This is the README.TXT file for MarkVision for Windows 95. Refer to the READMEST.TXT for information on the PCL compatible (standard) printer driver, and the READMEPS.TXT for information on the PostScript level 2 compatible (FPS2) Driver. ---------------------------- README.TXT TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------------------- - MarkVision for Windows 95 Overview - Installation - Disk Contents - Compatibility and System Requirements - Network System Requirements - User Tips and Recommendations - Problem Determination This text file provides additional information to help you understand and use the MarkVision Printer Management Utility for Windows 95. If you need further technical assistance, contact your point of purchase. ---------------------------------- MARKVISION FOR WINDOWS 95 OVERVIEW ---------------------------------- MarkVision for Windows 95 has the following features: 1) A main MarkVision Printer window that shows much information. It is also very configurable offering several view modes, and columns that you can sort and eliminate (in the details view). 2) Multiple printer windows so that you don't have to keep all your network printers all in one printer window. You can open multiple printer windows and have some printers in one window and other printers in another. You can create as many printer windows as you need. You can manually setup these printer windows, or apply filters to a window and let MarkVision select which printers go in which printer window based on the filter you define. Be sure to check out this MarkVision feature! We think you will find it very useful. 3) A graphical status view of multiple printers. You can open as many views as it is reasonable to see on your particular screen. You can then minimize them all and create an icon on the Task bar for each printer. You can configure the icon to change or automatically open when an error occurs. 4) The ability to handle more than one network protocol. If you are running more than one network protocol on your Windows 95 workstation, use MarkVision to manage your parallel attached peer-to-peer printers too. This allows you to view and control a printer that is connected to a peer workstation from your workstation using MarkVision! 5) The "Events" history pull down in the Status View allows you to see the history of all the error conditions that the printer has encountered. 6) The "Features" view inside the Status View. You can see all this information and more from a single location. 7) The familiar Remote Control Panel, and Job Statistics views too! 8) If you are a network administrator, integration of the network printer utility functions are all here. Each individual Printer or adapter icon in the main view has its own individual Network Settings and Adapter Settings Views that are integrated with the other popular views. You can control how the network is searched for printers by using the Configure pull down in the main MarkVision printer window. -------------------- INSTALLATION METHODS -------------------- There are several ways to install either printer drivers, MarkVision or both. Online help is available from the SETUP utility. Be sure to use this to further explain the SETUP utility's options. There are three main methods of starting the installation process: Method 1) Place MarkVision Disk 1 in drive A:, and select START then RUN then A:\SETUP - Select Typical or Custom or Server installation. - Select Typical for a local workstation only installation, or Peer-to-Peer installation. - Select Custom if your printer is connected directly to the network by means of the Network Adapter. - Select Server if you are the network administrator and want to install copies of MarkVision and the printer drivers on a shared network drive for subsequent workstation installations. After Server installation is complete, workstations on the network can run F:\MARKVIS\SETUP, for example, to configure the workstation using one of these methods: - Install a local workstation copy of the drivers and MarkVision - Configure the workstation to run MarkVision from the shared drive location. - After the installation of MarkVision, you will see "Add Printer" window comes from Windows 95. You can select one of the printer drivers to install or you can skip to. - Please note that the PCL drivers that run with MarkVision are marked with (MV). The other PCL drivers are prepared for users who do not wish to use MarkVision. If you use these drivers, you cannot take advantage of the features of MarkVision. However, you will get slightly faster printing speed. Method 2) a) Open the Printers Folder b) Select the "Add Printer" icon. This will launch the Printer Wizard. c) When prompted to select a manufacturer and product, select "Have Disk" and insert Printers Drivers Disk 1 from this package. You can then select one of the printer drivers to install. You can install separately MarkVision only with method 1 later. Please note that the PCL drivers that run with MarkVision are marked with (MV). The other PCL drivers are prepared for users who do not wish to use MarkVision. If