Configuration menu

The Configuration menu is used to set general printer default settings.

CAUTION Hewlett-Packard recommends that configuration settings only be changed by a system administrator. Configuration settings seldom need to be changed.

Menu item

Values

Description

 

 

 

POWERSAVE TIME

1 MIN

The length of time before the

 

15 MIN

printer goes into power-saving

 

30 MIN*

mode.

 

1 HR

 

 

2 HRS

 

 

4 HRS

 

 

 

 

CLEARABLE

JOB*

If ON, message is displayed until

WARNINGS

ON

GO is pressed. If JOB, message is

 

 

displayed until end of print job.

 

 

 

AUTO CONTINUE

ON*

Determines whether the printer

 

OFF

continues printing when certain

 

 

errors occur. If ON, printer returns to

 

 

the READY state. If OFF, printer

 

 

remains offline until GO is pressed.

 

 

 

JAM RECOVERY

AUTO*

Printer attempts to recover from

 

MANUAL

jams and reprints affected pages. If

 

 

AUTO, printer returns to the READY

 

 

state. If MANUAL, printer remains

 

 

offline until GO is pressed.

 

 

Enabling this feature consumes

 

 

printer memory.

 

 

 

PRINT PS ERRORS

OFF*

Prints out an error page when

 

ON

emulated PostScript errors occur. If

 

 

ON, printer returns to the READY

 

 

state. If OFF, printer remains offline

 

 

until GO is pressed.

 

 

 

RAM DISK

OFF*

Determines if a RAM disk is

 

ON

installed and whether or not it is

 

 

activated.

 

 

 

RAM DISK SIZE=

 

Displays the size (in MB or GB) of

 

 

the activated RAM disk (if

 

 

installed).

 

 

 

QUICK COPY

 

Displays the number of Quick Copy

JOBS=

 

jobs saved in printer memory.

 

 

 

HELD JOB

OFF*

Sets the length of time the printer

TIMEOUT

ON

will save a held job in memory prior

 

 

to deleting it.

 

 

 

PERSONALITY

AUTO*

The personality (language) the

 

PCL

printer uses to process a print job.

 

PS

 

 

 

 

*Denotes default setting

 

 

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