Printer Settings

Select the paper source to specify the paper size and paper type you loaded. When Paper Size Auto Detect is enabled, the printer detects the paper size you loaded.

Select On to give printing priority to paper loaded in the paper tray.

Select On to feed paper from the paper source set as A4 size when there is no paper source set as Letter, or feed from the paper source set as Letter size when there is no paper source set as A4.

If you enable Paper Setting > Auto, paper is automatically fed from a paper source that has the same settings as the paper settings for the current print job when paper runs out. In this menu, you can set automatic selection for every paper source for each function in copy, fax, or other. You cannot set everything to off.

This setting is disabled when you select a specific paper source in the paper settings for the print jobs. Depending on the paper type setting on the Main tab of the printer driver, paper may not be fed automatically.

Enable this to feed paper automatically from another paper source that has paper when paper runs out. This applies when copying or printing from a storage device. Paper is not feed automatically from a paper source that has not been selected in Auto Select Settings or that has different paper settings from the specified paper source.

This function is not applied in the following cases.

• When copying using a paper source that has not been selected in Auto Select Settings.

• When printing data saved to a storage device from a computer without changing the settings in the Print Settings menu.

Select On to display an error message when the selected paper size does not match the loaded paper.

Select On to display an error message when the selected paper type does not match the loaded paper.

Select On to display the Paper Setting screen when loading paper in the paper source. If you disable this feature, you cannot print from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using AirPrint.

You can change the user defined size setting. This is useful when you print frequently on irregularly sized paper.

Select where to output when copying. This menu is displayed only when the staple finisher is installed.

Select where to output when receiving a fax. This menu is displayed only when the staple finisher or the inner tray are installed.

Select where to output when printing anything except for copies and faxes. This menu is displayed only when the staple finisher is installed.

Select the printing language for the USB interface.

Select the printing language for the network interface.

Select the printing language for the additional network interface.

These print settings are applied when you print using an external device without using the printer driver. Items marked with * are controlled on the printer driver and determine which settings are used, those made on the printer's control panel or those made in the printer driver. To check the settings in the printer driver, select the Maintenance tab, click Extended Settings, and then check Panel Settings. When this is set to give priority to the printer driver, the items marked with * are applied when you print using the printer driver.

Adjust the top margin of the paper.

Adjust the left margin of the paper.

Adjust the top margin for the back of the page when performing 2-sided printing.

Adjust the left margin for the back of the page when performing 2-sided printing.

Skips blank pages in the print data automatically.

Select On to output copies separated by jobs.

Select On to rotate each copy by 90 degrees when printing multiple copies.

This item is not displayed when the optional finisher is installed.

Select On to insert a slip sheet between jobs per sender when printing from a computer. Slip sheets are inserted from the specified paper source.

Make settings such as brightness and contrast, and perform color correction when printing from an external device. When this feature is On, the printer color correction settings take precedence over the settings of the standard printer driver.

Adjust the brightness of the image.

Adjust the difference between bright and dark parts of the image.

Adjust the saturation of the image.

Adjust the red color tone. When increasing this value, the tone is corrected to red. When decreasing, it is corrected to cyan which is a complementary color of red.

Adjust the green color tone. When increasing this value, the tone is corrected to green. When decreasing, it is corrected to magenta which is a complementary color of green.

Adjust the blue color tone. When increasing this value, the tone is corrected to blue. When decreasing, it is corrected to yellow which is a complementary color of blue.

Select the default paper size for printing.

Select the default paper type for printing.

Select the default orientation for printing.

Select the print quality.

Select On to save ink by reducing the print density.

Select the print order, from the first page or the last page.

Starts printing from the first page of a file.

Starts printing from the last page of a file.

Set the number of copies to print.

Select the binding position.

Select On to eject paper automatically when printing is stopped during a print job.

Select On to perform 2-sided printing.

Make settings for PCL printing.

Select to use a font preinstalled on the printer.

Select to use a font you have downloaded.

Select the default font number for the default Font Source. The available number varies depending on the settings you made.

Set the default font pitch if the font is scalable and of fixed-pitch. You can select from 0.44 to 99.99 cpi (characters per inch), in 0.01 increments.

This item may not appear depending on the Font Source or Font Number settings.

Set the default font height if the font is scalable and proportional. You can select from 4.00 to 999.75 points, in 0.25 increments.

This item may not appear depending on the Font Source or Font Number settings.

Select the default symbol set. If the font that you selected in the Font Source and the Font Number setting is not available in the new symbol set setting, the Font Source and the Font Number settings are automatically replaced with the default value, IBM-US.

Set the number of lines for the selected paper size and orientation. This also causes a line spacing (VMI) change, and the new VMI value is stored in the printer. This means that later changes in the page size or orientation settings cause changes in the Form value based on the stored VMI.

Select the carriage return command when printing with a driver from a specific operating system.

Select the line feed command when printing with a driver from a specific operating system.

Set the assignment for the paper source select command. When 4 is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 4. When 4K is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 4000, 5000, and 8000. When 5S is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 5S.

Make settings for PS printing.

Select On to print a sheet showing the status when an error occurs during PostScript or PDF printing.

Select the color mode for PostScript printing.

Select On when printing data that contains binary images. The application may send the binary data even if the printer driver setting is set to ASCII, but you can print the data when this feature is enabled.

Select the paper size when printing a PDF file.

Select an action to perform when a 2-sided printing error or a memory full error occurs.

• On

  Displays a warning and prints in single-sided mode when a 2-sided printing error occurs, or prints only what the printer could process when a memory full error occurs.

• Off

  Displays an error message and cancels printing.

Select Enable to allow the printer to access an inserted memory device. If Disable is selected, you cannot read, print data in the memory device, or save data to the memory device with the printer. This prevents confidential documents from being removed illegally.

• Off

  Disable preventing ink from smearing on your printouts.

• Mode1/Mode2/Mode3

  Prevent ink from smearing on your printouts. The effect increases in the order of Mode1, Mode2, and Mode3. However, this may lower the print speed.

Select On to reduce problems that occur when feeding thick paper and envelopes and the issue of slanted printing on plain paper.

However this may lower the print speed.

Select On to reduce noise during printing, however, this may lower the print speed. Depending on the paper type and print quality settings you selected, there may be no difference in the printer's noise level.

Reduce paper misalignment to improve stapling performance. However, this may lower print speed.

You can change the adjustment value when the inner finisher is connected.

Reduce paper misalignment. However, this may lower print speed.

Reduce paper misalignment to fold or saddle stich each set of copies in the correct position. However, this may lower print speed.

This option is displayed only when the saddle stitch unit is installed.

Change the number of full sheets detected in the finisher tray from 4000 to 1500. Available when the optional staple finisher is installed.

Select Off to allow the printer to match the printing speed to the paper type and print data conditions. This allows you to prevent print quality from declining and paper jams.

Set margins when cropping an image and print it.

Select Enable to allow a computer to access the printer when connected by USB. When Disable is selected, printing and scanning that is not sent over a network connection is restricted.

Specify the length of time in seconds that must elapse before ending USB communication with a computer after the printer receives a print job from a PostScript printer driver or PCL printer driver. If the job ending is not clearly defined from a PostScript printer driver or PCL printer driver, it can cause endless USB communication. When this occurs, the printer ends communication after the specified time has elapsed. Enter 0 (zero) if you do not want to end communication.