Minimizing your printer's environmental impact

Saving paper and toner

Using recycled paper and other office papers

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Low moisture content (4–5%)

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Suitable smoothness (100–200 Sheffield units, or 140–350 Bendtsen units, European)

Note: Some much smoother papers (such as premium 24 lb laser papers, 50–90 Sheffield units) and much rougher papers (such as premium cotton papers, 200–300 Sheffield units) have been engineered to work very well in laser printers, despite surface texture. Before using these types of paper, consult your paper supplier.

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Suitable sheet-to-sheet coefficient of friction (0.4–0.6)

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Sufficient bending resistance in the direction of feed

Recycled paper, paper of lower weight (<60 g/m

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[16 lb bond]) and/or lower caliper (<3.8 mils [0.1 mm]), and paper that is cut grain-short for portrait (or short-edge) fed printers may have lower bending resistance than is required for reliable paper feeding. Before using these types of paper for laser (electrophotographic) printing, consult your paper supplier. Remember that these are general guidelines only and that paper meeting these guidelines may still cause paper feeding problems in any laser printer (for example, if the paper curls excessively under normal printing conditions).

Conserving supplies

There are a number of ways you can reduce the amount of paper and toner you use when printing, copying, or receiving faxes. You can:

Use both sides of the paper

You can control whether print appears on one or two sides of the paper for a printed document, a copy, or an incoming fax. For more information, see:

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“Printing on both sides of the paper (duplexing)” on page 95

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“Copying on both sides of the paper (duplexing)” on page 107

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“Printing an incoming fax on both sides of the paper (duplexing)” on page 142

Place multiple pages on one sheet of paper

You can print up to 16 consecutive pages of a multiple-page document onto one side of a single sheet of paper from the Print dialog.

To copy two or four consecutive pages of a multiple-page document onto one side of a single sheet of paper, see

“Copying multiple pages onto a single sheet” on page 110.

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Choose scanning

You can avoid making a paper output of a document or photograph by scanning it and then saving it to a computer program, application, or flash drive. For more information, see:

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“Sending an e-mail using the touch screen” on page 119

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“Scanning to a computer” on page 152

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“Scanning to a flash drive” on page 153

Check your first draft for accuracy

Before printing or making multiple copies of a document:

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Print one copy of the document to check its content and format for accuracy.

Avoid paper jams

Carefully select and load paper to avoid paper jams. For more information, see “Avoiding jams” on page 76.

Saving energy

Using Eco-Mode

Use Eco-Mode to quickly select one or more ways to reduce your printer's environmental impact.

Note: See the table for the multiple settings that change when you select an Eco-Mode setting.

Choose

Energy

To

Reduce energy use, especially when the printer is idle.

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Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to print. You may notice a short delay before the first page is printed.

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The printer enters Power Saver mode after one minute of inactivity.

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When the printer enters Power Saver mode, the printer control panel display and the standard exit bin lights are turned off.

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The scanner lamps are activated only when a scan job is started.

Paper

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Enable the automatic duplex feature

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Turn off print log features.

Energy/Paper Use all the settings associated with Energy mode and Paper mode.

Off Use factory default settings for all settings associated with Eco-Mode. This setting supports the performance specifications for your printer.

To select an Eco-Mode setting:

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On the home screen, touch .

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Touch Settings.

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Touch General Settings.

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Touch Eco-Mode.

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Touch the arrows to select a setting.

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Touch Submit.

Submitting changes appears.

Adjusting Power Saver

To save energy, you can decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power Saver mode.

Available settings range from 1–240 minutes. The factory default setting is 30 minutes.

Using the Embedded Web Server

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Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP address in the TCP/IP section.

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Click Settings, and then click General Settings.

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Click Timeouts.

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In the Power Saver box, type in the number of minutes you want the printer to wait before it enters Power Saver mode.

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Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

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Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

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On the home screen, touch .

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Touch Settings.

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Touch General Settings.

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Touch the down arrow until Timeouts appears.

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Touch Timeouts.

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Touch the arrows next to Power Saver Mode to select the number of minutes you want the printer to wait before it enters Power Saver mode.

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Touch Submit.

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Touch .

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Adjusting the brightness of the display

To save energy, or if you are having trouble reading your display, you can adjust the brightness of the display.

Available settings range from 20–100 . The factory default setting is 100.

Using the Embedded Web Server

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Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP address in the TCP/IP section.

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Click Settings, and then click General Settings.

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In the Screen Brightness box, type in the brightness percentage you want for your home screen.

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Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

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Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

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On the home screen, touch .

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Touch Settings.

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Touch General Settings.

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Touch the down arrow until Screen Brightness appears.

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Touch the arrows to select a setting.

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Touch Submit.

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Touch .

Setting the standard exit bin light

To save energy, you can dim or turn off the output lighting for the standard exit bin.

Available settings are Off, Dim, and Bright.

The factory default setting for Normal/Standby Mode is Bright.

The factory default setting for Power Saver is Dim.

Using the Embedded Web Server

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Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP address in the TCP/IP section.

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Click Settings, and then click General Settings.

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Click Output Lighting.

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From the Normal/Standby Mode list, select the light setting the standard exit bin will use when in Ready or Standby mode.

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From the Power Saver list, select the light setting the standard exit bin will use when in Power Saver mode.

Note: For more information on Power Saver mode, see “Adjusting Power Saver” on page 71.

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Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

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Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

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On the home screen, touch .

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Touch Settings, and then touch General Settings.

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Touch the down arrow until Output Lighting appears.

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Touch Output Lighting.

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Touch the arrow button next to Normal/Standby Mode to select the light settings the standard exit bin will use when in Ready or Standby mode.

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Touch the arrow button next to Power Saver to select the light setting the standard exit bin will use when in

Power Saver mode.

Note: For more information on Power Saver mode, see “Adjusting Power Saver” on page 71.

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Touch Submit.

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Touch .

Reducing printer noise

Use Quiet Mode to reduce the printer noise.

Note: See the table for the multiple settings that change when you select a Quiet Mode setting.

Choose

On

Off

To

Reduce printer noise.

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You may notice a reduction in processing speed.

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Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to print. You may notice a short delay before the first page is printed.

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Fans run at a reduced speed or are turned off.

Use factory default settings. This setting supports the performance specifications for your printer.

To select a Quiet Mode setting:

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On the home screen, touch .

2

Touch Settings.

3

Touch General Settings.

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Touch Quiet Mode.

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Touch the arrows to select a setting.

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Touch Submit.

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