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5Press the up or down arrow button until EcoMode appears, and then press .

6Press the left or right arrow button to scroll through the list of possible settings. Press at the correct setting.

Submitting Selection appears.

Reducing printer noise

Use Quiet Mode to reduce printer noise.

Note: See the table for the multiple settings that change when you select a Quiet Mode setting.

 

Choose

To

 

 

 

 

On (Text/Graphics)

Reduce printer noise.

 

Note: This setting is best suited for printing text and line

Print jobs will process at onehalf the normal processing

 

graphics.

speed.

 

 

Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to

 

 

print. There will be a short delay before the first page is

 

 

printed.

 

 

Fans run at reduced speed or are turned off.

 

 

If your printer has faxing capability, fax sounds are

 

 

reduced or disabled, including those made by the fax

 

 

speaker and ringer. The fax is placed in standby mode.

 

 

The alarm control and cartridge alarm sounds are turned

 

 

off.

 

 

The printer will ignore the Advance Start command.

 

 

 

 

Off (Image/Photo)

Use factory default settings. This setting supports the

 

Note: Selecting Photo from the driver may disable Quiet

performance specifications for your printer.

 

 

 

Mode and provide better print quality and full speed

 

 

printing.

 

 

 

 

1Make sure that the printer is on and Ready appears.

2From the printer control panel, press .

3Press the up or down arrow button until Settings appears, and then press .

4Press the up or down arrow button until General Settings appears, and then press .

5Press the up or down arrow button until Quiet Mode appears, and then press .

6Press the left or right arrow button to scroll through the list of possible settings. Press at the correct setting.

Submitting Selection appears.

Adjusting Power Saver

Available settings range from 1–240 minutes. The factory default setting is 30 minutes.

To increase or decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power Saver mode, do one of the following:

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