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The allowable paper sizes vary with the output trays. If the size of paper on which printing is made is not acceptable to

the selected output tray, the paper and succeeding printed sheets will be output to the top tray. Depending on the
selection of face up or face down, the print order may be reversed.

Specify face up or face down delivery. If ‘Face Up’ is specified, printed pages will be stacked face-
up in the specified output tray. If ‘Face Down’ is specified, printed pages will be stacked face-down
in the specified output tray.

‘Face Down’ can only be specified to the offset tray of 2-tray finisher and the second and offset
trays of 3-tray finisher. Since face up delivery with the reversing order feature requires storage of
image data in memory, its printing speed will be slower than face down delivery. Face up delivery
with the reversing order feature will also cause memory overflow if the number of pages exceeds
the limit. For document stapling, face up delivery must be selected.

                  

If an optional 3-tray finisher (AR-FN1) or 2-tray finisher (AR-FN2) has been installed, stapling can
be made on printed sheets of paper. Stapling position (single stapling or double stapling) can also
be selected if the AR-FN1 has been installed.
If the AR-FN2 has been installed, only A4 and letter sized paper can be used for stapling.

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Stapling with 2-tray finisher (AR-FN2):
For stapling, the offset tray and face up must be specified for output. The stapling position is
fixed as shown in the illustration below.

Print image

Paper delivery 
direction

Stapling position

Landscape

Portrait

Stapling position

All pages in a print job must be of the same size to be stapled.
For stapling at the proper position, portrait orientation is needed.

The number of pages must not exceed the stapling limit (30).

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Stapling with 3-tray finisher (AR-FN1):

For stapling, the offset tray and face up must be specified for output. The stapling positions can be
selected as shown in the illustration below.

Position 1
Position 2
Position 3

A4, B5, 
letter

A4, B5, 
letter

A4, B5, 
letter

A3, B4, A4, ledger, 
legal, letter, 
foolscap

A3, B4, A4, ledger, 
legal, letter, 
foolscap

A3, B4, A4, ledger, 
legal, letter, 
foolscap

The stapling positions are specified with ‘1 staple’ or ‘2 staples’. The actual stapling positions on
printed sheets depend on the orientation of the document and paper size as shown below.

Print

Portrait

1 staple

2 staples

1 staple

2 staples

Landscape

Stapling positions

Condition

1 staple

1 staple

2 staples

2 staples

•  Long edge of paper is fed.
•  Allowable paper sizes are A5, B5, and letter (up to 50 sheets).
•  If the selected paper tray becomes empty and another tray with 

the same paper size in the different orientation is selected, 
printing can be continued but stapling will not be performed.

• Short edge of paper is fed.
• Allowable paper sizes are A3, B4, A4, and letter (up to 50 

sheets for A4 and letter and 25 sheets for the other sizes).

 

• Long edge of paper is fed.
• Allowable paper sizes are A5, B5, and letter (up to 50 sheets).
• If the selected paper tray becomes empty and another tray with 

the same paper size in the different orientation is selected, 
printing can be continued but stapling will not be performed.

• Short edge of paper is fed.
• Allowable paper sizes are A3, B4, A4, and letter (up to 50 

sheets for A4 and letter and 25 sheets for the other sizes).

All pages in a print job must be of the same size to be stapled.
The number of pages must not exceed the stapling limit of 50 for A4 and letter, and 25 for other sizes.

Specify binding position, left or right, when ‘2-sided (Book)’ or ‘booklet-style (portrait)’ is specified in
the document style.

With the PCL5e and PS drivers, this setting appears under the Advance tab.

The following items for image quality can be set.

Resolution: 

300 dpi or 600 dpi can be specified. This setting will not affect the limit of the
number of pages that can be stored in the printer memory. However, some
slight image degradation will take place.

Smoothing: 

Smoothing function can be enabled or disabled. (Even though this setting
exists, the smoothing function is not available with the AR-280/AR-285/AR-335
printers.)

Half Tone: 

‘Photographic Image’ (no dithering), ‘Line Art’ (dithering with 16 x 16 pixels) or
‘Scanned Images’ (dithering with 8 x 8 pixels) can be selected. (PS driver only)

Graphics Mode:  Raster graphics or HP-GL2 can be selected (PCL5e driver only).

Toner Save: 

Toner save mode can be set or canceled. If the toner save mode is set, the
printer will reduce toner consumption by printing half tone images for black
solid images. (Even though this setting exists, the toner save function is not
available with the AR-280/AR-285/AR-335 printers.)

The following items for font can be set.

Font Source: 

‘Use Printer Fonts’ or ‘Download Soft Fonts’ (from computer) can be selected.

TrueType Mode: ‘Download as TrueType’ (as font) or ‘Download as Bitmap’ can be selected.

If ‘Download as TrueType’ is selected, the whole character set for each
TrueType font contained on the page will be sent to the printer in an outline
form. If ‘Download as Bitmap’ is selected, each TrueType character will be
sent as an individual bitmap download font.

The watermark function is used to print specified text as a watermark onto all pages in a job. The
following items can be specified for this function:

Position, size, angle, watermark text, color, font, transparent text, printed page, and outline printing.

If any optional equipment is installed, be sure to set the configuration of the printer since functions
which require the equipment cannot be used unless the configuration is set properly.

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  Input Tray Options

Set an optional paper feed unit if installed.

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  Large Capacity Tray

Specify whether an optional large capacity tray is installed.

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 Duplex 

Module

Specify whether a duplex module is installed. In some models, the duplex module is installed as
standard equipment. Be sure to select the ‘Duplex Module’ in the dialog box.

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  Output Tray Options

Select an optional finisher if installed. ‘1 Exit Tray’, ‘2 Exit Trays’, ‘2-Tray Finisher’ (AR-FN2) or
‘3-Tray Finisher’ (AR-FN1) can be configured.

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  Installed RAM

Specify the total capacity of the installed RAM in the Printer Expansion Kit. (To confirm the capacity
of the installed RAM, execute ‘PRINT CONFIGURATION PAGE’ in the printer configuration menu.
See page 28.)

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  Extended Imaging Feature

Specify the toner save mode and/or smoothing feature you desire.
The extended imaging feature is not available with the AR-280/AR-285/AR-335 printers.

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 Copier 

HDD

Specify whether a copier HDD is installed.

If the ‘Overlays’ tab is selected, the form overlay function can be set. This function overlays all
printed pages with the same form. The Overlays function can be used only with the PCL5e printer
driver.

Overlays: 

Registered overlay files are displayed in this list box and a selected
overlay file is highlighted.

Create Overlay: 

Click to select an overlay file to create.

Delete Overlay: 

Click to delete a selected overlay file.

Delete All: 

Click to delete all overlay files.

Query Page Overlay: 

If this check box is checked, inquiry about downloading of an overlay
file is performed each time printing is executed.

Selected Overlay Status:  The status of the selected overlay file is displayed in this box.

Overlay Creation Status:  The status of overlay file creation is displayed in this box.