Copyright: Copyright 1999 by Xerox Corporation
Citation: Copyright 1999 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.


A printer driver is a special Windows program that converts your application's drawing instructions into a form your printer can understand. The printer driver is where you configure and customize settings for each print job. Along the top of the printer driver interface there is a tab for each group of settings. Simply click on the tabs to access each group of settings.


Use this area of the dialog to select the job type of your text output. The optional Hard Disk must be both installed in the printer and enabled in the driver before you can use Secure Printing or Proof Printing. The available job types are:

Normal Print - The printer processes the job, then queues it and prints it in the order it was received. This is the default job type.

Proof Print - This job type is appropriate only for multicopy jobs. You must assign a password and a copy count in the driver before submitting the print job. The printer processes, queues and prints the first copy immediately. You must then enter the same password on the printer's control panel before the rest of the copies will print.

Secure Print - You must assign a password in the printer driver before submitting the print job.The printer processes, queues and prints the first copy immediately. You must then enter the same password on the printer's control panel before the job will print.


You can select paper sizes by selecting them from the list box. The drop-down list box shows all the paper sizes the printer supports.


Your printer can print in either portrait or landscape orientation. Orientation refers to the direction of print on the page.

Select Landscape if you are printing a page that is wider than it is tall.

Select Portrait if you are printing a page that is taller than it is wide.


The Paper Source area of the dialog allows you to set your printer's default paper input tray or option. You can select the paper source from the drop-down list of paper sources.

The drop-down list provides a summary of the paper sources that support the selected paper size. A combination of the following sources and options will appear:

•	Auto Select

•	Tray 1

•	Tray 2

•	Manual (MBF Tray)

•	Optional Tray Sources:

•	Envelope Feeder

•	MBF (multi-sheet)

•	Tray 3

•	Tray 4

•	Tray 5


The Output Bin area of the dialog allows you to set your printer's default paper output destination. The bins available are:

•	Top (Face Down) Bin

•	Auto Select (no request)

•	Face Up Bin

•	Finisher Bin1

•	Finisher Bin2

•	Finisher Bin3

•	Bin 1 (MailBox)

•	Bin 2 (MailBox)

•	Bin 3 (MailBox)

•	Bin 4 (MailBox)

•	Bin 5 (MailBox)

•	Bin 6 (MailBox)

•	Bin 7 (MailBox)

•	Bin 8 (MailBox)

•	Bin 9 (MailBox)

•	Bin 10 (MailBox)

•	Sorter


This printer supports Edge to Edge printing. To select this mode, set this feature to On. If this feature is Off, the printer defaults to predetermined printable areas for each paper size. The two options available are:

Off:	This selects the predetermined printable areas for each paper size.
On:	This selects edge to edge printing.


This setting allows the printer to set the type of media it will be printing on.

The following selections are available:

•	Auto Select

•	Plain

•	Preprinted

•	Letterhead

•	Transparency

•	Prepunched

•	Labels

•	Bond

•	Recycled

•	Color

•	CardStock


Draft Mode (Toner saving) Reduces the amount of toner placed onto the paper. Using this feature will cause pages to be printed lighter.


EconoMode (Toner Saving) Reduces the amount of toner placed onto the paper. Using this feature will cause pages to be printed lighter.


The Configuration group of this dialog allows you to specify optional attachments and memory options on your printer. The actual items shown vary according to the printer model. On this printer the options are as follows:

•	High Capacity Trays 3, 4, and 5

•	Finisher

•	HardDisk

•	MBF

•	Envelope Feeder

•	MailBox

•	Duplex The duplex unit gives you the facility to print on either one or both sides of the paper.

After you have installed the options, update the printer driver by clicking on the relevant checkbox. This tells the printer driver that the options are now available. The printers graphical image and the relevant drop-down list change to show the new options.


High Capacity Trays 3, 4, and 5 are three optional 2000-sheet input trays that can be installed under the main printer. The High capacity trays must be enabled before the Finisher tray option can be enabled.


The Mailbox is an optional attachment that can be added to your printer to select a bin where you can send documents. The mailbox has ten bins with a capacity of 100 sheets per bin. The Mailbox and the Finisher are mutually exclusive.


