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Available operations in the [Settings] tab

In the [Settings] tab, you can change the default settings for how to display confirmation messages and the window for inputting authentication information.

SettingsDescription
[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 [User Authentication/Account Track] dialog box.
  • [Popup Authentication Dialog when printing]: Select this check box to display the [User 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 [User 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 [User 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 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.
[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/Server 2008 R2, select the desired printer, and click [Print Server Properties] on the toolbar.
  • In Windows Vista/Server 2008, right-click on the area that has nothing displayed in the [Printers] window, and click [Run as administrator] - [Server Properties].
  • In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the [File] menu, and click [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 12-5/8 inches (90.0 to 320.0 mm), Length: 5-1/2 to 18 inches (139.7 to 457.2 mm)
    Banner sizes available in printer driver:
    Width: 8-1/4 to 11-11/16 inches (210.0 to 297.0 mm), Length: 18 to 47-1/4 inches (457.3 to 1200.0 mm)
    Allowable range of large size 1:
    Width: 3-9/16 to 8-1/4 inches (90.0 to 209.0 mm), Length: 18 to 46-13/16 inches (457.3 to 1189.0 mm)
    Allowable range of large size 2:
    Width: 11-11/16 to 12-5/8 inches (297.1 to 320.0 mm), Length: 18 to 46-13/16 inches (457.3 to 1189.0 mm)
    Allowable range of large size 3:
    Width: 12-5/8 to 33.11 inches (320.1 to 841.0 mm), Length: 5-1/2 to 13/16 inches (139.7 to 1189.0 mm)
    The paper sizes registered in the range of the above custom sizes or banner sizes are available in both of [Original Size] and [Paper Size] of the printer driver. However, the paper size registered in the allowable range of each large size is available only in [Original 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.
Reference
  • For details on how to edit [My Tab], refer to Here.