Printing Documents Later

If the hard disk is installed on the printer, you can store a document on the hard disk, and print it later.

Hold Print enables you to store a print job on the hard disk, and print it later. After printing, the document data is deleted from the hard disk.

You can also print it at a specified time.

Note:

  1. Open the printing preferences dialog box after creating a document in an application.

  2. Click the Frequently Used Settings tab or the Job Setup menu of the Detailed Settings tab.

  3. In the Job Type: list, select Hold Print and click Details... to open the Change Job Type dialog box.

  1. In the User ID: list, select a user ID type.
    If you select Create Own ID, enter a user ID in the Enter User ID: box using up to 8 alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters.
    Depending on the printer you are using, symbols ('_', '.', '-', '/', and ':') can be entered.
    If you select Windows Login Name, the user ID may appear as the following:

  1. In the File Name: box, enter a file name using up to 16 single-byte or 8 double-byte characters except double quotation mark (optional).

  2. If necessary, select the Set Print Time check box and specify the print time.

  1. Click OK.

  2. After making any other necessary settings, click OK to close the printing preferences dialog box.

  3. Start the print job.
    The print job is sent to the printer and saved on the printer's hard disk.

  4. Initiate the print job from the printer's control panel.
    For more information about using the printer's control panel, see the operating instructions provided with the printer.