Printer Settings

All the settings about the printer are listed with short descriptions. Default settings are marked with a dagger (


Asterisks () Settings marked with "1" are only available when the optional paper feeder (drawer 2) is attached. Settings marked with "*2" are only available for the MF419x / MF418x. Priority of settings If a print setting is specified both from the printer driver and the operation panel of the machine, the specification from the printer driver overrides that from the operation panel. The specification from the operation panel becomes effective in some specific cases, such as when performing PS/PCL printing and printing from UNIX or other operating system that does not support printer drivers.

Asterisks (*)

Settings marked with "*1" are only available when the optional paper feeder (drawer 2) is attached.

Settings marked with "*2" are only available for the MF419x / MF418x.

Priority of settings

If a print setting is specified both from the printer driver and the operation panel of the machine, the specification from the printer driver overrides that from the operation panel. The specification from the operation panel becomes effective in some specific cases, such as when performing PS/PCL printing and printing from UNIX or other operating system that does not support printer drivers.

Prioritize Driver Settings When Printing

Prioritize Multi-Purpose Tray

Prioritize Driver Settings When Printing

Select whether printing is performed in accordance with the printer driver's settings for paper size and type taking priority over the settings made for each paper source under <Paper Settings> in the Home screen. By selecting <On>, you can print from the paper source specified in the printer driver, regardless of the paper settings on the machine. An error message can be set to display if the loaded paper size is largely different from that set in the printer driver.

Multi-Purpose Tray

Off

Force Output

Display Error

Drawer 1

Off

Force Output

Display Error

Drawer 2*1

Off

Force Output

Display Error

<Menu>

Select the paper source

<On>

Select <Force Output> or <Display Error>

Paper Sources

Select the paper source for which you want to enable.

<Force Output>

Continue printing even when the paper size setting in the printer driver and the loaded paper are largely different.

<Display Error>

When the paper size setting in the printer driver and the loaded paper are largely different, an error message is displayed and printing is stopped.


If the printer driver's settings do not match the size and type of loaded paper with <On> selected, a paper jam or printing error may occur.

Copies

Set the number of copies to print.

to 99

<Menu>

Set the number of copies to print

<Apply>

2-Sided Printing

Select whether to make 2-sided printouts.

Off

<Menu>

<2-Sided Printing>

Select <Off> or <On>

Default Paper

Set the default paper size and type. Printing will be performed with paper of the size and type set here when you want to print from an OS not supporting printer drivers or from a mobile device or other device not supporting paper size and type settings. Paper

<Menu>

Select the paper size

Select the paper type

Paper Size Override

Select whether to switch between printing on A4 and LTR size paper if one of these paper sizes is loaded but the other is not. Configuring Printer Settings on the Machine

Off

Print Quality

You can change settings related to print quality.

Density

Adjust the toner density. Adjusting Print Density

17 Levels

Fine Adjust

High

17 Levels

Medium

17 Levels

Low

17 Levels


The settings specified for <Density> are disabled when <Toner Save> is enabled.

Toner Save

You can save toner consumption. Select <On> when you want to check the layout or other appearance characteristics before proceeding to final printing of a large job.

Off

<Menu>

Select <Off> or <On>

Resolution

Specify the resolution to be used for print data processing.

1200 dpi

600 dpi

<Menu>

Select <1200 dpi> or <600 dpi>

Barcode Adjustment Mode

If bar codes printed with this machine cannot be read, set this item. The improvement effect is weakest with <Mode 1> and strongest with <Mode 3>.

Off

Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

<Menu>

Select the mode


Print density will be lighter when you select stronger improvement. When printing from the computer, the setting in the printer driver takes precedence. When the setting of [Graphics Mode] in the printer driver is changed to [UFR II Mode] and [Barcode Adjustment Mode] is changed to [Printer Default], the setting in the operation panel takes precedence. When you set this item to one of <Mode 1> to <Mode 3>, <Special Printing Mode A> is automatically set to <Off>. Special Printing Mode A

Print density will be lighter when you select stronger improvement.

When printing from the computer, the setting in the printer driver takes precedence. When the setting of [Graphics Mode] in the printer driver is changed to [UFR II Mode] and [Barcode Adjustment Mode] is changed to [Printer Default], the setting in the operation panel takes precedence.

When you set this item to one of <Mode 1> to <Mode 3>, <Special Printing Mode A> is automatically set to <Off>. Special Printing Mode A

Layout

Specify the page layout settings such as binding position and margin values.

