Kyocera ECOSYS M3145idn M3145idn/M3645idn/M3655idn/M3660idn Driver Guide - Page 20

Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences, Settings List, Print Preview, Description Languages PDL

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Driver Overview automatically when some driver settings are selected, or you can click the tabs on the left side to change the image. The printing system image displays most attached devices. Source and Destination selections are highlighted in green. The storage device icon appears when a job storage option is selected in the Job tab. The page image is updated based on page selections made in the Quick Print tab, Basic tab, and Layout tab. The grayscale image illustrates grayscale settings selected in the Imaging tab. The current page description language (PDL) is displayed in all of the images. When printing from an application, you can change the PDL temporarily to enable driver features. Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences 1 In the overview image area, click PDL. 2 In the Page Description Languages (PDL) dialog box, select the desired page description language from the Available languages list. If you select PCL XL, you can select Skip blank pages and Smart duplex printing. If you select KPDL, you can select Skip blank pages and Smart duplex printing or Data passthrough. Note that if you select Data passthrough, EMF spooling is unavailable in the Advanced tab. When accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box, Data passthrough is unavailable. If you select PDF, you can click PDF Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog box. If you installed the XPS driver, you can click XPS Settings to open the XPS Settings dialog box. 3 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of graphics created by your application. When Skip blank pages is set to On or Use layout settings, GDI compatible mode is unavailable. 4 Click OK in all dialog boxes. Settings List The tree view in the lower panel of each tab displays current settings for most driver features. You can scroll down to view features for all driver tabs. As each option is selected, the current selection is displayed in the tree view. You can click the minus (-) or plus (+) signs to hide or show details. Print Preview The Print preview check box appears in the lower pane of each tab. After selecting driver settings, you can use Print preview to check the print job. Text and images are displayed in the preview, along with any optional Watermark or Security Watermark. 2-2 User Guide

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Driver Overview
User Guide
2-2
automatically when some driver settings are selected, or you can click the tabs
on the left side to change the image.
The printing system image displays most attached devices.
Source
and
Destination
selections are highlighted in green. The storage device icon
appears when a job storage option is selected in the
Job
tab.
The page image is updated based on page selections made in the
Quick
Print
tab,
Basic
tab, and
Layout
tab.
The grayscale image illustrates grayscale settings selected in
the
Imaging
tab.
The current page description language (PDL) is displayed in all of the images.
When printing from an application, you can change the PDL temporarily to
enable driver features.
Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences
1
In the overview image area, click
PDL
.
2
In the
Page Description Languages (PDL)
dialog box, select the desired page
description language from the
Available languages
list.
If you select
PCL XL
, you can select
Skip blank pages
and
Smart duplex
printing
.
If you select
KPDL
, you can select
Skip blank pages
and
Smart duplex
printing
or
Data passthrough
. Note that if you select
Data passthrough
,
EMF spooling
is unavailable in the
Advanced
tab. When accessing the
printer driver from the application's
Print
dialog box,
Data passthrough
is
unavailable.
If you select
PDF
, you can click
PDF Settings
to open the
PDF Settings
dialog box.
If you installed the XPS driver, you can click
XPS Settings
to open the
XPS
Settings
dialog box.
3
You can select the
GDI compatible mode
option to improve the output quality
of graphics created by your application.
When
Skip blank pages
is set to
On
or
Use layout settings
,
GDI compatible
mode
is unavailable.
4
Click
OK
in all dialog boxes.
Settings List
The tree view in the lower panel of each tab displays current settings for most
driver features. You can scroll down to view features for all driver tabs. As each
option is selected, the current selection is displayed in the tree view. You can
click the minus (-) or plus (+) signs to hide or show details.
Print Preview
The
Print preview
check box appears in the lower pane of each tab. After
selecting driver settings, you can use
Print preview
to check the print job. Text
and images are displayed in the preview, along with any optional
Watermark
or
Security Watermark
.