# 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. #### Right-click the [Start] button, select [Control Panel], and then click [View devices and printers] in [Hardware and Sound]

   - In Windows 7, click the [Start] button, select [Devices and Printers], right-click the printer driver icon of the machine, and click [Printer Properties].
   - In Windows Vista, click the [Start] button and select [Control Panels] and then [Printer].

2. #### Click the icon of the printer driver of the machine

3. #### Right-Click the printer icon, and then click [Printer properties]

   - In Windows Vista, click the [Organize] menu, and then click [Properties]
   - In Windows 7, click the [Printer properties] menu.

4. #### Click the [Preferences] button in the [General] tab

   - In Windows Vista, click the [Printing Preferences] button in the [General] tab
   - In Windows 7, click the [Default Settings] button in the [General] tab.

- #### Configure the settings and click the [OK] button

  For explanations of the settings, see printer driver Help.
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