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- INFORMATION REGARDING TOSHIBA PRINTERS
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- You have selected one of the following printers:
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- Toshiba P351SX Toshiba P341e Toshiba P321SLC
- Toshiba P351C Toshiba P341 Toshiba P1350
- Toshiba P351 Toshiba P321SL Toshiba P1351
- Toshiba P341SL Toshiba P321 Toshiba P1340
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- Your printer has been installed; however, it has not yet been
- configured properly. To properly configure your printer, use
- the Control Panel. For information on how to do this, see
- "Configuring Your System" in Chapter 7, "Using Control Panel",
- of the Microsoft Windows User's Guide. Be sure to properly set
- up your communications port.
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- The Toshiba Dot Matrix driver;
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- - supports 12 printer models
- - supports four resolutions
- - dithers and mixes colors
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- You can install the Toshiba driver as a through the Windows Setup
- program or the Control Panel. For more information on installing
- a printer, see the section "Adding a New Printer" in the chapter
- "Using the Control Panel" in the Windows User's Guide. Note, the
- file TOSH24.FIF is not installed by the Control Panel. If you use
- downloadable or card fonts, you must copy this file into the same
- directory where you installed the driver.
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- Note: To ensure higher quality output, turn on the "3 Pass
- Graph" option, available on certain models. For more
- information, see the Toshiba User's Manual or contact Toshiba.
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- USING THE MENUS
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- Model Menu: Choosing a printer
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- When you select a model, the driver sets the options to the
- defaults for that printer model. A check mark reflects the
- latest choice made in the Model menu and the printer name
- appears in the title bar.
-
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- Paper Menu: Select paper size
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- The Paper menu lets you conveniently select paper size, and
- lets you switch between English and metric units.
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- The Toshiba printer driver supports 9 standard paper sizes and
- 2 standard envelope sizes:
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- - Letter (8.5 x 11 in.)
- - Legal (8.5 x 14 in.)
- - Ledger (11 x 17 in.)
- - Statement (5.5 x 8.5 in.)
- - A5 (148 x 210 mm)
- - A4 (210 x 297 mm)
- - A3 (297 x 420 mm)
- - B5 (182 x 257 mm)
- - B4 (257 x 364 mm)
- - Envelope (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
- - Envelope (4.0 x 9.5 in.)
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- All paper sizes are available for each device. The Page area
- reflects the selected paper size.
-
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- Quality Menu: Choosing a Resolution
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- The Quality menu lists the resolution options the Toshiba
- printer driver supports. They include:
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- - 180(V) x 180(H) dpi
- - 180(V) x 360(H) dpi
- - 360(V) x 180(H) dpi
- - 360(V) x 360(H) dpi
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- The resolutions available depend on the selected model.
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- Foreground Menu: Choosing Colors
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- The Foreground menu lists the available printer ribbon
- colors. The Foreground menu is only available when you
- choose monochrome print type with models that support
- color.
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- Options Menu: Choosing Fonts
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- The Options menu lets you choose resident, card, downloadable,
- and cartridge fonts. The font options available depend on
- the selected model.
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- When you choose one of the fonts commands, a dialog box appears.
- The Resident Fonts dialog box displays the fonts available on
- the selected device. You can leave the highlighted fonts
- selected, or you can choose an individual font. Then choose Ok
- to implement your choice or Cancel to return to the main dialog
- box.
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- The Card Fonts dialog box displays two card positions, and the
- available card fonts. Choose a card slot (either A or B), then
- choose a font. Choose Ok to implement your choice, or Cancel to
- return to the main dialog box.
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- Note: For more information about card fonts, see the Toshiba
- User's Manual or contact Toshiba.
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- The Downloadable Fonts dialog box displays two font positions
- (1 and 2), and the available fonts. You can select only two
- downloadable fonts. Choose the drive and directory where the
- downloadable fonts are installed, and then choose Ok to display
- the fonts. Choose a font position and choose the font to
- download. If you want to save the current path as the default,
- choose the Save option. Then choose Ok.
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- Downloadable fonts are downloaded to the printer when needed.
- After the fonts are downloaded, the Download check box is
- "unchecked" so the fonts are not repeatedly downloaded for each
- document printed. If the printer is turned off, recheck the
- Download check box to reload the selected downloadable fonts.
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- If text in a document uses a downloadable font that is not
- selected in the Downloadable Fonts dialog box, the font is
- automatically downloaded when the document is printed, provided
- one of the two font positions is vacant. If a downloadable font
- position is not available, the text is printed using the
- closest available device font. For more information about
- downloadable fonts, see the Toshiba User's Manual or contact
- Toshiba.
-
- Note: For models with configurable RAM, these are the
- configuration settings: RAM ALOC=DLL, and Buffer Size=2K. For
- more information, see the Toshiba User's Manual or contact
- Toshiba.
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- The Cartridge Fonts dialog box displays the fonts available on
- cartridge. You must select the name of the cartridge currently
- in the printer, then choose Ok to implement your choice, or
- Cancel to return to the main dialog box.
-
- You can select either the USA or IBM 2 character set in the
- Options menu, if your model supports it. Selecting the IBM 2
- character set allows you to access more European characters
- than are available in the standard USA character set. The IBM 2
- character set has decimal codes above 127. You enter a code in
- the Windows application by pressing alt and typing the decimal
- code on the numeric keypad. See the Toshiba printer manual for
- a listing of the IBM 2 character set.
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- Note: Make sure the printer setting matches the setting in the
- Options menu.
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- CHOOSING OPTIONS
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- Page:
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- You can choose portrait or landscape orientation. In portrait
- mode, the page is printed with the same orientation as the
- image displayed on the screen. In landscape mode, the page is
- printed with the image rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
-
- The Toshiba printer driver supports widths from 1 to 13.5
- inches for wide carriages, and widths from 1 to 8.5 inches for
- narrow carriages. It also supports heights from 1 to 88 inches.
- Use the scroll arrows in the Page option box, or type a new
- number in the text box, to change the page width or height.
-
- Note: Page width is restricted to 10 inches in color mode at a
- resolution of 360(V) x 360(H) dpi. You can change to the Metric
- option by choosing one of the five Metric sizes in the Paper menu.
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- The Auto Form Feed option causes a form feed command to be
- issued to the printer after each page.
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- Print:
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- The print modes are color and monochrome. The print modes
- available depend on the selected model. The monochrome option
- lets you choose the printer ribbon color if the model chosen
- supports color output. The color option lets you print text and
- graphics as displayed on a color monitor. If a model does not
- support color printing, the color option is disabled.
-
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- Paper Source:
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- The Paper Source list box displays the available methods for
- loading paper. The available paper sources depend on the
- selected device. Use the scroll arrows to scroll through the
- available paper sources. Highlight the source you want to use.
-
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- Solid Fills:
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- The Solid Fills option allows you to select the density of
- solid fills. When you choose the darkest option (Dark), solid
- fills print approximately four times as dark as the lightest
- option (Pale). The default is Light.
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- Note: Dark is not available at a resolution of 180(V) x 180(H)
- dpi.
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- After you choose all the options you want, you can
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- Choose To
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- Ok implement your choices and close the dialog
- box
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- Reset cancel your choices and revert to the values
- last saved or the default values
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- Cancel close the dialog box without implementing any
- options
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- Save save your options as the new defaults
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