Printing from Windows – PCL > 12
P
RINTING
FROM
W
INDOWS
– PCL
H
OW
TO
ACCESS
THE
DRIVER
SCREENS
Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver windows. How you access
them depends on your computer and its operating system.
The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes, offering a wide range of choices about how
you want to print your documents.
There are two ways to access the driver features:
1.
Directly from the Windows “Printers” folder (“Printers and Faxes” folder in Windows
XP).
If you choose this method any changes you make will become the driver defaults. This
means they will remain active for all your applications unless you specifically change
them from within the application’s Print dialogue.
2.
From your application’s Print dialogue.
If you choose this method any changes you make will usually only last for as long as
the particular application is running, or until you change them again. In most cases,
once you quit the application the driver defaults will return.
C
HANGING
THE
DRIVER
DEFAULTS
Windows XP/2000
1.
Click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes to open the Printers and Faxes
window.
2.
In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon,
and choose Printing Preferences from the context menu.
Windows Vista
1.
Click Start > Control Panel > Printers to open the Printers and Faxes window.
2.
In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon,
and choose Printing Preferences from the context menu.
C
HANGING
THE
APPLICATION
’
S
DRIVER
SETTINGS
1.
In your application, open the file you want to print.
2.
On the File menu, choose Print….
3.
In the application’s Print dialogue, make sure the printer shown is the appropriate
one, and click Properties.
NOTE
Settings made from the printer’s own control panel are the printer defaults.
They determine how your printer will behave unless you specify otherwise
from your computer.
The driver defaults override the printer defaults.
Application Print settings override both the printer defaults and the driver
defaults.
