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Drivers

What is a Driver?

A driver is a software program that enables your software applications

to access your mopier’s features. For example, when you print a

document, the application sets up your print job with formatting

commands such as page breaks, font selections, paper tray selections,

and number of copies. The driver takes these commands, translates them

into a printer language (such as Hewlett-Packard’s Printer Control

Language (PCL) or PostScript), and then sends the job to the printer or

mopier. The driver’s interface allows you to select various mopier

features that other software applications don’t support directly, like

automatic stapling.

Typically, a driver must be installed on your computer for each printer or

mopier you are using. Each operating system needs a different printer

driver. For example, a Windows 3.11 user can user the CD-ROM Install

Utility to install the Windows PCL and PostScript drivers. The

exception is UNIX, in which there is no operating system driver; instead

each application must support the printer directly.

Most applications allow you to access the printer driver through the

Properties, Print, Print Setup, or Page Setup commands. Print job

settings selected through your application typically override equivalent

settings made through the printer driver. Printer settings made in the

application or printer driver typically override the corresponding setting

made on the mopier control panel.

In some environments, the mopier can send status information back to

the operating system. This capability is called bidirectional

communication, since information is sent to and from the mopier. In a

bidirectional environment, the optional printer accessories are detected

and enabled in the driver automatically. In non-bidirectional

environments, accessories that are installed in your mopier need to be

set manually in your driver. For example, to use the duplexing feature in

a non-bidirectional environment, you must enable this feature in the

driver.

You must install the complete printing system to get bidirectional

communication. In bidirectional environments, the driver automatically

detects the existence of those accessories. Drivers must be installed for

clients. In some environments, drivers are downloaded automatically to

clients.

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HP 5SI Manuel d'utilisateur Page 29