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Specifies whether the advanced printing feature is enabled. When enabled, metafile spooling is turned on and options such as Page Order, Booklet Printing, and Pages Per Sheet are available, depending on your printer. For normal printing, leave the advanced printing feature enabled (the default). If compatibility problems occur, you can disable the feature. When disabled, metafile spooling is turned off and the printing options might be unavailable.


Specifies whether the booklet feature is enabled. When enabled, two pages will print side-by-side on both the back and front of one sheet of paper.

When the advanced printing feature is disabled, the booklet feature is also disabled.


Specifies the output format for PostScript files. Generally, you will use Optimize for Speed to print your documents.

To create a file that conforms to the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (ADSC), click Optimize for Portability. Each page of the document will be a self-contained object. This is useful if you want to create a PostScript file and print it on a different printer.

If you want to include the file as an image in another document that will be printed from a different program, click Encapsulated PostScript (EPS).

Archive Format creates a PostScript file you can use later.


Specifies how TrueType fonts are downloaded. Generally, you would click Automatic to let the PostScript driver decide which format is best. If you want to download the TrueType font as a scalable outline font, click Outline. To download the TrueType font as a bitmap font, click Bitmap. If your printer is a TrueType rasterizer printer, click Native TrueType to download the TrueType font as an outline font.


Lists the available PostScript options. Depending on your printer, you might see options such as Mirrored Output which lets you print a mirror image of your document or Page Independence which lets you print or preview pages out of order.


Specifies which PostScript language level to use: from 1, to the highest level supported by your printer. Some printers support multiple levels. It is usually best to select the highest number available, since a higher language level provides more features. There are instances, however, when you would still use level 1. For example, if you are printing a file to disk and that file will be printed by someone with a level 1 printer, you would need to select level 1.


Specifies whether a PostScript error handler message is sent. If you want the printer to print an error page when an error occurs in the print job, click Yes.


Specifies mirrored output. Click Yes to print a mirror image of your document by reversing the horizontal coordinates.


Specifies negative output. Click Yes to print a negative of the image by reversing the values for black and white.  This option is only available for monochrome printers.


Specifies whether to compress graphics before sending your document to the printer. The following options apply only when you are using a level 1 printer. On level 2 and higher printers, bitmap compression is always enabled.

If you are using PostScript level 1 and a printer connected to a serial port, click Compress bitmaps, and then click Yes.

If you are using PostScript level 1 and a printer connected to a parallel port or a network printer, click Compress bitmaps, and then click No.

If you do not see the PostScript Language Level control that lets you change the PostScript language level, your printer only supports level 1.


Lists printer-specific printing options, such as Print Quality and Output Bin. For more information on the available options, see your printer's operating manual.


Specifies the amount of available PostScript memory. The available PostScript memory is a subset of the printer's total physical memory. It is usually best to use the default setting, which is determined by your printer manufacturer.


Specifies whether to use printer halftone or system halftone. If you print documents that contain a large number of continuous tone images, you may be able to increase print speed by clicking System Halftone.


Allows non-1252 code page systems to print. This option, available only on printers outside the United States, tells the printer to ignore the resident printer (PostScript) fonts and use TrueType fonts.


Specifies font substitution. Click Slow but more accurate if you notice character spacing problems in your documents. Otherwise, click Normal (the default).


Displays the font substitution table and options for changing the TrueType-to-PostScript font mapping.


Specifies the TrueType font options. Click Don't Substitute (the default) to download TrueType fonts (soft fonts) for printing instead of using PostScript fonts. To substitute PostScript fonts for TrueType fonts, click a font name.


Lists the form-to-tray assignments.

Many printers support more than one source of paper, such as upper and lower trays. You can assign a form (which defines the paper size and margins) to each of your printer's paper sources. Once a form is matched to a source, you can select the form when you print. The printer prints from the tray (paper source) to which that form is assigned.


Specifies the form-to-tray assignment. Once you have assigned a form to a specific tray, the printer will always use that tray to print the defined paper size (form).


Specifies the PostScript timeout values.


Specifies how long the document can take to get from the computer to the printer before the printer stops trying to print the document.

If you specify 0, the printer will continue trying to print indefinitely.


Specifies how long the printer will wait to get more PostScript information from the computer. After the specified time passes, the printer stops trying to print the document and prints an error message. If you are trying to print a very complicated document, you may want to increase this value.

If you specify 0, the printer will wait indefinitely.


Lists the printer-specific printing options that you can install for your printer. For more information on these options, see your printer's operating manual.


Specifies the protocol the printer will use for print jobs.

When you click ASCII, data is sent in ASCII format (7-bit), which may take longer to print but can be sent through any I/O channel, such as a serial, parallel, or network port. When you click BCP (Binary Communications Protocol) or TBCP (Tagged Binary Communications Protocol), all data except special control characters is sent in binary (8-bit) format. The binary formats can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports and are faster than sending data in ASCII format.


Specifies the minimum font size (in pixels) for which the PostScript driver will download TrueType fonts as outline (Type 1) fonts. A font smaller than the minimum setting will be downloaded as a bitmap (Type 3) font.

This option lets you fine-tune the Automatic setting for the TrueType Font Download option on the Advanced Options dialog box of the Printing Preferences dialog box.


Specifies the maximum font size (in pixels) for which the PostScript driver will download TrueType fonts as bitmap (Type 3) fonts. A font larger than the maximum setting will be downloaded as an outline (Type 1) font.

This option lets you fine-tune the Automatic setting or override the Bitmap setting for the TrueType Font Download option on the Advanced Options dialog box of the Printing Preferences dialog box.


Specifies whether the printer will be reset at the beginning of every PostScript document (No is the default setting).

CTRL+D will reset your printer to its default setting to ensure that prior print jobs won't affect the current print job. CTRL+D may cause a print job to fail if your printer is connected through a network. If your document fails to print when sent to a printer connected through parallel or serial ports, change No to Yes.


Specifies whether the printer will be reset at the end of every PostScript document (Yes is the default setting).

CTRL+D will reset your printer to its default setting to ensure that future print jobs won't be affected by the current print job. CTRL+D may cause a print job to fail if your printer is connected through a network. If your document fails to print when sent to a network printer, change Yes to No.


's Custom Page Size dialog. Specifies the width of your custom paper size.


Specifies the length of your custom paper size.


Specifies that you are using inches as the unit of measurement.


Specifies that you are using millimeters as the unit of measurement.


Specifies that you are using points as the unit of measurement.


Specifies the direction the paper is fed into the printer. Choose from Long Edge Left, Long Edge Right, Short Edge Top, or Short Edge Bottom depending on the paper you are using. For instance, if you print on letterhead paper, you would want to specify the correct feed direction so that the text is not printed upside down on the page.


Specifies that you are using cut sheets of paper. Usually only one option, Cut Sheet or Roll Feed, will be available on a printer.


Specifies that you are using a roll of paper. Usually only one option, Cut Sheet or Roll Feed, will be available on a printer.


Specifies where the page for your document should start, relative to the edge of the paper that is perpendicular to the feed direction. For example, you may not want the edge of your document to be placed on the edge of the roll or sheet of paper. This lets you specify how far away from the edge it should be placed.


Specifies where the page for your document should start, relative to the edge of the paper that is parallel to the feed direction. For example, you may not want the edge of your document to be placed on the edge of the roll or sheet of paper. This lets you specify how far away from the edge it should be placed.


Closes the dialog box and saves any changes you have made.


Closes the dialog box without saving any changes you have made.


Resets the options in the dialog box to the original settings.