# CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER DEFAULT SETTINGS

## Overview

You can change the default settings of the printer driver.
The changed settings are saved, and used as the default settings when printing data from the application.

## Operation

1. #### Click the [Start] button, and then click [Devices and Printers].

   - In Windows 8/Server 2012, right-click in the startup window (or swipe upward from the bottom edge), then select [Taskbar], [All Applications], [Control Panel] , [Devices and Printers] and then [Printers].
   - In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the [Start] button and then click [Printers and Faxes].
     In Windows XP, if [Printers and Faxes] does not appear in the [Start] menu, select [Control Panels], select [Printers and Other Hardware], and then select [Printers and Faxes].

2. #### Right-click the icon of the printer driver of the machine.

   In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the icon of the printer driver of the machine

3. #### Click the [Printer properties] menu.

   - In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the [File] menu, and then click [Properties].
   - In Windows Vista, click the [Organize] menu, and then click [Properties]

4. #### Click the [Default Settings] button in the [General] tab.

   In Windows XP/Server 2003, click the [Printing Preferences] button in the [General] tab

5. #### Configure the settings and click the [OK] button

   For explanations of the settings, see printer driver Help.

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