User guide

Host-based features
NOTE Host-based printing differs from PCL printing by computing the print job on the host
computer rather than computing the print job in the product formatter.
This section contains the following information:
■ Access to drivers
■ Help system
■ Driver-tab features
Access to drivers
To gain access to driver settings from within most software programs, click File, click Print, and then
click Properties. The appearance and names of the driver tab can vary, depending on the operating
system. These settings apply only while the software program is open.
You can also control the drivers directly from the Printers folder. These settings change the default
settings that are used across all software programs.
■ In Windows 2000, click Start, click Settings, click Printers, right-click the product name, and
then click Printing Preferences to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software
program controls.
■ In Windows XP, click Start, click Printers and Faxes (Windows XP Professional) or Printers
and Other Hardware Devices (Windows XP Home), right-click the product name, and then click
Printing Preferences to gain access to the same set of driver tabs that the software program
controls.
If, after right-clicking the product name, you click Properties, you gain access to a different set of
tabs that control the driver behavior and driver connections. For information about the Properties
tabs that are described in this chapter, see the
Printer Properties tab set section.
Help system
The Host-based driver includes a full-featured Help system to provide assistance with printing and
configuration options. The following Help options are available:
■ What's this? Help
■ Context-sensitive Help
■ Constraint messages
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Windows driver features