# Printer Settings

|  | All the settings about the printer are listed with short descriptions. Default settings are marked with a dagger ().

##### Asterisks (*) Settings marked with "*1" are only available when the optional paper feeder is attached. Settings marked with "*2" have different defaults depending on your country or region. ##### Priority of settings If a print setting is specified both from the printer driver and the operation panel of the machine, the specification from the printer driver overrides that from the operation panel. The specification from the operation panel becomes effective in some specific cases, such as when performing PS/PCL printing and printing from UNIX or other operating system that does not support printer drivers.

Prioritize Driver Settings When Printing
Copies
2-Sided Printing
Default Paper
Paper Size Override
Print Quality
Layout
Auto Error Skip
Timeout
Personality
Prioritize Multi-Purpose Tray
UFR II
PCL
PS
PDF
XPS

## Prioritize Driver Settings When Printing

Select whether printing is performed in accordance with the printer driver's settings for paper size and type taking priority over the settings made for each paper source under <Paper Settings> in the Home screen. By selecting <On>, you can print from the paper source specified in the printer driver, regardless of the paper settings on the machine. An error message can be set to display if the loaded paper size is largely different from that set in the printer driver.

Multi-Purpose Tray Off On Force Output Display Error Drawer 1 Off On Force Output Display Error Drawer 2*1 Off On Force Output Display Error Drawer 3*1 Off On Force Output Display Error

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Prioritize Driver Settings When Printing> Select the paper source <On> Select <Force Output> or <Display Error>

#### Paper Sources

Select the paper source for which you want to enable.

#### <Force Output>

Continue printing even when the paper size setting in the printer driver and the loaded paper are largely different.

#### <Display Error>

When the paper size setting in the printer driver and the loaded paper are largely different, an error message is displayed and printing is stopped.

If the printer driver's settings do not match the size and type of loaded paper with <On> selected, a paper jam or printing error may occur.

## Copies

Set the number of copies to print.

1 to 99

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Copies> Set the number of copies to print <Apply>

## 2-Sided Printing

Select whether to make 2-sided printouts.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <2-Sided Printing> Select <Off> or <On>

## Default Paper

Set the default paper size and type. Printing will be performed with paper of the size and type set here when you want to print from an OS not supporting printer drivers or from a mobile device or other device not supporting paper size and type settings. Paper
<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Default Paper> Select the paper size Select the paper type

## Paper Size Override

Select whether to switch between printing on A4 and LTR size paper if one of these paper sizes is loaded but the other is not. Configuring Printer Settings on the Machine

Off On

## Print Quality

You can change settings related to print quality.

##### Density

Adjust the toner density. Adjusting Print Density

17 Levels Fine Adjust High 17 Levels Medium 17 Levels Low 17 Levels

The settings specified for <Density> are disabled when <Toner Save> is enabled.

##### Toner Save

You can save toner consumption. Select <On> when you want to check the layout or other appearance characteristics before proceeding to final printing of a large job.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Print Quality> <Toner Save> Select <Off> or <On>

##### Resolution

Specify the resolution to be used for print data processing.

1200 dpi 600 dpi

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Print Quality> <Resolution> Select <1200 dpi> or <600 dpi>

##### Barcode Adjustment Mode

If bar codes printed with this machine cannot be read, set this item. The improvement effect is weakest with <Mode 1> and strongest with <Mode 3>.

Off Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Print Quality> <Barcode Adjustment Mode> Select the mode

Print density will be lighter when you select stronger improvement. When printing from the computer, the setting in the printer driver takes precedence. When the setting of [Graphics Mode] in the printer driver is changed to [UFR II Mode] and [Barcode Adjustment Mode] is changed to [Printer Default], the setting in the operation panel takes precedence. When you set this item to one of <Mode 1> to <Mode 3>, <Special Printing Mode A> is automatically set to <Off>. Special Printing Mode A

## Layout

Specify the page layout settings such as binding position and margin values.

##### Binding Location

If you are binding the printouts with a binding tool such as a stapler, use this item to specify whether to bind on the long or short edge. Specify the setting of this item in combination with <Gutter>, which specifies the binding margin to apply to the binding position.

Long Edge Short Edge

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Layout> <Binding Location> Select <Long Edge> or <Short Edge>

#### <Long Edge>

Specify this to bind on the long edge of paper.

#### <Short Edge>

Specify this to bind on the short edge of paper.

