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PRINTER
PRINTING WITHOUT THE PRINTER
DRIVER
When you do not have the printer driver installed on your computer, or when the software application used to open a
file that you wish to print is not available, you can print directly to the machine without using the printer driver.
The file types (and corresponding extensions) that can be printed directly are shown below.
File Type
TIFF
JPEG
PCL
PDF,
Encrypted PDF
PS
Extension
tiff, tif
jpeg, jpg,
jpe, jfif
pcl, prn, txt
ps, prn
• Even if the print result is black and white, the following types of print jobs will be counted as 4-color (Y (Yellow),
M (Magenta), C (Cyan), and Bk (Black)) print jobs. To be always counted as a black and white job, select black and
white printing.
• When the data is created as color data.
• When the application treats the data as color data even though the data is black and white.
• When an image is hidden under a black and white image.
• The file format of some files may not be printable even if the file is listed in the above table.
• A password-protected PDF file cannot be printed.