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Contents for COMPAQ PAGEMARQ PostScript Printers

Contents For COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver

The following topics describe tasks that you can perform to determine how your documents print on a COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer.

How To...

Compress Graphics

Create Encapsulated PostScript Files

Print Documents That Conform to Adobe Standards

Print PostScript Error Information

Print Negative or Mirror Images of Your Documents

Print with Printer Fonts in Place of TrueType Fonts

Reduce or Enlarge Documents

Send Fonts When Printing Each Page

Send Header Information to the Printer

Specify Halftoning Options

Specify Printing Resolution

Specify the Amount of Printer Memory

Specify the Format for Sending TrueType Fonts to Your Printer

Specify the Number of Copies

Specify the Paper Size

Specify the Paper Source

Specify the Printing Area

Specify the Print Orientation


Advanced Options

Use this dialog box to specify advanced font and printing options for your COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer.

Choose one of the following dialog-box areas for more information about the options in that area:

TrueType Fonts

Conform To Adobe DSC

Memory

Print PostScript Error Information

Graphics

Defaults Button


Compressing Graphics

If your documents contain graphics, you can compress them before they are sent to the printer. This frees up applications sooner for other tasks, but your documents may take longer to print.

To compress graphics

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Graphics area of the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Compress Bitmaps check box.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Conform to Adobe Document Structuring Conventions

Select this check box to create a file that you can use with an application that supports the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (DSC).

This option is also useful if you want to share the file with others or if you want to use a printing service to print the file.

When you select this option, the Halftone Frequency, Halftone Angle, and Clear Memory Per Page options are dimmed, indicating that you cannot use them. Clearing this check box may speed up printing and enable you to use these options in addition to those supported by the Document Structuring Conventions.

To send your printed document to a file, you must specify FILE as the printer port in the Connect dialog box. You can also select the Print To File option if your application supports it.

Note:	You do not need to select this option if you are creating EPS files.

See Also

Printing Documents That Conform to Adobe Standards


Creating Encapsulated PostScript Files

When printing to a COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer, you can create Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files.

To create an EPS file

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Print To area of the Options dialog box, select the Encapsulated PostScript File option.

3	In the Name box, type a drive, directory, and filename for the EPS file you are creating.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

Note:	EPS files created in Windows produce only PostScript output. Binary representations of bitmaps are not supported.

For help with the Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Creating a Header File

You can send header information to your printer by first creating a header file and then sending the file to the port that your printer is connected to.

To create a header file

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Send Header button.

3	In the Send Header dialog box, select the File option.

4	In the Name box, type the drive, directory, and filename for the location of the header file. For example, if the name of the header file is PSPREP.TXT and it is located in the WINDOWS directory, type c:\windows\psprep.txt.

5	Choose the Send Now button. The COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver creates the file you specified and sends the information to it.

6	In the Options dialog box, clear the Send Header With Each Job check box.

7	Choose the OK button.

To send the header file to your printer

If you are using a serial printer connected to a COM port, make sure that you have specified the communications settings used by your printer before copying the header file to the port. To specify the communication settings, use the Ports option in Control Panel or choose the Settings button in the Connect dialog box. Or, use the Mode command to specify communications settings from the MS-DOS Prompt. For example, you might type "mode com1:9600,n,8,1" (depending on the settings your printer uses).

To send the header file to your printer port

1	In the Main group, choose the MS-DOS Prompt icon.

2	Copy the header file to the port.

For example, if your printer is connected to COM1 and the name of the header file is PSPREP.TXT, type the following: copy c:\windows\psprep.txt com1

Tip:	You can add the MS-DOS commands to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that your computer sends the header file to your printer each time you turn it on. If you do, turn on your printer before you turn on your computer so that your printer can receive the header information. If you forget to turn on your printer first, follow step 2 to prepare your printer.


Defaults Button

Choose this button to reset the values for Memory, Resolution, Halftone Frequency, and Halftone Angle to the values recommended by COMPAQ.


Graphics

Use the options in this area to specify how text and graphics will be printed.

