[Properties] Window of the Printer Driver

How to display the [Properties] window

The printer driver has two windows for configuring settings: the [Properties] window and the [Printing Preferences] window. The following explains the [Properties] screen.

In the [Properties] screen, you can set the optional environment of this machine and Windows OS functions. You can open the [Properties] screen as follows.

1. Display the printer window.

   • In Windows 8.1/10, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.

   

   • In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.

   

   • In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers].
     If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], then click [View devices and printers].

   

   • In Windows Server 2008, click the Start menu, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printers].
     When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].

   

2. Open the printer properties.

   • In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, right-click the icon of the installed printer, and from [Printer Properties], click the displayed printer name.

   

   • In Windows Server 2008, right-click the icon of the installed printer, then click [Properties].

   

   The [Properties] screen appears.