Using the Coverage Estimator
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Using the Coverage Estimator
The Coverage Estimator provides you with an estimate of the percent coverage of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner
on a page. These estimates are printed on the page.
To turn on the Coverage Estimator utility:
1
Make sure your printer is on.
2
Press
on the operator panel.
3
Press
until
Settings
appears, and then press
.
4
Press
until
Utilities Menu
appears, and then press
.
5
Press
until you see
On
, and then press
.
The utility can be turned off from the operator panel or by turning the printer off.
The Coverage Estimator utilizes an algorithm that counts pixels for each toner color: black, cyan, magenta, and yellow.
Once the utility is turned on, the printer prints the percent coverage for each color on each page of the job.
The Coverage Estimator is only intended to estimate the coverage on a given page. For all toner colors that are used, the
minimum percentage that prints is 2 percent. Reported values may vary from printer to printer. The accuracy of the
estimates may be affected by how full the print cartridges are, environmental conditions, the media type, the software
application, software settings, the driver, driver settings, and the content of the page.
Size sensing
The Size Sensing menu item lets you disable or enable auto size sensing on trays. Size Sensing also lets the printer detect
the difference between similar paper sizes that it otherwise cannot.
Size sensing is on by default for all the trays. However, the trays cannot automatically sense transparencies.
Disabling size sensing
1
Turn the printer off.
2
Press and hold
and
while turning the printer on.
3
Release both buttons when
Performing Self Test
appears on the display.
The printer performs its power-on sequence, and then
Config Menu
appears on the first line of the display.
Press
until
Size Sensing
appears, and then press
.
Note: Only paper trays that support auto size sensing are displayed on the operator panel.
4
Press
until
Tray <x> Sensing
appears, where
<x>
represents the number of the tray for which you want
to disable size sensing, and then press
.
Repeat for other trays, if necessary.
5
Press
until
Off
appears, and then press
.
Saved
briefly appears.
Config Menu
appears again with
Size Sensing
on the second line.
6
Press .
7
Press
until
Exit Config Menu
appears, and then press
.
Activating Menu Changes
briefly appears, followed by
Performing Self Test
. The printer returns to the
Ready
message.
