Operation Manual

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Using the printer driver
Setting the default printer
The default printer is the one that is used if you choose the Print
command without first specifying which printer you want to use with an
application. The default printer should be the printer that you use most
often.
Note For information about setting the default printer on a Macintosh
computer, see “Changing printer settings and printing documents.”
To set the default printer
1 Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers (Windows
95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0,
and Windows 2000).
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Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes (Windows XP).
2 Right-click the printer icon you want to change, and then select
Set As Default from the pop-up menu.
Changing printer settings
You can change printer settings from the LCD control panel, from the
printer driver, and from an application.
Note For information about changing printer settings on a Macintosh
computer, see “Changing printer settings and printing documents.”
If you want printing options to be available only in a particular
application, change the settings from this application. After you quit the
application, the printer settings will return to the defaults configured in
the printer driver.
To change printer settings from a software application, from the File
menu, click Print, and then click Setup or Properties.
If you want printing options to be available in all software applications
you use on the computer, change the default settings in the printer
driver.