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[Printing Preferences] Window of the Printer Driver

How to display the [Printing Preferences] window

The printer driver has two windows for configuring settings: the [Properties] window and the [Printing Preferences] window. This section describes the [Printing Preferences] window.

The [Printing Preferences] window has multiple tabs on each of which related functions are grouped to enable you to configure print functions unique to this machine. To display the [Printing Preferences] window, take the following steps:

  1. Display the printer window.

    • In Windows 8.1, click [] in the Start window, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers].

    • In Windows 8, right-click the Start window, then click [All apps] - [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers].

    • In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, open the Start window, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers].

    • In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click [Devices and Printers] from the Start menu.
      If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], and click [View devices and printers].

    • In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printers] from the Start menu.
      When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].

    • In Windows XP/Server 2003, open the Start menu, then click [Printers and Faxes].
      If [Printers and Faxes] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Printers and Other Hardware] - [Printers and Faxes]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].

  2. Open [Printing Preferences].

    • In Windows 7/8/8.1/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and from [Printing Preferences], click the displayed printer name.

    • In Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and click [Printing Preferences...].

    The [Printing Preferences] window of the printer appears.

  • The print settings changed here are registered as default values. When you want to temporarily change settings to print from application software, click [Properties] (or [Preferences]) in the [Print] window to open the [Printing Preferences] window.

Items common to each tab

The following explains the commonly used settings and buttons in each tab.

Settings

Description

[Favorite Setting]

You can register the current print settings as a favorite and recall it when executing printing.

For details on the [Favorite Setting], refer to Here.

View

Selecting [Paper View] displays a sample page layout based on the current settings for checking the output result image.

Selecting [Printer View] displays a printer figure showing the options, such as paper trays, installed in the machine.

Paper View:

Printer View:

[Printer Information]

Click this button to start Web Connection and check the printer information. This button is enabled only when your computer can communicate with this machine.

[OK]

Applies the changes made to the settings and closes the setting window.

[Cancel]

Discards (or cancels) the current changes and closes the setup window.

[Help]

Displays the help for each item in the window.

[Default]

Reverts the settings to their default values.