Utilities Menu
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Using printer menus
Utilities Menu
Use the Utilities Menu to print a variety of listings relating to available printer resources, printer
settings, and print jobs. Other menu items let you set up printer hardware and troubleshoot printer
problems.
Menu Item Purpose Values
Coverage
Est.
Coverage estimator provides an
estimate of the percent coverage
of cyan, magenta, yellow, and
black on a page. This estimate is
printed on the page.
Off* Percent coverage is not printed.
On Prints the estimated percentage of
coverage for each color on the
page.
Defragment
Flash
To retrieve storage area lost when
resources are deleted from flash
memory.
Warning: Do not turn off the
printer while the flash is
defragmenting.
Yes Printer transfers all resources
stored in flash memory to printer
memory and then reformats the
flash memory option. When the
format operation is complete, the
resources are loaded back into
flash memory.
No Printer cancels the request to
defragment the flash memory.
Factory
Defaults
To return your printer settings to
the factory default values.
Restore • All menu items are returned to
the factory default values
except:
– Display Language.
– All settings in the Parallel
Menu, Serial Menu, Network
Menu, and USB Menu.
• All downloaded resources
(fonts, macros, and symbol sets)
in printer memory (RAM) are
deleted. (Resources residing in
flash memory or on the hard
disk are unaffected.)
Do Not
Restore
User-defined settings remain.
Format Disk To format the printer hard disk.
Warning: Do not turn off the
printer while the hard disk is
formatting.
Yes Deletes any data stored on the
hard disk and prepares the device
to receive new resources.
No Cancels the request to format the
hard disk and leaves current
resources stored on the disk.
Format
Flash
To format the flash memory.
Warning: Do not turn off the
printer while the flash is formatting.
Yes Deletes any data stored in flash
memory and prepares the flash
memory to receive new resources.
No Cancels the request to format the
flash memory and leaves current
resources stored in flash memory.