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- OSPRWARP - OS/2 WARP PRINT INFORMATION
- 11/21/94
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- OS/2 WARP PRINT INFORMATION
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-
- This document contains frequently asked questions about printing
- from OS/2 Warp.
-
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- 1. I installed OS/2 Warp and now I can't print. I could print
- under OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.11. What do you recommend?
-
- Try editing the CONFIG.SYS statement BASEDEV=PRINT0x.SYS
- and add /IRQ.
-
- For the correct syntax, refer to the OS/2 COMMAND REFERENCE under
- PRINT01 or PRINT02. Using /IRQ directs the parallel port device
- driver to use the interrupt method to print, instead of polling
- which is the default in Warp. After adding this change to the
- CONFIG.SYS, you must restart the system because the CONFIG.SYS is
- read only during system startup.
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- 2. I installed OS/2 Warp and now I need to install a windows
- printer driver. How do I do this?
-
- If you need to add a Windows printer driver after installing this
- version of OS/2, you must install the printer driver from the
- Windows Control Panel.
-
- To install the Windows driver when creating a printer
- object from the OS/2 side:
-
- 1. Create a new printer by dragging a printer template
- from the Templates folder.
- 2. Install the OS/2 driver, if not already installed.
- 3. Press the Create push button.
- 4. You are be asked if you wish to install an equivalent
- WINOS2 printer configuration. Select YES and you are
- prompted to insert the proper diskette.
-
- Note: that if there is NOT an equivalent Windows driver, you
- are not prompted to install an equivalent driver. Only the
- printer drivers that shipped with Windows 3.1 are included in
- OS/2 Warp. The drivers are not updated and new printer models
- are not included. New Windows printer drivers must be obtained
- from either Microsoft or the printer manufacturer.
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- 3. Does Warp support automatic parallel port printer sharing
- boxes?
-
- Contact your hardware vendor to see if the box has been tested
- with OS/2 Warp.
-
- You may be able to use this device with OS/2 Warp if you are
- using the polling method of printing. DOS uses the polling
- method of printing and supports the automatic sharing boxes.
- The OS/2 parallel port device driver does not support these
- devices in OS/2 2.x releases. You can, however, test the box
- with polling on Warp. To make sure polling is being used,
- type RMVIEW /IRQ at a command prompt. IRQ7 should NOT be
- associated with the parallel port.
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- 4. What is RMVIEW in OS/2 Warp?
-
- RMVIEW is a utility included in Warp to help resolve IRQ
- conflicts. To use RMVIEW:
-
- 1. Open an OS/2 Window or Full Screen session.
- 2. Type RMVIEW and press Enter.
-
- RMVIEW HELP provides the switches available, for example:
- - RMVIEW /IO
- - RMVIEW /IRQ
-
- If you have /IRQ in the CONFIG.SYS (using the interrupt driven
- methodology), RMVIEW /IRQ displays IRQ Level = 7.
-
- If you do not have /IRQ and are using the default (or polling),
- there is no reference to IRQ7.
-
- If you have a DMA enabled system and install Warp, the default
- is the interrupt driven printing protocol and /IRQ is not in the
- CONFIG.SYS.
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- 5. When do you use the Warp Omni driver?
-
- Support for the Deskjet, Epson and Paintjet drivers has been
- merged into one driver called the Omni driver. The Deskjet,
- Paintjet and Epson drivers are also provided on the printer
- diskettes.
-
- It is preferred that the Omni driver be used when printing to the
- Deskjet, Paintjet or Epson printers. The only time the other
- drivers should be used is when the system is network attached
- and printing to a 2.1 server that is currently using the 2.1
- drivers. In this case the Epson, Paintjet and Deskjet drivers
- should be installed on the workstation.
-
- If the Deskjet, Paintjet or Epson driver is desired, it can be
- installed by selecting "Other OS/2 printer driver" and typing in
- the path where the driver is located in the printer INSTALL
- dialog box.
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- 6. Why does the Pulse mini-app indicate my system is being
- fully utilized by printing in Warp?
-
- When running the Pulse mini-app in OS/2 Warp and printing at the
- same time, Pulse could show the system is nearly 100% utilized.
- This is due to polling, the default configuration for the
- parallel port when no /IRQ switch is added to the
- BASEDEV=PRINT0x.SYS statement in the CONFIG.SYS.
-
- When not many applications are running on the system, polling
- occurs continuously during printing. This causes Pulse to
- realize the system is being fully utilized by print; however, the
- system is functioning normally. As other programs are started,
- they start to get time slices on the system. They run normally
- due to the system's pre-emptive multitasking ability with task
- scheduling. Therefore, multiple applications can function
- properly while printing, even though Pulse indicates 100%
- utilization.
