Xerox 8265/8365

Print Mode:

Pressing the Properties button next to the Printer Model window on the Imaging Configurations screen will launch a control panel for this printer.

This page of the properties sheet allows you to select a print mode, the print direction, the number of passes, the dot size, control the cutter, overprint, and time between passes.

• Print Mode: Select the ink type and printing resolution.
• Pass Count: Select pass count / Overlap.
• Dot Size: Select the size of the dot.
• Overlap Mode: Select the Overlap pattern from Classic, Off, Stitch, Sign/Quality, or Picture/Speed.
• Scan Width: Select width for the print head passing from Media, Data, or Printer.
• Print Direction: Print in both directions (bi) or one direction (uni).
• Cutter: Enable or disable paper cutting after the print.
• Overprint: Overprint controls the number of times the printer prints over the same area. A setting of 2 will double the amount of ink laid down.
• Time Between Passes: Time Between Passes allows you to set a drying time between each pass. This is especially useful when printing on film.

Advanced Settings:

When you click on Advanced Settings, the following properties page will be displayed:

The Advanced page controls saving images to the hard drive and allows you to select options to fine tune the type of media installed.

• Save Image on printer hard drive: Choose whether to enable the hard drive save feature.
  • Note: There will be a prompt for a file name when the job is spooled to the printer. The file name may only contain capitol letters (A-Z) and/or numbers (0-9)
• Save and print: Saves the image to the hard drive while the image is being spooled to the printer.
• Save then print: Saves the image to the hard drive and then immediately proceeds to print the saved image off of the hard drive (See note below: uses the same front panel settings as "Save only".)
• Save only: Saves the image to the hard drive. Printing will be done off of the front panel.
  • Note: The front panel control for the following commands will have precedence over the driver control when printing from the hard drive:
    • Ink Dry Time (On "Heating / Dry Time" tab)
    • Media Thickness and Head Height (On "Advanced Settings" tab)
    • Media Stiffness (On "Advanced Settings" tab)
    • Heater Temperatures (On "Heating / Dry Time" tab)
    • Media Feed Correction (On "Advanced Settings" tab)
    • Media Cut (On "Print Mode" tab)

• Use Advanced Settings: Choose whether to disable the advanced settings.
• Media Stiffness: Will adjust the power of the media vacuum.
• Media Thickness: Select thickness of the media in mm.
• Head Height: Set the gap between the platen and the head.
• Send Feed Correction: Check to send a value.
• Media Feed Correction: Adjust the amount of feed correction necessary to eliminate micro-banding.

Color Separations:

When you click on Color Separations, the following Properties page will be displayed:

If a Monochrome mode is selected, this page allows you to make Color Separations.

Heating / Dry Time

When you click on Heating / Dry Time, the following Properties page will be displayed:

The Heating / Dry Time page allows you to adjust the heater settings.

• Drying Time: Sets up ink dry time in units of one second.
• Check boxes on individual heaters allow one to turn each heater on or off.
• Adjust heater temperature in degrees centigrade.