═══ 1. Installation Introduction ═══ Welcome to the Printer Installation Utility for OS/2. This utility will get you up and running quickly and easily with your new printer. To use this utility, all you need to know is the model of your printer and the options installed on it. This utility will help you: 1. Prepare your OS/2 workstation for printing 2. Set your printer defaults 3. Install Printer Toolkit software 4. Find phone numbers to call if you need help For information about using this utility, select: o General installation instructions ═══ 1.1. General Installation Instructions ═══ Throughout this utility, you should: 1. Press the Continue button to go to the next step in the installation 2. Press the Return button to go back back to the previous step in the installation 3. Press the HELP button to bring up help information 4. Press Close from the system menu to exit the installation ═══ 2. Before Continuing with the Installation ═══ If you have printed since your workstation was last restarted, you will need to restart your workstation for this installation utility to work properly. Follow the steps below. 1. Press Cancel to exit the installation utility. 2. Shutdown and restart your workstation 3. Restart this installation utility. If no printing has occurred, press OK to continue with the installation. ═══ 3. Installation Methods ═══ You may install this utility by using one of two methods: express or custom. Simply select the method you wish to use inside the Methods box, then press Continue. Note: If you are installing more than one printer with this utility, you MUST use the custom method. For more information about each method, select: o Express Method o Custom Method ═══ 3.1. Express Installation Method ═══ The express method is the quickest and easiest way to use this installation utility. This method installs your printer with a set of commonly used defaults and requires little intervention on your part. We recommend that most people install their printer using the express method. For information about the custom method, select: o Custom Method ═══ 3.2. Custom Installation Method ═══ The custom method takes you through each step of the installation, allowing you to customize settings along the way. To use this method, you need to know about printer languages and about LAN software, if you have a LAN installed. For information about the express method, select: o Express Method ═══ 4. Install Additional LPT Ports ═══ At the top of this screen you will see a message indicating how many LPT ports are currently available on your workstation. This number is usually 3 (for LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3). This installation utility allows you to install additional LPT ports for use with your printer(s). These additional ports are typically used with: o Network Printer Adapters such as: - The IBM LAN Connection for Printers and Plotters (also known as the IBM 4033), an external adapter To add LPT ports, select Additional LPT Ports. Then choose the number of additional LPT ports you want. When you finish, press Continue. o How to select number of additional LPT ports ═══ 4.1. Selecting Number of Additional LPT Ports ═══ To add LPT ports, select the down arrow next to the entry box. Select the desired value from this list, then press Continue. ═══ 5. Choosing Printer Model ═══ This list shows all the printers supported by this utility. Simply highlight the printer that you wish to setup with this utility and press Select. After you select a printer, you will be prompted to select a a physical port where the printer is connected. This printer model information will be used to install and setup printer drivers later in this utility. If you are using the custom installation method, you can do the following: o Select and setup multiple printers. Simply select another printer when your previous selection is complete. o Skip the driver installation part of this utility and simply install the Printer Toolkit. To do this, press Skip. For more information, select: o Removing a previously selected printer model ═══ 5.1. Available Printers List ═══ This list shows all the printer models supported by this utility. To choose a printer, simply highlight the desired printer model and press Select. ═══ 5.2. Removing a Selected Printer Model ═══ To remove a previously selected printer: 1. From the Selected Printerslist, highlight the model you wish to remove. 