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PRINTING SETTINGS IN MAC OS X
The information in this section is based on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4). Other versions may 
appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.
SETTING PRINTING OPTIONS
You can choose your printer and select options for how you want your documents to print 
from the Print dialog box.
To set your printer options:
1. Open the document you want to print.
2. To change the paper size or page orientation, select  File > Page Setup. For a 
description of each option, see  “Page setup options” on page 82 .
3. Close the Page Setup dialog box.
4. Select  File > Print .
5. Select your printer from  the Printer drop-down menu.
6. To change any printer driver settings, sele ct the required options from the Settings 
drop-down menu. You can select more opti ons from the Copies & Pages menu. For a 
description of these options, see  “Print options” on page 83.
7. Click the  Print button.
SETTING PRINTING OPTIONS - SAVING DRIVER SETTINGS
You can save a set of prin ter driver options to use for future documents. 
1. Open the document you want to print.
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2.To change the paper size or page orientation, select  File > Page Setup.
3. Select  Save As Default  from the Settings drop-down menu.
4. Select  File > Print .
5. To save the current printer driver settings as a preset, select  Save As from the 
Preset menu.
6. Enter a name for your preset and click  OK.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT PRINTER AND PAPER SIZE
The following steps describe how to change yo ur default printer and the paper size options.
1. Select  Apple menu > System Preferences .
2. Click the  Print & Fax  icon.
3. Select your printer in the  Selected Printer in Print Dialog drop-down menu.
4. Select your required paper size in the  Default Size in Page Setup drop-down menu.
PAGE SETUP OPTIONS
This section provides a description of the page setup options available to you.
Page Attributes
You can select  Save As Default  to use the current Page Setup settings as a standard for 
all documents.
Format for
Allows you to select your printer model befo re changing options such as Paper size and 
Orientation.
Paper Size
Select a paper size to match your document an d the paper loaded in the printer. The paper 
margin is 4.2mm at all edges. To specify your own paper sizes, select  Manage Custom 
Sizes...
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Scale
You can scale documents up or down to fit onto different paper sizes. To fit your document 
on a specific paper size, select  Options in the Paper Handling  drop-down menu in the 
Print Options  dialog box (see  “Print options” on page 83 ).
Orientation
You can select a portrait or landscape option. When using landscape, you can rotate the 
document 180 degrees.
PRINT OPTIONS
COPIES & PAGES
Copies
This option allows you to enter the numb er of copies to print. If you select Collate, all 
pages of the document will print before the next copy prints.
Pages
You can select whether to print all pages  of a document or just a section of it.
LAYOUT
Pages per sheet
You can shrink multiple pages and print them  on a single sheet of paper. For example, 
choosing 4-up will tile four  of your documents pages across a single sheet of paper.
You can control the order in which the docume nts are tiled and also choose to surround 
each document page with a border.
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Scheduler
This option lets you choose whether to print your document immediately, or defer printing 
until later. You can also assign a priority to a print job.
These features are useful if you are printing la rge documents that take a long time to print.
PAPER HANDLING
Page order
You can choose to print your document in the normal page order (1,2,3..) or reverse order 
(..3,2,1).
Print
This option allows you to choose whether to pr int only odd or even numbered pages. This 
is useful if you are using manual duplex for wh ich you first print all odd pages, re-insert the 
paper in the printer and th en print all even pages.
Destination paper size
Scale documents to fit on the size of paper in  your printer. For example, you can take a 
document formatted for A3 and print it  on A4 paper using an A4 printer.
COLORSYNC
Color conversion
For Color Conversion, Standard is the only  option available for your printer model.
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Quartz Filter
Choose a Quartz filter if you wish to apply a special effect to your print job, such as Sepia 
or Blue Tone.
COVER PAGE
Choosing a cover page may help you to identify  your printed document in a large pile of 
paper. This is useful in a busy office  with many people sharing the printer.
PAPER SOURCE
This option allows you to select the paper tray to use for your print job.
PRINT QUALITY
Print quality
Use this option to selects the print resolu tion. The ProQ2400 setting produces the best 
graphic images, but these images can take longer to print.
Photo Enhance
Use  Photo Enhance  to significantly improve quality  when printing images. The printer 
driver analyses any photogra phic images and processes them to improve the overall 
appearance. This setting cannot be used toge ther with the “ProQ2400” print quality setting.
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Toner Saving
Toner saving uses less toner when printing your document. This is best suited to draft text 
documents as it lightens the print significantly.
COLOUR
Colour mode
Color matching
Black Finish
Use this option to control the way black  is printed in colour documents. Select Composite 
Black (CMYK)  to use all 4 toner colours to represen t black. This option is recommended 
COLOUR MODEDESCRIPTION
Advanced  Colour The driver selects the most appropriate color 
settings.
