Xerox Phaser 6115MFP User Manual

							Accessing the Printer Driver Settings
Phaser® 6115MFP Multifunction Product
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Accessing the Printer Driver Settings 
This section includes:
■Setting the Default Printer Driver Settings (Windows) on page 5-2
■Configuring Options on page 5-3
Printer preferences control all of your print jobs, unless you override them for a specific job. 
Before you start working with your product, you are advised to verify/change the default 
driver settings. 
Note:Printer driver settings will override settings on the control panel.
Setting the Default Printer Driver Settings (Windows)
For more information about Windows printer driver options, click the Help button on the 
printer driver tabs to view the online help.
Operating System Steps
Windows XP/Server 20031.From the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes to display the 
Printers and Faxes directory.
2.Right-click on the Phaser 6115MFP icon and choose Printing 
Preferences.
3.Select the Basic tab.
4.Select the default settings for your product.
5.Ensure the Saved Settings drop-down list says Default.
6.Click Apply, and then click OK.
Windows 20001.From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers to 
display the Printers directory.
2.Right-click on the Phaser 6115MFP icon and choose Printing 
Preferences.
3.Select the Basic tab.
4.Select the default settings for your product.
5.Ensure the Saved Settings drop-down list says Default.
6.Click Apply, and then click OK.
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Configuring Options
If you have options installed, you need to enable the options in the printer driver. Ensure the 
option is installed correctly and the product is turned on before configuring the driver.
Enabling Options (Windows)
1.Follow the instructions for displaying the printer driver, see Accessing the Printer Driver 
Settings on page 5-2.
2.Select the Device Options tab.
■If your options are listed as Installed in the Device Options list, click OK.
■If your options are listed as Not Installed, continue with the following steps.
3.Clear the Auto Configure check box.
4.Select the option (one at a time) from the list.
5.Select Installed from the Settings drop-down list.
6.Click Apply, and then click OK to exit.
Enabling Options (Macintosh)
1.Use the Printer Setup Utility or Printer Center, and select Show Info from the Printers 
menu.
2.Click Name & Location from the drop-down list, and then select Installable Options 
from the menu.
3.Select the options installed on your product, and then click Apply Changes.
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							Using the Windows Printer Driver
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Using the Windows Printer Driver 
This section details many of the Xerox printer driver features that are available, includes more 
information about these features, and information about how to use the feature in the driver.
Note:For information about scan driver features, see Scanning on page 8-1.
This section includes:
■Create or Delete a Saved Settings File on page 5-4
■Add, Edit, or Delete Custom Paper Sizes on page 5-5
■Pages per Sheet on page 5-6
■Booklet Printing on page 5-7
■Poster Printing on page 5-8
■Add, Edit, or Delete an Overlay on page 5-9
■Add, Edit, or Delete a Watermark on page 5-10
Create or Delete a Saved Settings File
Saved Settings enables you to save custom driver settings so you can use them again later by 
selecting the desired saved name from the Saved Settings drop-down list
Creating a New Saved Settings File
1.In the printer driver, make the appropriate driver settings on each tab.
2.Click the Save button.
3.Type a name for the Saved Settings file, and then click OK.
Delete a Saved Setting File
1.In the printer driver, choose the name of the Saved Settings file from the drop-down list, 
and then click Edit.
2.In the Edit Saved Settings dialog box, highlight the name of the file you want to delete, 
and then click the Delete button.
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Add, Edit, or Delete Custom Paper Sizes
You can create, edit, and delete custom size paper for your product. The custom size must be 
within the maximum and minimum size ranges for your product, see Supported Paper and 
Media on page 6-2.
Adding a New Custom Size Paper
1.Select the Basic tab.
2.Click the Edit Custom Paper... button.
3.To create a new Custom Size, click the New button.
4.Type a name for your custom paper in the Custom Paper dialog box.
5.Select inches or millimeters for the unit measurement.
6.Enter the Width and Height for the custom size paper and click OK.
7.Click OK.
Editing Custom Size Paper
1.Select the Basic tab.
2.Click the Edit Custom Paper... button.
3.Highlight the custom size paper you want to edit and click the Edit button.
4.Select inches or millimeters for the unit measurement.
5.Edit the Width and Height for the custom size paper and click OK.
6.Click OK.
Deleting Custom Size Paper
1.Select the Basic tab.
2.Click the Edit Custom Paper... button.
3.Highlight the custom size paper you want to remove and click the Delete button.
4.When asked if you are sure you want to delete the custom size, click Ye s.
5.Click OK.
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Pages per Sheet 
When printing a multiple-page document, you can print more than one page on a single sheet 
of paper. Print one, two, four, six, nine, or 16 pages per side.
Note:Pages per sheet cannot be used with Zoom, Output Size, or Custom Paper Sizes.
You can also print a border around each document page by selecting Border Line.
To print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper:
1.Select the Layout tab.
2.From the Pages/Sheet drop-down list, select the number of pages to print on each page. 
3.Click the Pages/Sheet Details button.
