How to Use Hold Print

Follow the procedure below to print a document using the Hold Print function.

Windows

In the application, on the [File] menu, click [Print].
The [Print] dialog box appears.
Select the printer, and then click [Preferences].
Click the [Job/Log] tab.
In the [Job Type:] list, click [Hold Print].
In the [User ID:] box, enter a user ID using up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters. [File Name] can also be entered optionally.
The user ID associates the user with his / her jobs.
Click [OK] to close the printer properties dialog box.
Start the printing from the application's [Print] dialog box.
The document file is saved in the machine.
To print the document, perform the following steps.
To delete the document, see "Deleting a Hold Print File".
On the machine's control panel, press the [Printer] key to display the printer screen.
Press [Print Jobs].
A list of print files stored in the machine appears.
Press [Hold Print Job List].
A list of hold print files stored in the machine appears.
[User ID], [Date / Time] and [File Name] also appear.
Depending on the security settings, certain print jobs may not be displayed.
Select the file you want to print by pressing it.
Press [Print].
A confirmation screen appears.
Press [Yes].
The hold print file is printed.

If the application has a collate option, make sure it is not selected before sending a print job. The printer driver automatically collates Hold Print files by default. If a collate option is selected from the application's Print dialog box, there may be more prints than required.

Mac OS / Mac OS X

From an application, on the [File] menu, click [Print].
The [Print] dialog box appears.
In the pop-up menu, click [Job Log].
On the [Job Type:] pop-up menu, click [Hold Print].
In the [User ID:] box, enter the user ID using up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters. [File Name] can also be set.
The user ID associates the user with his / her jobs.
After making the necessary settings, click [Print].
The document file is saved in the machine.
To print the document, perform the following steps.
To delete the document, see "Deleting a Hold Print File".
On the machine's control panel, press the [Printer] key to display the printer screen.
Press [Print Jobs].
A list of print files stored in the machine appears.
Press [Hold Print Job List].
A list of hold print files stored in the machine appears.
[User ID], [Date / Time] and [File Name] also appear.
Depending on the security settings, certain print jobs may not be displayed.
Select the file you want to print by pressing it.
Press [Print].
A confirmation screen appears.
Press [Yes].
The hold print file is printed.

Press [Stop] to cancel printing.
To cancel printing, press [Exit]. Then, press [Job Reset]. After it has started, the file is deleted.
When printing is completed, the stored file is deleted.

Deleting a Hold Print File