PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS > 20
PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS
Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options.
The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these
items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the
operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the
settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the
operator panel menus.
The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP. Windows 2000
versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
Differences in Windows 98 and Me are covered in a separate chapter.
PCL OR POSTSCRIPT
Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCL
emulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print mainly
from general “Office” applications choose the PCL driver. For faster
printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript. If you print mainly from
professional DTP and graphics applications, choose PostScript.
PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS
APPLICATIONS
When you choose to print your
document from a Windows
application program a print dialogue
box appears. This dialogue usually
specifies the name of the printer on
which you will print your document.
Next to the printer name is a
Properties
button.
When you click
Properties
a new
window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings
available in the driver, which you can choose for this document.
The window which opens when you click
Properties
depends on which
printer driver has been installed. The PostScript driver offers different
choices to the PCL driver.