you use these drivers, you cannot take advantage of the features of MarkVision. However, you will get slightly faster printing speed. Method 3) If the printer is locally attached to your workstation, you can let Windows 95's Plug and Play mechanisms work for you to start up the Printer Wizard automatically. Follow step c in method 2 above, to install printer drivers. ------------- DISK CONTENTS ------------- There are four disks that make up the MarkVision and Drivers package for Windows 95. Be sure to start with MarkVision Disk 1. - MarkVision Disk 1 of 3 You ALWAYS need this disk to install MarkVision. * SETUP program to install MarkVision. - MarkVision Disk 2 of 3 * MarkVision application files. - MarkVision Disk 3 of 3 * MarkVision application files. - Printer Drivers Disk 1 of 1 You ALWAYS need this disk to install the PCL or PostScript printer driver. * FJSETUP.INF and LEXPS.INF files for use by the Printer Wizard for all printer driver installations. * The PCL 5 printer driver READMEST.TXT file. * The PostScript printer driver READMEPS.TXT file. ------------------------------------- COMPATIBILITY AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------------------------- The SETUP Utility is designed and tested to operate on IBM (or 100%- compatible) personal computers or personal systems with a hard drive. All the utilities were designed and tested for the Microsoft Windows 95 System Version 4.00.950 or greater. System Requirements: - To run SETUP, you need at least 1.5 MB of free hard disk space. This disk space will be freed when SETUP is complete. - To install MarkVision for Windows 95, requires approximately 4 MB of PC hard disk space. - To install the PCL 5 driver, you need approximately 1 megabyte of PC hard disk space. - To install the PostScript driver, you need approximately 1 megabyte of PC hard disk space. In order to manage a locally parallel attached printer to a workstation (including Peer-to-Peer local parallel attached printers) using MarkVision, the workstation must have an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel port controller and parallel cable. --------------------------- NETWORK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS --------------------------- You can use MarkVision to control remote printers in two ways: 1) Peer-to-peer shared printers by parallel attached printers to workstations 2) Printers directly attached to the network by the Network Adapter - With a NetWare 3.x, or 4.x server (client server environment) - Without any servers (point to point environment) ===> Workstation Requirements: - For parallel-attached Peer-to-Peer shared printers: - Microsoft's File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks - Microsoft's Client for Microsoft Networks (NetBEUI or TCP/IP protocol must be bound to both services) - For The Network Adapter connected printers: - Novell's NetWare Client32 (for NetWare 3.x and 4.x) <Recommended> - Microsoft's Client for NetWare Networks <Not recommended> - Microsoft's IPX/SPX-compatible Client - Microsoft's TCP/IP Client (AppleTalk (EtherTalk) Protocol is currently not supported even though it is possible to check the enable AppleTalk check box in the Advanced Settings menu of the Adapter Settings tab) ===> The Network Adapter Firmware Revision Levels The minimum firmware revision levels for the Network Adapter is: - Ethernet-C Network Adapter ... 4.126.1 or greater NOTE: Be sure to read the Windows 95 section of the "Network Printer Utility Guide" that comes with the Network Adapter. You will find an abundance of useful information on using, configuring, and installing your adapter with MarkVision. ----------------------------- USER TIPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ----------------------------- - TYPICAL VS. CUSTOM VS. SERVER SETUP The Typical Installation method in SETUP should be selected for printers that will be connected directly to a PC through a parallel (LPT) port. This includes accessing a remote printer that is shared (Peer-to-Peer), yet is connected to a workstation through a parallel port. In addition, any printer drivers that are installed are installed directly onto the workstation running SETUP. The Custom Installation method in SETUP should be selected for printers that are available by The Network Adapter. Custom Installation allows the user or administrator to select the network protocol that needs to be installed to enable MarkVision function. You can also install printer drivers and local LPT attached printer support. The Server Installation method allows the network administrator to place all the MarkVision and Driver files onto a shared network drive location for use in two ways: 1) Allow users to run MarkVision from this remote location, thus minimizing the amount of workstation hard drive space required to run MarkVision from a workstation. - OR - 2) Allow users to install MarkVision and printer drivers to their local workstation without using disks. This method makes local installation of drivers and/or MarkVision as easy as an "e-mail" note informing users where to access the SETUP utility. The