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Printer settings in Windows> 18PRINTER SETTINGS IN W INDOWSYour printer’s operator panel menus provide access to manyoptions. The Windows printer driver also contains settings formany of these items. Where items in the printer driver are thesame as those in the operator panel menus, and you printdocuments from Windows, the settings in the Windows printerdriver will override those items in the operator panel menus.The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP. Windows 2000versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are thesame. Differences in Windows 98 and Me are covered in a separatechapter.PCL OR POSTSCRIPTTwo printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCLemulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you printmainly from general “Office” applications choose the PCL driver.For faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript. If youprint mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications,choose PostScript.PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONSWhen you choose to print yourdocument from a Windowsapplication program a printdialogue box appears. Thisdialogue usually specifies thename of the printer on which youwill print your document. Next tothe printer name is a Propertiesbutton.When you click Properties a newwindow opens which contains a short list of the printer settingsavailable in the driver, which you can choose for this document.The window which opens when you click Properties depends onwhich printer driver has been installed. The PostScript driveroffers different choices to the PCL driver.