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Changing a printer driver in the printer object, Changing the printer properties, Printer, Settings

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• Marigold Changing a printer driver in the printer object Once both the printer object and the printer driver have been installed, the correct printer driver should be selected in the print object. This might also be necessary if you are using different printer drivers with a single print object. To change to a different printer driver: 1 Right-click the Printer object. 2 Click Settings. 3 Click the Printer Driver tab. 4 Double-click the Titlebar icon. The printer object is now set up to use a different printer driver. To customize the settings for this printer driver, see "Changing the printer properties" or "Changing the job properties." Changing the printer properties Printer properties describe how a particular printer is physically set up. Examples of printer properties include the amount of memory in a printer, forms defined by the printer, forms associated with the printer paper trays, and installed printer patterns. To set or change printer properties: 1 Point to the Printer object. Right-click the Printer object. 2 Click Settings. 3 Click the Printer Driver tab. 4 Right-click the correct printer driver. 5 Click Settings. 6 Change the properties to match the printer setup. 7 Double-click the Titlebar icon. The printer object is now set up to print a job. For information about how to print a job, see the OS/2 tutorial or the information folder for information about printing. Changing the job properties Job properties describe how a particular print job is printed. Examples of job properties include number of copies, print resolution, print quality, and orientation (portrait or landscape). Programs generally allow the selection of a printer object, and they allow you to change the job properties associated with a particular job by selecting setup or options buttons. Under certain conditions, it is appropriate to change job properties outside of a software program, such as when performing drag-and-drop printing. To change the default job properties associated with a printer object outside of an program: 1 Right-click the Printer object. 2 Click Settings. 3 Click the Job Properties tab. 4 Change the properties. 5 Click Save. The default job properties associated with a printer object are now set up. For more information about how to print a job, see the OS/2 tutorial or the information folder. Software Technical Reference Installation for Macintosh, IBM OS/2, and Linux operating systems 185

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Marigold
Changing a printer driver in the printer object
Once both the printer object and the printer driver have been installed, the correct printer driver should be selected in
the print object. This might also be necessary if you are using different printer drivers with a single print object. To
change to a different printer driver:
1
Right-click the
Printer
object.
2
Click
Settings
.
3
Click the
Printer Driver
tab.
4
Double-click the
Titlebar
icon.
The printer object is now set up to use a different printer driver. To customize the settings for this printer driver, see
"Changing the printer properties" or "Changing the job properties."
Changing the printer properties
Printer properties describe how a particular printer is physically set up. Examples of printer properties include the
amount of memory in a printer, forms defined by the printer, forms associated with the printer paper trays, and installed
printer patterns.
To set or change printer properties:
1
Point to the Printer object. Right-click the
Printer
object.
2
Click
Settings
.
3
Click the
Printer Driver
tab.
4
Right-click the correct printer driver.
5
Click
Settings
.
6
Change the properties to match the printer setup.
7
Double-click the
Titlebar
icon.
The printer object is now set up to print a job. For information about how to print a job, see the OS/2 tutorial or the
information folder for information about printing.
Changing the job properties
Job properties describe how a particular print job is printed. Examples of job properties include number of copies, print
resolution, print quality, and orientation (portrait or landscape). Programs generally allow the selection of a printer
object, and they allow you to change the job properties associated with a particular job by selecting setup or options
buttons. Under certain conditions, it is appropriate to change job properties outside of a software program, such as
when performing drag-and-drop printing.
To change the default job properties associated with a printer object outside of an program:
1
Right-click the
Printer
object.
2
Click
Settings
.
3
Click the
Job Properties
tab.
4
Change the properties.
5
Click
Save
.
The default job properties associated with a printer object are now set up. For more information about how to print a
job, see the OS/2 tutorial or the information folder.
Software Technical Reference
Installation for Macintosh, IBM OS/2, and Linux operating systems
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