Printing
This chapter explains common printing tasks.
This chapter includes:
Printer driver features
Basic printing
Opening printing preferences
Using help
Using special print features
Changing the default print settings
Setting your machine as a default machine
Printing to a file (PRN)
Macintosh printing
Linux printing
The procedures in this chapter are mainly based on Windows XP.
Printer driver features
Your printer drivers support the following standard features:
Paper orientation, size, source, and media type selection
Number of copies
In addition, you can use various special printing features. The following table shows a general overview of features
supported by your printer drivers:
Printer driver
Feature
Windows
Machine quality option
?
Booklet printing
?
Poster printing
?
Multiple pages per sheet
?
Fit to page printing
?
Reduce and enlarge printing
?
Different source for first page
?
Watermark
?
Overlay
?
Double-sided printing (manual)
?
(?: supported)
Basic printing
Your machine allows you to print from various Windows, Macintosh, or Linux applications. The exact steps for printing a
document may vary depending on the application you use.
Your
Printing Preferences
window that appears in this user’s guide may differ depending on the machine in
use. However, the composition of the
Printing Preferences
window is similar. Check the operating system(s)
that are compatible with your machine. Refer to the OS compatibility section of Printer Specifications (See
When you select an option in
Printing Preferences
, you may see a warning mark,
, or
. An exclamation
mark (
) means you can select that certain option but it is not recommended, and (
) mark means you
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