[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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[Expand Print Region and Print]([Details])
[Copy Set Numbering]([Details])
[Printing Start Position Settings]([Details])
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.
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Note that the number and type of characters that can be entered vary according to the printer model you are using.
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[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.
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When you use this function, part of the print data may be cropped.
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This function may not be applied in some applications.
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The top, bottom, left, and right margins are set to 10.0 mm (0.39 inches) for SRA3, 12x18, and envelope paper sizes.
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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, and displays a message on the control panel of the printer if they differ. 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.
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When using a printer in which R type paper sizes (A4R, LetterR, etc.) can be set, be sure to set an R type paper size in the paper source.
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[Line Refinement]
Thickens thin lines when printing. This function is useful when printing small text and barcodes.
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This function may be disabled when [Quality] tab → [Advanced Settings] → [Resolution] → [600 dpi] is selected.
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[Skip Blank Pages Mode]
Enables you to set whether pages that lack print data are output as 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 pages 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]
Follows 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. The pages are output in reverse order.
[Rotate Pages for Layout]
When performing N on 1 printing or booklet printing with a document with varying page orientations, this rotates the pages according to the orientation of the first page and matches the size of every page when printing.
[Auto]
Automatically rotates each page from the second page onward 90 degrees to the right or left when printing, according to the orientation of the first page.
[Right 90 Degrees]
Rotates pages with different orientations to the first page 90 degrees to the right when printing. Select this if [Auto] does not print satisfactorily.
[Left 90 Degrees]
Rotates pages with different orientations to the first page 90 degrees to the left when printing. Select this if [Auto] does not print satisfactorily.
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Required conditions
For N on 1 printing: Select the [Device Settings] tab - [Spooling at Host] - [Auto]/[Enabled]
For booklet printing:
Select the [Device Settings] dialog box - [Spooling at Host] - [Auto]/[Enabled]
In the [Detailed Settings for Booklet] dialog box, select [Booklet Printing Process] - [With Driver Settings].
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[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 Conditions Select [Device Settings] tab - [Secure Printing Function of Device]
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Functions that cannot be used with this function:
[Page Setup] tab - [Page Options] - [Overlay] tab - [Processing Method] - [Use Overlay Printing]
[Basic Settings]/[Finishing] tab - [Booklet] - [Booklet Printing Process] - [With Device Settings]
[Finishing] tab - [Advanced Settings] - [Copy Set Numbering] - [On]
[Quality] tab - [Advanced Settings] - [Toner Save] - [On]
Trust Stamp (Secure Printing Function of Device/Secure Watermark Function of Device)
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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 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 setting is used.
[Image Special Process]
If bold characters or centers of lines are missing from printed data, set [Level 1]. If the problem is not solved by setting [Level 1], set [Level 2].
[Special Print Adjustment A]/[Special Print Adjustment B]/[Special Print Adjustment C]
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] reduces the print speed.
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The print result may be improved with standard settings by changing the printing environment and/or paper type. If this is the case, return the setting to standard.
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Using the [Special Print Adjustment A] function may result in thinner print density and rough print results.
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[Special Smoothing Mode]
Smoothes the contours of text, lines, and diagrams, and internal gradations.
[Printer Default]
Follows the printer setting.
[Mode 1]
Prints the edges of dark colored text, lines, and diagrams smoothly. Try this mode first, then try the other modes if necessary.
[Mode 2]
Prints the edges and interior halftones of text, lines, and diagrams smoothly.
[Mode 3]
Prints dark colored text and lines smoothly on halftone backgrounds. If the interior halftones of large text and broad lines exhibit color shift, and the edges of light colored text and lines do not print smoothly with [Mode 1], try printing with this mode.
[Mode 4]
Prints the edges of a variety of objects smoothly. If the edges of light colored large text and broad lines do not print smoothly with [Mode 1], try printing with this mode.
[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 [Mode 1], try printing with this mode.
[Mode 6]
Prints entire objects smoothly. If there is halftone shift and unevenness throughout images with [Mode 1], try printing with this mode.
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Functions that cannot be used with this function ([Mode 1] to [Mode 4]):
[Quality] tab - [Advanced Settings] - [Resolution]
[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. Try [Mode 1] first.
[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 to [Off].
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[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 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]
If barcode printing is not optimal, such as when barcodes are not readable on printed products, this adjusts the thickness of the barcode.
[Special Print Mode [Plain Paper]]
Solves 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.