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Device Settings PDF Output to PDF is a plug-in that lets you print or save documents from multiple sources to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The PDF format is independent of the operating system and application software used to create documents. • Use as an alternative to existing commercial applications for creating PDF documents. • Documents saved as PDF retain their original appearance, and can be viewed and printed with the free Adobe Reader on Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX platforms. • With PDF selected as the PDL, only a limited set of driver options is available. Selecting PDL Options You can select a page description language from PDL options. 1 In Device Settings > PDL, select the desired page description language from the Select PDL list. 2 Select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of graphics created by your application. 3 Settings is available when the PDL is set to PCL XL, KPDL, or PDF. If you select PCL XL as the PDL, you can click Settings to open the PCL XL Settings dialog box. Disable auto media type switching controls how automatic media switching behaves when the selected paper source runs out paper. When selected, printing stops until you load more paper of the same size and type. When the check box is clear, the printing system automatically switches to another paper source loaded with the same page size and media type. If you select KPDL as the PDL, you can click Settings to open the KPDL Settings dialog box. Select the Allow data passthrough check box to reduce errors when printing complex jobs from applications that use PostScript formatting. Note that if you select Allow data passthrough, EMF spooling is not available in the Advanced tab. If you select PDF as the PDL, you can click Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog box. 4 Click OK in the PDL Settings dialog box. PDF Output to PDF is a plug-in feature that lets you print and save documents from multiple sources to Adobe PDF. This feature can be used as an alternative to existing commercial applications for creating PDF documents. Documents saved as PDF retain their original appearance, and can be viewed and printed with Adobe® Reader® on Windows, Mac OS®, and UNIX® platforms. For a document using mixed paper sizes, all pages in the PDF use the size of the first page. Note: With PDF selected as the Page description language, only a limited set of driver options are available. KX DRIVER 2-11

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Device Settings
PDF
Output to PDF
is a plug-in that lets you print or save documents from multiple
sources to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The PDF format is
independent of the operating system and application software used to create
documents.
•
Use as an alternative to existing commercial applications for creating PDF
documents.
•
Documents saved as PDF retain their original appearance, and can be
viewed and printed with the free Adobe Reader on Windows, Mac OS, and
UNIX platforms.
•
With PDF selected as the PDL, only a limited set of driver options is available.
Selecting PDL Options
You can select a page description language from
PDL
options.
1
In
Device Settings
>
PDL
, select the desired page description language from
the
Select PDL
list.
2
Select the
GDI compatible mode
option to improve the output quality of
graphics created by your application.
3
Settings
is available when the
PDL
is set to
PCL XL
,
KPDL
, or
PDF
.
If you select
PCL XL
as the PDL, you can click
Settings
to open the
PCL XL
Settings
dialog box.
Disable auto media type switching
controls how
automatic media switching behaves when the selected paper source runs
out paper. When selected, printing stops until you load more paper of the
same size and type. When the check box is clear, the printing system
automatically switches to another paper source loaded with the same page
size and media type.
If you select
KPDL
as the PDL, you can click
Settings
to open the
KPDL
Settings
dialog box. Select the
Allow data passthrough
check box to
reduce errors when printing complex jobs from applications that use
PostScript formatting.
Note that if you select
Allow data passthrough
,
EMF spooling
is not
available in the
Advanced
tab.
If you select
PDF
as the PDL, you can click
Settings
to open the
PDF
Settings
dialog box.
4
Click
OK
in the
PDL Settings
dialog box.
PDF
Output to PDF
is a plug-in feature that lets you print and save documents from
multiple sources to Adobe PDF. This feature can be used as an alternative to
existing commercial applications for creating PDF documents. Documents
saved as PDF retain their original appearance, and can be viewed and printed
with Adobe® Reader® on Windows, Mac OS®, and UNIX® platforms.
For a document using mixed paper sizes, all pages in the PDF use the size of
the first page.
Note:
With PDF selected as the
Page description language
, only a limited
set of driver options are available.
KX DRIVER
2-11