Technical information

Opening the printer Properties dialog box from the Printers folder
1Click the Start icon on the Task-Bar, select Settings, and click Printers.
2Select the printer you want to change and choose Properties from the File menu.
Note: The Printers folder that appears is the same Printers folder that you see
from the Control Panel.
Opening the printer Properties dialog box from your application
1Choose Page Setup from the File menu.
2Click Printer.
3Select the printer you want to change and click Properties.
To ch a nge optional settings for a print job, click Properties and then make the
changes you want. If you save the changes, they usually persist from one file
to the next. However, if you exit the application and reopen it later, any
properties that you changed may be reset to their original default values.
You can also open the Properties dialog box from the Print dialog box.
Note: You will see fewer options when opening the Properties dialog box
from your application or from the Print dialog box. To see the complete set of
print options, open the Properties dialog box from the Printers folder or from
the Control Panel, as described above.
1Choose Print from the File menu.
2Click Properties.
Changing printer settings in Windows 95
You can change the most commonly used printer settings from the Properties
dialog box. (The tabs in the dialog box also give you access to additional
printer settings. For information about these settings, see “Additional Printer
Options,” later in this chapter.) The previous sections explain how to open the
Properties dialog box.
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Windows 95 and Windows NT Users