Kyocera TASKalfa 820 - PDL Options

PDLOptions
DeviceSettings
printing),orPDF(PortableDocumentFormat).TheprinterdefaultisPCLXL,
whichissuitableformostprintingpurposes.AfteryouselectaPDL,the
selectionappearsinthelowercornerofthePreviewimage.
InGDIcompatiblemode,vectorgraphicsarerasterizedforprintingasbitmap
images.UsetheGDIcompatiblemodeoptiontoimprovetheoutputqualityof
thegraphiccreatedbytheapplication.
Note:ToaddPDFtothelistofPDLchoices,youmustinstalltheOutputto
PDFplug-in.
Inaclient/serverenvironment,thisfeatureisunavailabletoaclientloggedinas
arestricteduser.
ThePDLoptions,availableinthePDLSettingsdialogbox,areaccessedin
DeviceSettings.
PCLXL
ThemostrecentversionofHPPCLandPCL6.ThisPDLincludesPCL5e
features.PCLXLlacksbackwardcompatibilitywithearlierPCLversions,
thoughitisenhancedoverPCL5eintheseareas:
•Reducedfilesize
•Betterprintspeed
•Fasterreturntoapplication
PCL5e
•FullycompatiblewithearlierPCLversions
•Bidirectionalcommunicationsupport
•WideselectionoffontsforusewithMicrosoftWindowsapplications
•Complexgraphicsmightnotprintaswell
KPDL
KPDLisusedwhenprintingfromapplicationsthatsupportPostScript2or3.
•AnemulationofPostScriptprinting
•Stronggraphicsreproduction
•PrintspeedsmaybeslowerthanPCL5e
•RequiresmoreprintingsystemmemorythanPCL5e
•EnablesnativeTrueTypefontdownloading
•SupportsmostGraphicssettingsoptions
PDF
OutputtoPDFisaplug-inthatletsyouprintorsavedocumentsfrommultiple
sourcestoAdobePortableDocumentFormat(PDF).ThePDFformatis
independentoftheoperatingsystemandapplicationsoftwareusedtocreate
documents.
•UseasanalternativetoexistingcommercialapplicationsforcreatingPDF
documents.
UserGuide
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