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Operation, Printer settings in windows, Printing preferences in windows applications – Oki PRINTER MPS420B User Manual

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Operation

This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your printer in the PCL

emulation from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment.

P

RINTER

SETTINGS

IN

W

INDOWS

The operator panel controlled menus provide access to many options.
The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items. Where items

in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel, and you print

documents from Windows, the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those

settings in the operator panel.

P

RINTING

PREFERENCES

IN

W

INDOWS

APPLICATIONS

When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a Print

dialog box appears. This dialog usually specifies the name of the printer on which you

will print your document. Next to the printer name is a Properties button.
When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the

printer settings available in the driver, which you can choose for this document. The

settings available from within your application are only those which you may want to

change for specific applications or documents. Settings you change here will usually

only last for as long as the particular application program is running.
The tabs available are the Setup Tab, the Job Options Tab and the Image Tab.

S

ETUP

TAB

1.

Paper size should be the same as the page size of your document (unless you

wish to scale the printout to fit another size), and should also be the same as the

size of paper you will feed into the printer.

Note
The illustrations in this guide relate to Windows XP PCL emulation –

other operating system windows may appear slightly different but the

principles are the same.