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with your company’s letterhead, you do not need to load preprinted
letterhead paper in the machine just print the letterhead overlay on your
document.
Creating a new page overlay
To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay containing
your logo or image.
1. Create or open a document containing text or an image for use in a
new page overlay. Position the items exactly as you wish them to
appear when printed as an overlay.
2. To save the document as an overlay, access Printing Preferences .
(See "Opening printing preferences" on page 42.)
3. Click the Advanced tab, and select Edit from the Text drop-down
list. Edit Overlay window appears.
4. In the Edit Overlay window, click Create .
5. In the Save As window, type a name of up to eight characters in the
File name box. Select the destination path, if necessary. (The
default is C:\Formover.)
6. Click Save . The name appears on the Overlay List .
7. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
8. The file is not printed. Instead, it is stored on your computer hard disk
drive.
The overlay document size must be the same as the document
you print with the overlay. Do not create an overlay with a
watermark.
Using a page overlay
After an overlay has been created, it is ready to be printed with your
document. To print an overlay with a document:
1. Create or open the document you want to print.
2. To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences . (See "Opening printing preferences" on
page 42.)
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Select the desired overlay from the Text drop-down list.
5. If the overlay file you want does not appear in the Text drop-down
list, select Edit from the list and click Load . Select the overlay file
you want to use.
If you have stored the overlay file you want to use in an external
source, you can also load the file when you access the
Open
window.
After you select the file, click
Open . The file appears in the Overlay
List box and is available for printing. Select the overlay from the
Overlay List box.
6. If necessary, check Confirm Page Overlay When Printing box. If
this box is checked, a message window appears each time you
submit a document for printing, asking you to confirm your wish to
print an overlay on your document.
If this box is not checked and an overlay has been selected, the
overlay automatically prints with your document.
7. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
The selected overlay prints on your document.
The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that
of the document you will print with the overlay.
Deleting a page overlay
You can delete page overlays that you no longer use.
1. In the Printing Preferences window, click the Advanced tab.
2. Select Edit in the Overlay drop down list.
3. Select the overlay you want to delete from the Overlay List box.
4. Click Delete .
5. When a confirming message window appears, click Yes .
6. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
Advanced Options
Use the following Graphics options to adjust the print quality for your
specific printing needs.
If the option is grayed out or not shown, that option is not applicable
with the printer language you are using.
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences . (See "Opening printing preferences" on
page 42.)
2. Click the Graphics tab.
Refer to the online help for each option’s information provided from
the
Printing Preferences .
• Font/Text: Select Darken Text to print texts darker than on a
normal document. Use All Text Black to prints solid black,
regardless of the color it appears on the screen.
• Graphic Controller: It allows user to emphasize edges of texts and
fine lines for improving readability and align each color channel
registration in color printing mode.
• Toner Save Mode : Selecting this option extends the life of your
toner cartridge and reduces your cost per page without a significant
reduction in print quality.
- Printer Setting : If you select this option, this feature is
determined by the setting you’ve made on the control panel of
the printer.
- On : Select this option to allow the printer to use less toner on
each page.
- Off : If you do not need to save toner when printing a document,
select this option.
3. Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT PRINT SETTINGS
1. Click the Windows Start menu.
• For Windows 2000, select Settings and then Printers .
• For Windows XP/2003, select Printers and Faxes .
• For Windows 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and
Sound > Printers .
2. Select your machine.
3. Right-click on the printer driver icon and select Printing Preferences .
4. Change the settings on each tab.
5. Click OK .
Most Windows applications will override settings you specify in the
printer driver. Change all print settings available in the software
application first, and change any remaining settings using the printer
driver.