Setup Menu (continued)

Menu item

 

Values

 

 

Printer Usage

Max Speed*

 

 

Max Yield

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Printer Usage setting determines how your printer reacts when it receives mono pages

 

 

(pages with only black print). The setting you choose affects the overall print speed and how

 

 

frequently you must replace printer supplies.

 

 

Select Maximum Speed to ensure the fastest throughput for all jobs. When Maximum Speed

 

 

is selected, the printer makes no mechanical changes when it detects a mono page. It

 

 

handles all pages as if they require color printing.

 

 

Select Maximum Yield to reduce wear of the color toner cartridges and photoconductors and

 

 

thereby extend the life of the supplies. If the printer detects a mono page, it physically

 

 

removes the color print units from the paper path to reduce wear. When the printer detects a

 

 

color page, it must then perform the internal adjustments necessary to synchronize the color

 

 

print units with the black print unit (see “Timing Adj”). This may slow overall printing time,

 

 

depending on the mix of mono and color pages.

 

 

See page 63 for illustrations of the paper path the printer uses for each of the settings. See

 

 

page 96 for more information about conserving printer supplies.

 

 

Timing Adj

Gear Only*

 

 

Gear and Drum

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Timing Adjustment menu item determines how the printer calibrates itself when you first

 

 

turn it on and when switching between mono and color pages. This menu item is only

 

 

available when the Printer Usage menu item is set to Max Yield.

 

 

If you select Gear and Drum, the printer synchronizes the black and color toner cartridge drive

 

 

gears, as well as the black and color photoconductors (drums). This setting guarantees the

 

 

best print quality, but slows printing.

 

 

Select Gear Only to minimize the time the printer requires for this calibration. You may notice

 

 

slightly inconsistent color registration when using this setting.

 

 

 

Job Buffer Size

 

Disabled*

 

 

10…100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have an optional disk installed in your printer, you can allocate a portion of the available

 

 

disk space for spooling jobs. You can choose any 1% increment between 10 and 100%. You

 

 

must select a Job Buffering Size before you can set the Job Buffering menu item On for a

 

 

particular port.

 

 

Warning: If you change the job buffer size, the printer formats the hard disk, and all resources

 

 

stored on the disk are deleted.

 

 

The Job Buffer Size menu item is only displayed if the installed disk option is formatted and is

 

 

not defective or Read/Write or Write protected.

 

 

 

 

*Factory default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lexmark 1200 manual Handles all pages as if they require color printing, Depending on the mix of mono and color pages