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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.

Setting

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.

[Optimize CAD data Printing]

Select this check box to print CAD data. In some cases, the print data size is reduced, increasing the printing speed.

Do not select this check box when not printing CAD data.

[[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.

[Paper Settings for Each Tray]

Clear this check box to select the paper type in [Paper Type] when [Paper Tray] is not set to [Auto] in the [Basic] tab.

[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.

[My Tab Settings...]

Configure the display settings for [My Tab] when using [My Tab] of the printer driver. For details on My Tab, refer to Here.

  • [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] (Here) setting must be configured on the machine in to use the Wake-On-Lan function.

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

  • [MAC Address 1]: When only the wired or wireless connection is used for this machine, the MAC address of the wired or wireless LAN device of this machine is specified automatically. When both the wired and wireless connections are used for this machine, the MAC address of the wired LAN device of this machine is specified automatically.

  • [MAC Address 2]: When both the wired and wireless connections are used for this machine, the MAC address of the wireless LAN device of this machine is specified automatically.

[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.

  • [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 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/Server 2019, 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: 3-9/16 to 8-1/2 inches (90.0 to 216.0 mm), Length: 5-13/16 to 14 inches (148.0 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.