Lexmark 1200 - Manual (Page 36)

22 Chapter 2: Changing printer settings
Finishing Menu Use the Finishing Menu to specify the final output of your
jobs, including the number of copies, whether you want to
insert separator pages between jobs, and how many page
images you want to print on each sheet of paper.
Finishing Menu
Menu item Values
Copies 1*…999
The Copies setting determines the number of copies printed for each page. The printer does
not automatically collate the copies printed. For example, if you send a three-page job to print
and set Copies to 2, the printer prints page 1, page 1, page 2, page 2, page 3, page 3.
Note: Selecting the number of copies from the operator panel changes the printer default and
affects all subsequent jobs.
Blank Pages Do Not Print*
Print
Set Blank Pages to Print to include application-generated blank pages with your print job.
Collation Off*
On
Set Collation On to collate multiple copies of a job. For example, if you send a three-page job
to print and set Copies to 2, the printer prints page 1, page 2, page 3, page 1, page 2, page 3.
When Collation is Off, the printer prints each page of a job the number of times specified by
the Copies setting. For example, if you send a three-page job to print and set Copies to 2, the
printer prints page 1, page 1, page 2, page 2, page 3, page 3.
Many applications collate multiple copies of a print job by repeatedly sending the job to the
printer, until the correct number of copies has printed. If Copies is set to 2, for example, the
printer actually processes the same job twice. However, if you set Collation On from the
printer operator panel or from MarkVision, the printer processes the file only once, saves the
file in printer memory (or in the optional hard disk, if installed), and then prints the specified
number of copies. This saves processing time for the printer and the application, and may
reduce overall printing time.
For Collation to work effectively, your software application must recognize this printer feature
and not send the job to the printer multiple times. Your application must also let you specify
the number of copies needed
or recognize the printer default setting for Copies.
You can select Collation from the printer operator panel or from the printer driver. For best
results, select
Collated in the printer driver and set the number of copies to one. In your appli-
cation, select Uncollated (if the option is available) and the number of copies you want.
If the job is complex or exceeds the printer’s storage capacity, you may receive an Insufficient
Collation Area
message. Press Go to clear the message. The printer collates the remaining
pages in memory. If you reset the printer, the printer discards the job.
*Factory default