Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box

The Printer Properties dialog box can be opened from either within an application, or directly from the Windows Start menu.

Opening the Printer Properties dialog box from your application program

The operations may vary slightly depending on your application program. This section describes only the general procedure for opening the Printer Properties dialog box.

1 In your application, select the command to print a document.

The Print dialog box can usually be opened by selecting Print from the File menu.

2 Ensure that Canon i550 is selected. Then click Preferences (or Properties ).

The Printer Properties dialog box opens.

Note

Depending on your application program, the command and menu names may differ, and there may be more steps involved in opening the Printer Properties dialog box. For further details, see the user's manual for your application.

Opening the Printer Properties dialog box directly from the Start menu

This method is used for maintenance operations such as print head cleaning, or to specify printer settings common to all application programs.

When the Printer Properties dialog box is opened from the Start menu, additional tabs appear, including the Details tab. These do not appear when the Printer Properties dialog box is opened from within an application.

For further information about these additional tabs, refer to your Windows documentation.

1 Click Start and select Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, and then Printers and Faxes.

For non-XP Windows, Click Start, select Settings, and then Printers.

2 Select the Canon i550 icon.

3 Open the File menu and select Printing Preferences (or Properties).

In Windows NT 4.0, Select Document Defaults....

The Printer Properties dialog box opens.