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- REGARDING THE PROBLEM REPORTED TO OS/2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT, WE FEEL
- THIS INFORMATION MAY ASSIST YOU IN RESOLVING YOUR PROBLEM. IF
- YOU STILL REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL 800-237-5511, AND
- REFERENCE YOUR PMR(WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR 28 DAYS). YOUR
- PROBLEM RECORD NUMBER (PMR)IS ON THE COVER PAGE OF THIS FAX.
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- WINOS2 ATM AND PRINTING TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
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- See also: OS/2 2.0 Online Help
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- OS/2 2.0 Manuals - Installation Guide
- Using the Operating System
- Migrating to the OS/2 Workplace Shell
- Adobe Type Manager for WIN-OS2
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- OS/2 Readme File (README file in root directory)
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- General Printer Driver Information
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- In order to print using WIN-OS2 you need to install the WIN-OS2 3.0
- printer driver for your printer. The WIN-OS2 3.0 printer drivers
- included with OS/2 2.0 are the same drivers that originally shipped
- with Microsoft Windows 3.0. There are some Window 3.0 drivers that do
- not have an equivalent OS/2-2.0 printer driver and conversely, there are
- OS/2-2.0 printer drivers that do not have an equivalent Windows 3.0 driver.
- Lack of features, lack of a specific printer driver or driver feature
- in WIN-OS2 is no different than that of DOS/WINDOWS. If you have a
- WIN-OS2 printer driver without an equivalent OS/2 printer driver, use
- the IBMNULL OS/2 printer driver for that port. The OS/2-2.0 printer
- driver will have no effect on printing from WIN-OS2.
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- A list of supported printers for WIN-OS2 and OS/2 is on the OS/2
- Driver Disk 1 in the files PRDEV.LST and PRDESC.LST.
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- If you need to print using LPT3 or LPT4 via a redirected network
- printer, you must add LPT3.OS2 and LPT4.OS2 to the WIN.INI file
- underneath LPT2.OS2. The WIN.INI file is in the \OS2\MDOS\WIN-OS2
- directory.
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- General Problems and Solutions
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- Problem: OS/2 did not install an WIN-OS2 printer driver.
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- Answer: Try to install the printer driver yourself using WIN-OS2
- Control Panel. If no printer driver exists for your printer,
- look at your printer manual for another printer that your
- printer can emulate and try to install that printer driver Even
- though some printers say they can emulate other printers, this
- is not always 100% true. Call the printer manufacturer and ask
- if they have printer drivers available or to ask what printer
- driver to use.
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- Problem: There is no equivalent OS/2 driver for my printer.
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- Answer: There may be a WIN-OS2 printer driver, even though there
- is not a OS/2 printer driver. Use the OS/2-2.0 IBMNULL
- printer driver if this is the case.
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- Problem: I had a printer driver that worked with my computer
- under DOS/WINDOWS, but I am having printer problems with
- WIN-OS2.
-
- Answer: You may have received a more updated driver from the
- printer manufacturer or other sources. As long as the
- printer driver is Windows 3.0 compatible, it will work
- the same under WIN-OS2. Find the driver you used with
- DOS/WINDOWS and install it for WIN-OS2.
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- Problem: My WIN-OS2 printer driver does not include all features
- that the IBM OS/2-2.0 printer drivers have. This can
- include multiple bins, form selection, and other
- features.
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- Answer: These are the same printer drivers provided with
- DOS/WINDOWS. IBM does not plan to offer Windows
- printers drivers with capabilities different from the
- DOS/WINDOWS feature set.
-
- Problem: Printing is slow from WIN-OS2.
-
- Answer: This depends on printer, memory available, etc. This is
- not a defect, but a hardware or software configuration
- problem. Try disabling the Windows Spooler
- if it is enabled. WIN-OS2 should actually print faster than
- DOS/WINDOWS if your system is properly configured.
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- WIN-OS2 ATM Problems and Answers
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- Problem: Windows applications do not show ATM Fonts.
-
- Answer: From a full screen WIN-OS2 Session, go to the WIN-OS2-MAIN
- folder and select the ATM Icon. Then install the ATM
- fonts using the last OS/2 Driver Disk. (Driver Disk 5
- on 3-1/2" disks).
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- Problem: Can I use the same ATM fonts for both OS2 and WIN-OS2.
-
- Answer: You can install the same set of ATM fonts for both OS2
- and WIN-OS2. However, the ATM Font installation programs
- work differently and will create two different sets of
- font files with different extensions. Therefore, there
- is no way to save disk space by actually sharing the
- actual font files.
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- Problem: The fonts I see on the screen do not exactly match the
- fonts being printed.
-
- Answer: IBM ATM fonts metrics were specifically provided for OS2
- so that they could also be used in international
- settings. Some of the font metrics for certain fonts
- ,Zaph-Dingbats among others, do not always match the
- font metrics provided as printer device fonts on some
- postscript printers. Either install a set of ATM Fonts
- that match your printer fonts, or turn off "USE DEVICE
- FONTS" in the ATM control panel in the WIN-OS2_MAIN
- folder.
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- WIN-OS2 Printer Specific Problems and Answers
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- Printer: IBM 4019/4029
-
- Windows shows "Can't find 300.DRV/600.DRV" error
- message. This error can occur when trying to print, to
- preview, copying to the clipboard in MS Excel and other
- places. Solution: Using the WIN-OS2 Control Panel,
- delete the printer and reinstall it. APAR# PJ03858.
-
- Cannot print correctly using Postscript 39 Font Driver.
- Use 17 Font Driver. APAR# PJ03796
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- Printer: Panasonic P4420/50.
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- Cannot select A4 cassette, device defaults to bin
- option. No workaround. APAR# PJ03789.
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- Printer: Postscript Printers.
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- Apple Laserwriter. Any use of Dashed lines cause all
- lines to be dashed. DOS/Windows 3.0 driver had same
- problem. Do dashed line prior to doing solid lines.
- (Works for Windows Problem).
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- IBM 4019/4029. Cannot print correctly using Postscript
- 39 Font driver. Use 17 Font driver. APAR#
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- Printer: Epson Printers
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- Printer driver doesn't give option for intelligent forms
- feeds or disabling form feeds. Try a different driver.
- APAR PJ03858.
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