The Hard Disk option enables Hard Disk support in the driver. The Hard Disk option must be installed in the printer, and enabled in the driver for Secure Printing or Proof Jobs to be enabled.


The Envelope Feeder is an optional input attachment, added to the front of the printer, which is specially adapted to handle various sizes of envelope.


The setting in the Memory box tells Windows how much memory you have installed in your printer. This setting should match the total amount of memory in your printer. If you are unsure about how much memory is installed in your printer, print a Configuration Sheet. Look for the entry Total System Memory. This will tell you the amount of memory installed in the printer. The value is in Megabytes (MB).


This printer supports duplex printing. You must enable this option on the Configuration dialog to activate duplex printing. Having enabled this option, the duplex option will be enabled in the Layout dialog.

The selections available are:

None:	Single sided printing
Flip on Long Edge:	Double sided printing aligned to the longest edge of the paper
Flip on Short Edge:	Double sided printing aligned to the shortest edge of the paper
A graphical image will appear on selection of either of the duplex options being selected showing the direction of print.


The Finisher option consists of three output stacking bins, with a capacity of 670 unstapled sheets per bin. Offset is available on each tray, and each tray can sense the following stack conditions: empty, 50% full, and 100% full. The finisher also contains a stapler with capacity of 50 sheets of standard paper per stapled set. The Mailbox and the Finisher are mutually exclusive. The Finisher is addressed as three individual bins. There are three stapling positions, Position 1, Position 2, and Dual.

Staple placement based on Paper- Size, Orientation, and Position:	Portrait	Landscape
Long-Edge-Feed  Paper Sizes:	Position 1
(Letter,  Statement,	Position 2
Executive,  A4, & A5 )	Dual
Short-Edge-Feed  Paper Sizes:	Position 1
(Legal,  Folio,	Position 2
Ledger, &  A3)	Dual


Tray 2 is an optional input tray located below the standard tray. It can be either a 2000-sheet tray, or a 500-sheet tray.


Tray 3 is an optional input tray located below the first optional tray (Tray 2). It can be either a 2000-sheet tray or a 500-sheet tray. Tray 3 is only available if Tray 2 is a 500-sheet tray. Tray 3 cannot be installed if Tray 2 is the 2000-sheet tray.


The Offset Bin is an optional feature that can be added to your printer. This allows you to increase the printers output capacity by 500-sheets. After installing the Offset Bin on your printer, check the box for Offset Bin in the Printer Options area in this dialog. The output tray on the Paper dialog will be updated to show this setting. The Offset Bin setting will be displayed in the Paper dialog, under the Output selections.


Tray 2 is an optional input tray located below the standard tray.


XIE (Xerox Image Enhancement) is a smoothing algorithm applied to bitmap images in order to improve image quality. This feature may be enabled when the resolution is set to 600 X 600 dpi. It is not available when "Draft Mode" is selected. The printer ignores the command when the resolution is not set at 600 X 600 dpi.

Draft Mode (Toner saving) Reduces the amount of toner placed onto the paper. Using this feature will cause pages to be printed lighter.


The Output Tray area of the dialog allows you to set your printers default paper output destination. You can select the output from the drop down list of output destinations. The drop down list will provide a summary of the output destinations available on your particular model depending on the paper size selected.


Edge Smoothing reduces rough or jagged edges of black text and line art.


Enhanced Alignment is a new feature to deliver improved image quality. If your documents contain black lines, or black text placed directly next to colored areas, you may want to select Enhanced Alignment. When used, your printer will automatically adjust itself to improve the black image alignment next to colored areas. Note that this feature is most valuable when black and colored areas directly touch.


Color Settings enables you to choose the mode in which your document will be printed. 3 Color Settings are available:

Vivid Color produces bright, solid colors and should be used for documents with graphics that include charts and graphs.

Photo Mode is the best color setting to use for photographs or bitmap images.

