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ENWW 8 Selecting and using media 189
Advanced settings
Print modes
CAUTION This section is intended for advanced users only. Setting print modes incorrectly can
damage the MFP.
When you select a media type, you are, in effect, instructing the MFP to use a group of
printer settings (such as fuser temperature, print speed, and color table) to create the best
possible print quality. This group of settings is known as a mode or print mode, and a
different print mode is associated with each media type. These associations are set at the
factory, but it is possible for you to associate a media type with a different print mode.
Table 6. Print modes
Type Default print
mode
Print
speed
Description When to use
PLAIN AUTO SENSE
MODE
Full Optimized for plain
media and autohandling
of overhead
transparencies.
Under normal
conditions.
PREPRINTED
LETTERHEAD
PREPUNCHED
BOND
RECYCLED
COLOR
AUTO SENSE
OFF
Full Prints on whatever
media is in the tray (if a
transparency is detected,
printing stops and the
message UNEXPECTED
TYPE IN TRAY X
appears).
If transparencies are
frequently used in the
MFP. This mode
minimizes the
occurrence of
unintentional printing
on transparencies.
TRANSPARENCY TRNSPARENCY
MODE
One-quarter Optimized for
transparencies.
Under normal
conditions.
LABEL LABEL MODE Half Optimized for labels. Under normal
conditions.
LIGHT LIGHT MODE Full Optimized for light
media.
Under normal
conditions.
HEAVY HEAVY MODE Half Optimized for heavy
media.
Under normal
conditions.
CARDSTOCK CARDSTOCK
MODE
Half Optimized for card stock. Under normal
conditions.
ENVELOPE ENVELOPE
MODE
Full Optimized for envelopes. Under normal
conditions.
GLOSSY GLOSSY MODE Full Optimized for glossy
media (75 to 105 g/m
2
[20- to 28-lb bond]).
Under normal
conditions.
HEAVY GLOSSY HEAVY GLOSSY
MODE
Half Optimized for heavy
glossy HP media (105 to
163 g/m
2
[28- to 43-lb
bond]).
Under normal
conditions.