PCL - Accessing the Printer Properties

Making printer settings from an application

You can make printer settings for a specific application.

To make printer settings for a specific application, open the [Printing Preferences] dialog box from that application. The following explains how to make settings for the WordPad application provided with Windows XP.

Note

❒The procedure to open the [Printing Preferences] dialog box may vary depend-

ing on the application. For details, see the manuals provided with the appli-

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cation you use.

 

❒Any settings you make in the following procedure are valid for the current application only.

❒General users can change the properties displayed in the [Print] dialog box of an application. Settings made here are used as defaults when printing from this application.

A On the [File] menu, click [Print...].

The [Print] dialog box appears.

B Select the printer you want to use in the [Select Printer] list.

C Make the necessary settings, and then click [Apply] to start printing.

Reference

For details, see Printer Driver Help.

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