2. Press REMOVE. You will be asked to confirm this action. ═══ 5.3. Selected Printers List ═══ This list shows the printers that you have selected while using this dialog box. It shows the printer model and the port assigned to it. ═══ 5.4. Selecting a Port ═══ To select a port for the printer, simply highlight one of the ports in the Available Ports list, then press OK. If your printer is attached to a network printer adapter, a list of those ports will be displayed. Commonly-used network printer adapters include: o The IBM LAN Connection for Printers and Plotters (also known as the IBM 4033), an external adapter Highlight the port from the list, then press OK. To cancel this printer selection and port setup, press Cancel. If you are doing a custom installation, Binary Mode will be displayed. If you will be using your printer in binary mode, select ON. Otherwise, select OFF. ═══ 5.4.1. Serial Port Setup ═══ You have selected a serial (COM) port for your printer. If you are using the default serial setup for your printer, you do not need to change anything on this screen. Simply press OK. However, if you changed any of the serial setup parameters on your printer, make those same changes on this screen. After you make all the changes, press OK. Note: Please note that to select a baud rate of 38,400, the RS-422 adapter must be attached to your printer. Please refer to your printer documentation for more information. To cancel this printer selection and port setup, press Cancel. ═══ 6. Choose Printer Languages ═══ This screen shows the printer languages that the printer described at the top can emulate. Select one or more printer languages that you will be using with this printer, then press Continue. This utility will use these selections to install printer drivers. ═══ 7. Specifying Print Queue/Object Name ═══ Please enter the name for the new printer queue or object about to be created. A valid name contains characters in the ranges, a-z, A-Z and 0-9 and has a length of up to 8 characters. Example: LASER1Q ═══ 8. Specifying Drive and Path for Files ═══ If the default drive and path shown here do not contain the files being asked for, please type the correct drive and path. Use the following format: :\[\][...] Example: C:\OS2\DLL ═══ 9. Choose Custom Installation Function ═══ This box shows the functions you need to do to complete your custom installation. To perform any of the functions, select the desired function, then press Continue. For more information, select: o What is the Printer Toolkit? o Choosing Continue Install and Exit ═══ 10. Specifying Program Group Name ═══ Please enter the name for the new program group where the Printer Toolkit icon will be placed. This new program group will appear in Desktop Manager in OS/2 1.3 and will appear on the OS/2 Desktop for OS/2 2.x. Example: Main ═══ 10.1. Choosing Continue Install and Exit ═══ Choose this option when you finish using the custom functions and wish to complete your printer installation and exit the utility. You can choose this option at any time. ═══ 11. Display Text File Index ═══ This box shows a list of text files that you can view and/or print. To view a file, simply highlight the file, then press VIEW. To print a file, simply highlight the file, then press PRINT. ═══ 11.1. Printing a File from the Index ═══ When you press the PRINT button, the printer will print the highlighted file. You will be asked which printer to use. ═══ 11.2. Viewing a File from the Index ═══ When you press the VIEW button, the highlighted file will appear in a separate dialog box. You may then: o Search the file o Scroll through the file o Print the file ═══ 11.3. Available Files in Index ═══ This box lists files that you can view and/or print. Simply highlight the desired file, then press VIEW or PRINT. ═══ 12. Viewing Files ═══ This box shows you the contents of the file that you selected. From here, you can scroll through the file, search for a particular item, or print the file. o To scroll through the file, use the mouse with the scroll bar or use any of the cursor movement keys (arrow keys, Page Up, Page Down, Home, End). o To search for a particular item in the file, press SEARCH. o To print the file, press PRINT. ═══ 12.1. Searching the Displayed File ═══ When you press the SEARCH button, a dialog box will appear. The dialog box will ask you for the string that you wish to search for. ═══ 12.2. Printing the Displayed File ═══ When you press PRINT, the printer will print the displayed file. You will asked which printer to use. ═══ 12.3. Selecting the Print Destination ═══ This dialog shows a list of available printers that you can use with this function. Highlight the printer that you wish to use, then press Continue. To cancel this function, press Cancel. If you wish to bypass the OS/2 print spooler and send data directly to the printer port, select Bypass Print Spooler before pressing Continue. ═══ 13. How to Search the File ═══ To search the displayed file for a particular item: 1. In the space next to Find, type the item you wish to search for. 2. Specify the Search Start Location by choosing either Top of File or Current Location. 