Selecting A Pdl In Printing Preferences; Settings List - Kyocera TASKalfa 2551ci Driver Manual

Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences

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Settings List

Printer Driver
The printing system image displays any attached devices. Source and
Destination selections are highlighted in green. The hard disk icon appears
when a job storage option is selected in the Job tab.
The page image is updated based on page selections made in the Quick
Print tab, Basic tab, Layout tab, and Finishing tab.
The color image illustrates color settings for color models. For black and
white models or color models with Black selected, the image illustrates
grayscale settings.
The current page description language (PDL) is displayed in all of the images.
You can change the PDL temporarily from any Printing Preferences tab to
enable driver features.
You can change the PDL from any Printing Preferences tab to enable driver
features. This method of changing the PDL is temporary and reverts to the PDL
set in Device Settings when the driver closes.
You can also change the PDL in Device Settings > PDL. See PDL topics for
details. This method makes the PDL setting permanent, regardless of whether
the driver is opened or closed.
For a temporary setting, at the bottom of the overview image area click the
button that displays the current PDL setting.
In the PDL Settings dialog box, select the desired page description language
from the Select PDL list.
You can select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality
of graphics created by your application.
Click Settings if the PDL is set to KPDL, PDF, or PCL XL.
If you select PCL XL, you can click Settings to open the PCL XL Settings
dialog box and select Skip printing blank pages, and Enable smart
duplex printing.
If you select KPDL, you can click Settings to open the KPDL Settings
dialog box and select Allow data passthrough and Enable smart duplex
printing. Note that if you select Allow data passthrough, EMF spooling is
unavailable in the Advanced tab.
If you select PDF, you can click Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog
box.
Click OK in the PDL Settings dialog box.
The tree view in the lower part of each tab displays current settings for most
driver features. You can scroll down to view features for all driver tabs. As each
option is selected, the current selection is displayed in the tree view. You can
click the minus (-) or plus (+) signs to hide or show details.
Driver Overview
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