HP Color LaserJet 2550 Printer series - Manual (Page 46)

Operating
System Temporarily change settings
for jobs that are printed now Permanently change default
settings
1
Change configuration settings
(For example, to add an optional
tray or to enable or disable a
driver feature such as "Allow
manual duplexing")
Mac OS X v. 10.1 On the File menu, click Print.
Change settings as necessary
on the various pop-up menus. On the File menu, click Print.
To change settings as
necessary, use the various
pop-up menus, and then on
the main pop-up menu, click
Save Custom Settings.
These settings are saved as
the Custom option. To use the
new settings, you must select
the Custom option every time
that you open a program and
print. Delete the printer and reinstall it.
The driver automatically
reconfigures with the new options.
Mac OS X v. 10.2 On the File menu, click Print.
Change settings as necessary
on the various pop-up menus. On the File menu, click Print.
To change settings as
necessary, use the various
pop-up menus, and then on
the Presets pop-up menu,
click Save as and type a name
for the preset. These settings
are saved in the Presets
menu. To use the new
settings, you must select the
saved preset option every time
that you open a program and
print Open Print Center. (Click the hard
drive, click Applications, click
Utilities, and then double-click
Print Center.) Click the print
queue. On the Printers menu, click
Show Info. Click the Installable
Options menu.
1 Access to default printer settings might be restricted and therefore unavailable.
Using the PCL printer-driver Help (Windows only)
When you are in the printer driver, you can use its Help, which is separate from the Help in a
program. You can activate Help for the printer driver in two ways.
● Click the Help button anywhere it appears in the printer driver. The Help windows give
detailed information about the specific printer driver in use.
●
When you see a (bubble icon), click it to view information about the field, option, or
button that the bubble adjoins.
Features in the printer driver
Some printer drivers and some operating systems do not support all these printer features.
● Selecting a Source
● Selecting a Type or Size
● Setting a custom paper size
● Printing in grayscale
● Changing the color settings
● Creating and using watermarks
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