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To prevent paper jams:
>Do not leave space between the paper and the guides 
and rear stopper.
>Do not overfill the Cassette Tray. Capacity depends on 
the type of paper stock.
>Do not load damaged paper.
>Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the 
same time.
>Do not pull the Cassette Tray out during printing.
5.Close the Cassette Tray gently.
6.For face down printing, make sure the Face Up (rear) 
Stacker is closed (the paper exits from the top of the 
printer). Stacking capacity is approximately 150 sheets, 
depending on paper weight.
7.For face up printing, make sure the Face Up (rear) Stacker 
is open and the paper support (1) is extended. Paper is 
stacked in reverse order and tray capacity is 
approximately 10 A4 sheets, depending on paper weight, 
or 1 envelope or 1 sheet of heavier media.
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8.Always use the Face Up (rear) Stacker for heavy paper 
(card stock etc.).
CAUTION!
Do not open or close the rear paper exit while printing 
as it may result in a paper jam.
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MULTI PURPOSE TRAY
1.Open the Multi Purpose Tray and press gently down on the 
Paper Platform (2) to ensure it is latched down.
2.Adjust the Paper Guides (1) to the size of paper you are 
going to print on, using the markings on the Paper 
Platform.
3.Position a sheet of paper on the Paper Platform so that it 
is gripped in place.
>Load your chosen media one sheet at a time.
>When printing on headed paper load the paper into the 
Multi Purpose Tray with pre-printed side up and top 
edge into the printer.
>An envelope should be loaded face up with top edge to 
the left and short edge facing into the printer.
Set the correct paper size for the Multi Purpose Tray in the Media 
Menu. (See “Printer functions (User Settings)” on page 70.)
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PRINTING FROM WINDOWS
Your printer’s menus provide access to many options. See “Using 
the printer software” on page 66 for more information.
The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of 
these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as 
those in the menus, and you print documents from Windows, the 
settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in 
the menus.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS
A printer driver is a software program that controls a printer. The 
printer driver feeds data about printing requirements for a 
document to the printer.
You can make printer driver settings either from Windows 
Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes” in Windows XP) or 
from within a Windows application. The driver settings you make 
from the Windows “Printing Preferences” dialog box are 
essentially default settings and will be remembered from one 
Windows session to the next. The driver settings you make from 
within a Windows application, e.g. in the File -> Print dialog box 
in Microsoft Word, are those required for a particular job and will 
not be remembered the next time you open this application. In 
both cases, you can save and name (on the Setup tab) specific 
sets of driver settings which can be recalled for future use.
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PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS
When you choose to print your document from a Windows 
application program a Print dialog box appears. This dialog 
usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print 
your document. Next to the printer name is a Properties button.
When you click Properties a new window opens which contains 
a short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which 
you can choose for this document. The settings available from 
within your application are only those which you may want to 
change for specific applications or documents. Settings you 
change here will usually only last for as long as the particular 
application program is running.
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SETUP TAB
When you click the Properties button from your application’s 
Print dialog, the driver window opens to allow you to specify your 
printing preferences for the current document.
1.Paper size should be the same as the page size of your 
document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit 
another size), and should also be the same as the size of 
paper you will feed into the printer.
2.You can choose the source of the paper to feed, which 
may be Tray 1 (the Cassette Tray) or the Multi Purpose 
Tray. You can either select the tray from the dropdown list 
or you can click on the appropriate part of the printer 
graphic to select your preferred tray.
3.The setting for paper weight should match the type of 
paper on which you intend to print. 
4.Click on the Paper Feed Options button to modify your 
document to fit to paper of a different size and to access 
advanced Cassette Tray and Multi Purpose tray settings.
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5.A variety of document finishing options can be selected, 
such as normal one page per sheet, or N-up (where N can 
be a maximum of 16) for printing scaled down pages at 
more than one page per sheet.
Select the Poster printing option to print large pages as 
tiles spread over multiple sheets.
6.You can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to 
use 2-sided printing (duplex printing). Your printer allows 
you to carry out manual duplex printing, meaning you 
must pass the paper through the printer twice. For more 
information, see “2-sided printing (Windows only)” on 
page 50. The Duplex Help button also offers guidelines 
on how to carry out manual duplex printing.
7.If you have changed some printing preferences before and 
saved them as a set under a specific name, you can recall 
them under driver settings. Saving driver settings means 
that you can avoid having to set printing preferences 
individually each time you need them.
8.Click the Default button to restore the default printer 
settings.
JOB OPTIONS TAB
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1.The output resolution of the printed page can be set as 
follows.
>The ProQ2400 setting prints at 600 x 600dpi multi-
level. This setting requires the most printer memory 
and takes the longest to print. It is the best option for 
printing photographs and reproducing colour details.
>The Fine/Detail setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi is the 
best option for printing vector objects such as graphics 
and text.
>The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is 
suitable for most printing jobs. 
2.Select this option to improve the quality of photographic 
images.
3.Select to help save your toner.
4.Select this option to avoid printing out any blank pages 
that are in your document.
5.You can select up to 999 copies to print consecutively, 
although you will need to top up the Cassette Tray during 
such a long print run.
6.Page orientation can be set to either portrait (tall) or 
landscape (wide).
7.Your printed pages can be scaled to fit larger or smaller 
stationery.
8.You can print watermark text behind the main page 
image. This is useful for marking documents as draft, 
confidential, etc.
9.Clicking the Advanced button gives you access to further 
settings. For example, you can elect to have black areas 
printed using 100%K toner (a more matte appearance). 
10.Click the Default button to restore the default printer 
settings.
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COLOR TAB
1.Control over the colour output of your printer may be 
performed automatically, or for advanced control, by 
manual adjustment. The automatic setting will be 
appropriate in most cases. The other options in this 
window only become visible when you select a choice 
other than Auto. For grayscale printing, the printer runs at 
the fastest print speed (approx. 20ppm) and all pages are 
printed in black and white.
2.You can choose from a range of colour matching options, 
depending on the image source for your document. For 
example, a photograph taken on a digital camera might 
require different colour matching from a business graphic 
created in a spreadsheet application. Again, for most 
general purpose use, Auto is the best choice.
3.Printed output may be made lighter or darker, or the 
colours made more saturated and vibrant as required.
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4.Black areas may be printed using 100% cyan, magenta 
and yellow, giving a more glossy appearance (composite 
black), or using only black toner (true black), giving a 
more matte appearance. Choosing the Auto setting allows 
the driver to make the most appropriate choice based on 
image content.
5.Click the Default button to restore the default printer 
settings.
SETTING FROM WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL
When you open the driver properties window directly from 
Windows, rather than from within an application program, a 
somewhat more extensive range of settings is provided. Changes 
made here will generally affect all documents you print from 
Windows applications, and will be remembered from one 
Windows session to the next.
GENERAL TAB
1.This area lists some of the main features of your printer.
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