HP LaserJet 4100 Multifunction Printer series - Manual (Page 143)

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Configuring multitasking priorities
The HP LaserJet 4100 mfp series allows processing of several jobs simultaneously.
System defaults are set to give the walk-up user priority over jobs coming in over the
network.
The user can send digital documents while the MFP is printing. If a print job is in
progress, the MFP scans in the originals and waits to begin copying until printing is
complete, or, if the print job is a collated mopy job, until the next collated set is complete.
All other print jobs in the queue will be held until the copy job is completed. If a print job
is sent while copying is underway, printing will be delayed until the job is finished.
System default multitasking priorities can be changed either at the control panel or
through the embedded Web server. Use these components of the System Setup menu
to change the system defaults.
Scan ahead submenu
This menu item allows the administrator to enable or disable the scan ahead feature.
Scan Ahead allows a copy job to be scanned and saved to disk for later printing if the
print engine is currently busy with another job.
● ON - A copy job scan will start immediately, even if a network print job or another
copy job is currently printing. Scanned images are held on the MFP disk until they
are printed.
● OFF - A scan copy job cannot commence until the MFP is in Ready state. In
essence, the user can't start scanning unless printing of the copy job can start
immediately.
Auto job interrupt submenu
This menu item enables or disables the automatic interruption of a currently printing
network print job at a mopy boundary in order to print a copy job.
● ON - A copy job will begin and will interrupt a print job on a mopy boundary. Once
copying is finished, the print job will resume.
● OFF - A copy job will begin processing following completion of the current print job.
Copy job interrupt submenu
This menu item enables or disables the automatic interruption of a current copy job on a
copy boundary in order to print another copy job from the scanner glass or the ADF.
● ON - If a user walks up to the device and presses the S TART key while the current
copy job is underway, this job will be interrupted on a copy boundary to allow the
priority copy job to proceed. Once that priority copy job is finished, the previous copy
job will resume.
● OFF - If a user walks up to the device and presses the S TART key while a prior copy
job is in progress, the newer copy job will not be printed until the previous job is
complete.