Panasonic KX-FLB881 Operating Guide

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3. Printer
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3 Printer
Printer
3.1 Printing from Windows 
applications
You can print a file created in a Windows application. For 
example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows.
1
Open the document you want to print.
2
Select [Print...] from the [File] menu.
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The [Print] dialog box will appear.
For details about the [Print] dialog box, click 
[
?], then click the desired item.
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For Microsoft PowerPoint
®
, select [Color] or 
remove the check next to [Grayscale] in the 
print dialog so that colored text will be printed in 
grayscale.
3
Select the unit’s name as the active printer.
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If you have changed the name of the unit when 
installing, select that name from the list.
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To change the printer settings, proceed as 
follows.
For Windows 98/Windows Me:
Click [Properties], then click the desired tab. 
Change the printer settings, then click [OK].
For Windows 2000:
Click the desired tab and change the printer 
settings.
For Windows XP/Windows Vista:
Click [Preferences], then click the desired tab. 
Change the printer settings, then click [OK].
4
Click [Print] or [OK].
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The unit will start printing.
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To stop printing from the unit, see page 65.
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To load paper, see page 13, 26.
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When using the manual input tray, load the recording 
paper after step 4.
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For details about the paper specifications, see page 
89
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If a printing error occurs, the Device Monitor will be 
started automatically and display the error 
information.
Setting the printer properties
You can change the printer setting in step 3. We 
recommend that you test paper (especially special sizes 
and types of paper) on the unit before purchasing large 
quantities.
You can change or display the settings on the following 
tabs.
[
Basic]: Paper size, media type, page per sheet, etc.
[
Output]: Number of prints, collate, etc.
[
Quality]: Resolution, contrast, toner save feature, etc.
[
Effects]: Watermark, overlay.
[
Profile]: Saving the desired settings, selecting the 
saved settings, etc.
[
Support]: Version information.
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When using special media 
(transparencies/labels/envelopes), change the 
setting as follows.
For envelopes:
Select [Envelope #10] or [Envelope DL] on the 
[
Basic] tab for paper size.
For transparencies and labels:
Select [Transparency] or [Label] on the [Basic
tab for media type, then select the desired size for 
paper size.
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You can select the output tray for each printing on the 
[
Output] tab. To change the default output tray, see 
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When printing from a computer, the toner save 
feature on the [Quality] tab overrides the unit’s toner 
save setting (feature #482 on page 53).