Printing

This section explains the basic printing method using the printer driver.

NOTE
Printing methods may vary according to the application you are using. For details, see the instruction manuals provided with the application.

From the [File] menu of the application, select [Print].

Select your printer from [Printer] → set the number of copies, which pages to print, etc.

NOTE
If you are using Mac OS X 10.7 or later, clicking [Show Details]/[Hide Details] at the bottom of the screen enables you to display or hide options. If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6, clicking [] to the right of [Printer] enables you to display or hide options. If the paper size you require is not displayed in [Paper Size], you can register a new paper size (see "Setting Custom Paper Sizes"). If the above functions cannot be set in the upper part of the [Print] dialog box, display and set them in the [Copies & Pages] preferences pane or the [Page Setup] dialog box.

NOTE

If you are using Mac OS X 10.7 or later, clicking [Show Details]/[Hide Details] at the bottom of the screen enables you to display or hide options.

If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6, clicking [

] to the right of [Printer] enables you to display or hide options.

If the paper size you require is not displayed in [Paper Size], you can register a new paper size (see "Setting Custom Paper Sizes").

If the above functions cannot be set in the upper part of the [Print] dialog box, display and set them in the [Copies & Pages] preferences pane or the [Page Setup] dialog box.

Select the appropriate preferences panes → set any required functions.

NOTE
The default setting for [Print Style] in the [Finishing] preferences pane is [2-sided printing]. For details, see "1-sided and 2-sided Printing." For information on available printing functions, see "Printing Functions" or the online help (see "Viewing the Online Help").

Click [Print].

Printing begins.

NOTE
Some printer models enable you to stop printing from a printer status confirmation/print cancelation display (see "Checking and Cancelling Jobs from the Job Status Screen"). To stop sending data that is waiting to be output from Mac OS, click the printer icon in the Dock → click the name of the file you want to stop printing → click [Delete]. The screen may vary according to the operating system, as well as the type and version of the printer driver.

NOTE

Some printer models enable you to stop printing from a printer status confirmation/print cancelation display (see "Checking and Cancelling Jobs from the Job Status Screen").

To stop sending data that is waiting to be output from Mac OS, click the printer icon in the Dock → click the name of the file you want to stop printing → click [Delete].

The screen may vary according to the operating system, as well as the type and version of the printer driver.