Utilities menu, Postscript menu, Pcl emul menu – Dell 5310n Mono Laser Printer User Manual

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Use this menu selection to change settings that affect print quality and save toner.

 

Utilities Menu

 

Use this menu selection to change printer settings, remove jobs, set up printer hardware, and troubleshoot printer problems.

  

PostScript Menu

 

Use this menu selection to change printer settings that affect jobs using the PostScript printer language.

 

PCL Emul Menu

 

Use this menu selection to change printer settings that affect jobs using the PCL emulation printer language.

  

Menu selection: Purpose:

Values:

Print Resolution

To select printed output resolution.

600 dpi*
1200 Image Quality
1200 dpi
2400 Image Quality

Toner Darkness

Lightens or darkens printed output and conserves toner.

1–10

8* is the default setting.

Select a lower number to lighten the printed output or save toner.

Brightness

Adjusts the gray value of printed objects.

-6 – +6 0* is the default setting.

Contrast

Adjusts the contrast of printed objects.

0–5

0* is the default setting.

Menu
selection:

Purpose:

Values:

Factory
Defaults

Returns printer settings to the factory default values.

Do Not
Restore*

User-defined settings remain.

Restore Now

All menu items are returned to the factory default values except:

l

Display Language.

l

All settings in the Parallel Menu, Serial Menu, Network Menu,
and USB Menu.

l

Resources residing in flash memory or on the hard disk.

NOTE:

All downloaded resources (fonts, macros, and symbol sets) in

printer memory (RAM) are deleted.

Remove Held
Jobs

Removes confidential and held jobs from the printer
hard disk.

Confidential
Held
Not Restored
All

Selecting a menu value only affects jobs that are resident in the
printer. Bookmarks and other types of held jobs are not affected.

Job Acct Stat

Prints a listing of all job statistics stored on the hard
disk, or clears all statistics on the disk.

Print

Prints all statistics available for the most recent print jobs.

Clear

Deletes all accumulated job statistics from the hard disk.

Hex Trace

Helps isolate the source of a print job problem.

Activate

With Hex Trace selected, all data sent to the printer is printed in
hexadecimal and character representation. Control codes are not
executed.

NOTE:

To exit Hex Trace, turn the printer off, or reset the printer:

1.

 

Press the Stop button

.

2.

 

Press the Down arrow button

until

appears next to

Reset printer, and then press the Select button

.

Coverage
Estimator

Provides an estimate of the percent coverage of black
toner on a page. The estimate is printed on a
separator page.

Off*

Percent coverage is not printed.

On

Prints the estimated percentage of toner coverage on the page.

Menu selection: Purpose:

Values:

Print PS Error

Prints a page defining the PostScript emulation error when an error occurs. Off* Discards the print job without printing an error message.

On

Prints an error message before it discards the job.

Menu
selection:

Purpose:

Values:

Font Source Determines the set of fonts

Resident*

Displays all fonts resident in printer RAM when the printer ships from the factory.

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