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 Windows XP. Other Windows versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
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 settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents. Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running.
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