Print Quality Menu (continued)

Item

Values

Explanation

 

 

 

ECONOMODE=OFF

OFF

 

ON

Turn EconoMode on (to save toner) or off (for high quality).

EconoMode creates draft-quality printing by reducing the amount of toner on the printed page.

Caution

HP does not recommend full-time use of EconoMode. (If EconoMode is used full-time, it is possible that the toner supply will outlast the mechanical parts in the toner cartridge.)

 

 

Note

 

 

It is best to turn EconoMode on or off from the

 

 

printer driver or software application. (Driver

 

 

and software settings override control panel

 

 

settings.)

 

 

 

TONER DENSITY=3

1

Lighten or darken the print on the page by

 

2

changing the toner density setting. The settings

 

3

range from 1 (light) to 5 (dark), but the default

 

setting of 3 usually produces the best results.

 

4

 

Use a lower toner density setting to save toner.

 

5

 

Note

 

 

 

 

It is best to change the toner density from the

 

 

printer driver or software application. (Driver

 

 

and software settings override control panel

 

 

settings.)

 

 

 

AUTO

ON

Turn the automatic cleaning page feature on or

CLEANING PAGE=OFF

OFF

off (for cleaning the fuser).

 

 

The default frequency is every 2,000 pages.

 

 

The options are 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000,

 

 

and 20,000 pages.

 

 

For more information, see “Running the

 

 

cleaning page automatically” on page 92.

 

 

 

CREATE CLEANING

No value to

Press SELECT to manually print a cleaning page

PAGE

select.

(for cleaning toner from the fuser). Follow the

 

 

instructions on the cleaning page.

 

 

For more information, see “Running the

 

 

cleaning page manually” on page 91.

 

 

 

PROCESS CLEANING

No value to

This item appears only after a cleaning page

PAGE

select.

has been generated (as described above).

 

 

Press SELECT to process the cleaning page.

 

 

 

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