Saved Background Form

Background forms allow you to merge print job data with forms that are stored on the printer hard drive. When you print a job with a background form, the document and form are merged. The resulting document looks like it was printed on a pre-printed form.

Before you can save a background form, first create it in another application such as Microsoft Word. Then save the background form on the printer hard drive.

To print using a background form:

On the Printing Options tab, from the Job Type list, select Saved Background Form.
To select a name for your job, do one of the following:
- Type a name for the job.
- Click the arrow to the right of the field and select a name from the list.
- Click the arrow to the right of the field and select Use Document Name to use the name of the document.
  Note:
  - To save the form to a specific location on the printer hard drive, type the directory path for the file.
  - For form names, you can type only Roman characters such as b, c, 1, 2. For non‑Roman characters, such as Chinese or Japanese characters, question marks appear in the Job Name field. The file name is saved on the printer hard drive with the question marks. You can type the file name as well as the path, including the forward slash (/).
  - The print driver retains 10 names. When adding an 11th name, the name used least is deleted automatically from the list. To remove names from the list other than the selected name, select Clear List.
Click OK.
Make other selections for the print job as needed.
Click OK.

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