The Driver Options tab displays advanced printer options. Options vary for each print driver. Common options include:
Send Form-Feed (FF) should be selected if the last page of your print job is not ejected from the printer (for example, the form feed light flashes). If this does not work, try selecting Send End-of-Transmission (EOT) instead. Some printers require both Send Form-Feed (FF) and Send End-of-Transmission (EOT) to eject the last page.
Send End-of-Transmission (EOT) if sending a form-feed does not work. Refer to Send FF above.
Assume Unknown Data is Text should be selected if your print driver does not recognize some of the data sent to it. Only select it if you are having problems printing. If this option is selected, the print driver will assume that any data that it can not recognize is text and try to print it as text. If you select this option and Convert Text to Postscript, the print driver will assume the unknown data is text and then convert it to PostScript.
Prerender Postscript should be selected if you are printing characters beyond the basic ASCII set but they are not printing correctly (such as Japanese characters). This option will prerender non-standard PostScript fonts so that they are printed correctly.
If your printer does not support the fonts you are trying to print, try selecting this option. For example, you should select this option if you are printing Japanese fonts to a non-Japanese printer.
Extra time is required to perform this action. Do not choose it unless you are having problems printing the correct fonts.
You should also select this option if your printer can not handle PostScript level 3. This option converts it to PostScript level 1.
Convert Text to Postscript is selected by default. If your printer can print plain text, try unselecting this when printing plain text documents to decrease the time it takes to print.
Page Size allows you to select the paper size for your printer such as US Letter, US Legal, A3, and A4.
Effective Filter Locale defaults to C. If you are printing Japanese characters, select ja_JP. Otherwise, accept the default of C.
Media Source defaults to Printer default. Change this option to use paper from a different tray.
If you modify the driver options, click OK to return to the main window. Click Apply to save the change and restart the printer daemon.