OKI MB480 User Manual

101 • Printer Settings in Windows
Image tab
1.Dithering produces an intermediate grey scale by adjusting the combination of 
dots used in printing. Selecting a se tting determines the degree of detail with 
which a graphics image will be printed. Me sh determines that a screen of dots is 
used for dithering while Line Art determine s that an array of lines is used for 
dithering.
2. Select dithering texture by setting the si ze of dots used in the halftone screen.
3. Set this control to print greyscale...

102 • Printer Settings in Windows
Setting from Windows control panel
When you open the driver properties window directly from Windows, rather than from 
within an application program, a somewhat more extensive range of settings is 
provided. Changes made here will generally  affect all documents you print from 
Windows applications, and will be rememb ered from one Windows session to the 
next.
General tab
1. This area lists some of the main features of your printer, including optional items.
2. This...

103 • Printer Settings in Windows
Advanced tab
1.You can specify which times of day your printer will be available.
2. Indicates current priority, from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Highest priority 
documents will print first.
3. Specifies that documents should be spooled  (stored in a special print file) before 
being printed. The document is then printed in the background, allowing your 
application program to become available more quickly. Options follow:
This specifies that printing should not start...

104 • Printer Settings in Windows
held in the print queue and does not print until the printer setup is changed and 
the document restarted from the print queue. Mismatched documents in the 
queue will not prevent correctly  matched documents from printing.
6. Specifies that the spooler should favour documents which have completed 
spooling when deciding which document to print next, even if completed 
documents are lower priority than documents which are still spooling. If no 
documents have completed...

105 • Printer Settings in Windows
Device options tab
In this window you can select which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. 
See the chapter entitled “Installing options”.
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106 • Printer Settings in Windows
PS emulation (MB470 MFP & MB480 MFP)
Layout tab
1.Page orientation can be set to portrait (tall), landscape (wide) or landscape 
rotated by 180 degrees.
2. Print on both sides (duplex printing) can be set to long edge or short edge of the 
document.
3. Printed page order can be set as front to back or back to front of the document.
4. Set the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet. You can also set it to 
print a booklet.
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My Printer Printing...

107 • Printer Settings in Windows
5.Click the Advanced button to be able to set further document options as follows:
a. Select the required printed paper size.
b. You can substitute another font for TrueType Font.
c. You can set other document options as required, including PostScript options 
and printer features.
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My Printer Advanced Options
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108 • Printer Settings in Windows
Paper/Quality tab
You can set the paper source or leave it as automatic selection and by using the 
Advanced button you have access to the same  set of options as described above for 
the  Layout  Tab.
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109 • Printer Settings in Windows
Job options tab
1.The output resolution of the printed page can be set as follows.
• The High Quality setting prints at 1200 x 1200dpi for Xxxxxdn and Xxxxxdtn  and 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. You can select Toner Saving to save toner for some print jobs.
2. You can print watermark text behind the main page image. This is useful for 
marking...

110 • Printer Settings in Windows
Settings from the Control Panel
The main tabs are the General Tab, Advanced Tab  and Device Settings Tab . The 
General and Advanced tabs are the same as for PCL emulation described earlier.
Device settings tab
1. You can set the desired paper sizes in each of the available paper feed trays.
2. You can make a variety of font settings depending on your application.
3. You can set which optional upgrades are installed on your printer. See the chapter 
entitled “Installing...