NOTE The names of commands and dialog boxes might vary depending on your software program.

●Page Setup dialog box: Click Page Setup or a similar command on the File menu of the program you are working in to open this dialog box. Settings changed here override settings changed anywhere else.

●Print dialog box: Click Print, Print Setup, or a similar command on the File menu of the program you are working in to open this dialog box. Settings changed in the Print dialog box have a lower priority and do not override changes made in the Page Setup dialog box.

●Printer Properties dialog box (printer driver): Click Properties in the Print dialog box to open the printer driver. Settings changed in the Printer Properties dialog box do not override settings anywhere else in the printing software.

●Default printer driver settings: The default printer driver settings determine the settings used in all print jobs, unless settings are changed in the Page Setup, Print, or Printer Properties dialog boxes.

●Printer control panel settings: Settings changed at the printer control panel have a lower priority than changes made anywhere else.

Gaining access to printer driver settings

Operating System

Temporarily change settings for print jobs

Permanently change default settings1

Windows 98, 2000, Me,

From the File menu, click Print. Select the

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click

and XP

printer, and then click Properties. (The steps

Printers or Printers and Faxes. Right-click the

 

can vary; this procedure is most common.)

printer icon and select Printing Preferences.

 

 

 

Macintosh OS 9.1

On the File menu, click Print. Change settings

On the File menu, click Print. After you change

 

on the various pop-up menus.

settings on the pop-up menu, click Save

 

 

Settings.

 

 

 

Macintosh OS X

On the File menu, click Print. Change settings

On the File menu, click Print. Change settings on

 

on the various pop-up menus.

the various pop-up menus, and then, on the main

 

 

pop-up menu, click Save Custom Settings to

 

 

save them as the Custom option. To use the new

 

 

settings, you must select the Custom option

 

 

every time you open a program and print.

1Because access to default printer settings can be restricted, the settings might be unavailable.

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