======================================================================= (c) 1998 Xerox Corporation. All right reserved. Xerox DocuPrint P12 PrintGear Printer Driver for Windows NT(R) 4.0 Version: 1.0 Creation Date: 4 March, 1998 ======================================================================= Thank you for choosing the Xerox DocuPrint P12 printer. The DocuPrint P12 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Driver allows your printer to function under Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation environment. For the detailed information about the Driver software features, refer to the "Xerox DocuPrint P12 Printer Driver - User Guide". March, 1998 Xerox Corporation This Readme file contains: 1. How to install and deinstall this printer software (***IMPORTANT***) 2. Installation file information 3. Restrictions and known bugs 4. Technical support information ============================================================================== <1>. How to install this software If you need to re-install the printer software, we strongly recommend that you first deinstall the Driver by using the Windows "Add/Remove Program" utility found in Windows Control Panel. After installing this software, we recommend that you reboot Windows. The installer gives you an opportunity to reboot at the end of the installation process. *** IMPORTANT NOTE *** Before you deinstall previously installed P12 NT driver please refer to the section titled "Deinstallation notices" below. To install this software from the Xerox website: 1. Download the compressed printer software from the Xerox web site. 2. Extract the compressed file by double clicking the self-extracting file. 3. This self-extracting file will automatically create a new folder (e.g. XCP12NT) in your hard disk and extract driver files to two floppy disks. Please prepare two empty and formatted floppies, if you haven't done so. 4. Please keep all option-boxes in the dialog checked as they are to ensure the proper creations of the floppies. 5. Continue the procedures below to start the installation (Note that it is recommended to install the driver from the floppies). To install this software from diskettes: The file INSTALL.EXE installs the DocuPrint P12 Windows NT 4.0 Printer Driver and Status Monitor onto the current Windows NT directory in the hard disk. 1. Insert floppy 1 into Drive A. 2. Click the START button on Windows desktop. 3. Select RUN... command from the Start Menu. A RUN dialog box appears. (Note, do NOT use "Add Printer" wizard to install this driver) 4. Type "A:\INSTALL.EXE" in the RUN dialog box and click the OK button. 5. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen to finish the installation. ============================================================================== <2>. Installation file information Driver files that are loaded onto the two diskettes. Diskette1 (30 files): Con_860.ovf 15,035 97/08/13 AM 10:21:58 Datu 6,282 97/11/17 PM 03:05:50 Dctn 227,099 98/01/23 PM 02:34:40 Dlgi 408 97/11/17 PM 02:58:08 Dlnu 17,424 97/11/25 PM 01:54:56 Dra_860.ovf 8,580 97/07/31 PM 04:01:38 Fin_860.ovf 13,426 97/08/13 AM 10:22:00 Instal.ovl 138,155 98/02/23 PM 12:06:54 Install.dat 11,658 98/03/04 AM 10:20:18 Install.exe 60,928 98/02/23 PM 12:06:20 Linu 269,933 98/03/03 PM 07:51:38 Logo.bmp 822 97/11/27 AM 03:38:52 Mon 60,297 97/12/10 PM 08:02:02 Moni 1,168 97/12/10 PM 08:02:04 Oven 26,972 97/12/18 PM 02:49:22 Ovnu 11,406 97/11/17 PM 03:16:16 PGear.sep 46 97/07/28 PM 11:45:14 SIDUnins.exe 45,185 97/07/28 PM 11:50:10 SIDUnins.ini 1,909 97/12/17 PM 04:46:38 Stat 18,411 97/12/10 PM 08:02:08 Trec 19,558 97/11/17 PM 02:59:56 Wst1 8,241 97/11/17 PM 03:17:16 XCPG.001 2,104 98/01/09 PM 04:32:54 XCPG.033 2,260 98/01/09 PM 04:32:54 XCPG.isd 22,861 98/03/04 AM 10:15:46 XCPG.itd 22,719 98/03/04 AM 10:15:42 XCPG0001.txt 17,869 98/03/23 PM 01:58:00 XCPG0033.txt 17,869 98/03/23 PM 01:58:00 XCPGU.dll 152,822 98/03/04 AM 10:20:16 Diskette2 (15 files): Datk 34,014 97/11/17 PM 03:05:40 Hewn 9,851 97/11/17 PM 03:08:44 Instal.ovl 138,155 98/02/23 PM 12:06:54 Install.dat 11,658 98/03/04 AM 10:20:18 Install.exe 60,928 98/02/23 PM 12:06:20 Ling 242,770 98/03/03 PM 07:52:14 Mon001.hlp 8,620 98/01/02 PM 09:51:48 Mon033.hlp 8,913 98/01/12 PM 07:17:20 Ovnk 39,269 