4.Specify the order in which document pages are positioned on each sheet of paper from the 
Order drop-down list.
When 4 or more pages per sheet is selected the options are:
■Sideways from Upper-Left
■Downward from Upper-Right
■Sideways from Upper-Right
■Downward from Upper-Right
When 2 pages per sheet is selected the options are:
■Top-to-bottom, when the Orientation is set to Landscape.
■Left-to-Right or Right-to-Left when the Orientation is set to Portrait.
5.To print a border line around each document page, check the Border Line check box.
6.Click OK.
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Booklet Printing
With 2-sided printing, you can print a document in the form of a small book. Create booklets 
for any paper size that is supported for 2-sided (duplex) printing. 
Note:Booklet cannot be used with Zoom, Output Size, or Landscape printing. When 
printing booklets, the Print on Both Sides is automatically set to ON.
To print a booklet:
1.Select the Layout tab.
2.Select Booklet from the Pages/Sheet drop-down list.
3.Click the Pages/Sheet Details button.
4.Select either Left Binding or Right Binding from the Order drop-down list.
5.To print a border line around each document page, check the Border Line check box.
6.Click OK.
7.From the Print on Both Sides drop-list, select from the following options:
■Off: Documents are printed on only one side of the paper.
■Short Edge Binding: Documents are printed in book style with the even numbered 
pages upside down.
■Long Edge Binding: Documents are printed in book style with the second and third 
pages facing each other.
8.Click OK.
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Poster Printing
Poster printing enables you to print a document on multiple sheets of paper.
Note:Poster printing cannot be used with Printing on Both Sides, Image Shifting, or 
Output Size.
1.Open the printer driver and select the Layout tab.
2.From the Pages/Sheet drop-list, select from the following options:
■2x2: Four sheets of paper per document page.
■3x3: Nine sheets of paper per document page.
■4x4: Sixteen sheets of paper per document page.
■5x5: Twenty-five sheets of paper per document page.
3.Click OK.
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Add, Edit, or Delete an Overlay
An overlay is a print image added to your print job. The overlay can be printed on only the first 
page, like a cover page, or on all the pages of your print job. An overlay must be created in 
another application and added to the printer driver to create an overlay file. You can add, edit, 
or delete overlay file associations with the printer driver. When you edit or delete an overlay 
file from the printer driver, this does not effect the overlay file itself.
Note:An overlay file cannot be more than one page.
To Create an Overlay File
1.Create an overlay file in any other application.
2.Open the printer driver and select the Overlay tab.
3.Click the Add... button.
4.Enter a name for the overlay in the Overlay Form Name text field.
5.Click the Browse button to browse to the overlay file.
6.Click OK.
To Edit an Overlay File
1.Open the printer driver and select the Overlay tab.
2.Select the overlay you want to edit and click the Edit button.
3.Enter a new name for the overlay in the Overlay Form Name text field if necessary.
4.Click the Browse button to browse to the file.
5.Click OK.
To Delete an Overlay File
1.Open the printer driver and select the Overlay tab.
2.Select the overlay you want to delete and click the Delete button.
3.Click Ye s when asked if you are sure you want to delete the current overlay.
4.Click OK.
Printing an Overlay
1.Open the printer driver and select the Overlay tab.
2.Select the overlay file to use from the Overlay list box.
3.From the Pages drop-down list box select one of the following:
■First Page: Prints the overlay only on the first page of your print job.
■All Pages: The overlay is printed on all pages of the print job.
4.Click OK.
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Add, Edit, or Delete a Watermark
A watermark is additional text that can be printed across one or more pages. For example, 
terms like Draft and Confidential, which you might stamp on a page before distribution, can be 
inserted with a watermark. Watermarks can be printed behind the text and images or on top of 
the text and images.
You can add, edit, or delete the style, content, and placement of watermarks from the 
Watermark dialog box.
To Add or Edit a Watermark
1.Open the printer driver and select the Watermark tab.
2.To Add a watermark: select None from the watermark list box, and then click Add.
3.To Edit a watermark: select the watermark text from the watermark list box, and then click 
Edit.
4.In the Wa t e r m a r k dialog box set the following properties:
■Name: Name the watermark; this does not appear on the printed document.
■String: The actual text that prints on the documents.
■Typeface: Select a font for the watermark.
■Style and Size: Regular, Bold, Italic, or Bold Italic; 8 to 200 points
■Color: Choose from the list or select Others to open the Color Settings dialog box.
■Angle: Orientation of the watermark.
■Position: Placement of the watermark on the page. 
5.Click Ye s or No to sharing the watermark with other users on your network.
6.Click OK.
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Printing a Watermark
1.Open the printer driver and select the Watermark tab.
2.Select the watermark text from the Wa t e r m a r k  list box.
3.Select Background if you want the watermark to print behind the text and images.
4.Select Repeat to repeat the watermark on the printed page.
5.Select 1st Page Only if you want the watermark to appear only on the first page of the 
print job.
6.Click OK.
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