Welcome to OS/2 Printing! This file describes how to install your OS/2 printer device driver. After installing a printer in OS/2, a printer object (printer icon) is created on your desktop. The printer object represents an arrangement of hardware configurations and software configurations which are used when sending print "jobs" to your printer. For more information about printers and printing, see the Using OS/2 Tutorial and the online "Printing in OS/2" book located in the Information folder. Contents -------- 1. Installing a printer in OS/2 2. Changing a printer driver in printer object 3. Changing the Printer Properties in a printer object 4. Changing the Job Properties in a printer object Installing a printer in OS/2 ---------------------------- The procedures for installing a printer are different depending on whether or not you selected a printer during OS/2 installation. Either a printer object does not exist on your desktop or a printer object does exist on your desktop. Choose from the following two procedures below that best describes your situation. A printer object does not exist on your desktop ----------------------------------------------- Use these directions if your OS/2 desktop does not have a printer object. Your system can have this configuration if no printer was selected during OS/2 installation or all the print objects have been deleted from the desktop. To create a printer object and install a printer driver follow the steps below: 1. Open the Templates Folder (located in OS/2 system folder after OS/2 installation). 2. Point to the Printer template. 3. Press and hold mouse button 2. 4. Drag the template to the desktop. 5. Release mouse button 2. 6. Type a name for a printer in the "Name" field. 7. Select a port to which the printer is connected. 8. Select "Install new printer driver." A window appears with a list of the printer drivers that are shipped with OS/2. 9. Select "Other printer driver." 10. Insert the diskette containing the printer drivers into drive A. 11. Select "Refresh." Wait until the window fills with printer drivers. 12. Select one or more drivers by clicking on the left mouse button over the desired driver. 13. Select "Install." A new printer object is now on your OS/2 Desktop. If you want to customize the settings for this new printer object, see the "Changing a printer driver in printer object," "Changing the Printer Properties," or "Changing the Job Properties in a printer object" sections in this readme file. A printer object does exist on your desktop ------------------------------------------- Use these directions if a printer object does exist on your OS/2 desktop, but you do not have the correct printer driver on your system. This could happen if you add a different printer to you system. To install a new printer driver and use an existing printer object follow the steps below: 1. Point to the printer object. 2. Click mouse button 2. 3. Select "Settings." 4. Select the "Printer driver" tab. 5. Point to one of the printer driver objects. 6. Click mouse button 2. 7. Select "Install." 8. Select "Other OS/2 printer driver." 9. Insert the diskette containing the printer drivers into drive A. 10. Select "Refresh." Wait until the window fills with printer drivers. 11. Select one or more drivers by clicking on the left mouse button over the desired driver. 12. Select "Install." A new printer driver is now installed in this printer object. If you want to customize the settings for this new printer object, see the "Changing a printer driver in printer object," "Changing the Printer Properties," or "Changing the Job Properties in a printer object" sections in this readme file. Note: If you have the old 16 bit LaserJet driver installed in your system, delete it before you install this driver. Changing a printer driver in printer object ------------------------------------------- Once both the printer object and the printer driver has been installed, the correct printer driver should be selected in the print object. This might also be necessary if you use different printer drivers with a single print object. To change to a different printer driver: 1. Point to the printer object. 2. Click on mouse button 2. 3. Select settings. 4. Select the "Printer driver" tab. 5. Select the printer driver. 6. Point to the title-bar icon. 7. Double-click. The printer object is now set up to use a different printer driver. See If you want to customize the settings for this new printer driver, see the "Changing the Printer Properties," or "Changing the Job Properties in a printer object" sections in this readme file. Changing the Printer Properties in a printer object --------------------------------------------------- A printer driver has settings called "Printer Properties." Printer properties describe how your printer is physically set up. Example of printer properties are the amount of memory in your printer, forms defined for your printer, forms associated with your printer paper trays, fonts cartridges loaded on your printer, installed printer patterns, etc. To set the printer properties: 1. Point to the printer object. 2. Click the mouse button 2. 3. Select "Settings." 4. Select the "Printer driver" tab. 5. Point to the printer driver. 6. Click the mouse button 2. 7. Select "Settings." 8. Change the properties to match your printer setup. 9. Point to the title-bar icon. 10. Double-click. Your printer object is now set up to print a job. For information about how to print a job, see the online "Printing in OS/2" book located in the Information folder. Changing the Job Properties in a printer object ----------------------------------------------- A printer driver has settings called "Job Properties." Job properties describe how a particular print job will be printed. Applications will generally allow you to select a printer object (sometimes referred to a printer queue) and change the "Job Properties" associated with a particular job by clicking on setup or options buttons. However, there are times you might want to change Job Properties outside of an application such as drag-n-drop printing. Examples of job properties are number of copies, print resolution, print quality, color effects, orientation (portrait or landscape), etc. The default Job Properties associated with a printer object can be changed outside applications by: 1. Point to the printer object. 2. Click the mouse button 2. 3. Select "Settings." 4. Double-click on the "Job Properties" button. The default job properties associated with a printer object are now set up. For more information about how to print a job, see the online "Printing in OS/2" book located in the Information folder.