PRINT FUNCTIONS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES

In a Windows environment

The front and back covers and specified pages of a document are printed on paper that is different from the other pages.
Use this function when you wish to print the front and back covers on heavy paper, or insert colored paper or a different paper type at specified pages.
As necessary, paper can be inserted as insertion sheets where nothing is printed.

In a macOS environment

The front and back covers are printed using paper that is different from the other pages. This function can be used, for example, when you want to print only the front cover and last page on thick paper.

Windows

1. Click the [Inserts] tab.
2. Select [Covers/Inserts] from [Inserts Option], and click the [Settings] button.
3. Select the paper insertion settings.

• Select the insertion position, paper source, and printing method from the corresponding menus.
• Click the [Add] button and your settings will appear in "Information".
• When you have finished selecting settings, click the [Save] button in "Favorites" to save the settings.

macOS

1. Select [Printer Features].
In macOS 13, [Printer Features] is located under the "Printer Options" menu.

2. Select [Covers].
3. Select the cover insertion settings.
Select the print setting, paper tray, and paper type for the front and back covers.

When transparency film is used for printing, this function prevents the sheets of transparency film from sticking together by inserting a sheet of paper between each sheet of film. As necessary, the same content as that printed on each sheet of transparency film is also printed on the corresponding sheet of inserted paper.

Windows

1. Click the [Inserts] tab.
2. Select [Transparency Inserts] and click the [Settings] button.
Select the print setting, paper tray, and paper type for the front and back covers.

3. Select the transparency insert settings.
When the [Printed] checkbox is selected to set to , the same content as that printed on the transparency film is also printed on the insert. Select the paper source and type if needed.

macOS

1. Select [Printer Features].
In macOS 13, [Printer Features] is located under the "Printer Options" menu.

2. Select [Transparency Inserts] in "Feature Sets".
3. Select the transparency insert settings.
When [On (Printed)] is selected from "Transparency Inserts", the same content as that printed on the transparency film is also printed on the insert. Select the paper source and type if needed.

You can insert separator pages between jobs or the specified number of copies.

Windows

1. Click the [Finishing] tab.
2. Click the [Separator Page] button.
3. Changing the settings

• Select the paper tray and paper type from "Paper Selection", and specify the separator page position in "Insert Position".
• To add a separator page each time printing of the set number of copies is completed, select [Per Copies] in "Insert Position".
• For example, if you are printing 10 copies and you select "5", a separator page will be added after the 5th copy and after the 10th copy.

This function prints an additional copy of the print image on paper that is of the same size but from a different paper tray.
For example, if carbon copy print is selected when plain paper is loaded into tray 1 and colored paper is loaded into tray 2, a print result similar to a carbon copy slip is obtained with a single selection of the print command. If plain paper is loaded into tray 1 and recycled paper is loaded into tray 2 as necessary, selecting Carbon Copy simultaneously prints one copy for presentation and one copy as a duplicate.

Windows

1. Click the [Inserts] tab.
2. Select [Carbon Copy] from "Inserts Option"and click the [Settings] button.
3. Select the tray for the first copy from "Top Copy", and then select the tray for the carbon copy from "Carbon Copy".

There are two methods of printing on the tabs of tab paper: "Tab Shift" and "Tab Paper Print".

Tab Shift

Create the text to be printed on tab paper in an application, and set the test shifting distance in [Print Position] on the [Layout] tab of the printer driver property window. The text will be printed on the tabs.

Tab Paper Print (for PCL6 only)

Tab sheets are printed while they are inserted between the desired pages.
Select [Tab Paper] in [Inserts Option] on the [Inserts] tab of the printer driver properties window, and enter the text that you want to print on the tabs. Specify the detailed settings such as the size of the tabs, the starting position, the distance between tabs, and the page numbers where tab sheets will be inserted.

Windows

Tab Shift

When you have finished preparing the data to be printed on tab papers in an application, take the following steps:

1. Click the [Layout] tab.
2. Click the [Print Position] button.
3. Select [Tab Shift].
4. Specify the distance of shifting the image by directly entering a value or by clicking the button.
5. Click the [OK] button.
6. Select the paper source and type.
Click the [Paper Source] tab, and select [Bypass Tray] in "Paper Tray" and [Tab Paper] in "Paper Type".

Tab Paper Print (for PCL6 only)

Open the data into which you wish to insert tab paper, and then select the settings.

1. Click the [Inserts] tab.
2. Select [Tab Paper] from “Inserts Option”, and click the [Settings] button.
3. Select the tab position settings.
For commercially available tab paper, use the existing settings such as [A4-5tab-D] in "Favorites". For other types of tab paper, the position of the first tab, the distance between tabs, and the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the tab can be directly entered or changed using the button. In addition, select the size of the tab paper from "Output Size".

