Astro Machine ASTROJET 2600P Service Manual page 21

SECTION 3
FUNCTIONAL OPERATION
2600P printer has six printheads arrange in one, two, two and one sequence. The 2650P
has six printheads arranged three and three and the AstroJet 2800P has eight printheads.
The printer driver describes to the printer how to print your job.
It controls the operation of the printer and allows you to send
fixed and variable text and graphics to the printer. Within your
data, management software is a print function. In that, print
function is a properties button. It is through the properties that
you control the output of your printer. The following describes
how to use the properties windows to customize the output of
your printer.
To start printing click on File, then Print. The Print window will open. If you wish to print the job click on OK. If
you wish to use the special features built into the AstroJet 2600P/2650P/2800P drivers. Clicking on the Properties
button will open the properties window in Windows 95, 98, NT, or ME.
If you are using Windows 2600 P or XP the
window on the right will open. Clicking on
Advanced will open the Options window. In the
following illustrations the windows for Windows
95, 98, NT, and ME will be on the left. The
windows for Windows 2600 P and XP will be on
the right.
When the properties window opens you are presented with several tabs in Windows 95and 98. The following are
standard windows printer driver functions and should be left at their defaults: Graphics, Fonts, and Device
Options. The Features and Print Heads tabs are used to setup, change, and adjust the printer.
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