Machine status and advanced features

This chapter explains how to browse the current status of your machine, and the method of setting the advanced machine setup. Read this chapter carefully in order to use your machine's diverse features.

Accessing the Menu

  1. Press on the control panel.

  2. Press left/right arrow until the desired setting appears and press OK.

  3. If the setting item has sub menus, repeat step 2.

  4. Press left/right arrow to access the required value.

  5. Press OK to save the selection.

  6. If you want to move to the upper level menus, press .

  7. Press to return to ready mode.

Information

Option

Description

Menu Map

You can print the menu map which shows the layout and current settings on your machine.

Configuration

You can print a report on the machine's overall configuration.

Supplies Info

You can print supplies information page.

Demo Page

You can print the demo page whether your machine is printing properly or not.

PCL Font List

You can print the PCL font list.

PS Font List [a]

You can print the PS font list.

Usage Page [b]

The usage page contains the total number of pages printed.

Stored Job [b]

You can print jobs currently stored in the 512MB optional memory.

Account Report [b]

You can print a report on the number of printouts.

Counter Info.

[b]

You can print the counter information page.

[a] CLP-670 Series only.

[b] You can only use this menu if you have installed the 512MB optional memory. (CLP-670 Series only)

Layout

Item

Description

Orientation

This menu allows you to select the direction in which information is printed on a page.

Simplex Margin

Set the margin of print materials for one-sided printing. You can increase or decrease the value in 0.1mm increments.

  • Top MarginSet the top margin, from 0.0 to 250mm.

  • Left MarginSet the left margin, from 0.0 to 164mm.

Duplex [a]

To print on both sides of paper, choose the binding edge.

  • Long EdgeThis item is the conventional layout used in bookbinding.

  • Short EdgeThis item is the conventional layout used in calendars.

Select Off to print on one side of the paper.

Duplex Margin

In this menu, you can set the margins for double-sided printing. You can increase or decrease the value in 0.1mm increments.

  • Short BindingSet the left margin, from 0.0 to 22mm.

  • Long BindingSet the left margin, from 0.0 to 22mm.

[a] This menu appears when duplex kit is installed(Some features and optional goods may not be available depending on models or countries).

Paper

Option

Description

Copies

You can select the maximum amount of copies.

MP Tray [Tray<x>]

  • Paper SizeYou can select the default paper size.

  • Paper TypeYou can select the default paper type for the print media.

Paper Source

You can select the tray to process the print job. If you select Auto, your machine supplies the paper from the multi-purpose tray first, than the tray 1, and tray 2 for the last. So if any tray is empty, then the machine try to search the paper from the next available tray.

Graphic

Option

Description

Resolution

You can select the default resolution. If the resolution is high, the clarity of the printouts is sharper, but the print time may take longer.

  • DraftIf the printer language is PCL and your print jobs are text, select this option for the best speed and printing quality. this option is available only with PCL driver.

  • NormalIf your print jobs are mostly text, select this option for the highest quality output.

  • BestSelect this option when your job contains bit mapped images, such as scanned photos or certain business graphics, that will benefit from enhanced line screening.

Fine Edge

It allows user to emphasize edges of texts and fine lines for improving readability and align each color channel registration in color printing mode.

Darken Text

Select this option to print texts darker than on a normal document.

Screen

This menu affect the resolution and clarity of your color output.

  • NormalThis mode will generate printouts with smooth tone over the entire page.

  • EnhancedThis mode will generate printouts with sharp texts and smooth graphic/photo objects in the page.

  • DetailedThis mode will generate printouts with sharp details over the entire page.

System Setup

Option

Description

Language

Allows you to change the language that appears on the display (See Changing the display language).

Power Save

Reduce energy consumption by setting power saving features (See Using the power saving feature).

Auto Continue

This menu determines whether or not the machine continues printing when it detects paper that is not matched to your paper setting.

  • OffIf a paper mismatch occurs, the message remains on the display and the machine remains off-line until you insert the correct paper.

  • OnIf the paper is mismatched, an error message appears. The machine goes off-line for 30 seconds then automatically clears the message and continues printing.

