Executive Series 2426 Printer Family User’s GuideWindows 2000 Printer Drivers • 215Which Printer Driver to Use?Your printer comes with Windows drivers for PCL and Adobe ®PostScript® (PS). You can install either of these, or both if you wish.Which driver you choose depends on your application.• If you use TrueType fonts and you do not print PostScript(including “.eps” files) graphics, choose the PCL driver.This is more efficient and gives good results.• If you use PostScript fonts or print PostScript graphics, choose thePostScript driver. In this situation, performance is faster andgraphics print at their best quality.If neither driver seems to cover all your needs, you should install bothdrivers. Select the same printer port (LPT1 or Network Port) for bothdrivers during the installation.Set the driver you plan to use most of the time to be your Windowsdefault driver. Most applications allow you to choose a differentprinter from within the print dialog, so you can use the alternativedriver for printing whenever you need to.NOTEThe line art graphics in this manual are PostScript.If you plan to print parts of this manual, choose thePostScript driver. Otherwise, the line art graphics print atlow resolution. The print quality may not be satisfactory.
