Xerox Phaser 840 Document
Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual
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Advanced Print Features
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Using Quick Collate
Requirements
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Plus Feature Set
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Hard drive (internal or external)
Quick Collate speeds the collation and printing of large print jobs and multiple sets
of documents. The collate function in some software applications repeatedly sends
each page in sequence to the printer until the requested number of copies is printed.
With the Quick Collate option, the job is sent only once and then multiple collated
sets are produced by the printer, allowing much faster processing time.
of documents. The collate function in some software applications repeatedly sends
each page in sequence to the printer until the requested number of copies is printed.
With the Quick Collate option, the job is sent only once and then multiple collated
sets are produced by the printer, allowing much faster processing time.
The number of pages that can be collated at one time depends on the size of the hard
disk attached to the printer.
disk attached to the printer.
Through a supported driver — generally through the Properties
(Windows 95/ Windows 98) or Printer Specific Options (Macintosh) menus,
select Quick Collate.
(Windows 95/ Windows 98) or Printer Specific Options (Macintosh) menus,
select Quick Collate.
Quick Collate hints
Increasing the collation capacity.
For typical files, the internal IDE hard drive
should be sufficient. If you need to increase the number of pages that the printer can
collate at once, you can add an external SCSI hard drive.
collate at once, you can add an external SCSI hard drive.
Quick Collate and Check Print.
When you use the printer’s Quick Collate option
with Check Print, only the first page of the first set is printed before pausing for your
review.
review.
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Make sure that you disable the collate function in your application, because the
printer’s Quick Collate option is faster than the collate function in software
applications.
printer’s Quick Collate option is faster than the collate function in software
applications.