Binding Location

If you are binding the printouts with a binding tool such as a stapler, use this item to specify whether to bind on the long or short edge. Specify the setting of this item in combination with <Gutter>, which specifies the binding margin to apply to the binding position.

Long Edge

Short Edge

<Menu>

Select <Long Edge> or <Short Edge>

<Long Edge>

Specify this to bind on the long edge of paper.

<Short Edge>

Specify this to bind on the short edge of paper.

Gutter

Shift the print position to adjust the binding margin to apply to the binding edge specified by <Binding Location>. The value "00.0" exerts no effect on the binding margin.

-50.0 to 00.0

to +50.0 (mm)

<Menu>

Specify the binding margin

<Apply>

Entering the setting value

Specify the print position shift direction and shift width. Whether the setting value is a "+" or "-" value determines the binding edge along which to adjust the binding margin. You can adjust the binding margin in units of 0.5 mm. Use

to move the cursor, and

to switch between "+" / "-" and to increase or decrease the value.

Setting Value	Long Edge	Short Edge
A value with a "+" sign	Left edge of paper	Top edge of paper
A value with a "-" sign	Right edge of paper	Bottom edge of paper

Offset Short Edge/Offset Long Edge

Irrespective of the paper source, you can shift the print position in units of 0.5 mm for all print jobs.

-50.0 to 00.0

to +50.0 (mm)

<Menu>

Select the combination of adjustment direction and printing side

Specify the offset value

<Apply>

<Offset Short Edge (Front)>/<Offset Long Edge (Front)>

Shifts the print position on the side of paper facing up.

<Offset Short Edge (Back)>/<Offset Long Edge (Back)>

Shifts the print position on the side of paper facing down.

Entering the setting value

For <Offset Short Edge (Front)>/<Offset Short Edge (Back)>, specify a value with a "+" sign to shift the print position in the left-to-right direction. For <Offset Long Edge (Front)>/<Offset Long Edge (Back)>, specify a value with a "+" sign to shift the print position in the up-to-down direction. To shift in the reverse direction, specify a value with a "-" sign. Use

to move the cursor, and

to switch between "+" / "-" and to increase or decrease the value.


To shift the print position, change the setting of [Graphics Mode] on the printer driver to [UFR II Mode].

Auto Error Skip

Printing stops if a certain error occurs in the process. However, if you set this item to <On>, the certain error will be skipped and printing can continue. Normally, set this item to <Off>.

Off

<Menu>

Select <Off> or <On>

Timeout

Set the time period after which the current print job is automatically canceled in the case of a print data reception interruption.

5 to 15

to 300 (sec.)

<Menu>

Set the time period

<Apply>

Personality

Specify the mode in which the machine should operate when the format of document data is unknown.

Auto

PCL

PDF

XPS

<Menu>

Select the Personality mode

Prioritize Multi-Purpose Tray

Specify whether to feed paper from the multi-purpose tray when Auto Select Paper is enabled. If <On> is selected, paper is fed from the multi-purpose tray when paper of the same size and same type is loaded in both the multi-purpose tray and paper drawer.

Off

<Menu>

Select <Off> or <On>

UFR II

You can change the settings that become effective when printing from the UFR II printer driver.

Halftones

You can select the printing method to reproduce halftones (the intermediate range between the lighter and darker areas of an image) for optimal image quality. For each document, you can make settings by type of image.

Text

Resolution

Color Tone

Gradation

High Resolution

Graphics

Resolution

Color Tone

Gradation

High Resolution

Image

Resolution

Color Tone

Gradation

High Resolution

<Menu>

Select the type of image

Select the halftone reproduction method

Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

<Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

<Color Tone>

Produces a sharp print with strong contrast of lightness and darkness. It is suitable for printing image data such as photo image data.

<Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

<High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

PCL

Specify the PCL printing settings such as page layout and print quality.

Paper Save

Select whether to save paper by not outputting blank pages in documents. By selecting <On>, the machine will not output blank pages. To output all your document data when printing, including any blank pages that you have inserted in your document, select <Off>.

Off

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Off> or <On>

Orientation

Select <Portrait> (vertical orientation) or <Landscape> (horizontal orientation) for the page orientation.

Portrait

Landscape

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Portrait> or <Landscape>

Font Number

Specify the font to use by selecting a corresponding font ID number. You can print the PCL font list with font samples from the operation panel. PCL Font List

MF419x / MF418x

to 104

MF416dw / MF411dw

to 54

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select the font number

<Apply>

Point Size

Set the font size in points, adjustable in 0.25 increments. You can specify this setting only when a proportionally-spaced scalable font is selected in <Font Number>.

