Panasonic DP-MB350 manual Printing from Windows applications, Duplex printing

3. Printer

3.1Printing from Windows applications

You can print a file created in a Windows application. For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows:

1Open the document you want to print.

2Select [Print...] from the [File] menu. L The [Print] dialog box will appear.

For details about the [Print] dialog box, click [?], then click the desired item.

Note:

LFor Microsoft PowerPoint®, select [Color] or remove the check next to [Grayscale] in the print dialog so that colored or gray objects will be printed in grayscale properly.

3Select the unit’s name as the active printer.

LIf you have changed the name of the unit when

installing, select that name from the list.

LTo change the printer settings, proceed as follows.

For Windows 98/Windows Me:

Click [Properties], then click the desired tab. Change the printer settings, then click [OK].

For Windows 2000:

Click the desired tab and change the printer settings.

For Windows XP/Windows Vista:

Click [Preferences], then click the desired tab. Change the printer settings, then click [OK].

4Click [Print] or [OK].

LThe unit will start printing.

Note:

LTo stop printing from the unit, see page 78. L To load paper, see page 14.

L For details about the paper specifications, see page 104.

L If a printing error occurs, the Device Monitor (page

78)will start automatically and display the error information.

Setting the printer properties

You can change the printer setting in step 3. We recommend that you test paper (especially special sizes and types of paper) on the unit before purchasing large quantities.

You can change or display the settings on the following tabs.

[Basic]: Paper size, media type, duplex, etc.

[Output]: Number of prints, collate, etc.

[Quality]: Quality, contrast, toner save feature, etc.

[Effects]: Watermark, overlay.

[Profile]: Saving the desired settings, selecting the saved settings, etc.

[Support]: Version information.

Note:

LSelect the desired media type on the [Basic] tab according to the recording paper.

Recording paper type	Media type
Plain paper	[Plain Paper]
75 g/m2 to 90 g/m2
(20 lb to 24 lb)
Thin paper	[Thin Paper]
64 g/m2 to 75 g/m2
(17 lb to 20 lb)
Thick paper	[Thick Paper]
90 g/m2 to 165 g/m2
(24 lb to 44 lb)
Transparency	[Transparency]
Label	[Label]

LWhen printing from a computer, the printer properties setting overrides the following unit’s programming features:

–Media type setting (feature #383 on page 60)

–Toner save setting (feature #482 on page 61)

3.1.1 Duplex printing

For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows:

LPlain paper and thin paper can be used.

1Open the document you want to print.

2Select [Print...] from the [File] menu.

3Select the unit’s name as the active printer. L For Windows 2000 users, go to step 5.

4For Windows 98/Windows Me:

[Properties]

For Windows XP/Windows Vista:

[Preferences]

5Click the [Basic] tab.

6Select the desired duplex layout. i[OK] L Select [None] to deactivate this feature. L You can also change the duplex margin.

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