PRINTING WITHOUT THE PRINTER DRIVER

When you do not have the printer driver installed on your computer, or when the software application used to open a file that you wish to print is not available, you can print directly to the machine without using the printer driver.

The file types (and corresponding extensions) that can be printed directly are shown below.

 

 

 

 

PDF/

 

 

File Type

TIFF

JPEG

PCL

Encrypted

PS

XPS

 

 

 

 

PDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extension

tiff, tif

jpeg, jpg,

pcl

pdf

ps

xps

jpe, jfif

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Even if the print result is black and white, the following types of print jobs will be counted as 4-color (Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan), and Bk (Black)) print jobs. To be always counted as a black and white job, select black and white printing.

-When the data is created as color data.

-When the application treats the data as color data even though the data is black and white.

-When an image is hidden under a black and white image.

•To print XPS files, the XPS expansion kit must be installed.

•Depending on the file type, it may not be possible to print some files in the above table.

DIRECTLY PRINTING FROM THE MACHINE

A file on an FTP server, in a network folder or in a USB memory device connected to the machine can be selected and printed from the operation panel of the machine without using the printer driver.

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