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Sound > Devices and Printers.
-For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel >
Hardware > Devices and Printers.
3.Select the your machine’s driver and right-click to open
Properties.
4.In printer driver properties, select Device Options.
5.Select necessary options in the Printer Language drop-down
list.
Adjusting color
If you feel the color difference between the printout and monitor, you
may change the color setting such as color contrast or color level.
The printer driver provides graphic options to adjust the print quality for
specific printing needs.
1.To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences (See
"Opening printing preferences" on
page 60).
2.Click the Graphics tab. Refer to the online help for each option’s
information provided from the Printing Preferences.
•Color Mode: You can choose color options between Color or
Grayscale. Setting to Color typically produces the best possible
print quality for color document. If you want to print a color
document in gray scale, select Grayscale.
Black Optimization allows you to print in high quality
black. If you use this option, it might take longer to print.
To adjust color manually, select Advanced in Color Mode.
Simply slide the color balance slider in the Levels tab to adjust
color, or select Matching tab for driver provided color correction
for general image processing.
•Advanced: You can set advanced settings by clicking the
Advanced button. (PCL driver only)
•Font/ Text: Select Darken Text to print text darker than on a
normal document. Use All Text Black to prints solid black,
regardless of the color it appears on the screen.
•Raster Compression: This option determines the compression
level of images for transferring data from computer to a printer. If
you set this option to Maximum, the printing speed will be high,
but the printing quality will be low. (PCL driver only)
•Graphic Controller: It allows you to emphasize edges of texts and
fine lines for improving readability and align each color channel
registration in color printing mode.
-Grayscale Enhancement: It allows users to preserve the
details of nature photos, and improve contrast and readability
among gray scaled colors, when printing color documents in
grayscale. (PCL driver only)
-Fine Edge: It allows you to emphasize edges of texts and fine
lines for improving readability.
•Toner Save: Adjusting this option extends the life of your toner
cartridges and reduces your cost per page without a significant
reduction in print quality.
-You can move the slider from No Saving to Maximum Saving
to reduce toner consumption.
3.Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
Adjusting the sharpness and smoothness
Screen options
This option affect the resolution and clarity of your color output. The
three screen options are Normal, Enhanced and Detailed.
1.To change the print settings from your software application, access
Printing Preferences (See
"Opening printing preferences" on
page 60).
2.Click the Graphics tab then select Advanced in Color Mode.
3.Select the Matching tab.
4.Select necessary options in the Screen.
•Printer default: Follows the set value of Screen mode from the
printer.
•Normal: This mode will generate printouts with smooth tone over
the entire page.
•Enhanced: This mode will generate printouts with sharp texts and
smooth graphic/photo objects in the page.
•Detailed: This mode will generate printouts with sharp details over
the entire page.
5.Select OK.
Changing the default print settings
Most Windows applications will override settings you specify in the
printer driver. Change all print settings available in the software
application first, and change any remaining settings using the printer
driver.
1. Click the Windows Start menu.
2. For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.
•For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printers and Faxes.
•For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware
and Sound > Printers.
•For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
•For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware >
Devices and Printers.
3. Right-click your machine.
4. For Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista, press Printing
Preferences.
For Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, from context menus, select
the Printing preferences.
If Printing preferences item has a ► mark, you can select other
printer drivers connected with the selected printer.
5. Change the settings on each tab.
6. Click OK.
If you want to change the settings for each print job, change it in
Printing Preferences.
Setting your machine as a default machine
1. Click the Windows Start menu.
2. For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.
•For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printers and Faxes.
•For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware
and Sound > Printers.
•For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
•For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware >
Devices and Printers.
3. Select your machine.
4. Right-click your machine and select Set as Default Printer.
For Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, if Set as default