QMS Level II Printer Driver for Windows 3.0 and 3.1
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Installation Instructions
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Separate installation instructions for Windows 3.0 and 3.1 are included in
this file. Windows 3.0 instructions are presented first with 3.1
instructions in a later section.
Installation for Windows 3.0
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Install the QMS driver, QMSL2.DRV, using the following procedure:
1) Turn on your computer and start Windows.
2) In the Main dialog box of the Program Manager dialog box, double click
on the Control Panel icon.
3) In the Control Panel dialog box, double click on the Printers icon.
4) Click on Add Printer>>, scroll to the bottom of the List of Printers
menu, and click on Unlisted Printer.
5) Click on Install.
6) Insert either the 5.25" or 3.5" QMS driver disk into drive A (or the
other floppy drive). Double click on [-a-] in the Directories menu
to select the disk where the driver is located.
7) Double click on qmsl2.drv in the Driver Files menu.
If you see the message "A printer driver for this printer is already
installed on the system. Do you wish to use the current driver or
install a new driver?" on the screen, click on New.
8) Click on Configure to set up the printer and port. In the Configure
dialog box, click on the desired host port in the Ports list.
9) Click on Setup to set up printing options. In the Setup dialog box,
choose your printer type, paper source, output tray, and paper size
from the appropriate list. The Paper Source may be set to any available
tray or set to match the current Paper Size selection. See the
"Selecting Paper Source" section for details.
Other available selections are paper orientation, scaling, number of
copies, and duplex mode when supported by the selected printer.
For multiple resolution printers, click Options to set the current
resolution. In the Options dialog box, select the desired resolution
from the Resolution list. Click OK to return to the Setup dialog box.
After setting up the printer, verify the correct driver version. To do
this, click on About in the setup dialog box. Return to the Printers
dialog box by clicking on OK through all subsequent screens.
10) Click on Active and then double click on QMS Level II on XXXX to
make the QMS printer the default printer.
11) Repeat steps 4 through 9 to install the QMS driver for other ports.
12) Click on OK to exit the Printers dialog box.
13) Exit Windows in the normal fashion, being sure to click on Save
Changes.
Installation for Windows 3.1
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Install the QMS driver, QMSL2.DRV, using the following procedure:
1) Turn on your computer and start Windows.
2) In the Main dialog box of the Program Manager dialog box, double click
on the Control Panel icon.
3) In the Control Panel dialog box, double click on the Printers icon.
4) Click on Add>>, click on Install Unlisted or Updated Printer in the
List of Printers dialog box.
5) Click on Install.
6) Insert either the 5.25" or 3.5" QMS driver disk into drive A (or the
other floppy drive). Type A:\ or other drive name in the edit box
provided. Click on OK.
7) Click on QMD Level II in the Add Unlisted or Updated Printer dialog
box and click on OK.
If you see the message "The currently installed QMSL2.DRV is
newer... Do you still want to install the file?" on the screen, click
on Yes.
If you see the message "Insert Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #5 or a disk
with the updated SSERIFF.FON file in:", click on CANCEL to continue.
8) Click on Connect to configure your printer port. In the Connect
dialog box, click on the desired host port in the Ports list and click
on OK.
9) Click on Setup to set up printing options. In the Setup dialog box,
choose your printer type, paper source, output tray, and paper size
from the appropriate list. The Paper Source may be set to any available
tray or set to match the current Paper Size selection. See the
"Selecting Paper Source" section for details.
Other available selections are paper orientation, scaling, number of
copies, and duplex mode when supported by the selected printer.
For multiple resolution printers, click Options to set the current
resolution. In the Options dialog box, select the desired resolution
from the Resolution list. Click OK to return to the Setup dialog box.
To determine how TrueType fonts are printed, click Options in the Setup
dialog box and then click Advanced in the Options dialog box. In the
Advanced Options dialog box, editing the substitution table allows you
to substitute a printer font for each TrueType font or download TrueType
fonts as Type 1 or Type 3 soft fonts. See the "Printing TrueType Fonts"
section for details. Click on OK twice to return to the Setup dialog box.
After setting up the printer, verify the correct driver version. To do
this, click on About in the setup dialog box. Return to the Printers
dialog box by clicking on OK through all subsequent screens.
10) Click Set As Default Printer to make the QMS printer the default
printer.
11) Repeat steps 4 through 9 to install the QMS driver for other ports.
13) Click on Close to exit the Printers dialog box.
14) Exit Windows in the normal fashion.
Selecting Paper Source
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When selecting your paper source, also take into consideration tray
chaining, selecting by paper size, and selecting by tray.
Tray Chaining
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Tray chaining, when enabled (on), allows the printer to automatically switch
paper trays when the current tray runs out of paper. When chaining is enabled,
the printer assumes that any tray is an acceptable substitute for the other
trays.
Tray chaining must be disabled (off) to select a particular paper tray. The
printer ignores paper tray selection commands when tray chaining is enabled.
Disable tray chaining from the printer front panel.
Selecting by Size
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The current paper source may be set to match the selected paper size. To use
an available paper size, in the Printer Setup dialog box, select Match
Papersize from the Paper Source list. Next, select the desired size from the
Paper Size list. This sets the printer to use paper from any tray containing
this paper size.
Selecting by Tray
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The current paper source may be set to any available paper tray. To select
a particular tray, in the Printer Setup dialog box, select the desired paper
tray from the Paper Source list (do not select Match Papersize). Next,
select the paper size contained in the selected tray from the Paper Size
list. This sets the printer to use paper from the selected tray.
Printing TrueType Fonts
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For each TrueType font you are using, you may choose to substitute a
printer font for the TrueType font or download the TrueType font to the
printer as a Type 1 or Type 3 soft font.
Substituting a printer font for a TrueType font is appropriate for TrueType
fonts like Courier New which is almost identical to the Courier printer font.
Font substitution generally provides faster printing than font downloading.
TrueType fonts can be downloaded to the printer as Type 1 or Type 3 soft
fonts. Type 1 fonts are outline fonts which require less data than Type 3
bitmap fonts. Type 1 fonts generally print faster than Type 3 fonts.
To determine how TrueType fonts are printed follow these steps:
1) Click Options in the Printer Setup dialog box.
2) Click Advanced in the Options dialog box.
3) In the Advanced Options dialog box, remove the check from the Use
Printer Fonts for all TrueType Fonts box.
4) Check the Use Substitution Table box.
5) Select Adobe Type 1 from the Send to Printer As list to use outline
fonts during downloading or select Bitmap (Type 3) to use bitmaps.
6) Click on Edit Substitution Table.
7) For each TrueType font in the For TrueType Font list, click on the
TrueType font and then click on the printer font to be substituted
in the Use Printer Font list.
If you prefer to download the selected TrueType font, click
Download as SoftFont in the Use Printer Font list.
8) Click on OK twice to return to the Printer Setup dialog box.
Download Driver Pack
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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