Printer Drivers For Windows 95; When To Use The Pcl Or Postscript Driver; Accessing The Printer Driver - NEC 1760 - SilentWriter B/W Laser Printer User Manual

Printer Drivers for Windows 95

This section describes the printer driver software for
Windows 95. The printer drivers are named
• NEC Silentwriter 1700 (this is the PCL driver)
• NEC Silentwriter 1700 PS2 (this is the PostScript
driver
You use a printer driver when you need to change
printer settings. The printer driver is a convenient user
interface for controlling many of the Silentwriter 1700
Series features. It consists of several "property sheets"
that you select by clicking on their names near the top of
the window. Each sheet contains settings that you can
change by pointing and clicking.
The first two property sheets, General and Detail,
contain generic Windows 95 printer settings. You can
use Windows online help to find their definitions. The
remaining sheets are for changing Silentwriter settings,
which are defined in Chapter 1.

When to Use the PCL or PostScript Driver

Under most circumstances, you will get the same
printing results using either printer driver. There are
some cases, however, where one driver may perform
better than the other.
Use the PCL driver NEC Silentwriter 1700 for
documents that contain mostly text and limited
formatting. The PCL driver handles this type of
document well and delivers faster printing than the
PostScript driver.
Use the PostScript driver NEC Silentwriter 1700 PS2 for
documents that contain many complex graphic images
or extensive page layout formatting. The PostScript
driver handles this type of document well and delivers
better graphic processing.
2–4 User's Guide
NEC Silentwriter 1700 Printer Driver (Windows 95)
Selected paper sources and destinations
are highlighted in the Printer Image area.

Accessing the Printer Driver

You can access the printer driver from your application,
or the Windows Printer folder.
From your application: Different applications have
different methods for accessing the Printer Setup. Below
is one common example. If it does not work with your
application, consult your software manual.
1. Select Print from the File menu of your application.
2. In the Print dialog box that appears, click the Name
pull-down menu and select a printer from the list.
3. Then click the Properties button in the Print dialog
box to display the printer driver.