Printing directly from other applications; Setting the Printer Driver; For Windows Vista- Page 33

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You can use this machine to print directly from most Windows

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Setting the Printer Driver

In the following steps, you will see QL-XXX. Read "XXX" as your printer name. The printer names in the
following screens may differ from your purchased printer name.
The screens may vary depending on the model. The following is the example for Windows Vista

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For Windows Vista

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From [Control Panel], go to [Hardware and Sound] and open [Printers].

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For Windows

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From [Control Panel], go to [Printers (2000) / Printers and Faxes (XP)].

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For Windows Vista

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Choose "Brother QL-XXX", and click 
[Select printing preferences].

The [Brother QL-XXX printing preferences] 
dialog box appears.

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For Windows

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Choose "Brother QL-XXX", and click 
[File] - [Printing Preferences]

The [Printer Properties] dialog box appears.

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Choose each item and click 

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• [Paper] Tab

This tab is used to set the Format and Width.

You can change the Label Format or create a 
new Label Format from the [Label Format 
definitions] dialog box which appears by clicking 

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Printing directly from other applications

Because the paper size for this machine is different from other regular printers, you may not be able to 
print even after installing the driver and application software, unless the application software allows the 
correct label size to be set.

For details, see Windows

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