Altitude Adj.

Print quality is affected by atmospheric pressure. The atmospheric pressure is determined by the height of the machine above sea level. This feature lets you adjust the altitude in a height district. (See Altitude adjustment).

Auto CR

This menu allows you to append the required carriage return to each line feed, which is useful to the UNIX user or DOS user.

Job Timeout

You can set the amount of time a single print job is active before it must print. The machine handles incoming data as a single job, if it comes in within the specified time. When an error occurs while processing data from the computer and the data flow stops, the machine waits the specified amount of time and then cancels printing if data flow does not resume.

Maintenance

This menu allows you to maintain consumables within the machine and check supplies' life. You can clean fuser components.

Color Report

This menu allows you to print reports in color.

[Note]

Demo page will be printed in color even if this menu is set to Off.

Clear Settings

This menu allows you to restore the printer's factory default settings.

Emulation

Option

Description

Emulation Type

You can select the machine language. If the languages from the computer and the machine are different, the printing quality can not be confirmed. It is recommended to set this menu to Auto to switch the proper language.

Setup

PCL

This menu sets the PCL emulation configuration. You can set the font type, symbol type, lines per page, and font size.

  • TypefaceYou can select the standard font to be used in PCL emulation. PCL1~PCL15's interval between letters is fixed, and PCL16~PCL86's interval is proportional to the font type and font size. You can adjust the font size of PCL1~PCL15 using the Pitch item, and PCL16~PCL86 can do using Point Size item.

  • SymbolThis item selects the symbol set to be used in PCL emulation. The symbol is the group of numbers, marks, and special signs being used when printing letters. Depending on the Typeface setting, available symbol sets vary.

  • Point SizeWhen you select one between PCL16 and PCL86 from the Typeface menu, you can determine the font size by setting the height of the characters in the font (This item only appears when typeface between PCL16 and PCL86 is selected).

  • CourierThis item lets you select the version of Courier font to use.

  • PitchWhen you select one between PCL1 and PCL15 from the Typeface menu, you can determine the font size by setting the number of characters that will print in one horizontal inch of type. The default value, 10 is the best size (This item only appears when typeface between PCL1 and PCL15 is selected).

  • LinesThis item allows you to set vertical spacing from 5 to 128 lines for the default paper size. The default number of lines may differ according to the paper size and printing orientation.

PostScript (CLP-670 Series only)

This menu provides you with the Print PS Error menu item. You can select whether or not your printer prints an error list when a PS error occurs. Select On to print PS 3 emulation errors. If an error occurs, the job stops processing, the error message prints, and the printer deletes all the jobs. If this menu is set to Off, the jobs are deleted without an indication of the error.

Color

Option

Description

Custom Color

This menu allows you to adjust contrast, color by color.

  • DefaultOptimizes colors automatically.

  • Manual AdjustAllows you to manually adjust the color contrast for each cartridge.

It is recommended to use the Default setting for best color quality.

Auto Color Reg

You can adjust the position of color texts or graphics to match the position of the printed colors to those on your screen.

[Note]

If you have moved the machine, it is strongly recommended to operate this menu manually.

Density Calib. [a]

You can manually calibrate the toner density of machine for the best possible color print quality.

Density Ctrl a

The machine automatically calibrates the toner density of machine for the best possible color print quality. If you select Off, the machine is calibrated by the factory default toner density.

[a] CLP-670 Series only

Network

Option

Description

TCP/IP(IPv4)

Select appropriate protocol and configure parameters to use the network environment.

[Note]

There are lots of parameters to be set; therefore, if you are not sure, leave as is, or consult the network administrator.

TCP/IP(IPv6)

Selects this option to use the network environment through IPv6.

Ethernet Speed

Configure the network transmission speed.

802.1x

You can select the user authentication for network communication. For details, consult the network administrator.

Clear Settings

Reverts the network settings to the default values.

Network Info.

You can print the network configuration report.

Job management (CLP-670 Series only)

You can only use this menu if you have installed the 512MB optional memory (See Printing with the optional memory (CLP-670 Series only)).