##### Gutter

Shift the print position to adjust the binding margin to apply to the binding edge specified by <Binding Location>. The value "0.00" exerts no effect on the binding margin.

-1.90 to 0.00 to +1.90 (inches) or -50.0 to 00.0 to +50.0 (mm)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Layout> <Gutter> Specify the binding margin <Apply>

#### Entering the setting value

Specify the print position shift direction and shift width. Whether the setting value is a "+" or "-" value determines the binding edge along which to adjust the binding margin. You can adjust the binding margin in units of 0.01" (0.5 mm). Use / to move the cursor, and / to switch between "+" / "-" and to increase or decrease the value.

Setting Value | Long Edge | Short Edge
A value with a "+" sign | Left edge of paper | Top edge of paper
A value with a "-" sign | Right edge of paper | Bottom edge of paper

##### Offset Short Edge/Offset Long Edge

Irrespective of the paper source, you can shift the print position in units of 0.01" (0.5 mm) for all print jobs.

-2.00 to 0.00 to +2.00 (inches) or -50.0 to 00.0 to +50.0 (mm)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Layout> Select the combination of adjustment direction and printing side Specify the offset value <Apply>

#### <Offset Short Edge (Front)>/<Offset Long Edge (Front)>

Shifts the print position on the side of paper facing up.

#### <Offset Short Edge (Back)>/<Offset Long Edge (Back)>

Shifts the print position on the side of paper facing down.

#### Entering the setting value

For <Offset Short Edge (Front)>/<Offset Short Edge (Back)>, specify a value with a "+" sign to shift the print position in the left-to-right direction. For <Offset Long Edge (Front)>/<Offset Long Edge (Back)>, specify a value with a "+" sign to shift the print position in the up-to-down direction. To shift in the reverse direction, specify a value with a "-" sign. Use / to move the cursor, and / to switch between "+" / "-" and to increase or decrease the value.

| <Offset Short Edge (Front)> <Offset Short Edge (Back)> |  | <Offset Long Edge (Front)> <Offset Long Edge (Back)>

To shift the print position, change the setting of [Graphics Mode] on the printer driver to [UFR II Mode].

## Auto Error Skip

Printing stops if a certain error occurs in the process. However, if you set this item to <On>, the certain error will be skipped and printing can continue. Normally, set this item to <Off>.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Auto Error Skip> Select <Off> or <On>

## Timeout

Set the time period after which the current print job is automatically canceled in the case of a print data reception interruption.

5 to 15 to 300 (sec.)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Timeout> Set the time period <Apply>

## Personality

Specify the mode in which the machine should operate when the format of document data is unknown.

Auto PS PCL PDF XPS

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Personality> Select the Personality mode

## Prioritize Multi-Purpose Tray

Specify whether to feed paper from the multi-purpose tray when Auto Select Paper is enabled. If <On> is selected, paper is fed from the multi-purpose tray when paper of the same size and same type is loaded in both the multi-purpose tray and paper drawer.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <Prioritize Multi-Purpose Tray> Select <Off> or <On>

## UFR II

You can change the settings that become effective when printing from the UFR II printer driver.

##### Halftones

You can select the printing method to reproduce halftones (the intermediate range between the lighter and darker areas of an image) for optimal image quality. For each document, you can make settings by type of image.

Text Resolution Color Tone Gradation High Resolution Graphics Resolution Color Tone Gradation High Resolution Image Resolution Color Tone Gradation High Resolution

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <UFR II> <Halftones> Select the type of image Select the halftone reproduction method

#### Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

#### <Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

#### <Color Tone>

Produces a sharp print with strong contrast of lightness and darkness. It is suitable for printing image data such as photo image data.

#### <Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

#### <High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

## PCL

Specify the PCL printing settings such as page layout and print quality.

##### Paper Save

Select whether to save paper by not outputting blank pages in documents. By selecting <On>, the machine will not output blank pages. To output all your document data when printing, including any blank pages that you have inserted in your document, select <Off>.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Paper Save> Select <Off> or <On>

##### Orientation

Select <Portrait> (vertical orientation) or <Landscape> (horizontal orientation) for the page orientation.

Portrait Landscape

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Orientation> Select <Portrait> or <Landscape>

##### Font Number

Specify the font to use by selecting a corresponding font ID number. You can print the PCL font list with font samples from the operation panel. PCL Font List

0 to 104

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Font Number> Select the font number <Apply>

##### Point Size

Set the font size in points, adjustable in 0.25 increments. You can specify this setting only when a proportionally-spaced scalable font is selected in <Font Number>.

