Saving energy

Using Eco-Mode

Use Eco-Mode to quickly select one or more ways to reduce your printer's environmental impact.

Note: See the table for the multiple settings that change when you select an Eco-Mode setting.

Choose

To

Energy

Reduce energy use, especially when the printer is idle.

  • Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to print. You may notice a short delay before the first page is printed.

  • The printer enters Power Saver mode after one minute of inactivity.

  • When the printer enters Power Saver mode, the printer control panel display light is turned off.

Paper

  • Enable the automatic duplex feature (on printer models that support duplex).

  • Turn off print log features.

Energy/Paper

Use all the settings associated with Energy mode and Paper mode.

Off

Use factory default settings for all settings associated with Eco-Mode. This setting supports the performance specifications for your printer.


  1. Make sure that the printer is on and Ready appears.

  2. From the printer control panel, press the Menu button.

  3. Press the up or down arrow button until art of a check markSettings appears, and then press the select button.

  4. Press the up or down arrow button until art of a check markGeneral Settings appears, and then press the select button.

  5. Press the up or down arrow button until art of a check markEco-Mode appears, and then press the select button.

  6. Press the left or right arrow button to scroll through the list of possible settings. Press the select button at the correct setting.

    Submitting Selection appears.

Reducing printer noise

Use Quiet Mode to reduce printer noise.

Note: See the table for the multiple settings that change when you select a Quiet Mode setting.

Choose

To

On (Text/Graphics)

Note: This setting is best suited for printing text and line graphics.

Reduce printer noise.

  • Print jobs will process at one-half the normal processing speed.

  • Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to print. There will be a short delay before the first page is printed.

  • Fans run at reduced speed or are turned off.

  • If your printer has faxing capability, fax sounds are reduced or disabled, including those made by the fax speaker and ringer. The fax is placed in standby mode.

  • The alarm control and cartridge alarm sounds are turned off.

  • The printer will ignore the Advance Start command.

Off (Image/Photo)

Note: Selecting Photo from the driver may disable Quiet Mode and provide better print quality and full speed printing.

Use factory default settings. This setting supports the performance specifications for your printer.


  1. Make sure that the printer is on and Ready appears.

  2. From the printer control panel, press the Menu button.

  3. Press the up or down arrow button until art of a check markSettings appears, and then press the select button.

  4. Press the up or down arrow button until art of a check markGeneral Settings appears, and then press the select button.

  5. Press the up or down arrow button until art of a check markQuiet Mode appears, and then press the select button.

  6. Press the left or right arrow button to scroll through the list of possible settings. Press the select button at the correct setting.

    Submitting Selection appears.

Adjusting Power Saver

Available settings range from 1–240 minutes. The factory default setting is 30 minutes.

To increase or decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power Saver mode, do one of the following:

Using the Embedded Web Server

  1. Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

    Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP address in the TCP/IP section.

  2. Click Settings, and then click General Settings.

  3. Click Timeouts.

  4. In the Power Saver box, increase or decrease the number of minutes you want the printer to wait before it enters Power Saver mode.

  5. Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

  1. Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

  2. Press menu button.

  3. Press the up or down arrow button until checkmarkSettings appears, and then press picture of select button.

  4. Press the up or down arrow button until checkmarkGeneral Settings appears, and then press picture of select button.

  5. Press the up or down arrow button until checkmarkTimeouts appears, and then press picture of select button.

  6. Press the up or down arrow button until picture of a checkmarkPower Saver appears, and then press picture of select button.

  7. Press the up or down arrow button to increase or decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power Saver mode, and then press select button.

Adjusting the brightness of the display

Using the Embedded Web Server

  1. Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

    Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then you can:

    • View the IP address on the printer control panel in the TCP/IP section under the Networks/Ports menu.

    • Print a network setup page or the menu settings pages and locate the IP address in the TCP/IP section.

  2. Click Settings, and then click Utilities Menu.

  3. In the LCD Brightness box, type in the brightness you want for your display. Available settings range from 1–10. The factory default setting is 5.

  4. Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

  1. Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

  2. Press the menu button.

  3. Press the up or down arrow button until picture of a check markSettings appears, and then press the select button.

  4. Press the up or down arrow button until picture of a check markUtilities Menu appears, and then press the select button.

  5. Press the up or down arrow button until picture of a check markLCD Brightness appears, and then press the select button.

  6. Press the up or down arrow button to select a setting, and then press the select button.