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PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS
Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options.
The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these
items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the
operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the
settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the
operator panel menus.
The illustrations in this chapter show WindowsXP. Windows 2000
versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.

PCL OR POSTSCRIPT

Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCL
emulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print
mainly from general “Office” applications choose the PCL driver. For
faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript. If you print
mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications, choose
PostScript.

PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS

APPLICATIONS

When you choose to print your
document from a Windows
application program a print
dialogue box appears. This
dialogue usually specifies the
name of the printer on which you
will print your document. Next to
the printer name is a Properties
button.
When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a
short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which you can
choose for this document.
The window which opens when you click Properties depends on which
printer driver has been installed. The PostScript driver offers different
choices to the PCL driver.