Oki MB480 User Manual - Page 77

Rinting, Settings, Windows

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PRINTING SETTINGS IN WINDOWS Your printer's operator panel menus provide access to many options. The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those settings in the operator panel menus. PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print dialogue box appears. This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you will print your document. Next to the printer name is a Properties button. When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which you can choose for this document. The settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for specific applications or documents. Settings you change here will usually only last for as long as the particular application program is running. PCL EMULATION Setup tab 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the size of paper you will feed into the printer. 2. You can choose the source of the paper to feed, which may be Tray 1 (the standard paper tray), Manual (MB460) or the Multi Purpose Tray (MB470, MB480), Tray 2 (if you have the optional second paper tray installed). You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray. 3. A variety of document finishing options can be selected, such as normal one page per sheet, or N-up (where N can be 2 or 4) for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet. 4. Under 2-sided Printing, you can choose from auto or manual. Under manual 2-sided Printing you can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2-sided printing (duplex printing). Your printer allows you to carry out manual duplex Printing settings in windows > 77

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Printing settings in windows > 77
P
RINTING
SETTINGS
IN
WINDOWS
Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options.
The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items in
the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus, and you print
documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those
settings in the operator panel menus.
P
RINTING
PREFERENCES
IN
W
INDOWS
APPLICATIONS
When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print
dialogue box appears. This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you
will print your document. Next to the printer name is a
Properties
button.
When you click
Properties
a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer
settings available in the driver, which you can choose for this document. The settings
available from within your application are only those which you may want to change for
specific applications or documents. Settings you change here will usually only last for as
long as the particular application program is running.
PCL
EMULATION
Setup tab
1.
Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you wish
to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the size of
paper you will feed into the printer.
2.
You can choose the source of the paper to feed, which may be Tray 1 (the standard
paper tray), Manual (MB460) or the Multi Purpose Tray (MB470, MB480), Tray 2 (if
you have the optional second paper tray installed). You can also click on the
appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray.
3.
A variety of document finishing options can be selected, such as normal one page
per sheet, or N-up (where N can be 2 or 4) for printing scaled down pages at more
than one page per sheet.
4.
Under 2-sided Printing, you can choose from auto or manual. Under manual 2-sided
Printing you can choose to print on one side of a sheet only or to use 2-sided
printing (duplex printing). Your printer allows you to carry out manual duplex
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