Easy Print Utility; Ecology Printing Features - Panasonic DP-MB500 series Operating Instructions Manual

5.2 Easy Print Utility

By printing using the Panasonic Easy Print Utility instead of the printer driver, you will have access to many
useful and convenient printing features:
– Preventing unnecessary prints by checking the preview on PC screen
– Combining multiple documents
– Saving a file in PDF format
For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows:
1.
Open the document you want to print.
2.
Select [Print] from the menu.
3.
Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active printer.
4.
Click [Print].
• The [Panasonic Easy Print Utility] dialogue will be displayed. For details about the Easy Print Utility,
click [?], then click the desired item.
5.
View the print image by clicking the desired page in the [Print Page Operation] window (left column list).
• To change the printer settings, see page 73.
• To combine multiple documents created in various applications, see page 73.
• To save the file in PDF format, see page 74.
• Even if you set the number of prints on the original application beforehand, you may have to re-set it for
the Easy Print Utility.
6.
Click [Print] icon on the print toolbar.
Note
• When mode restriction (feature #154) is activated, enter the department code in the printer settings using
[Job Type] beforehand (page 68). If the department code does not match, or the department code restricts
the print mode, printing will be cancelled. [Job Type] settings cannot be performed from the printer settings
of [Panasonic Easy Print Utility] dialogue.

5.2.1 Ecology printing features

You can use various printing features and preview the resulting printed image without having to make a test
print.
Printer settings
You can change or display the settings on the following tabs in step 5.
[Basic]: Paper size, layout printing, duplex
[Output]: Number of prints, paper source, media type
[Quality]: Colour mode, toner save
[Effects]: Header, watermark, footer
Combining multiple documents
You can display multiple pages created in various applications and handle it as a single document.
1. Perform steps 1 to 4 on "5.2 Easy Print Utility".
2.
Open another document you want to add to the Easy Print Utility.
3. Select [Print] from the menu.
4. Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active printer.
5. Click [Print].
• The document will be added after the last page of the previous document in the print preview window.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5.
7.
If necessary, change the printer settings (page 73).
8. Click [Print] icon on the print toolbar.
5.2 Easy Print Utility
Operating Instructions 73