User guide

Advanced Printing
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Using Watermarks
The Watermark option allows you to print text over an existing
document. For example, you may want to have large gray
letters reading “DRAFT” or “CONFIDENTIAL” printed diagonally
across the first page or all pages of a document.
There are several predefined watermarks that come with the
printer, and they can be modified, or you can add new ones to
the list.
Using an Existing Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 13.
2 Click the Extras tab, and select the desired watermark
from the
Watermark drop-down list. You will see the
selected watermark in the preview image.
3 Click OK and start printing.
N OTE : The preview image shows how the page will look when
it is printed.
Creating a Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 13.
2 Click the Extras tab, and click the Edit button in the
Watermark section. The Edit Watermark window
appears.
3 Enter a text message in the Watermark Message box.
You can enter up to 40 characters. The message displays
in the preview window.
When the
First Page Only box is checked, the watermark
prints on the first page only.
4 Select watermark options.
You can select the font name, style, size, or grayscale level
from the
Font Attributes section and set the angle of the
watermark from the
Message Angle section.
5 Click Add to add a new watermark to the list.
6 When you have finished editing, click OK and start
printing.
To stop printing the watermark, select <No Watermark> from
the
Watermark drop-down list.
Editing a Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 13.
2 Click the Extras tab and click the Edit button in the
Watermark section. The Edit Watermark window
appears.
3 Select the watermark you want to edit from the Current
Watermarks
list and change the watermark message and
options.
4 Click Update to save the changes.
5 Click OK until you exit the Print window.
Deleting a Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a
Document” on page 13.
2 From the Extras tab, click the Edit button in the
Watermark section. The
Edit Watermark window
appears.
3 Select the watermark you want to delete from the Current
Watermarks
list and click Delete .
4 Click OK until you exit the Print window.