User's Manual

Guide to Printing Using Xerox Production Print Services 7-1
7 The Xerox Custom PCL
printer drivers
This chapter describes how you may best use the Xerox PCL
printer drivers when using a Windows or Solaris based
system.
The Xerox Custom PCL printer drivers are PCL drivers that
include Xerox value added user interface controls to access
the features specific to the supported Xerox printers.
If the driver is not installed or you wish to install an additional
printer driver, refer to the Installation Guide chapter for the
installation procedure.
Features
The PCL printer driver offers the following features.
• Full printing capabilities and finishing options of the
supported printers for users who print directly from within
Windows applications
• Full printing capabilities and finishing options for those
who create documents and PCL PDL (page description
language) files
• Sixty shades of gray for graphics printing and enhanced
graphics image quality
• Faster processing in many situations, compared to the
PCL mini-driver, especially when graphics are included in
the document
• True 600 dots per inch resolution for the printers that
support 600 dpi.
• Xerox Printer Drivers can be shared from Windows 2000
or Windows XP to other Windows 2000 or Windows XP
clients. Sharing to other operating systems is not
supported.