3. Preparation L If the [User Account Control] dialogue box appears, click [Continue]. 2. [Custom] 3. Select the desired MAPI-compliant Email software such as [Windows Mail], etc. from [Choose a default e-mail program]. i [OK] 28
4Printer Printer 4.1 Printing from Windows applications You can print a file created in a Windows application. For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows: 1 Open the document you want to print. 2 Select [Print...] from the [File] menu. L The [Print] dialogue box will appear. For details about the [Print] dialogue box, click [?], then click the desired item. Note: L For Microsoft PowerPoint ® , select [Color] or remove the check next to [Grayscale] in the print dialogue so that coloured text will be printed in greyscale. 3 Select the unit’s name as the active printer. L If you have changed the name of the unit when installing, select that name from the list. L To change the printer settings, proceed as follows. For Windows 98/Windows Me: Click [Properties], then click the desired tab. Change the printer settings, then click [OK]. For Windows 2000: Click the desired tab and change the printer settings. For Windows XP/Windows Vista: Click [Preferences], then click the desired tab. Change the printer settings, then click [OK]. 4 Click [Print] or [OK]. L The unit will start printing. Note: L To stop printing from the unit, see page 74. L To load paper, see page 13. L For details about the paper specifications, see page 99. L If a printing error occurs, the Device Monitor (page 73) will start automatically and display the error information. 4. Printer Setting the printer properties You can change the printer setting in step 3. We recommend that you test paper (especially special sizes and types of paper) on the unit before purchasing large quantities. You can change or display the settings on the following tabs. [Basic]: Paper size, media type, duplex, etc. [Output]: Number of prints, collate, etc. [Quality]: Quality, contrast, toner save feature, etc. [Effects]: Watermark, overlay. [Profile]: Saving the desired settings, selecting the saved settings, etc. [Support]: Version information. Note: L Select the desired media type on the [Basic] tab according to the recording paper. Recording paper type Media type Plain paper 75 g/m 2 to 90 g/m 2 Thin paper 64 g/m 2 to 75 g/m 2 Thick paper 90 g/m 2 to 165 g/m 2 [Plain Paper] [Thin Paper] [Thick Paper] Transparency [Transparency] Label [Label] L When printing from a computer, the printer properties setting overrides the following unit’s programming features: – Media type setting (feature #383 on page 57) – Toner save setting (feature #482 on page 57) 4.1.1 Duplex printing For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows. L Plain paper and thin paper can be used. 1 Open the document you want to print. 2 Select [Print...] from the [File] menu. 3 Select the unit’s name as the active printer. L For Windows 2000 users, go to step 5. 4 For Windows 98/Windows Me: [Properties] For Windows XP/Windows Vista: [Preferences] 5 Click the [Basic] tab. 6 Select the desired duplex layout. i [OK] L Select [None] to deactivate this feature. L You can also change the duplex margin. 7 Click [Print] or [OK]. 29