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5. Setting Up the Printer Driver
and Canceling a Print Job
PCL 6/5e - Accessing the Printer Properties
Windows 95/98 - Accessing the Printer Properties
There are two methods you can use to open the Printer Properties.
Making printer default settings
To make the printer default settings, first open the
[
Printer Properties
]
dialog box
from the
[
Printers
]
window.
Note
❒ With some applications, the printer driver's settings are not used, and the ap-
plication's own initial default settings are applied.
A Click
[
Start
]
on the task bar, point to
[
Settings
]
, and then click
[
Printers
]
.
The
[
Printers
]
window appears.
B Select the icon of the printer whose default settings you want to change by
clicking it.
C On the
[
File
]
menu, click
[
Properties
]
.
D Make your settings and click
[
OK
]
.
Making printer settings from an application
To make the printer settings from an application, open the
[
Printer Properties
]
di-
alog box from that application. The following example describes how to make
settings for the WordPad application that comes with Windows 95.
Note
❒ The actual procedure you should follow to open the
[
Printer Properties
]
differs
slightly depending on the application. For details, see the documentation that
comes with the application you are using.
❒ With some applications, the printer driver's settings are not used, and the ap-
plication's own initial default settings are applied.
❒ Any settings you make in the following procedure are valid for the current
application only.
A On the
[
File
]
menu, click
[
Print
]
.
The
[
Print
]
dialog box appears.