Printer settings

This page appears as part of the Advanced Print Wizard and the print Output Preset wizard.

The Printer Settings page provides options for cut-sheet printers. It maps media types to printer trays.
It is available for PCL and PostScript printers that are configured for cut-sheet printing.

Note: Not all the settings will be available for all printers. Only those printers whose Printer Definition supports the extra information will have the Position, Weight, Type or Color options available.

• Map media by options: Select from following choices:
  This entry will only be available for those printers that support the extra information.
  

  • Media Attribute displays all Media details, except the Tray selection.

  • Tray displays just the Media name and Tray selections.

  • Both displays all Media details.
    

• Media/Tray Table columns:

• Media: Lists the Media name, as defined in the template.

• Tray: Use the drop-down to select in which Tray to send any page using the media.

• Position: Enter a MediaPosition option on the printer to define the media to use.
  This entry will only be available for those printers that support the extra information.

• Weight: Enter a weight for the paper.
  This entry will only be available for those printers that support the extra information.

• Type: Use the drop-down to select which type of stock to use on the printer.
  This entry will only be available for those printers that support the extra information.

• Color: Use the drop-down to select which color the paper should be on the printer.
  This entry will only be available for those printers that support the extra information.
  

• Media/Tray Table buttons:

• Add: Adds a new Media/Tray entry in the table.

• Delete: Deletes the current Media/Tray selections from the table.

• / Move Up / Move Down: Move the selected Media/Tray entries up or down within the table.

• Import Tray Settings: Import the Media/Tray settings from a Connect Template.
  This entry will only be available for those printers that support the extra information.
  The options are to:

  • Import from current template, which will import any Media/Tray settings from the current Connect Template into the table.

  • Import from template file, which allows you to browse for a Connect Template to import the Media/Trays settings from.

  There is no restriction on how many Templates you may import settings from.

• Output Destination group: These settings allow for the selection of output bins.
  It is available for PCL printers whose Printer Definition caters for multiple output bins. If the selected Printer Definition does not support bins, this group will not be visible on the page.

  The table has the following choices:

  • Trigger: Select what the trigger will be for changing bins. The options are >Page, >Sheet, >Document, >Document Set or >Job Segment.

  • Destination: Select which bin should be used when this trigger is met. The options will be the bins available to the selected Printer Definition.

  • Rules: Defaults to true, but can be altered at will. Double clicking in the field brings up the Rule Editor Dialog, which can be used to construct the rule(s) that determines whether this bin is to be used or not.

  The options (both button and right mouse click context menu) available to the table are:

  • Add: Adds a new bin selection choice to the table.

  • Delete: Deletes the current selection(s) from the table.

  • / Move Up / Move Down: Move the selected entries up or down within the table.

  • Edit ...: Edit the current selection.

  Default output destination selection: Select the default output bin from those bins available to this Printer Definition.

Advanced Printing Wizard and Output Preset navigation options

• Preview button (active in Advanced Print Wizard only): Click to launch a Proof Preview window, which displays how the printed output would look based upon the currently chosen selections.

• Back and Next buttons: Used to navigate back and forth through all the selected options within the Wizard. Up until the Print button is pressed, one can reverse all the way through the wizard to return to the main selection page (the Print options page) and add or remove printing options from the print run.
  

• Print button (Advanced Print Wizard only) or Finish button (Output Preset Wizard only):
  Click to produce print output/finalize the Preset according to the current settings.
  This can be done at any point within the Wizard, whether or not all the options selected in the Print options page have been completed or not.

• Cancel button: Cancels the Print Wizard, without creating any printout or altering Preset.