Lexmark Laser SuperDriver Help

Help Basics

If you need help connecting your driver to a port, the Windows printer configuration Help Button is located in the Printers dialog.

High-speed Direct LPT

Download Fonts & Rectangles

See also:

Using Download Fonts & Rectangles

Resolution & Orientation

Options commonly shared by all SuperDrivers:

Common options


Download Fonts & Rectangles
Download Fonts & Rectangles: When checked, Download Fonts sends text character bitmaps automatically to the printer as temporary soft fonts. Download Rectangles sends rectangle bitmaps (and ruling lines from some applications) to the printer as downloaded characters.


High-speed direct LPT
High-speed Direct LPT: When turned on, can improve printing speed. Sends data directly to your hardware LPT port, bypassing Windows' BIOS port-handling routines. You must close and restart Windows after first installing SuperPrint for it to take effect. Turn this option off if you are:

•	printing over a network using the standard print server method

•	using Windows' Print Manager

•	experiencing printing problems such as garbled output, a hung printer, or uneven PC performance while printing


Orientation & Resolution

Orientation: Set orientation to correspond with the layout of your document.

Resolution: Most laser printers support multiple resolutions. Choosing a lower resolution will result in faster output at the expense of smooth-looking text and fine halftone screens.


Download Fonts & Rectangles
Using Download Fonts & Rectangles

When Download Fonts is checked, SuperDriver reads the text in your document and determines which characters need to be created. It then builds the character bitmaps and downloads them automatically to the printer as temporary soft fonts. When the print job is finished, the soft fonts downloaded by SuperPrint are automatically erased from the printer's memory.

Any text (including color or white text) printed to a laser printer with Download Fonts on will print as black text. To have color text print in shades of gray, turn Download Fonts off and make sure Show accurate text color is selected (the default in the Tricks dialog)

When Download Rectangles is checked, SuperDriver looks for rectangles (and ruling lines in some applications) and downloads them as well. This can be useful for drawing spreadsheet cells quickly for those applications that send rectangles rather than other graphics primitives.

Under normal circumstances, you should be able to leave both downloading options on. However, if a text object or rectangle is black and downloading is on, it will be downloaded regardless of whether it shares space with a graphic. Downloaded objects always appear on top of graphics, which can lead to unwanted consequences.  If, for example, you download rectangles to an Excel spreadsheet and place an Excel chart on top, the rectangles will show through when it is printed. Turn downloading options off when printing documents of this type.