Configuring Output Offsetting
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Configuring Output Offsetting
The optional Offset Catch Tray supports offsetting output
between successive jobs or multiple collated sets of a
single job. Offsetting is controlled from the Control Panel
or via CentreWare DP.
The following conditions must be met before offsetting
occurs between jobs:
• The offset function occurs only between successive
jobs that are both destined for the Offset Catch Tray.
For example, a print job may contain a banner sheet in
PCL that precedes a PostScript print job. If they are
both directed to the Offset Catch Tray, the banner
sheet is offset from the PostScript job. If the banner
sheet is directed to the standard output bin (no offset
capability) and the PostScript job is directed to the
Offset Catch Tray, offset does not occur between the
banner sheet and the PostScript job. If, however, the
next job is directed to the Offset Catch Tray, offset will
occur between the PostScript job and the next job.
• The offset function occurs between successive jobs
directed to the Offset Catch Tray only if the jobs
contain data that results in a sheet being printed and
delivered to the bin.
For example, if a PCL job contains <ESCAPE>E
sequences at the beginning of a job and there is no
printable data separating these commands, the offset
does not occur (even though these escape sequences
are valid job boundaries).