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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Printer Properties
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- Printer Properties are used to describe your printer or plotter. The Printer
- Properties dialog contains a notebook with pages that describe what paper
- trays, paper sizes, media types, fonts and other options are currently
- installed in your printer.
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- The following is a list of the Printer Properties notebook pages.
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- Double-Click on the name of any notebook page to display more detailed
- information about settings available on that page.
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- Γûá Device Information Page
- Γûá Form Connection Page
- Γûá Paper Tray Page
- Γûá Paper Size Page
- Γûá Device Font Page
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- It is important to keep Printer Property information as accurate as possible
- to ensure the printer driver creates the fastest, highest quality printouts.
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- The Printer Properties dialog has the following buttons:
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- Save Exits Printer Properties dialog and saves all changes made in all
- notebook pages.
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- Cancel Exits Printer Properties dialog without saving any changes made to any
- notebook page.
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- Default Job Properties Displays the Job Properties dialog and notebook. This
- is where you set Default Job Properties to apply to print jobs when none are
- supplied by an application.
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- Help Displays Help panels for the Printer Properties dialog, the Printer
- Properties notebook, and all pages inside the notebook.
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- Printer Properties Notes:
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- Note: The Paper Tray and Paper Size notebook pages are subpages to the Form
- Connection page in the Printer Properties Notebook. Their tabs will appear
- when the Form Connection page is selected.
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- Note: The Omni Printer Driver is a 32-bit IBM OS/2 Printer Driver requiring
- OS/2 Version 2.1 or greater to run.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Job Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Job Properties
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- Job Properties are settings specific to your printer that allow you to change
- how your printouts are formatted.
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- The following is a list of the Job Properties notebook pages.
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- Double-Click on the name of any notebook page to display more detailed
- information about settings available on that page.
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- Γûá Common Job Options Page
- Γûá Monochrome Job Options Page
- Γûá Color Job Options
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- Typical Job Properties are:
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- Γûá Orientation (e.g. Landscape or Portrait)
- Γûá Paper Size (e.g. Letter or Envelope)
- Γûá Print Quality (e.g. 300 dpi or Draft Quality)
- Γûá etc.
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- Note: Job Properties can be changed to change the format for each printout
- if desired. (i.e. One printout can have Job Properties set to format for
- Landscape Orientation and the next for Portrait).
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. IBM Trademarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following are trademarks of the IBM Corporation:
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- IBM
- PS/2
- OS/2
- IBM OS/2 Omni Printer Driver
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Non-IBM Trademarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk (**) in this information, are
- trademarks of other companies as follows:
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- AST is a trademark of AST Research, Incorporated.
- Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- Adobe Type Manager is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- Digital Research is a trademark of Digital Research, Inc.
- Epson is a trademark of Seiko Epson Kabushiki Kaisha.
- Excel is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- Helvetica is a trademark of the Linotype Company.
- HP and Hewlett-Packard are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
- Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
- LaserJet is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
- Lotus is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation.
- Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- Times New Roman is a trademark of the Monotype Corporation, Ltd.
- Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Device Information Page
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- This page contains basic information about the printer or plotter device and
- the driver you have installed.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Device Name shows a descriptive printer model name.
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- Device Class describes the technology of the device.
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- Available technologies are:
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- Γûá Vector Plotter
- Γûá Raster Camera
- Γûá Raster Printer
- Γûá PostScript
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- Driver Vendor shows supplier of device driver support.
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- Driver Version shows the level of device driver support. This is useful for
- determining if you have the most recent copy of the driver.
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- About This Device... displays a dialog that provides unique information about
- your printer model and driver when the information is provided by the Device
- Vendor.
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- Installed Memory This field is available on printers that allow additional
- memory to be installed in them. Initially, the base memory size shipped in
- the printer is shown. This value may be adjusted upwards to reflect any
- additional memory installed. This value can help the driver decide how much
- data can be sent to the printer.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Form Connection Page
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- This page is used to view Form Connections for your printer. A Form Connection
- is a combination of a Tray, a Paper Size, and a Media Type.
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- Some devices allow you to create new Form Connections. When this feature is
- available the "Add Form Connection" and "Remove Form Connection" buttons will
- be enabled.
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- To create a new Form Connection select a Tray, Paper Size, and Media Type from
- the lists on this page and hit the "Add Form Connection" button.
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- To remove a Form Connection you have created, select it from the Form
- Connections list and hit the "Remove Form Connection" button.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Trays: lists all paper trays defined for this printer
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- Paper Sizes lists all paper sizes (forms) defined for this printer
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- Media Types lists all medias types available for this printer
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- Form Connections lists all defined combinations of Tray, Paper Size, and Media
- Type for this printer
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- Add Form Connection Creates a new form connection using the currently selected
- Tray, Paper Size, and Media Type
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- Remove Form Connection Removes the currently selected Form Connection
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- Form Connection Usages:
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- The printer driver also uses Form Connection information to determine whether
- or not to allow a print job to be printed.
