LEXPS PostScript Language Printer Driver for Microsoft Windows 95/98
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This driver generates PostScript Level 2 language which will not print
on printers with only Postscript Level 1 emulation.
IMPORTANT: If you want to read the READMEPS.TXT within Windows please use
the editor from a DOS command prompt or chose Wordpad from the Accessories
Folder and use the Text Documents - MS DOS Format.
This README file contains the following sections:
I. Coexistence with Other PostScript Printer Drivers
II. Installation Instructions
III. Envelope Printing in Windows 95/98
IV. Application Limitations
V. Specifying the Number of Copies
VI. Specifying the Scale
VII. Downloading Overlays
VIII. Web Access Configuration Instructions
I. 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.
II. Installation Instructions
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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 95/98.
2. Insert the diskette with the driver in the a: drive.
3. Select the Start button on the task bar. Then select Settings
and Printers.
4. Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printers Wizard
dialog box is displayed.
5. Select the Next> button.
6. Select Local or Network printer and then select the Next> button.
7. Make sure the driver diskette is in the a: drive and select the
Have Disk... button.
8. Select the OK button.
9. Select the appropriate printer from the list and select the Next>
button.
10. If the driver was previously installed, the option to keep the
existing driver or Replace the existing driver will appear.
Select Replace existing driver and then select the Next> button.
11. Select the appropriate printer port (normally LPT1:) and select
the Next> button.
12. Type a name for the printer object or use the supplied name. If
the driver was previously installed using the supplied name, then
the new supplied name will have '(Copy #)' appended to it. This
is to ensure that two printer objects do not have the same name.
Select whether this printer object should be the default printer
or not and select the Next> button.
13. If you would like a test page to be printed through the driver
you are installing to test if the driver was installed correctly,
select Yes or No and then select the Finish button.
14. If you had previously installed the printer driver you may now
wish to delete the new printer object. The newly installed
driver files replace the existing driver files and therefore the
old printer object was also updated. By keeping the old printer
object, any settings, overlays, and user forms will be saved.
To delete the new printer object, click on the object with the
right mouse button and select Delete.
15. To open the printer object, Double-click the object then select
Printer and Properties.
Installation of the LEXPS printer driver is now complete.
III. Envelope Printing in Windows 95/98
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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 driver's Paper
tab or Printer Setup dialog box in your application.
IV. Application Limitiations
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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 unless the UseDrvPS switch is set in LEXPS.INI in the
Windows subdirectory. Features that may not work include Overlays,
Multipage Printing, Negative Page, Negative Image, and selectable
Fill Resolution.
Other applications, such as PowerPoint and WordPad, lay a solid white
background under the area they want to print. This background can
hide Simple Text and Overlay driver features. Specify to print Simple
Text and Overlay features on top if you encounter this problem.
V. Specifying the Number of Copies
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The Copies control on the Paper tab 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 Paper tab 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 Paper tab and the
application Print dialog box should be avoided since it may
produce unpredictable results.
VI. Specifying the Scale
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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.
VII. Downloading Overlays
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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 Paper tab of the printer driver property sheet. 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 PostScript tab. It must be set both when creating
and downloading the overlay.
VIII. Web Access Configuration Instructions
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The settings for the Web tab are stored under Windows registry
key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lexmark\Web_Access\Lexmark.
Two string values are created during installation. Their values
can be customized:
- IsSupported sets the visibility of the Web tab.
- ConfigurationFile points to the fully qualified path of
a URL override file.
To set the Web tab visible:
- Set IsSupported = 1 in the registry editor;
- AND, if ConfigurationFile points to an existing URL
override file, comment out the line WEB_SUPPORT=0 in
section [CONFIGURE] of that file.
To set the Web tab invisible:
- Set IsSupported = 0 in the registry editor;
- OR, if ConfigurationFile points to an existing URL
override file, uncomment the line WEB_SUPPORT=0 in
section [CONFIGURE] of that file.
The driver constructs URLs for your Web Browser in the form of
AREA_PREFIX/AREA/LANGUAGE/PRINTER. To override the default
value of the any of the four parts of the URL, you need to
define the appropriate keys in a URL override file. The
installer has copied a template of the override file,
LexURL.tpl, into your system directory. Construct your override
file based on this template file and save it under another name.
Here is an example of building a override file based on
LexURL.tpl so that the driver points your default Web Browser to
http://www.mysite.com/mydriver/English/OptraS.html for English
versions of printer driver update for an OptraS printer:
- Make a copy of LexURL.tpl, and save it as an INI file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\URL.ini for example. Open the new file
in a text editor;
- Delete line WEB_SUPPORT=0 in section [CONFIGURE];
- Enter DRIVERS=http://www.mysite.com in section
[AREA_PREFIX];
- Enter DRIVERS=mydriver in section [AREA];
- Enter 0=English in section [LANGUAGE];
- Enter 1=OptraS.html in section [PRINTER];
- Inform the driver of the newly created override file by
specifying the path of the file in the driver's Configure
URL dialog box
Note: For any keys that are not given a value in the override
file, the driver would use the default values for the respective
parts of the URLs.
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After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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