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Appendix 43
Learn more about your
printer software
To learn more about the printer setting
options, click the Help button at the
bottom of each tab in the printer
software.
Printing from DOS
You must install the following before
you can print from DOS applications:
• Lexmark Z31 printer software
• PCL 3 printer driver for each DOS
application
Appropriate drivers in order of
preference are:
– HP DeskJet 500C
– HP DeskJet 500
You must use the HP DeskJet 500C for
color print jobs. If your application
does not include drivers for the HP
DeskJet 500C or the HP DeskJet 500,
contact the software manufacturer for a
compatible driver replacement.
Printing from a DOS
application in Windows
Use these instructions only if your
application runs from the DOS prompt
in Windows.
When you print from a DOS
application, your printer uses PCL 3
emulation. You must install a printer
driver for PCL 3 emulation in each
DOS application.
In Windows 3.1or 3.11, avoid
switching from your DOS application
to another application while your job is
printing. See the Readme file for your
Lexmark printer for more information.
Follow the steps to enable DOS
printing:
1
Make sure you are in Windows, not
native DOS.
2
From the Control Program, click
the Options tab.
3
For help opening the Control
Program, see “Using the Printer
Properties” on page 8.
4
Make sure Disable DOS Printing
is not checked.
5
Start your application from DOS.
6
For help, see your Windows
documentation.
7
Install the HP DeskJet 500C as the
current printer in the DOS
application from which you are
printing.
Some applications offer a color or
black (mono) version of the HP
DeskJet 500C driver. Choose the
black (mono) version if you are
printing in black only. Choose the
color version if you are printing in
color and black.
Changing print settings
for DOS applications
If possible, use options in your DOS
application to change printer settings.
Use the following steps only if you
want to change a printer setting that
does not exist in your DOS application.
Settings in your DOS application
override settings in the driver.
1
From the Control Program, click
the DOS Printing tab.
For help opening the Control
Program, see “Using the Printer
Properties” on page 8.
2
Change settings as needed.
Note:
When you make changes on
the DOS Printing tab, they apply to
DOS print jobs only. When you make
changes on other tabs, they apply to all
print jobs.
Printing to a file
To print a document that has been
processed by the driver and stored in a
file (that is, printed to file):
1
Make sure you are in Windows, not
native DOS.
2
Start your application from DOS.
3
For help, see your Windows
documentation.
4
Create a print file using the “Print to
File” function of your application.
For help on printing to a file, see
your application’s user's
documentation.
5
Use this DOS command to copy the
print file to the port where the
printer is connected:
copy filename lptn /b
In the command example:
– copy is the DOS copy com-
mand.
– filename is the name of the
print file you created.
– lptn is the port where your
printer is connected. For exam-
ple, lpt1 or lpt2.
– /b instructs the computer to
send the data in binary form.
Note:
Avoid using the DOS Print
command to send a job to the printer
port. The Print command causes
printing delays.
Printing from non-
Windows DOS
applications
Follow these steps if your application
runs from the native DOS prompt, but
does not run from the DOS prompt in
Windows.
1
From the printer's Control Program,
click the Options tab.
For help opening the Control
Program, see “Using the Printer
Properties” on page 8.
2
Make sure Disable DOS Printing
is not checked.
3
Exit Windows.
4
Start your DOS application.
5
Install the HP DeskJet 500C as the
current printer in the DOS
application from which you are
printing.
Some applications offer a color or
black (mono) version of the HP
DeskJet 500C driver. Choose the
black (mono) version if you are