Understanding the home screen

After the printer is turned on and a short warm-up period occurs, the display shows the following basic screen which is referred to as the home screen. Use the home screen buttons to initiate an action such as copying, faxing, or scanning; to open the menu screen; or to respond to messages.

home screen

Display item

Description

1

Copy

Opens the Copy menus

Note: From the home screen, you can also access the Copy menus by pressing a number on the keypad.

2

E-mail

Opens the E-mail menus

3

Menus

Opens the menus. These menus are available only when the printer is in the Ready state.

4

FTP

Opens the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) menus

Note: This function must be set up by your system support person. Once it is set up, it appears as a display item.

5

Status message bar

  • Shows the current printer status such as Ready or Busy.

  • Shows printer conditions such as Toner Low.

  • Shows intervention messages to give instructions on what you should do so the printer can continue processing, such as Close door or Insert print cartridge.

6

Status/Supplies

Appears on the display whenever the printer status includes a message requiring intervention. Touch it to access the messages screen for more information on the message, including how to clear it.

7

Tips

All menus have a Tips button. Tips is a context-sensitive Help feature within the display touch screens.

8

Fax

Opens the Fax menus


Other buttons that may appear on the home screen:

Display item

Function

Release Held Faxes

If this button is shown, then there are held faxes with a scheduled hold time previously set. To access the list of held faxes, touch this button.

Search Held Jobs

Searches on any of the following items and returns search results:

  • User names for held or confidential print jobs

  • Job names for held jobs, excluding confidential print jobs

  • Profile names

  • Bookmark container or job names

  • USB container or job names for supported extensions only

Held Jobs

Opens a screen containing all the held jobs

Lock Device

This button appears on the screen when the printer is unlocked and Device Lockout Personal Identification Number (PIN) has been set.

Touching this button opens a PIN entry screen. Entering the correct PIN locks the printer control panel (touch screen and hard buttons).

Unlock Device

This button appears on the screen when the printer is locked. The printer control panel buttons and shortcuts cannot be used while it appears.

Touching this button opens a PIN entry screen. Entering the correct PIN unlocks the printer control panel (touch screen and hard buttons).

Cancel Jobs

Opens the Cancel Jobs screen. The Cancel Jobs screen shows three headings: Print, Fax, and Network.

The following items are available under the Print, Fax, and Network headings:

  • Print job

  • Copy job

  • Fax profile

  • FTP

  • E-mail send

Each heading has a list of jobs shown in a column under it which can show only three jobs per screen. Each job appears as a button which you can touch to access information about the job. If more than three jobs exist in a column, then an arrow appears enabling you to scroll through the jobs.