Customizing copy settings

Copying from one size to another

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Options button.

    Original Size appears.

  5. Press select button.

  6. Press the arrow buttons until the size of the original document appears, and then press select button.

  7. Press the arrow buttons until Paper Source appears, and then press select button.

  8. Press the arrow buttons until the tray or source containing the size you want the copy to be appears, and then press select button.

    Note: If you select a paper size that is different from the original size, then the printer will scale the size automatically.

  9. Press back button.

  10. Change the copy settings as needed.

  11. Press start button.

  12. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  13. Press back button to return to Ready.

Making copies using paper from a selected tray

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Options button.

  5. Press the arrow buttons until Paper Source appears, and then press select button.

  6. Press the arrow buttons until the tray or source containing the paper type that you want appears, and then press select button.

  7. Press back button.

  8. Change the copy settings as needed.

  9. Press start button.

  10. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  11. Press back button to return to Ready.

Copying on both sides of the paper (duplexing)

Note: The ADF duplex feature is not available on selected printer models.

  1. Load a document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Duplex/2-Sided button.

  5. Press the arrow buttons to select a duplex option, and then press select button.

    The first number represents sides of the original documents; the second number represents sides of the copy. For example, select 1 To 2 Sided if you have 1-sided original documents and you want 2-sided copies.

  6. Press start button.

  7. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  8. Press back button to return to Ready.

Reducing or enlarging copies

Copies can be reduced to 25% of the original document size or enlarged to 400% of the original document size. The factory default setting for Scale is Auto. If you leave Scale set to Auto, then the content of your original document will be scaled to fit the size of the paper onto which you are copying.

To reduce or enlarge a copy:

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Scale button.

  5. Press the arrow buttons until the scale option you want appears, and then press select button.

    If you selected Custom, then do the following:

    1. Press the arrow buttons to decrease or increase the size, or enter a number between 25 and 400 on the keypad.

    2. Press select button.

  6. Press start button.

  7. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  8. Press back button to return to Ready.

Making a copy lighter or darker

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Darkness button.

  5. Press the arrow buttons to make the copy lighter or darker.

  6. Press select button.

  7. Press start button.

  8. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  9. Press back button to return to Ready.

Adjusting copy quality

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Content button until the light comes on next to the setting that best represents what you are copying:

    • Text—Used for original documents that are mostly text or line art

    • Text/Photo—Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures

    • Photo—Used when the original document is a high-quality photograph or inkjet print

  5. Press start button.

  6. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  7. Press back button to return to Ready.

Collating copies

If you print multiple copies of a document, then you can choose to print each copy as a set (collated) or to print the copies as groups of pages (not collated).

Collated

Not collated

collated copies touch screen button
copies not collated touch screen button

If you want to collate your copies, then select On. If you do not want to collate your copies, then select Off.

To select a Collate setting:

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Options button.

  5. Press the arrow buttons until Collate appears, and then press select button.

  6. Press the arrow buttons until On [1,2,1,2,1,2] or Off [1,1,1,2,2,2] appears, and then press select button to select one.

  7. Press start button .

  8. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  9. Press back button to return to Ready.

Placing separator sheets between copies

  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 address in the TCP/IP section.

  2. Click Settings.

  3. Click Copy Settings.

  4. Click Separator Sheets.

    Note: Collate must be On for the separator sheets to be placed between copies. If Collate is Off, then the separator sheets are added to the end of the print job.

  5. Select one of the following:

    • Between pages

    • Between copies

    • Between jobs

  6. Click Submit.

Copying multiple pages onto a single sheet

In order to save paper, you can copy either two or four consecutive pages of a multiple-page document onto a single sheet of paper.

Notes:

  1. Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

    Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings) into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.

  2. If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.

  3. From the printer control panel, press the Copy button.

  4. Press the Options button.

  5. Press the arrow buttons until Paper Saver appears, and then press select button.

  6. Select the output you want, and then press select button.

    For example, if you have four portrait-oriented original documents that you want copied to the same side of one sheet, then select 4 on 1 Portrait, and then press select button.

  7. Press start button.

  8. If you placed the document on the scanner glass and have additional pages to copy, then place the next page on the scanner glass, and then press 1 on the keypad. Otherwise, press 2 on the keypad.

  9. Press back button to return to Ready.