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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Interfaces > 51
INTERFACES
Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces:
1. Parallel – For direct connection to a PC. This port 
requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel 
cable.
2. USB – For connection to a PC running Windows 98 or 
above (not Windows 95 upgraded to Windows 98) or 
Macintosh. This port requires a cable conforming to USB 
version 2.0 or above.
The operation of a printer is not assured if a USB 
compatible device is connected...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer drivers > 52
PRINTER DRIVERS
This chapter describes how to install a printer driver on two types 
of operating system – Windows and Macintosh.
The printer drivers are all contained on the printer driver CD-ROM 
(CD1). Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest 
information on printer driver installation.
WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS
1.With Windows running, insert the printer driver CD-ROM 
(CD1) into your CD-ROM drive.
2.If the CD does not run automatically,...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Printer drivers > 53
Ensure that your options are set up in the printer driver(s) by 
making the appropriate settings on the Device Options tab (PCL 
emulation) and/or Device Settings tab (PS emulation) described 
in the chapter entitled “Operation”.
MACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEMS
Please refer to the readme file on CD1 for details on installing the 
appropriate Macintosh drivers.
INSTALLED OPTIONS
Ensure that any installed options are enabled in the printer 
driver.
CHOOSING A MAC...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 54
OPERATION
This chapter provides a broad outline of how to operate your 
printer from either a Windows or a Macintosh environment. In the 
former, while PCL emulation is available on all printer models, PS 
emulation is standard only on the B4600nPS model and is 
optional on the B4600 and B4600n models.
PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS
The operator panel controlled menus and Status Monitor 
controlled menus (described in the chapter entitled “Operator 
panels”) provide...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 55
PCL EMULATION
The tabs available are the Setup Tab, the Job Options Tab and 
the Image Tab.
Setup Tab.
1.Paper size should be the same as the page size of your 
document (unless you wish to scale the printout to fit 
another size), and should also be the same as the size of 
paper you will feed into the printer.
2.You can choose the source of the paper to feed, which 
may be Tray 1 (the standard paper tray), Manual Feed 
Tray, Tray 2 (if you have the optional...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 56
4.Under Manual 2-sided Printing, you can choose to print on 
one side of a sheet only or to use 2-sided printing (duplex 
printing). Your printer allows you to carry out manual 
duplex printing, meaning you must pass the paper 
through the printer twice. For more information, see “2-
sided printing (Windows only)” on page 69. The Duplex 
Help button also offers guidelines on how to carry out 
manual duplex printing.
5.If you have changed some printing preferences...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 57
>The Fine/Detail setting prints at 1200 x 600dpi is the 
best option for printing vector objects such as graphics 
and text. 
>The Normal setting prints at 600 x 600dpi and is 
suitable for most printing jobs.
>The Draft setting prints at 300 x 300dpi and is suitable 
for printing draft documents that contain mainly text. 
You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some 
print jobs.
2.Page orientation can be set to either portrait (tall) or 
landscape (wide)....

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 58
Image tab
1.Dithering produces an intermediate greyscale by adjusting 
the combination of dots used in printing. Selecting a 
setting determines the degree of detail with which a 
graphics image will be printed. Mesh determines that a 
screen of dots is used for dithering while Line Art 
determines that an array of lines is used for dithering.
2.Select dithering texture by setting the size of dots used in 
the halftone screen.
3.Set this control to print...

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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 59
Layout tab
1.Page orientation can be set to portrait (tall), landscape 
(wide) or landscape rotated by 180 degrees.
2.Printed page order can be set as front to back or back to 
front of the document.
3.Set the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet.
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B4400/B4600 User’s Guide – Operation > 60
4.Click the Advanced button to be able to set further 
document options as follows:
1.Select the required printed paper size.
2.You can substitute another font for TrueType Font.
3.You can set other document options as required, including 
PostScript options and printer features.
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