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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 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 [File] menu.
3 Select [Panasonic Easy Print Driver] as the active
printer.
4 Click [Print].
R 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 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 the need to make test prints.
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]: 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 in “2.3.1 Easy Print Utility”.
2. Open another document you want to add to the
Easy Print Utility.
3. Select [Print...] from the [File] menu.
R The [Print] dialogue 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 steps 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] dialogue box appears.
3. Specify the folder to save, enter the file name, and
then click [Save]. The [Save PDF file] dialogue
appears while PDF files are being created and
saved.
Note:
R The PDF file created with Easy Print Utility is an
image type.
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