To print pages, the printer to be used is selected from a drop-down list, see Printing. When the Windows® 'Print' dialog is opened, the printer name that is displayed initially is the "default" printer.

Notes

Most (well-behaved) printer-drivers take in-file printer configuration instructions in their stride. Consequently, the following printing parameters are normally taken from PCL and PS files, not the 'Printer Setup...' dialog:

Paper type

Orientation

Input Tray

Output Bin

Simplex/Duplex

If, however, the printer is set to duplex just before printing a document, then that form of duplex overrides the setting in the file.
The default number of copies is set up in the dialog from what was in the PCL or PS file, or was specified on the command line via the /COPIES option.
These parameters are taken from the 'Print' dialog:

Collation

From/To page numbers

Other parameters can be given default values which apply if nothing is specified in the PCL file:

Paper type

Orientation

Some of the parameters in the PCL or PS file can be changed using the 'override' options on the 'Printer' page of the Configuration dialog:

Input Bin

Output Tray

Simplex/Duplex

Some printer-drivers, however, are not so well-behaved. Consequently the paper type, duplexing and bin selection that you have applied in the 'Printer Setup...' dialog will be used throughout the print run. If the original PCL file redefines these parameters during the print run the printer-driver ignores them. The command-line option for this is /DRIVERDEFAULTS: see EscapeE configuration symbols.
If your printer supports PCL, PDF, Postscript or XPS formats you may avoid such printer-driver problems by using the EscapeE Direct printing option.

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