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Features in the Windows® printer driver

For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver.
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The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on your operating system.
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You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Printer Properties dialog box.

Basic tab

You can also change settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab.
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Choose the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation, Copies and Media Type (1).
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Choose the Color/Mono setting (2).
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Choose the Paper Source (3).
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Click OK to apply your chosen settings.
To return to the default settings, click Default, then OK.

Paper Size

From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are using.
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Multiple Page

The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.
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4 in 1
1 in 2x2 pages
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Page Order

When N in 1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list.
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Border Line

When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature you can choose to have a solid border, dash border or no border around each page on the sheet.
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Orientation

Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape).
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Portrait
Landscape
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Copies

The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed.
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Collate

With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies you selected. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each page will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is printed.
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Collate box checked
Collate box not checked
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Media Type

You can use the following types of media in your machine. For the best print quality, select the type of media that you wish to use.
Plain Paper
Thin Paper
Thick Paper
Thicker Paper
Bond Paper
Label
Post card
Envelopes
Env. Thick
Env. Thin
Recycled Paper
 
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When using ordinary plain paper (19 to 25 lb) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper, envelopes or rough paper choose Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, choose Bond Paper.
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When you use envelopes, choose Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, choose Env.Thin.
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Color/Mono

You can change the Color/Mono settings as follows:
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Color
When your document contains color and you want to print it in color, select this mode.
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Mono
Select this mode if your document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. Mono mode makes the print processing speed faster than color mode. If your document contains color, selecting Mono mode prints your document in 256 levels of gray.
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Auto
The printer checks the content of your documents for color. If color is detected, it prints in color. If no color content is detected, it prints in monochrome. This operation may reduce the total printing speed.
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If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner runs out, choosing Mono will allow you to keep printing as long as the Black toner does not run out.
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Paper Source

You can choose Auto Select, Tray1, MP Tray or Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page and for printing from the second page onwards.
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