Managing the Printer

You can use the Printer Manager button to globally manage all aspects of the printer, including print quality, what types of papers loaded, and tray enabling/disabling. Review the sections below to familiarize yourself with this part of the Xerox Nuvera user interface.

Printer Manager Tabs

Paper Trays: Shows the status of all the paper trays, as well as the types of stocks assigned to them. The columns show the properties of the stocks and the specifications that have been made for the trays.

Stock Library Tab : Allows you to see the complete list of stocks present, as well as all stocks compatible with the system. Also, new stock types can be added through this tab. For details, see the online Help.

Finishing Tab: Used to set up or enable the available finishing options. Right-clicking on a finisher allows you to enable or disable a finisher or display its properties.

Stacking Tab: Allows you to enable and disable the stacker (if there are any present in your system). It also allows you to view and control settings for all stackers present on your system.

Image Quality Tab: Used to modify the printer darkness/IQ parameters for PostScript/PDF jobs, PCL jobs, and TIFF jobs.

Managing Paper Trays

The Paper Trays tab allows you to manage the following operations:

For more information, see Setup Paper Trays.

Managing Finishers

The Finishing tab allows you to view the status of Internal and External Finishers.

TIP: Before running any jobs, click [Printer Manager: Finishing] to quickly determine what types of Finishing devices are currently available and configured.

Note

NOTE: See your System Administrator to change any settings on the Finishing tab.

What Are Internal and External Finishers?

Internal Finisher: i.e., the Stapler and Bottom Tray/Booklet Maker.
– Name: Shows the name of the device.
– Status: Indicates whether the finisher is enabled or disabled.
External Finisher: External finishing options include any DFA compliant 3rd-party finishers that can be attached to the printer. If the printer is not configured with an external finisher this field is not available.

Managing Stackers

The Stacking tab allows you to view the status of Stackers which may be configured on the system.

TIP: Before running any jobs, click [Printer Manager: Stacking] to quickly determine what types of Finishing devices are currently available and configured.

Note

NOTE: See your System Administrator to change any settings on the Stacking tab.

Managing Image Quality

With the Image Quality Tab in the Printer Manager, you can globally set the darkness and resolution levels for system supported file types.

If you are having Image Quality problems on a consistent basis, the Image Quality tab in the Printer Manager is a good place to check. For more information, see Solving Image Quality Problems.

TIP: Before running any jobs, click [Printer Manager: Image Quality] to quickly determine what global machine darkness and resolution settings are currently configured.

Note

NOTE: See your System Administrator to change the darkness and/or resolution settings on the Image Quality tab.

User Interface Logging

This feature logs operator actions. It allows the customer to view the log and determine actions taken by the operator such as changing job parameters, queue settings, system settings or printer properties.

To enable and view the Log Console:

  1. Select System: Log console.
  2. Click Enable Logging.