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PRINTING FROM WINDOWS

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PRINTING FROM WINDOWS

Before Using the Printer Driver

Before printing, you have to configure the following options:

• Configuration Settings

To use optional devices such as optional trays or the 
Finisher, you must first configure these devices. The 
features of these optional devices are not available unless 
you inform the system that the optional devices are 
installed.

Before printing, you can configure the following option if 
necessary:

• Department Code

You can use department codes to manage each job. For 
example, a system administrator can check how many 
sheets of copies a certain department has made. When the 
Department code is enabled, you are prompted to enter a 
department code before printing. If you enter the 
department code in the corresponding field in advance, you 
can print without having to do this every time. Ask your 
administrator about the codes. When SNMP 
communication between the equipment and your computer 
is enabled, you are also prompted to enter the code before 
printing.

Configuring the options

To use this equipment properly, you need to save the 
configuration of the options installed on the [Device Settings] 
tab menu after you installed the printer drivers. In the default 
setting, you can obtain the configuration data of options 
installed automatically by opening the [Device Settings] tab 
menu. If SNMP communication between this equipment and 
your computer is not available, or you want to configure options 
manually, see the following page:

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P.21 "Configuring options manually"

Note

• When SNMP communication between this equipment and 

your computer is enabled, you can retrieve the option 
configuration information by clicking [Update Now].

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Configuring options manually

If SNMP communication between this equipment and your 
computer is not available:

Setting the [Device Settings] tab manually

Note

• You need to log in to Windows with the “Administrator” 

privilege.

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Click [Start] menu and select [Devices and 
Printers].

The Printers folder appears.

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Select the printer driver for this equipment, 
and then click [Printer properties] in the 
[File] menu.

The printer driver properties dialog box appears.

• If the [File] menu is not displayed, press [Alt].
• If the dialog box displayed does not allow the printer 

driver properties to be changed, follow the procedure 
below.

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For Windows 7, some tab menus have a 

 button 

in the printer driver properties. To change the 
properties, click on it. If the properties cannot be 
changed, ask your network administrator.

• To change a network-installed printer driver, the 

administrator privilege is necessary. Ask your network 
administrator for details.