Windows 2000 - Accessing The Printer Properties - Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN Software Manual

Making Printer Settings from an Application
You can make printer settings for a specific application. To make printer settings for a specific application,
open the [Printer Properties] dialog box from that application. The following explains how to make settings
for the WordPad application provided with Windows 95/98/Me.
1. On the [File] menu, click [Print...].
The [Print] dialog box appears.
2. Select the printer you want to use in the [Name:] list, and then click [Properties...].
The [Printer Properties] dialog box appears.
3. Make the necessary settings, and then click [OK].
4. Click [OK] to start printing.
• The procedure to open the [Printer Properties] dialog box may vary depending on the application.
For details, see the manuals provided with the application you use.
• With some applications, the printer driver settings are not used, and the application's own default
settings are applied.
• Any settings you make in the following procedure are valid for the current application only.
• General users can change the properties displayed in the [Print] dialog box of an application. Settings
made here are used as defaults when printing from this application.
• For details about settings, see the printer driver Help.

Windows 2000 - Accessing the Printer Properties

This describes how to launch printer driver's properties.
Making Printer Default Settings - The Printer Properties
• To change the printer default settings including option configuration settings, log on using an account
that has Manage Printers permission. Members of the Administrators and Power Users groups have
Manage Printers permission by default.
• You cannot change the printer default settings for each user. Settings made in the [Printer Properties]
dialog box are applied to all users.
1. On the [Start] menu, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers].
The [Printers] window appears.
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