General Settings menu

General Settings menu

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Display Language

    English

    Francais

    Deutsch

    Italiano

    Espanol

    Dansk

    Norsk

    Nederlands

    Svenska

    Portugues

    Suomi

    Russian

    Polski

    Greek

    Magyar

    Turkce

    Cesky

    Simplified Chinese

    Traditional Chinese

    Korean

    Japanese

Set the language of the text appearing on the display.
Not all languages are available for all models. You may need to install special hardware for some languages.
Show Supply Estimates

    Show estimates

    Do not show estimates

View the estimates of the supplies on the control panel, Embedded Web Server, menu settings, and device statistics reports.
Show estimates is the factory default setting.
Eco-Mode

    Off

    Energy

    Energy/Paper

    Paper

Minimize the use of energy, paper, or specialty media.
  • Off is the factory default setting. This resets the printer to its factory default settings.
  • When setting Eco Mode to Energy or Paper, performance may be affected, but print quality is not.
Quiet Mode

    Off

    On

Minimize the printer noise.
Off is the factory default setting.
Run Initial Setup

    Yes

    No

Run the setup wizard.
Keyboard
Keyboard Type

    English

    Francais

    Francais Canadien

    Deutsch

    Italiano

    Espanol

    Greek

    Dansk

    Norsk

    Nederlands

    Svenska

    Suomi

    Portugues

    Russian

    Polski

    Swiss German

    Swiss French

    Korean

    Magyar

    Turkce

    Cesky

    Simplified Chinese

    Traditional Chinese

    Japanese

Custom Key [x]
Specify a language and custom key information for the display keyboard.
Paper Sizes

    U.S.

    Metric

Specify the unit of measurement for paper sizes.
  • U.S. is the factory default setting.
  • The initial setting is determined by your country or region selection in the initial setup wizard.
Displayed Information

    Left Side

    Right Side

    Custom Text [x]

Specify what is displayed on the upper corners of the home screen.
For Left side and Right side, select from the following options:

    None

    IP Address

    Hostname

    Contact Name

    Location

    Date/Time

    mDNS/DDNS Service Name

    Zero Configuration Name

    Custom Text [x]

    Model Name

  • IP Address is the factory default setting for Left Side.
  • Date/Time is the factory default setting for Right Side.
Displayed Information (continued)

    Black Toner

    Cyan Toner

    Magenta Toner

    Yellow Toner

    Waste Toner Bottle

    Fuser

    Transfer Module

Customize the displayed information for the supplies.
Select from the following options:
When to display

    Do not display

    Display

Message to display

    Default

    Alternate

Default

    [text entry]

Alternate

    [text entry]

Displayed Information (continued)

    Paper Jam

    Load Paper

    Service Errors

Customize the displayed information for certain menus.
Select from the following options:
Display

    Yes

    No

Message to display

    Default

    Alternate

Default

    [text entry]

Alternate

    [text entry]

  • No is the factory default setting for Display.
  • Default is the factory default setting for Message to display.
Home screen customization

    Change Language

    Search Held Jobs

    Held Jobs

    USB Drive

    Profiles and Apps

    Bookmarks

    Jobs by User

    Forms and Favorites

    Background and Idle Screen

    Eco-Settings

Change the icons that appear on the home screen.
For each icon, select from the following options:

    Display

    Do Not display

Date Format

    MM‑DD‑YYYY

    DD‑MM‑YYYY

    YYYY‑MM‑DD

Format the date.
MM‑DD‑YYYY is the U.S. factory default setting. DD-MM-YYYY is the international factory default setting.
Time Format

    12 hour A.M./P.M.

    24 hour clock

Format the time.
12 hour A.M./P.M. is the factory default setting.
Screen Brightness
20–100
Specify the brightness of the display.
100 is the factory default setting.
Audio Feedback
Button Feedback

    On

    Off

Volume

    1–10

Set the audio volume for the buttons.
  • On is the factory default setting for Button Feedback.
  • 5 is the factory default setting for Volume.
Show Bookmarks

    Yes

    No

Specify whether bookmarks are displayed from the Held Jobs area.
Yes is the factory default setting.
Web Page Refresh Rate
30–300
Specify the number of seconds between Embedded Web Server refreshes.
120 is the factory default setting.
Contact Name
Specify a contact name.
The contact name is stored on the Embedded Web Server.
Location
Specify the location.
The location is stored on the Embedded Web Server.
Alarms

    Alarm Control

    Cartridge Alarm

Set an alarm when the printer requires user intervention.
For each alarm type, select from the following options:

