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P
RINTER
SETTINGS
IN
W
INDOWS
Your printer’s menus (accessed via the “The Status Monitor” on
page 35) 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 menus, and you print documents from Windows, the
settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in
the menus.
The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP. Other
Windows versions may appear slightly different, but the
principles are the same.
P
RINTER
DRIVER
SETTINGS
You can make printer driver settings either from Windows
Printers window (called “Printers and Faxes” in Windows XP) or
from within a Windows application. The driver settings you make
from Windows are essentially default settings and will be
remembered from one Windows session to the next. The driver
settings you make from within a Windows application are those
required for a particular job. In both cases, you can save and
name (on the Setup tab) specific sets of driver settings which can
be recalled for future use.
P
RINTING
PREFERENCES
IN
W
INDOWS
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.