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Using your WorkCentre as a Printer
To use your WorkCentre as a printer, you must first:
1. Install it completely (see
Installation AND Software Installation
)
2. Make sure that it is switched on and on-line (the light indicator between
the PC and WorkCentre symbols on the control panel must be
ON
and
the LCD must show
READY TO COPY
.
3. Make sure the settings in the printer driver correspond to your
requirements.
4. Make sure that the WorkCentre is selected as the output device for your
print job.
You should now:
1. Open a word processing/desktop publisher application.
2. Open or create the document you wish to print, edit and save it.
3. Select the
command in your application.
A window showing the WorkCentre print job characteristics opens.
4. Select the paper type, size and source, number of copies, etc. that you
require (see next section for details),
make sure that your WorkCentre
is selected as the printer to use
and click OK.
Customizing your print output
Always make sure that the
Paper Type
and
Paper Size
features in your
printer driver correspond to the type of printing media you intend to use. In
particular, the color calibration in the driver is set specifically for each of the
different types of media handled, so an incorrect setting may result in
degraded output quality.
1. To access the printer driver settings:
•
Windows
3.1/3.11
From
Control Panel
in the
Main
group of the
Program Manager
,
select
Printers
.
Highlight your WorkCentre icon and click on
Setup
in the
File
menu.
•
Windows
95/98
Click
Start
in your Desktop window, click
Printers
, right-click the
WorkCentre printer driver icon
, and click
Properties
to access the
driver properties.
