## Copying

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for copying documents.

This chapter includes:

- Basic copy

- Changing the settings for each copy

- Changing the default copy settings

- Using special copy features

- Deciding the form of copy output

- Setting copy timeout

## Basic copy

This is the normal and usual procedure for copying your originals.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Load originals face up into the document feeder, or place a single original face down on the scanner glass.

   (See On the scanner glass or In the document feeder).

3. If necessary, adjust the settings for each copy such as Reduce/Enlarge, Darkness, Original Type and more (See Changing the settings for each copy).

4. Enter the number of copies using the arrow or number keypad, if necessary.

5. Press Start on the control panel to begin copying.

To cancel the current copy job, press Stop/Clear on the control panel.

## Changing the settings for each copy

Your machine provides default settings for copying so that you can quickly and easily make a copy. However, if you want to change the options for each copy, use the copy function buttons on the control panel.

If you press Stop/Clear while setting the copy options, all of the options you have set for the current copy job will be canceled and return to their default status after the machine completes the copy in progress.

### Changing the darkness

If you have an original containing faint marking and dark images, you can adjust the brightness to make a copy that is easier to read.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Darkness appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the contrast mode you want appears and press OK.

   - Light: Works well with dark print.

   - Lightest: Works well with darker print.

   - Normal: Works well with standard typed or printed originals.

   - Dark: Works well with light print.

   - Darkest: Works well with lighter print or faint pencil markings.

6. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

### Selecting the type of originals

The original type setting is used to improve the copy quality by selecting the document type for the current copy job.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Original Type appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the image mode you want appears and press OK.

   - Text: Use for originals containing mostly text.

   - Text/Photo: Use for originals with mixed text and photographs.

   - Photo: Use when the originals are photographs.

6. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

### Reducing or enlarging copies

You can reduce or enlarge the size of a copied image from 25% to 400% when you copy original documents from the scanner glass, or from 25% to 100% from the ADF.

#### To select from the predefined copy sizes:

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Reduce/Enlarge appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the size setting you want appears and press OK.

6. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

#### To scale the copy by directly entering the scale rate:

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Reduce/Enlarge appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until Custom appears and press OK.

6. Press the left/right arrow or numeric keypad to enter the copy size you want. Pressing and holding the left/right arrow allows you to quickly scroll to the number you want.

7. Press OK to save the selection.

8. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

When you make a reduced copy, black lines may appear at the bottom of your copy.

## Changing the default copy settings

The copy options, including darkness, original type, copy size, collation and number of copies, can be set to those most frequently used. When you copy a document, the default settings are used unless they have been changed by using the corresponding buttons on the control panel.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Setup appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Change Default appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the setup option you want appears and press OK.

6. Press the left/right arrow until the setting you want appears and press OK.

7. Repeat steps 5 through 6, as needed.

8. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

While you are setting copy options, pressing Stop/Clear cancels the changed settings and restores the defaults.

## Using special copy features

You can use the following copy features:

### ID card copying

Your machine can print 2-sided originals on one sheet of A4-, Letter-, Legal-, Folio-, Executive-, B5, A5, or A6-sized paper.

The machine prints one side of the original on the upper half of the paper and the other side on the lower half without reducing the size of the original. This feature is helpful for copying a small-sized item, such as a business card.

- This copy feature is available only when you place originals on the scanner glass.

- The size of the 2-sided originals should be smaller than A5, if not, some of it won’t be copied.

1. Press Double side ID Copy on the control panel.

2. Place Front Side and Press [Start] appears on the display.

3. Place the front side of an original facing down on the scanner glass where arrows indicate as shown, and close the scanner lid.

4. Press OK on the control panel.

   Your machine begins scanning the front side and shows Place Back Side and Press [Start].

5. Turn the original over and place it on the scanner glass, where arrows indicate as shown then, close the scanner lid.

6. Press OK on the control panel to begin copying.

- If the original is larger than the printable area, some portions may not be printed.

