[Advanced Settings] Dialog Box ([Finishing] Tab)

Enables you to configure detailed finishing settings. When you select a setting item in [List of Settings], you can select a setting from the drop-down list.
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Descriptions under [Finishing] Tab (Settings)

Descriptions of Settings

[Display in Printer as]
Enables you to specify a name to be displayed in the printer control panel while your print job is being printed. This is useful if multiple users share a printer.
The number and type of characters that can be entered differ for each printer model.
[Print Banner Page]
Enables you to print a banner page showing the user's login name, the time the print job was printed, and the document file name. Click [Details] to set the paper source or paper type.
Required condition: [Paper Source] tab → [Paper Type] → [Plain Paper], [Recycled Paper], or [Color Paper]
Functions that cannot be used with this functions:
[Output Method] → [Hold], [Secured Print], or [Store]
[Page Setup] tab → [Page Options] → [Overlay] tab → [Processing Method] →[Use Overlay Printing]
[Finishing] tab → [Print Style] → [Perfect Binding [1-sided]] or [Perfect Binding [2-sided]]
[Finishing] tab → [Fold] → [C-fold]
Regardless of the number of copies that you are printing, only one banner page is output for each print job.
A banner page is not stapled or hole punched even when a print job uses these options.
[Expand Print Region and Print]
Enables you to expand the print area when printing. Click [Details] to adjust the top, bottom, left, and right margins in the [Print Region Details] dialog box.
When you use this function, part of the print data may be missing at the edges of the sheet, depending on the document being printed.
This function may not be applied in some applications (the print result may be the same regardless of whether you adjusted the margins).
The top, bottom, left, and right margins are set to 10.0 mm (0.39 inches) for SRA3, 12x18, and envelopes paper sizes.
[Detect Paper Size]
Checks the paper size of the paper in the paper drawer and the paper size specified in the print data, and displays a message in the Printer Status Window if the paper size is different. This function is useful if you want to continue printing with a different paper size.
[Detect Paper Size in Tray]
Checks the paper size specified in the print data and the paper size of the paper in the paper source tray and displays a message on the control panel of the printer. This function is useful if you want to continue printing with a different paper size.
[Rotate Print Data 180 Degrees]
This function is useful when you want to print on tab paper, envelopes, etc. that need to be fed in a specific direction.
[Always Rasterize at Host]
Enables you to set whether print data is always converted into raster (bitmap) format at the host (computer). If the printed result is different from the image displayed in the application you are using, retry printing with this check box selected. The printed result may be improved, however it takes longer to process the data from the application.
[Line Refinement]
Thickens thin lines when printing. This function is useful when printing small text and barcodes.
This setting may be disabled when the resolution is set to 600 dpi.
[Skip Blank Pages Mode]
Enables you to set whether pages that contain no print data are output as blank pages.
[Auto]
Skips blank pages.
[Auto 1]
Skips blank pages. When performing 2-sided printing, page layout is given priority.
[Auto 2]
Skips blank pages. Because priority is given to skipping blank pages when performing 2-sided printing, the page layout may be incorrect.
[Off]
Outputs blank pages.
[Face Up/Face Down]
Enables you to set whether a document will be output face up or face down.
[Printer Default]
Uses the printer setting.
[Face Down [Normal Output Order]]
Outputs the document with the printed surface face down in order starting from the first page.
[Face Up [Reverse Output Order]]
Outputs the document with the printed surface face up in order starting from the first page, so that the pages are output in reverse order.
[Rotate Pages for Layout Details]
If you are performing N on 1 printing or booklet printing of a document with pages whose orientation varies, this function rotates the pages according to the orientation of the first page and aligns the size of each page when printing.
[Auto]
Prints with the second page onward automatically rotated 90 degrees to the left or 90 degrees to the right according to the orientation of the first page.
[Right 90 Degrees]
Prints with pages whose orientation differs from the first page rotated 90 degrees to the right. Select this function when [Auto] cannot print the document correctly.
[Left 90 Degrees]
Prints with pages whose orientation differs from the first page rotated 90 degrees to the left. Select this function when [Auto] cannot print the document correctly.
Required Conditions:
When performing N on 1 printing: Select [Device Settings] tab - [Spooling at Host] - [Auto]/[Enabled]
When performing booklet printing: Select [Detailed Settings for Booklet] dialog box - [Booklet Printing Process] - [With Driver Settings]
[Secure Watermark Function of Device]/[Secure Printing Function of Device]
Embeds restriction and tracking information into the print data as a dot pattern. This function is useful when printing confidential documents.
Required condition: Select [Device Settings] tab → [Secure Printing Function of Device]/[Secure Watermark Function of Device]
Functions that cannot be used with this function:
[Page Setup] tab → [Page Options] → [Overlay] tab → [Processing Method] →[Use Overlay Printing]
[Basic Settings] or [Finishing] tab → [Booklet] → [Booklet Printing Process] → [With Device Settings]
[Finishing] tab → [Advanced Settings] → [Copy Set Numbering] → [On]
[Quality] tab → [Advanced Settings] → [Toner Save] → [On]
[Copy Set Numbering]
Enables you to print a serial number in semi-transparent text on each copy when you are printing several copies of a document. This function is useful when printing confidential documents. The serial number is printed in five positions, on the upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right, and center of the page. Click [Details] to set the starting number.
[Image Refinement]
Enables you to set whether to use smoothing processing, which adjusts the contours of text and diagrams to make them smoother. If you select [Printer Default], the printer settings is used.
[Image Special Process]
