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162 Appendix A Control panel menus
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System Setup submenu
Items on this menu affect printer behavior. Configure the printer according to your printing
needs.
The section that follows lists the settings and possible values. In the Values column, the default
value for each setting is the one with an asterisk (*) next to it.
Item
Values
Explanation
JOB STORAGE LIMIT
1
to
100
(*
32
)
Specifies the number of quick copy jobs that can be
stored on the printer. This item appears only if an
optional hard disk accessory is installed.
JOB HELD TIMEOUT
*
OFF
1 HOUR
4 HOURS
1 DAY
1 WEEK
Sets the amount of time that held jobs are kept before
being automatically deleted from the queue.
TRAY BEHAVIOR
There is no
value to select.
Determines how the printer responds to jobs that request
certain trays.
USE REQUESTED TRAY
Exclusively
*First
Determines whether the printer tries to pull paper from a
different tray than the one you selected in the printer
driver.
EXCLUSIVELY
: Sets the printer to pull paper only from the
tray you selected and not pull from another tray, even if
the tray you selected is empty.
FIRST
: Sets the printer to pull from the tray you selected
first, but allows the printer to pull from another tray
automatically if the tray you selected is empty.
MANUAL FEED PROMPT
Always
*Unless Loaded
Determines when the printer shows a prompt regarding
pulling from tray 1 if your print job does not match the
type or size loaded in any other tray.
ALWAYS
: Select this option if you always want to be
prompted before the printer pulls from tray 1.
UNLESS LOADED
: Prompts you only if tray 1 is empty.
POWERSAVE TIME
15 MINUTES
*
30 MINUTES
60 MINUTES
90 MINUTES
2 HOURS
4 HOURS
Sets how long the printer remains idle before it enters
PowerSave mode.
PowerSave mode does the following:
minimizes the amount of power consumed by the
printer when it is idle
reduces wear on electronic components in the printer
(turns off the display backlight, but the display is still
readable)
The printer automatically comes out of PowerSave mode
when you send a print job, press a printer control panel
button, open a tray, or open the top cover.
To turn PowerSave mode on and off, see
PERSONALITY
*
AUTO
PS
PCL
Selects the default printer language (personality).
Possible values are determined by which valid
languages are installed in the printer.
Normally, you should not change the printer language. If
you change it to a specific printer language, the printer
will not switch automatically from one language to
another unless specific software commands are sent to
the printer.