Basic setup

After installation is complete, you may want to set the machine’s default settings. Refer to the next section if you would like to set or change values. This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up the machine.

This chapter includes:

Altitude adjustment

The print quality is affected by atmospheric pressure, which is determined by the height of the machine above sea level. The following information will guide you on how to set your machine to the best print quality or best quality of print.Before you set the altitude value, find the altitude where you are using the machine.

  1. High 3

  2. High 2

  3. High 1

  4. Normal

[Note]

  • If your machine is connected to the network, you can set the altitude via SyncThru™ Web Service.

  • You can also set the altitude in System Setup option on the machine’s display.

Setting the date and time

When you set the time and date, they are used in delay print. They are printed on reports. If, however, they are not correct, you need to change it for the correct time being.

[Note]

If the machine’s power is cut off, you need to reset the correct time and date once the power has been restored.

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press up/down arrow to highlight System Setup and press OK.

  3. Press up/down arrow to highlight Date & Time and press OK.

  4. Press up/down arrow to select the date and time you want.

  5. press OK to save the selection.

  6. Press to return to ready mode.

[Note]

This menu item is available when the optional hard disk is installed.

Changing the clock mode

You can set your machine to display the current time using either a 12-hour or 24-hour format.

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press the up/down arrow to highlight System Setup and press OK.

  3. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Clock Mode and press OK.

  4. Press the up/down arrow to select the other mode and press OK.

  5. Press to return to ready mode.

[Note]

This menu item is available when the optional hard disk is installed.

Changing the display language

To change the language that appears on the display, follow the steps below:

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press up/down arrow to highlight System Setup and press OK.

  3. Press up/down arrow to highlight Language and press OK.

  4. Press up/down arrow to display the language you want.

  5. press OK to save the selection.

  6. Press to return to ready mode.

Setting job timeout

When there is no input for a certain period of time, the machine exits the current menu and goes in to the default settings. You can set the amount of time the machine will wait.

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press up/down arrow to highlight System Setup and press OK.

  3. Press up/down arrow to highlight Job Timeout and press OK.

  4. Press up/down arrow to select the time you want.

  5. press OK to save the selection.

  6. Press to return to ready mode.

Using power saving feature

When you are not using the machine for a while, use this feature to save power.

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press up/down arrow to highlight System Setup and press OK.

  3. Press up/down arrow to highlight Power Save and press OK.

  4. Press up/down arrow to select the time you want.

  5. press OK to save the selection.

  6. Press to return to ready mode.

[Note]

When printing continuously (over 200 pages), power save mode is extended to about 30 minutes to adjust image.

Setting the default tray and paper

You can select the tray and paper you would like to keep using for printing job. (See Paper.)

In the control panel

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press up/down arrow to highlight Paper and press OK.

  3. Press up/down arrow to select the paper tray you want press OK.

  4. Press up/down arrow to highlight Paper Size and press OK.

  5. Press up/down arrow to select the paper size you want.

  6. Press OK to save the selection.

  7. Press up/down arrow to highlight Paper Type and press OK.

  8. Press up/down arrow to select the paper type you want.

  9. Press OK to save the selection.

  10. Press .

  11. Press up/down arrow to highlight Paper Source and press OK.

  12. Press up/down arrow to select the paper tray you want.

  13. press OK to save the selection.

  14. Press to return to ready mode.

In the computer

Windows

  1. Click the Windows Start menu.

  2. For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.

    • For Windows XP/2003, select Printers and Faxes.

    • For Windows 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.

    • For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.

    • For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.

  3. Right-click your machine.

  4. For Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista, press Printing Preferences.

    For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, from context menus, select the Printing Preferences.

    [Note]

    If Printing Preferences item has ► mark, you can select other printer drivers connected with selected printer.

  5. Click Paper tab.

  6. Select tray and its options, such as paper size and type.

  7. Press OK.

Macintosh

Macintosh does not support this function. Macintosh users need to change the default setting manually each time they want to print using other settings.

  1. Open a Macintosh application and select the file you want to print.

  2. Open the File menu and click Print.

  3. Go to Paper Feed pane.

  4. Set appropriate tray from which you want to print.

  5. Go to Paper pane.

  6. Set paper type to correspond to the paper loaded in the tray from which you want to print.

  7. Click Print to print.

Changing font setting

Your machine has preset the font for your region or country.

If you want to change the font or set the font for special condition, such as the DOS environment, you can change the font setting from Device Settings or Emulation section.

[Note]

Following information shows the proper font list for corresponding languages.

  • Russian: CP866, ISO 8859/5 Latin Cyrillic

  • Hebrew: Hebrew 15Q, Hebrew-8, Hebrew-7 (Israel only)

  • Greek: ISO 8859/7 Latin Greek, PC-8 Latin/Greek

  • Arabic & Farsi: HP Arabic-8, Windows Arabic, Code Page 864, Farsi, ISO 8859/6 Latin Arabic

  • OCR: OCR-A, OCR-B