Kyocera TASKalfa 3501i 3501i/4501i/5501i Printer Driver User Guide - Page 19

Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences, Settings List, PCL XL Settings

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Driver Overview The printing system image displays any attached devices. Source and Destination selections are highlighted in green. For some models, the hard disk 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, Layout tab, and Finishing tab. The color image illustrates color settings for color models. For black and white models or color models with Black selected, the image illustrates grayscale settings. The current page description language (PDL) is displayed in all of the images. You can change the PDL temporarily from any Printing Preferences tab to enable driver features. Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences You can change the PDL from any Printing Preferences tab to enable driver features. This method of changing the PDL is temporary and reverts to the PDL set in Device Settings when the driver closes. You can also change the PDL in Device Settings > PDL. See PDL topics for details. This method makes the PDL setting permanent, regardless of whether the driver is opened or closed. 1 For a temporary setting, at the bottom of the overview image area click the button that displays the current PDL setting. 2 In the PDL Settings dialog box, select the desired page description language from the Select PDL list. 3 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of graphics created by your application. 4 Click Settings when the PDL is set to KPDL or PDF, or for some models, PCL XL. If you select PCL XL, you can click Settings to open the PCL XL Settings dialog box and select Skip printing blank pages, Enable smart duplex printing, and Disable auto media type switching. If you select KPDL, you can click Settings to open the KPDL Settings dialog box and select Allow data passthrough and Enable smart duplex printing. Note that if you select Allow data passthrough, EMF spooling is unavailable in the Advanced tab. If you select PDF, you can click Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog box. 5 Click OK in the PDL Settings dialog box. Settings List The tree view in the lower part 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. Printer Driver 2-2

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Driver Overview
The printing system image displays any attached devices.
Source
and
Destination
selections are highlighted in green. For some models, the hard
disk 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,
Layout
tab, and
Finishing
tab.
The color image illustrates color settings for color models. For black and
white models or color models with
Black
selected, the image illustrates
grayscale settings.
The current page description language (PDL) is displayed in all of the images.
You can change the PDL temporarily from any
Printing Preferences
tab to
enable driver features.
Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences
You can change the PDL from any
Printing Preferences
tab to enable driver
features. This method of changing the PDL is temporary and reverts to the PDL
set in
Device Settings
when the driver closes.
You can also change the PDL in
Device Settings
>
PDL
. See PDL topics for
details. This method makes the PDL setting permanent, regardless of whether
the driver is opened or closed.
1
For a temporary setting, at the bottom of the overview image area click the
button that displays the current PDL setting.
2
In the
PDL Settings
dialog box, select the desired page description language
from the
Select PDL
list.
3
You can select the
GDI compatible mode
option to improve the output quality
of graphics created by your application.
4
Click
Settings
when the PDL is set to
KPDL
or
PDF
, or for some models,
PCL
XL
.
If you select
PCL XL
, you can click
Settings
to open the
PCL XL Settings
dialog box and select
Skip printing blank pages
,
Enable smart duplex
printing
, and
Disable auto media type switching
.
If you select
KPDL
, you can click
Settings
to open the
KPDL Settings
dialog box and select
Allow data passthrough
and
Enable smart duplex
printing
. Note that if you select
Allow data passthrough
,
EMF spooling
is
unavailable in the
Advanced
tab.
If you select
PDF
, you can click
Settings
to open the
PDF Settings
dialog
box.
5
Click
OK
in the
PDL Settings
dialog box.
Settings List
The tree view in the lower part 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.
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