Using USB memory device

About USB memory

USB memory devices are available with a variety of memory capacities to give you more room for storing documents, presentations, downloaded music and videos, high resolution photographs or whatever other files you want to store or move.

You can do the following tasks on your machine by using a USB memory device.

Print data stored on a USB memory device
Format the USB memory device
Check the available memory space

Plugging in a USB memory device

The USB memory port on the front of your machine is designed for USB V1.1 and USB V2.0 memory devices. Your machine supports USB memory devices with FAT16/FAT32 and a sector size of 512 bytes.

Check your USB memory device’s file system from your dealer.

You must use only an authorized USB memory device with an A plug connector.

Use only a metal-shielded USB memory device.

Only use a USB memory device that has obtained compatibility certification; otherwise, the machine might not recognize it.

Insert a USB memory device into the USB memory port on your machine.

Do not remove the USB memory device while the machine is in operation or writing to or reading from USB memory. The machine warranty does not cover damage caused by user’s misuse.
If your USB memory device has certain features such as security settings and password settings, your machine may not automatically detect it. For details about these features, see the user’s guide of the USB memory device.

Printing from a USB memory device

You can directly print files stored on a USB memory device.

File is supported by Direct Print option.

PRN: Only files created by provided driver with your machine are compatible. PRN files can be created by selecting the Print to file check box when you print a document. The document will be saved as a PRN file, rather than printed on paper. Only PRN files created in this fashion can be printed directly from USB memory device.
TIFF: TIFF 6.0 Baseline
JPEG: JPEG Baseline
PDF: PDF 1.7 and below
XPS: XML Paper Specification 1.0

To print a document from a USB memory device:

Insert a USB memory device into the USB memory port on your machine, and then press Direct USB > USB Print on the control panel.

Managing USB memory

You can delete image files stored on a USB memory device one by one or all at once by reformatting the device.


	If you see [+] or [D] in the front of a folder name, there are one or more files or folders in the selected folder.


	After deleting files or reformatting a USB memory device, files cannot be restored. Therefore, confirm that you no longer need the data before deleting it.

To delete, format, or check space image files stored from a USB memory device:

Insert a USB memory device into the USB memory port on your machine, and then press Direct USB > File Manage > Delete, Format, or Check Space.