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Using the printer driver
User’s Guide for Select™ Platinum Series™ Printers
If the Printer icon is not visible, do one of the following:
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Open Properties (Windows 98 and Me), select the Printer Info tab, and click the
"Open Toolbox" button.
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Open Printing Preferences (Windows 2000 and XP), click the Advanced button,
and select "Printer Toolbox:Open".
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Open Document Default Properties (Windows NT), and select "Printer
Toolbox:Open".
Figure 3-8: Printer Toolbox
Viewing Printer Toolbox information
The Printer Toolbox displays the following status information:
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The top line displays the current printer or driver status.
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If the printer is directly connected to this PC, the second line displays any
messages. If the printer is shared through a network, this line indicates where to
find information about messages. (This line is blank on a locally connected PC
when there are no errors or when any message has been cleared and processing
resumes.)
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The third line displays information about how the printer and PC are connected,
which can be “parallel,” “USB,” “client PC,” or “directly networked.” If printer is
connected using a parallel port that is not supported, the line also instructs you to
change the port mode to ECP. See
“Setting parallel port values” on page C-6 .
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The fourth line displays the printer type.
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At the bottom of the dialog box, the Printer Toolbox displays the driver version and
the printer firmware version.