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Printer Drivers - pcl6 driver

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PRINTER DRIVERS When using the printer function of the machine, you can configure a variety of settings in the printer driver properties window. This section introduces the types of printer drivers and the printer driver settings. Printer driver types PCL printer driver*1 The machine supports the Hewlett-Packard PCL6 and PCL5c printer control languages. It is recommended that you use the PCL6 printer driver. If you have a problem printing from older software using the PCL6 printer driver, use the PCL5c printer driver. PS printer driver*2 This printer driver supports the PostScript 3 page description language developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and enables the machine to be used as a PostScript 3 compatible printer. For detailed information on using the drivers, see "PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE" in the Printer Guide. *1 Provided standard with the machine. *2 For use when the PS3 expansion kit (MX-PKX1) is installed. Printer driver settings The settings that can be selected in the printer driver are grouped on six tabs. Click on a tab to bring it to the front. The settings on each tab are shown below. Note that there are additional settings that are not shown below. For explanations of the other settings, see printer driver Help. Main tab • Document Style • N-Up Printing • Staple • Punch • Black and White Print • Pamphlet style / Pamphlet staple • Margin Shift • Rotate 180 degrees Paper Tab • Fit To Paper Size • Poster Printing (PCL6, PS) • Zoom (PCL5c, PCL6) • XY-Zoom (PS only) • Different Paper • Transparency Inserts • Carbon Copy • Tab Paper Print (PCL6 only) Advanced tab • Mirror Image (PS only) • Overlays • Tab Paper Settings • Tandem Print Job Handling tab • Retention • Document Filing Settings Watermarks tab • Watermark • Image Stamp (PCL6, PS) Color tab • Color Adjustment • Text To Black/Vector To Black • Image Type 48

Section	Page
MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE	2
Printed manuals	2
Manuals in PDF format	3
ACCESSING THE WEB SERVER IN THE MACHINE	4
Opening the Web pages	4
Checking the IP address	4
How to download the manuals in PDF format	5
TABLE OF CONTENTS	6
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS	10
Exterior	10
Interior	11
Peripheral devices	11
OPERATION PANEL	12
USING THE TOUCH PANEL	14
USER AUTHENTICATION	15
User authentication methods	15
Logout	15
PLACING ORIGINALS	16
Using the automatic document feeder	16
Using the document glass	16
CHANGING PAPER IN A TRAY	17
Loading paper in a tray	17
Changing the tray settings	18
Names of the trays	19
Other trays	20
MAKING COPIES	22
2-SIDED COPYING (Automatic Document Feeder)	23
COPYING ON SPECIAL PAPER (Bypass Copy)	24
Selecting a tray	25
SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE	26
FITTING THE COPY IMAGE TO THE PAPER (Automatic Ratio Selection)	27
ENLARGEMENT/REDUCTION (Preset Ratios / Zoom)	29
INTERRUPTING A COPY RUN (Interrupt Copy)	31
STORING COPY OPERATIONS (Job Programs)	32
Storing a job program	32
Calling up a job program	33
Deleting a job program	33
SPECIAL MODES	35
Special modes	35
SELECTING A SPECIAL MODE	36
CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS	37
Adding margins (Margin Shift)	37
Erasing peripheral shadows (Erase)	37
Copying each facing page of a bound document (Dual Page Copy)	37
Making copies in pamphlet format (Pamphlet Copy)	37
Copying a large number of originals at once (Job Build)	38
Using two machines to copy a large number of originals (Tandem Copy)	38
Using a different paper type for covers (Covers/Inserts)	38
Adding inserts when copying on transparency film (Transparency Inserts)	38
Copying multiple pages onto one sheet of paper (Multi Shot)	39
Copying a pamphlet (Book Copy)	39
Copying captions onto tab paper (Tab Copy)	39
Copying both sides of a card onto one sheet of paper (Card Shot)	39
Printing the date or a stamp on copies (Stamp)	40
Repeating photos on a copy (Photo Repeat)	40
Creating a large poster (Multi-Page Enlargement)	40
Inverting the image (Mirror Image)	40
Copying an 11\	41
Copying in the center of the paper (Centering)	41
Reversing white and black in a copy (B/W Reverse)	41
Adjusting red/green/blue in copies (RGB Adjust)	41
Adjusting the sharpness of an image (Sharpness)	42
Whitening faint colors in copies (Suppress Background)	42
Adjusting the color (Color Balance)	42
Adjusting the brightness of a copy (Brightness)	42
Adjusting the intensity of a copy (Intensity)	43
Checking copies before printing (Proof Copy)	43
Copying originals that are different sizes (Mixed Size Original)	43
Copying thin originals (Slow Scan Mode)	43
PRINTING	46
CANCELING A PRINT JOB	48
USING PRINTER DRIVER HELP	49
PRINTER DRIVERS	50
Printer driver types	50
Printer driver settings	50
SELECTING PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS	51
CONVENIENT PRINTER FUNCTIONS	52
2-sided printing (Document Style)	52
Fitting the print image to the paper (Fit To Paper Size)	52
Printing multiple images on one sheet of paper (N-Up Printing)	52
Stapling printed pages (Staple)	52
Punching holes in output (Punch)	53
Printing a color image in grayscale (Black and White Print)	53
The machine also has these functions	53
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH	54
Setting the paper size	54
Printing a file	55
NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION	58
SCANNING AN ORIGINAL	59
CHANGING THE RESOLUTION	61
SELECTING THE EXPOSURE AND EXPOSURE MODE	62
CHANGING THE FILE FORMAT	63
STORING A DESTINATION	64
Storing a individual key	64
Storing a group key	65
SENDING THE SAME IMAGE TO MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS (Broadcast Transmission)	67
CONVENIENT TRANSMISSION METHODS	68
One-touch key	68
Resending	68
Speed sending	69
SPECIAL SCAN MODES	70
SELECTING SPECIAL MODES FOR THE SCANNER FUNCTION	71
CONVENIENT SCANNER FUNCTIONS	73
Erasing peripheral shadows (Erase)	73
Scanning the left and right pages of a bound document as two separate pages (Dual Page Scan)	73
Whitening faint colors (Suppress Background)	73
Scanning both sides of a card onto a single page (Card Shot)	73
Sending a large number of pages (Job Build)	74
Sending two original pages as a single page (2in1)	74
The machine also has these functions	74
DOCUMENT FILING	76
Uses of the document filing function	76
The document filing function is convenient in these situations	77
QUICKLY SAVING DOCUMENT DATA (Quick File)	78
APPENDING INFORMATION WHEN STORING A FILE (File)	79
ONLY SAVING DOCUMENT DATA (Scan to HDD)	81
PRINTING A SAVED FILE	82
SYSTEM SETTINGS	84
Displaying the system settings screen	84