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Phaser 440 Color Printer
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Installing the Printer and Drivers
Note
IBM suggests that printer objects be named to represent available
printer ports rather than printer names or printer drivers. This
avoids the confusion of a specific printer name being associated with
an object that is using a driver for a different printer.
Check existing printer object port assignments before installing a new printer to
be sure there is no conflict. Once you are familiar with existing printer objects
(drivers and ports associated with these objects) you can install a new printer.
In the procedure below the printer remains associated with LPT1, and you will
set up a new printer object for LPT2. Following are the steps to create the LPT2
PRINTER object:
1.
Check all existing printer objects to be sure that they do not point to
LPT2. Make any necessary changes to the settings for these printer
objects.
2.
Locate the original OS/2 Print Driver Diskettes (1-5).
3.
Find and open the TEMPLATES folder and locate the Printer
Template
.
4.
Using the mouse, point to the Printer Template, hold down the right
mouse button, and drag the object onto the desktop and release the
mouse button.
5.
The Create a Printer dialogue box will be displayed. In the name
field, type: LPT2 PRINTER. This is the only opportunity to assign this
name and it cannot be changed. The first 8 characters (except spaces) will
display in all printer selection menus, so the printer will be listed as
LPT2PRIN
.
6.
Scroll through the printer drivers listed to locate the proper Tektronix
printer driver name. If it is listed, select it, otherwise, point the cursor
to any other driver listed and click the right mouse button. Click
Install
from the menu options.
7.
In the Install New Printer Driver dialogue box, set the directory to B:
and insert the Printer Diskette #1 in drive B:. Click on Refresh. The
system searches the diskette for driver groups and prompts you to
stop the search or continue. When the PostScript driver
(PSCRPT.DRV) appears, stop the search.
8.
At this point, a list of possible PostScript printers are displayed for
your selection. Using the scroll bars, move down through the
alphabetical listing until you find the selection PSCRIPT.Tektronix
Phaser 440
. Click on the correct printer name and then click on
Install
. The system will install your printer driver. Click OK.