Other Print Options

Print Date & Time

When the Print Date & Time feature is enabled, the date and time will print on your document from your PC’s system clock.

Check Print Date & Time check box to change the Date, Time, Font and position. To include a background with the Date and Time, choose Opaque. When Opaque is chosen, you can click the Colour button to change the colour of the Date and Time background.

Note

The selection boxes show the format of Date and Time to be printed. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is automatically retrieved from the settings on your PC.

Photo Paper Tray Help
(For DCP-395CN, MFC-495CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW and MFC-795CW)

Set the Photo Paper Tray Help to On to display help instructions on how to use the photo paper tray when you select Photo, Photo L or Postcard 1 paper. (Available on Photo Paper Tray models)

Change Data Transfer Mode

The Change Data Transfer Mode feature lets you choose print data transfer mode to improve print quality or print speed.

•	Recommended Setting Choose Recommended Setting for general use.
•	Improved Print Quality Choose Improved Print Quality for better print quality. Print speed may be reduced slightly, depending on the print data.
•	Improved Print Speed Choose Improved Print Speed for faster print speed.

Advanced Colour Settings

You can set the Halftone Pattern and Match Monitor for more colour adjustment.

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Halftone Pattern

The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use for your document.

•	Diffusion Dots are put at random to create the halftones. Use for printing photographs that have delicate shades and graphics.
•	Dither Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Use for printing graphics that have definite colour boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts.

•	Match Monitor Colour is adjusted to get the closest colour match with the PC monitor.

Print Order

You can choose to Print All Pages, Print Odd Pages or Print Even Pages.

•	Print All Pages Lets you print all pages.
•	Print Odd Pages Lets you print the odd-numbered pages only.
•	Print Even Pages Lets you print the even-numbered pages only.

Note

•	The print speed of the Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings is slower than the other printer driver settings.
•	When you choose the Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings, you may see a printing error message on your computer, as the machine pauses during the printing process. The error message will disappear after the machine re-starts printing.

The Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings only support A4 for Paper Size and Plain Paper for Media Type.

You can print multiple copies in collated format. Choose the number of copies you want and check Collate in the Basic tab.

If the Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings are greyd out, go back to the Basic tab and Advanced tab and then click Default.

Printing on both sides of the paper

The following steps show how you can print on both sides of the paper using the Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings.

If you want to print a 10 page document on 5 sheets of paper, you must set the printer driver options to print all odd-numbered pages in reverse order (page 9, 7, 5, 3, 1) first and then even-numbered pages in normal order (page 2, 4, 6, 8, 10).

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In the printer driver, choose the Basic tab and check Reverse Order.

2

Choose the Advanced tab and click Other Print Options.

3

Choose Print Order and check Print Odd Pages.

Click OK.

4

After the machine prints the odd-numbered pages, remove the printed pages from the output paper tray.

Before you go to the next step, make sure the printed pages are dry.

5

Empty the paper tray. Do not add the printed pages to the top of a stack of unprinted paper.

6

Make sure the pages are completely flat before putting them back in the paper tray, with the side to be printed on (the blank side) face down and the top page first.

Paper orientation
For Portrait	For Landscape

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In the printer driver, choose the Basic tab and un-check Reverse Order.

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Choose the Advanced tab and click Other Print Options.

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Choose Print Order and check Print Even Pages.

Click OK.

10

The machine will print all the even-numbered pages on the other side of the paper.

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper

•	If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.
•	If the paper is curled, flatten it and then put it back in the paper tray.
•	If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper and straighten it.