4. Select the page settings.
Specify the pages where you wish to insert tab paper and enter the text that you wish to print on the tabs. Also select the font and adjust the layout.

This function prints specific pages on the front side of the paper.
When you specify a page (such as a chapter cover page) to be printed on the front side of the paper, it is printed on the front side of the next sheet even if it would normally be printed on the reverse side of the paper.

Example: When pages 4 and 8 are specified as page settings.
(4 has a reverse side, and 3 and 8 are blank on the reverse side.)

Windows

1. Click the [Layout] tab.
2. Select the 2-Sided Printing.
For information on the "2-Sided Printing" setting, see " 2-SIDED PRINTING".

3. Enter the page numbers of the initial pages of the chapters, separating the numbers with commas.

If a folding unit is installed, print paper can be folded.
For example, if A4 (8-1/2" × 11") and A3 (11" × 17") size print images are mixed, you can fold A3 (11" × 17") size paper to the A4 (8-1/2" × 11") size to adjust the width of the actual print paper to the A4 (8-1/2" × 11") size. When necessary, you can staple folded sheets.

To use the Half Fold and Saddle Fold (Staple) functions, you need to mount a saddle stitch finisher.

Types of paper folding functions

Folding types	Print Side	Fold Orientation	Folding results	Description
Saddle Fold	Inside	-		Multiple sheets are collectively folded in the center. When a saddle stitch finisher is installed, one or multiple sheets can be selected.
	Outside	-
Half Fold	Inside	-		Paper is folded in the center. Copies are output sheet by sheet.
	Outside	-
C-Fold	Inside	Open Right		For example, paper is folded in three so that it can be put into an envelope. Copies are output sheet by sheet.
		Open Left
	Outside	Open Right
		Open Left
Accordion Fold	-	Open Right		For example, paper is folded in three so that it can be put into an envelope. Copies are output sheet by sheet.
	-	Open Left
Double Fold	Inside	Open Right		For example, paper is folded in four so that it can be put into an envelope. Copies are output sheet by sheet.
		Open Left
	Outside	Open Right
		Open Left
Z-Fold	-	Open Right		For example, if A4 (8-1/2" × 11") and A3 (11" × 17") size print images are mixed, only the A3 (11" × 17") size paper is folded and changed to A4 (8-1/2" × 11") size paper. Copies are output sheet by sheet.
	-	Open Left

Windows

Folding

1. Click the [Finishing] tab.
2. Select the folding method in "Fold", and click the [Settings] button.
3. Select the desired folding method.

Folding (Z-Fold)

1. Click the [Finishing] tab.
2. Select the folding method in "Fold", and click the [Settings] button.
3. Select the paper to be folded and choose the opening direction.

If you select "Z-Fold", set the checkbox of the paper size for paper folding to .

macOS

Folding

1. Select [Printer Features].
In macOS 13, [Printer Features] is located under the "Printer Options" menu.

2. Select [Folding].
3. Select the desired folding method.

Folding(Z-Fold)

1. Select [Printer Features], then select [Folding(Z-Fold)].
In macOS 13, [Printer Features] is located under the "Printer Options" menu.

2. Configure Fold settings.

This function inserts a preset data item into every page during printing.
You can easily create documents with opened page spread that is made up of text on the left-hand page and a memo space on the right-hand page.

Windows

1. Click the [Stamp] tab.
2. Click the [Settings] button.
3. Select [Page Interleave] from the "Printing Method".
4. Set the overlay data to be inserted and set its insertion position.

This function prints the same image in tile pattern on a sheet. This is useful for producing name cards and stickers.

Windows

1. Click the [Main] tab.
2. Select the repeat count in "N-Up".

This function prints pattern data such as "DO NOT COPY" behind the print data.
If paper with pattern data is duplicated, the pattern data emerges in the background, which will help to prevent information from being leaked through unauthorized document copying.

Windows

1. Click the [Stamp] tab.
2. Click the [Hidden Pattern] button.
3. Configure the settings for hidden pattern printing and click the [OK] button.

In some situations, a document containing a JPEG image may not be printed correctly. This can be solved by changing the way the JPEG image is rendered.
When you print an original containing JPEG images, this function allows you to select whether the images are rendered in the printer driver or the machine.

Windows

1. Click the [Detailed Settings] tab.
2. Click the [Other Settings] button.
3. Click the [Use driver to render JPEGs] checkbox so that appears.
4. Click the [OK] button.

By maximizing the print area, you can print on the full paper size.

Windows

1. Click the [Detailed Settings] tab.
2. Click the [Other Settings] button.
3. Select [Maximum] from the "Printable Area".
4. Click the [OK] button.

Resolution enhancement techniques (RETs) are used to smoothen the outlines of images. The images are printed at a digitally enhanced resolution.

Windows

1. Click the [Image Quality] tab.
2. Select the [Smoothing] checkbox so that appears.