Dell 1135N User Guide - Page 36

Changing the default print settings, Advanced Options

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document: 1. Create or open the document you want to print. 2. To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences (See Opening printing preferences). 3. Click the Advanced tab. 4. Select the desired overlay from the Text drop-down list. 5. If the overlay file you want does not appear in the Text drop-down list, select Edit from the list and click Load. Select the overlay file you want to use. If you have stored the overlay file you want to use in an external source, you can also load the file when you access the Open window. After you select the file, click Open. The file appears in the Overlay List box and is available for printing. Select the overlay from the Overlay List box. 6. If necessary, check Confirm Page Overlay When Printing box. If this box is checked, a message window appears each time you submit a document for printing, asking you to confirm your wish to print an overlay on your document. If this box is not checked and an overlay has been selected, the overlay automatically prints with your document. 7. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. The selected overlay prints on your document. The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that of the document you will print with the overlay. Deleting a page overlay You can delete page overlays that you no longer use. 1. In the Printing Preferences window, click the Advanced tab. 2. Select Edit in the Overlay drop down list. 3. Select the overlay you want to delete from the Overlay List box. 4. Click Delete. 5. When a confirming message window appears, click Yes. 6. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. Advanced Options Use the following Graphics options to adjust the print quality for your specific printing needs. If the option is grayed out or not shown, that option is not applicable with the printer language you are using. 1. To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences (See Opening printing preferences). 2. Click the Graphics tab. Refer to the online help for each option's information provided from the Printing Preferences. Font/Text: Select Darken Text to print texts darker than on a normal document. Use All Text Black to prints solid black, regardless of the color it appears on the screen. Graphic Controller: Fine Edge allows user to emphasize edges of texts and fine lines for improving readability. Toner Save: Selecting this option extends the life of your toner cartridge and reduces your cost per page without a significant reduction in print quality. On: Select this option to allow the printer to use less toner on each page. Off: If you do not need to save toner when printing a document, select this option. 3. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. Changing the default print settings 1. Click the Windows Start menu. 2. For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers. For Windows XP/2003, select Printer and Faxes. For Windows 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers. For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers. For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers. 3. Right-click your machine.

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document:
1.
Create or open the document you want to print.
2.
To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences
(See
Opening
printing preferences
).
3.
Click the
Advanced
tab.
4.
Select the desired overlay from the
Text
drop-down list.
5.
If the overlay file you want does not appear in the
Text
drop-down list, select
Edit
from the list and click
Load
. Select the overlay file you want to use.
If you have stored the overlay file you want to use in an external source, you can also load the file when you
access the
Open
window.
After you select the file, click
Open
. The file appears in the
Overlay List
box and is available for printing.
Select the overlay from the
Overlay List
box.
6.
If necessary, check
Confirm Page Overlay When Printing
box. If this box is checked, a message window
appears each time you submit a document for printing, asking you to confirm your wish to print an overlay on
your document.
If this box is not checked and an overlay has been selected, the overlay automatically prints with your
document.
7.
Click
OK
or
Print
until you exit the
Print
window.
The selected overlay prints on your document.
The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that of the document you will print with the
overlay.
Deleting a page overlay
You can delete page overlays that you no longer use.
1.
In the
Printing Preferences
window, click the
Advanced
tab.
2.
Select
Edit
in the
Overlay
drop down list.
3.
Select the overlay you want to delete from the
Overlay List
box.
4.
Click
Delete
.
5.
When a confirming message window appears, click
Yes
.
6.
Click
OK
or
Print
until you exit the
Print
window.
Advanced Options
Use the following Graphics options to adjust the print quality for your specific printing needs.
If the option is grayed out or not shown, that option is not applicable with the printer language you are using.
1.
To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences
(See
Opening printing
preferences
).
2.
Click the
Graphics
tab.
Refer to the online help for each option’s information provided from the
Printing Preferences
.
Font/Text:
Select
Darken Text
to print texts darker than on a normal document. Use
All Text Black
to
prints solid black, regardless of the color it appears on the screen.
Graphic Controller: Fine Edge
allows user to emphasize edges of texts and fine lines for improving
readability.
Toner Save:
Selecting this option extends the life of your toner cartridge and reduces your cost per page
without a significant reduction in print quality.
On
: Select this option to allow the printer to use less toner on each page.
Off
: If you do not need to save toner when printing a document, select this option.
3.
Click
OK
or
Print
until you exit the
Print
window.
Changing the default print settings
1.
Click the Windows
Start
menu.
2.
For Windows 2000, select
Settings
>
Printers
.
For Windows XP/2003, select
Printer and Faxes
.
For Windows 2008/Vista, select
Control Panel
>
Hardware and Sound
>
Printers
.
For Windows 7, select
Control Panel
>
Hardware and Sound
>
Devices and Printers
.
For Windows Server 2008 R2, select
Control Panel
>
Hardware
>
Devices and Printers
.
3.
Right-click your machine.