Kyocera TASKalfa 2551ci, Service Manual

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U486 Setting color/black and white operation mode
Description
When color and B/W documents are mixed, sets operation mode after a color document is
detected.
Purpose
To ensure productivity when copying color and B/W documents in ACS mode, select Mode3.
However, selecting Mode3 will increase the maintenance count for cyan, magenta, and yellow
color developer units even when there is a B/W original after a color original.
Setting
1. Press the start key.
2. Select the mode.
Initial setting: Mode2
3. Press the start key. The setting is set.
Completion
Press the stop key. The screen for selecting a maintenance item No. is displayed.
Item No. Description
Display Description
Mode1 A mode suited for the user with high black-and-white usage in which the
occurrence of color printing during continuous printing is minimum.
Color / monochrome mode is switched for every original.
Mode2 A mode suited for the user with high black-and-white usage in which the
occurrence of color printing during continuous printing is maximum.
Printing in color mode resumes up to 10 pages in a row even an interrupt is
made to switch to black and white mode, until printing is diverted to black and
white mode from color mode at the 11th page (color processing is termi-
nated).
Mode3 A mode suited for the user with high black-and-white usage in which the
occurrence of color printing during continuous printing is maximum.
Mode suited for high color printing volume
Once diverted to color mode, the black and white printings are executed in
color processing mode.
Auto Mode that allows to select from modes 1 through 3 depending on the usage.
Mode is selected from three modes depending on the percentage of color
and black and white printings in the total number of print pages during a pre-
determined period.