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Direct Print: Printing by Dragging and Dropping to the Desktop Icon

If you create a Direct Print desktop icon (shortcut), you can drag and drop a file to it to start printing.

• Examples Introduced in This Section

  • If you create a "job setting" desktop icon (shortcut) in Direct Print, you can start printing just by dragging and dropping a PDF/TIFF/PS file to the icon.

  • You do not need to start an application or operate the printer driver.

  • You can create a desktop icon for each job setting (print setting of the job).

  • You can change the print settings on the [Job Setting] screen when dragging and dropping.

•Intended Environment

Operating system

Windows 7

Application

Direct Print

Image Controller

Built-in image controller

* The sample screen may be different from the actual display depending on your system environment and application version/revision.

•Workflow

STEP 1: Creating a Job Setting Desktop Icon

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STEP 2: Printing by Dragging and Dropping

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•Precautions

  • Direct Print is supported on each edition (including 64 bit version) of Windows Vista (SP 2 or later) / Windows 7 (SP 1 or later) / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10.