users can run SETUP from their workstation without the need for the actual disks. Please note that MarkVision allows only 8 characters or less for server names, subdirectories, or subfolder names. - CANNOT ACCESS THE PORT (PORT CONFLICT) If you see an error like "There was an error writing to LPT1: for the printer (Printer Name): Cannot access the port. It may by in use by another program. Quit other programs and try printing again" when you use MarkVision for a parallel connected printer, you can resolve the problem by restarting Windows95 after you confirm the printer is turned on and ready. It is recommended that the parallel connected printer be turned on and ready to print before starting MarkVision and Windows95. - MISSING PRINTERS IN MARKVISION A "missing" printer (as listed in the "status" column of the details display) is a printer that was listed in a previous MarkVision session, but is not found on this session. The first time you start up MarkVision, you will NOT find any "missing" printers. A "missing" printer had to be listed at least once on a previous session of MarkVision. A printer can be "missing" for several reasons: 1) The most common reason is that the printer has been turned off. Once the printer is turned back on, and MarkVision is either restarted or a refresh operation is performed, the printer status changes from missing to a known state: like "Ready." 2) Another reason is that a printer has been replaced with a printer of another manufacturer or type since MarkVision was last invoked. Through the Configuration menu, you can elect not to show these missing printers. Another way to delete missing printers is to select Delete from the (usually Right Mouse Button) pop-up menu. Note: When you individually delete missing printers from a MarkVision printer window, you exit MarkVision to save this information. Otherwise missing printers unexpectedly return when the MarkVision screen is refreshed. - DOWNLOADING FONTS/MACROS/DEMOS DOES NOT SUPPORT UNC NAMES When selecting paths and/or file names for fonts, macros, overlays, or demos to download to printer FLASH, it is still necessary to use conventional 8.3 directory and filename format. This function is shared between the printer drivers and MarkVision; so this restriction applies regardless of where you access the download utility. Note that the download functions are supported only by the PostScript driver. - INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVERS AFTER A SERVER INSTALLATION When you perform a Server Installation, you not only copy all the MarkVision files onto the server directory location that you specified, but you also copy both the PCL and PostScript Printer drivers to this same location. For example, if you chose the server directory to be "X:\DRIVERS" both MarkVision and the printer drivers would be installed to this sub-directory or sub-folder. When you are ready to install the printer drivers to your local PC, you need to remember this network location of "X:\DRIVERS". The Printer Wizard will request this item. The Installation Program uses the Printer Wizard to install the printer drivers. Also, you can start the Printer Wizard manually by selecting the "Add Printer" icon inside the Windows 95 Printers Folder. Be sure to select the "Have Disk..." button when you are shown the list of printer manufacturers and their printers from within the Printer Wizard. The next dialog "Install From Disk", requires the "X:\DRIVERS" path. This path contains the FJSETUP.INF and LEXPS.INF files that the Printer Wizard needs to complete the task of printer driver installation to your workstation. --------------------- PROBLEM DETERMINATION --------------------- - MARKVISION DOES NOT WORK FOR A SERIALLY CONNECTED PRINTER MarkVision cannot establish bi-directional communications to a printer connected to a serial port of your PC workstation. You need either to attach your printer to the LPT port of your PC, or connect directly to a LAN by means of The Network Adapter. - CANNOT PRINT TO THE LOCAL PRINTER WITH MARKVISION There are several possibilities why when MarkVision is running, you will not be able to print to a local, parallel port connected printer without getting Windows Port Device Conflict messages: 1) The Windows 95 Spooler Settings MUST be set to "Enable bi-directional support for this LPT port." Click on the "Details" tab found in the Property Sheet of the printer driver. Click "Spool Settings..." to check the status of the "Enable bi-directional support for this printer" check box. Be sure this setting is selected, or you will not be able to print from a Windows application when MarkVision running. 