Finishing
User Guide
5-1
5
Finishing
This chapter describes the uses of finishing equipment. The
Finishing
tab is
available for models that support optional finishing devices such as Multi finisher or
Booklet stitcher.
Note:
For some features in the
Finishing
tab, the caution symbol appears when the
feature is unavailable. Place the pointer over the symbol for a message that tells how
to activate the feature in the driver.
•
Finishing Edge
aligns the matching sides of two different page sizes in a
document.
•
Staple
binds multiple document pages together with one or more staples.
•
Punch
places round hole punches in the margin.
•
Separation
physically separates document copies or multiple copies of a print
job in the finishing tray.
Finishing Edge
Finishing edge aligns the matching sides of two different page sizes in a document.
For example, the long edge of an A4 page is aligned with the short edge of an A3
page; or the short edge of a letter size page is aligned with the short edge of a legal
size page. Finishing edge can be used with or without the staple or punch features.
You can choose the position of staples and hole punches in a document composed
of mixed page sizes.
In contrast, if you are printing a mixed page size document without using Finishing
edge, staple or hole punch positions depend on the paper size settings (portrait or
landscape) in the paper cassettes.
Finishing edge should be selected before any other features in the Finishing tab. If
set last, Finishing edge might change any settings you previously made under Staple
or Punch.
In the Finishing tab, if
Booklet (fold)
is selected for the Staple feature, Finishing tab
options are unavailable. Finishing edge makes some other features unavailable,
such as Separation and Rotated. Finishing edge cannot be used with the Poster
feature.
To create a gutter in the document, click
Gutter
. A gutter increases the blank space
on the left side or top of the printed page by scaling down text and graphics. For more
information see
Gutters
on page 5-3. For applications that do not depend on the
driver for page size (such as Microsoft Word), use the application’s
Page Setup
dialog box to specify the sizes of the mixed pages in your document.
Note:
For printer models that don’t support Finishing Edge,
Gutters
is located on
the
Layout
tab.
