Using USB memory device

About USB memory device

USB memory devices are available with a variety of memory capacities to give you more room for storing documents, presentations, music and videos, high resolution photographs, or whatever other files you want to store or move.

Your machine supports USB memory devices with FAT16/FAT32 and sector size of 512 bytes.

Check your USB memory device’s file system from your dealer.

You must use only an authorized USB memory device with an A plug type connector.

Use only a USB memory device with metal-shielded connector.

Only use a USB memory device that has obtained compatibility certification; otherwise, the machine might not recognize it.

[Caution]

  • Do not remove the USB memory device while it is in use. The machine warranty does not cover damage caused by user’s misuse.

  • If your USB memory device has certain features such as security settings and password settings, your machine may not automatically detect it. For details about these features, see the user’s guide of the USB memory device.

Printing from a USB memory device

You can directly print files stored on a USB memory device.

Direct Print option supported file types:

  • PRN: Only files created by provided driver with your machine are compatible.

    [Note]

    If you print PRN files created from other machine, the printout would be different.

  • BMP: BMP Uncompressed

  • TIFF: TIFF 6.0 Baseline

  • JPEG: JPEG Baseline

  • PDF: PDF 1.4 and below

  • XPS

To print a document from a USB memory device, you can use these features from the Direct USB > USB Print or Print From menu (see Menu overview).

[Note]

If you see [+] or [D] in the front of a folder name, there are one or more files or folders in the selected folder.

Viewing the USB Memory Status

You can check the amount of memory space available for saving documents.

You can use these features from the Direct USB > Show Space or Check Space menu (see Menu overview).

Backing up data

Data in the machine’s memory can be accidentally erased due to power failure or storage failure.

You can use these features from the System Setup (or Setup > System) > Export Setting and Import Setting menu (see Menu overview).

Managing USB memory

You can delete image files stored on a USB memory device one by one or all at once by reformatting the device.

You can use these features from the Direct USB > File Manage menu (see Menu overview).

[Note]

If you see + in the front of a folder name, there are one or more files or folders in the selected folder.
[Warning]

After deleting files or reformatting a USB memory device, files cannot be restored. Therefore, confirm that you no longer need the data before deleting it.