Topmax PCL 5e Printer Driver Help Contents

Help Topics

Copies

Collate

Duplex Print

Watermarks

Layout

N-UP

Booklet

Enlarge/Reduce

Paper

Graphics

Fonts

Device Options


Copies

The Copies selection tells Windows how many copies you want to print from a software application. This setting is independent of the "copies selection" that may be available within the print menus of your software application.

NOTE:  You should experiment to determine which selection works best for the jobs you print.


Collate

The "Collate Selection" is where you can select either "collate print" or "uncollate print" when you wish to print plural pages. This setting is independent of the "collate selection" that may be available within the print menus of your software application.

NOTE:  You should experiment to determine which selection works best for the jobs you print.


Duplex Print

The default selection is "None" for single-sided printing. If you want to print in duplex mode, you should determine how your finished document will be bound:

"Long-edge" binding setup in portrait orientation is used for conventional layouts in book binding. Long-edge in landscape orientation is often used in accounting and spreadsheet applications because pages can be flipped through as on a clipboard.

"Short-edge" binding setup in portrait orientation is often used for calendar-like books.  Short-edge in landscape orientation is another variation of conventional book layouts.

NOTE:  To enable the Duplex Print Selection, you have to set the Duplex Unit to "installed" at the Installed Options of the Device Option dialog box.


Watermarks

With the Watermarks setting, you can print any kinds of text on the back ground of the document. For example, you can put "Confidential" with light gray big characters on the document you wish to print.

You can print your defined text or customized text with the Watermark print applied to either only on the first page or all pages. You can choose the text you like from the list box. You can also edit, add, and delete the text as you wish.

See Also

EDIT Watermarks


Edit Watermarks

You can set the text, font, style, size, darkness, angle, and the position of each watermark text.


Layout

With the Layout setting, you can print your document with different layout styles such as N-UP, Booklet, and Enlarge/Reduce.

See Also

N-UP

Booklet

Enlarge/Reduce


N-UP

N-UP setting enables your document to print in the following 6 kinds of N-UP layout styles in one page. The style depends on the number and the direction of the N-UPs you select.

2UP ACENDANT

2UP DECENDANT

4UP HORIZONTAL ACENDANT

4UP VERTICAL ACENDANT

4UP HORIZONTAL DECENDANT

4UP VERTICAL DECENDANT

You can print the Border Line on the N-UPed pages.

You can also select the paper to print the N-UPed pages.


Booklet

The Booklet setting enables you to print booklet style documents only if you have installed "Duplex Unit", There are 2 kinds of booklet style documents as shown below.

Left Open

Right Open

You can also select the paper to print the booklet style document.


Enlarge/Reduce

With the Enlarge/Reduce setting, you can print the document enlarged or reduced size you like.


Topmax PCL 5e Printer Driver Help for Paper

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Paper Size

Orientation

Paper Source


Paper Size

Paper Size is where you can select the default paper size, envelope size or custom paper size. Custom paper size can be set.

NOTE:  Your windows application software may overwrite this setting. It is recommended that you use both application*s paper size and that of Printer Driver*s.


Orientation

Orientation can be Portrait or Landscape. Portrait orientation means the page is taller than it is wide when you view the printed text upright. Landscape orientation means the page is wider than it is tall when you view the printed text upright.

NOTE:  When printing in duplex (double-sided) mode, orientation is an important consideration that affects the binding setup of your documents.


Paper Source

Paper Source is where you can select the default paper supply tray. You can set a different paper supply tray only for the first page.

NOTE:  Your windows application software may overwrite this setting. It is recommended that you use both application*s paper size and that of Printer Driver*s.


Topmax PCL 5e Printer Driver Help for Graphics

Help Topics

Dithering

Intensity

Graphics Mode


Dithering

Dithering refers to a type of pattern that is applied to printed images. These patterns produce a "gray" appearance on the printed page.

The best way to choose a setting for your graphic image is to experiment.  Print a graphic image at each setting and choose the one you like best.

To help you decide which selection to choose, the three settings are described here:

None

Choose this setting if you do not need any halftoning.

Fine

Choose this setting for printed images that you want to have smooth, realistic and photographic appearance.  The Photographic Images setting provides soft contrasts between various shades of gray.  This setting also works well for images originally designed with color.

Line Art Images

Choose this setting for graphic images with intricate lines and fine detail, like "clip art" graphics.  The Line Art Images setting provides solid lines and sharp contrasts between shaded areas.


Intensity

Intensity is where you can set the print darkness of the graphics.


Graphics Mode

With "Use Vector" in the Graphics Mode, you may be able to shorten the printing time of a document including some graphics. However, if the printed result is different from what you see on the screen or the printing time is too long, select the "Use Raster Graphics" instead.


Topmax PCL 5e Printer Driver Help for Graphics
Topmax PCL 5e Printer Driver Help for Fonts

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TrueType Fonts


TrueType Fonts

If your document contains a lot of graphics but not a lot of repeated TrueType text, it is recommended that you use this feature. If your document does not contain a lot of different TrueType fonts, printing them as graphics requires less printer memory and may speed up printing time.

This option is also useful if you want to print graphics over text such that only the exposed portion of a character is displayed.

Note:	This setting is available when Use Raster Graphics is chosen.


Topmax PCL 5e Printer Driver Help for Device Options

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Installable Options

User Name

Page Protection

Print Quality

Toner Density


Installable Options

Set the options which is actually installed in the printer. With this setting, settings which are available only when each option is installed become available.


User Name

/* Custom Capability */


Page Protection

The page protection feature allows the printer to create an entire page image in memory before physically moving the paper through the printer. This process ensures that the entire page will be printed and helps eliminate the "PRINT OVERRUN" error that can sometimes appear on the display of your printer.

NOTE: Page Protection may make the "Memory Overflow" error happen more often.


Print Quality

/* Custom Capability */


Toner Density

/* Custom Capability */