Unadjusted uses your application settings and does not use any of the printer driver default settings. Use this print mode when your application or operating system has a color matching system (such as Pantone or Image Color Matching). Note: You must use Unadjusted print mode in conjunction with your color matching system to obtain the colors you expect.


The User Defined Types option has to be used in conjunction with User Defined Types on the printer. A user can create a new user defined paper type at the printer and then associate it with a particular paper tray. The user can input the same user defined paper type in the printer driver; and request the user defined paper type in a print job. A command to find the user defined paper type will be sent to the printer, to select the associated paper tray, which contains the user defined paper type.

For example, if a company has pre-printed letterhead paper in a printer tray, the paper in the specific tray could be defined on the printer as type Company-Logo. After defining that same paper type in the driver, a user may specify Company-Logo type of paper with a document, and the document will be printed with paper from the tray which contains type Company-Logo.


Selecting TrueRes will cause the printer to smooth out data.


The Hard Disk option enables Hard Disk support in the driver.


Color Settings...

Intelligent Color: When you choose Intelligent Color, the printer automatically optimizes the appearance of your printed document.

Vivid Color: Vivid Color produces bright, solid colors and should be used for documents with graphics that include charts and graphs.

Photo Mode: Photo Mode is the best color setting to use for photographs or bitmap images.

Zip Color: The Zip Color setting increases the color printing speed of your system by eliminating the printing cycle normally used for black dry ink.  The black portions of your documents are instead created by combining cyan, magenta and yellow dry ink to create a process black color.  This setting is ideal fro rush jobs because it enables the printer to reder images approximately 25% faster.

Grayscale:  Grayscale changes all the colors of your document into black, white, and shades of gray.  Use Grayscale when you do not need the distinction of color yet you want to maintain the detail of your document.  A document printed with Grayscale prints faster than the same document printed in color..

Fax Friendly: Fax Friendly changes your color document to paterns of black and white.  The different colors are rendered as distinguishable black and whit patterns.  For example, a pie chart which contains wedges of different solid colors will be printed with a different pattern replacing each color so that the distinction between the pieces is maintained.  Color text is also rendered as a pattern, but the character is outlined.  Anything that is black in your document remains black and is not rendered as a pattern.

Fast Blue: Fast Blue prints a color document only in shades of blue(cyan) and black.  All color text and images in the document are rendered in shades of blue while the text and images that were originally black remain black.  The shades of blue maintain the distinction between parts of you documents which were originally in different colors.

Save Toner: Save Toner reduces the toner consumption needed to print in color.  The hues of each color do not change, but the colors are less saturated. Use Save Toner to decrease the overall toner consumption, produce lower cost prints, and provide draft copies of your document.

Unadjusted: Unajusted uses your application settings and does not use any of the printer driver settings.  Use this print mode when your application of operating system has a color matching system (such as Pantone or Image Color Matching).


Document Halftone:  Halftone is the process by which images are printed as a pattern of many small dots.  The size and density of the dots produce shades of light and dark in the image when it is printed.  Also, different combinations of the four primary toner colors produce an extensive range of possible colors.  You can choose from two Halftone Settings--Quad Dot and Smooth Screen.

Quad Dot: Quad Dot is a patented technology which produces clear, well-defined pictures and graphics.  It provides smoother fine lines with less visible grain.

Smooth Screen: Smooth Screen halftones distribute the halftone dots in a more random pattern in order to produce a smoother effect for color sweeps.

1200 Quality:  The 1200 Quality option produces a smooth gradation of tones (between light and dark).  You can use this feature to produce finer halftones and more grayscales.  1200 Quality requires a minimum of 16 MB of RAM in order to function.  If your printer does not have at least 16 MB of RAM, this feature will be automatically disabled at the printer.


Disable CMYK Coverage Limit:  Select this feature to remove the 250% toner coverage limit.  The CMYK Coverage limit should only be disabled when you use a color management system such as Pantone. Disabling the CMYK Coverage Limit may result in excessive toner usage.  This may cause permanent damage to the fuser if it occurs frequently.


Black Overprint: Select this feature to print black text and graphics over color backgrounds in order to overcome possible misregistration (thin white outlines around the black edges).


