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The [Printing Preferences] Screen of the Fax Driver

How to open the [Printing Preferences] screen

The fax driver has two screens for configuring settings: the [Properties] screen and the [Printing Preferences] screen. The following explains the [Printing Preferences] screen.

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 screen.
    • In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click the Start menu, then select [Devices and Printers].
      If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], then click [View devices and printers].
    • In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click the Start menu, and select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printer]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
    • In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the Start menu, then select [Printers and Faxes].
      If [Printers and Faxes] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Printers and Other Hardware] - [Printers and Faxes]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
  2. Open [Printing Preferences...].
    • In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and from [Printing Preferences...], click the displayed printer name.
    • In Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008, right-click the icon of the installed printer, then click [Printing Preferences...].

    The [Printing Preferences] screen is opened.

Tips
  • 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 [Detail Settings]) 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.

SettingsDescription
[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 current changes and closes the setup screen.
[Cancel]
Discards (or cancels) the current changes and closes the setup screen.
[Help]
Displays a help of each item of the screen.
[Default]
Initializes the current settings.