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Setting a custom paper size, Printing in grayscale, Changing color settings

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Note Setting a custom paper size Use the Custom Paper feature to set up the printer to print to sizes other than standard ones. q Windows: Try to set this setting from one of these locations, in this order: the Page Setup dialog box in the program, the Print dialog box in the program, or the Paper tab in the printer driver. q Mac OS: Gain access to Custom Paper features from the Page Setup dialog box. From the Page Attributes pop-up menu, select Custom Page Size. Printing in grayscale If you have a document that you created in color, it will automatically print in color. Or, you can set the printer to print a color document in grayscale (black and white) only. q Windows: Select the Print In Grayscale option on the Color tab of the printer driver. q Mac OS: In the Print dialog box, select the HP ColorSmart or HP Color Quality pop-up menu and then select the Print Color as Gray option from the Color Treatment pop-up menu. Changing color settings When you are printing in color, the printer driver automatically sets the optimal color settings for you. However, you can manually make adjustments to how the printer prints in color for text, graphics, and photographs. See "Using color" on page 50 for more information. q Windows: On the Color tab of the printer driver, click Options. q Mac OS: In the Print dialog box, select the HP ColorSmart or HP Color Quality pop-up menu and then select the Manual option. Creating and using watermarks The Watermark options allow you to specify that text be placed "underneath" (in the background of) an existing document. For example, you might want to have large gray letters reading "draft" or "confidential" placed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document. You can change color, position, and wording of the watermark. If you are using Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP, you must have Administrator privileges to create watermarks. You do not need Administrator privileges to add existing watermarks to documents. q Windows: Gain access to the Watermark options from the Effects tab in your printer driver. q Mac OS: Gain access to the Watermark options from the watermark/overlay pull-down menu in the Print dialog box. (Note that OS X might not support Watermarks.) ENWW Chapter 2 Printing tasks 39

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ENWW
Chapter 2 Printing tasks
39
Setting a custom paper size
Use the Custom Paper feature to set up the printer to print to sizes other than standard ones.
●
Windows:
Try to set this setting from
one
of these locations, in this order: the
Page Setup
dialog box in the program, the
Print
dialog box in the program, or the
Paper
tab in the printer
driver.
●
Mac OS:
Gain access to Custom Paper features from the
Page Setup
dialog box. From the
Page Attributes
pop-up menu, select
Custom Page Size
.
Printing in grayscale
If you have a document that you created in color, it will automatically print in color. Or, you can set
the printer to print a color document in grayscale (black and white) only.
●
Windows:
Select the
Print In Grayscale
option on the
Color
tab of the printer driver.
●
Mac OS:
In the
Print
dialog box, select the
HP ColorSmart
or
HP Color Quality
pop-up
menu and then select the
Print Color as Gray
option from the
Color Treatment
pop-up
menu.
Changing color settings
When you are printing in color, the printer driver automatically sets the optimal color settings for
you. However, you can manually make adjustments to how the printer prints in color for text,
graphics, and photographs. See
“Using color” on page 50
for more information.
●
Windows:
On the
Color
tab of the printer driver, click
Options
.
●
Mac OS:
In the
Print
dialog box, select the
HP ColorSmart
or
HP Color Quality
pop-up
menu and then select the
Manual
option.
Creating and using watermarks
The Watermark options allow you to specify that text be placed “underneath” (in the background
of) an existing document. For example, you might want to have large gray letters reading “draft”
or “confidential” placed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document. You can
change color, position, and wording of the watermark.
Note
If you are using Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP, you must have Administrator privileges to create
watermarks. You do not need Administrator privileges to add existing watermarks to documents.
●
Windows:
Gain access to the
Watermark
options from the
Effects
tab in your printer driver.
●
Mac OS:
Gain access to the Watermark options from the watermark/overlay pull-down menu
in the
Print
dialog box. (Note that OS X might not support Watermarks.)