User GuideIM 7000/8000/9000

Folding Printed Sheets

The machine can fold printed sheets. The fold function helps you to make booklets or brochures.

You can select Half Fold, Letter Fold-out, Letter Fold-in, Z-fold, Double Parallel Fold, or Gate Fold.

Important

Note

  • The types of fold and supported paper size differs depending on the optional equipment attached to the machine.

  • List of Specifications for Standard Functions

  • When specifying the paper tray in the printer driver and folding the printed sheets, check that the paper tray to use is set to [Tray/Paper Settings][Printer][Tray Setting Priority]. If the paper tray is set to [Driver / Command], the folding or printing will be canceled.

  • Tray/Paper Settings

  • If you select [Half Fold: Print Inside (Finisher Booklet Tray)] or [Half Fold: Print Outside (Finisher Booklet Tray)] in the printer driver, the print result may, depending on the image orientation, be different from what you expected.

Specifying Fold (Windows)

Specify the settings on the [Finishing] tab.

1Open a document to print on the computer, and display the setting screen of the printer driver from the print menu in the application.

2Specify Document Size, Paper Type, Orientation of the document, and other settings.

Basic Procedure for Printing Documents

3On the [Finishing] tab, click [Fold:] to select the type of fold and print side.

4After completing the configuration, click [OK] to print.

Specifying Fold (macOS)

Specify the settings on [Finishing] on "Feature Sets" of [Printer Features].

1Open a document to print on the computer, and display the setting screen of the printer driver from the print menu in the application.

2Specify Paper Size, Orientation, Paper Type, and other settings.

Basic Procedure for Printing Documents

3On [Finishing] of "Feature Sets", specify the type of fold and print side.

Driver screen illustration

4After completing the configuration, click [Print] to print.