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Printer driver setting items
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2.6.4 [Printing Preferences] window of the printer driver
How to display the [Printing Preferences] window
The printer driver has two windows for configuring settings: the [Properties] window and the [Printing Prefer-
ences] window. This section describes the [Printing Preferences] window.
The [Printing Preferences] window has multiple tabs on each of which related functions are grouped to enable
you to configure print functions unique to this machine. To display the [Printing Preferences] window, take
the following steps:
1 Display the printer window.
% In Windows 8, right-click the Start window, then click [All apps] - [Control Panel] - [Hardware and
Sound] - [View devices and printers].
% In Windows Server 2012, open the Start window, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View de-
vices and printers].
% In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, open the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers].
If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], and click
[View devices and printers].
% In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click the Start menu, and select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and
Sound] - [Printers].
When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
% In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the Start menu, then select [Printers and Faxes].
If [Printers and Faxes] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Printers and Other Hardware] -
[Printers and Faxes]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
2 Open [Printing Preferences].
% In Windows 7/8/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and from
[Printing preferences], click the displayed printer name.
% In Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and click
[Printing Preferences...].
The [Printing Preferences] window of the printer appears.
The print settings changed here are registered as default values. When you want to temporarily change set-
tings to print from application software, click [Properties] (or [Preferences]) in the [Print] window to open the
[Printing Preferences] window.
Items common to each tab
The following explains the commonly used settings and buttons in each tab.
Settings Description
[Favorite Setting] You can register the current print settings as a favorite and recall it when exe-
cuting printing.
For details on the [Favorite Setting], refer to page 2-14.
View Selecting [Paper View] displays a sample page layout based on the current set-
tings for checking the output result image.
Selecting [Printer View] displays a printer figure showing the options, such as
paper trays, installed in the machine.
[Printer Information] Click this button to start Web Connection and check the printer information.
This button is enabled only when your computer can communicate with this
machine.
[OK] Applies the changes made to the settings and closes the setting window.
[Cancel] Discards (or cancels) the current changes and closes the setting window.
[Help] Displays the help for each item in the window.
[Default] Initializes the current settings.
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