Use Application Color Space:  Select this feature to use the color space specifications provided by the application, as opposed to the color space specifications provided by the printer.  The color space specifications provided by the printer are optimized to give the best printed results.  However, finer control of the color space through the application is sometimes desired.  If your application cannot support this feature, the printer default color space is used.


Edge Smoothing reduces rough or jagged edges of black text and line art.  It can be selected with any of the Print Modes.


Process Black Graphics:  When this setting is selected, the black portions of your documents are created by combining cyan, magenta and yellow dry ink to create a process black color.  This feature may reduce gloss differences in some documents that have gray regions next to color regions.


Watermarks:  The Watermark feature prints text in the background of a document.

The Text field specifies the text which will be printed in the background. Type the word(s) which will appear as a watermark in the Text field.

The Font Size  feature adjusts the size of the watermark text field.  Watermark text font sizes can be adjusted similar to the way text  within documents are adjusted.

The Angle field is used to specify the angle of rotation at which the watermark will be printed.

The Color field specifies  the color of the watermark.


Hold Job - Select Hold Job to delay printing for a set period of time.  This enables you to get to the printer to load special media, or to print out confidential material.  Press the Enter button on the printers Control Panel in order to initiate the print activity.  If you do not press the Enter button within the preset timeout, the job will be released automatically and will be printed.  The Hold Job timeout is set from the Control Panel


Use this area of the dialog to select the job type of your text output. The optional Hard Disk must be both installed in the printer and enabled in the driver before you can use Secure Printing or Proof Printing. The available job types are:

Normal Print - The printer processes the job, then queues it and prints it in the order it was received. This is the default job type.

Proof Print - This job type is appropriate only for multicopy jobs. You must assign a password and a copy count in the driver before submitting the print job.The printer processes, queues and prints the first copy immediately. You must then enter the same password on the printer's control panel before the rest of the copies will print.

Secure Print - You must assign a password in the printer driver before submitting the print job.The printer processes, queues and prints the first copy immediately. You must then enter the same password on the printer's control panel before the job will print.

Hold Job - Select Hold Job to delay printing for a set period of time.  This enables you to get to the printer to load special media, or to print out confidential material.  Press the Enter button on the printers Control Panel in order to initiate the print activity.  If you do not press the Enter button within the preset timeout, the job will be released automatically and will be printed.  The Hold Job timeout is set from the Control Panel.


Page Size Policy

Policies are used to specify the recovery policy when the page size cannot be matched with any available media.

Use printer default - Use whatever Paper Size Policy that has been set on the printer as its default. (default).

Generate error if paper not available - Generates an error message on the printer.

Ignore size and use default paper tray - Ignores the paper size and uses the default paper tray.

Nearest available size, adjust page - Selects the nearest available paper size and adjust the page to fit.

Next larger available size, adjust page - Select the next larger available paper size and adjust the page to fit.

Nearest available size, no page adjust - Select the nearest paper size, but does not adjust the page to fit.

Next larger available size, no page adjust - Select the next larger available paper, but does not adjust the page to fit..


Job Type

The Job Type feature enables you to select the special output features provided by your Document Centre .

Delay Print - enables you to print documents at a specific time.  Simply enter the time and send the print job like any other job. The electronic document file will be stored within the printer until the specified time.  It will then be printed as a normal print job.

Secure Print - an option for printing confidential documents.  This feature automatically holds your document within the Document Centre internal queue.  You need to enter a 4-digit Identification Number in the print driver, then enter the same number at the printer control panel to release the job.  The Identification Number can be any numeric value between 0-9999.   Documents which are held for an extended period of time will be deleted automatically.

Sample Set - enables you to print and proof a single copy of a document before printing the remaining document sets/copies.  The remaining sets are held within the Document Centre until you release the job at the printer control panel.  For best results, turn the Collate option in your applications OFF in order for the Sample Set feature to work properly.


