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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.

Important

For the PCL 6 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.