Compaq A3000 manual Printing, Basic printing, Using the printer software

Printing

Printing

Now that you have set up your printer and installed the printer software, you are ready to print your first document.

Basic printing

Basic printing is as easy as:

1 Load the paper.

2 Open the file you want to print.

3Customize the printer settings. (For help, see the section below, “Using the printer software.”)

4 Print your document.

Using the printer software

Use the Printer Properties (or Printing Preferences) to customize settings so your document prints the way you want it. There are several ways to access your Printer Properties:

>From the Start menu, click

Programs Compaq A3000 Compaq A3000 Properties.

>From the Start menu, click Settings Printers. From the Printers folder, right-clickon the Compaq A3000 icon and select Properties.

>From your software application, click File Print Properties.

For example, to print the first page of the Getting Started Guide:

1 Load plain paper. For help, see page 2.

2From the Start menu on your desktop, click

Programs Compaq A3000 Compaq A3000 Getting Started Guide.

3From the Guide, click File Print Properties

aFrom the Quality/Color tab, drag the Print Quality slider to the left to print quickly, but in lower quality.

bClick OK to apply the settings and close the Printer Properties. 4 In the Print Range area of the Print dialog box, select Current Page. 5 Click OK to print the current page of the Getting Started Guide.

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