Gaining access to printer driver settings

This section lists the common printing features that are controlled through the printer driver. (The printer driver is the software component you use to send print jobs to the printer.) You can change settings temporarily for the print jobs that you print while the program is still open. You can also make permanent changes to the default settings that will be in effect now and in the future.

Operating System Temporarily change settings for

Permanently change default settings*

jobs printed now

 

Windows 95, 98,

From the File menu, click Print, select this

NT 4.0, 2000, Me, and

printer, and then click Properties. (The

XP

actual steps can vary; this is the most

 

common method.)

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers or Printers and Faxes. Right-click the printer icon, and choose Properties. Many features are available by choosing the Document Defaults command (NT 4.0) or the Printing Preferences command (2000 and XP) instead.

Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x On the File menu, click Print. Change settings that you want on the various pop- up menus.

On the File menu, click Print. As you change settings on a pop-up menu, click Save Settings.

Mac OS X

On the File menu, click Print. Change

 

settings that you want on the various pop-

 

up menus.

On the File menu, click Print. Change settings that you want on the various pop-up menus, and then on the main pop-up menu, click Save Custom Settings. These settings are saved as the Custom option. To use the new settings, you must select the Custom option every time you open a program and print.

UNIX, Linux, and

Some features of the printer driver are available from the embedded Web server, if the printer is

OS/2

connected to the network. (See “Using the embedded Web server” on page 60.)

* Access to default printer settings might be restricted and therefore unavailable.

Using the PCL printer-driver Help (Windows only)

Once you are in the printer driver, you can use its Help, which is separate from the Help in a program. You can activate Help for the printer driver in two ways.

￿Click the Help button anywhere it appears in the printer driver. The Help windows give detailed information about the specific printer driver in use.

￿When you see a i , click it to view information regarding the field, option, or button that the bubble adjoins.

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