Choose one of the following buttons for more information about the Graphics options:

Resolution (DPI)	Printer Enhance

Halftone Frequency	Halftone Angle

Negative Image	All Colors to Black

Mirror	Compress Bitmaps

See Also

Compressing Graphics

Printing Negative or Mirror Images of Your Documents

Specifying Halftoning Options

Specifying Printing Resolution


Memory

Use the options in this area to specify how much memory is installed on your printer and how printer memory is reset.

Choose one of the following buttons for more information

about the Memory options:

Virtual Memory

Clear Memory Per Page

See Also

Sending Fonts When Printing Each Page

Specifying the Amount of Printer Memory


Options

Use this dialog box to set additional printing options,

such as the printing area, the amount by which to

reduce or enlarge your documents, and whether to

create an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file.

Choose one of the following buttons for more

information about the dialog box:

Scaling	Print To: Printer

Use LZW Compression	Print To: EPS File

Margins	Send Header With Each Job

Send Header Button	Advanced Button

See Also

Creating Encapsulated PostScript Files

Reducing or Enlarging Documents

Sending Header Information to the Printer

Specifying the Printing Area


Postscript Setup

COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Setup

Use this dialog box to set printing options for your COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer. The settings you select become the default settings.

Choose one of the following buttons for more information about the dialog box. The settings that you can select for each option vary, depending on the printer you are using. For information about which settings to use, see your printer manual.

Paper Source	Paper Size

Orientation	Copies

Options Button	About Button

See Also

Specifying the Paper Size

Specifying the Paper Source

Specifying the Print Orientation

Specifying the Number of Copies


Printing Documents That Conform to Adobe Standards

If you want to use your document in another application that supports the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (DSC), you can create a printed file that conforms to these conventions. This option is also useful if you want to share the printed file with others, or if you want to use a printing service to print the file.

To print your document to a file, you must select the Print To File option (if your application supports it), or you must select FILE as the port your printer is connected to.

To create a conforming printed file

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Conform To Adobe Document Structuring Conventions check box.

When you select this option, the Halftone Frequency, Halftone Angle, and Clear Memory Per Page options are dimmed, indicating that you cannot use them.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Print PostScript Error Information

Select this check box if you want to print information about any errors that are encountered while printing your documents.

You can refer to this information if you need to contact product support. It assists a technician in accurately determining what caused the error and gives guidelines for correcting it.

See Also

Printing PostScript Error Information


Printing PostScript Error Information

The COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver can detect certain errors that Windows Print Manager cannot detect. You can print information about these errors after your document has finished printing. This information may help you, a system administrator, or a product-support representative determine what caused the error.

To print PostScript error information

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Print PostScript Error Information check box.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Printing Negative or Mirror Images of Your Documents

To print negative or mirror images of your documents

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Mirror check box to print a mirror image, or select the Negative Image check box to print a negative image.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Printing with Printer Fonts in Place of TrueType Fonts

TrueType fonts are treated as downloaded fonts by the COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver. You may want to use printer fonts in place of TrueType fonts to speed up printing and use less printer memory. There are two ways to do this: You can have the COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver choose the printer fonts that most closely match the TrueType fonts in your document, or you can use the Substitution Table. The Substitution Table enables you to personally select which printer fonts you want to use in place of the TrueType fonts in your document.

For instructions on how to use printer fonts, select the method you want to use.

Using the Closest Matching Printer Fonts

Using the Substitution Table


Reducing or Enlarging Documents

When you print your documents, you can reduce or enlarge them by using the Scaling option.

To reduce or enlarge documents

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Scaling box, type a value less than 100 to reduce the document or greater than 100 to enlarge it.

3	Specify any other options you want.

4	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Sending Fonts When Printing Each Page

If you are printing large documents that contain many downloaded fonts, you can clear printer memory and resend the fonts to the printer after printing each page. This ensures that there is enough memory available to print your document. Clearing Memory per Page should only be used if you have attempted to print a document and experienced PostScript Virtual Memory errors, it is not recommended for normal use since it will make your documents print more slowly.

To resend fonts after printing each page

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Memory area of the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Clear Memory Per Page check box.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.

See Also

Specifying the Amount of Printer Memory


Send Header

Use this dialog box to create a header file or to send header information directly to your printer. Header information contains PostScript instructions that must be sent to your printer so that your documents print correctly.

