Minolta PagePro 1200W User Manual

Working with the printer driver4
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4 Working with the printer driver
4.1 Displaying printer driver settings
Displaying settings under Windows XP
1From the Start menu, choose Control Panel.
2In Pick a Category choose Printers and Other Hardware.
3In Pick a task choose View installed printers or fax printers.
4In the Printers and Faxes dialog box, select the MINOLTA-QMS 
PagePro 1200W printer icon.
5To display the printer driver settings, from the File menu choose 
Printing Preferences... The following...

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3Display the printer driver settings:

Windows Me/98/95—From the File menu choose Properties, and 
then choose the --> 32-bit Driver Setup tab.
✎
The operating system also uses tabs!
The “General” and “Details” tabs are automatically determined by the 
operating system and are therefore not described in this manual.
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Windows 2000—From the File menu choose Printing Preferences. 
The following window displays.

Windows NT 4.0—From the File menu choose Document De-
faults. A window similar to the Windows 2000 window shown 
above displays.
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4.2 Setup tab
The Setup tab allows you to

Print several pages of a document on the same page (n-up printing)

Provide a watermark on printed documents

Design custom watermarks

Specify manual duplex printing 

Specify paper feed from different trays

Define the type of paper/media

Print using a form overlay

Create/edit a form overlay
Refer to the printer driver’s online help for information on all of these 
functions.
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4.3 Paper tab
The Paper tab allows you to

Specify the size of the original document

Define custom media sizes

Fit printed documents to a specified media size

Select the output media size

Scale (enlarge/reduce) documents

Specify the number of copies

Turn on/off the printer’s sorting function

Turn on/off the Proof Print function

Specify the orientation of the media
Refer to the printer driver’s online help for information on all of these 
functions.
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4.4 Quality tab
The Quality tab allows you to

Specify the resolution 

Adjust the contrast and brightness of the printed document

Turn on/off Toner Save mode
Refer to the printer driver’s online help for information on all of these 
functions.
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4.5 Device Options Setting tab
The Device Options Setting tab allows you to 

Activate the optional lower feeder unit (Tray 2)

View information about the printer driver.
Refer to the printer driver’s online help for information on all of these 
functions.
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Working with the Status Display5
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5 Working with the Status Display
If you used the CD-ROM Installer to install the printer driver, the Status 
Display was also installed. It was not installed, however, if you used Add 
Printer to install the printer driver. 
5.1 Environment
The Status Monitor and Printer Control Panel can be used with the follow-
ing operating systems and interfaces.
IEEE 1284 ParallelUSB
Windows XP22
Windows Me22
Windows 200022
Windows 98 SE22
Windows 98 2—
Windows 952—
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5.2 Opening the Status Display
Use one of the following steps to open the Status Monitor.
➜Windows Me2000//98/95/NT 4.0—From the Start menu, choose 
Programs, then MINOLTA-QMS PagePro 1200W Utilities, and then 
MINOLTA-QMS PagePro 1200W Status.
➜Windows XP—Choose Start, choose All Programs, then MINOLTA-
QMS PagePro 1200W Utilities, and then MINOLTA-QMS PagePro 
1200W Status.
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