SelectingPDLOptions
PDFOptions
DeviceSettings
•Stronggraphicsreproduction
•PrintspeedsmaybeslowerthanPCL5c
•RequiresmoreprintingsystemmemorythanPCL5c
•EnablesnativeTrueTypefontdownloading
•SupportsmostGraphicssettingsoptions
PDF
OutputtoPDFisaplug-inthatletsyouprintorsavedocumentsfrommultiple
sourcestoAdobePortableDocumentFormat(PDF).ThePDFformatis
independentoftheoperatingsystemandapplicationsoftwareusedtocreate
documents.
Note:WithPDFselectedasthePDL,onlyalimitedsetofdriveroptionsis
available.
•UseasanalternativetoexistingcommercialapplicationsforcreatingPDF
documents.
•DocumentssavedasPDFretaintheiroriginalappearance,andcanbe
viewedandprintedwiththefreeAdobeReaderonWindows,MacOS,and
UNIXplatforms.
•WithPDFselectedasthePDL,onlyalimitedsetofdriveroptionsisavailable.
YoucanselectapagedescriptionlanguagefromPDLoptions.
1
InDeviceSettings>PDL,selectthedesiredPagedescriptionlanguagefrom
theSelectPDLlist.
2
SelecttheGDIcompatiblemodeoptiontoimprovetheoutputqualityof
graphicscreatedbyyourapplication.
3
SettingsisavailablewhenthePDLissettoKPDLorPDF.
IfyouselectKPDLasthePDL,youcanclickSettingstoopentheKPDL
Settingsdialogbox.SelecttheAllowdatapassthroughcheckboxto
reduceerrorswhenprintingcomplexjobsfromapplicationsthatuse
PostScriptformatting.
NotethatifyouselectAllowdatapassthrough,EMFspoolingisnot
availableintheAdvancedtab.
IfyouselectPDFasthePDL,youcanclickSettingstoopenthePDF
Settingsdialogbox.
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ClickOKinthePDLSettingsdialogbox.
YoucanselectPDFoptionsifyouhaveinstalledtheOutputtoPDFplug-in.
ThePDFSettingsdialogboxcontainsthefollowingoptions:
PDFSettings
Embedfonts
UserGuide
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