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- Example:
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- Let's say your printer has 2 Form Connections:
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- Upper Tray : Letter : Plain Paper
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- Lower Tray : Letter : Transparency
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- But you send a printout from an application formatted for a Paper Size of
- "Monarch Envelope".
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- Your print job will be held in the queue and you will be informed of a
- "Forms Mismatch" since no tray indicates you have "Monarch Envelope" sized
- paper installed in any tray.
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- To resolve the "Forms Mismatch" you simply create another Form Connection
- that looks like:
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- Upper Tray : Monarch Envelope : Plain Paper
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- This confirms that you really did install Monarch Envelopes in the Upper
- Tray and the print job will be sent to the printer.
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- This is valuable since if you forgot to change the Letter paper to Monarch
- Envelopes in the Upper Tray paper could have been wasted.
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- Likewise, mismatches occur if the Media Type selected by an application
- does not match one of the installed Media Types. These mismatches can be
- resolved in the same manner as for Paper Size mismatches.
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- Note: When the Form Connection Page is selected the following two tabs
- appear:
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- Trays Used to turn to the Paper Tray subpage
- Paper Used to turn to the Paper Size subpage
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- Note: Some devices allow you to define new paper trays and/or paper sizes.
- If so, this may be done in the Paper Size and Paper Tray subpages in this
- notebook.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Paper Tray Page
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- This subpage is used to view information on all supported Paper Trays for the
- current printer or plotter.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Defined Trays: lists all paper trays defined for this printer.
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- Tray Name lists name of Tray currently selected in the "Defined Tray" list.
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- Command Shows ASCII representation of command that will be sent to the printer
- to select the Tray highlited in the "Defined Tray" list.
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- Tray Type
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- Γûá Automatic: Is checked when forms fed from the currently selected tray
- need no manual intervention.
- Γûá Manual: Is checked when forms fed from the currently selected tray
- require manual intervention. The user will be prompted with a dialog
- before each print job to insert a piece of paper.
- Γûá Built-in Is displayed when the tray selected is one that is
- permanently defined for this printer.
- Γûá User-defined Is displayed when the tray selected is one that has been
- defined by you or another user.
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- The Trays dialog has the following buttons:
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- Add Used to create user-defined Trays from information currently
- displayed in the this page.
- Modify Used to modify the currently selected user-defined tray from
- information currently displayed in this page.
- Delete Used to delete the currently selected user-defined tray.
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- Paper Tray Page Notes:
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- Note: The Paper Tray Page will not appear if no trays are defined.
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- Note: The Add, Delete, and Modify buttons will appear only if the printer
- supports user-defined trays.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Paper Size Page
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- This subpage is used to view information on all defined Paper Sizes for your
- printer or plotter.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Defined Paper Sizes: lists all paper sizes defined for this printer.
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- Form Name lists name of paper size currently selected in the "Defined Tray"
- list.
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- Command Shows ASCII representation of command that will be sent to the printer
- to select the paper size highlited in the "Defined Tray" list.
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- Form Width width of currently selected paper size
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- Form Height height of currently selected paper size
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- Form Left Clip left clip margin of currently selected paper size
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- Form Right Clip right clip margin of currently selected paper size
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- Form Top Clip top clip margin of currently selected paper size
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- Form Bottom Clip bottom clip margin of currently selected paper size
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- Form Type displays one of the following tyeps:
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- Γûá Sheet Paper
- Γûá Continuous Paper
- Γûá Envelope
- Γûá Postcard
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- And also one of:
- Γûá Built-in Is displayed when the paper size selected is one that is
- permanently defined for this printer.
- Γûá User-defined Is displayed when the paper size selected is one that has
- been defined by you or another user.
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- Units of measurement changes all measurements to use one of the following
- units of measurement:
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- Γûá Inches English system of measurement
- Γûá Centimeters Metric system of measurement
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- The Trays dialog has the following buttons:
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- Add Used to create user-defined Paper Sizes from information currently
- displayed in the this page.
- Modify Used to modify the currently selected user-defined Paper Size from
- information currently displayed in this page.
- Delete Used to delete the currently selected user-defined Paper Size.
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- Paper Size Page Notes:
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- Note: The Paper Size Page will not appear if no paper Sizes are defined.
