TITLE:   How to Have a Printer Connected to Two Ports
PRODUCT: Ami Pro 2.0
DATE:    11-Oct-1991

PROBLEM: 

Multiple printers using the same printer name and printer driver which are 
connected to different ports show as separate printers in the Control Panel 
but Ami Pro shows only one printer name.

SOLUTION: 

There are two ways to use both of the printers in Ami Pro.  The first method 
is to make the printer that does not display in Ami Pro the default printer in 
the Windows Control Panel.  This printer will then be available in Ami Pro.  
This method, however, would need to be repeated each time a print job is sent 
to the printer that is not the current default printer.  A more permanent 
solution which will allow seeing both printer names in Ami Pro involves 
editing the Windows WIN.INI file.

Since the multiple port designations are listed on one line in the Windows 
WIN.INI file, Ami Pro will list the printer name only once.  It is possible 
for Ami Pro to list printers using the same printer driver and attached to 
more than one port if the WIN.INI file is changed to list the printers by 
separate names on separate lines.  Follow these steps to make the necessary 
changes:

  1. Run the SYSEDIT.EXE program in Windows (this is the Windows System 
     Configuration Editor program located in the Windows SYSTEM directory).
  2. Make the WIN.INI file the active window.
  3. Choose Search / Find.
  4. Type [PrinterPorts] and choose NEXT.
  5. The text under the heading [PrinterPorts] is information that is used to 
     display the installed printers in the Windows Control Panel.  Here is an 
     example of how this section may look where a printer name is set up for 
     multiple ports (in this example the PostScript printer is set to LPT2 and 
     LPT3):
      PostScript Printer=PSCRIPT,LPT2:,15,45,LPT3:,15,45
      Canon LBP III=LBP83137,LPT1:,15,45
  6. Touch the DOWN arrow key until the single line for the printer name which 
     is attached to multiple ports is reached.  Edit this line so that there 
     are two separate lines with different printer names.  In the above 
     example, the PostScript printer would be changed to:
      PostScript Printer=PSCRIPT,LPT2:,15,45
      PostScript=PSCRIPT,LPT3:,15,45
     NOTE: In this example, the second printer name is being changed from 
     PostScript Printer to PostScript.
  7. Choose Search / Find.
  8. Type [devices] and choose NEXT.
  9. The text under the heading [devices] is information that is used to 
     display the installed printers in Windows applications.  Here is an 
     example of how this section may look where a printer is set up for 
     multiple ports (in this example the PostScript printer is set to LPT2 and 
     LPT3):
      PostScript Printer=PSCRIPT,LPT2:,LPT3:
      Canon LBP III=LBP83137,LPT1:
 10. Touch the DOWN arrow key until the single line for the printer which is 
     attached to multiple ports is reached.  Edit this line so that there are 
     two separate lines with different printer names.  In the above example, 
     the PostScript printer would be changed to:
      PostScript Printer=PSCRIPT,LPT2:
      PostScript=PSCRIPT,LPT3:
     NOTE: In this example, the second printer name is being changed from 
     PostScript Printer to PostScript.
 11. Choose File / Save.
 12. Press ALT + F4 to close the System Configuration Editor.
 13. Exit Windows completely to the DOS prompt.
 14. Load Windows and Ami Pro.
 15. Display a file for which the printer needs to be changed.
 16. In Ami Pro choose File / Printer Setup.
 17. The list of available printers will include PostScript Printer and 
     Postscript.  PostScript Printer is attached to the LPT2 port and 
     PostScript is attached to the LPT3 port.  Either printer can now be 
     chosen for a document.
 18. Choose OK to close the printer setup dialog box after the desired printer 
     is chosen.

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