User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 Printing Methods 1
About this Machine ....................................................................................................................................1
Front view and Back view....................................................................................................................1
Acceptable paper and other print media....................................................................................................2
Recommended Paper..........................................................................................................................2
Paper type and size.............................................................................................................................2
Handling and using special paper .......................................................................................................5
Unprintable area when printing from a computer ................................................................................8
Loading paper............................................................................................................................................9
Loading paper and print media............................................................................................................9
Loading paper in the standard paper tray and the optional lower tray ................................................9
Loading paper in the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) ............................................................................13
2-sided printing ........................................................................................................................................22
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper .............................................................................22
Automatic 2-sided printing .................................................................................................................23
Manual 2-sided printing .....................................................................................................................25
Printing from a USB flash drive or digital camera supporting mass storage............................................26
Creating a PRN file for direct printing ................................................................................................27
Printing directly from the USB flash drive or digital camera supporting mass storage ......................28
2 Driver and Software 31
Printer driver ............................................................................................................................................31
Printing a document...........................................................................................................................32
Printer driver settings.........................................................................................................................33
Windows
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................................................................................................................................................34
Accessing the printer driver settings..................................................................................................34
Features in the Windows
®
printer driver............................................................................................35
Basic tab............................................................................................................................................35
Advanced tab.....................................................................................................................................43
Print Profiles tab ................................................................................................................................52
Device Settings tab............................................................................................................................54
Support ..............................................................................................................................................55
BR-Script 3 printer driver features (PostScript
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3™ language emulation) .......................................57
Uninstalling the printer driver.............................................................................................................65
Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................66
Macintosh ................................................................................................................................................68
Features in the printer driver (Macintosh)..........................................................................................68
Choosing page setup options ............................................................................................................68
Features in the BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript
®
3™ language emulation) .............................78
Removing the printer driver ...............................................................................................................83
Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................84
Software ..................................................................................................................................................86
Software for networks .......................................................................................................................86