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Paper Tab
Windows Operations
Zoom Settings
You can scale any page image to fit the paper size being used. Zoom settings are unavailable if 
you have chosen a Document style of N-Up or Pamphlet. Fit to Page is unavailable if you have 
chosen Pamphlet.
To scale the print image to fit on a page:
1.Select the Paper tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Click the Fit to Page radio button.
3.Select the paper size from the pulldown.
4.Click OK.
To zoom in or out to change the size of the page image:
1.Select the Paper tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Click the Zoom radio button.
3.Click Settings.
4.Enter the desired value to scale the image.
5.Click OK.
6.Click OK.
Au to  Tray  Ch a n ge
When an input tray runs out of paper, auto tray changing enables the printer to switch to another 
available tray that contains the same size and paper type. 
To select auto tray changing through your Printer Properties:
1.Select the Paper tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Select Auto Tray Change.
3.Click OK.
Media Check
When Media Check is enabled (default):
The printer first checks the requested input tray, or the printer’s default tray if one is not 
specifically requested, to see if it contains paper loaded that matches the media size and media 
type specified from your computer.
If the input tray does not contain the requested paper the printer searches other input trays to 
find one that has paper matching the requirements.  If none is found, the printer stops and asks 
you to load the requested paper.  The top line of the Operator Panel display will look like one of 
the following:
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“Load Paper”
      or
“Load Paper TrayX”         “X” is the tray number where the paper should be loaded.
If “Load Paper” is the displayed message, the paper may be loaded into any tray.  If the paper 
size being loaded cannot be auto-sensed, then the Operator Panel must be used to configure the 
paper size.  After the paper is loaded, the printer will automatically resume printing.  If you 
want to simply continue printing on the default input tray without checking the paper size 
requested, press the START/STOP key to resume printing.
 If “Load Paper TrayX” message is displayed, then loading the requested paper into the 
indicated tray will cause the printer to automatically resume printing.  If the paper is loaded into 
a tray other than the one indicated, then pressing the START/STOP key will allow the printer to 
resume printing if “Auto Tray Change” is enabled.
When both Auto Resize and Media Check are ON, the paper size requested, via the driver, will 
not be enforced because Auto Resize overrides the paper size aspect of Media Check. If you 
want to enforce a specific paper size, then it is necessary to disable Auto Resize via the 
Operator Panel’s Paper Menu.
To enable media check:
1.Select the Paper tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Check Media Check.
3.Click OK.
When Media Check is disabled:
The printer will print from the default paper tray. The size or type of paper in the tray is not a 
factor in paper tray selection.
Skip Blank Pages
If pages exist in your document that do not contain text, you may select not to print them.
To skip blank pages:
1.Select the Paper tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Check Skip Blank Pages.
3.Click OK.
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Advanced Tab
Windows Operations
Manual Feed
Tray 1 can be used for manual feed. You must also set your Printer Properties for manual feed. 
Tray 1 normally operates in multiple-purpose mode, where multiple sheets can be loaded and 
printed continuously. In Manual mode, you are prompted to press the Start button for each 
sheet.
To select manual feed through your Printer Properties:
1.Select the Paper tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Check Tray 1 is Manual Feed.
3.Click OK.
Advanced Tab
Manual Adjustments
You can make a variety of adjustments to the Brightness and Contrast of your printed pages 
when using the PCL6 driver. This feature is not available for PostScript or PCL5e.
Brightness and Contrast can be separately adjusted using the slider controls. You can select 
Text, Graphic, or Photo elements of the output to be effected by these controls. You can also 
specify that all elements of the output are effected.
Quality
For all Print driver versions, you can adjust quality settings. These include:
• Resolution 
Select 600 dpi for normal printing or 1200 dpi for high quality mode
•Toner Save 
This prints everything with less print density.
• Text to Black 
This converts color text to be printed solid black instead of representing colors with 
shades of gray.
Overlay Options
Create Overlays
The Overlay window allows you to create, delete, and edit the behavior of overlays. An overlay 
is a portion of a document that is added to each page of a print job such as a letterhead or a 
standard form. There are no pre-defined overlays. You must create overlays through an 
application. Then the overlay you have created may be included on future print jobs. Create 
New Overlay will create an overlay when the print job is sent. 
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To create an overlay:
1.Access your printer’s properties from your application.
2.Select the Advanced tab within your Printer Properties.
3.Click Overlay Options.
The Overlay Window appears.
4.Check Create Overlay and enter a name for the overlay.
5.Click OK to close the Overlay window.
6.Click OK to close the printer properties. 
7.Click Print in the print dialog and the overlay will be created.
8.Click OK.
Using Overlays
After overlays have been created you can select the desired overlay from the Overlay Options 
list.  Then you can define when an overlay should be printed, either All Pages, First Page Only, 
or All But First Page. The Remove button deletes the selected overlay from the list.  
To use an overlay after they have been created:
1.Open any document in any application.
2.Select File>Print within that application.
3.Select the DX-B350P or DX-B450P printer.
4.Click Properties.
5.Select the Advanced tab.
6.Click Overlay Options.
The Overlay Window appears.
7.Select the desired Overlay.
Overlay options are: All Pages, First Page Only, and All Pages but First Page.
8.Click OK to close the Overlay window.
