Available Operations in the [Settings] Tab

In the [Settings] tab, you can change the default settings for how confirmation messages are displayed as well as the screen for inputting authentication information.

Settings

Description

[EMF Spool]

Select this check box when meta file (EMF) spooling is required in your own system environment.

[Display Constraint Message]

Select this check box to display a message indicating that you have selected printer driver functions that cannot be used together.

[Display paper set in Print Server Properties]

Select this check box when using the paper added in [Server Properties] in the printer window.

[[Output Method] when printing is preserved]

The [Output Method] settings in the [Basic] tab are saved. This option is helpful when you want to repeat printing with the same output method settings.

[Share Overlay File(s)]

To share overlay files, set a shared folder on the network for storing them.

[Authentication Settings...]

Configure the User Authentication/Account Track settings.

  • [Verify Authentication settings before printing]: Select this check box to enable the [Verify] button in the [Authentication/Account Track] dialog box.

  • [Popup Authentication Dialog when printing]: Select this check box to display the [Authentication/Account Track] dialog box when starting printing. This option reminds you to enter the user name and password.

  • [Do not allow changes to the [User Name]]: This option restricts changes to [User Name] of [Recipient User] in the [Authentication/Account Track] dialog box in the [Basic] tab.

  • [Do not allow changes to the [Password]]: This option restricts changes to [Password] of [Recipient User] in the [Authentication/Account Track] dialog box in the [Basic] tab.

[Secure Print Settings...]

Configure the Secure Print settings.

  • [Secure Print only]: [Output Method] in the [Basic] tab is fixed to [Secure Print].

  • [Enter ID/PWD to execute secure print]: Select this check box to display the [Secure Print] dialog box when starting secure printing. This option reminds you to enter the document ID and password.

  • [Print without Password]: Specify whether to allow users to print without entering the password.

[My Tab Settings...]

Configure the display settings for [My Tab] when using [My Tab] of the printer driver.

  • [Display My Tab]: Select this check box to use [My Tab].

  • [Share My Tab]: Select this check box to share the settings in [My Tab]. When the printer driver is installed in a client by specifying the shared printer on the server, the [My Tab] settings configured on the server are applied to the client.

  • [Prohibit Editing]: Select this check box to prohibit the clients from editing [My Tab].

  • [Display Note]: Select this check box to display notes in [My Tab] when [My Tab] is opened.

[Wake-On-Lan Settings...]

Configure a setting for the Wake-On-Lan function.

The [Awake from ErP] setting must be configured on the machine in advance to use the Wake-On-Lan function. For details, refer to [Wireless Network Setting] .

  • [Awake before print from Power Saving Mode]: Select this check box to return to the normal mode before sending a print job when the machine is set to the ErP Auto Power Off mode.

  • [MAC Address]: In the administrator mode of Web Connection, select [Network] - [Wireless Network Setting] - [Device Setting], then enter the MAC address that is displayed.

[Save Custom Size...]

If you print on odd size paper, specify the size to register the paper.

The registered paper size can be selected from [Original Size] in the [Basic] tab.

Tips

  • [EMF Spool] is a function of the PCL driver.

  • [Save Custom Size...] is a function of the PCL driver.

  • To use the EMF spool function with a PS/XPS driver, select the [Enable advanced printing features] check box in the [Advanced] tab to enable the EMF spool function.

  • The procedure for opening [Server Properties] is as follows:
    In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, select a printer, and click [Print Server Properties] on the toolbar.
    In Windows Server 2008, right-click on the area that has nothing displayed in the [Printers] window, then click [Run as administrator] - [Server Properties].

  • The paper set in Print Server Properties for the printer driver is allowable in the following ranges.
    Custom sizes available in printer driver:
    Width: 3 to 8-1/2 inches (76.2 to 215.9 mm), Length: 5 to 14 inches (127.0 to 355.6 mm)
    The paper registered in the custom size range above can be selected in both [Original Size] and [Paper Size] of the printer driver.

  • If you set the function layout on the [My Tab] using the Driver Packaging Utility, each user can use those functions in the same layout.
    When creating a driver package with Driver Packaging Utility, move the printer driver that is used as a source of the package to the desired position in My Tab. In [My Tab Settings...], select the [Display My Tab] and [Share My Tab] check boxes, then configure Driver Packaging Utility to copy the printer settings. For details on the Driver Packaging Utility settings, refer to the Driver Packaging Utility Help.

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