User's Manual

Advanced Printing
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Using Watermarks
The Watermark option allows you to print text over an existing document.
For example, you may want to have large gray letters reading “DRAFT”
or “CONFIDENTIAL” printed diagonally across the first page or all pages
of a document.
There are several predefined watermarks that come with the printer, and
they can be modified, or you can add new ones to the list.
Using an Existing Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software application, access
printer properties. See “Printing a Document” on page 13.
2 Click the Extras tab, and select the desired watermark from the
Watermark drop-down list. You will see the selected watermark in
the preview image.
3 Click OK and start printing.
N OTE : The preview image shows how the page will look when it is
printed.
Creating a Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software application, access
printer properties. See “Printing a Document” on page 13.
2 Click the Extras tab, and click the Edit button in the Watermark
section. The Edit Watermark window appears.
3 Enter a text message in the Watermark Message box. You can
enter up to 40 characters. The message displays in the preview
window.
When the First Page Only box is checked, the watermark prints on
the first page only.
4 Select watermark options.
You can select the font name, style, size, or grayscale level from
the Font Attributes section and set the angle of the watermark
from the Message Angle section.
5 Click Add to add a new watermark to the list.
6 When you have finished editing, click OK and start printing.
To stop printing the watermark, select
(No Watermark) from the
Watermark drop-down list.
Editing a Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software application, access
printer properties. See “Printing a Document” on page 13.
2 Click the Extras tab and click the Edit button in the Watermark
section. The Edit Watermark window appears.
3 Select the watermark you want to edit from the Current
Watermarks list and change the watermark message and options.
4 Click Update to save the changes.
5 Click OK until you exit the Print window.
Deleting a Watermark
1 To change the print settings from your software application, access
printer properties. See “Printing a Document” on page 13.
2 From the Extras tab, click the Edit button in the Watermark
section. The
Edit Watermark window appears.
3 Select the watermark you want to delete from the Current
Watermarks list and click Delete .
4 Click OK until you exit the Print window.