HP LaserJet 8150 Series Printers - Software Technical Reference

PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features
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Basics tab features
The Basics tab provides options for setting the number of copies to be printed and for
the orientation of the print job. It also lets you get to information about the driver.
Figure 59: The Basics tab
Copies
The Copies feature allows you to specify the number of copies to print.
The number of copies you request appears in the Copies box. You can select the
number by typing in the box or by using the up and down arrows to the right of the edit
box. Valid entries are numbers from 1 to 999. The copies value will not advance from 999
to 1 or change from 1 to 999 when the down arrow is used. Invalid entries into the edit
box (such as, non-numerical input, numbers less than 1 or greater than 999) are changed
to the last valid value when focus is removed from the control. The default number of
copies is 1.
Because applications can also be used to set the desired number of copies, conflicts
between the application and the driver can arise. In most cases, the application and the
driver communicate, so that the number of copies set in one location (such as, the
application) will appear in the other (such as, the driver). For some applications, this
communication does not take place, and the copies values are treated independently. For
these applications, setting 10 copies in the application and then setting 10 copies in the
driver will result in 100 copies (10 x 10) being printed.