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This chapter provides detailed explanations of the procedures for using the printer function.
PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE. . . . . . . . 3-3
PRINTING FROM WINDOWS
BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
PRINTING WHEN THE USER
AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . . 3-8
VIEWING PRINTER DRIVER HELP. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT
SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
• SAVING SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF
PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
• USING SAVED SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER
DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH
BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
• SELECTING PAPER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
• PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
PRINTING WHEN THE USER
AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . 3-22
FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONS
SELECTING A PRINT MODE SETTING . . . . . . . . 3-25
TWO-SIDED PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER . . . 3-28
PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE
PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
STAPLING OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
CONVENIENT PRINTING FUNCTIONS
CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS FOR CREATING
PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
• CREATING A PAMPHLET (Pamphlet). . . . . . . 3-33
• INCREASING THE MARGIN (Margin Shift) . . . 3-35
• CREATING A LARGE POSTER (Poster
Printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
FUNCTIONS TO ADJUST THE SIZE AND
ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
• ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180
DEGREES (Rotate 180 degrees) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
• ENLARGING/REDUCING THE PRINT
IMAGE (Zoom/XY-Zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
• ADJUSTING LINE WIDTHS WHEN
PRINTING (Line Width Settings) (PCL6
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
• REVERSING THE IMAGE (Mirror Image) . . . . 3-40
IMAGE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
• ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND
CONTRAST OF THE IMAGE (Image
Adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
• PRINTING FAINT TEXT AND LINES IN
BLACK (Text To Black/Vector To Black) . . . . . 3-42
FUNCTIONS THAT COMBINE TEXT AND
IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
• ADDING A WATERMARK TO PRINTED
PAGES (Watermark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
• PRINTING AN IMAGE OVER THE PRINT
DATA (Image Stamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
• CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT
DATA (Overlays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
CHAPTER 3
PRINTER