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User’s Guide for Magna™ Platinum Series™ Printers
PC settings for Windows Me and 98
This section describes the following for PCs running Windows Me and 98.
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Setting parallel port values
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Setting USB port values
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Setting serial port values
Setting parallel port values—Windows Me and 98
Parallel port values include the port to which the printer is assigned, the
communication mode for the port, and printer spooling.
Verify port assignment and settings
1 From the Windows taskbar choose Start, Settings, and then Printers. The Printers
window appears.
2 Highlight the SmartDriver icon by clicking on it once.
3 From the menu bar, choose File and then Properties. The SmartDriver Properties
window appears.
4 Choose the Details tab and view the port in the Print to the Following Port list.
Make sure this is the ECP parallel port.
5 Click Spool Settings to display the Spool Settings dialog.
6 Make sure that Enable Bidirectional Support is checked. Also make sure that
Spool Print Jobs so Program Finishes Printing Faster is checked.
7 Choose OK to save the settings and close the Spool Settings dialog.
8 Choose OK to save the settings and close the Properties dialog box.
9 Close the Printers window.
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Verify the communication mode
1 From the Windows taskbar, choose Start, Settings, and then Control Panel. The
Control Panel window appears.
2 Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears.
3 Choose the Device Manager tab.
4 Make sure View Devices by Type is chosen.
5 Click the Plus sign + next to Ports (COM & LPT) to show the available ports. The
list should include an entry such as "ECP Printer port (LPT1)."