Time

The Time setting is where you enter the time at which a Delayed Print job will be printed.  This feature operates within a 24 hour timeframe, which means that your document will print in the next 24 hour cycle if you send the document to the printer AFTER the scheduled time.  For example, if it's currently 9:00am and you set a Delayed Print job for 9:01am but don't click the OK button in the print driver until 9:02am, the document will not be printed until 9:01am the next day.  However, in situations where the document arrives at the printer after the scheduled time due to network or print queue delays (or different clock settings on the printer or computer), the document will be printed immediately.

To avoid problems with Delayed Print or Fax jobs, you should check and synchronize the time settings on your computer and the printer.


2 Sided Printing

The 2 Sided Printing options enable you to select between single-sided (simplex) printing and double-sided (duplex) printing.  You can also choose the layout options for double-sided documents, such as Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge.

For some products, you may need to configure your print driver to add Installable Options in order to select features such as 2 Sided Printing.  Check the System Configuration tab in your print driver to view and configure the Installable Options for your Document Centre.


Collated and Stapled

Select this option when you would like your print job collated and stapled.  Please note that Stapling cannot be used unless the Finisher (optional equipment) is installed on your system.  If the Finisher is installed, go to the System Configuration tab of your print driver and select the Finisher check box.

The Collate setting in certain applications may conflict with the Stapled Output setting in CentreWare print drivers, causing unexpected results.  Turn the collate setting in your applications OFF if you encounter problems.


Output Destination

The Output Destination options enable you to choose where the printed document will be delivered on your Document Centre System.  If your Document Centre provides additional output options, such as a Finisher or Mailboxes, they will appear within the Output selection box.

Keep in mind that some of the smaller paper sizes cannot be sent to the optional Mailbox or Finisher modules that are available on some Document Centre models.  If this conflict occurs, the print driver will automatically adjust the Output Destination setting to accomodate the Paper Size you have selected for your job.

You may need to configure your print driver to add Installable Options, such as a Finisher or Mailbox, in order to select certain Output Destination features.  Check the System Configuration tab in your print driver to view and configure the Installable Options for your Document Centre.


Size

This field contains a list of the paper sizes that are supported by your system.  Keep in mind that the available paper sizes and default settings may vary according to your locale, the Job Type, and the finishing features you have selected.

Some paper sizes or types may not be valid selections for certain types of print jobs.  For instance, you cannot select 2 Sided printing or stapled sets with labels or transparencies.  Consult your Document Centre documentation for details.


Type

This field contains a list of the standard paper types that are supported by your system.  If the selections do not match the paper type you intend to use, you should select Other.

This setting is not available when envelope stock is selected.  The Document Centre default setting for envelopes is Standard.


Type

This field contains a list of the standard and custom paper types that are supported by your Document Centre.

Printer Default Type - the default paper type that is configured on your Document Centre by your Network Administrator or Key Operator.

Custom Types - provide additional paper type selections beyond the standard selections in the print driver.

Other - choose this selection if you need to use a specific paper type other than the default and custom types that are currently configured on the printer.


Color

This field contains a list of the standard paper colors that are supported by your system.  If the selections do not match the paper color you intend to use, you should select Other.

This setting is not available when envelope stock is selected.  The Document Centre default setting for envelopes is White.


Color

This field contains a list of the standard and custom paper colors that are supported by your system.

Standard Colors - the color selections that are the most commonly used and readily available.  The default selection is White.

Custom Colors - provide additional paper color selections beyond the standard selections in the print driver.  You will need to check the settings at the printer control panel to determine which custom colors have been configured.

Any Color - instructs the Document Centre to ignore color as an attribute for the print job.  It will select the paper based on other attributes, regardless of the paper color.

Other - choose this selection if you need to use a specific paper color other than the standard and custom colors that are currently configured on the printer.

When you choose a specific color or Other color, be sure to confirm that the correct paper color is loaded in the printer.


Front Cover

This selection enables you to choose a different paper type and color for the first (cover) page of your document.  It does not affect the paper selection for the body of the document.


Front and Back Cover

This selection enables you to choose a different paper type and color for the first and last (cover) pages of your document.  It does not affect the paper selection for the body of the document.


Transparency Separators

The Transparency Separators feature enables you to specify whether paper separator pages will be inserted between each transparency sheet.  Select from the following options:

No Separators - separator pages will not be inserted.

