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To print from Windows, Gaining access to printer driver settings

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To print from Windows 1. Make sure that print media is loaded in the printer. 2. On the File menu, click Page Setup or a similar command. Make sure that the settings are correct for this document. 3. From the File menu, click Print, Print Setup, or a similar command. The Print dialog box opens. 4. Select this printer and change settings as necessary. Do not change any settings, such as page size or orientation, that you set in the Page Setup dialog box. 5. If this print job is for a standard size and weight of paper, you probably do not need to change the Source is (tray), Type is, or Size is settings, and you can go to step 7. Otherwise, go to step 6. 6. If this print job is to be printed on a non-standard size or weight of paper, select how the printer pulls paper. ● To print by Source (tray), select the tray in the Print dialog box, if possible. ● To print by Source (tray) when this setting is not available in the Print dialog box, click Properties, and on the Paper tab, select the tray in the Source is field. ● To print by Type or Size, click Properties and, on the Paper tab, select the type or size in the Type is or Size is field. (For some paper, such as letterhead, you will set both the Type and Size.) Always print by Type for special print media such as labels or transparencies. 7. If you have not yet done so, click Properties. The printer driver opens. 8. On the various tabs, set any settings that you want that did not appear in the Page Setup or Print dialog box. For more information about printer-driver settings, see Features in the printer driver. 9. Select the Print command to print the job. Gaining access to printer driver settings This section lists the common printing features that are controlled through the printer driver. (The printer driver is the software component you use to send print jobs to the printer.) You can change settings temporarily for the print jobs that you print while the program is still open. You can also make permanent changes to the default settings, and those new settings will be in effect now and in the future. Operating System Temporarily change settings for Permanently change default jobs that are printed now settings1 Change configuration settings (For example, to add an optional tray or to enable or disable a driver feature such as "Allow manual duplexing") Windows 98 Second Edition and Me On the File menu, click Print, select this printer, and then click Properties. (The actual steps can vary; this is the most common method.) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Right-click the printer icon, and then click Properties. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Right-click the printer icon, and then click Properties. Click the Configure tab. Windows 2000 and XP (Classic Start Menu) On the File menu, click Print, select this printer, and then click Properties or Preferences. (The actual steps can vary; this is the most common method.) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers or Printers and Faxes. Right-click the printer icon, and then click Printing Preferences. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers or Printers and Faxes. Right-click the printer icon, and then click Properties. Click the Configure tab. ENWW Controlling print jobs 39

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To print from Windows
1.
Make sure that print media is loaded in the printer.
2.
On the
File
menu, click
Page Setup
or a similar command. Make sure that the settings are correct
for this document.
3.
From the
File
menu, click
Print
,
Print Setup
, or a similar command. The
Print
dialog box opens.
4.
Select this printer and change settings as necessary. Do not change any settings, such as page
size or orientation, that you set in the
Page Setup
dialog box.
5.
If this print job is for a standard size and weight of paper, you probably do not need to change the
Source is
(tray),
Type is
, or
Size is
settings, and you can go to step 7. Otherwise, go to step 6.
6.
If this print job is to be printed on a non-standard size or weight of paper, select how the printer
pulls paper.
●
To print by Source (tray), select the tray in the
Print
dialog box, if possible.
●
To print by Source (tray) when this setting is not available in the
Print
dialog box, click
Properties
, and on the
Paper
tab, select the tray in the
Source is
field.
●
To print by Type or Size, click
Properties
and, on the
Paper
tab, select the type or size in the
Type is
or
Size is
field. (For some paper, such as letterhead, you will set both the Type and
Size.)
Always print by Type for special print media such as labels or transparencies
.
7.
If you have not yet done so, click
Properties
. The printer driver opens.
8.
On the various tabs, set any settings that you want that did not appear in the
Page Setup
or
Print
dialog box. For more information about printer-driver settings, see
Features in the printer
driver
.
9.
Select the
Print
command to print the job.
Gaining access to printer driver settings
This section lists the common printing features that are controlled through the printer driver. (The printer
driver is the software component you use to send print jobs to the printer.) You can change settings
temporarily for the print jobs that you print while the program is still open. You can also make permanent
changes to the default settings, and those new settings will be in effect now and in the future.
Operating System
Temporarily change settings for
jobs that are printed now
Permanently change default
settings
1
Change configuration settings
(For example, to add an optional tray
or to enable or disable a driver feature
such as "Allow manual duplexing")
Windows 98 Second
Edition and Me
On the
File
menu, click
Print
, select
this printer, and then click
Properties
. (The actual steps can
vary; this is the most common
method.)
Click
Start
, point to
Settings
, and
then click
Printers
. Right-click the
printer icon, and then click
Properties
.
Click
Start
, point to
Settings
, and then
click
Printers
. Right-click the printer icon,
and then click
Properties
. Click the
Configure
tab.
Windows 2000 and
XP (Classic Start
Menu)
On the
File
menu, click
Print
, select
this printer, and then click
Properties
or
Preferences
. (The
actual steps can vary; this is the
most common method.)
Click
Start
, point to
Settings
, and
then click
Printers
or
Printers and
Faxes
. Right-click the printer icon,
and then click
Printing
Preferences
.
Click
Start
, point to
Settings
, and then
click
Printers
or
Printers and Faxes
.
Right-click the printer icon, and then click
Properties
. Click the
Configure
tab.
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