2) Also check the "Spool MS-DOS Print Jobs." This setting can be found by selecting the "Port Settings..." button in the "Details" tab of the printer driver's Property sheet. Be sure this setting is enabled in order to allow printing from a DOS Prompt or DOS Application with MarkVision running at the same time. 3) Port Conflicts can be caused if a printer driver that was shipped with your printer has never been installed for this port AND you print through a driver. For example, you installed MarkVision to manage your local printer, but you use an HP printer driver to print to this printer. Even if you intend to print through the HP printer driver, you need to install at least one printer driver that shipped with your printer and configure it for this same LPT port. - LOCAL PRINTER APPEARS AS NON-BIDIRECTIONAL IN MARKVISION MAIN PRINTER WINDOW Some common reasons for this problem: 1) Your PC's Parallel Port needs to be configured as NORMAL, STANDARD, or placed in COMPATIBILITY mode in your PC's BIOS Setup. EXTENDED, ECP, or other settings such as this, generally do not work with the Windows 95 supplied LPT.VXD driver. 2) However on some computers, the parallel port mode set to "Standard" will not allow MarkVision to establish bi-directional communications. Then, if these computers have an ECP parallel port mode, change it to ECP mode and retry MarkVision. 3) Your Parallel Printer Cable is not an IEEE 1284 compliant cable. 4) Your printer is attached to your PC through a switch box that allows for sharing of your printer with other PCs. Frequently these switch boxes do not "switch" all of the Centronics Parallel signals; therefore the inherent bi-directional capabilities of the cable are lost. - MARKVISION NOT FINDING ALL NETWORK PRINTERS THROUGH THE IPX CLIENT If your computer has more than one network card active at the same time with IPX being the only client, it is a known Windows 95 limitation that will only allow MarkVision to find printers through only one of these network cards. - LEXSTART APPLICATION ERROR If you see an application error when you open MarkVision under an environment without Microsoft's client for NetWare Networks, please delete or rename LEXNW32.DLL file in Markvis\win95 folder. This file escaped deletion when Microsoft's Client for NetWare Networks was deleted. The file NETWARE.DRV may also remain in Windows\system folder. It is recommended that this file also be deleted. - SERVER INSTALLATION OF PRINTER DRIVERS FROM A LAN SERVER PC NOT WORKING When the Printer Wizard is launched from SETUP, there is a known problem in the Microsoft Printer Wizard that it cannot find the .INF or associated printer driver files on a LAN SERVER remote drive. This is unique to OS/2 LAN SERVER and is not a problem with any other network protocol. - DOWNLOADED FONT, DEMO, OR MACRO GOES TO UNEXPECTED PRINTER It is possible to associate more than one printer with a network queue, so more than one printer appearing in MarkVision may be using the same queue. When you select "Download" from the printer's popup menu the font, demo, or macro is sent as a print job to the queue. The first printer using the queue that finds this job will accept it. This may not be the printer selected in MarkVision. Note that the download functions are supported only by the PostScript driver. - COMMUNICATION ERROR AT ADVANCED SETTING If you see a communication error when you press the Advanced Setting button in the Adapter Settings tab, please check the Gateway and BOOTP Server addresses are correctly set. If one of them is out of the permitted address range specified by the Netmask, MarkVision will issue this error. Note that all zero value addresses are not permitted. You can set correct addresses by using Remote Control Panel or printer's control panel. In order to use the Remote Control Panel, it will be necessary to refresh the printer from MarkVision. - COMMUNICATION ERROR WHEN UPDATING NETWORK ADDRESSES When you set TCP/IP address, netmask, and/or gateway address with MarkVision, a Communication Error might be displayed. This happens when it takes too much time to update the information on the Network Adapter and a NetWare time-out occurs. The TCP/IP address etc. may have been correctly updated on the Network Adapter even though a Communication Error occurred. To confirm whether the update was successful, do the following: 1) From MarkVision's main menu, click on Printer pull-down menu and choose Refresh All Printers. 2) Follow the same procedure as when updating the TCP/IP address. 3) When the Adapter Advanced Settings menu is displayed, check to see if the TCP/IP, netmask, and/or gateway addresses have been updated. - CANNOT FLASH NETWORK CARD If you see a "Flash File Write Error" when you are trying to "Flash Network Card" at the Adapter Setting tab, please check if the "Port Enabled" check box at the NetWare Setting tab is checked. If so, uncheck it and try again. ========================================================================== Windows and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PCL is a U.S. registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company. IBM is registered trademark of the IBM Corporation. Adobe and PostScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AppleTalk and EtherTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Novell and NetWare are trademarks of Novell Inc. Lexmark and MarkVision are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lexmark International Inc. END OF README.TXTDownload Driver Pack
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