Ricoh Pro C7100s User manual

Operating Instructions
Paper Settings
For safe and correct use, be sure to read the Safety Information in Read This First before using the machine.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Before Making Paper Settings
Overview of Paper Settings............................................................................................................................... 3
2. Registering a Custom Paper
How to Use the [Edit Custom Paper] Screen.................................................................................................... 7
How to Use the [Recall from Paper Library] Screen........................................................................................ 9
Registering a Custom Paper............................................................................................................................ 11
Selecting the Paper's Name from the Paper Library................................................................................. 11
Registering a Paper Whose Paper Name Is Not Displayed in the Paper Library.................................. 12
Registering a New Custom Paper by Modifying an Existing Paper........................................................ 15
Registering a Custom Paper with the Media Identification Unit................................................................... 18
Part names and functions of the Media Identification Unit.......................................................................18
Connect the Media Identification Unit....................................................................................................... 18
How to Register Paper Scanned by the Media Identification Unit as Custom Paper.............................19
Modifying a Custom Paper............................................................................................................................. 26
Custom Paper Settings..................................................................................................................................... 28
Adjusting the Image Position of the Either Side of the Paper........................................................................ 30
Preparations................................................................................................................................................. 30
Entering the Value........................................................................................................................................31
Searching for a Paper by Specifying the Conditions.................................................................................... 33
Printing the Parameters of Custom Paper Settings......................................................................................... 34
Saving Custom Papers to the Saved Paper Library.......................................................................................35
Deleting a Custom Paper.................................................................................................................................36
Managing the Paper Library........................................................................................................................... 38
3. Changing Tray Paper Settings
Accessing Tray Paper Settings........................................................................................................................ 39
Specifying a Custom Paper.........................................................................................................................39
Manually Specifying a Paper's Size and Type......................................................................................... 40
Names and Positions of Paper Trays (Trays 1 to 8 and Tray A).................................................................. 41
Tray Paper Settings.......................................................................................................................................... 42
Paper Tray.................................................................................................................................................... 42
Cover/Designation/Slip/Separation Sheet.............................................................................................54
4. Adjustment Settings for Operators
How to Use the [Adjustment Settings for Operators] Screen........................................................................61
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Accessing the Adjustment Settings for Operators..........................................................................................62
Features of the Displayed Items and Setting Operations..........................................................................62
Printing with Adjusted Settings.................................................................................................................... 64
Menu Items and Functions...............................................................................................................................66
Setting Values................................................................................................................................................... 70
Machine: Image Position.............................................................................................................................70
Machine: Image Quality............................................................................................................................. 71
Machine: Paper Feed/ Output...................................................................................................................72
Machine: Maintenance...............................................................................................................................75
Finishing: Finisher......................................................................................................................................... 77
Finishing: Fold...............................................................................................................................................85
Finishing: Perfect Binder...............................................................................................................................90
Finishing: Stacker......................................................................................................................................... 92
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1. Before Making Paper Settings
This chapter provides an overview of the paper settings and explains how you can specify them.
Overview of Paper Settings
Tray paper settings
You need to specify the paper sizes and types for paper trays in order to properly print on the
paper loaded in the paper trays. You can configure these settings in the tray paper settings.
The machine has functions such as a paper library and custom paper settings that make it easy to
configure the tray paper settings.
You can specify the tray paper settings in the following ways:
• Assign a custom paper to a paper tray
• Manually specify a paper size and type for a paper tray
Paper library
The paper library contains settings such as paper types, paper weights, and machine operating
conditions (for example, paper feed, toner transfer, and toner fusing conditions) that are
customized for each major commercially available paper products and also for each major paper
types.
To use the settings in the paper library, you must first select the name or type of your paper from the
paper library. The paper settings will be registered to a custom paper. The paper library makes it
easy to get the best results from your paper.
Custom paper
You can register each type of paper that you use as a "Custom Paper" by setting a name, size,
type, weight, and other advanced settings in "Tray Paper Settings".
This function is convenient because you can register certain types of paper that you often use as
custom paper.
"Custom Paper" can also be set from the paper library.
The machine automatically synchronizes the custom paper settings with the media catalog
information on the color controller when using the color controller.
Custom papers can be registered in the following ways:
• Select the paper's name or type from the paper library (or the saved paper library)
• Modify a custom paper that has already been registered
• Manually specify the paper's type and weight
Under the custom paper's advanced settings, you can specify the machine operating conditions
such as paper feed, toner transfer, and toner fusing conditions. The paper library contains the
advanced settings that are preconfigured so that you do not need to configure them.