4.00 to 12.00

to 999.75 (point)

<Menu>

<PCL>

Specify the point size

<Apply>

Pitch

Set the font pitch, or cpi (characters per inch), adjustable in 0.01 increments. You can specify this setting only when a fixed-pitch scalable font or a bitmap font is selected in <Font Number>.

0.44 to 10.00

to 99.99 (cpi)

<Menu>

<PCL>

<Pitch>

Specify the pitch value

<Apply>

Form Lines

Set the number of lines printed on one page from 5 to 128. This setting is automatically changed according to the settings specified in <Default Paper Size> and <Orientation>.

5 to 64

to 128 (lines)

<Menu>

<PCL>

Specify the number of lines

<Apply>

Character Code

Select the character code that is most suited for the computer you send print data from. The specified setting is ignored when the character code is controlled by the font specified in <Font Number>.

MF419x / MF418x

ARABIC8

DESKTOP

GREEK8

HEBREW7

HEBREW8

ISO4

ISO6

ISO11

ISO15

ISO17

ISO21

ISO60

ISO69

ISOCYR

ISOGRK

ISOHEB

ISOL1

ISOL2

ISOL5

ISOL6

LEGAL

MATH8

MCTEXT

MSPUBL

PC775

PC8

PC850

PC851

PC852

PC862

PC864

PC866

PC8DN

PC8GRK

PC8TK

PC1004

PIFONT

PSMATH

PSTEXT

ROMAN8

VNINTL

VNMATH

VNUS

WIN30

WINARB

WINBALT

WINCYR

WINGRK

WINL1

WINL2

WINL5

MF416dw / MF411dw

DESKTOP

ISO4

ISO6

ISO11

ISO15

ISO17

ISO21

ISO60

ISO69

ISOL1

ISOL2

ISOL5

ISOL6

LEGAL

MATH8

MCTEXT

MSPUBL

PC775

PC8

PC850

PC852

PC8DN

PC8TK

PC1004

PIFONT

PSMATH

PSTEXT

ROMAN8

VNINTL

VNMATH

VNUS

WIN30

WINBALT

WINL1

WINL2

WINL5

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select the character code

Custom Paper

Select whether to set a custom paper size. Select <On> to set the dimensions of the paper in <X dimension> and <Y dimension>.

Off

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Off> or <On>

Unit of Measure

Select the unit of measurement to use to set a custom paper size.

Millimeters

Inches

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Millimeters> or <Inches>

X dimension

Specify the horizontal dimension (short edge) of the custom paper.

77 to 216

(mm)

<Menu>

<PCL>

Specify the dimension

<Apply>

Y dimension

Specify the vertical dimension (long edge) of the custom paper.

127 to 356

(mm)

<Menu>

<PCL>

Specify the dimension

<Apply>

Append CR to LF

Select whether to append a carriage return (CR) when the machine receives a line feed code (LF). If <Yes> is selected, the print position moves to the beginning of the next line when the machine receives an LF code. If <No> is selected, the print position moves to the next line, just under the received LF code.

Yes

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Yes> or <No>

Enlarge A4 Print Width

Select whether to expand the width of the printable area of A4 size paper in portrait orientation to that of LTR size.

Off

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Off> or <On>

Halftones

Text

Resolution

Color Tone

Gradation

High Resolution

Graphics

Resolution

Color Tone

Gradation

High Resolution

Image

Resolution

Color Tone

Gradation

High Resolution

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select the type of image

Select the halftone reproduction method

Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

<Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

<Color Tone>

Produces a sharp print with strong contrast of lightness and darkness. It is suitable for printing image data such as photo image data.

<Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

<High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

BarDIMM *2

This setting enables you to print bar codes supported by the Barcode Printing Kit. If <Enable> is selected, the machine will generate bar codes when it receives bar code commands from the host computer. If <Disable> is selected, bar codes will not be generated, even if bar code commands are sent from the host computer.

Enable

Disable

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select <Enable> or <Disable>


To enable the BarDIMM menu, it is necessary to activate the Barcode Printing Kit. When you are not printing bar codes, make sure to disable the BarDIMM menu. Otherwise, the processing speed of regular print jobs may be reduced.


The default setting is <Disable>. If you activate the Barcode Printing Kit, it changes to <Enable>.

