General Settings menu

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.

Note:  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.

Note:  Show estimates is the factory default setting.

Eco-Mode

• Off
• Energy
• Energy/Paper
• Paper

Minimize the use of energy, paper, or specialty media.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  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.

Notes:

• 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

Notes:

• 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]

Notes:

• Do not display is the factory default setting for When to display.
• Default is the factory default setting for Message to display.

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]

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  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.

Note:  12 hour A.M./P.M. is the factory default setting.

Screen Brightness

• 20–100

Specify the brightness of the display.

Note:  100 is the factory default setting.

Audio Feedback

• Button Feedback
• On
• Off
• Volume
• 1–10

Set the audio volume for the buttons.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  Yes is the factory default setting.

Web Page Refresh Rate

• 30–300

Specify the number of seconds between Embedded Web Server refreshes.

Note:  120 is the factory default setting.

Contact Name

Specify a contact name.

Note:  The contact name is stored on the Embedded Web Server.

Location

Specify the location.

Note:  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

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  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.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  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.

Note:  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.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  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.

Notes:

• 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.

Notes:

• 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.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  Reboot always is the factory default setting.

Error Recovery

• Max Auto Reboots
• 1–20

Determine the number of automatic reboots the printer can perform.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  Disabled is the factory default setting.

Print Recovery

• Jam Recovery
• On
• Off
• Auto

Specify whether the printer reprints jammed pages.

Notes:

• 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.

Notes:

• 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.

Note:  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.

Note:  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.

Note:  Do Nothing is the factory default setting.

Factory Defaults

• Do Not Restore
• Restore Now

Use the printer factory default settings.

Notes:

• 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.