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When you change the paper type and weight settings of a registered custom paper, its advanced
settings are initialized.
Only the machine administrator can change the advanced settings. For details, contact your
machine administrator.
Saved paper library
Saves registered custom paper settings in the saved paper library.
Saved custom papers can be restored and used as a custom paper again.
Relationships between functions
Tray Paper Settings
Paper tray information
- Paper Type
- Paper Weight
- Paper Size
- Other settings
Media catalog
information
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- Paper Type
- Paper Weight
- Paper Size
- Other settings
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1. You can register the settings stored in the paper library to a custom paper.
2. You can save all custom papers to the saved paper library at one time.
3. You can restore and reuse custom papers in the saved paper library.
4. You can register a custom paper by manually specifying the paper's type and weight.
5. You can configure the tray paper settings by assigning a custom paper to each paper tray.
6. You can configure the tray paper settings by manually specifying paper sizes and types.
7. The machine automatically synchronizes the custom paper settings on the machine with the media
catalog information on the color controller when using the color controller.
1. Before Making Paper Settings
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8. The machine automatically synchronizes the tray paper settings on the machine and the paper tray
information on the color controller when using the color controller.
The procedures for making tray paper settings vary in the following examples depending on the
functions that you want to use (the numbers added to the end of the following sentences correspond to
the numbers in the illustration above):
To select the name or type of your paper from the paper library and configure the tray paper
settings
Do the following procedure:
• Select the name or type of the paper from the paper library (or saved paper library) and
register it as a custom paper (1) (3)
For details, see page 11 "Selecting the Paper's Name from the Paper Library" or page 12
"Selecting the paper's type from the paper library".
• After registering the paper, assign the custom paper settings to a paper tray (5)
For details, see page 39 "Specifying a Custom Paper".
To register a paper type and weight that is not included in the paper library as a custom paper
and configure the tray paper settings
Do the following procedure:
• Register a custom paper by manually specifying the paper's type and weight (4)
For details, see page 14 "Manually specifying a paper's type and weight".
• After registering the paper, assign the custom paper settings to a paper tray (5)
For details, see page 39 "Specifying a Custom Paper".
To assign a registered custom paper to a paper tray
Do the following procedure:
• Assign the custom paper settings to a paper tray (5)
For details, see page 39 "Specifying a Custom Paper".
To manually specify the paper settings for a paper tray without using the paper library or
custom paper
Do the following procedure:
• Manually specify the paper size and type for a paper tray in the tray paper settings (6)
For details, see page 40 "Manually Specifying a Paper's Size and Type".
• Only the machine administrator can do the following:
• Delete custom papers from the saved paper library
• Specify the [Advanced Settings] for a custom paper
Overview of Paper Settings
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• For details about the recommended paper for use with this machine, see "Recommended Paper
Sizes and Types", Paper Specifications and Adding Paper.
• For details about the media catalog information, see the manual provided with the color controller.
1. Before Making Paper Settings
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2. Registering a Custom Paper
This chapter explains how to register, change, and delete a custom paper.
How to Use the [Edit Custom Paper] Screen
This section explains the items on the [Edit Custom Paper] screen.
This screen appears when you press [Edit Custom Paper] on the [Tray Paper Settings] screen.
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1. [No.], [Prod. Nm. in Pp. Lib.], [Custom Paper Name], [Paper Size], and [Papr. Wigt.]
Press the item to be used for the sorting.
2. [Search], [Cancel]
Press [Search] to search for papers in the list of custom papers. Press [Cancel] to return to the list of custom
papers from the search results. For details, see page 33 "Searching for a Paper by Specifying the
Conditions".
3. [Print the Settings]
Press this key to print the parameters of the custom paper settings. For details, see page 34 "Printing the
Parameters of Custom Paper Settings".
4. [Delete]
Press this key to delete the selected custom paper from the list.
5. [ Previous], [ Next]
Displays the previous or next page of the list.
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6. [Program to Saved Paper Library]
Press this key to save all the registered custom papers to the library at once. For details, see page 35
"Saving Custom Papers to the Saved Paper Library".
7. [Delete Saved Custom Paper]
This key can be used only by the machine administrator.
8. [Recall from Saved Paper Library]
Press this key to recall the custom paper from the saved paper library.
9. [Recall from Paper Library]
Press this key to recall the custom paper from the paper library. For details, see page 11 "Selecting the
Paper's Name from the Paper Library".
10. List of custom papers
The registration numbers, product names, paper names, sizes, and weights of custom papers are displayed in
the list. Icons to the left of the product names indicate which custom paper is registered from the paper library
and whether their settings have been modified.
