Changing the default print settings, Setting your machine as a default machine, Printing to a file (prn) – Dell 1130n Laser Mono Printer User Manual
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without a significant reduction in print quality.
Printer Setting: If you select this option, this feature is determined by the setting you’ve made from
the machine.
On: Select this option to allow the printer to use less toner on each page.
Off: If you do not need to save toner when printing a document, select this option.
Darkness: The option adjusts the toner density on print outputs. The values are Normal, Light, and Dark.
For Dell 1130n, you change darknesss in the Printer Settings Utility.
3.
Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
Changing the default print settings
Most Windows applications will override settings you specify in the printer driver. Change all print settings
available in the software application first, and change any remaining settings using the printer driver.
1.
Click the Windows Start menu.
2.
For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.
For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printers and Faxes.
For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.
For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.
For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.
3.
Right-click your machine.
4.
For Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista, press Printing Preferences.
For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, from context menus, select the Printing preferences.
If Printing preferences item has
► mark, you can select other printer drivers connected with selected printer.
5.
Change the settings on each tab.
6.
Click OK.
If you want to change the settings for each print job, change it in Printing Preferences.
Setting your machine as a default machine
1.
Click the Windows Start menu.
2.
For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.
For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printers and Faxes.
For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.
For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.
For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.
3.
Select your machine.
4.
Right-click your machine and select Set as Default Printer.
For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
If Set as default printer item has
► mark, you can select other printer drivers connected with selected
printer.
Printing to a file (PRN)
You will sometimes need to save the print data as a file.
To create a file:
1.
Check the Print to file box at the Print window.