97/12/18 PM 03:15:58 XCPG.001 2,104 98/01/09 PM 04:32:54 XCPG.033 2,260 98/01/09 PM 04:32:54 XCPG0001.hlp 9,502 98/01/12 PM 07:14:56 XCPG0001.txt 17,869 98/03/23 PM 01:58:00 XCPG0033.hlp 10,169 98/01/12 PM 07:15:40 XCPGk.dll 169,312 98/03/04 AM 10:20:16 ============================================================================== <3>. Restrictions and known bugs Installation notices: >Printer Sharing - (Point 'n Print) The DocuPrint P12 Driver does not support the printer sharing feature that enables the driver to automatically download from the shared printer. To share the printer, use INSTALL.exe to install the driver directly onto your PC, then change the port assignment that is located in the Ports tab of Windows Printer Properties. >Add Printer Wizard You cannot use Add Printer Wizard to install the DocuPrint P12 Driver. Use only the INSTALL.exe to install the Driver. >NEC SuperScript 860/1260 Series Conflict There is a conflict between the Xerox DocuPrint P12 Driver and the NEC SuperScript 860/1260 Series driver. To resolve this conflict, install the NEC driver first, then install the DocuPrint P12 Driver. >Canceling installation leaves files You may cancel installation by pressing Cancel button in the dialog box. But this may result in some unwanted files remain in the system. To get rid of these DocuPrint P12 related files do the followings: Re-do a complete driver installation, then run Add/Remove Program found in Control Panel. Deinstallation notices: >Network printer Deinstaller removes all the network printers in Printer Folder, even if the printers are other manufacturer's printers. Answer No when the question "Do you want to remove old driver files which are no longer needed?" in the dialog box, if you want to keep these network printers. >Driver files During deinstallation of the driver, the deinstaller pops up a dialog box to confirm whether the user would like the P12 driver files to be removed or not. Regardless your selection, deinstaller removes all the P12 driver files. Printing notices: >Drag and drop printing When "Drag and Drop" multiple documents to printer icon in Printer Folder in order to print them simultaneously, NT may crash. Work-around: Print them from inside the application. >When re-boot the NT It may print out garbage if you re-boot the NT before the printer is turned on. To avid the problem, make sure you turn on the printer before re-booting the NT. >Printer Properties of Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 When open up the Printer Properties dialog box in the Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 application (e.g. File>Print>Properties). The dialog box cannot be closed by pressing OK/Cancel button. In order to change printer options, please use "Document Defaults..." command found in Printer Folder (e.g. File>Document Defaults...). Applications effected: Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 >Printing long documents Sometimes a long document (e.g. MS-WORD) may not be printed out completely. (This problem will occur if the DocuPrint P12 NT driver was not the default driver during the creation of a document). To get rid of this problem, try to re-save the document with the current settings. i.e. make sure DocuPrint P12 NT is the default driver, and do the following: File>Page Setup> Paper Size tab, apply the current paper size to "Whole Document" and press OK >Job Error When NT is sending print jobs to the printer, open up the Printer Properties dialog box in the application may cause the printer to print corrupted print image(garbage), i.e. "Job Error". >Missing words Words missing when a document containing numerous fonts is printed. Select TrueType Options in the Print Options tab and print the document again. Applications effected: Microsoft Word 97, WordPad, Lotus WordPro 97, Adobe PageMaker 6.5 >Missing words When you print a Lotus WordPro 97 document with a selected Page Range or without selecting the collate option, some words may not print. Select TrueType Options in the Print Options tab and print the document again. Application effected: Lotus WordPro 97 >Missing words When you print a document with WordPad or Adobe Acrobat Reader, some words may be missing by the line unit. Select TrueType Options in the Print Options tab