Choose one of the following buttons for more information about the dialog box:

Printer

File

Send Now Button

See Also

Sending Header Information to the Printer


Sending Header Information Each Time You Print

Sending header information each time you print a document is recommended when printing to a file on a disk that will be printed later at a different location or when printing to a shared network printer.

To send header information each time you print

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, select the Send Header With Each Job check box.

3	Specify any other options you want.

4	Choose the OK button.

See Also

Sending Header Information Once, Directly to Your Printer

Creating a Header File


Sending Header Information Once, Directly to Your Printer

You can save printing time by sending header information directly to your printer only once. Before you send header information to your printer, your printer must be turned on. If you turn your printer off, you will need to resend the header information the next time you print.

To send header information directly to your printer

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Send Header button.

3	In the Send Header dialog box, select the Printer option.

4	Choose the Send Now button.

The COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver sends the header information to your printer.

5	In the Options dialog box, clear the Send Header With Each Job check box.

6	Specify any other options you want.

7	Choose the OK button.

See Also

Sending Header Information Each Time You Print Creating a Header File

Creating a Header File


Sending Header Information to the Printer

To print from a Windows application to a COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer, Windows must first send header information to the printer. You can send header information to your printer each time you print a document or, if you are using a local printer, only once while your printer is turned on. Sending header information to your printer only once can save you printing time. There are two methods you can use to do this: You can send the header information directly to your printer, or you can store header information in a file and then send the file to your printer. For help on how to send header information, choose the method you want to use.

Sending Header Information Each Time You Print

Sending Header Information Once, Directly to Your Printer

Creating a Header File


Specifying Halftoning Options

If you are printing complex graphics such as photographs or scanned images, you can specify values for halftone frequency and halftone angle. The default values should work in most cases. Unless you are experienced with using halftones, you should not change these values.

To specify halftone values

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Graphics area of the Advanced Options dialog box, type the number of lines per inch that you want to use for halftone screens in the Halftone Frequency box, and a value for the angle of the pattern you want to use in the Halftone Angle box.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying Printing Resolution

You can specify the resolution (measured in dots per inch, or DPI) at which you want to print your documents.

To specify the printing resolution

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Advanced Options dialog box, open the Resolution (DPI) list and select the resolution you want to use.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying the Amount of Printer Memory

The amount of virtual memory your printer has available changes if you install more memory.

To program the COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver with any changes in installed memory

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Memory area of the Advanced Options dialog box, select the amount of memory installed on your printer.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying the Format for Sending TrueType Fonts to Your Printer

If you are using TrueType fonts in your documents, you can specify the format for printing TrueType fonts.

To specify how to send TrueType fonts

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the TrueType Fonts area of the Advanced Options dialog box, open the Send To Printer As list and select the method you want to use.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

6	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.

See Also

Printing with Printer Fonts in Place of TrueType Fonts


Specifying the Number of Copies

You can print more than one copy of your documents at a time by using the Copies option.

To specify the number of copies you want to print

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, select the copy's entry point.

2	Type the number of copies you want to print.

3	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying the Paper Size

In the Printer Setup dialog box, you can specify the size of paper you want to print on.

To specify the size of the paper you want to print on

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, open the Paper Size list.

2	Select the size you want.

3	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying the Paper Source

You can specify which tray or paper feeder to use for feeding paper to your printer.

To specify the paper source

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, open the Paper Source list.

2	Select the source you want (for example, Upper Tray, Envelope Feed, or Manual Feed).

3	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying the Printing Area

With the Margins option, you can specify the printing area on the page. If you set the margins in an application, they are usually measured from within this printing area.

To specify the printing area

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, select either Default or None in the Margins area.

3	Specify any other options you want.

4	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Specifying the Print Orientation

You can specify the orientation (Portrait or Landscape) that you want to use for printing your documents.

To specify print orientation

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, select the Portrait or Landscape button.

2	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.


