Sony MX-B400P PRINTING, CHAPTER

CHAPTER 2

PRINTING

This chapter provides detailed explanations of the procedures for printing.

For the procedures for using the display of the machine, see "USING THE OPERATION PANEL" (page 1-8)in "1.

BEFORE USING THE MACHINE".

For the procedure for accessing the Web pages, see the Quick Start Guide.

For the procedures for using the Web page, see "USING THE WEB PAGE" (page 1-12)in "1. BEFORE USING THE MACHINE".

PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE. . . . . . . . 2-3

PRINTING FROM WINDOWS

BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

PRINTING WHEN THE USER

AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . . 2-8

VIEWING PRINTER DRIVER HELP. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT

SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

• SAVING SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

• USING SAVED SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER

DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH

BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

• SELECTING PAPER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

• PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

PRINTING WHEN THE USER

AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . 2-21

FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONS

SELECTING A PRINT MODE SETTING . . . . . . . . 2-24TWO-SIDED PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER . . . 2-27

PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE

PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28 STAPLING OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

CONVENIENT PRINTING FUNCTIONS

CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS FOR CREATING PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

• CREATING A PAMPHLET (Pamphlet). . . . . . . 2-32

• INCREASING THE MARGIN (Margin Shift) . . . 2-34

• CREATING A LARGE POSTER (Poster

Printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

FUNCTIONS TO ADJUST THE SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

• ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180

DEGREES (Rotate 180 degrees) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

• ENLARGING/REDUCING THE PRINT

IMAGE (Zoom/XY-Zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-37

• ADJUSTING LINE WIDTHS WHEN

PRINTING (Line Width Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

• REVERSING THE IMAGE (Mirror Image) . . . . 2-39

IMAGE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

•ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST OF THE IMAGE (Image

Adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

• PRINTING FAINT TEXT AND LINES IN

BLACK (Text To Black/Vector To Black) . . . . . 2-41

FUNCTIONS THAT COMBINE TEXT AND

IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

• ADDING A WATERMARK TO PRINTED

PAGES (Watermark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

• PRINTING AN IMAGE OVER THE PRINT

DATA (Image Stamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43

• CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT

DATA (Overlays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44

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