═══ 1. Main window ═══ The main window allows you to make the most important settings directly by using the respective functions. For a more detailed printer setup use the dialog boxes. When you click on the OK button you will exit the driver; the most important settings will be saved. When you click on the Cancel button you will exit the driver; any changes, however, will not be saved. When you click on the Help button a help text for this window will be displayed. When you press the F1 key a help text for the active element will be displayed. --> Paper source, Paper format, Print image, Portrait/Landscape, Copies, Options, Warp 4, True Color, Settings, Info ═══ 2. Main window: Paper formats ═══ Line wraps will be correct only if the format settings in the driver match those of the printer. Therefore, you have to specify here the paper format loaded into the printer. Use the selection field "Paper format" to load a predefined paper format. Use the associated button "п" to open the dialog box Paper formats, where you can define new paper formats. --> Main window ═══ 3. Main window: Portrait/Landscape ═══ Use these buttons to specify the orientation of your printout: Portrait: The document is printed in portrait orientation. Landscape: The printout will be rotated by 90°. This function is particularly important when using printers which are not able to load paper with the wide side first. If you select the format A4 Landscape in your application program and A4 in the driver, you can print documents in Landscape orientation. --> Main window ═══ 4. Main window: Copies ═══ In this field you can enter the number of copies you want to print. The printer driver will create the copies, so that the application program does not have to send the print data multiple times for each copy. --> Main window ═══ 5. Main window: Options ═══ You open the dialog box Printer options. --> Main window ═══ 6. Main window: Setting ═══ When you click on the button "Settings" you open the dialog box Settings. In this dialog box you can load and save the current settings. --> Main window ═══ 7. Main window: Info ═══ This dialog box displays information about the version number and the date of the driver. The dialog box also contains the copyright note. --> Main window ═══ 8. Main window: Warp 4 ═══ Under Warp Version 4.0, some applications mix up blue and green. This error may occur if your application uses palette colors and the driver is in true color mode. The error may be already fixed in your version. On: Suppress error. Off: Don't suppress error. --> Main window ═══ 9. Main window: True Color ═══ Here you specify which color rendition the driver offers the system and your applications. On: True Color mode with 24 bit per pixel. This mode with 16,777,216 colors enables the best possible presentation of colors or gray scales. Off: Palette mode with mit 8 bit per pixel. This mode with 256 colors saves memory and computing time. --> Main window ═══ 10. Main window: Paper source ═══ Select the paper source you want to use. Depending on the printer model and the Options you can select one of the various paper sources.: Manual feed: Load each sheet of paper separately into the printer. Before printing a new page the Print Manager prompts you to load a new sheet of paper. Bin 1: The printer loads the paper from bin 1 of the cut sheet feeder. Bin 2: The printer loads the paper from bin 2 of the cut sheet feeder. Bin 1/2: The printer loads the first sheet from bin 1, all other sheets will be loaded from bin 2. Tractor: The printer loads continuous paper from the tractor unit . --> Relation of Options, Main window ═══ 11. Main window: Print image ═══ This option lets you adapt the print image to your requirements on print quality or print speed. Use the selection field "Print image" to load one of the predefined print image settings. When you click on the associated button "п" the dialog box Print image, opens, where you can define new print image settings. --> Main window ═══ 12. Print image ═══ This option lets you define the parameters for controlling the print image. Selection: Assign a name to the specified print image or select one of the predefined print images. Resolution: Use this option to specify the resolution for graphics printing. Print quality: Select the print quality of the printer's built-in fonts. Ribbon cartridge: Specify here, whether the printer shall support color printing. This is not possible if the list box only offers the setting Monochrome. OK: When you select the OK button you exit the dialog box. All settings will be saved. Cancel: