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 a 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.
• When setting Eco‑Mode to Energy or Paper, performance may be affected, but print quality is not.

ADF Loaded Beep

• Enabled
• Disabled

Specify whether the ADF sounds a beep when paper is loaded.

Note:  Enabled is the factory default setting.

Quiet Mode

• Off
• On

Minimize the printer noise.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

Run Initial Setup

• Yes
• No

Run the setup wizard.

Paper Sizes

• US
• Metric

Specify the unit of measurement for paper sizes.

Notes:

• US is the factory default setting.
• The initial setting is determined by your country or region selection in the initial setup wizard.

Scan to PC Port Range

• [port range]

Specify a valid port range for printers behind a port blocking firewall.

Note:  9751:12000 is the factory default setting.

Home screen customization

• Change Language
• Copy
• E‑mail Shortcuts
• FTP Shortcuts
• Search Held Jobs
• Held Jobs
• Bookmarks
• Jobs by User

Change the icons that appear on the home screen.

For each icon, select from the following options:

• Display
• Do Not display

One Page Copy

• Off
• On

Set copies from the scanner glass to only one page at a time.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

Allow Background Removal

• On
• Off

Specify whether image background removal is allowed.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

Allow Custom Job Scans

• On
• Off

Scan multiple jobs to one file.

Note:  On is the factory default setting. If On is selected, then Allow Custom Job Scans can be enabled for specific jobs.

Scanner Jam Recovery

• Job Level
• Page Level

Specify how a scanned job should be reloaded if a paper jam occurs in the ADF.

Note:  Job level is the factory default setting.

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

• Sleep Mode
• Disabled
• 1–60

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.

Note:  Do Not Hibernate is the factory default setting.

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 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.

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 print the entire page.

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.

Custom Home Message

• Off
• IP Address
• Hostname
• Contact Name
• Location
• Zero Configuration Name
• Custom Text  [x]

Select a custom home message that appears as an alternating display of the printer status.