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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
This README file contains the following sections:
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
I. Package Content
====================
This package contains the following files:
Filename Description
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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
II. Coexistence with Other PostScript Printer Drivers
======================================================
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.
1. Start Windows 3.1.
2. Insert the diskette with the driver in the a: drive.
3. From the Main window, select the Control Panel.
4. At the Control Panel, select Printers. The Printers dialog
box is displayed. Select the Add button.
5. The List of Printers field is displayed. Highlight "Install
Unlisted or Updated Printer" and select the Install button.
6. The Install Driver window is displayed. Insert the diskette
and select OK.
7. The Add Unlisted or Updated Printer window is displayed.
Highlight your printer and then select OK.
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
8. Your printer will now show up on the Installed Printers
list. Highlight it and select the Connect button.
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.
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.
11. If you wish to make your printer the currently active printer,
select the Set As Default Printer button.
12. Select the Close button to return to the Control Panel.
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:
device=lex01.386
device=vpd.386
Installation of the LEXPS printer driver is now complete.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.