Manual Allows you to manu ally adjust colour and 
black and white sett ings or select.
Grayscale Convert all colours to shades of grey.
COLOURDESCRIPTION
Monitor (6500K) Perceptual Optimised for printing photos. Colours are  printed with emphasis on saturation.
Monitor  (6500K)  Vivid Optimised for printing photos, but with even  more saturated colours.
Monitor (9300K) Optimised for printing graphics from  applications such as Microsoft Office. 
Colours are printed with emphasis on 
Lightness.
Digital Camera Results will va ry depending on the subject 
and conditions the image was taken.
sRGB The printer reproduces the sRGB colour  space. This might be useful if colour 
matching from an sRGB input device such 
as a scanner or digital camera.
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for color photos. Select True Black (K) to use 100% black toner to represent black. This 
option is recommended for text and business graphics.
Brightness / Saturation
This option allows you to increase brightness fo r a lighter print. Modify saturation to change 
the strength (or purity) of a colour.
If the printed colours are too strong, reduce  saturation and increase brightness. As a 
general rule, reduce saturation by the same  amount as you increase brightness. For 
example, if you reduce saturation by 10,  increase brightness by 10 to compensate.
PRINTER SETUP OPTIONS
PRINTER OPTIONS
Media weight
Select the thickness or type of paper in the prin ter. It is important to set this correctly as 
it affects the temperature at which the toner is  fused to the paper. For example, if you are 
p r in t in g o n  no r m a l A 4  p a pe r , d o  n o t s e l e c t  L a b e l s  o r  Tr a ns p a r e n cy  a s  th is  m a y  ca u s e  to ne r  
smearing and paper jams.
Paper size check
Select Paper Size check if you want the printe r to warn you when the document paper size 
is different from the paper in the printer.
A warning message is displayed and printing co ntinues when you load the correct paper in 
the paper tray and press  ONLINE. When this option is deselected, the printer uses the 
paper loaded in the selected tray regardless of the document size.
Always create 100% black (K) toner
Select this option if you want  the printer to always use only  black (K) toner when printing 
pure black (RGB = 0,0,0). This is effective ev en when Composite Black (CMYK) is selected 
in the colour options.
Run maintenance cycle before printing
Depending on printing habits and usage patt erns, running the maintenance cycle before 
printing may ensure the best possible print quality. This feature uses the printers image 
drums and transfer belt. The life of these  printer consumables may be shortened if the 
printer runs a maintenance cycle frequently.
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PRINT CONTROL
If you are using the Windows Print Control Server software to manage printers, enter your 
assigned user name and ID. This information is  sent to the printer with your print job and 
is recorded by the printer.
SUMMARY
This option displays a summary of all se lected print options for the current job.
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GENERAL PRINTING
PRINTING ON DIFFERENT MEDIA
This section describes how to print on material other than normal A4 paper.
PRINTING ON LEGAL PAPER
When printing on legal paper you need to  change the media settings for the printer 
software to get the best results.
You can either set a default driver for each ty pe of media or you can change the print media 
settings through your Windows printer properti es or Mac Print options any time you print 
on different media.
PRINTING ON ENVELOPES
1. In either the cassette  tray or the Multi Purpose Tray, adjust the paper guides using 
the indicators mark ed on the printer.
2. Place your envelopes in the tray, face up wi th the short edge facing into the printer 
and the flap to the right. Do not add more than 10 envelopes at a time.
3. From your operating system, access the pr int media menu and select your envelope 
size.
4. Print in the usual manner for your operating system software.
SETTING OTHER PRINTING OPTIONS
This section briefly describes how to set prin ting options for your particular print job.
FIT TO PAGE PRINTING
You can choose to print your document on larg er or smaller sized paper depending on the 
size of print media available to you.
Windows
1. In the driver’s  Setup tab, click the  Paper Feed Options  button.
NOTE
Do not use envelopes with clear windows. Use paper envelopes only.  See 
“Paper recommendations” on page 23.
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2.Check the  Fit to Page  checkbox.
3. Choose the scaling factor you need from the  Conversions drop-down list.
Mac OS X
1.Select  Paper Handling  (1).
2. Check the Scale to  Fit Paper Size checkbox (2).
3. Choose the paper size you need from the drop-down list (3).
PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES TO ONE SHEET
This feature scales the page si ze of your document for printing and reproduces several 
pages per sheet.
T h i s  i s  u s e f u l  w h e n  y o u  s i m p l y  w a n t  t o  p r o o f  y o u r  p a g e  l a y o u t ,  o r  d i s t r i b u t e  y o u r  d o c u m e n t  
in a more compact format. It saves paper, bulk, weight and cost.
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