Making a Copy Darker or Lighter, Selecting the Tray

COPY FUNCTIONS

MAKING A COPY DARKER OR LIGHTER

Automatic exposure adjustment is initially enabled. This function automatically adjusts the copy image according to the original being copied. If you wish to select the exposure level yourself, follow the steps below. (Select from two original types and five exposure levels for each original type.) The exposure level used in automatic exposure adjustment can also be changed. ("ADJUSTING THE AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE LEVEL" (p.00))

Original types

●AUTO ......Automatic exposure adjustment is enabled and the exposure is automatically adjusted according to the original being copied. The exposure is lowered for colored areas and background shadows.

●TEXT.......The exposure is raised for light areas and lowered for dark backgrounds to make text easier to read.

●PHOTO ...Halftones in the photo are reproduced with greater clarity.

1 Press the [AUTO/TEXT/PHOTO] key to select the original type.

	To adjust the exposure of
AUTO	a text original manually,
TEXT	press until the TEXT
PHOTO	indicator lights. To copy a
	indicator lights. To copy a
	photo, press until the
	PHOTO indicator lights.

Note To return to automatic adjustment, press until the AUTO indicator lights.

2 Press the [Light] key ( ) or [Dark] key ( ) to adjust the exposure.

				For a darker image,
AUTO	1	3	5	press the dark key ( ).
TEXT	1	3	5	For a lighter image, press
TEXT				For a lighter image, press

	PHOTO	the light key ( ).
		the light key ( ).
		If halftone (2 and 4) is
		selected, the indicators
		will light simultaneously.
	Note	Exposure value guidelines
	Note	1 – 2 Dark originals like newspapers
		1 – 2 Dark originals like newspapers

3Normal originals

4– 5 Colored text or text written in pencil

SELECTING THE TRAY

When the original is placed on the document glass and the original size is selected, or when the original is placed in the SPF/RSPF, the tray with the same size of paper as the original is automatically selected. If you wish to use a tray other than the automatically selected tray (for example you wish to enlarge or reduce the copy or use the bypass tray), press the [TRAY SELECT] key to select the desired tray.

TRAY

SELECT

Note	•	If the desired paper size indicator does not light up. change the paper in the tray to the desired paper size.
Note	•	Automatic ratio selection (p.00) does not operate when the bypass tray or a tray set for a special paper size is
	•
		selected.

Auto tray switching

If the tray runs out of paper during copying and there is another tray with the same size of paper and the same feeding orientation (horizontal or vertical), the other tray is automatically selected and copying continues. "Auto tray switching" can be disabled in the user programs. (p.00)

AR-M205, AR-M160 specifications

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