Understanding the operator panel

Menu item

Purpose

Values

 

Page Protect

To successfully print a page that may

Off*

Prints a partial page of data if memory

 

otherwise generate Complex Page

 

is insufficient to process the entire

 

errors.

 

page.

 

If, after selecting On, you still cannot

 

 

 

On

Ensures that an entire page is

 

print the page, you may also have to

 

 

processed before it prints.

 

reduce the size and number of fonts on

 

 

 

 

 

the page, or increase the installed

 

 

 

printer memory.

 

 

 

For most print jobs, you do not need to

 

 

 

select On. When On is selected,

 

 

 

printing may be slower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Area

To modify the logical and physical

Normal*

Note: The Whole Page setting only

 

printable area.

 

affects pages printed using PCL 5

 

Fit to Page

 

 

interpreter. This setting has no effect

 

 

 

 

 

Whole Page

on pages printed using the PCL XL or

 

 

PostScript interpreters. If you try to

 

 

 

 

 

 

print any data in the non-printable area

 

 

 

defined by Normal Print Area, the

 

 

 

printer will clip the image at the

 

 

 

boundary defined by the Normal

 

 

 

defined printable area.

 

 

 

 

Power Saver

To specify the amount of time (in

Disabled

This value does not appear unless

 

minutes) the printer waits after a job is

 

Energy Conserve is set to Off.

 

printed before it goes into a reduced

 

 

 

1...240

Specifies the amount of time after a

 

power state.

 

 

 

print job before the printer goes into

 

 

 

Power Saver mode. (Your printer may

 

 

 

not support the entire range of values.)

 

 

 

The factory default Power Saver

 

 

 

setting depends on your printer model.

 

 

 

Print the menu settings page to

 

 

 

determine the current Power Saver

 

 

 

setting. When the printer is in Power

 

 

 

Saver mode, it is still ready to receive

 

 

 

print jobs.

 

 

 

Select 1 to put the printer in Power

 

 

 

Saver mode one minute after it finishes

 

 

 

a print job. This uses much less

 

 

 

energy, but requires more warm-up

 

 

 

time for the printer. Select 1 if your

 

 

 

printer shares an electrical circuit with

 

 

 

room lighting and you notice lights

 

 

 

flickering.

 

 

 

Select a high value if your printer is in

 

 

 

constant use. Under most

 

 

 

circumstances, this keeps the printer

 

 

 

ready to print with minimum warm-up

 

 

 

time. Select a value between 1 and

 

 

 

240 minutes if you want a balance

 

 

 

between energy consumption and a

 

 

 

shorter warm-up period.

 

 

 

 

Using the printer menus

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Lexmark 340, 342n manual Protect, Print Area, Fit to, Whole, 240

342n, 340 specifications

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