Kyocera TASKalfa 3212i 3212i/4012i KX Driver Operation Guide - Page 37

Selecting a Unit of Measurement, Language Preference, Description Languages (PDL), PDL Options

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Device Settings Gutter settings in the Layout or Finishing tab. Selecting a Unit of Measurement 1 In Device Settings > User, select Inches or Millimeters. 2 Click OK in all dialog boxes. Language Preference With this feature, you can specify the user interface language of Device Settings in Properties and all tabs of Printing Preferences. Available languages vary depending on your locale and your computer settings. Setting Language Preference 1 In Device Settings > User, select the desired language from the Select language list. 2 Click OK in all dialog boxes. Page Description Languages (PDL) With this feature, you can specify the contents and layout of a printed page. In Device Settings, you can choose from PCL XL (Printer Command Language XL), PCL 5e, KPDL (Kyocera Page Description Language), or PDF (Portable Document Format). To add PDF to the list of PDL choices, you must install the Output to PDF plug-in. The printer default is PCL XL, which is suitable for most printing purposes. After you select a PDL, the selection appears in the lower corner of the overview image in Device Settings and in all Printing Preferences tabs. You can change the PDL temporarily from any Printing Preferences tab. In GDI compatible mode, vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap images. Use the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of the graphic created by the application. In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user. If your application supports the XML Print Specification, then XPS printing can be performed after installing the XPS driver. With the XPS driver, the only available PDL is XPS. PDL Options The PDL options, available in the Page Description Languages (PDL) dialog box, are accessed in Device Settings. PCL XL The most recent version of HP PCL and PCL 6. This PDL includes PCL 5e features. PCL XL lacks backward compatibility with earlier PCL versions, though it is enhanced over PCL 5e in these areas: Reduced file size Better print speed Faster return to application Supports Security watermark Printer Driver 3-15

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Device Settings
Printer Driver
3-15
Gutter
settings in the
Layout
or
Finishing
tab.
Selecting a Unit of Measurement
1
In
Device Settings
>
User
, select
Inches
or
Millimeters
.
2
Click
OK
in all dialog boxes.
Language Preference
With this feature, you can specify the user interface language of
Device
Settings
in
Properties
and all tabs of
Printing Preferences
.
Available languages vary depending on your locale and your computer settings.
Setting Language Preference
1
In
Device Settings
>
User
, select the desired language from the
Select
language
list.
2
Click
OK
in all dialog boxes.
Page Description Languages (PDL)
With this feature, you can specify the contents and layout of a printed page. In
Device Settings
, you can choose from
PCL XL
(Printer Command Language
XL),
PCL 5e
,
KPDL
(Kyocera Page Description Language), or
PDF
(Portable
Document Format). To add
PDF
to the list of PDL choices, you must install the
Output to PDF
plug-in. The printer default is
PCL XL
, which is suitable for most
printing purposes.
After you select a PDL, the selection appears in the lower corner of the overview
image in
Device Settings
and in all
Printing Preferences
tabs. You can
change the PDL temporarily from any
Printing Preferences
tab.
In
GDI compatible mode
, vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap
images. Use the
GDI compatible mode
option to improve the output quality of
the graphic created by the application.
In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as
a restricted user.
If your application supports the XML Print Specification, then XPS printing can
be performed after installing the XPS driver. With the XPS driver, the only
available PDL is
XPS
.
PDL Options
The PDL options, available in the
Page Description Languages (PDL)
dialog
box, are accessed in
Device Settings
.
PCL XL
The most recent version of HP PCL and PCL 6. This PDL includes PCL 5e
features. PCL XL lacks backward compatibility with earlier PCL versions,
though it is enhanced over PCL 5e in these areas:
Reduced file size
Better print speed
Faster return to application
Supports
Security watermark