FreeScape

Specify the AEC (Alternate Escape Code) to be used for bar code commands when the host computer does not support the standard Escape Code.

Off

{

}

<Menu>

<PCL>

Select an escape code


This setting is available only when <BarDIMM> is enabled.

PS

Specify the PS printing settings such as page layout and print quality.

Job Timeout

This setting enables you to specify the amount of time before a job times out. If a job has not finished within the set time limit, the job automatically cancels.

to 3600 (sec.)

<Menu>

<PS>

Specify the seconds for job timeout

<Apply>

Print PS Errors

This setting determines whether an error page is printed when an error is encountered.

Off

<Menu>

<PS>

Select <Off> or <On>

Halftones

Text

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

Graphics

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

Image

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

<Menu>

<PS>

Select the type of image

Select the halftone reproduction method

Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

<Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

<Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

<High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

Grayscale Conversion

You can select ways to convert color values to a grayscale value when you print color print data.

sRGB
NTSC

Uniform RGB


This section describes the settings to convert the color data into grayscale data. This setting is invalid for black-and-white data.

<Menu>

<PS>

Specify the grayscale conversion

PDF

You can change settings for PDF files.

Enlarge/Reduce to Fit Paper Size

Specify whether to print in an enlarged/reduced size to fit to the Printable Area of the paper. Note that size enlargement/reduction will not affect the aspect ratio of the document.

Off

<Menu>

<PDF>

Select <Off> or <On>

Enlarge Print Area

Specify whether to enlarge the Printable Area as much as the paper size permits.

Off

<Menu>

<PDF>

Select <Off> or <On>


If you specify <On>, it may occur that edge-adjacent portions of page are not printed or that printouts come out partially smudged depending on the document.

N on 1

Specify whether to shrink multiple pages and print them on one page in such arrangement that the first page is positioned at top left. For example, to print 4 pages onto a single sheet, select <4 on 1>.

Off

2 on 1

4 on 1

6 on 1

8 on 1

9 on 1

16 on 1

<Menu>

<PDF>

Select the shrinkage ratio

Print Comments

Specify whether to print comments. If you specify <Auto>, comments in PDF files will be printed.

Off

Auto

<Menu>

<PDF>

Select <Auto> or <Off>

Halftones

Text

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

Graphics

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

Image

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

<Menu>

<PDF>

Select the type of image

Select the halftone reproduction method

Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

<Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

<Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

<High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

Grayscale Conversion

Specify the type of grayscale conversion of color print data.

sRGB

NTSC

Uniform RGB

<Menu>

<PDF>

Select the type of grayscale conversion

<sRGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome with emphasis on color differences so that a smooth gradation is achieved.

<NTSC>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that the resulting image looks like a television picture (of the NTSC system).

<Uniform RGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that R, G, and B are uniformly converted to the same gray level.

XPS

You can change settings for XPS files.

Halftones

Text

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

Graphics

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

Image

Resolution

Gradation

High Resolution

<Menu>

<XPS>

Select the type of image

Select the halftone reproduction method

Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

<Resolution>

Produces a fine print with clear edges of text. It is suitable for printing characters and fine lines.

<Gradation>

Produces a print with smooth gradation or smooth edges. It is suitable for printing figures or graphs containing gradation areas.

<High Resolution>

As compared to <Resolution>, this produces a finer print but quality stability is slightly lower. It is suitable to obtain a print of character data or fine line data or CAD data with sharp edges.

Grayscale Conversion

Specify the type of grayscale conversion of color print data.

Text

sRGB

NTSC

Uniform RGB

Graphics

sRGB

NTSC

Uniform RGB

Image

sRGB

NTSC

Uniform RGB

<Menu>

<XPS>

Select the type of image

Select the type of grayscale conversion

Type of image

Select the object for which to change the setting. <Text> represents letters and characters, <Graphics> represents lines and figures, and <Image> represents photos and images.

<sRGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome with emphasis on color differences so that a smooth gradation is achieved.

<NTSC>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that the resulting image looks like a television picture (of the NTSC system).

<Uniform RGB>

Color data is converted to monochrome so that R, G, and B are uniformly converted to the same gray level.

Compressed Image Output

As time passes after a print job starts, image quality may decrease depending on the print data. Specify how the machine is to behave when image quality has significantly decreased.

Output

Display Error

<Menu>

<XPS>

Select <Output> or <Display Error>

<Output>

The machine continues the print job regardless of the degree of decrease in image quality.

<Display Error>

When image quality has significantly decreased, the machine displays an error message and stops the print job.