Use 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:

Create and use presets

Print a cover page

Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper

Printing on both sides of the paper

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

Create and use presets

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

Create a preset

1.Open the printer driver (see Open the printer drivers on page 9).

2.Select the print settings.

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

4.Click OK.

Use presets

1.Open the printer driver (see Open the printer drivers on page 9).

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

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

Print 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 Open the printer drivers on page 9).

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

3.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.

Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper

You can print more than one page on a single sheet of paper. This feature provides a cost-effective way to print draft pages.

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