Printed Separators - the system will print a duplicate copy of each transparency on paper.  The duplicate paper pages will be inserted between each transparency.

Blank Separators -  a blank paper separator page will be inserted between each transparency.

Color - when you select a Blank or Printed transparency separator, you can also specify the color of the paper on which the separator page will be printed.


Request Set Offset

Select this option if you want each set of a multiple copy print job to be slightly offset from one another in the output tray.  This often makes it easier to sort and handle documents when you are printing several copies of a document.


Draft Mode

This feature causes all solid black areas in your document to be printed in shades of gray, thereby reducing the amount of Dry Ink (Toner) that is needed to produce the images and text in your document.  This setting is recommended for  verifying document content and layout.


Installable Options

The Installable Options list is where you customize your print driver to match the optional equipment installed on your system.  Simply click on the items in the Installable Options list to identify the optional equipment on your system.  Check with your System Administrator if you have any questions about options or model information.

You must select the Installable Options before you can use certain optional features.  When optional equipment is installed or removed, you must customize the print driver accordingly.  Problems may occur if the print driver settings do not correspond with the installed equipment.


Lighten / Darken

The Lighten / Darken setting adjusts the overall lightness or darkness of the text and images in your printed documents.  This feature can be used to create lighter documents that resemble image setter and DocuTech output, or darker/bolder documents that resemble the output of traditional laser printers.

This feature has no effect when the Toner Saver (Conserve Dry Ink) setting is selected.


Banner Sheet

An additional separator page that is printed with your jobs is referred to as the Banner Sheet.  The Banner Sheet includes the Document Centre device name and your network user name.  Banner Sheets separate each completed print job in the output bins, making it easier to identify and retrieve your documents when they are among documents that have been submitted by other network users.


Resolution

The resolution setting affects the amount of detail that is reproduced on graphic images.  Graphics resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi).  Therefore, a 600 dpi setting renders images using 600 dots (pixels) per every inch of the image.

Some products also enable you to choose the number of bits per pixel.   This setting defines how many shades of gray, or gray levels, each pixel can support.  For example, the following resolution settings are available on certain Document Centre products:

- 600 x 600 x 1 = 600 dpi resolution with 128 gray levels

- 600 x 600 x 2 = 600 dpi resolution with 256 gray levels

- 1200 x 1200 x 1 = 1200 dpi emulation with 256 gray levels

- 1800 x 1800 x 1 = 1800 dpi emulation with 256 gray levels


Staple

Many Document Centre products provide automated stapling of your document sets as they are printed.  Some products also offer multiple stapling options, such as 1 Staple or 2 Staples per document.  When these stapling features are used in combination with other print driver features, such as Orientation and 2 Sided Printing (duplex), a variety of staple placement options are available.

You can select Stapled output from the print driver when Stapling is configured properly on your Document Centre and within the print driver System Configuration tab.

The Collate setting in certain applications may conflict with the Stapled Output setting in the print driver, causing unexpected results. Turn the Collate option in your applications OFF if you encounter problems.


Collate

Collated printing means that two or more copies of a document are printed and delivered as separate document sets, rather than separate sets of each page.

Collated	Uncollated

The Collate setting in certain applications may conflict with the Collate setting in the print driver, causing unexpected results.  Turn the Collate option in your applications OFF if you encounter problems.


Output Destination

The Output Destination feature defines where the printed pages are to be delivered.

Top Tray - printed pages are sent to the output tray on top of the Document Centre.

Stacker - printed pages are sent to the stacker on the side of the Document Centre.


Image Orientation

Allows you to select the orientation (positioning) of the printed image on the page.

A Portrait orientation means that the printed image is taller than it is wide.  When you view a page that is printed with a Portrait orientation, you hold it with the long edges to the sides.

A Landscape orientation prints an image that is wider than it is tall.  When you view a page that is printed with a Landscape orientation, you hold it with the short edges to the sides.

Rotated Landscape is offered as an option on products that are equipped with two staplers.  This feature enables you to rotate or flip the image orientation on the printed page so the staple(s) will be in the best location.