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 for the MF244dw.
Settings marked with "*2" have different defaults depending on your country or region.
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 PCL printing and printing from UNIX or other operating system that does not support printer drivers.
Action When Paper Size Mismatch
Mobile Print Halftones
Copies
2-Sided Printing
Default Paper
Print Quality
Layout
Timeout
PCL

Action When Paper Size Mismatch

Set whether printing goes ahead if a paper size other than the size loaded in the paper source is selected. You can also set the machine not to go ahead with printing and instead display an alert message. When an Error Message Appears
Force Output
Display Error

Mobile Print Halftones

Select the image processing when printing from a mobile device. <Gradation> is suitable for photos and illustrations. <Error Diffusion> is suitable for printing data with text and thin lines.
Gradation
Error Diffusion
The stability of the texture and fixed toner may be reduced when <Error Diffusion> is used.

Copies *1

Set the number of copies to print.
1 to 999

2-Sided Printing *1

Select whether to make 2-sided printouts.
Off
On

Default Paper *1

Use this item to specify the paper size. Paper

Print Quality

You can change settings related to print quality.
Density *1
Adjust the toner 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
On
Special Print Mode *1
Select <Special Settings 1> if a printed bar code is unreadable, or <Special Settings 2> if print results are partially faded.
Off
Special Settings 1
Special Settings 2
Resolution *1
Specify the resolution to be used for print data processing.
1200 dpi
600 dpi
Density Fine Adjustment *1
Finely adjust the density. You can specify this setting only when <1200 dpi> is selected in <Resolution>.
-1 to 0 to 1

Layout *1

Specify the page layout settings such as binding position.
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.
Long Edge
Short Edge

Timeout *1

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.)

PCL *1

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
On
Orientation
Select <Portrait> (vertical orientation) or <Landscape> (horizontal orientation) for the page orientation.
Portrait
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
0 to 54
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)
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)
Form Lines *2
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 60 to 128 (lines)
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>.
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
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
On
Unit of Measure *2
Select the unit of measurement to use to set a custom paper size.
Millimeters
Inches
X dimension
Specify the horizontal dimension (short edge) of the custom paper.
3 to 8 1/2 (inches) or 77 to 216 (mm)
Y dimension
Specify the vertical dimension (long edge) of the custom paper.
5 to 14 (inches) or 127 to 356 (mm)
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
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
On
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
Color Tone
Gradation
Resolution
 
Graphics
Color Tone
Gradation
Resolution
 
Image
Color Tone
Gradation
Resolution
1525-05L