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Menu item

 

Description

 

Orientation

 

Specifies the orientation of a multiplepage sheet

 

Auto

 

Notes:

 

Landscape

 

 

 

Auto is the factory default setting. The printer chooses between portrait and

 

Portrait

 

 

 

landscape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Edge uses landscape.

 

 

 

Short Edge uses portrait.

 

 

 

 

 

NUp Border

 

Prints a border around each page image

 

None

 

Note: None is the factory default setting.

 

Solid

 

 

Quality menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu item

Description

 

 

 

 

Color Correction

Adjusts the color output on the printed page

 

Auto

Notes:

 

Off

 

 

Auto is the factory default setting. Auto applies different color conversion tables

 

Manual

 

 

 

to each object on the printed page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off turns off color correction.

 

 

 

Manual allows customization of the color tables using the settings available from

 

 

 

the Manual Color menu.

 

 

 

Due to the differences in additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that

 

 

 

appear on computer monitors are impossible to duplicate on the printed page.

 

 

 

 

Print Resolution

Specifies the printed output resolution

 

4800 CQ

Note: 4800 CQ is the factory default setting.

 

1200 dpi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner Darkness

Lightens or darkens the printed output

 

1–5

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

4 is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

Selecting a smaller number can help conserve toner.

 

 

 

 

Enhance Fine Lines

Creates smoother lines with sharper edges

 

On

Notes:

 

Off

 

 

Off is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This feature improves the printed output of CAD-type drawings (e.g. circuit

 

 

 

diagrams, architectural prints, etc.).

 

 

 

 

Color Saver

Reduces the amount of toner used for graphics and images. The amount of toner used

 

On

for text is not reduced.

 

Off

Notes:

 

 

 

Off is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

On overrides Toner Darkness settings.

 

 

 

 

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