and print the document again. Applications effected: WordPad, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01 >Missing parts of charts Parts of a Microsoft Excel 97 chart may be missing when printed. Select TrueType Options in the Print Options tab and print the document again. Application effected: Microsoft Excel 97 >Characters hidden under objects in a frame are printed Select TrueType Options in the Print Options tab and print the document again. Applications effected: Microsoft Excel 97, Adobe PageMaker 6.5 >Colored characters are printed as solid black There is no halftone characters in the print result. >Color Patterns in Lotus 123 are not printed out correctly The Lotus 123 document which includes Color Patterns are not printed as they appear on the computer display. Application effected: Lotus 123 R7 >Combination of Reverse Print Order and Cover/Divider page When you assign Reverse Print Order and Cover/Divider page, together, to a print job, the printer displays an error status. To remove the error status you must change select either Reverse Print Order or Cover/Divider page, but not both, to resume printing. >Combination of Manual Duplex and Cover/Divider page When you assign Manual Duplex and Cover/Divider page, together, to a print job, the driver ignores the Cover/Divider page assignment and prints Manual Duplex without a Cover or a Divider page. >After creating an Overlay When you print out a document for a new overlay, immediately assign the new overlay by using the Overlays tab and press OK button. Until you do this, every subsequent print-out will be saved as the overlay file. >Overlay creation with Manual Duplex option selected If you select the Manual Duplex option at overlay creation, the option will be ignored and the document will print out as simplex (one sided). The Manual Duplex instruction sheet will also print out. Ignore the information in the Manual Duplex instruction sheet. >Cover page causes Job Error with Word97 When printing a MS-Word document with the following options, the printer will either return a "Job Error" message or print corrupted characters (garbage). Options: Collate: uncheck, Copies:more than 1, Cover:anything, Divider:<none> Check Collate option on Printer dialog box to print a word document with a cover page. Application effected: Microsoft Word 97 >Overlay does not affect for all assignment pages The overlay does not affect for all assignment pages. Only the first page may be printed with the assigned overlay. Applications effected: Microsoft WordPad, PowerPoint 97, Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 >Overlay under charts When an overlay is assigned to a page that includes charts, part of the overlay covered by the chart may not print. Select TrueType Options in the Print Options tab and print the document again. Application effected: Microsoft Excel 97, Lotus 123 R7 >Overlay objects are not transparent When printing MS-WORD documents, sometimes, the overlay objects are not printed as "transparent" >Some User created overlay files may cause printer Error Some user created overlays may not be printed and cause "Job Error", i.e. printer stops printing and blinks "Error" LED on the printer. >Manual Duplex from Main or Secondary cassette When you assign Manual Duplex printing from Main or Secondary cassette, remove all paper on Multi Bypass Feeder. Otherwise, the first page of 2nd side will be fed from MBF. >Manual Duplex from Envelope cassette When Envelope cassette is assigned as the input paper source, the last page of the second-side printing will be fed from the Envelope cassette instead of Multi-purpose tray. Your document will be printed correctly so that the last page is a second side of Instruction sheet. To avoid this problem, the last page should be put in the Envelope cassette). >Manual Duplex for small size papers The Manual Duplex instruction sheet does not print to fit small size paper; such as B5, Executive or smaller size paper. >Unsupported combination of paper size and paper source You can specify unsupported combinations of paper size and paper source using the application specific Page Setup dialog box (e.g. File>Page Setup). But printing a document under this circumstance will cause printer to request you to put Letter size