HP 4100 mfp Configuring multitasking priorities, Scan ahead submenu, Auto job interrupt submenu

Configuring multitasking priorities

The HP LaserJet 4100 mfp series allows processing of several jobs simultaneously. System defaults are set to give the walk-up user priority over jobs coming in over the network.

The user can send digital documents while the MFP is printing. If a print job is in progress, the MFP scans in the originals and waits to begin copying until printing is complete, or, if the print job is a collated mopy job, until the next collated set is complete. All other print jobs in the queue will be held until the copy job is completed. If a print job is sent while copying is underway, printing will be delayed until the job is finished.

System default multitasking priorities can be changed either at the control panel or through the embedded Web server. Use these components of the System Setup menu to change the system defaults.

Scan ahead submenu

This menu item allows the administrator to enable or disable the scan ahead feature. Scan Ahead allows a copy job to be scanned and saved to disk for later printing if the print engine is currently busy with another job.

●ON - A copy job scan will start immediately, even if a network print job or another copy job is currently printing. Scanned images are held on the MFP disk until they are printed.

●OFF - A scan copy job cannot commence until the MFP is in Ready state. In essence, the user can't start scanning unless printing of the copy job can start immediately.

Auto job interrupt submenu

This menu item enables or disables the automatic interruption of a currently printing network print job at a mopy boundary in order to print a copy job.

●ON - A copy job will begin and will interrupt a print job on a mopy boundary. Once copying is finished, the print job will resume.

●OFF - A copy job will begin processing following completion of the current print job.

Copy job interrupt submenu

This menu item enables or disables the automatic interruption of a current copy job on a copy boundary in order to print another copy job from the scanner glass or the ADF.

●ON - If a user walks up to the device and presses the START key while the current copy job is underway, this job will be interrupted on a copy boundary to allow the priority copy job to proceed. Once that priority copy job is finished, the previous copy job will resume.

●OFF - If a user walks up to the device and presses the START key while a prior copy job is in progress, the newer copy job will not be printed until the previous job is complete.

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