Understanding the home screen

When the printer is turned on, the display shows a basic screen, referred to as the home screen. Touch the home screen buttons and icons to initiate an action such as copying, faxing, or scanning; to open the menu screen; or to respond to messages.

Note: Your home screen, icons, and buttons may vary depending on your home screen customization settings, administrative setup, and active embedded solutions.
The home screen

Touch

To

Copy

Access the Copy menus and make copies.

E-mail

Access the E-mail menus and send e-mails.

Fax

Access the Fax menus and send fax.

the touch screen menu

Access the printer menus.

Note: These menus are available only when the printer is in the Ready state.

FTP

Access the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) menus and scan documents directly to an FTP server.

Status message bar

  • Show the current printer status such as Ready or Busy.

  • Show printer conditions such as Toner Low or Cartridge Low.

  • Show intervention messages so the printer can continue processing.

Status/Supplies

  • Display a warning or error message whenever the printer requires intervention to continue processing.

  • Access the messages screen for more information on the message, and how to clear it.

USB or USB Thumbdrive

View, select, print, scan, or e-mail photos and documents from a flash drive.

Note: This button appears only when you return to the home screen while a memory card or flash drive is connected to the printer.

Bookmarks

Create, organize, and save a set of bookmarks (URL) into a tree view of folders and file links.

Note: The tree view supports only bookmarks created from this function, and not from any other application.

Held Jobs

Display all current held jobs.


Other buttons that may appear on the home screen:

Touch

To

Search held jobs

Search on any of the following items:

  • User name for held or confidential print jobs

  • Job names for held jobs, excluding confidential print jobs

  • Profile names

  • Bookmark container or print job names

  • USB container or print job names for supported file types

Release Held Fax

Access the list of held faxes.

Note: This button appears only when there are held faxes with a scheduled hold time previously set.

Lock Device

Open a password entry screen. Enter the correct password to lock the printer control panel.

Note: This button appears only when the printer is unlocked and password has been set.

Unlock Device

Open a password entry screen. Enter the correct password to unlock the printer control panel.

Note: This button appears only when the printer is locked. The printer control panel buttons and shortcuts cannot be used while this appears.

Cancel Jobs

Open the Cancel Jobs screen. The Cancel Jobs screen shows three headings: Print, Fax, and Network.

The following options are available under the Print, Fax, and Network headings:

  • Print job

  • Copy job

  • Fax profile

  • FTP

  • E-mail send

Each heading has a list of jobs shown in a column under it which can show only three jobs per screen. If more than three jobs exist in a column, then an arrow appears enabling you to scroll through the jobs.

Change Language

Launch the Change Language pop-up window that allows you to change the primary language of the printer.