Using features in the Macintosh printer driver

When you print from a software program, many of the printer features are available from the printer driver. For complete information about the features that are available in the printer driver, see the printer- driver Help. The following features are described in this section:

●Creating and using presets in Mac OS X

●Printing a cover page

●Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper

●Setting the color options

NOTE Settings in the printer driver and software program generally override control-panel settings. Software-program settings generally override printer-driver settings.

Creating and using presets in Mac OS X

Use presets to save the current printer driver settings for reuse.

To create a preset

1.Open the printer driver (see Opening the printer drivers).

2.Select the print settings.

3.In the Presets box, click Save As..., and type a name for the preset.

4.Click OK.

To use presets

1.Open the printer driver (see Opening the printer drivers).

2.In the Presets menu, select the preset that you want to use.

NOTE To use printer-driver default settings, select the Standard preset.

Printing a cover page

You can print a separate cover page for your document that includes a message (such as “Confidential”).

1.Open the printer driver (see Opening the printer drivers).

2.On the Cover Page or Paper/Quality pop-up menu, select whether to print the cover page Before Document or After Document.

3.If you are using Mac OS X, in the Cover Page Type pop-up menu, select the message that you want to print on the cover page.

NOTE To print a blank cover page, select Standard as the Cover Page Type.

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