Menu item
Description
Alarms
Alarm Control
Cartridge Alarm
Sets an alarm to sound when the printer requires operator
intervention
Available options for each alarm type are:
Single
Continuous
Off
Notes:
•
Single is the factory default setting. Single sounds three
quick beeps.
•
Continuous repeats three beeps every 10 seconds.
•
Off means no alarm will sound.
Timeouts
Standby Mode
1–240
Disabled
Specifies the number of minutes of inactivity before the system
enters a lower power state
Note:
15 minutes is the factory default setting.
Timeouts
Sleep Mode
Disabled
1–240 min
Sets the amount of time the printer waits, after a print job is
finished, before it goes into a reduced power state
Notes:
•
5 minutes 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.
•
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.
Timeouts
Screen Timeout
15–300 sec
Sets the amount of time in seconds the printer waits before
the printer displays
Ready
Note:
30 seconds is the factory default setting.
Timeouts
Print Timeout
Disabled
1–255 sec
Sets the amount of time in seconds the printer waits to receive
an end
‑
of
‑
job message before canceling the remainder of the
print job
Notes:
•
90 seconds 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. This setting has no effect on PostScript
emulation print jobs.
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