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Host-based features NOTE Host-based printing differs from PCL printing by computing the print job on the host computer rather than computing the print job in the product formatter. This section contains the following information: ■ Access to drivers ■ Help system ■ Driver-tab features Access to drivers To gain access to driver settings from within most software programs, click File, click Print, and then click Properties. The appearance and names of the driver tab can vary, depending on the operating system. These settings apply only while the software program is open. You can also control the drivers directly from the Printers folder. These settings change the default settings that are used across all software programs. ■ In Windows 2000, click Start, click Settings, click Printers, right-click the product name, and then click Printing Preferences to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software program controls. ■ In Windows XP, click Start, click Printers and Faxes (Windows XP Professional) or Printers and Other Hardware Devices (Windows XP Home), right-click the product name, and then click Printing Preferences to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software program controls. If, after right-clicking the product name, you click Properties, you gain access to a different set of tabs that control the driver behavior and driver connections. For information about the Properties tabs that are described in this chapter, see the Printer Properties tab set section. Help system The Host-based driver includes a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and configuration options. The following Help options are available: ■ What's this? Help ■ Context-sensitive Help ■ Constraint messages Windows driver features 46 Chapter 4 Windows driver features ENWW

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Host-based features
NOTE
Host-based printing differs from PCL printing by computing the print job on the host
computer rather than computing the print job in the product formatter.
This section contains the following information:
Access to drivers
Help system
Driver-tab features
Access to drivers
To gain access to driver settings from within most software programs, click
File
, click
Print
, and then
click
Properties
. The appearance and names of the driver tab can vary, depending on the operating
system. These settings apply only while the software program is open.
You can also control the drivers directly from the
Printers
folder. These settings change the default
settings that are used across all software programs.
In Windows 2000, click
Start
, click
Settings
, click
Printers
, right-click the product name, and
then click
Printing Preferences
to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software
program controls.
In Windows XP, click
Start
, click
Printers and Faxes
(Windows XP Professional) or
Printers
and Other Hardware Devices
(Windows XP Home), right-click the product name, and then click
Printing Preferences
to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software program
controls.
If, after right-clicking the product name, you click
Properties
, you gain access to a different set of
tabs that control the driver behavior and driver connections. For information about the
Properties
tabs that are described in this chapter, see the
Printer
Properties
tab
set
section.
Help system
The Host-based driver includes a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and
configuration options. The following Help options are available:
What's this? Help
Context-sensitive Help
Constraint messages
46
Chapter 4
Windows driver features
ENWW
Windows driver features