    Off

    Single

    Continuous

  • Single is the factory default setting. This sounds three quick beeps.
  • Continuous repeats three beeps every 10 seconds.
Timeouts
Standby Mode

    Disabled

    1–240

Set the amount of time in minutes before the printer enters a lower power state.
15 is the factory default setting.
Timeouts
Sleep Mode

    Disabled

    1–120

Set the amount of time in minutes the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes into a reduced power state.
  • 20 is the factory default setting.
  • Lower settings conserve more energy, but may require longer warm‑up times.
  • Select the lowest setting if the printer shares an electrical circuit with room lighting or you notice lights flickering in the room.
  • Select a high setting if the printer is in constant use. Under most circumstances, this keeps the printer ready to print with minimum warm‑up time.
  • Disabled appears only if Energy Conserve is set to Off.
Timeouts
Print with Display Off

    Allow printing with display off

    Display on when printing

Print a job with the display turned off.
Display on when printing is the factory default setting.
Timeouts
Hibernate Timeout

    Disabled

    20 minutes

    1–3 hours

    6 hours

    1–3 days

    1–2 weeks

    1 month

Set the amount of time the printer waits before it enters Hibernate mode.
3 days is the factory default setting.
Hibernate Timeout on Connection

    Hibernate

    Do Not Hibernate

Set the printer to Hibernate mode even if there is an active Ethernet connection.
  • Hibernate is the factory default setting.
  • The fax function is available only in some printer models.
Timeouts
Screen Timeout
15–300
Set the amount of time in seconds before returning the control panel to a Ready state.
30 is the factory default setting.
Timeouts
Print Timeout

    Disabled

    1–255

Set the amount of time in seconds the printer waits to receive an end‑of‑job message before canceling the rest of the print job.
  • 90 is the factory default setting.
  • When the timer expires, any partially printed page still in the printer is printed, and then the printer checks to see if any new print jobs are waiting.
  • Print Timeout is available only when using PCL emulation.
Timeouts
Wait Timeout

    Disabled

    15–65535

Set the amount of time in seconds the printer waits for additional data before canceling a print job.
  • 40 is the factory default setting.
  • Wait Timeout is available only when the printer is using PostScript emulation.
Timeouts
Job Hold Timeout
5–255
Set the amount of time the printer waits for user intervention before it holds jobs that require unavailable resources and continues to print other jobs in the print queue.
  • 30 is the factory default setting.
  • This menu appears only when a hard disk is installed.
Error Recovery
Auto Reboot

    Reboot when idle

    Reboot always

    Reboot never

Set the printer to restart when an error occurs.
Reboot always is the factory default setting.
Error Recovery
Max Auto Reboots
1–20
Determine the number of automatic reboots the printer can perform.
  • 2 is the factory default setting.
  • If the printer reaches the maximum number of reboots within a certain amount of time, the printer does not continue to reboot, and the error message appears on the display.
Print Recovery
Auto Continue

    Disabled

    5–255

Let the printer automatically continue printing from certain offline situations when these are not resolved within the specified time period.
Disabled is the factory default setting.
Print Recovery
Jam Recovery

    On

    Off

    Auto

Specify whether the printer reprints jammed pages.
  • Auto is the factory default setting. The printer reprints jammed pages unless the memory required to hold the pages is needed for other printer tasks.
  • On sets the printer to always reprint jammed pages.
  • Off sets the printer to never reprint jammed pages.
Print Recovery
Page Protect

    Off

    On

Successfully print a page that may not have printed otherwise.
  • Off is the factory default setting. This prints a partial page when there is not enough memory to print the whole page.
  • On sets the printer to process the whole page so that the entire page prints.
Accessibility
Prolong Screen Timeout

    On

    Off

Set the printer to continue a specified job without returning to the home screen when the screen timeout timer expires.
Off is the factory default setting.
Press Sleep Button

    Do Nothing

    Sleep

    Hibernate

Determine how the printer, while in idle state, reacts to a short press of the Sleep button.
Sleep is the factory default setting.
Press and Hold Sleep Button

    Do Nothing

    Sleep

    Hibernate

Determine how the printer, while in idle state, reacts to a long press of the Sleep button.
Do Nothing is the factory default setting.
Factory Defaults

    Do Not Restore

    Restore Now

Use the printer factory default settings.
  • Do Not Restore is the factory default setting.
  • Restore Now sets all printer settings to the factory default settings except for the Network/Ports menu settings. All downloads stored in the RAM are deleted. Downloads stored in the flash memory or on a hard disk are not affected.
Export Configuration File
Export
Export configuration files to a flash drive.