Substitution

Use this dialog box to select the printer fonts to use for printing TrueType fonts in your documents. The selections you make only affect the fonts that are printed. The fonts that appear on the screen do not change; the original TrueType fonts are still used to display TrueType text on the screen. The substitution table takes effect only if the Use Substitution Table check box in the Advanced Options dialog box is selected. Choose one of the following buttons for more information about the dialog box:

For TrueType Font

Use Printer Font

See Also

Using the Substitution Table


TrueType Fonts

Use the options in this area to specify how TrueType fonts are printed in your documents.

Choose one of the following buttons for more information about the TrueType options:

Send To Printer As

Use Printer Fonts For All TrueType Fonts

Use Substitution Table

Edit Substitution Table Button

See Also

Printing with Printer Fonts in Place of TrueType Fonts

Specifying the Format for Sending TrueType Fonts to Your Printer

Using the Closest Matching Printer Fonts

Using the Substitution Table


Using the Closest Matching Printer Fonts

You can print all the TrueType fonts in your documents by using the closest matching printer fonts.

To print TrueType fonts by using the closest matching printer fonts

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Use Printer Fonts For All TrueType Fonts check box.

4	Specify any other options you want.

5	Choose the OK button.

For help with the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog box.

See Also

Using the Substitution Table


Using the Substitution Table

You can edit the Substitution Table to specify which printer fonts you want to print in place of the TrueType fonts in your documents.

To specify which printer fonts to use

1	In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose the Options button.

2	In the Options dialog box, choose the Advanced button.

3	In the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Edit Substitution Table button.

4	In the Substitution dialog box, select the TrueType font you want to replace from the For TrueType Font list.

5	From the Use Printer Font list, select the printer font you want to use instead of the selected TrueType font.

6	Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have selected a printer font to use in place of all the TrueType fonts in your document.

7	Choose the OK button.

To print TrueType fonts using the printer fonts you specified

1	In the Advanced Options dialog box, select the Use Substitution Table check box.

2	Specify any other options you want.

3	Choose the OK button.

4	In the Options dialog box, choose the OK button.

For more information about the Advanced Options dialog box, choose the Help button or press F1 while using the dialog boxes.

See Also

Using the Closest Matching Printer Fonts

Specify the Format for Sending TrueType Fonts to Your Printer


About Button

Choose this button to display copyright information about COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver.


Advanced Button

Choose this button to display the Advanced Options dialog box.

The Advanced Options dialog box contains advanced printing options.


All Colors to Black

This option is useful if you are losing detail in printed graphic images that include light colored areas.

Select this check box to print color images in black and white only.


Clear Memory Per Page

Use this option to clear printer memory and resend fonts to the printer after printing each page.

Select this check box if your document contains a large number of TrueType or soft fonts.

Selecting this option may slow down printing but ensures that large documents with a large number of TrueType or soft fonts will print correctly (providing that the amount of memory needed to print a page does not exceed the amount of available printer memory).


Compress Bitmaps

Select this check box if you want to compress graphics before sending your document to the printer.

Selecting this check box frees up your application for other tasks, but your documents may take longer to print. To print your documents faster, clear this check box.


Copies

Type the number of copies you want to print.

The copies option in this dialog box is independent of the copies option that maybe available in the print dialog box of your windows application. Usually, the copies option in the applications print dialog box over rides this option.

Generally, specifying the number of copies from this option prints uncollated documents faster. Specifying the number of copies from your windows application may slow down printing but enables you to collate the documents if your application supports this feature.


Download fonts
Downloaded Fonts

Fonts that you send to your printer either before or during the printing of your documents. When you send a font to your printer, it is stored in printer memory until it is needed for printing


Edit Substitution Table

Choose this button to display the Substitution dialog box in which you specify the printer fonts that you want to use for printing TrueType fonts in your documents.


encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file

Files that print at the highest possible resolution for your printer, EPS files may print faster than other graphical representations. Some Windows and non-Windows graphical applications can import EPS files. Refer to your application's documentation to determine whether this capability is supported.


File

Select this option to create a header file. In the Name box, type the drive, directory, and filename for where you want to store the header information.

One you have created a header file, you need to copy it to the port your printer is connected to each time you turn on your printer. You can do this by using the MS-DOS copy command. After you have copied the header file to the printer port, make sure the Send With Each Job check box in the Options dialog box is cleared.