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- Note: The Add, Delete, and Modify buttons will appear only if the printer
- supports user-defined Paper Sizes.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Media Types Page
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- This subpage is used to view information on all supported Media Types for the
- current printer or plotter.
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- Examples of some common Media Types are:
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- Plain Paper
- Tranparency
- Glossy
- Film
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- Note: The Media Type Page is currently not available.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Device Fonts Page
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- This page is used to view what device Fonts are available or installed in your
- printer or plotter.
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- Examples of some common Device Fonts are:
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- Courier
- Letter Gothic
- Times Roman
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- Note: The Device Fonts Page is currently not available.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Job Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Common Job Options Page
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- This page is used to set and view commonly set Job Options to apply to a print
- job.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Print Quality: Selects the quality to apply to printouts.
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- Examples of some common Print Quality settings:
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- Draft, Normal, Presentation
- 300 dpi, 600 dpi
- Low, Average, High
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- Print Mode: Typically sets Color or Monochrome print mode.
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- Examples of some common Print Modes:
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- Color, Monochrome
- Color Only, Black Only, Color and Black
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- Default Font: Selects what device font is to be realized as the default font
- for text printing (when available).
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- Default Form Connection: Selects the correct Paper Tray, Paper Size and Media
- Type to print to.
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- Orientation: Selects between Portrait or Landscape orientation.
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- Form Feed Control: Selects how Form Feed should be handled to non-OS/2 print
- jobs.
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- ΓûáConditional Ensures a Form Feed is present at the end of the job
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- ΓûáNone Preserves any Form Feed control at the end of the job
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- ΓûáCompulsory Always adds a Form Feed at the end of the job
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- Note: When "Conditional" is selected, it is possible that print jobs may have
- imbedded Form Feed control characters or commands the driver can not always
- detect.
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- Uncollated Copies: Selects number of copies to print of each print job (when
- available).
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- Note: The higher the quality of the printout, the longer time it takes the
- driver to complete the print out.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Job Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Monochrome Job Options Page
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- This page is used to set and view Job Options to apply to Monochrome print
- jobs.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Monochrome Colors: Allows you to select what colors should be used for
- foreground and background if you have a color printer. Currently available only
- on Paintjet printers.
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- Γûá Foreground: Sets foreground color
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- Γûá Background: Sets background color
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- Mirror Image: When set the driver will create mirror images of all printouts
- (like for iron-on transfers). Currently available in Portrait orientation only
- on Paintjet printers.
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- Monochrome Adjustments:
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- Γûá Darkness: Controls the degree of Darkness of monochrome printouts. The
- control adjusts from a value of 0 (default darkness); where positive values
- make printouts increasingly darker and negative increasingly lighter.
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- Note: If your printer model does not have any Monochrome Job Options this
- page will not appear.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Job Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Color Job Options Page
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- This page is used to set and view Job Options to apply to Color print jobs.
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- This page contains the following fields:
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- Color Adjustments:
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- Γûá Hue: This control adjusts the hue of color printouts. The default value of 0
- degrees preserves the meaning of RGB colors for printouts. The hue value can
- be increased or decreased from 0 degrees causing a RGB color shift for all
- colors in a printout.
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- Γûá Saturation: Controls the amount of color ink used on color printouts. This
- control adjusts from 0% (default saturation) where positive adjustments
- increase the amount of color and negative adjustments decrease the amount of
- color.
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- Γûá Darkness: Controls the amount of black ink (or ink mixes that simualate the
- color black) used on color printouts. This control adjusts from 0% (default
- Darkness) where positive adjustments increase the amount of black and negative
- adjustments decrease amount of black.
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- Color Dithering:
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- Γûá Algorithms: Sets sithering method to apply to color printouts.
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- Γûá Level: For dither algorithms that use a numeric level this field will be
- active. The range for level is 0-255, representing the decimal range for RGB
- color.
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- Note: Be careful when increasing saturation or decreasing brightness as more
- ink will be applied to your paper and may cause paper to become over-saturated.
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- Note: If your printer model does not have any Color Job Options this page
- will not appear.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Vector Plotter
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- A device technology that draws or prints objects as a series of lines
- (polylines, splines, etc.) or graphic primitives (squares, circles, polygons,
- etc.).
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- Vector Plotter technology devices also draw relative to a single "pen"
- position on the page. The pen is used to draw all lines and graphics. The
- pen's color can be changed at any time.
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- The concept of a pen is inherited from the original vector plotter devices
- that physically used pens to draw on paper.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Raster Camera
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- A camera device that inputs data in the form of a full page image or bitmap.
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- Raster Printer
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- A printer device that inputs data in the form of a full page image or bitmap.
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- PostScript
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- A device that inputs Adobe PostScript language data that is used to describe
- text and graphic data.