Understanding the operation modes
| The MBM has four operation modes. |
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Note | When the MBM is connected to a multifunction peripheral (MFP), the face-down bin 1 is |
| designated for copy jobs (as the default) and is not available in the printer driver. Each of the |
| remaining seven output bins is available in the printer driver. |
| When the operation mode is changed, the printer or MFP restarts |
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Mailbox
The eight face-down bins (seven face-down bins when the MBM is connected to an MFP) can be assigned to individual users or a groups of users. All jobs that a user or group of users sends are delivered to the assigned bin. This is the default operation mode. When the mailbox mode is selected, each output bin is available as an output destination in the printer driver and at the control panel.
The face-up bin (upper-left bin) can hold up to 125 sheets and each face-down bin can hold up to 250 sheets. When an assigned output bin is full, the printer or MFP stops printing until the media in the bin is removed.
Stacker
The MBM can be used as a stacker. Using the eight face-down bins, it can stack up to 2,000 sheets. Jobs are sent to output bins starting with the lowest available empty face-down bin. When an output bin is full, the current job or a new job is sent into the next available bin until that bin is full. Large jobs might stack up into the next bin. When the Stacker mode is selected, you cannot select which bin to send your job to.
When an output bin is full, the job is automatically delivered to the next available bin. When all of the face-down bins are full, the printer or MFP stops printing and indicates (on the printer or MFP control-panel display) that the stacker is full. In order for the printer or MFP to continue printing, you must remove any media from the top face-down bin (bin 1) first and then continue down.
Do not remove media from the top face-down bin (bin1) and then attempt to replace it in that bin. The stack order is disrupted when the media is removed and then replaced.
Job Separator
Jobs are delivered to an available (empty) output bin (a job can include the original and its copies), starting from the top bin and continuing to the bottom bin. If no bins are empty, a job is delivered first to the top bin and, if the top bin is full, then to subsequent bins, continuing to the bottom bin. The bin that the job is sent to is considered the destination bin. When the Job Separator mode is selected, you cannot select which bin to send your job to.
When the destination bin is full, the printer or MFP stops printing (even if the other bins are not full). In order for the printer or MFP to continue printing, you must remove the media from the destination bin.
Sorter/Collator
Each copy of a single print or copy job is delivered to a separate output bin, starting with the top face-down bin and continuing to the bottom bin. When a copy is delivered to the lowest bin, the next copy is delivered to the top face-down bin and the delivery process is repeated. When this mode is selected, you cannot select which bin to send your job to.
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