If bold characters or centers of lines are missing from printed data, select [Level 1]. If this does not solve the problem, select [Level 2].
[Special Print Adjustment]
If text or diagrams are blurred when printing, this function adjusts printing to improve the result. Try [Mode 1] to [Mode 4] in that order.
The print result may be improved with standard settings by changing the printing environment and paper type. If this is the case, return the setting to standard.
Using this function may result in thinner print density and rough print results.
[Special Print Adjustment A], [Special Print Adjustment B], [Special Print Adjustment C], [Special Print Adjustment D], [Special Print Adjustment V]
Depending on the environment where the printer is installed, line-shaped stains may appear in the printed output. If this happens, you can adjust the print settings to compensate.
[Special Print Adjustment A] thins out the dots when printing. Try [Mode 1] first.
[Special Print Adjustment B] strengthens toner fixing. Try [Mode 1] first.
[Special Print Adjustment C]/[Special Print Adjustment D] reduces the print speed.
[Special Print Adjustment V] solves fixing problems such as curling when printing with plain paper.
The print result may be improved with standard settings by changing the printing environment and paper type. If this is the case, return the setting to standard.
Using the [Special Print Adjustment A] function may result in thinner print density and rough print results.
[Special Smoothing Mode]
Smooths the contours of text, lines, and diagrams, and internal gradations.
[Printer Default]
Uses the printer's default setting.
[Mode 1]
Prints the edges of dark colored text, lines, and diagrams smoothly. Normally, you should print with the [Mode 1] setting.
[Mode 2]
Prints not only the edges, but also the interior halftones of diagrams smoothly. If the interior halftones of dark colored large text and broad lines exhibit color shift and do not print smoothly with the [Mode 1] setting, try printing with [Mode 2].
[Mode 3]
Prints dark colored text and lines smoothly on halftone backgrounds. If the interior halftones of dark colored large text and broad lines exhibit color shift, and the edges of light colored text and lines are uneven and do not print smoothly with the [Mode 1] setting, try printing with [Mode 3].
[Mode 4]
Prints the edges of a variety of objects smoothly. If the edges of light colored large text and broad lines are uneven and do not print smoothly with the [Mode 1] setting, try printing with [Mode 4].
[Mode 5]
Prints images and halftone objects evenly. If the color bands of images, diagrams, and gradations are uneven, and shading patterns to not print uniformly with the [Mode 1] setting, try printing with [Mode 5].
[Mode 6]
Prints entire objects smoothly. If there is halftone shift and unevenness throughout images with the [Mode 1] setting, try printing with [Mode 6].
Functions that cannot be used with this function (modes 1 to 4):
[Quality] tab → [Advanced Settings] → [Resolution] → [1200 dpi]
[Quality] tab → [Advanced Settings] → [Halftones] → [Error Diffusion]
[Curl Adjustment]
If curling occurs, causing paper jams, use this function to alleviate the curling.
[Wrinkle Adjustment]
If wrinkling occurs, causing paper jams, use this function to alleviate the wrinkling.
When [Mode 1] and [Mode 2] are available, try [Mode 1] first. Depending on the printer model, [Mode 1] corrects wrinkles when printing with envelopes, and [Mode 2] when printing with paper whose edges are moist.
[EMF Spooling]
Enables you to set whether the printer driver spools print data in EMF (metafile) format.
[Off]
Print data is spooled as RAW data.
[On]
Print data is spooled in EMF format. When printing from an application, this shortens the time taken for the application to send the data to the printer.
When spooling in EMF format, problems such as the printed result differing from the image shown on the monitor, and more time being required for printing than normal, may occur depending on the application being used. If such problems occur, change the setting for [EMF Spooling] to [Off].
[Invalidate Passthrough]
Disables the passthrough function of the printer driver. If you cannot print from an application that sends print data directly to the printer, disabling passthrough may make printing possible.
[Print Mixed Color/B&W Documents at High Speed]
This function reduces the print time when printing the print data contains a mixture of color pages and grayscale (black and white) pages.
[Print Last Page in 1-sided Mode When 2-sided Printing is Set]
When using 2-sided printing to output print data containing an odd number of pages, this function prints the last page in 1-sided print mode to reduce the print time.
[Special Fine Line Processing]
Corrects fine lines when printing so that they are thicker.
[Off]
Prints without correcting.
[On]/[Mode 1]
Corrects lines of less than two dots in width to a thickness of two dots when printing.
[Mode 2]
Corrects lines and rectangles of less than two dots in width to a thickness of two dots when printing.
[Mode 3]
Corrects lines and rectangles of less than three dots in width to a thickness of three dots when printing.
Text quality may deteriorate when printing multiple pages on each sheet (N on 1). Also, colors in gradations may be printed differently to those displayed on the monitor.
[Barcode Adjustment Mode]
In cases where barcode printing is unsatisfactory, such as when a barcode on a printed article is unreadable, this function adjusts the thickness of the printed lines.
[Special Print Mode]
Enables you to set a special print mode for adjusting text and lines so that they print more clearly. This function is useful for printing barcodes, text, and images in documents that have strong contrast.
[Special Print Mode [Plain Paper]]
Solves fixing problems such as curling when printing with plain paper.
[Printing Start Side]
Enables you to specify which side printing starts from when performing 2-sided printing.
Use this function if pages are not printed from the intended page source or on the intended page type when performing 2-sided printing. The pages may then be printed correctly.
[Printing Start Position Settings]
Shifts the starting point for printing the document in the long edge (upward) and short edge (rightward) directions when printing. This function is useful for adjusting margins when the widths of the top and bottom margins and right and left margins differ, and for hiding the header information of faxes. Click [Details] to configure detailed settings.
[Increase Print Speed for Forms]
Use this function with the [Printer Default] setting.