Xerox Phaser 6500DN User Manual

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Selecting Printing Defaults in Windows for a Shared Network Printer
If the printer is shared on a network, you can set printing defaults that apply to anyone who accesses it 
from the network. You can override network-level defaults through the driver settings on an individual 
computer.
1. Navigate to the list of printers on your computer:
• For Windows XP SP1 or later, click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes.
• For Windows Vista, click Start >...

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Printing Options for Windows PostScript Driver
For detailed information on using the print driver options, click the Help button in the print driver boxes 
to access the driver online help.
Note: For optional printer features to be available in the print driver, the optional features must be 
installed and enabled. If you have not enabled your installed optional features, see Enabling 
Optional Features on page 41.
Driver TabPrinting Option...

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Printing Options for Windows PCL Driver
For detailed information on using the print driver options, click the Help button in the print driver to 
access the online help.
Note: For optional printer features to be available in the print driver, the optional features must be 
installed and enabled. If you have not enabled your installed optional features, see Enabling 
Optional Features on page 41.
Layout • Pages per Sheet (N-up): For multiple-page...

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Driver TabPrinting Option
Paper/Output • Job Type: Specifies the type of print job: Normal Print, Secure Print, 
Proof Print. Secure Print and Proof Print are available with extra RAM 
memory only.
• 2-Sided Print: 1-Sided Print, Flip on long edge, Flip on short edge.
• Paper Size: Specifies the size of the paper to print on, including 
specifying a custom paper size.
• Output Color: Color or Black and White.
• Paper Type: Specifies the type of paper...

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Selecting Printing Options for an Individual Job in Macintosh
To use special printing options for a particular job, change the print driver settings in the application 
before sending the job to the printer.
Note: The print driver includes help with more information on selecting printing options.
1. With the document open in your application, click File and then click Print.
2. Select the desired printing options from the menus and drop-down lists...

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Driver Drop-Down TitlePrinting Options
Copies & Pages • Copies: Specifies number of copies and whether to collate.
• Pages: All, Current, Selection, From x to x, Page range.
Layout • Pages per Sheet: Specifies the number of pages to print on each sheet 
of paper.
• Layout Direction: Specifies the order in which to print the pages when 
printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper.
• Border: Specifies the type and width of border to print around each...

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User Guide67 Printer Features • Print Quality/Color: Specifies output color, image quality, brightness, 
color correction method, halftone screen settings, and adjust color 
balance.
• Color Adjustment: Specifies RGB color adjustment settings.
• Color Balance (C, M, Y, K): Specifies amount of color to use.
• Media Handling: Specifies manual feed slot orientation, paper type, size 
mismatch setting, and custom paper auto orientation.
• Printer-specific Options:...

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Printing on Specialty Media
This section includes:
•Printing Envelopes on page 68
•Printing Labels on page 71
•Printing on Glossy Cardstock on page 73
•Printing on Cardstock on page 76
Printing Envelopes
This section includes:
•Guidelines for Printing Envelope on page 68
•Printing Envelopes from Tray 1 on page 69
•Printing Envelopes from the Manual Feed Slot on page 70
•Printing Envelopes using the PostScript Driver on page 70
•Printing Envelopes...

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Printing Envelopes from Tray 1
To load envelopes:
1. Gently pull out the paper tray and then open the output tray to hold the printed envelopes. For 
details, see Loading Paper in Tray 1 on page 51.
2. Slide the paper guides to the edge of the tray.
3. Insert the envelopes with the flaps closed, flaps down, and flaps to the right. You can load 
envelopes up to the maximum fill line in the tray.
Note: You cannot print on the reverse side of the...

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Printing Envelopes from the Manual Feed Slot
Note: You can load only one envelope at a time in the manual feed slot.
To load an envelope:
1. Slide the paper guides of the manual feed slot to fit the envelopes you are using. Open the output 
tray to hold the printed envelopes. For details, see Loading Paper in the Manual Feed Slot on 
page 53.
2. Insert one envelope with the flaps closed, flaps up, and flaps to the right as shown in the...