Optimizing Productivity For Jobs Containing Predominantly Large Stock Mixed With Small Stock - Xerox Nuvera User Manual

Use Media Optimization mode to increase your job's productivity rate otherwise affected by printing
the tab portion of a duplex job, especially pre-cut tabs.
• If you are running a job that does not contain tabs, select Normal Mode from the Media Optimization
Switches for the best throughput rate.
• If you are printing on any size pre-cut tabbed stock or printing on full-cut tabbed stock greater than
8.5 inches (215.9 mm) in the process direction, select Pre-Cut Tabs from the Media Optimization
Switches window.
Caution
The maximum throughput rate when Media Optimization Switch is set to Pre-Cut Tabs is 200/240/261
for 200/288/314 speed systems respectively ipm, regardless of whether the job contains tabbed stock.
Therefore, make sure the Media Optimization Switch is set to Normal Mode when printing jobs without
cut tabs or if the tabbed stock is smaller than 8.5 inches (215.9mm).
To enable Media Optimization mode when printing with tabs to be imaged:
1. Load paper according to the labels on the feed Trays (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with 1 being on top) with the tabs
on the trail edge. If the job uses hole-punched tabs and hole-punched body stock, make sure both
stocks are loaded in the tray with the hole-punched edge leading. Use only forward-collated tabs.
2. Program the media for the feed trays and run job N-1, face-down.
3. The system assumes tabs are right-edge portrait or bottom-edge landscape. If the job is different,
you may need to select rotate 180 for the entire job.
4. From the FreeFlow Print Server user interface, select Printer > Media Optimization.
The window containing Media Optimization Switches displays.
5. Select Pre-Cut Tabs and OK.
You are now running in Pre-Cut Tab mode and the job will print up to 240 ipm, regardless of whether
or not the job contains tabs.
6. When you finish running jobs that include cut tabs, make sure you disable Pre-Cut Tab mode by first
selecting Printer > Media Optimization and then Normal from the Media Optimization Switches
dialog.
Optimizing productivity for jobs containing predominantly large stock mixed
with small stock
You can print jobs that contain a mix of sizes and media, such as ledger size with letter size. When jobs
contain mostly larger stock (> 50%) along with a smaller percentage of smaller stock, you should select
Large Stock. In general, progressively larger stocks result in a slower overall print rate. However, when
smaller stocks are re-encountered during a job, the time it takes the printer to re-adjust to the higher
print speed of the smaller stocks can be a detriment to the overall print speed of the job containing
mostly larger stocks.
When running Media Optimization for Large Stock, the printer will not re-adjust the print rate when
encountering the smaller stock but will instead maintain the print rate of the largest stock encountered
even when printing on smaller stocks. However, the printer will re-adjust the print rate for even larger
stocks as they are encountered during a job and then maintain that print rate for all stocks. The effect
will be to achieve an overall print rate for the job that is consistent with the maximum print rate for the
largest stock. The effect of Large Stock mode will continue until the jobs are complete and the printer
goes into standby. Unless Large Stock mode is cleared on the FreeFlow Print Server user interface, all
subsequent jobs will run in this manner.
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