Introduction

Introduction

This chapter begins by listing and describing the different ways you can configure your printer to meet your special printing needs.

The next section describes how to use the printer control panel to access the configuration menu and how to make configuration changes.

The rest of the chapter provides basic printer configuration information about all configuration menu options. Menu options discussed in this chapter are grouped according to task. After each option is intro- duced, a table lists the option’s location in the configuration menu, the available choices for that option, and the factory default (the value set at the factory).

Methods of Configuration

You have four major ways to configure your printer to meet your printing needs. In order of priority, they are

nThrough an application

nThrough PS Executive Series Utilities

nThrough printer commands

nThrough the printer control panel

nThrough a remote console (for network users)

Using an Application

Using your application is the best way to control your printer since most printing is done on a per-job basis. This helps prevent confusion in network environments and saves you from making changes at the printer control panel. Your application documentation explains how to control your printer settings: probably by choosing options from a printing menu.

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