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- Using Postscript with PC-Write Standard Level 2.0.
-
- PC-Write Standard Level 2.01 supports PostScript! There are four different
- print control files to access all the standard PostScript typefaces in 8, 10,
- 12, 14, 18, 24, and 30 points. The first three Adobe PostScript menu items
- access Times and Helvetica, the next three items access New Century Schoolbook
- and Helvetica Narrow. The next three items access Palatino and Avant Garde;
- and the last three menu items access ITC Bookman and Zapf Chancery.
-
- Each print control file is available in three formats. The first is for a
- non-networked user printing to a PostScript printer such as an Apple
- Laserwriter, QMS PS-810, or other high compliance PostScript printer. The
- second is for a networked user printing to a PostScript printer over a
- network. The third is for a user printing to a HP LaserJet with a PostScript
- cartridge, the Pacific Dataproducts PostScript emulation cartridge, or other
- PostScript clone. It can also be used on a network.
-
- Determine the type of PostScript user you are and follow the corresponding
- instructions. If it's not obvious which type of user you are, try more than
- one option, resetting the printer each time before you try a new option.
-
- If you are not networked, and are printing to a high compliance PostScript
- printer, follow the SINGLE USER instructions. If you are printing to a
- PostScript printer on a network, follow the NETWORKED USER instructions. If
- you are printing to a HP LaserJet with a PostScript cartridge, or a printer
- with a PostScript emulation, follow the CARTRIDGE USER instructions.
-
-
- SINGLE USER:
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- Install one of the stand alone PostScript print control files from the
- Installation or Customization program. The PostScript initialization and
- finalization files PSDOWN2.INI, PSDOWN.FIN; and PSREAD.ME are automatically
- copied to your work disk or working directory.
-
- To print, first initialize the printer by downloading PSDOWN2.INI. We suggest
- using the DOS COPY command if your printer is connected with a parallel port,
- and the PRINT command if it's connected with a serial port, especially if it
- uses XON/XOFF protocol.
-
- PSDOWN2.INI stays resident in the printer until PSDOWN.FIN is downloaded. This
- lets you continue printing with PC-Write without downloading PSDOWN2.INI each
- time. If for some reason you wish to reset the PostScript printer each time
- you print, follow the instructions for a NETWORKED USER.
-
- TO INITIALIZE THE PRINTER:
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- Change to the directory or drive where PSDOWN.INI is located and type:
-
- COPY PSDOWN2.INI PRN
- or
- PRINT PSDOWN2.INI
-
- If you use the DOS print command, it must be on your path, and you may need to
- specify the correct output port.
-
- You can now print normally with PC-Write. Remember that you cannot print with
- other software programs until you reset the printer with PSDOWN.FIN.
-
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- TO RESET THE PRINTER:
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- Change to the directory or drive where PSDOWN.FIN is located and type:
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- COPY PSDOWN.FIN PRN
- or
- PRINT PSDOWN.FIN
-
- Your PostScript printer may take 30 to 45 seconds to reset. Once the busy
- light stops flashing, you can print with other software programs or download
- PSDOWN2.INI again to print again with PC-Write.
-
- Print the file PRINT.TST to see your font assignments in PC-Write. You cannot
- do this with the Installation and Customization programs, but must print it
- directly through PC-Write.
-
-
- NETWORKED USER:
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- Install one of the networked PostScript print control files from the
- Installation or Customization program. The PostScript initialization and
- finalization files PSDOWN2.INI, PSDOWN.FIN; and PSREAD.ME are automatically
- copied to your work disk or working directory.
-
- PC-Write automatically sends the PSDOWN2.INI file to the printer each time you
- print. It resets the printer at the end of each job, which may take 30 to 45
- seconds.
-
- Print the file PRINT.TST to see your font assignments in PC-Write. You can do
- this with the Installation and Customization programs, or print it directly
- through PC-Write.
-
-
- CARTRIDGE USER:
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- Install one of the CART. PostScript print control files from the Installation
- or Customization program. The PostScript initialization and finalization files
- PSDOWN2.INI, PSDOWN.FIN; and PSREAD.ME are copied to your work disk or working
- directory.
-
- PC-Write automatically sends the PSDOWN2.INI file to the printer each time you
- print. It resets the printer at the end of each job, which may take 30 to 45
- seconds.
-
- Print the file PRINT.TST to see your font assignments in PC-Write. You can do
- this with the Installation and Customization programs, or print it directly
- through PC-Write.
-
-
- COMMON PROBLEMS:
-
- 1. If fifteen pages of code print out when you download PSDOWN2.INI, either
- you are a single user and have already printed this file (in which case you
- must reset the printer by turning it off or sending PSDOWN.FIN); or the
- printer is NOT in PostScript mode. This is very common with printers with
- more than one emulation mode. Consult your printer manual for information on
- changing to PostScript mode.
-
-
- 2. Only the first page of a multipage document prints out. Usually this means
- that your printer expects XON/XOFF protocol. Refer to the PC-Write Reference
- Manual for information on printing to device names SER1 and SER2 in PC-Write
- that use XON/XOFF protocol.
-
- 3. Your file never prints. First, be patient. PostScript printers are often
- very slow, especially if you use a lot of formatting or font commands. If your
- file still has not printed after five minutes, you may need to follow the
- instructions for a CARTRIDGE USER. The cartridge version of the print control
- file has special commands that signal the end of a print job, and force the
- printer to print. Unfortunately, this may cause endless paper feeding on an
- Apple laserwriter.
-
- The cartridge version will automatically download PSDOWN.INI to the printer
- each time you print and is suitable for networks.
-
- 4. Your file never prints. Make sure that you are printing to the proper
- output port. PC-Write prints to PRN by default, which is usually assigned to
- the first parallel port. If your printer is connected in serial, or to another
- parallel port, see your PC-Write Reference Manual for information on printing
- to different ports.
-
- You may also need to use the Customizer to slow down the rate that PC-Write
- sends information to your printer. From the Customizer main menu, choose
- Printer Setup, Printer Control File: Modify Existing, and Output Port: Change
- it. After selecting whether it's connected in serial or parallel, choose the
- short printing delay. If this does not seem to be slow enough, try the long
- printing delay.
-
- 5. When you are printing a range of pages, the last page in the range, if it
- is not the last page in the file, does not print until you exit the Print
- menu. This is normal. The PostScript printer does not eject a page until you
- print another one, or conclude the print job.
-
-
- TECHNICAL NOTES:
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- If you have used PC-Write with a PostScript printer in the past, or you need
- some of the more advanced features of the PostScript printer, this section is
- for you.
-
- The advanced features available with the PostScript printer and PC-Write are:
- Portrait and Landscape printing. To access these features with PC-Write, you
- must use the Dot TT line within your document (see your PC-Write manual for
- information about the Dot TT command).
-
- .TT:35,105 (Portrait on)
- .TT:35,107 (Landscape on)
-
- Landscape is turned off by turning on Portrait, and vice versa.
-