Kyocera FS-4200DN FS-2100DN/4100DN/4200DN/4300DN Driver Guide - Page 33

Units, Selecting a Unit of Measurement, Language Preference, PDL ( Description Language)

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Device Settings Units You can set Inches or Millimeters as the unit of measurement. This is used for the following settings: Custom page size setting in the Page Sizes dialog box in the Basic tab. Spacing setting in the Add Watermark and Edit Watermark dialog boxes in the Advanced tab. Poster settings in the Layout tab. Gutter settings in the Finishing tab. Selecting a Unit of Measurement You can select a unit for displaying measurements in the user interface. 1 In Device Settings > User Settings, select Inches or Millimeters. 2 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog boxes. Language Preference The Language preference option specifies the user interface language of Device Settings in Properties and all tabs of Printing Preferences. Available languages vary depending on your locale and your computer settings. Setting Language Preference You can select a user interface language. 1 In Device Settings > User Settings, select the desired language from the Select language list. 2 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog boxes. PDL (Page Description Language) A Page Description Language (PDL) specifies the contents and layout of a printed page. In Device Settings, you can choose from PCL XL, (Printer Command Language XL), PCL 5e, KPDL (an emulation of PostScript printing), or PDF (Portable Document Format). The printer default is PCL XL, which is suitable for most printing purposes. When using the XPS driver in Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, PCL XL is the only PDL selection. After you select a PDL, the selection appears in the lower corner of the Preview image. Use the XPS driver to print from applications that support XPS. In GDI compatible mode, vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap images. Use the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of the graphic created by the application. Note: To add PDF to the list of PDL choices, you must install the Output to PDF plug-in. In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user. Printer Driver 2-14

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Device Settings
Units
You can set
Inches
or
Millimeters
as the unit of measurement. This is used for
the following settings:
Custom page size
setting in the
Page Sizes
dialog box in the
Basic
tab.
Spacing
setting in the
Add Watermark
and
Edit Watermark
dialog boxes in
the
Advanced
tab.
Poster
settings in the
Layout
tab.
Gutter
settings in the
Finishing
tab.
Selecting a Unit of Measurement
You can select a unit for displaying measurements in the user interface.
1
In
Device Settings
>
User Settings
, select
Inches
or
Millimeters
.
2
Click
OK
in the
User Settings
and
Properties
dialog boxes.
Language Preference
The
Language preference
option specifies the user interface language of
Device Settings
in
Properties
and all tabs of
Printing Preferences
.
Available languages vary depending on your locale and your computer settings.
Setting Language Preference
You can select a user interface language.
1
In
Device Settings
>
User Settings
, select the desired language from the
Select language
list.
2
Click
OK
in the
User Settings
and
Properties
dialog boxes.
PDL (Page Description Language)
A Page Description Language (PDL) specifies the contents and layout of a
printed page. In
Device Settings
, you can choose from
PCL XL
, (Printer
Command Language XL),
PCL 5e
,
KPDL
(an emulation of PostScript printing),
or
PDF
(Portable Document Format). The printer default is
PCL XL
, which is
suitable for most printing purposes.
When using the XPS driver in Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server
2008,
PCL XL
is the only PDL selection. After you select a
PDL
, the selection
appears in the lower corner of the
Preview image
. Use the XPS driver to print
from applications that support XPS.
In
GDI compatible mode
, vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap
images. Use the
GDI compatible mode
option to improve the output quality of
the graphic created by the application.
Note:
To add
PDF
to the list of PDL choices, you must install the
Output to
PDF
plug-in.
In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as
a restricted user.
Printer Driver
2-14