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PCL Menu
Use the PCL Menu to define the way the printer handles PCL5e jobs. The following
table describes the settings you can change from the PCL Menu. An asterisk (*) next
to a value means it is the factory default.
Notes:
1. To select a new value, press the Enter key when the value is displayed in the
message display area. An asterisk (*) appears next to the value in the message
display area, indicating that it is now active.
2. Values set in PCL5e print jobs (either by the print application or the printer driver)
override PCL Menu values you set at the printer.
3. If you are unfamiliar with using the operator panel to work with menus, please read
“Using the Operator Panel Keys” on page 30 and “Navigating Menus — Two
Examples” on page 31 before continuing.
PCL MENU ITEM VALUE Description
PAGEPROT AUTO*
ON
Sets page protection:
AUTO—the printer protects the minimum amount of memory
necessary to print the page.
ON—the printer reserves enough memory to process an
entire page without compression before it prints the page.
This helps in the rare case where the printer compression
function causes a loss of quality in complex graphics. This
setting is available only when the printer has enough memory
installed. If the printer has the standard 4 MB of memory
installed, this function is not displayed. You need at least 8
MB of memory installed to use the page protection function.
See “Using Memory Reduction Technology with Page
Protection” on page 200 for information on memory
requirements.
COPIES nnn Specifies how many copies of each job to print. nnn can be from
1 to 999. 1 is the default.
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