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- LEXPS PostScript Language Printer Driver for Microsoft Windows 3.1
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- This driver generates PostScript Level 2 language which will not print
- on printers with only Postscript Level 1 emulation
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- This README file contains the following sections:
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- I. Package Content
- II. Coexistence with Other PostScript Printer Drivers
- III. Installation Instructions
- IV. Envelope Printing in Windows 3.1
- V. Application Limitations
- VI. Specifying the Number of Copies
- VII. Specifying the Scale
- VIII.Fast Printing Direct to Port and Print Manager
- IX. Downloading Overlays
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- I. Package Content
- ====================
-
- This package contains the following files:
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- Filename Description
- ------------ -----------
- README.1ST This file
- LEXPS.DRV LEXPS printer driver
- LEXPSW31.HLP Windows 3.1 LEXPS printer driver help file
- LEXPS.AVI Animation file
- LEXPSLNG.DLL Driver resource file
- NEWLEXPS.INI Information file for LEXPS printer driver
- LCOMMCTL.DLL DLL file for Windows 3.1 tab controls
- LEX01.386 Device driver for port access
- OEMSETUP.INF Setup information for Windows 3.1
- CTL3D.DLL DLL file to provide 3D look for dialogs
- LEXNPA.DLL Device driver for NPA Bi-Di
- PTAPIW16.DLL DLL file for download
- LEXMVWIN.DLL DLL file for interface to download
- LEXMVWIN.HLP Additional Windows 3.1 help file
- VPD.386 DLL file for NPA Bi-Di
- TABDLL11.DLL DLL file for Windows 3.1 tab controls
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- II. Coexistence with Other PostScript Printer Drivers
- ======================================================
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- This driver is intended to coexist peacefully with other Windows printer
- drivers, including PSCRIPT.DRV, Microsoft's PostScript printer driver.
- Installing this driver will not delete any installed drivers and should
- not affect their operation in any way.
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- PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated registered in the
- United States.
- III. Installation Instructions
- ==============================
-
- IMPORTANT: SKIP THIS SECTION if you intend to use the INSTALLATION
- UTILITIES provided with your printer to install your printer driver.
- The instructions in this section are provided for your information
- only in case you want to install the printer driver manually.
-
- Take the following steps to install the LEXPS printer driver.
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- 1. Start Windows 3.1.
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- 2. Insert the diskette with the driver in the a: drive.
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- 3. From the Main window, select the Control Panel.
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- 4. At the Control Panel, select Printers. The Printers dialog
- box is displayed. Select the Add button.
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- 5. The List of Printers field is displayed. Highlight "Install
- Unlisted or Updated Printer" and select the Install button.
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- 6. The Install Driver window is displayed. Insert the diskette
- and select OK.
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- 7. The Add Unlisted or Updated Printer window is displayed.
- Highlight your printer and then select OK.
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- The following files will be copied to your Windows\System
- subdirectory:
- LEXPS.DRV LEXPSW31.HLP NEWLEXPS.INI LEXNPA.DLL
- LEX01.386 CTL3D.DLL PTAPIW16.DLL LEXMVWIN.DLL
- VPD.386 LEXMVWIN.HLP LEXPS.AVI LEXPSLNG.DLL
- LCOMMCTL.DLL TABDLL11.DLL
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- 8. Your printer will now show up on the Installed Printers
- list. Highlight it and select the Connect button.
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- 9. At the Connect dialog box, highlight the appropriate printer
- port (normally LPT1:) and select the OK button. You will
- return to the Printers dialog box.
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- 10. Select the Setup button. The printer setup dialog box will
- appear. In this box you may select printer default settings
- for form type and source, orientation, etc. Acknowledge your
- choices by selecting OK. This will return you to the Printers
- dialog box.
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- 11. If you wish to make your printer the currently active printer,
- select the Set As Default Printer button.
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- 12. Select the Close button to return to the Control Panel.
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- 13. To enable the fast printing option ("Fast Print"), add the
- following lines in the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI
- file in your \WINDOWS subdirectory using a non-formatting ASCII
- editor such as EDIT or SYSEDIT:
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- device=lex01.386
- device=vpd.386
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- Installation of the LEXPS printer driver is now complete.
-
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- IV. Envelope Printing in Windows 3.1
- =====================================
-
- When you design or print an envelope, you must select landscape
- orientation. This will ensure that the address prints in the
- correct position on the envelope. To change the orientation to
- Landscape, make the appropriate selection from the Page Setup
- or Printer Setup dialog box in your application.
-
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- V. Application Limitiations
- =============================
-
- Some applications, such as Corel Draw, Aldus Pagemaker, and Lotus
- 123, generate PostScript language directly instead of using the
- Windows GDI interfaces to the printer driver. As a result, some of
- the features of this driver do not work with these types of
- applications. Features that may not work include Overlays, Multipage
- Printing, Negative Page, Negative Image, and selectable Fill
- Resolution.
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- VI. Specifying the Number of Copies
- ====================================
-
- The Copies list box in the Setup dialog box is independent of a
- Copies option that may be available in the Print dialog box of your
- Windows application. Usually, specifying the number of copies in
- the printer driver Setup dialog box prints uncollated copies faster.
- Specifying the number of copies from your Windows application may
- slow down printing but may enable you to print collated copies if
- your applications supports this feature. Specifying a multiple
- number of copies in both the printer driver Setup dialog box and the
- application Print dialog box should be avoided since it may produce
- unpredictable results.
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- VII. Specifying the Scale
- =========================
-
- Some Windows applications directly provide a scaling option. With
- such an application, you should try leaving the printer driver
- scaling at 100 percent and set the desired scaling in the
- application. If this does not produce satisfactory results, then set
- the desired scaling in the printer driver and set the scaling in the
- application to 100 percent. Using variable scaling factors in both
- simultaneously may produce unexpected results.
-
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- VIII. Fast Printing Direct to Port and Print Manager
- ====================================================
-
- The Fast Printing Direct to Port checkbox allows the print jobs to
- bypass the standard Windows output driver and go directly to the
- printer port. If the printer is still printing a job from a DOS
- application or from the Windows Print Manager, wait until that print
- job is completed before printing a new job with Fast Printing Direct
- to Port enabled. Otherwise, garbled output or data loss may result.
-
-
- IX. Downloading Overlays
- =========================
-
- An overlay is a template that can be defined and then printed as a
- background on a form before the data from the current job is
- printed. For instructions on downloading an overlay, see the Help
- section in the Setup dialogs for the printer driver. If your
- overlay contains an image, you must ensure that the data is being
- sent to the printer as Ascii 85. This option can be selected in the
- printer driver's Advanced Options dialog box. It must be set both
- when creating and downloading the overlay.
-