Lexmark Printer Driver For Mac Sierra

PCMag reviews products, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Printer Driver Crash Course Sure, the easiest way to churn out a simple print job is to hit Ctrl-P (or Command-P for you Mac users). But taking a few minutes to explore your printer driver can unearth a whole new layer of control over your printing processes. A printer driver, in short, is a utility that allows your computer to communicate with a, and lets you control numerous functions in your print jobs. Although you can change a few settings when you launch a print command from within a Windows application, you can access a number of next-level functions through the driver interface. You are even likely to find useful printing options that you weren't even aware of.

Drivers either come on the setup disc included with your printer, or you download them from the manufacturer's website as part of the setup process. One of the driver's main tasks is to translate files sent from a into a printer language for output. Thus, in some high-end printers you may have more than one printer driver, one for each printer language, most commonly PCL and PostScript. The manufacturer's recommended driver generally installs as the default driver, and sometimes you have to check a box during the setup process to install any additional drivers. For most business printing, PCL—a versatile printer language created by HP—is preferable, offering faster printing with less drain on memory during printing. PostScript is Adobe's printer language, and Adobe programs such as,, and Acrobat are optimized for use with it. As such, it's commonly used by graphic designers.

Although PostScript is, it's also compatible with Windows. But unless you need it to print out graphics files (or you print a ton of PDFs), you're better off sticking to PCL. You can always switch between the two if need be.

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Accessing Your Printer Driver To access your printer driver's interface in, type Control Panel in the search field in your toolbar and press Enter. A pull-down menu at the Control Panel screen's upper right lets you view the page by Category, Large Icons, or Small Icons. If you are in Category view, you need to switch to either of the icon views.

From there, click on Devices and Printers, and you should come to a screen similar to the one you see below, with a series of icons identifying printers for which you have installed drivers, and the default printer identified with a green checkmark. Right-clicking on the icon for the printer you want to access will bring up a menu. The two choices under that menu that house most of the driver's functions are Printing Preferences and Printer Properties.

Printer Properties lets you choose ports and control security features, while Printing Preferences—by far the most important of the two for everyday use—houses a wealth of settings for layout, print quality, profile presets, and more. You can also access your driver's settings from within many Windows programs as you prepare to print. When you click on File at the screen's upper left corner, and then Print from the pull-down menu, you will see the Print screen, which offers a few basic options: number of copies, paper size, one- or two-sided printing, and the like. Some programs (Word included) provide a link to Printing Preferences from this page; others, such as the browser, do not. That said, they have common elements. When you open the driver, you should see a dialog box with a series of tabs at top left; the leftmost tab—often called Layout or Setup—includes information like the number of copies to be printed, one-sided or two-sided printing (if your printer supports auto-duplexing), paper type, and printing mode presets (such as Photo Printing, Business Document, and Vivid Color). Many simple consumer printers have just a few tabs that consolidate the important printing functions, while higher-end business models may have half a dozen or more tabs, highlighting features that may include some you weren't even aware of.