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AR-P16  OPERATION  7 - 1

The feature of the printing system is implemented by using the three
modules of the printer driver, printer controller and ICU. Some feature
is implemented by using the all module while some is implemented by
using part of module. Following describes how to process the main
printer-related feature by using the three modules.

The ICU has the memory for only about one page for A3 size, how-
ever, since the eRDH is supported in Printer controller with optional
HDD, the set print is possible to be performed.

Blank = No operation
"N" = Normal Print Processing (Normal)
"D" = Data Output according to specified operation
"C" = Command Output (Command)
"I" = Implementing (Implement)

Features

Printer 

Driver

Printer 

Controller

Copier 

(ICU)

Printing Functions

1

Multiple Page (Continuous Page 
Process): 1-N order

N

N/D/I

N

2

Multiple Page (Continuous Page 
Process): N-1 order

N/C

D/I

N

3

Copies (Multiple Copies) ROPM 
Mode

C

I

N

4

Copies (Multiple Copies) No 
ROPM

C

I

N

5

Orientation (Printing Direction)

D

I

N

6

Custom Paper Size

I

N

N

7

Source Selection (By Size): Auto 
Tray Selection

D

C

I

8

Source Selection (By Type): Auto 
Tray Selection

D

C

I

9

Source Selection (By Source)

C

C

I

10

Page Source Selection (First/
Rest)

C

C/I

N

11

Insert Page Separator 
(Interleave) (Blank /Printing)

C

C/D

I

12

Output Tray Selection

C

C

I

13

Output Offset

C

C

I

14

Staple

C

C

I

15

Duplex (including Binding Edge)

C

D/I

I

16

N-up (including Border)

I

N

N

17

Booklet

I

N

N

18

2-up Booklet (including Border)

I

N

N

19

Watermark

I

D

N

20

Resolution Setting (600/300)

C

I

N

21

Fit to Page

I

N

N

22

Margin Shift

I

N

N

23

Form Overlay / Font Download

I

N

N

24

Color Mode (Auto/Color/Black & 
White)

C

D/C

I

25

Print Mode (Speed Mode / Quality 
Mode)

C

D/I

N

26

Rotation (Rotation Sort / Rotation 
Print For PIN etc.)

–

NA

NA

Others for Printing

50

Printing Area (Void Area)

D

D

I

51

Printing Image Location 
Adjustment

D

D

I

52

Image Clipping (Printing Image > 
Paper Size)

D

D

I

53

Image Rotation for 90 to Feeding 
Direction (A4/A4-R etc.,)

N

I

N

54

Jam Recovery (ROPM Mode)

N

I

N

55

Jam Recovery (No ROPM Mode)

N

I

N

56

Duplex Odd Page (Unit: Input 
Tray, Size)

N

I

N

57

Long Document (more than 
eRDH capacity)

N

I

N

58

Notice Page Creation

N

I

N

59

Over Volume of Other Limitations

N

D/C

I

60

Other Option Specified Print Job

D

N

I

61

Setting Conflicted Print Job

I

N

N

62

Coerced Tray Switching with 
Front Panel.

–

I

I/D

63

Print Job Cancel with Front Panel

–

I

I/D

64

Job Cancel from PC

D

I/D

N

65

Status Display to Front Panel 
(Normal Performance/Error 
Status)

–

D

I

66

Printer Menu Front Panel 
Operation

–

I

C/I

67

Printer Key Operation Front panel 
Operation

–

I

C/I

68

Printer Simulation Print Panel 
Operation

–

I

C/I

69

Admin/Status Monitor (Status 
Display) (NIC only)

–

I

D/C

70

Printer Accounting

C

C

I

71

Confidential Print (PIN Print)

C

I

D

72

Proof Print (Draft Print)

C

I

D

73

Hold Job

C

I

D

E-mail RIC

100

B&W Counter Data Creation

–

C

I

101

Option Data Creation

–

C

I

102

Printer Data Creation

–

I

-

103

Color Counter Data Creation

C

I

104

Attached Data Formatting

–

I

-

105

Real Time Clock Data

–

I

C

106

Trigger

–

I

C

107

E-mail Handling (include Mail 
Body)

–

I

–

108

Bi-Directional E-RIC

I

–

Network Scanning

150

Accounting Handling

–

I

151

Front Panel Control for Scan 
Profile

C

I

152

Front Panel Control for 
Destination Profiles

C

I

153

Destination Profile Management

I

–

154

Direct Destination Entry from 
Front Panel

C/D

I

155

Optical Scan Process

D

I

156

Image Data Storage

I

D

157

Compression

I

–

158

Network Interface

I

–

159

Accounting

–

I

160

Front Panel Control for 
Accounting Information

–

I

161

Pull Scan (TWAIN support)

I

C/D

Web Page

200

FAX Destination Data Display

I

C/D

Features

Printer 

Driver

Printer 

Controller

Copier 

(ICU)

AR-P16  OPERATION  7 - 2

Printer function memory limitation matrix 

✕

: 4-bit print disabled with the standard memory. (No selection allowed in the driver menu.)

❍

: Some data cannot be printed.

For hold system printing, HD expansion is required.

