Sides

1-Sided*

2-Sided

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

Flip Style

Long Edge*

Short Edge

Determine which side of the paper is bound when performing two-sided printing.

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*)

Multipurpose 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 the Pages per Side menu.

Pages per Side Orientation

Auto*

Landscape

Portrait

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

Pages per Side Border

None*

Solid

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

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

Job Waiting

Off*

On

Preserve print jobs requiring supplies so that jobs not requiring the missing supplies can print.

Note: This menu item appears only when a hard disk is installed.

Job Hold Timeout

0–255 (30*)

Set the time in seconds that the printer waits for user intervention before it holds jobs that require unavailable resources and continues to print other jobs in the print queue.

Note: This menu item appears only when a hard disk is installed.

Download Target

RAM*

Disk

Specify where to save all permanent resources, such as fonts and macros, that have been downloaded to the printer.

Note: This menu item appears only when a hard disk is installed.

Resource Save

Off*

On

Determine what the printer does with downloaded resources, such as fonts and macros, when it receives a job that requires more than the available memory.

Notes:

• When set to Off, the printer retains downloaded resources only until memory is needed. Resources associated with the inactive printer language are deleted.
• When set to On, the printer preserves all the permanent downloaded resources across all language switches. When necessary, the printer shows memory full messages instead of deleting permanent resources.

Print All Order

Alphabetical*

Newest First

Oldest First

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

Note: This menu item appears only when a hard disk is installed.

Print Resolution

300 dpi

600 dpi*

1200 Image Q

2400 Image Q

1200 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

0–5 (0*)

Adjust the contrast of the printed output.

Gray Correction

Auto*

Off

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.

Note: This menu item appears only when a flash memory or hard disk is installed.

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 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.

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 hard 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 files.

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.

Minimum Line Width

1–30 (2*)

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

Scale To Fit

Off*

On

Scale the page content to fit the selected paper size.

Annotations

Print

Do Not Print*

Specify whether to print annotations in the PDF.

Print PDF Error

Off

On*

Enable the printing of PDF error.

Print PS Error

Off*

On

Print a page that describes the PostScript® error.

Note: When an error occurs, processing of the job stops, the printer prints an error message, and the rest of the print job is flushed.

Minimum Line Width

1–30 (2*)

Set the minimum stroke width.

Note: Jobs printed in 1200 dpi use the value directly.

Lock PS Startup Mode

Off

On*

Disable the SysStart file.

Font Priority

Resident*

Flash/Disk

Establish the font search order.

Notes:

• Resident sets the printer to search its memory for the requested font before searching the flash memory or printer hard disk.
• Flash/Disk sets the printer to search the flash memory or printer hard disk for the requested font before searching the printer memory.
• This menu item appears only when a flash memory or hard disk is installed.

Wait Timeout

Off

On* (40 seconds)

Enable the printer to wait for more data before canceling a print job.

Font Source

Resident*

Disk

Download

Flash

All

Select the source which contains the default font selection.

Notes:

• Disk and Flash appear only when a non-defective, non-protected hard disk or flash memory is installed.
• Download appears only if downloaded fonts exist in the printer memory.

Font Name

[List of available fonts] (Courier*)

Select a font from the specified font source.

Symbol Set

[List of available symbol set] (10U PC-8*)

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

0.08–100.00 (10.00*)

Specify the pitch for fixed or monospaced fonts.

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

Orientation

Portrait*

Landscape

Reverse Portrait

Reverse Landscape

Specify the orientation of text and graphics on the page.

Lines per Page

1–255 (60*)

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

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.

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 Tray [x]

Configure the printer to work with a different print driver or custom application that uses a different set of source assignments to request a given paper source.

Tray Renumber

View Factory Defaults

Show the factory default value assigned for each paper source.

Tray Renumber

Restore Defaults

Return all tray assignments to factory default values.

Print Timeout

Off

On* (90 seconds)

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

Font Name

Times*

Set the font to use when printing HTML documents.

Font Size

1–255 (12*)

Set the font size to use when printing HTML documents.

Scale

1–400% (100*)

Scale HTML documents for printing.

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 in HTML documents.

Auto Fit

On

Off*

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

Anchor Top Left

Best Fit*

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.