[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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[Print Banner Page] ([Details])
[Job Note] ([Details])
[Copy Set Numbering] ([Details])
[Printing Start Position Settings] ([Details])
Descriptions under [Finishing] Tab (Settings)Descriptions of Settings
[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.
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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.
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[Job Note]
Click [Details] to enter a comment for the print data. The set content is displayed on the printer's control panel or in the Remote UI.
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Functions that cannot be used with this function: [Hold] or [Store] for [Output Method] in any one of the [Page Setup], [Finishing], [Paper Source], [Quality], [Color], or [Exceptional Settings] tabs.
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[Print with Upper Left of Sheet as Starting Point]
Enables you to print an original document with no margins in the upper left corner. Select this setting when you cannot print the lower right part of the print data.
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Depending on the data, part of the print data may run off the edge of the page.
This function may be disabled in some applications.
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[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.
[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]]
When printing on one side, outputs the document with the printed surface page up in order from the first page. When printing on both sides, outputs the document with odd numbered pages face up in order from the first sheet.
[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.
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Required Conditions:
When performing N on 1 printing: Select [Device Settings] tab - [PS Output from Application] - [Off]
When performing booklet printing:
Select [Device Settings] tab - [PS Output from Application] - [Off]
Select [Detailed Settings for Booklet] dialog box - [Booklet Printing Process] - [With Driver Settings]
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[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.
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Required condition: Select [Secure Printing Function of Device]/[Secure Watermark Function of Device] in the [Device Settings] tab
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]
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[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 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 A], [Special Print Adjustment B], [Special Print Adjustment C], [Special Print Adjustment D], [Special Print Adjustment V]
If lines appear in the printed output, 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.
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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.
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[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].
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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]
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[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.
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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].
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[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.
[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 [Plain Paper]]
Solves fixing problems such as curling when printing with plain paper.
[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.