4.00 to 12.00 to 999.75 (point)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Point Size> Specify the point size <Apply>

##### Pitch

Set the font pitch, or cpi (characters per inch), adjustable in 0.01 increments. You can specify this setting only when a fixed-pitch scalable font or a bitmap font is selected in <Font Number>.

0.44 to 10.00 to 99.99 (cpi)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Pitch> Specify the pitch value <Apply>

##### Form Lines *2

Set the number of lines printed on one page from 5 to 128. This setting is automatically changed according to the settings specified in <Default Paper Size> and <Orientation>.

5 to 60 to 128 (lines)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Form Lines> Specify the number of lines <Apply>

##### Character Code

Select the character code that is most suited for the computer you send print data from. The specified setting is ignored when the character code is controlled by the font specified in <Font Number>.

ARABIC8 DESKTOP GREEK8 HEBREW7 HEBREW8 ISO4 ISO6 ISO11 ISO15 ISO17 ISO21 ISO60 ISO69 ISOCYR ISOGRK ISOHEB ISOL1 ISOL2 ISOL5 ISOL6 LEGAL MATH8 MCTEXT MSPUBL PC775 | PC8 PC850 PC851 PC852 PC862 PC864 PC866 PC8DN PC8GRK PC8TK PC1004 PIFONT PSMATH PSTEXT ROMAN8 VNINTL VNMATH VNUS WIN30 WINARB WINBALT WINCYR WINGRK WINL1 WINL2 WINL5

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Character Code> Select the character code

##### Custom Paper

Select whether to set a custom paper size. Select <On> to set the dimensions of the paper in <X dimension> and <Y dimension>.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Custom Paper> Select <Off> or <On>

##### Unit of Measure *2

Select the unit of measurement to use to set a custom paper size.

Millimeters Inches

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Unit of Measure> Select <Millimeters> or <Inches>

##### X dimension

Specify the horizontal dimension (short edge) of the custom paper.

3 to 8 1/2 (inches) or 77 to 216 (mm)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <X dimension> Specify the dimension <Apply>

##### Y dimension

Specify the vertical dimension (long edge) of the custom paper.

5 to 14 (inches) or 127 to 356 (mm)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Y dimension> Specify the dimension <Apply>

##### Append CR to LF

Select whether to append a carriage return (CR) when the machine receives a line feed code (LF). If <Yes> is selected, the print position moves to the beginning of the next line when the machine receives an LF code. If <No> is selected, the print position moves to the next line, just under the received LF code.

Yes No

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Append CR to LF> Select <Yes> or <No>

##### Enlarge A4 Print Width

Select whether to expand the width of the printable area of A4 size paper in portrait orientation to that of LTR size.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Enlarge A4 Print Width> Select <Off> or <On>

##### Halftones

You can select the printing method to reproduce halftones (the intermediate range between the lighter and darker areas of an image) for optimal image quality. For each document, you can make settings by type of image.

Text Resolution Color Tone Gradation High Resolution Graphics Resolution Color Tone Gradation High Resolution Image Resolution Color Tone Gradation High Resolution

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <Halftones> Select the type of image Select the halftone reproduction method

#### Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

#### <Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

#### <Color Tone>

Produces a sharp print with strong contrast of lightness and darkness. It is suitable for printing image data such as photo image data.

#### <Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

#### <High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

##### BarDIMM

This setting enables you to print bar codes supported by the Barcode Printing Kit. If <Enable> is selected, the machine will generate bar codes when it receives bar code commands from the host computer. If <Disable> is selected, bar codes will not be generated, even if bar code commands are sent from the host computer.

Enable Disable

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <BarDIMM> Select <Enable> or <Disable>

To enable the BarDIMM menu, it is necessary to activate the Barcode Printing Kit. When you are not printing bar codes, make sure to disable the BarDIMM menu. Otherwise, the processing speed of regular print jobs may be reduced.

The default setting is <Disable>. If you activate the Barcode Printing Kit, it changes to <Enable>.

##### FreeScape

Specify the AEC (Alternate Escape Code) to be used for bar code commands when the host computer does not support the standard Escape Code.

Off ~ " # $ / \ ? { } |

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PCL> <FreeScape> Select an escape code

This setting is available only when <BarDIMM> is enabled.

## PS

Specify the PS printing settings such as page layout and print quality.

##### Job Timeout

This setting enables you to specify the amount of time before a job times out. If a job has not finished within the set time limit, the job automatically cancels.

