Understanding the copy options

Copy from

This option opens a screen where you can select the paper size of the original document.

To scroll to the paper size that matches the original document, press the left or right arrow button, and then press .
To copy an original document that contains mixed paper sizes with the same width, press the left or right arrow button to scroll to Mixed Sizes, and then press .
To set the printer to automatically detect the size of the original document, press the left or right arrow button to scroll to Auto Size Sense, and then press .

Copy to

This option lets you select the paper size and type on which your copies will be printed.

To scroll to the paper size and type that matches the paper loaded in the tray or feeder, press the left or right arrow button, and then press .
If the settings for “Copy from” and “Copy to” are different, then the printer automatically adjusts the Scale setting to accommodate the difference.
If the paper type or size you want to use is not loaded in one of the trays, then press the left or right arrow button to scroll to Manual Feeder, press , and then manually load the paper in the manual feeder or multipurpose feeder.
To match each copy to the paper size of the original document, set “Copy to” to Auto Size Match. If a matching paper size is not in one of the trays, then Paper size not found appears and prompts to load a paper in a tray, manual feeder, or multipurpose feeder.

Scale

This option lets you scale the document from 25% to 400% of the original document size. You can also set automatic scaling.

When copying to a different paper size, such as from legal-size to letter-size paper, set the “Copy from” and “Copy to” paper sizes automatically to scale the scan image to fit the size of the paper onto which you are copying.
To decrease or increase the value by 1%, press the left or right arrow button on the printer control panel. To make a continuous decrease or increase in value, press and hold the button for two or more seconds.

Content Type

This option lets you set the original document type.

Select from the following content types:

Graphics—The original document is mostly business-type graphics, such as pie charts, bar charts, and animations.
Photo—The original document is mostly a photo or an image.
Text—The content of the original document is mostly text or line art.
Text/Photo—The original document is a mixture of text, graphics, and photos.

Content Source

This option lets you set the original document source.

Select from the following content sources:

Color Laser—The original document was printed using a color laser printer.
Black/White Laser—The original document was printed using a mono laser printer.
Inkjet—The original document was printed using an inkjet printer.
Photo/Film—The original document is a photo from a film.
Magazine—The original document is from a magazine.
Newspaper—The original document is from a newspaper.
Press—The original document was printed using a printing press.
Other—The original document was printed using an alternate or unknown printer.

Overlay

This option lets you create a watermark (or message) that overlays the content of your copy. You can choose from Confidential, Copy, Draft, Urgent, and Custom. You can type a custom message in the ”Enter the Custom Text Overlay and press OK” field. The message will appear, faintly, in large print across each page.

Separator Sheets

This option lets you place a blank sheet of paper between copies, prints, pages, print jobs or copy jobs. The separator sheets can be drawn from a tray that contains a type or color of paper that is different from the paper your copies are printed on.

Paper Saver

This option lets you print two or more pages of an original document on the same page. Paper Saver is also called N-up printing where N stands for the number of pages. For example, 2-up would print two pages of your document on a single page, and 4-up would print four pages of your document on a single page.