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How to Control Your Print Job Settings on Windows

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This article will show you how to customize your print job settings when printing from Windows to Canon copiers and HP printers, the two supported brands on the SOU campus. The exact appearance of these settings might differ slightly from printer to printer, so if you find that this article does not help you, please contact your Computing Coordinator.

 

Finding the Printer Properties (Canon and HP)

This will vary from application to application, but typically you will find a button labeled properties or preferences when you go to print.

Below are some screenshots of what this button looks like in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.


Microsoft Word

Picture of Microsoft Word's Printer Properties button under the Print menu and under the Printer section.Adobe Acrobat

Picture of the Properties button in the Adobe Acrobat program and also under the print menu.

 

Note


After you have dialed in the settings you want; you should click OK at the bottom of the properties window. Windows will then send you back to the application where you can click Print to send the print job with those settings. 

 

Canon Settings

 

Basic Settings

Under the Basic Settings tab you can quickly change between 1-sided and 2-sided printing, customize the binding location, set basic collate options, and change the color mode for you print job. This is the default tab that opens when you launch the Canon properties.

 

Picture of the basic settings menu under the printer properties button. Highlighted in the middle of the menu are options for 1 and 2 sided printing, binding location, collate group, and color mode. At the top of the menu are also alternative tabs to select for more options.

 

Page Setup

Under the Page Setup tab you will find settings pertaining to page size, orientation, page layout, and watermarks.

 

Picture of the page setup tab menu options. Things such as page size, orientation of the page, scaling, and more are displayed without being highlighted by the image.

 

Finishing

Under the Finishing tab you can further customize settings related to 1-sided/2-sided printing, binding location, and collate settings.

 

Picture of the Finishing tab menu options. Nothing is highlighted but options in the image include but are not limited to print style, binding location, and more.

 

Paper Source

Under the Paper Source tab you can customize settings pertaining to the paper to use for your print job.

This is where you could tell the copier to use special paper from the bypass tray for your print job, but be careful!

Warning

Make sure you have loaded the paper to use before sending the print job, otherwise the copier will stall and refuse to process other jobs until you have provided it with the paper it is expecting in the drawer or tray where it is programmed to look for it.

Picture of the paper source tab menu options. Options under this tab include but are not limited to paper selection, paper source (such as the source for the paper for your printing job), and paper type are displayed.

 

Quality

Under the Quality tab you will find settings to customize the amount of toner used to produce your print job. The General setting should suffice for the majority of all printing needs on campus, but ask your Computing Coordinator if you think your print job could benefit from a different setting.

Picture of the quality tab menu options. Such options include but are not limited to color mode, objective, and an advanced settings menu button.

 

HP Settings

 

Not all of the settings available in the HP settings window are useful, so this article will only focus on the most relevant settings.

 

Paper/Quality

Under this tab, you will find settings to control the paper size, paper source, and paper type. You can also control print quality here, although the default settings should suffice for the majority of print jobs.

Warning

If you change Paper source from automatically select, make sure you have loaded the paper to use in the proper tray before sending the print job, otherwise the copier will stall and refuse to process other jobs until you have provided it with the paper it is expecting in the drawer or tray where it is programmed to look for it.

Picture of the paper quality tab menu options for HP printers. Options include but are not limited to paper size, paper type, and printer quality.

 

Effects

In the Effects tab, you will find settings that control the size of your print job and scaling options. You can also add a watermark here.

Picture of the effects tab menu options. Under that there are resizing options and watermarks settings too.

 

Finishing

In the Finishing tab, you will find settings to control double-sided printing and pages per sheet settings. You can also select portrait or landscape orientation.

Picture of the finishing tab menu options. Such options include document options which controls sides of the paper printed upon and orientation of the page being printed.

 

Color

In the Color tab on HP color printers, you will find settings to control your color settings. If you need to print in black and white, use the Print in Grayscale checkbox.

Picture of the color tab menu options. These options are a color options and color themes.

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