Fix Disk Drive
Fixed Disk Drive

An Optional Non-Volatile (fonts stored there will not be "forgotten" when the power is turned off) storage area for downloaded Fonts and Forms.


For TrueType Font

This area lists all of the True Type fonts installed on your system

Select the TrueType font you want to replace with a printer font when printing your document.

The selection cursor in the Use Printer Font list moves to a printer font that will print instead of the TrueType font. If a printer font has not been specified, Download As Soft Font is selected.


Halftone Angle

Type a value for the angle of the pattern that you want to use for halftone screens. The default value should work in most cases.


Halftone Frequency

Type the number of lines per inch that you want to use for halftone screens. The default value should work in most cases.


Header Information

Information that contains PostScript instructions required for printing documents correctly on COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printers.


Local Printer

A printer that you do not share with another user, or users.


Use LZW compression

Select this check box if you want to use LZW compression to send your documents to the printer.

LZW compression reduces the amount of data that is sent to your printer. On Networks this is useful as it reduces the amounts of Network traffic and helps to increase Network performance.


Margins

Use this option to specify the printing area on the page.

Select None to set the printing area to the size of the paper.

Select Default to set the margins to the area in which the printer can print. The printing area is usually about one-quarter inch in from each side of the paper,

If you set the margins in an application, they are usually measured from within the printing area. If you select the None option, the application will measure the margins starting at the edge of the paper, if the application recognizes this option.

If you want to set margins in your applications, keep in mind that laser printers cannot print to the edges of the paper. If you are using a laser printer it is recommended that you select the Default option.


Mirror

Select this check box to print a horizontally reflected image of your document.


Negative Image

Select this check box to print your documents with inverted gray scales.

When this option is selected, black images print in white, white images print in black, and dark gray images print in light gray.


Options Button
Options Button.

Choose this button to display the options dialog box.

The options dialog box contains additional printer options.


Orientation

Select the page orientation, Portrait or Landscape, that you want to use in your document.

With portrait, the page is taller than it is wide when you view the printed document upright.

With Landscape, the page is wider than it is tall when you view the printed document upright.


Paper Size.

Open the list and select the size of the paper or envelope you want to print on.

Size that are measured in inches are standard sizes for office and legal use in the United States. Sizes that are measures in millimetres are standard size for use in other countries.

The default paper size depends on the country that is currently selected in the International Dialog  box in Control Panel. If United State is selected, the default paper size for most printers is Letter-size (8.5-by-11 inches). If a European country is selected, the default paper size is A4.


Paper Source

Different printer models support different paper sources, such as upper tray, Envelope feed, and manual tray.

Open the list and select the paper source you want to use.


Printer

Select this option to specify that you want to send header information directly to your printer.

The header information is not actually sent to your printer until you choose the Send Now button. If you want to send header information with each document you print select the Send With Each Job check box in the Options dialog box. If you want to send the header information only once to your printer, make sure that the Send With Each Job check box is cleared. If you turn your printer off, you will need to resend the header information to your printer the next time you print.


Printer Enhance Technology
Print Enhance Technology

This provides digitally improved resolution on diagonals and curved edges (anti-aliasing). In some circumstances you may want to alter the setting of this mechanism, or turn it off.

This option is only available if the resolution set is 300dpi.


Printer Fonts

Fonts that are already present in your printer. These fonts may be the standard fonts stored in the printer's Read-Only Memories (ROMs), or fonts that have been downloaded to the Optional Programmable Font Module (PFM), or to the Optional Fixed Disk Drive


Print To: EPS

Select the Encapsulated PostScript File option to create an EPS file.

Type the drive, directory, and filename for the location of the file in the File box. If you do not do this, you can provide a filename when you print your document.

You cannot print EPS files directly to your printer. You must import them from a Windows or non-Windows graphics application that supports EPS file. See your application's documentation to determine whether your application supports this feature.

If your application supports importing EPS files but does not define space on the page for an EPS file, the file will fill an entire page, even if the document or image is smaller.

Also, creating EPS files is not the same as printer to a file. If you want to print to a file, do not select this option. Select the Print option, and make sure that you have selected FILE from the Ports list in the Connect dialog box.

