Displaying the Printer Driver Settings Screen
This chapter explains how to open the printer driver settings screen using Windows 7 as an example.
The screens displayed may differ depending on the application.
Displaying the Printer Driver Properties
This section explains how to open the printer driver properties from [Devices and Printers].
• Manage Printers permission is required to change the printer settings. Log on as an Administrators
group member.
• You cannot change the machine default settings for individual users. Settings made in the printer
properties dialog box are applied to all users.
1. On the [Start] menu, click [Devices and Printers].
2. Right-click the icon of the printer you want to use.
3. Click [Printer properties].
Displaying the Printing Preferences Dialog Box
Displaying the [Printing preferences] dialog box from the [Start] menu
This section explains how to open the [Printing preferences] dialog box from [Devices and Printers].
• When the printer driver is distributed from the print server, the setting values specified by the server
are displayed as the default for [Printing Defaults...].
• You cannot configure different print settings for each user. The settings configured in this dialog box
are used as the default.
1. On the [Start] menu, click [Devices and Printers].
2. Right-click the icon of the printer you want to use.
3. Click [Printing preferences].
Displaying the [Printing preferences] dialog box in an application
You can make printer settings for a specific application. To make printer settings for a specific
application, open the [Printing preferences] dialog box from that application.
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