P402

Booklet Printing

The booklet printing function allows you to print data for a booklet. Data is printed on both sides of the paper. This type of printing ensures that pages can be collated properly, in page number order, when the printed sheets are folded and stapled at the center.

The procedure for performing booklet printing is as follows:

  1. Open the printer driver setup window

  2. Set booklet printing

    Select Booklet from the Page Layout list on the Page Setup tab.
    The current settings are displayed in the settings preview on the left side of the window.

    figure:Select Booklet for Page Layout on the Page Setup tab

  3. Select the print paper size

    Select the size of the paper loaded in the machine from the Printer Paper Size list.

  4. Set the margin for stapling and the margin width

    Click Specify... and specify the following settings in the Booklet Printing dialog box, and then click OK.

    figure:Booklet Printing dialog box
    Margin for stapling

    Select which side should the stapling margin be on when the booklet is completed.

    Insert blank page

    To leave one side of a sheet blank, check the check box, and select the page to be left blank.

    Margin

    Enter the margin width. The specified width from the center of the sheet becomes the margin width for one page.

    Page Border

    To print a page border around each document page, check the check box.

  5. Complete the setup

    Click OK on the Page Setup tab.

    When you execute print, the document will be printed on one side of a sheet of paper. When the printing of one side is complete, set the paper correctly by following the message and click OK.
    When the printing of the other side is complete, fold the paper at the center of the margin and make a booklet.

Important

  • Booklet cannot be selected when a media type other than Plain Paper is selected for Media Type on the Main tab.

  • When Booklet is selected, Duplex Printing, Staple Side, Print from Last Page, and Collate appear grayed out and are unavailable.

Note

  • The stamp and background are not printed on the inserted blank sheets with the Insert blank page function of booklet printing.

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