• : Indicates a custom paper that is registered from the paper library.
• : Indicates a custom paper that is registered from the paper library and that its settings have been
modified.
• No icons appear for custom papers that were registered manually.
2. Registering a Custom Paper
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How to Use the [Recall from Paper Library]
Screen
This section explains the items on the [Recall from Paper Library] screen.
This screen appears when you press [Recall from Paper Library] on the [Edit Custom Paper] screen.
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1. [No.], [Prod. Nm. in Pp. Lib.], [Custom Paper Name], and [Papr. Wigt.]
Press the item to be used for the sorting.
2. [Program to Custom Paper]
Press this key to register the selected paper from the list as a custom paper. For details, see page 11
"Selecting the Paper's Name from the Paper Library" and page 12 "Selecting the paper's type from the
paper library".
3. [Search], [Cancel]
Press [Search] to search the papers in the paper list. Press [Cancel] to return to the paper list from the search
results. For details, see page 33 "Searching for a Paper by Specifying the Conditions".
4. [Paper Type Auto Identification]
Scans paper with the Media Identification Unit, and then searches the paper library for a custom paper with
settings that are similar to those of the scanned paper. For details, see page 19 "Registering a paper from
the paper library with the Media Identification Unit".
5. [ First Page], [ Previous], [ Next], [ Last Page]
Displays the first, previous, next, or last page of the list.
How to Use the [Recall from Paper Library] Screen
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6. List of papers in the library
The registration numbers, product names, paper names, and weights of library's papers are displayed in the
list.
• The contents in the paper library on your machine might differ slightly from those shown in the
illustrations in this manual.
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Registering a Custom Paper
You can register up to 100 custom papers.
Check the product name, size, and type of your paper before registering it.
Check that the size and type of your paper are compatible with the paper tray that you want to use. Tray
compatibility depends on the paper's size and type. For details about the paper sizes and types that can
be used, see "Recommended Paper Sizes and Types", Paper Specifications and Adding Paper.
• When the number of registered custom papers reaches the maximum, you will not be able to
register a new custom paper. Delete any unnecessary custom papers from the list, and then try
registering again. For details, see page 36 "Deleting a Custom Paper".
Selecting the Paper's Name from the Paper Library
1. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
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2. Press [Edit Custom Paper].
3. Press [Recall from Paper Library].
4. Select the name of the paper that you want to register.
Press [ Previous] or [ Next] to scroll through the list to find the paper that you want to select.
You can select two or more types of paper.
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5. Press [Program to Custom Paper].
6. Press [Yes].
7. Press [Exit] twice.
8. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
You can also close the [Tray Paper Settings] screen by pressing [Exit].
• You can check and change the settings of the registered custom paper such as the paper size
setting on the [Edit Custom Paper] screen. For details about modifying the custom paper, see
page 26 "Modifying a Custom Paper".
Registering a Paper Whose Paper Name Is Not Displayed in the Paper Library
If the paper you want is not in the library's paper list or you don't know the name of the paper, use the
following procedures:
• Selecting the paper's type from the paper library
The paper library contains the optimum printing conditions not only for each commercially
available paper but also for each type of paper.
You can select the type of paper from the paper library and register it as a custom paper even if
you don't know the name of the paper. The selectable paper types are as follows: Plain, Gloss
coated, Matte coated, Envelope, Light colored, Dark colored, Textured, and Black. Each type is
divided into several categories according to weight.
• Manually specifying a paper's type and weight
You can register a custom paper by manually specifying its type and weight.
Selecting the paper's type from the paper library
You can select the type of paper from the paper library and register it as a custom paper.
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The selectable paper types are as follows: Plain, Gloss coated, Matte coated, Envelope, Light colored,
Dark colored, Textured, and Black.
1. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
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2. Press [Edit Custom Paper].
3. Press [Recall from Paper Library].
4. Select the most appropriate combination of type and weight for your paper.
The list of paper types appears on the first and following pages in the paper library.
Press [ Previous] or [ Next] to scroll through the list to find the paper that you want to select.
5. Press [Program to Custom Paper].
6. Press [Yes].
7. Press [Exit] twice.
8. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
You can also close the [Tray Paper Settings] screen by pressing [Exit].
• You can check and change the settings of the registered custom paper such as the paper size
setting on the [Edit Custom Paper] screen. For details about modifying the custom paper, see
page 26 "Modifying a Custom Paper".
Registering a Custom Paper
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Manually specifying a paper's type and weight
1. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
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2. Press [Edit Custom Paper].