3. Press SEARCH. If the item is found, the file will be scrolled to that location and the item will be highlighted. If the item is not found, a message will indicate that. ═══ 13.1. Search String ═══ In this space, type the string that you wish to search for. ═══ 13.2. Searching from Top of File ═══ Select this option when you wish to search for an item from the beginning, or top, of the file. ═══ 13.3. Searching from Current Location ═══ Select this option when you wish to search for an item from the current location in the file. ═══ 14. Continue Button ═══ Press the Continue button to go to the next step in the installation. ═══ 15. Return Button ═══ Press the Return button to go back to the previous step in the installation. ═══ 16. Exit Installation Confirmation ═══ Press Yes to exit the installation utility now. Press No to return to the installation utility. ═══ 17. Printer Options ═══ Some of the commonly installed printer options are listed below. o RAM Option o Flash Memory Option o Network printer adapters, such as: - The IBM LAN Connection for Printers and Plotters (also known as the IBM 4033), an external adapter ═══ 18. Set up a Network Printer Adapter? ═══ Here are a list of guidelines that will help you answer this question: 1. Are you using this workstation as a LAN (local area network) server? (This refers to the workstation where the printer is being installed.) o If yes, continue to step 2. o If no, press No. 2. Is the printer attached to a network printer adapter? (Commonly used network printer adapters include the IBM LAN Connection for Printers and Plotters, also known as the IBM 4033.) o If yes, continue to step 3. o If no, press No. 3. Is the network printer adapter's software already installed? o If yes, press No. o If no, and you wish to install the software, press Yes. ═══ 19. Cannot Install Additional LPT Ports ═══ Your workstation already has the maximum number of LPT ports available as defined by OS/2. For version 1.3, this maximum number is 7. For version 2.0, this number is 9. No more LPT ports can be installed. ═══ 20. Complete Network Printer Adapter Installation ═══ To finish installing your printer, you need to shutdown and re-boot your workstation. After that, you need to use the Network Printer Adapter Utility that came with your network printer adapter to set up assignments. Please consult the manual that came with your network printer adapterfor information about finishing its setup. ═══ 21. Driver Installation Error ═══ An error has occurred while attempting to install a printer driver. The most likely reasons for this error are: 1. Some of the necessary files are missing from the path and drive you specified. 2. The driver files in the current path and drive are invalid. To correct this error, simply press OK. You will be asked for a new drive and path. This will allow you to either enter a new drive and path for driver files or to simply switch diskettes. ═══ 22. Re-insert SETUP Diskette ═══ You have finished installing printer drivers. Please insert the diskette labelled SETUP into the drive and path specified, then press OK. ═══ 23. Print Queue/Object Setup ═══ You can set up additional information about each printer queue/object created by this utility. For example, you can identify which paper trays are installed and which fonts are available. If you press Yes, a dialog will be displayed for each printer queue/object. In these dialogs, you will have the chance to set up the printers. If you press No, each printer queue/object will retain its defaults. ═══ 24. Driver IOPL Installation Error ═══ The installation utility is unable to install any printer drivers because IOPL (I/O Protection Level) is set to NO on your workstation. To correct this error: 1. Choose OK to exit the installation utility 2. Edit CONFIG.SYS with the OS/2 System Editor and add the line IOPL=YES. 3. Shutdown and re-boot your workstation so that the changes to CONFIG.SYS can take effect. 4. Re-start the installation utility. ═══ 25. Emulation Switching ═══ Emulation switching is the ability of the printer to switch between different printer languages by simply reading printer escape sequences. The printer escape sequences needed to switch between printer languages are described in your printer technical reference. ═══ 26. External Printer Network Adapters ═══ External Printer Network Adapters allow your printer to be directly attached to a Local Area Network. Network printer adapters include: o The IBM LAN Connection for Printers and Plotters (also known as the IBM 4033), an external adapter ═══ 27. Printer Toolkit ═══ The Printer Toolkit is a utility that allows you to perform various printer functions (for example, downloading fonts) quickly and easily from your workstation.