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Using HDD: Temporarily Holding Jobs in HDD

You can temporarily hold print data as a "job" in the HDD of the machine. It is possible to change the print setting, edit the hold jobs on a per page basis and print the data as necessary using the touch panel on the main body. You can also create a specific folder to store the hold jobs.

  • You can temporarily hold print data as a "job."

  • The hold jobs are retained in the HDD even if the power of the machine is turned off.

• Examples Introduced in This Section

  • The data is temporarily held in the HDD of the machine using the printer driver.

•Intended Environment

Operating system

Windows 7

Application

Acrobat XI Standard

Printer driver

PPD driver

* The sample screen may be different from the actual display depending on your system environment and application version/revision.

• Related Section

•Precautions

  • A maximum of 500 jobs can be temporarily held.

  • If you need to manage jobs in folders or save important jobs for a long time, save them as HDD saved jobs. (Refer to Using HDD: Managing Jobs in Folders.)

Temporarily Holding from the Printer Driver

You can use the printer driver to temporarily hold the print data as a "print job" in the HDD of the machine.

  1. In the application, open the data to temporarily hold and click [Print] in the [File] menu.

    The [Print] screen is displayed differently depending on the application used.

    If there is no [File] menu, click the [Print the file] button.

  2. Select the printer to use for printing and click [Properties].

  3. Click [Paper/Quality], and then select the paper type for [Media].

  4. Click [Advanced].

  5. Specify [Paper Size] as [PostScript Custom Page Size].

    Click the [ Edit Custom Page Size] edit to specify the paper size.

  6. Set the print position.

    Click [Print Position Setting], and then select [Left], [Center], or [Right]. Usually, select [Center].

  7. Set the paper weight (thickness) of paper.

    Click [Weight], and then select the current media weight (thickness).

    • If the selected weight (thickness) is not supported for the paper type, is displayed. If the paper setting conflicts such as the case of selecting , [Incompatible Print Settings] is displayed. In this case, select [Resolve all conflicts for me automatically.] or [I will resolve the conflict myself.], and then check the paper setting.

  8. Select [Hold] or [Print and Hold] in [Print Mode] and click [OK].

    [Hold]: The print data is temporarily held in the HDD when you print.

    [Print and Hold]: The print data is printed and temporarily held in the HDD when you print.

  9. Click [OK] in the property screen of the document.

  10. On the [Print] screen, click [Print].

    The data is temporarily held in the HDD and displayed as a print job in [JOB LIST] - [Hold Job] on the touch panel of the main body.