0 to 3600 (sec.)

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PS> <Job Timeout> Specify the seconds for job timeout <Apply>

##### Print PS Errors

This setting determines whether an error page is printed when an error is encountered.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PS> <Print PS Errors> Select <Off> or <On>

##### Halftones

You can select the printing method to reproduce halftones (the intermediate range between the lighter and darker areas of an image) for optimal image quality. For each document, you can make settings by type of image.

Text Resolution Gradation High Resolution Graphics Resolution Gradation High Resolution Image Resolution Gradation High Resolution

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PS> <Halftones> Select the type of image Select the halftone reproduction method

#### Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

#### <Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

#### <Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

#### <High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

##### Grayscale Conversion

You can select ways to convert color values to a grayscale value when you print color print data.

sRGB NTSC Uniform RGB

This section describes the settings to convert the color data into grayscale data. This setting is invalid for black-and-white data.

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PS> <Grayscale Conversion> Specify the grayscale conversion

## PDF

You can change settings for PDF files.

##### Enlarge/Reduce to Fit Paper Size

Specify whether to print in an enlarged/reduced size to fit to the Printable Area of the paper. Note that size enlargement/reduction will not affect the aspect ratio of the document.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PDF> <Enlarge/Reduce to Fit Paper Size> Select <Off> or <On>

##### Enlarge Print Area

Specify whether to enlarge the Printable Area as much as the paper size permits.

Off On

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PDF> <Enlarge Print Area> Select <Off> or <On>

If you specify <On>, it may occur that edge-adjacent portions of page are not printed or that printouts come out partially smudged depending on the document.

##### N on 1

Specify whether to shrink multiple pages and print them on one page in such arrangement that the first page is positioned at top left. For example, to print 4 pages onto a single sheet, select <4 on 1>.

Off 2 on 1 4 on 1 6 on 1 8 on 1 9 on 1 16 on 1

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PDF> <N on 1> Select the shrinkage ratio

##### Print Comments

Specify whether to print comments. If you specify <Auto>, comments in PDF files will be printed.

Off Auto

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PDF> <Print Comments> Select <Auto> or <Off>

##### Halftones

You can select the printing method to reproduce halftones (the intermediate range between the lighter and darker areas of an image) for optimal image quality. For each document, you can make settings by type of image.

Text Resolution Gradation High Resolution Graphics Resolution Gradation High Resolution Image Resolution Gradation High Resolution

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PDF> <Halftones> Select the type of image Select the halftone reproduction method

#### Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

#### <Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

#### <Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

#### <High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

##### Grayscale Conversion

Specify the type of grayscale conversion of color print data.

sRGB NTSC Uniform RGB

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <PDF> <Grayscale Conversion> Select the type of grayscale conversion

#### <sRGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome with emphasis on color differences so that a smooth gradation is achieved.

#### <NTSC>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that the resulting image looks like a television picture (of the NTSC system).

#### <Uniform RGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that R, G, and B are uniformly converted to the same gray level.

## XPS

You can change settings for XPS files.

##### Halftones

You can select the printing method to reproduce halftones (the intermediate range between the lighter and darker areas of an image) for optimal image quality. For each document, you can make settings by type of image.

Text Resolution Gradation High Resolution Graphics Resolution Gradation High Resolution Image Resolution Gradation High Resolution

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <XPS> <Halftones> Select the type of image Select the halftone reproduction method

#### Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

#### <Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

#### <Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

#### <High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

##### Grayscale Conversion

Specify the type of grayscale conversion of color print data.

Text sRGB NTSC Uniform RGB Graphics sRGB NTSC Uniform RGB Image sRGB NTSC Uniform RGB

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <XPS> <Grayscale Conversion> Select the type of image Select the type of grayscale conversion

#### Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

#### <sRGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome with emphasis on color differences so that a smooth gradation is achieved.

#### <NTSC>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that the resulting image looks like a television picture (of the NTSC system).

#### <Uniform RGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that R, G, and B are uniformly converted to the same gray level.

##### Compressed Image Output

As time passes after a print job starts, image quality may decrease depending on the print data. Specify how the machine is to behave when image quality has significantly decreased.

Output Display Error

<Menu> <Printer Settings> <XPS> <Compressed Image Output> Select <Output> or <Display Error>

#### <Output>

The machine continues the print job regardless of the degree of decrease in image quality.

#### <Display Error>

When image quality has significantly decreased, the machine displays an error message and stops the print job.
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