font selection.

Font Name

[List of available fonts]

Select a font from the specified font source.

Symbol Set

[List of available symbol set]

Specify the symbol set for each font name.

Note:  A symbol set is a set of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and special symbols. Symbol sets support the different languages or specific programs such as math symbols for scientific text.

Pitch

0.08–100 (10*)

Specify the font pitch for scalable monospaced fonts.

Note:  Pitch refers to the number of fixed-space characters in a horizontal inch of type.

Orientation

Portrait*

Landscape

Specify the orientation of text and graphics on the page.

Lines per Page

1–255

Specify the number of lines of text for each page printed through the PCL® datastream.

Notes:

• This menu item activates vertical escapement that causes the selected number of requested lines to print between the default margins of the page.
• 60 is the U.S. factory default setting. 64 is the international factory default setting.

PCL5 Minimum Line Width

1–30 (2*)

Set the initial minimum stroke width.

Notes:

• Jobs printed in 1200 dpi use the value directly.
• Jobs printed in 4800CQ use half the value.

PCLXL Minimum Line Width

1–30 (2*)

A4 Width

198 mm*

203 mm

Set the width of the logical page on A4-size paper.

Note:  Logical page is the space on the physical page where data is printed.

Auto CR after LF

On

Off*

Set the printer to perform a carriage return after a line feed control command.

Note:  Carriage return is a mechanism that commands the printer to move the position of the cursor to the first position on the same line.

Auto LF after CR

On

Off*

Set the printer to perform a line feed after a carriage return control command.

Tray Renumber

Assign MP Feeder

Off*

None

0–201

Assign Tray [x]

Off*

None

0–201

Assign Manual Paper

Off*

None

0–201

Assign Manual Envelope

Off*

None

0–201

Configure the printer to work with print drivers or applications that use different source assignments for the paper source.

Tray Renumber

View Factory Defaults

Show the factory default setting assigned for each paper source.

Tray Renumber

Restore Defaults

Return all tray assignments to factory default values.

Print Timeout

Disabled

1–255 (90*)

Set the printer to end a print job after it has been idle for the specified amount of time in seconds.

Font Name

[List of fonts] (Times*)

Set the font to use for HTML documents.

Font Size

1–255 (12*)

Set the font size to use for HTML documents.

Scale

1–400% (100*)

Scale HTML documents.

Orientation

Portrait*

Landscape

Set the page orientation for HTML documents.

Margin Size

8–255 mm (19*)

Set the page margin for HTML documents.

Backgrounds

Do Not Print

Print*

Print background information or graphics for HTML documents.

Auto Fit

Off

On*

Select the best available paper size and orientation setting for an image.

Note:  When set to On, this menu item overrides the scaling and orientation settings for the image.

Invert

Off*

On

Invert bitonal monochrome images.

Note:  This menu item does not apply to GIF or JPEG image formats.

Scaling

Best Fit*

Anchor Top Left

Anchor Center

Fit Height/Width

Fit Height

Fit Width

Adjust the image to fit the printable area.

Note:  When Auto Fit is set to On, Scaling is automatically set to Best Fit.

Orientation

Portrait*

Landscape

Reverse Portrait

Reverse Landscape

Specify the orientation of text and graphics on the page.