204 Printing Guide — Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

This equipment supports printing from Windows applications using the PCL5c, PCL6 and PS3
printer drivers.
These printer drivers allow you to define such document properties as the orientation and print
quality of your pages, and such complex finishing options as booklet layout and multi-position
stapling.

Before Using the Printer Driver

Before printing, you have to configure the following options:
•Configuration Settings
You have to configure such options as optional drawers, finisher, and hole punch unit. The
features of these optional devices are not available unless you tell the system that the
optional devices are installed.
•Department Code
This system can manage jobs by department code. This feature lets you manage job
counters for every department code. For example, a network administrator can check the
number of copies printed from specific department member.
If the Department Code is enabled, enter your Department Code provided by your adminis-
trator.

Configuring the Options

After you complete the installation of the printer drivers, you should configure the option set-
tings on the printer drivers.
There are two methods to configure the options;
•If this equipment and your computer are not connected in the TCP/IP network, you can con-
figure the options manually.
P.205 "Configuring the Options Manually"
•If this equipment and your computer are connected in the TCP/IP network, you can config-
ure the options automatically obtaining the settings using the SNMP Communication.
P.206 "Configuring the Options Automatically"
NOTES: •When the printer drivers are installed using Point and Print on Windows 98/Me, you
must click [Update Now] in the [Configuration] tab before starting to use for printing.
•When the printer drivers are installed using Point and Print on Windows NT 4.0/
2000/XP/Server 2003 and the option settings are changed in the [Configuration] tab,
the changes that are made in the [Configuration] tab will not be made available
when printing from the application unless you change and apply one of the settings
in the print options that are shown in the [Printing Default] button in the [Advanced]
tab (for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003) or the [Document Default] command in the
[File] menu (for Windows NT 4.0). After you change one of the settings, the
changes that you made in the [Configuration] tab will be correctly applied.
The following procedure describes how to make the changes that you made in the
[Configuration] tab available from the application. The operation varies depending
on the operating system.
For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
For e-STUDIO450 Series and e-STUDIO280 Series:
The PCL5c Printer Driver is not available for e-STUDIO450 Series and e-STUDIO280 Series.