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- 7. I am printing to a Lexmark 4029 printer under Warp with the
- IBMPCL5 driver. Printing from the command line works, but PM
- printing appears corrupt. I did not have a problem under
- OS/2 2.1.
-
- The 4029 printer comes with PCL3 support. The IBMPCL5 driver
- sends PCL5 data and can only be used with a IBM4029 that has the
- additional hardware to upgrade to PCL5 emulation. This hardware
- consists of a "daughter card" that plugs into the main circuit
- board to give PCL5, like the Postscript option. If you are not
- using an application that requires PCL5, try using another
- driver.
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- 8. Can I install a Warp driver on an OS/2 2.11 system?
-
- Due to changes to the printer device drivers and diskette formats
- in OS/2 Warp, problems could occur if these drivers are not
- correctly installed on any OS/2 2.11 system. Several of the
- printer drivers have been upgraded to 32bit and before installing
- them, their 16bit counterpart should be deleted.
-
- The diskette format for the drivers on OS/2 Warp has been changed
- to 1.88 MB. Before installing these 32-bit drivers on an OS/2
- v2.11 system, the drivers have to be copied to a 1.44 MB
- diskette and their 16-bit counterparts deleted.
-
- - IBMNULL driver (IBMNULL.DR_)
- - LASERJET driver (LASERJET.DR_)
- - OMNI driver (OMNI.DR_)
- - PLOTTER driver (PLOTTERS.DR_)
- - IBMPCL3 driver (IBMPCL3.DR_)
- - IBMPCL5 driver (IBMPCL5.DR_)
- - IBM42XX driver (IBM42XX.DR_)
- - IBM4019 driver (IBM4019.DR_)
-
- On the OS/2 Warp system:
-
- Copy the (driver).DR_ and (driver).EA_ from the Warp diskettes
- to a formatted 1.44 MB diskette.
-
- On the target OS/2 2.11 system:
-
- 1. Delete any jobs in the queue associated with the Laserjet driver.
-
- 2. Open the printer object settings and select the IBMNULL printer
- driver as the default (or any other driver that is not in the
- family of the driver you want to install, ie..LASERJET) and
- close the SETTINGS notebook. Do this for all printer objects
- that selected this family printer driver as its default.
-
- 3. Perform shutdown and restart the system. Shutdown must be
- done to ensure the appropriate driver changes are saved.
-
- 4. When the system restarts, open printer object Settings and go
- to Printer Driver page and delete all drivers of that family
- type.
-
- 5. Select Yes when you are prompted: "Do you want to
- delete the files associated with this printer driver from
- your fixed disk?"
-
- 6. Click the right mouse button on the default printer driver and
- select Install.
-
- 7. The Install New Printer Driver dialog appears. Select
- Other OS/2 Printer Driver, using A:\ as the default directory.
-
- 8. Insert the 1.44 MB diskette that contains the Warp
- (driver).DR_ and (driver).EA_ files in drive A: and select
- Refresh. Available drivers are displayed.
-
- 9. Select the appropriate printer driver and select the Install
- push button.
-
- 10. Select the driver as default and close printer object settings.
- The object should be available for use.
-
- NOTES:
- If the OMNI driver has been installed on an OS/2 2.11 system and
- high color support is desired, unpack the LASERJET.DR_ file from
- Warp Printer Driver Diskette 1 and copy the PRE32.DLL into the same
- directory as the OMNI driver (see the Warp Command Reference for
- information on UNPACK).
-
- The 16-bit versions of the Paintjet, Deskjet and Epson drivers are
- included on the Warp Printer Driver Diskettes. If these updated
- versions must be used, copy the (driver).DR_ and (driver).EA_ files
- from the Warp 1.88 MB diskette to a 1.44 MB formatted diskette and
- install as normal on the OS/2 2.11 system. When you open the
- Printer
- Install dialog, select Other OS/2 Printer Driver as described in
- question 5.
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- 9. Is there a user option to switch between polling and the
- interrupt driven printing protocol in Warp?
-
- Currently, the polling protocol is the default on all parallel
- ports, except for michrochannel parallel ports that have DMA
- enabled. If you want to go back to the interrupt driven printing
- protocol, you must add /IRQ after the BASEDEV=PRINT0x.sys in the
- CONFIG.SYS.
-
- There are currently no plans to provide a user option via the
- print object or some other methodology (other than on boot) to
- switch between the two printing protocols. There's no API that
- the spooler can use to switch between polling and interrupt
- driven.
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- 10. There's no error reported, but the install process appears to
- hang when I try to install an OS/2 driver from Warp printer
- diskette 3.
-
- There are no OS/2 printer drivers printer driver diskette 3 for
- Warp. All drivers are Windows drivers. Select Cancel, insert
- the diskette containing the OS/2 driver, and retry the operation.
-
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- including without limitation, warranties of fitness and
- merchantability with respect to the information in this document.
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