Using printer-driver features

This section provides instructions for common printing features that are controlled through the printer driver.

￿“Printing watermarks” on page 49

￿“Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper” on page 50

￿“Setting a custom paper size” on page 50

￿“Using EconoMode (draft) printing” on page 51

￿“Choosing print-quality settings” on page 51

￿“Using reduce/enlarge options” on page 52

￿“Selecting a paper source” on page 52

￿“Printing by type and size of media” on page 53

￿“Printing a cover or different first page” on page 54

￿“Adding a blank page or back cover to the end of a print job” on page 55

￿“Adding a blank page to the beginning of all print jobs (job separator page)” on page 55

Printing watermarks

A watermark is a marking, such as “Top Secret,” “Draft,” or someone’s name, printed in the background of selected pages in a document.

Note

If you are using Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, you must have administrator

 

privileges to create watermarks.

 

 

To print a watermark on Windows computers (all versions)

1Open the printer driver (see “Changing the settings for a print job” on page 47).

2On the Effects tab, select a watermark from the Watermarks drop-down list. To edit or create a watermark, click Edit.

3Click OK.

To print a watermark on Macintosh computers

Select Custom and specify the text that you want, depending on your printer-driver version.

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