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Printer Features

1After creating a document, open the [Print] dialog box in the document's native application.

2Select [Printer Features] in the pop-up menu.

3In the "Feature Sets:" menu, select the appropriate set of features to display the items to be set, and then configure the following settings:

  • Print Mode:

    Specify whether or not to use the toner saving function.

    • Off

      Select this option when printing documents containing images such as photographs with fine gradation in tone.

    • Toner Saving 1

      Select this option to reduce toner consumption during printing.

    • Toner Saving 2

      Select this option to further reduce toner consumption. The output becomes lighter in density, while the life of the print cartridge becomes longer.

    For details, see Enabling the toner saving function.

  • Watermark:

    Select a watermark to set the watermark function. In the "Watermark Text", "Watermark Font", "Watermark Size", "Watermark Angle", and "Watermark Style" pop-up menus, select the text, font, size, angle, and style of the watermark as necessary. For details, see Watermarks.

  • Banner Page:

    Specify whether or not to use the banner page function. In the "Banner Page Input Tray" and "Banner Page Paper Type" pop-up menus, select the paper tray and paper type to be used for printing banner pages as necessary. For details, see Banner Page.

Change any other print settings as necessary.

4Start printing from the application's [Print] dialog box.

Other setting items in [Printer Features]

The following setting items are available in addition to the convenient print features:

Setting items

Description

Fit to Paper:

The document is automatically reduced or enlarged to match the paper size selected.

  • Prompt User

    The print job is performed with the size of document to be printed unchanged.

  • Nearest Size and Scale

    If the paper size is smaller than the selected paper size, the driver reduces the print size.

    If the paper size is larger than the size of document to be printed, the print job is not adjusted to fit the paper size.

  • Nearest Size and Crop

    The print job is performed regardless of any differences between the selected and actual paper size. However, the print job is not adjusted to fit the paper size.

Resolution:

Select the output resolution setting.

Image Smoothing:

Specify whether or not to perform image smoothing, or specify the threshold resolution to apply smoothing.

Dithering:

Select a dithering pattern suitable for the document image.

  • Auto

    Automatically configures the best dithering method depending on the appearance of the document to print.

  • Photographic

    Performs dithering using a pattern appropriate for photographs.

  • Text

    Performs dithering using a pattern appropriate for text.

  • User Setting

    Select this when printing images set in half tone in an application.

  • Reduce Missing Colors and Blurring

    Performs dithering using a pattern appropriate for thin lines and small fonts.

Paper Type:

Select the paper type to use.

Rotate by 180 degrees:

Specify whether or not to rotate the image by 180 degrees when printing.

Orientation Override:

Select this setting when paper orientation cannot be specified in some applications. If data is rotated in an unwanted direction on the output page, use this setting to specify the data orientation to be applied when printing.
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