paper in the specified tray. >Acrobat Reader ignores copies setting When you specify the number of copies in Acrobat Reader's print menu , i.e. File>Print>Setup>Properties, the settings will be ignored. Try File>Printer Setup>Properties menu to change the value. Acrobat Reader causes this problem. For more information, please contact Adobe Systems Inc.. Applications effected: Acrobat Reader 3.01 >Blurry Graphics when printing PDF files Some graphics may look blurry (i.e. poor quality) when printed from Acrobat Reader 3.01. This problem is caused by Acrobat Reader. For more information, please contact Adobe Systems Inc.. Applications effected: Acrobat Reader 3.01 Operation notices: >Canceling a job from the queue When printing multiple documents, deleting a job being processed in the queue will cause error for the next job in queue. To avoid this problem, use a button on your printer to cancel print jobs. >Printer Properties of Lotus Freelance Graphics When trying to close a Printer Properties dialog box which can be displayed from the application menu (File>Print>Properties), the mouse cursor will becomes the wait cursor, i.e. hour grass, and never comes back. Use Document Defaults tab pages which can be displayed from Printer Folder in order to change print options. >Paper size list Right after the driver installation, the drop-down list in File>Page Setup menu (e.g. MSWORD) doesn't show all paper sizes supported by the driver. In this case, you may try to select "Multi-purpose(MBF)" as paper source in Paper Source tab and press OK. Then close and open the document again. >Paper size When you change Paper Source from Main cassette to Envelope or MBF and back to Main Cassette, the paper size will change to A4. Manually change the paper size to the correct setting. >Default Setting In certain instances, selecting Default Setting does not return to the default settings. This can occur when you; 1. Run a application and open the Print Setup dialog box of that application. 2. Change some of the printer settings, such as Paper Source or Paper Size. 3. Press the Printer button and a dialog box appears. 4. Press the Properties button and a driver properties dialog appears. Applications effected: Microsoft NotePad, WordPad, Paint, Excel 97, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Photo Deluxe >Overlay Management Import(Get From) an overlay file in Overlay Management dialog box. Rename and re-assign it without pressing "Exit" button will cause the print job disappears (i.e. not job will be sent to the printer). In this case, reboot the PC and repeat the operations. Make sure you press the "Exit" button and close Manage Overlays dialog box at the end of each operation. Status Monitor notices: >Status Monitor pop-up message Status Monitor is designed to pop up the error message when the specified events occur. Sometimes it misses the event. Please click "Printer" icon on the task bar to verify the current printer status. >Unsupported printer status Printer statuses not supported: Printer Resetting (10018) -- canceling job by pressing the printer button Canceling print job (10051) -- canceling job through Windows NT Cover Open (40015) -- opening the printer front cover >Incorrect Status Monitor message When printing long documents, the Status Monitor will sometimes show a message "Off line". You may ignore it. >Incorrect Status Monitor message When the printer runs out of C5 paper, the Status Monitor message reads; "Out of Paper Com10" instead of "Out of Paper C5". After you load more C5 paper, the printer resumes printing. >Conflict with NEC SuperScript 860/1260 Series If you install the NEC SuperScript 860/1260 driver and the DocuPrint P12 Driver on your PC, only the NEC SuperScript 860/1260 Status Monitor appears on the display. >Network Printing The Status Monitor's bi-directional functionality works only with a locally attached printer. When printing to a network printer, the Status Monitor displays "off-line". ============================================================================== <4>. Technical support information Toll-free Customer Service telephone: In the United States and Canada, the toll-free number for Xerox Customer Service is 1-800-TEAM-XRX. 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