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Understanding the Operator Panel Menus

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Understanding the Operator Panel Menus Paper Menu Reports Settings Security Network/Ports A number of menus are available to make it easy for you to change printer settings. The diagram shows the menu index on the operator panel, the menus, and items available under each menu. The items in each menu and the values you can select are described in more detail later in this chapter. Some menu items or values are displayed only if a specific option is installed on the printer. Other menu items may only be effective for a particular printer language. You can select these values at any time, but they only affect printer function when you have the optional equipment or the specified printer language. NOTE: An asterisk (*) next to a value indicates the default setting. Paper Menu Use the Paper Menu to define the paper loaded in each paper tray, the default paper source, and the output bin. Default Source Menu selection: Default Source Purpose: Identifies the default paper source. Values: Tray MP Feeder Env Feeder Manual Paper Manual Env If you loaded the same size and type of paper in two paper sources (and the Paper Size and Paper Type menu items are correctly set), the trays are automatically linked. When one paper source is empty, paper automatically feeds from the next linked source. Paper Size/Type NOTE: Only installed paper sources are displayed. This menu selection is used to set the size and type of media loaded into an input tray. Setting the paper size and type is a two-step process. In the first menu selection, Size appears in bold letters. After you select the media size, the screen will change, and Type appears in bold letters. You can then select the media type. Menu selection: Tray Size/Type Tray Size/Type MP Feeder Size/Type Purpose: Values: Identifies the default paper size for each paper source. NOTE: For trays with automatic size sensing, only the value detected by the hardware appears. A4* (non-US) A5 JIS B5 Letter* (US) Legal Executive Folio Statement Universal If you loaded the same size and type of paper in two paper sources (and the Paper Size and Paper Type menu items are correctly set), the trays are automatically linked. When one paper source is empty, paper automatically feeds from the next linked source. Identifies the type of paper installed in each paper source. NOTE: If a user-defined name is available, it appears instead of Custom Type . If two or more custom types share the same name, the name only appears once in the Paper Type list. Plain Paper* Card Stock Transparency Glossy Labels Vinyl Labels Bond Letterhead Preprinted Colored Paper Custom Type Use this menu item to: l Optimize print quality for the specified paper. l Select paper sources through your software application by selecting type and size. Automatically link paper sources. Any sources containing the same type and size of paper are automatically linked by the printer if you have set the Paper Size and the Paper Type to the correct values. Identifies the size of paper installed in the multipurpose feeder. A4* (non-US) The multipurpose feeder is only displayed on the operator panel when A5 Configure MP is set to Cassette. JIS B5

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Understanding the Operator Panel Menus
Paper Menu
Reports
Settings
Security
Network/Ports
A number of menus are available to make it easy for you to change printer settings. The diagram shows the menu index on the operator panel, the menus,
and items available under each menu. The items in each menu and the values you can select are described in more detail later in this chapter.
Some menu items or values are displayed only if a specific option is installed on the printer. Other menu items may only be effective for a particular printer
language. You can select these values at any time, but they only affect printer function when you have the optional equipment or the specified printer
language.
Paper Menu
Use the
Paper Menu
to define the paper loaded in each paper tray, the default paper source, and the output bin.
Default Source
Paper Size/Type
This menu selection is used to set the size and type of media loaded into an input tray. Setting the paper size and type is a two-step process. In the first
menu selection,
Size
appears in bold letters. After you select the media size, the screen will change, and
Type
appears in bold letters. You can then select the
media type.
NOTE:
An asterisk (*) next to a value indicates the default setting.
Menu
selection:
Purpose:
Values:
Default
Source
Identifies the
default paper
source.
Tray <x>
MP Feeder
Env Feeder
Manual
Paper
Manual Env
If you loaded the same size and type of paper in two paper sources (and the
Paper Size
and
Paper Type
menu items are correctly set), the trays are automatically linked. When one paper source is empty, paper
automatically feeds from the next linked source.
NOTE:
Only installed paper sources are displayed.
Menu
selection:
Purpose:
Values:
Tray <x>
Size
/Type
Identifies the default paper size for each paper
source.
NOTE:
For trays with automatic size sensing, only
the value detected by the hardware appears.
A4* (non-US)
A5
JIS B5
Letter* (US)
Legal
Executive
Folio
Statement
Universal
If you loaded the same size and type of paper in two paper sources
(and the
Paper Size
and
Paper Type
menu items are correctly set),
the trays are automatically linked. When one paper source is empty,
paper automatically feeds from the next linked source.
Tray <x>
Size/
Type
Identifies the type of paper installed in each paper
source.
NOTE:
If a user-defined name is available, it
appears instead of
Custom
Type <x>
. If two or
more custom types share the same name, the name
only appears once in the
Paper Type
list.
Plain Paper*
Card Stock
Transparency
Glossy
Labels
Vinyl Labels
Bond
Letterhead
Preprinted
Colored Paper
Custom
Type <x>
Use this menu item to:
l
Optimize print quality for the specified paper.
l
Select paper sources through your software application by
selecting type and size.
Automatically link paper sources. Any sources containing the same
type and size of paper are automatically linked by the printer if you
have set the
Paper Size
and the
Paper Type
to the correct values.
MP Feeder
Size
/Type
Identifies the size of paper installed in the
multipurpose feeder.
A4* (non-US)
A5
JIS B5
The multipurpose feeder is only displayed on the operator panel when
Configure MP
is set to
Cassette
.