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Making General Settings Before Using the Printer

The printer driver requires setting of items that are common to all print jobs, including the port to which the printer cable is connected and option- al devices configured with the machine. These settings must be made us- ing property sheets available from the Properties command after the printer driver has been installed or whenever the operating environment is changed.

The most common settings were made when the printer driver was in- stalled, meaning that you do not usually bother to change them. Some items must, however, be changed in the following cases.

Cases where changes are necessary

Applicable property tab

You want to add a comment to distinguish the printer

General

from others

 

 

 

You want to share the machine with other computers

Sharing

connected to the same network (this setting must be

 

made on the computer directly connected to the ma-

 

chine)

 

 

 

The computer’s connecting port has been changed

Ports

You want to change the conditions for the display of

 

a timeout error

 

You want to designate a port to which the machine is

 

connected via a network (this setting must be made

 

on a computer connected to the machine via a net-

 

work)

 

 

 

You want to restrict use condition of printer.

Advanced

You want to change settings in spool condition.

 

You want to change OS-dependent settings.

 

 

 

This setting is not related to printing.

Color Management

 

 

You want to restrict access to the machine

Security

You want to check the accounts of the machine users

 

 

 

This setting is not related to printing.

Processing

 

 

For the details of “Device Options Setting tab”, see page 4-2.

Displaying a Properties dialog box

You have two different steps to take to display a properties dialog box. The contents of a particular properties dialog box slightly differ depending on how you access it. Select the appropriate one according to your need.

(1)To display a properties dialog box from the Printers window

(2)To display a properties dialog box from an application menu Below are the detailed procedures for each approach.

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Minolta PI4700E user manual For the details of Device Options Setting tab, see, Ports