Printing, Printer driver features, Basic printing – Samsung SCX-5835FN-XAR User Manual

Page 43: This chapter explains common printing tasks, Pcl printer driver postscript printer driver

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1.

printing

This chapter explains common printing tasks.

This chapter includes:

Printer driver features

Basic printing

Using special print features

Understanding Printing Preferences

Using direct printing utility

Changing the default print settings

Setting your machine as a default machine

Printing to a file (PRN)

Macintosh printing

Linux printing

Printing with PS driver

The procedures in this chapter are mainly based on Windows XP.

PRINTER DRIVER FEATURES

Your printer drivers support the following standard features:

Paper orientation, size, source, and media type selection

Number of copies

In addition, you can use various special printing features. The following

table shows a general overview of features supported by your printer

drivers:

Some models or operating system may not support the certain

feature(s) in the following table.

PCL printer driver

PostScript printer driver

BASIC PRINTING

Your machine allows you to print from various Windows, Macintosh, or

Linux applications. The exact steps for printing a document may vary

depending on the application you use.

Your Printing Preferences window that appears in this user’s guide

may differ depending on the machine in use. However, the

composition of the Printing Preferences window is similar. Check

the operating system(s) that are compatible with your machine.

Refer to the OS compatibility section of Printer Specifications .

(See "Printer specifications" on page 2.)

When you select an option in Printing Preferences, you may see a

warning mark,

, or

. An exclamation mark (

) means you

can select that certain option but it is not recommended, and (

)

mark means you cannot select that option due to the machine’s

setting or environment.

The following procedure describes the general steps required for printing

from various Windows applications.

FEATURE

WINDOWS

Machine quality option

O

Poster printing

O

Multiple pages per sheet

O

Fit to page printing

O

Reduce and enlarge printing

O

Different source for first page

O

Watermark

O

Overlay

O

Double-sided printing (duplex)

O

FEATURE

WINDOWS

LINUX

MACINTOSH

Machine quality option

O

O

O

Poster printing

X

X

X

Multiple pages per sheet

O

O

(2, 4)

O

Fit to page printing

O

X

O

Reduce and enlarge
printing

O

X

O

Different source for first
page

X

X

O

Watermark

X

X

X

Overlay

X

X

X

Double-sided printing
(duplex)

a

a. The machine with Duplex feature prints both side of a paper.

O

O

O

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