Xerox Phaser 6280DT User Manual

Selecting Printing Options
Phaser® 6280 Printer
61 See the following table for specific PCL printing options:
Note:If your driver does not display the options listed in the table above, see Enabling 
Options on page 134 for more information.
PCL Printing Options for Windows Operating Systems
Operating System Driver Tab Printing Options
Windows Vista, 
Windows 2000, 
Windows XP, or 
Windows Server 
2003Paper/Output tab Job Type
 Document size, paper type, and tray selection
 2-sided printing
 Feed...

Selecting Printing Options
Phaser® 6280 Printer
62 See the following table for specific PostScript printing options:
Note:If your driver does not display the options listed in the table above, see Enabling 
Options on page 134 for more information.
Selecting Options for an Individual Job (Macintosh)
To select print settings for a particular job, change the driver settings before sending the 
job to the printer.
1. With the document open in your application, click 
File, and then click Print.
2. Select...

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Macintosh PostScript Driver Settings
Operating System Driver Drop-Down Title Printing Options
Mac OS X, Version 
10.4 and 10.5Copies & PagesCopies
 Pages
Layout Pages per sheet
 Layout direction
 Border
 2-sided printing
Scheduler Print document (now, at a specified time, on 
hold)
 Priority (urgent, high, medium, low)
Paper Handling Page order
 Print (all, odd, even)
 Destination paper size
ColorSync Color conversion
 Quartz filter
Cover...

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Mac OS X, Version 
10.3Copies & PagesCopies
 Pages
Layout Pages per sheet
 Layout direction
 Border
 Two-sided printing
Output OptionsPDF 
Postscript
Scheduler Print document (now, at a specified time, on 
hold)
 Priority (urgent, high, medium, low)
Paper Handling Reverse page order
 Print (all, odd, even)
ColorSync Color matching
 Quartz filter
Cover Page Print cover page (none, before document, 
after document)
 Cover page type
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Printing on Both Sides of the Paper
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Printing on Both Sides of the Paper
This section includes:
•Automatic 2-Sided Printing Guidelines on page 65
•Binding Edge Options on page 66
•Selecting 2-Sided Printing on page 66
Note:For information about manual two-sided printing, go to the Online Support Assistant 
at www.xerox.com/office/6280support
.
Automatic 2-Sided Printing Guidelines
Automatic 2-sided printing is available from the Phaser 6280DN configuration. Before 
printing a...

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Binding Edge Options
When you use the printer driver to select 2-sided printing, also select the binding edge, 
which determines how the pages turn. The actual outcome depends on the orientation 
(portrait or landscape) of images on the page, as displayed in the following illustrations.
Selecting 2-Sided Printing
To select automatic 2-sided printing:
1. Insert paper in the tray. For more information, see Loading Paper on page 52.
2. In the...

Printing on Specialty Media
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Printing on Specialty Media
This section includes:
•Printing Transparencies on page 67
•Printing Envelopes on page 69
•Printing Labels on page 72
•Printing Glossy Paper on page 77
•Printing Custom Size or Long Paper on page 82
Printing Transparencies
Transparencies can be printed from all trays. They should be printed on one side only. For 
best results, use only recommended Xerox transparencies.
To order paper, transparencies, or other specialty media,...

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Loading Transparencies
Note:Transparencies with a white frame and full-color transparencies cannot be used.
1. After carefully fanning a small stack of transparencies, load them into Tray 1 (MPT) 
with the side to be printed facing down. Load no more than 25 transparencies at a 
time.
2. Slide the paper guides to the size of the transparencies.
3. Pull out the output tray extension when loading paper, such as transparencies.
Printing on Transparencies...

Printing on Specialty Media
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69 6. From 
Paper Size, select the size of the original document.
7. Click 
OK.
8. Click 
Print in the Print dialog box to start printing.
Using the PCL Driver
To print on transparencies using the PCL print driver, display the 
Paper/Output tab.
1. From the 
File menu, select Print.
2. Select this printer as the printer to be used and click 
Preferences or Properties.
3. Select the 
Paper/Output tab.
4. From 
Paper Tray, select Tra y  1  ( M P T ).
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Loading Envelopes
To load envelopes, insert the envelopes with the flaps closed and at the right side. The print 
side must be facing down. You can load envelopes up to the maximum fill line in the tray at 
one time.
The following explains how to load envelopes in Tray 1 (MPT).
Note:The reverse side of the envelope cannot be printed on. Envelopes can get wrinkled or 
the print quality is reduced depending on the type used.
See also: 
About Paper on page...