Printer Features

(Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.4.x)

Feature Sets: Set 1

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Print Quality

You can choose the following print quality settings.

•	Normal 600 dpi class. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with good print speeds.
•	Fine 2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs. Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time, data transfer time and printing time will be longer.

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Media Type

You can change the media type to one of the following:

•	Plain Paper
•	Thin Paper
•	Thick Paper
•	Thicker Paper
•	Bond Paper
•	Recycled Paper
•	Envelopes
•	Env. Thick
•	Env. Thin
•	Label

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Secure Print

Secure Print allows you to secure documents that are password protected when they are sent to the machine. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the machine, you must enter the password using the control panel of the machine. The secured document must have a Password and Job Name.

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Password

Choose the password for your secured document that you send to the machine from the drop-down box.

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Job Name

Choose the Job name for your secured document that you sent to the machine, from the drop-down list.

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Toner Save

You can conserve toner using this feature. When you check Toner Save, your prints appear lighter. The default setting is Off.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save for printing photo or greyscale images.

Feature Sets: Set 2

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Color/Mono

You can change the Color/Mono settings as follows:

•	Auto The printer checks the content of your documents for color. If color is detected, it prints in color. If no color content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower.
•	Color When your document contains color and you want to print it in color, select this mode.
•	Mono Select this mode if your document has only black and greyscale text and/or objects. Mono mode makes the print processing speed faster than color mode. If your document contains color, selecting Mono mode prints your document in 256 levels of grey.

Note

If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life.

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Color Mode

You can change the color mode as follows:

•	Normal This is the default color mode.
•	Vivid The color of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid color.
•	None If you want to apply the setting of the application, choose this setting. The printer driver does not adjust the color.

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Improve Gray Color

You can improve the image quality of shaded areas by ticking the Improve Gray Color pop-up menu.

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Enhance Black Printing

If a black graphic cannot be printed correctly, choose this setting.

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Halftone Screen Lock

Stops other applications from modifying the Halftone settings. The Default setting is on.

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High Quality Image Printing

You can increase the quality of image printing. If you check High Quality Image Printing to Print, the printing speed will be slower.

Feature Sets: Set 3

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Improve Print Output

This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.

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Reduce Paper Curl

If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.

If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting.

Note

This operation will decrease the temperature of the machine's fusing process.

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Improve Toner Fixing

If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker Paper in Media Type settings.

Note

This operation will increase the temperature of the machine's fusing process.

(Mac OS X 10.5.x)

Feature Sets: General 1

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Print Quality

You can choose the following print quality settings.

•	Normal 600 dpi class. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with good print speeds.
•	Fine 2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs. Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time, data transfer time and printing time will be longer.

•

Media Type

You can change the media type to one of the following:

•	Plain Paper
•	Thin Paper
•	Thick Paper
•	Thicker Paper
•	Bond Paper
•	Recycled Paper
•	Envelopes
•	Env. Thick
•	Env. Thin
•	Label

•

Toner Save

You can conserve toner using this feature. When you check Toner Save, your prints appear lighter. The default setting is Off.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save for printing photo or greyscale images.

•

Color/Mono

You can change the Color/Mono settings as follows:

•	Auto The printer checks the content of your documents for color. If color is detected, it prints in color. If no color content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower.
•	Color When your document contains color and you want to print it in color, select this mode.
•	Mono Select this mode if your document has only black and greyscale text and/or objects. Mono mode makes the print processing speed faster than color mode. If your document contains color, selecting Mono mode prints your document in 256 levels of grey.

•

Color Mode

You can change the color mode as follows:

•	Normal This is the default color mode.
•	Vivid The color of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid color.
•	None If you want to apply the setting of the application, choose this setting. The printer driver does not adjust the color.

•

Improve Gray Color

You can improve the image quality of shaded areas by ticking the Improve Gray Color pop-up menu.

Note

If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life.

Feature Sets: General 2

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Enhance Black Printing

If a black graphic cannot be printed correctly, choose this setting.

•

Halftone Screen Lock

Stops other applications from modyfying the Halftone settings. The Default setting is on.

•

High Quality Image Printing

You can increase the quality of image printing. If you check High Quality Image Printing to Print, the printing speed will be slower.

•

Improve Print Output

This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.

•

Reduce Paper Curl

If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.

If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting.

Note

This operation will decrease the temperature of the machine's fusing process.

•

Improve Toner Fixing

If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker Paper in Media Type settings.

Note

This operation will increase the temperature of the machine's fusing process.

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