Adv ance d Printing
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Using Watermarks

The W ater mark option allows yo u to print text over an existing
document. For example, you may want to have large gray
letters reading “DRAFT” or “CONFIDENTIAL ” printed diagonally
across the first page or all pages of a document.
There are se veral pred efin ed waterm ark s th at co me with the
printer, and they can be modified, or you can add new ones to
the list.

Using an Existing Watermark

1
To change the print setting s from your so ftw ar e
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 12.
2
Click the
Extras
tab, and select the desired watermark
from the
Watermark
drop-down list. You will see the
se lecte d waterma rk in t he prev iew image.
3
Click
OK
and start printing.
N
OTE
: The preview image shows how the page will look when
it is printed.

Creating a W atermark

1
To change the print setting s from your so ftw ar e
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 12.
2
Click the
Extras
tab, and click the
Edit
button in the
Watermark
section. The
Edit Watermark
window
appears.
3
Enter a text message in the
Watermark Message
box.
Yo u can enter up to 40 char acte rs. The messag e displays
in the preview window.
Wh en the
First Page Only
box is checked, the watermark
prints on the first pag e o n ly.
4
Select w ate rm ar k o ption s.
Y ou can select the font name, style, size, or graysca le level
from the
Font Attributes
section and set the angle of the
wa termark from th e
Message Angle
section.
5
Click
Add
to add a new wa termark to th e list.
6
When you have finished editing, click
OK
and start
printing.
To stop printing th e watermar k, select
(No W aterma rk)
from
the
Watermark
drop-down list.

Editing a Watermark

1
To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 12.
2
Click the
Extras
tab and click the
Edit
button in the
Watermark
section. The
Edit Watermark
window
appears.
3
Select the watermark you want to ed it from the
Current
Watermarks
list and change the watermark m essage and
options.
4
Click
Update
to save the changes.
5
Click
OK
until you exit the Print window.

Deleting a Watermark

1
To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 12.
2
From the
Extras
tab, click the
Edit
button in th e
Waterm ark section. The
Edit Watermark
window
appears.
3
Select the watermark you w ant to delete from the
Current
Watermarks
list and click
Delete
.
4
Click
OK
until you exit the Print window.