Compaq IJ600 Color Inkjet Printer
(260-2384)           Steps To Basic Printing           Faxback Doc. # 37588

Basic printing is as easy as:
1 Load the paper
2 Customize the Printer Properties
3 Print your document

STEP 1: LOAD THE PAPER
1 Place up to 100 sheets of paper (depending on thickness) against the 
  right side of the sheet feeder, with the print side facing you. 
2 Squeeze the release tab and the paper guide together and slide the paper 
  guide to the edge of the paper.

STEP 2: CUSTOMIZE THE PRINTER PROPERTIES
Your printer software includes several applications that let you easily 
perform printing tasks. One of these applications is called PRINTER 
PROPERTIES.  The Printer Properties application has two tabs: Paper and
Document/Quality. Each tab contains settings related to the operation of 
your printer and its software.

Opening the Printer Properties
You can open the Printer Properties from almost any application. This lets 
you change printer settings ONLY for the document you are currently 
creating in the application.

To open the Printer Properties from an application:
1 Open the application's File menu.
2 Choose Print (or Printer) Setup.
3 In the Printer Setup dialog box, click the Properties, Option, or Setup 
  button (depending on the application).
4 Change settings as needed.  When you open the Printer Properties from 
  Windows, the settings apply to all documents, unless you change them
  from the application.

To open the Printer Properties from Windows:
1 From the Start menu, select Settings, and then select Printers.
2 From the Printers folder, right-click the printer icon for your printer.
3 Select Properties from the sidebar menu.

Click the...
Paper tab to:
  * Select a paper size and orientation.
  * Set the number of copies to print.
  * Reverse the printing order of your document pages. The first page of 
    your document will be on top of the stack in the paper exit tray.
  * Collate your document.

Document/Quality tab to select:
  * The Document Type you are printing.
  * A paper type.
  * A print quality setting.
  * Web Smoothing when you are printing from the Internet.
  * The default settings.

Help button on any tab in the Printer Properties to access the printer 
driver Help.

STEP THREE: PRINT YOUR DOCUMENT
1 From your application's File menu, click Print.
2 From the Print dialog box, click OK or Print (depending on the 
  application).

(RDS 07/10/2000)

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