This option stays active only during the current Windows session. The next time you star Windows, the Printer option will be selected.


Print To: Printer

Select the Printer option button to print directly to your printer

If you want to create an Encapsulated PostScript file, use the Encapsulated PostScript File option.


Programmable Font Module (PFM)

An Optional Non-Volatile (fonts stored there will not be "forgotten" when the power is turned off) storage area for downloaded Fonts and Forms. PFMs are available as 1 or 2 Megabyte Modules and are User-Installable.


Resolution (DPI)

Open the list and select the resolution you want to use for printing.

Generally, higher-resolution will produce higher-quality pages; but your documents will take slightly longer to print.

The resolution you select, combined with the values you specify for Halftone Frequency and Halftone Angle, determine the overall print quality of graphic images. You might need to experiment with different values for these options to achieve the results your want.


Scaling

In the Scaling box, type a value (as a percentage) for scaling that is under 100 to reduce or over 100 to enlarge your document.

For examples, if you type 50, the document will print at half its original size. If you type 200, the document will print at twice its original size. If you type 100, the document will print at its original size.

The page area used for printing remains the same, regardless of the scaling value. With reduced scaling, more information fits on the page. With enlarged scaling, less information fits on the page. The total number of printed pages depends on the size of the document and the amounts of scaling you specify.

Some Windows applications also include a scaling option. In this case, you might want to experiment to determine whether the scaling option in this dialog box or the one in the application works the best. Using the two options simultaneously may produce unexpected results.


Send Header Button

Choose this button to display the Send Header dialog box.

The Send Header dialog box contains options that you can use to specify where to send header information: directly to your printer or to a file.


Send Header With Each Job

Select this check box to send header information to the printer each time you print a document.

This option is sufficient for most types of printing and is especially recommended if you are printing to a shared network printer or to a file on a disk.


Send Now Button

Select this button to send the header information to your printer or to the file you specified in the Name box.


Send To Printer As

Use this option to specify the format for handling TrueType fonts.

Select Bitmap (Type 3) to send all TrueType fonts as Adobe Type 3 bitmaps.

Select Adobe Type 1 to send small point sizes of TrueType fonts as Adobe Type 3 bitmaps and large point sizes of TrueType fonts as Adobe Type 1 Outline fonts. This option requires less memory and reduces printing time when printing documents that contain TrueType fonts in large point sizes.


Use Printer Font

This area lists the printer fonts you can print in place of the TrueType fonts in your document.

Select the printer font your want to print in place of the selected TrueType font.

If your select Download As Soft Font, the COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver prints the selected TrueType fonts by the method your specified in the Send To Printer As list in the Advanced Options dialog box.


Use Printer Fonts For All TrueType Fonts

You may want to use printer fonts in place of TrueType fonts to speed up printing and use less printer memory.

Select this check box if you want to print with the closest matching printer fonts (fonts that are present in your printer) in place of the TrueType fonts in your documents.The COMPAQ PAGEMARQ Printer Driver will determine which printer fonts most closely match the TrueType fonts in your documents. If you want to personally select specific printer fonts to print in place of TrueType fonts, you need to edit the Substitution Table and then select the Use Substitution Table check box.


Use Substitution Table

You may want to use printer fonts in place of TrueType fonts to speed up printing and use less printer memory.

Select this check box if you want to personnally select printer fonts (fonts that are present in your printer) to use in place of the TrueType fonts in your documents. You specify the printer fonts to use by completing the Substitution Dialog Box. If a TrueType font does not have an entry in the Substitution Table it will be sent to the printer using the method selected in the Send to Printer As List.


virtual memory

In a COMPAQ PAGEMARQ printer Virtual Memory is that part of RAM memory where print job data, such as downloaded fonts, are stored.


Virtual Memory

Windows uses the value for this option when printing documents that include TrueType and soft fonts to determine how font information is sent to your printer.

You can find out how much virtual memory your printer has by printing the TESTPS.TXT file. This file is located in your Windows SYSTEM directory. For example, if your printer is connected to LPT1, type:

copy c:\windows\system\testps.txt lpt1: