Changing Media Names

Change the name of the paper displayed in the printer control panel and printer driver.

Important

  • Do not attempt to print or turn the printer off while the program is communicating with the printer.

    Do not add or edit media information on a printer from another computer while it is being added or edited.

  • We recommend backing up the media information in advance before editing media information.

    For how to back up media information, see "Back Up Base Printer Media Information" in "Copying Media Information from the Base Printer to Another Printer".

Note

  1. Select the paper whose name you want to change.

  2. Click (Change Paper Name) in the Edit Media Information button group.

    The Change Paper Name dialog box appears.

  3. Edit Name on Operation Panel and Name in Printer Driver, and the click the OK button.

    Note

    • The characters that can be entered for Name in Printer Driver and Name on Operation Panel are stated below.

      alphanumeric, space, "-", ".", "_", "(", ")", "+", "%", ",", "/", ”[“, “]”

    • For Name on Operation Panel, up to 10 double-byte characters and up to 20 single-byte characters can be entered.

    • For Name in Printer Driver, up to 32 characters or 80 bytes may be entered.

    • If the selected media is custom paper, you can edit Paper Name (English).

      For Paper Name (English) up to 20 single-byte characters can be entered.

    • You cannot rename the paper with the same name as the paper registered to the standard printer.

  4. Click (Apply Edits) in the Edit Media Information button group.

  5. Click the OK button.

    The updated media information is applied to the printer control panel.

    Important

    • To apply the media information to the printer driver, you must update the media information in the printer driver.

      For details, see "Updating Media Information in Printer Driver" for your model from the Home of the Online Manual.