Configuring Printers

The Add Printer wizard installs the printer with the default settings. You can configure these settings as per the requirement. For example, in a network, you may have to restrict access to the printer for users. You can also setup a printer pool to enable faster printing of documents.

To setup Print Properties :

1. Open the printer Properties dialog box. The Properties dialog box appears.

2. Click the Ports tab. The Ports tab appears.

3. Select the Enable printer pooling check box.

To configure the availability of the printer:

1. Open the Printers and Faxes folder. The Printers and Faxes window appears.

2. Select the printer to configure.

3.Select File 4 Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.


The Properties dialog box has seven tabs. They are:

> General - Displays the features of the printer

> Sharing - Provides options to share the printer on the network

>Ports - Specifies the port on which the printer is installed

> Advanced - Provides complex printing options

> Color Management - Provides options to use colors for the printer

> Security - Specifies permissions for the printer on the network

> About - Provides printer information

4. Click the Advanced tab. The Advanced tab appears.


In the Advanced tab, the options are:

> Always available - Specifies that the printer is always available

> Available from - Specifies the time for which the printer will be available

> Priority - Specifies the importance level. 1 is the lowest and 99 is the highest value.

> Driver - Specifies the driver used

> New Driver - Installs a new driver for the printer

> Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster - Loads the print documents into the memory and then prints them

> Start printing after the last page is spooled - Prints the document after the last page is loaded into the memory

> Start printing immediately - Prints the documents when we give the print command

> Print directly to the printer - Sends the print documents directly to the printer

> Hold mismatch documents - Compares the printer and the document setup and prevents documents from printing if the setup information does not match

> Print spooled documents first - Prints the documents from the memory Keep printed documents - Maintains a history of printed documents

> Enable advanced printing features - Allows complex printing features, such as printing in grayscale mode and automatic image enhancement

5. Select Available from option.

6. Specify the time in the spin box.

7. Click OK