24th August 1999

How's that printer working over there? Have you bothered to tweak its settings? Open the 'Printers' folder in 'My Computer.' If your printer is properly installed, you should see an icon for it here; right-click on that icon and pull up its 'Properties.' You should see several tabs in this dialog box; change paper (quality, size, orientation), graphics, and (possibly) brightness/contrast settings. Customize it to your liking! Or, for convenience, you can create a "new" printer with a different name (and different settings)--calling on the same printer. While you're at it, throw a shortcut to your printer onto your Desktop for easy drag & drop printing.