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Basic Printing
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Accessing the Printer Driver (Windows)
The printer properties dialog box can be opened from either within an application or directly
from the Windows Start
StartStart
Start menu.
 Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from your Application
Program
1 In your application program, select the command to print a document.
The Print
PrintPrint
Print dialog box can usually be opened by selecting Print
PrintPrint
Print from the File
FileFile
File menu.
2 Ensure that your printer is selected. Then click Preferences
PreferencesPreferences
Preferences (or Properties
PropertiesProperties
Properties).
The printer properties dialog box opens.
 Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Directly from the Start
Menu
This method is used for printer maintenance and configuring shared print settings for
all application programs.
1 Click Start
StartStart
Start and select Control Panel
Control PanelControl Panel
Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware
Printers and Other HardwarePrinters and Other Hardware
Printers and Other Hardware, and then
Printers and Faxes
Printers and FaxesPrinters and Faxes
Printers and Faxes.
For non-Windows XP users, click Start
StartStart
Start, select Settings
SettingsSettings
Settings, and then Printers
PrintersPrinters
Printers.
2 Select the icon of your printer.
3 Open the File
FileFile
File menu and select Printing Preferences
Printing PreferencesPrinting Preferences
Printing Preferences (or Properties
PropertiesProperties
Properties).
The printer properties dialog box opens.
When opening the printer properties dialog box from Properties
PropertiesProperties
Properties, the tabs related to
the Windows function (e.g., the Ports
PortsPorts
Ports tab, or the Details
DetailsDetails
Details tab) are displayed. These
tabs are not displayed, when the printer properties dialog box is opened from
Printing Preferences
Printing PreferencesPrinting Preferences
Printing Preferences or application programs. For details about these tabs, refer to
the Windows documentation.
Note
This manual refers to operations in Windows XP SP2.
These operations may vary depending on the version of your Windows
operating system you use.
Note
Depending on your application program, the command and menu names may
differ and there may be more steps involved in opening the printer properties
dialog box. For more details, see the user's manual regarding your application.
Note
For details on how to set each function, refer to the
Printer
Driver Guide
or Help.
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