4 Printing

Introduction

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4-1

Preparing for Printing

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4-2

Selecting Paper and Other Print Media

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4-2

Media Input Options

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4-4

Loading Tray 2

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4-6

Loading Tray 1

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4-7

Printing Tasks

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4-8

Stopping a Print Job

4-8

Manually Feeding Pages

4-9

Reserving or Locking-out Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Printing on Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Printing Letterhead and Preprinted Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Printing Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Printing Labels and Transparencies

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Printing with Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Printing from the 500-sheet Tray 3

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Printing with the Duplex Unit (2-Sided Printing)

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Printing with the Envelope Feeder

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Printing with the Infrared Serial Port

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5 PostScript Printing

Introduction

5-1

Preparing for PostScript Printing

5-2

Using PostScript Printer Drivers

5-2

Printer Memory and PostScript Printing

5-3

Printing a Legal Page in PostScript

5-4

Switching Printer Languages (Personalities)

5-5

Control Panel Differences with PostScript

5-6

PostScript Menu

5-7

Menu Items Affected by PostScript . .

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Printing a PostScript Configuration Page

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PostScript Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

6 Adjusting Print Quality

Introduction

6-1

Choosing Print Resolution

6-2

Fine-Tuning Print Quality

6-3

Adjusting Print Density

6-3

Enhancing Resolution

6-4

Harmonizing Print Density and REt Settings

6-5

EconoMode Printing

6-6

Saving Toner with EconoMode

6-6

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