- If you don’t press the OK button, only the front side will be copied.

- If you press Stop/Clear, the machine cancles the copy job and returns to ready mode.

### Billings copying

#### To select from Printer Setting:

1. Select Printer Setting from the Smart Panel.

2. Select Billings Copy and change the value for Original Type and Darkness from the drop-down list.

3. Click Apply and Exit.

4. Place the billing paper or identification card face down on the scanner glass.

5. Enter the number of copies using the arrow or number keypad, if necessary.

6. Press Billings and ID Copies button from the control panel.

#### To select from control panel:

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Billings Copy appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Darkness or Original Type appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the setting you want appears and press OK.

6. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

7. Place the billing paper or identification card face down on the scanner glass.

8. Enter the number of copies using the arrow or number keypad, if necessary.

9. Press Billings and ID Copies button from the control panel.

If you want use the default settings,

1. Place the billing paper or identification card face down on the scanner glass.

2. Enter the number of copies using the arrow or number keypad, if necessary.

3. Press Billings and ID Copies button from the control panel.

### 2-up or 4-up copying (N-up)

The machine reduces the size of the original images and prints 2 or 4 pages onto one sheet of paper.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Layout appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until 2-Up or 4-Up appears and press OK.

6. When Yes appears, press OK.

7. Press Start on the control panel to begin copying.

You cannot adjust the copy size using Reduce/Enlarge for the N-Up feature.

### Poster copying

Your original will be divided into 9 portions. You can paste the printed pages together to make one poster-sized document.

This copy feature is available only when you place originals on the scanner glass.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Layout appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until Poster Copy appears and press OK.

6. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

7. Press Start on the control panel to begin copying.

Your original is divided into 9 portions. Each portion is scanned and printed one by one in the following order:

### Clone copying

The machine prints multiple original images on a single page. The number of images is automatically determined by the original image and the paper size.

This copy feature is available only when you place originals on the scanner glass.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Layout appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until Clone Copy appears and press OK.

6. When Yes appears, press OK.

7. Press Start on the control panel to begin copying.

You cannot adjust the copy size using Reduce/Enlarge for the Clone Copy feature.

### Erasing background images

This feature is helpful when copying originals containing color in the background, as in newspapers or catalogs.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Press Menu on the control panel.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Feature appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Adjust Bkgd. appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the binding option you want appears.

   - Off: Disables this feature.

   - Auto: Optimizes the background.

   - Enhance: The higher the number is, the more vivid the background is.

   - Erase: The higher the number is, the lighter the background is.

6. Press OK to save the selection.

7. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

## Deciding the form of copy output

You can set the machine to sort the copy job. For example, if you make 2 copies of a 3 page original, one complete 3 page document will print followed by a second complete document.

1. Press (Copy) on the control panel.

2. Place originals, face up, in the document feeder. Or you can use the scanner glass with a single original document face down and closed the scanner lid.

3. Press OK and enter the number of copies using the left/right arrow or numeric keypad.

4. Press Menu on the control panel.

5. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Setup appears and press OK.

6. Press the left/right arrow until Change Default appears and press OK.

7. Press the left/right arrow until Copy Collation appears and press OK.

8. Press the left/right arrow until On appears and press OK.

   - On: Prints output in sets to match the sequence of originals.

   - Off: Prints output sorted into stacks of individual pages.

9. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.

10. Press Start to begin copying.

    One complete document will print followed by the second complete document.

## Setting copy timeout

You can set the time the machine waits before it restores the default copy settings, if you do not start copying after changing them on the control panel.

1. Press Menu on the control panel.

2. Press the left/right arrow until System Setup appears and press OK.

3. Press the left/right arrow until Machine Setup appears and press OK.

4. Press the left/right arrow until Timeout appears and press OK.

5. Press the left/right arrow until the time setting you want appears.

   Selecting Off means that the machine does not restore the default settings until you press Start to begin copying, or Stop/Clear to cancel.

6. Press OK to save the selection.

7. Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.