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6 Select a print quality setting for the print job: • Windows 98 and Windows Me: On the Device Options tab, on the Printer features list, select Print Quality. On the Change setting for drop-down menu, select the print mode. • Windows NT 4.0: In the upper scrolling menu of the Advanced tab, expand Document Options, and then expand Printer Features. On the Change 'Print Quality' Setting menu, select the print mode. • Windows 2000 and Windows XP: On the Paper/Quality tab, on the Print Quality drop-down menu, select the print mode. 7 Change other print settings, if necessary, and then click OK. 8 Click Print or OK. Changing printer settings Note Changing settings in Windows You can change printer settings from a software application, from the printer driver, and from the control panel. You need to change the printer settings when you change media sizes or types, or when you want to use optional features such as printing on both sides of the paper. Settings in a software application (for example, media size) always take precedence over settings in the printer driver or the control panel. If you want to set printing options only for the documents you are printing from a particular application, change the settings from the application. After you close the application, the printer settings will return to the defaults configured in the printer driver. If you want to set printing options for all software applications you use on the computer, change the default settings in the printer driver. To do so, you must open the printer driver from the Start menu. To change settings in an application With a document open in the application, do the following: 1 On the File menu, click Print. 2 Select the printer driver (PCL 5c, PCL 6, or PS) and then click Setup or Properties. (The options might be different for your application.) 3 Change the settings and click OK. 4 Click Print or OK to print the document. 3-8 ENWW

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Select a print quality setting for the print job:
Windows 98 and Windows Me:
On the
Device Options
tab, on the
Printer
features list,
select
Print Quality.
On the
Change setting for
drop-down menu, select the print
mode.
Windows NT 4.0:
In the upper scrolling menu of the
Advanced
tab, expand
Document
Options
, and then expand
Printer Features
. On the
Change ‘Print Quality’ Setting
menu, select the print mode.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP:
On the
Paper/Quality
tab, on the
Print Quality
drop-down menu, select the print mode.
7
Change other print settings, if necessary, and then click
OK
.
8
Click
Print
or
OK
.
Changing printer settings
Changing settings in Windows
You can change printer settings from a software application, from the printer driver, and from
the control panel. You need to change the printer settings when you change media sizes or
types, or when you want to use optional features such as printing on both sides of the paper.
Note
Settings in a software application (for example, media size) always take precedence over
settings in the printer driver or the control panel.
If you want to set printing options only for the documents you are printing from a particular
application, change the settings from the application. After you close the application, the
printer settings will return to the defaults configured in the printer driver.
If you want to set printing options for all software applications you use on the computer,
change the default settings in the printer driver. To do so, you must open the printer driver
from the
Start
menu.
To change settings in an application
With a document open in the application, do the following:
1
On the
File
menu, click
Print
.
2
Select the printer driver (PCL 5c, PCL 6, or PS) and then click
Setup
or
Properties
. (The
options might be different for your application.)
3
Change the settings and click
OK
.
4
Click
Print
or
OK
to print the document.