Lexmark X500 Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper
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Travel Print...9 Supported paper sizes and types...10 Paper sizes supported by the Universal Print Driver 10 Paper types and weights supported by the printer 10 Language support...11 Installing the Universal Print Driver 13 Updating previous versions of the Universal Print Driver 13 Downloading - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 3
use with a variety of both mono and color laser printers. Benefits Allows versatility The Lexmark Universal Print Drivers are available in 22 languages, supporting more than 60 printer models, whether attached locally or over a network. All packages have been tested in cluster server environments - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 4
automatically updates the driver settings to show only the paper sizes, trays, types, finishing options, and other options that the printer supports. You can configure the driver to determine a printer model automatically. Administrators can also manually choose a specific printer model from the - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 5
printer object when installing it. • Configure multiple printer objects, each with unique settings, for the same printer driver (also referred to as creating virtual printer printing, multiple‑page printing, and other paper‑ and toner‑saving measures. This also lets administrators apply default - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 6
system support The Lexmark Universal Print Drivers are available for the following operating systems in 32‑bit and 64‑bit versions (where available): • Windows 7 • Windows Server 2008 • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Windows Vista • Windows Server 2003 • Windows XP The Universal Print Drivers are - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 7
Optra S 2420 √ Optra S 2450, Optra S 2455 √ Mono Laser Multifunction Printers X203n, X204n √ √ √ X264dn, X363dn, X364dn, X364dw √ √ √ √ √ 1 The duplex function is not supported. 2 Custom forms, collation, booklet printing, and most print quality controls are not available. Before you - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 8
√ C925 √ √ √ C935 √ √ √ C950de √ √ √ Color Laser Multifunction Printers X543, X544, X546 √ √ √ X548, X548e √ √ √ X734de, X736de, √ 1 The duplex function is not supported. 2 Custom forms, collation, booklet printing, and most print quality controls are not available. Before - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 9
Connectivity The Lexmark Universal Print Drivers support direct printing to IP ports, USB ports, and Web Services ports in all supported operating systems. Note: Bidirectional communication is available with standard IP ports, Lexmark Enhanced TCP/IP ports, USB connections, Web Services ports, and - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 10
sizes and types may vary, depending on printers and printer drivers. Paper sizes supported by the Universal Print Driver Paper size A3 A4 A5 A6 B4 B5 Banner 1 Banner 2 Banner 3 Banner 4 Envelope (Monarch) 7 3/4 Envelope 9 Envelope 10 Envelope B5 Envelope C5 Envelope DL Executive Folio Legal - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 11
• Recycled Notes: • The Universal Print Driver may support custom paper types, depending on your printer model. • Available paper types may vary, depending on printers and printer drivers. Language support The Lexmark Universal Print Drivers support 22 languages. • Chinese (simplified) • Chinese - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 12
• Norwegian • Polish • Portuguese (Brazilian) • Romanian • Russian • Spanish • Swedish • Turkish Before you begin 12 - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 13
print queues to support printers at multiple locations. When Travel Print is used, a printer selection dialog appears when you: • Send a print job to the printer driver from a Windows print dialog. • Access Printing Preferences from a Windows print dialog. Installing the Universal Print Driver - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 14
, contact your printer manufacturer. To associate the print driver with the Travel Print port: 1 Open the Printer Properties for the print driver. 2 Select the Ports tab. 3 Select Travel Print port as the port for the print driver. To disable the Travel Print feature, change the print driver port to - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 15
printer models let you print instructions for manual duplex. Select Page Layout section options. Some options are available only in select printer models. • Normal-Page Layout options are not applied to the print job. • Multiple pages per side (N‑Up)-Print multiple page images on each sheet of paper - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 16
multiple input options‑‑Use paper or other media from different paper trays in the same print job. Note: This option may not be available in some drivers. Select available finisher options installed for use with the printer. • Output Bin-Select the output bin to use. Note: Supported output bins may - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 17
select printers. For more information on the available finishing options, see the User's Guide documentation. • Finisher options must be installed for them to be available in the Paper/Finishing tab. Using the Quality tab The Quality tab controls the print and image quality settings of a print job - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 18
darken the image in your print jobs and maximize your toner supply. Note: This option is available only in laser printers. Reduce the amount of toner that the printer uses when printing graphics and images in color. Text continues to be printed using the default amount of toner. Note: This option is - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 19
increasing or decreasing the amount of toner used for each color plane. • Use printer settings-The printer applies the default color balance settings used by the printer. • Manual-Customize the amount of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner used in the printed document. Note: The color balance - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 20
Overlays tab is available only in PCL and PCL XL drivers. • Overlays are not available in all printers. Use To Do not use overlays Exclude overlays from the print job. Use the same overlay on Select an overlay to print on all pages of the printed document. all pages Understanding the Universal - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 21
user's Windows ID and submit the ID as the default user name associated with the held print job. Associate a user name with a held print job. Allow print jobs having the same user and job names to remain in the printer memory without being overwritten. Password‑protect confidential print jobs with - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 22
Specify the format in which to store printing information on your disk while a print job is waiting to be printed. • Automatic-The printer driver determines which format will result in the fastest overall print time for each job. • On-The printer driver spools all jobs in metafile format. • Off-All - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 23
that the printer driver produces based on the selected format. Output formats include Speed, Portability, Encapsulated PostScript, and Archive. • Language level-This specifies the level of PostScript to be used for the print job. Levels 1, 2, and 3 are available. • Print error information-This - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 24
main benefit is the amount of time saved in deploying and administering a large fleet of printers. The UPD can be used to print to multiple devices, therefore minimizing the number of drivers in the network environment. Does the UPD support Plug'n'Play with devices? Plug'n'Play is available on all - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 25
number Part Description drivers, certain features-such as manual duplex-behave differently between the two. When should I use a model‑specific print driver instead of the UPD? Use a model‑specific driver if your printer is not in the list of supported printers. What printing modes are supported - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 26
Is the Printer Driver Configuration Utility supported? The Printer Driver Configuration Utility is supported when using the Lexmark Universal Print Driver System Administrator package. The Lexmark Universal Print Driver System Administrator package is available at www.lexmark.com. Is the UPD based - Lexmark X500 | Universal Print Driver Version 2.0 White Paper - Page 27
6 downloading 13 E enabling Travel Print 14 F Fax tab 19 H holding print jobs 21 L language support 11 layout tab using 15 O operating system support 6 options updating installed 13 other options tab 22 overlays tab 20 P paper sizes supported by the Universal Print Driver 10 paper types supported by
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