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Utilities Menu
Use the Utilities Menu to print a variety of listings relating to available printer resources, printer settings,
and print jobs. Other menu items let you set up printer hardware and troubleshoot printer problems.
Menu Item Purpose Values
Color
Alignment
To print a color alignment test page,
which can be used to properly align
how colors are printed.
You are prompted to enter alignment
values for each setting (A...L).
0...20 (10*) Used to indicate which line is most
acceptable for alignments A...L.
See also: Aligning the image
transfer unit
Coverage
Estimator
Provides an estimate of the percent
coverage of cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black on a page. This estimate is
printed on the page.
Off* Percent coverage is not printed.
On Prints the estimated percentage of
coverage for each color on the page.
Defragment
Flash
To retrieve storage area lost when
resources are deleted from flash
memory.
Warning: Do not turn off the printer
while the flash is defragmenting.
Yes Printer transfers all resources stored in
flash memory to printer memory and
then reformats the flash memory
option. When the format operation is
complete, the resources are loaded
back into flash memory.
No Printer cancels the request to
defragment the flash memory.
Factory
Defaults
To return your printer settings to the
factory default values.
Restore • All menu items are returned to the
factory default values except:
– Display Language.
– All settings in the Parallel Menu,
Serial Menu, Network Menu, and
USB Menu.
• All downloaded resources (fonts,
macros, and symbol sets) in printer
memory (RAM) are deleted.
(Resources residing in flash
memory or on the hard disk are
unaffected.)
Do Not
Restore
User-defined settings remain.
Format Disk
To format the printer hard disk.
Warning: Do not turn off the printer
while the hard disk is formatting.
Yes Deletes any data stored on the hard
disk and prepares the device to
receive new resources.
No Cancels the request to format the hard
disk and leaves current resources
stored on the disk.
Format Flash
To format the flash memory.
Warning: Do not turn off the printer
while the flash is formatting.
Yes Deletes any data stored in flash
memory and prepares the flash
memory to receive new resources.
No Cancels the request to format the flash
memory and leaves current resources
stored in flash memory.
Hex Trace
To help isolate the source of a print job problem. With Hex Trace selected, all data sent to the
printer is printed in hexadecimal and character representation. Control codes are not executed.
To exit Hex Trace, turn the printer off or reset the printer from the Job Menu.