Printer 

specifications

Printer controller PWB

Combination

Standard

Expansion-1

Expansion-2

Expansion-3

Standard (Onboard)

128MB

128MB

128MB

128MB

Expansion memory (Slot-1)

—

128MB

256MB

256MB

Expansion memory (Slot-2)

—

—

—

256MB

Total memory capacity

128MB

256MB

384MB

640MB

Print

4-bit

 (Image quality mode)

Single face

to A4

✕

❍

❍

❍

B4, A3

✕

❍

❍

❍

Duplex

to A4

✕

❍

❍

❍

B4, A3

✕

❍

❍

❍

1-bit

 (Image quality mode)

Single face

to A4

❍

❍

❍

❍

B4, A3

❍

❍

❍

❍

Duplex

to A4

❍

❍

❍

❍

B4, A3

❍

❍

❍

❍

Color Mode

Color

Gray Scale

Automatic

Original 
Type

Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphics

Photo

Drawing 
(Thin line)

Web Page

Custom

AR-P16  OPERATION  7 - 3

Custom Setting dialog is automatically set with the Original Type as follows:

• When a user changes color dialog settings, "Original Type" is set Custom.

• When Original Type item is set to "Drawing (Thin line)", Screening item is set to "Automatic" on UI. However, in this case the drivers output "Draw-

ing" mode as PJL.

Color matching is set.

• [CMM Off]; No color matching. UCR select is invalid.
• [Perceptual Match (Photo)]; Used to print continuous gradation

images (photo images, etc.).
All colors (Colors within and outside printer color reproduction
gamut) are equally color-mapped.

• [Colorimetric Match]; Used to print in colors which are close to dis-

played colors.
Colors which are close to displayed colors are reproduced. Colors
outside the reproduction gamut are color-mapped by colorimetric
match.
Colors within printer color reproduction gamut are so color-mapped
that the color difference from CRT is minimized when print. Colors
outside printer color reproduction gamut are color-mapped by colori-
metric match.
UCR select is invalid.

• [Saturation Match]; Used to print graphical presentation documents

by saturation match.
Colors within printer color reproduction gamut are so color-mapped
that the color difference from CRT is minimized when print. Colors
outside printer color reproduction gamut are color-mapped by satu-
ration match.

• [SHARP Color]*; Used to print photo images and graphic images

together.
Colors are reproduced to express intermediate color reproduction
gamut between Perceptual Match and Saturation Match.
Color-mapped to have intermediate color reproduction gamut
between Perceptual Match and Saturation Match.

• [Perceptual Match (Web)]; Used to print Web page images.

Color matching is performed so that the overall saturation of an
image is reduced and the high-density gamut is widened than Per-
ceptual mode.
All colors (Colors within and outside printer color reproduction
gamut) are equally color-mapped.

Note: This process is done by PJL output.

The ratio to use black toner is set.

• [Low Black]; To output gray tint of photo which is difficult to repro-

duce. 

• [Standard]* ; For photo

• [High Black]; For CAD and graphs

Restriction:

• If "Color Rendering" item is set to "Colorimetric Match" or "CMM

OFF," this item is invalid.

Note: This process is done by PJL output.

When the background is color, whether black characters are over-
printed is set.

• [Off]*

• [On]

Note: This process is done by PJL output.

Color matching is set.

• [Automatic]*; Automatically checks type of each area of the image

(photo or text/graphics), and output the image by changing halftone
accoding to each area.

• [Photo]; Outputs all areas by halftone for photo.

• [Text/Graphics]; Ouputs all areas by halftone for text/grahics.

Note: This process is done by PJL output.

Select whether to print black text with only black toner.

• [Off ]; Print black text with CMYK toners.

• [On]* ; Print black text with only black toner.

Color Rendering

UCR Selection

Black Overprint

Screening

Pure Black Text

Original Type

Standard

SHARP Color

Standard

ON

Automatic

On

Graphics

Saturation Match

High Black

On

Text/Graphics

Off

Photo

Perceptual Match (Photo)

Low Black

Off

Photo

Off

Drawing (Thin line)

Saturation Match

High Black

On

Automatic

On

Web Page

Perceptual Match (Web)

Standard

Off

Automatic

On

Custom

No Change

No Change

No Change

No Change

No Change

AR-P16  OPERATION  7 - 4

There are the following restrictions among Installed RAM, Color Mode,
and Print Priority by the restriction of the printer side. As for these
restrictions, the former set is preceded and the use of other competi-
tive settings is prohibited. When each setting is restricted (grayout), the
Information Icon is displayed to the left of each setting item. If clicking
such icon, the following information is displayed to the type 1 dialog
box.

• When the Color Mode item is set to Color/Automatic, the Print Prior-

ity item is fixed to Speed, and it is grayed out. (Default setting) 

• When the Print Priority item is set Quality, the Color Mode item is

fixed to Gray Scale, and it is grayed out.

“To use this feature, set ‘Installed RAM’ to ‘256 MB RAM’ or more (see
Configuration tab), or set ‘Color Mode’ to ‘Gray Scale’ (see Color tab).”

“To use this feature, set ‘Installed RAM’ to ‘256 MB RAM’ or more (see
Configuration tab), or set ‘Print Priority’ to ‘Speed’ (see Color tab).”

Color Mode

Print 

Priority

Document 

Style

Installed Memory

128MB

256MB or 

more

Color/

Automatic

Quality

1-Sided

X

O

2-Sided

X

O

Speed

1-Sided

O

O

2-Sided

O

O

Gray Scale

Quality

1-Sided

O

O

2-Sided

O

O

Speed

1-Sided

O

O

2-Sided

O

O

Gray Scale

Quality

1-Sided

O

O

2-Sided

O

O

Speed

1-Sided

O

O

2-Sided

O

O