Customizing the <Home> Screen

This section describes what can be customized and managed from the items displayed when <Menu> is pressed on the <Home> screen.

Depending on the setting for <Allow Home Screen Customization for Common Use> and the privileges of the login user, a screen for selecting either <Customize for Personal Use> or <Customize for Common Use> may be displayed when <Move Buttons>, <Edit Buttons>, <Home Screen Layout Settings>, or <Wallpaper Settings> is selected.

<Customize for Personal Use>: Select this to customize the Home screen for the current login user. The default settings for <Customize for Personal Use> follow the settings for <Customize for Common Use>.

<Customize for Common Use>: Select this to customize the Home screen for the users who have no personalized screen, such as non-login users, Guest users, etc. The settings in <Customize for Common Use> are applied until the authenticated user configures <Customize for Personal Use>.

If the settings in <Customize for Common Use> are changed, the changes are also reflected to <Customize for Personal Use> until the authenticated user configures <Customize for Personal Use>.

<Home> screen settings can be imported/exported between machines that support the <Home> screen. Importing/Exporting the Setting Data

<Home> screen settings are not imported to machines that support the <Quick Menu> screen but do not support the <Home> screen.

Even if any of the settings in <Home Management Settings for Personal Use> is disabled when exporting, personal settings are exported if they are already configured.

<Move Buttons>

You can move function buttons and Personal buttons/Shared buttons.

<Edit Buttons>

Only <Move:> can be used for function buttons.
<Rename>, <Delete>, and <Move> can be used for Personal buttons/Shared buttons.

<Home Screen Layout Settings>

You can select one of the following items for the size and number of buttons displayed on a single screen.

<3 large buttons per page>

<6 large buttons per page>

<9 medium buttons per page>

<12 medium small buttons per page>

<15 small buttons per page>

<Wallpaper Settings>

You can change the background image.

<Home Management Settings>

The following settings are available. (Red and bold text indicates the default setting.)

<Restrict Function Display>: Select the functions or MEAP applications to hide on the <Home> screen.

<Home Management Settings for Personal Use>: The following settings can be configured.

Operating this setting requires administrator privileges.

When set to On, General users and users that are not logged in can register shared buttons and customize the Home screen for common use.

When set to On, the Home screen will be displayed after performing jobs using Shared buttons, Personal buttons or Timeline.

History is not retained in the timeline when a user is not logged in and <Allow Non-Authentication Users to Use Timeline> is set to <Off>, or when a user is logged in and <Allow Each Login User to Use Timeline> is set to <Off>.

When <Enable Use of Personal Settings> is disabled, <Home Management Settings for Personal Use> is grayed out and personal settings cannot be used. <Enable Use of Personal Settings>

Disable this to hide personal buttons.

If <Allow Use of Move Buttons When Customizing for Personal Use> is disabled after moving buttons on the personalized screen with <Allow Use of Move Buttons When Customizing for Personal Use> enabled, buttons become unable to be moved on the personalized screen but their position is retained.

Disable this to apply the settings in <Device Settings>.

Disable this to apply the settings in <Device Settings>.

<Function Shortcut Button Settings>

You can register function buttons as shortcuts. Select the registration destination, and then the function to register.

Operating this setting requires administrator privileges.

If you do not use shortcuts, select <Unassigned> from the list.