Printer Properties

To make changes to a printer driver or its physical connection to your computer, or to define some of the default settings that will be supplied to every user, open Devices and Printers as described at the beginning of this chapter. Right-click the printer icon and select Printer Properties. (That’s Printer Properties, not just plain Properties.) This displays a dialog box like the one shown in Figure 7.4.

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Figure 7.4. A typical printer’s Printer Properties dialog box. The settings available vary among printers. Some have more or fewer tabs.

A printer’s Properties dialog box can have any of several tabs. Table 7.2 shows the ...

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