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The [Printing Preferences] Screen of the Fax Driver

The following explains the [Printing Preferences] screen.

The fax driver has two screens for configuring settings: the [Properties] screen and the [Printing Preferences] screen. This section describes the [Printing Preferences] window.

The [Printing Preferences] window has multiple tabs on each of which related functions are grouped to enable you to configure print functions unique to this machine. To display the [Printing Preferences] window, take the following steps:

  1. Display the printer window.

    • In Windows 8.1/10, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.

    • In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.

    • In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers].
      If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], then click [View devices and printers].

    • In Windows Server 2008, click the Start menu, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printer].
      When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].

  2. Open [Printing Preferences].

    • In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and from [Printing Preferences], click the displayed printer name.

    • In Windows Server 2008, right-click the icon of the installed printer, then click [Printing Preferences...].

    The [Printing Preferences] screen is opened.

  • The print settings changed here are registered as default values. To temporarily change settings when performing PC-FAX TX from the application software, click [Properties] (or [Preferences]) in the [Print] screen to open the [Printing Preferences] screen.

Items common to each tab

The following explains the commonly used settings and buttons in each tab.

Settings

Description

[Favorite Setting]

You can register the current print settings as a favorite and recall it when sending a fax.

For details on the [Favorite Setting], refer to Here.

View

Displays the page layout sample with the current settings so that you can check the transmission fax image.

[Printer Information]

Click this button to start Web Connection and check the printer information. This button is enabled only when your computer can communicate with this machine.

[OK]

Applies the changes made to the settings and closes the setting window.

[Cancel]

Discards (or cancels) the current changes and closes the setup window.

[Help]

Displays the help for each item in the window.

[Default]

Reverts the settings to their default values.