3. Select a number that is [ Not Programd.].
Press [ Previous] or [ Next] to scroll through the list.
4. Press [Change] for [Custom Paper Name].
5. Enter the name of the paper, and then press [OK].
6. Press [Change] for [Paper Size].
7. Select a paper size, and then press [OK].
8. Press [Change] for [Paper Weight].
9. Specify the paper's weight, and then press [OK].
Press [Change] if you changed the paper weight.
10. Press [Change] for [Paper Type].
11. Specify the paper type, and then press [OK].
Press [Change] if you changed the paper type.
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12. Specify other items, such as [Coated Paper Type], [Paper Color], [Prepunched or Not],
[Textured or Not], [Apply Duplex], and [Apply Auto Paper Select] as necessary.
If you change the [Coated Paper Type], [Paper Color], [Prepunched or Not], or [Textured or Not]
and press [OK], a message appears to notify you that the [Advanced Settings] will be initialized.
To apply the changes for those settings, select [Change]. To cancel the changes, select [Do not
Change].
13. Press [OK].
14. Press [Exit].
15. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
You can also close the [Tray Paper Settings] screen by pressing [Exit].
• If you want to use glossy paper, select [Glossy] for [Coated Paper Type]. If you want to use matte
paper (including silk, dull, and satin paper), select [Matte] for [Coated Paper Type].
• For details about custom paper settings, see page 28 "Custom Paper Settings".
• For details about [Advanced Settings], contact your machine administrator.
Registering a New Custom Paper by Modifying an Existing Paper
You can open and modify the settings of a registered custom paper and register them as a new custom
paper.
This function is useful when registering paper that is the same type as an existing paper, but a different
size.
Depending on which settings you modify, details of a newly registered custom paper will be as follows:
• When the settings of the selected custom paper are not changed:
All settings of the selected custom paper ([Custom Paper Name], [Paper Size], [Paper Weight],
and [Paper Type], including the attributes specific to the color controller) are copied to the newly
registered custom paper.
• When the settings [Custom Paper Name], [Paper Size], [Apply Duplex], [Apply Auto Paper
Select], or [Advanced Settings] of the selected custom paper are changed:
The changes are applied to the newly registered custom paper.
• When the settings [Paper Weight], [Paper Type], [Coated Paper Type], [Paper Color],
[Prepunched or Not], or [Textured or Not] of the selected custom paper are changed:
The changes are applied to the newly registered custom paper and its advanced settings are reset
to their default values according to the changes that are applied to the settings.
When modifying a custom paper that is registered from the paper library, you can change its [Custom
Paper Name], [Paper Size], [Apply Duplex], and [Apply Auto Paper Select] settings. You can also
confirm the brand name and the version of data from [Product Name in Paper Library].
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1. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
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2. Press [Edit Custom Paper].
3. Select a number that is [ Not Programd.].
Press [ Previous] or [ Next] to scroll through the list.
4. Press [Use Another Custom Paper's Settings].
5. Select the custom paper whose settings you want to modify.
6. Press [OK].
7. Change the settings for custom paper (such as paper's name, size, and type), as
necessary.
If you change the [Paper Weight], [Paper Type], [Coated Paper Type], [Paper Color], [Prepunched
or Not], or [Textured or Not] and press [OK], a message appears to notify you that the [Advanced
Settings] will be initialized. To apply the changes for those settings, select [Change]. To cancel the
changes, select [Do not Change].
8. Press [OK].
9. Press [Exit].
10. Press the [Paper Setting] key.
You can also close the [Tray Paper Settings] screen by pressing [Exit].
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• For details about custom paper settings, see page 28 "Custom Paper Settings".
• For details about [Advanced Settings], contact your machine administrator.
Registering a Custom Paper
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Registering a Custom Paper with the Media
Identification Unit
When you scan paper with the Media Identification Unit, the Media Identification Unit searches custom
paper in the paper library. When custom paper with configurations that are similar to those of the
scanned paper is found, it is displayed.
Part names and functions of the Media Identification Unit
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1. Power lamp
Lights up when a USB cable is connected and the Media Identification Unit is ready to start scanning paper.
2. Scanning lamp
Lights up when paper is inserted into the scanning area.
After the paper is removed, it flashes while paper is being scanned.
3. Error lamp
Lights up when an error occurs.
4. Paper scanning area
Insert the paper you want to scan here.
Connect the Media Identification Unit
1. Connect the USB cable to the media slot on the control panel or to the USB host interface
on the back of the machine.
• Media slot
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