9.Click Print in the print dialog and the document will be printed with the overlay added to 
every page.
Font Substitution
This feature allows you to substitute TrueType fonts with printer fonts. You can also set the 
TrueType font output type.
To set font substitution:
1.Access your printer’s properties from your application.
2.Select the Advanced tab within your Printer Properties.
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Windows Operations
3.Click the Font Substitution button.
4.Select the desired TrueType Download Type.
5.Check Font Substitution checkbox.
6.Click New to add a new substitution or Edit to change an existing substitution.
You can also delete and existing substitution or reset the substitutions to default settings.
7.Click OK.
Job Handling Tab
Job Accounting
Job accounting stores information about each print job received by the printer. You can enter a 
User Name up to 80 characters and a numeric Job Account ID via the driver. Job accounting can 
be enabled or disabled via the EWS or Operator Panel. In addition, job accounting information 
can be viewed online in the EWS or retrieved as a CSV file from the EWS or Operator Panel. 
Job accounting information can also be reset to create a clean data sheet. The CSV file contains 
the following information.
Line 1 contains the Job accounting Version number and Model Name
Job Accounting Fields
The fields that are currently defined for the Job Accounting data are as follows:
ColumnDescription
Job ID An automatically generated number
Job Name Name from the authoring application
User ID (from Job Account ID in 
the driver)ID supplied by the user from the driver.
User Name Name supplied by the user from the driver.
Port The port from which the job was printed
Protocol The protocol used.
Pages (sides) The number of sides printed.
Pages (sheets) The number of sheets (2 sided) printed.
Date/Time Date and time job was printed.
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Configure this feature using your Printer Properties. It is enabled at the Operator Panel or EWS.
To use job accounting:
1.Select the Job Handling tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Enter the User name and Job Account ID.
3.Click OK.
The job accounting information is collected on an internal accounting file within the 
printer. It can then be downloaded as a .csv file by an administrator via the printer EWS 
and processed off line by the users accounting application.
Job Retention and Storage
You can store print jobs for future use or hold a job at the printer. A held job may be released 
with a Password/PIN number when a password was selected in the driver. Enable this feature 
via your Printer Properties and print the actual stored job by accessing it through the Job 
Library in the printer’s Operator Panel.
The Retention function is used to hold a print job as a file on the printers internal storage 
device, allowing the job to be printed from the Operator panel when needed. Inernal storage 
devices can be a hard disk, Compact Flash, or User Flash. The password (a 4 digit number) 
allows a confidential job to be printed without being seen by others. 
When printing a saved file with password, the password must be entered in the Operator Panel. 
Duration How long it took the job to print.
T1 - T4 Sheets Number of sheets printed from each tray.
600 dpi pages Number of pages printed at this resolution.
1200 DPI pages Number of pages printed at this resolution.
Media size Page size printed. See * Additional paper sizes.
Media type The type of paper printed on.
Duplex Yes or no.
Host Name of the host that sent the print job.
Status The status of the print job such as, printed, paused, or cancelled.
*Additional Media sizes If a job contains multiple paper sizes, additional columns are added for each size.
ColumnDescription
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Watermark Tab
Windows Operations
To set retention options:
1.Select the Job Handling tab within your Printer Properties.
2.Click the Retention checkbox.
3.Select the desired job handling function.
4.Enter the job name in the Job name box.
5.Enter password information, if desired.
6.Click OK.
Hold Only
This setting is used to hold a print job on the printers hard disk without printing it. Initiate 
printing as needed using the Operator panel of the machine.
Hold After Print
This setting is used to hold a print job on the printers hard disk after it is printed.
Sample Print
When this setting is selected and a print job is sent to the printer, only the first set of copies is 
printed. After checking the contents of the first set of copies, you can initiate printing from the 
Operator Panel of the printer and the remaining sets are printed. This prevents the occurrence of 
excessive misprints.
Password/PIN
Input four digits to set the Password/PIN for the printing job.
Watermark Tab
A Watermark is faded text that appears in the background of all pages or only the first page. The 
text can indicate items that are draft versions, confidential, or other important marking text.
COPY, DRAFT, and CONFIDENTIAL watermarks are provided. You can view these by 
clicking on their name in the Watermark Pane of the Watermark Window. You can edit their 
settings or the settings of any configured watermark by clicking the Edit button.
To create a new watermark to be placed on a print job:
1.Select the Wa t e r m a r k tab within your Printer Properties.
The Watermark Window appears.
2.Click Add.
The New Watermark window appears.
3.Enter the watermark text.
4.Click OK.
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The text is shown centered on the page.
5.Use the sliders to change the size, position, and angle of the text. Click the center button if 
you wish to recenter the text. Click the First page only text box if you only want the text 
to appear only on the first page of the document.
6.Click OK.
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Chapter 5: Macintosh Operations
Installing the Driver
The Mac driver is installed by installing the PPD for the 
desired printer. The PPD is located on the installation CD. 
PPD installation may vary by Mac operating system.
To install the PPD:
1.Open System Preferences.
In this Chapter...
 Installing the Driver
 Accessing the 
Driver
 Navigating the 
Driver
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Macintosh Operations
2.Select Print & Fax from the Hardware menu.
3.Click + to add the printer.
4.Enter a name for the printer.
5.Enter the IP address of the printer in the location field.
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