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2.3 PC print features
2.3.1 Easy Print Utility
Operating System:
Windows
®
2000/Windows XP/Windows Vista
®
/
Windows 7
R Windows and Windows Vista are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries.
By printing using the Panasonic Easy Print Utility
instead of the printer driver, you can use useful printing
features for your convenience.
– 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 [File] menu.
3 Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active
printer.
4 Click [Print].
R The [Panasonic Easy Print Utility] dialog 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 window (left column list).
R To change the printer settings, see page 5.
R To combine multiple documents created in
various applications, see page 5.
R To save the file in PDF format, see page 5.
R 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.
R The unit will start printing.
Note:
R When mode restriction (feature #154) is activated,
the department code must be set beforehand
(page 8).
Ecology printing features
You can use various printing features and preview the
print image without test print.
Printer settings:
You can change or display the settings on the following
tabs in step 5.
[Basic]: Paper size, layout printing
[Output]: Number of prints, paper source, media type
[Quality]: Color 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 step 1 to 4 on “2.3.1 Easy Print Utility”.
2. Open another document you want to add to Easy
Print Utility.
3. Select [Print...] from the [File] menu.
R The [Print] dialog box will appear.
4. Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active
printer.
5. Click [Print].
R The document will be added after the last page
of the previous document in the print preview
window.
6. Repeat step 2 to 5.
7. If necessary, change the printer settings (page 5).
8. Click [Print] icon on the print toolbar.
Note:
R The maximum number of documents that can be
displayed in the [Print Page Operation] window is
999 pages.
Saving a file as PDF file:
You can save the previewed files in PDF format instead
of printing it.
1. Perform step 1 to 4 on “2.3.1 Easy Print Utility”.
2. Click the [Save PDF file] icon on the print toolbar.
R The [Save As] dialog box appears.
3. Specify the folder to save, enter the file name, and
then click [Save]. The [Save PDF file] dialog
appears while PDF files are being created and
saved.
Note:
R The PDF file created with Easy Print Utility is an
image type.