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# If Bidirectional Communication Is Disabled

This section describes how to set up option, paper size and paper feed direction settings on your computer manually.

- Manage Printers permission is required to change the printer properties. Log on as an Administrators group member.

For the PCL 6 and PostScript 3 printer driver:

1. On the [Start] menu, click [Printers and Faxes].

   - When using Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, click [Control Panel] on the [Start] menu, and then click [Printer] in "Hardware and Sound".

   - When using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, click the [Start] menu, and then click [Devices and Printers].

2. Click the icon of the printer you want to use.

3. On the [File] menu, click [Properties].

   - When using Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, right-click the icon of the printer you want to use, and then click [Properties].

   - When using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, right-click the icon of the printer you want to use, and then click [Printer properties].

4. Click the [Accessories] tab.

   If options in the [Accessories] tab are disabled, bidirectional connection is enabled. In this case, no change is necessary for option settings.

5. Select options installed from the [Options] area, and then make the necessary settings.

6. Click [Change Input Tray Settings...].

7. In [Input Tray:] select which trays to use, and then, in [Paper Size:] select the size of the paper that you want to load in each tray.

   Click [Modify Input Tray/Paper Size] to apply the setting for each tray.

8. Click [OK] twice to close the printer properties dialog box.

For the PCL 5e printer driver:

1. On the [Start] menu, click [Printers and Faxes].

   - When using Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, click [Control Panel] on the [Start] menu, and then click [Printer] in "Hardware and Sound".

   - When using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, click the [Start] menu, and then click [Devices and Printers].

2. Click the icon of the printer you want to use.

3. On the [File] menu, click [Properties].

   - When using Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, right-click the icon of the printer you want to use, and then click [Properties].

   - When using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, right-click the icon of the printer you want to use, and then click [Printer properties].

4. Click the [Accessories] tab.

   If options in the [Accessories] tab are disabled, bidirectional connection is enabled. In this case, no change is necessary for option settings.

5. Select options installed from the [Options] area, and then make the necessary settings.

6. Click the [Paper Size Settings] tab.

7. In [Input Tray:] select which trays to use, and then, in [Paper Size:] select the size of the paper that you want to load in each tray.

   Click [Update] to apply the setting for each tray.

8. Click [OK] to close the printer properties dialog box.