How to turn OFF a M4345 ?

[pyrrhon]

Hi everyone,

How do I power OFF the M4345? And I don't mean put it into sleep! It takes too much electricity (15Watts)!

Right now I am unplugging it... is there another option? I am afraid to break it...

Thank!

Pyrrhon

[Alex-TATS]

Hi @pyrrhon,

Doesn't the power on/off switch work?

It is located at number 16:

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I hope this helps,

Cheers!

[pyrrhon]

I found it 5 minutes ago! Feeling stupid 😉

I have another question tho: when I do a copy I can set the darkness very high, but when I print from the computer it is not as dark (even tho I think I put the darkness to 8 in the installation menu)

I am looking into making the PFDs darker before printing them

Thankss !

[Alex-TATS]

I am not 100% sure about this model, but see there is a menu option called Toner Density. Maybe it's under:

Administration -> General Settings -> Print Quality -> Toner Density

Setting this option to darker means your printer will use more toner than usually does.

I hope this helps,

Cheers!

[pyrrhon]

Hi!!

It did work! Thanks!

So far I love this printer! When I bought it I was told there were only manual duplex but it actually prints both sides at the same time!

Better than my old inkjet 😉

cheers jb

[pyrrhon]

Once again, I seek your wisdom!

My Mac Pro (el capitan) has a tendancy to restart on its own since I plugged the printer in (ethernet, I didnt have a USB cable long enough)

MacOs downloaded the latest drivers ( I hope) when I plugged it in yesterday.

Do you thin there is a fix? 

If I plug my M4345 in the router  would I have the same problem?

Meanwhile, let say I have a 500 pages PDF to print, once it is started can I unplug the printer from the computer without stopping the priting?

I did some research on google but no luck

thx

jb

[Alex-TATS · Accepted solution]

Do you thin there is a fix? 

- I don't know, I don't know much of Mac's

If I plug my M4345 in the router  would I have the same problem?

- Maybe not, maybe worth to try this

Meanwhile, let say I have a 500 pages PDF to print, once it is started can I unplug the printer from the computer without stopping the priting?

- Well, I reckon that this depends on the size of file you want to print and the memory the printer has.

[pyrrhon]

Thanks!

When the problem is fixed I will update to help others.

[pyrrhon]

UPDATE: FIXED!!

The problem was related to the Mac going into sleep. As long as it doesn’t go into sleep it doesn’t crashes.

Hope it can help someone!

[pyrrhon]

Not fixed at all! But that is the least of my worries right now...

I am now getting paper jams... mainly in the exit area.

I read a lot lot lot of ideas and instructions but there is one thing that strikes me :

If I don t print for a few hours then I can print like 60 sheets double sided... Then there is a jam in the exit area, I clean it and it happens again after 5-6 sheets, I clear, happens after 2 sheets, you get the pattern...

So I gave it a try without duplex and it printed over a 100 sheets of paper without problem until I got a paper jam in tray2 that I didnt manage to clean (paper ripped off inside)... so I don't know what to think about the duplex...

What should be my priority test??

thx!