When you select the Cancel button you exit the dialog box. However, any changes will not be saved. Delete: When you select the Delete button the setting displayed in the field "Selection" will be deleted. --> Raster graphics ═══ 13. Print image: Raster graphics ═══ ESC/P2 printers are equipped with a special raster graphics mode. This mode reduces the amount of data to be transferred and increases the print speed. When printing in raster graphics mode the printer acts like a pure graphics printer; in this mode the printer's built-in fonts are not available. If you want to use the printer's built-in fonts select one of the resolution settings without (raster). ═══ 14. Settings ═══ The dialog box Settings allows you to load and save all printer driver settings. Enter a name and click on the Load or Save button. Name: Enter a name for the printer driver configuration. Delete: When you click on this button the selected driver settings will be deleted. These settings can no longer be activated. Load: After you have selected the name, click on this button to load the settings and exit the dialog box. Save: After you have entered the desired name, click on this button to save the settings and exit the dialog box. Cancel: When you select the Cancel button you will exit the dialog box. ═══ 15. Paper formats ═══ This dialog box offers additional possibilities for specifying the paper format. Format: Use this function to select one of the predefined formats or choose the last entry User-defined to define your own format. Measuring unit: Use this function to set the measuring unit valid for entries and output. Size: This field displays the exact size. Margins: This field shows the margins set by the printer. The printable area is the result of subtracting the margins from the size. OK: When you click on the OK button you will exit the dialog box. All settings will be saved. Cancel: When you click on the Cancel button you will exit the dialog box; any changes, however will not be saved. ═══ 16. Define a format ═══ Use this dialog box to define and customize your own paper formats. Paper format: Select one of the existing names or enter a new name. Delete: When you click on this button you will delete the selected paper format. Size: Enter the size of your format. Measuring unit: Use this function to set the measuring unit valid for entries and output. OK: When you click on the OK button you will exit the dialog box. All settings will be saved. Cancel: When you click on the Cancel button you will exit the dialog box; any changes, however, will not be saved. --> Continuous paper ═══ 17. Define a format: Continuous paper ═══ Enter the paper width which can be used for printing (the area between the perforation), not the total width. A wrong page length will multiply with each page. For example, if the page length differs only by 0.1 mm, the top of form offset after printing 100 pages will be 10 mm. The distance between 2 holes of the perforation is 1/2 inch. Usually the page length of continuous paper is a multiple of 1/2 inch or 1/6 inch. In most cases, the measuring units Inch or 1/72 inch are suited best. ═══ 18. Printer options ═══ Use this dialog box to adapt the driver settings to the printer's options. Printer model: The name of your printer model is displayed. Paper feeder: This selection field offers settings for single sheet printing. When printing on continuous paper (tractor unit) it is not necessary to make any settings. This setting influences the selection field Paper source in the main window. --> Relation of Options OK: When clicking on the OK button you will exit the dialog box. All settings will be saved. Cancel: When clicking on the Cancel button you will exit the dialog box; any changes, however, will not be saved. ═══ 19. Relation of Options ═══ This table shows the relation of the paper source and the installed printer options. S=Standard 1=Single-bin cut sheet feeder 2=Double-bin cut sheet feeder ┌─────────────────┬──┬──┬──┐ │ │S │1 │2 │ ├─────────────────┼──┼──┼──┤ │Manual feed │█ │█ │█ │ ├─────────────────┼──┼──┼──┤ │Bin 1 │ │█ │█ │ ├─────────────────┼──┼──┼──┤ │Bin 2 │ │ │█ │ ├─────────────────┼──┼──┼──┤ │Bin 1/2 │ │ │█ │ ├─────────────────┼──┼──┼──┤ │Tractor │█ │█ │█ │ └─────────────────┴──┴──┴──┘ Note: If the following situations occur, the printer tries to load paper from bin 2 even if bin 2 is not installed:  you use a single-bin cut sheet feeder,  selected the double-bin cut sheet feeder in the dialog box Printer options  and selected "Bin 2" or "Bin 1/2" in the selection field Paper source of the main window.