HP FS-8000C manual Selecting the Option Sorter Mode, Mode Description Sorter mode, Collator mode

3.10 Paper Handling

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7	When the desired output stack is displayed, press the ENTER key.
8	To exit the menu selection, press the MENU key.

3.10.11 Selecting the Option Sorter Mode

If you install an option mailbox/sorter, you can have your printouts automatically sorted in three different ways when printing multiple copies. The three methods are:

•Sorter mode

The sorter receives a complete set of a document starting from the top tray.

•Collator mode

The sorter receives all copies of the same page in each tray starting from the top tray.

•Mailbox mode

The sorter receives all copies of the same page in each tray starting from the bottom tray.

These modes are depicted in Table 3-5which follows:

Mode Description

Sorter mode

Copy 1 (1-50 pages)

1

Copy 2 (1-50 pages)

2

Copy 3 (1-50 pages)

3

Copy 4 (1-50 pages)

4

5

.....

The sorter mode sorts the output pages by copy as shown in the example. This mode is useful when you need several independent copies of a document.

The maximum number of copies is 9. If a tray becomes full (approximately 200 pages), the printer pauses and indi- cates the Option tray # paper full message. You will need to remove all the printed pages from the tray indi- cated by # in the message.

In the example, four copies of a document of 50 pages long are printed, and each copy is stacked in trays 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

Collator mode

200 copies of page 1

1

200 copies of page 2

2

200 copies of page 3

3

200 copies of page 4

4

5

.....

The collator mode sorts the output pages by page as shown in the example. When multiple copies of a file are printed, all copies of a single page are delivered together to a single tray. A typical use of this mode is in printing material to be distributed at a meeting.

The maximum number of copies is 200. If a tray becomes full (200 pages), the printer pauses and indicates the Option tray # paper full message. Then, you will need to remove all the printed pages from the tray indi- cated by # in the message.

In the example, we make 200-copy stacks of each page of an 4-page long document.

Table 3-5

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