Operating Instructions

5.2 Easy Print Utility

By printing using the Panasonic Easy Print Utility instead of the printer driver, you will have access to many useful

and convenient printing features:

– Preventing unnecessary prints by checking the preview on PC screen

– Combining multiple documents

– Saving a file in PDF format

For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows:

1 Open the document you want to print.

2 Select [Print] from the menu.

3 Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active printer.

4 Click [Print].

R The [Panasonic Easy Print Utility] dialogue will be displayed. For details about the Easy Print Utility, click

[?], then click the desired item.

5 View the print image by clicking the desired page in the [Print Page Operation] window (left column list).

R To change the printer settings, see page 54.

R To combine multiple documents created in various applications, see page 54.

R To save the file in PDF format, see page 55.

R Even if you set the number of prints on the original application beforehand, you may have to re-set it for the

Easy Print Utility.

6 Click [Print] icon on the print toolbar.

Note:

R When mode restriction (feature #154) is activated, enter the department code in the printer settings using [Job

Type] beforehand (page 50). If the department code does not match, or the department code restricts the print

mode, printing will be cancelled. [Job Type] settings cannot be performed from the printer settings of [Panasonic

Easy Print Utility] dialogue.

5.2.1 Ecology printing features

You can use various printing features and preview the resulting printed image without having to make a test print.

Printer settings

You can change or display the settings on the following tabs in step 5.

[Basic]: Paper size, layout printing, duplex

[Output]: Number of prints, paper source, media type

[Quality]: Colour mode, toner save

[Effects]: Header, watermark, footer

Combining multiple documents

You can display multiple pages created in various applications and handle it as a single document.

1. Perform steps 1 to 4 on “5.2 Easy Print Utility”.

2. Open another document you want to add to the Easy Print Utility.

3. Select [Print] from the menu.

4. Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active printer.

5. Click [Print].

R The document will be added after the last page of the previous document in the print preview window.

6. Repeat steps 2 to 5.

7. If necessary, change the printer settings (page 54).

8. Click [Print] icon on the print toolbar.

Note:

R The maximum number of documents that can be displayed in the [Print Page Operation] window is 999 pages.

5. Printing