Menu item

Orientation

Auto

Landscape

Portrait

N-up Border

None

Solid

Description

Specifies the orientation of a multiple-page sheet

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

Prints a border around each page image when using N-up (pages-sides) Note: None is the factory default setting.

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.

 

 

If Print Mode is set to Black Only, a setting of 5 increases toner density and darkness

 

 

to all print jobs.

 

 

If Print Mode is set to Color, a setting of 5 is the same as a setting of 4.

 

 

 

 

Enhance Fine Lines

Enables a print mode preferable for files such as architectural drawings, maps, electrical

Off

circuit diagrams, and flow charts

On

Notes:

 

 

Off is the factory default setting.

 

 

To set Enhance Fine Lines from the software program: for Windows users, click

 

 

File Print, and then click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup; for

 

 

Macintosh users, choose File > Print, and then adjust the settings from the Print

 

 

dialog and pop-up menus.

 

 

 

 

Understanding printer menus

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26C0002, 26A0000, xd2, 26C0050, 544dn specifications

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