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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Printer Properties
Printer Properties are used to describe your printer or plotter. The Printer
Properties dialog contains a notebook with pages that describe what paper
trays, paper sizes, media types, fonts and other options are currently
installed in your printer.
The following is a list of the Printer Properties notebook pages.
Double-Click on the name of any notebook page to display more detailed
information about settings available on that page.
Γûá Device Information Page
Γûá Form Connection Page
Γûá Paper Tray Page
Γûá Paper Size Page
Γûá Device Font Page
It is important to keep Printer Property information as accurate as possible
to ensure the printer driver creates the fastest, highest quality printouts.
The Printer Properties dialog has the following buttons:
Save Exits Printer Properties dialog and saves all changes made in all
notebook pages.
Cancel Exits Printer Properties dialog without saving any changes made to any
notebook page.
Default Job Properties Displays the Job Properties dialog and notebook. This
is where you set Default Job Properties to apply to print jobs when none are
supplied by an application.
Help Displays Help panels for the Printer Properties dialog, the Printer
Properties notebook, and all pages inside the notebook.
Printer Properties Notes:
Note: The Paper Tray and Paper Size notebook pages are subpages to the Form
Connection page in the Printer Properties Notebook. Their tabs will appear
when the Form Connection page is selected.
Note: The Omni Printer Driver is a 32-bit IBM OS/2 Printer Driver requiring
OS/2 Version 2.1 or greater to run.
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Job Properties
Job Properties are settings specific to your printer that allow you to change
how your printouts are formatted.
The following is a list of the Job Properties notebook pages.
Double-Click on the name of any notebook page to display more detailed
information about settings available on that page.
Γûá Common Job Options Page
Γûá Monochrome Job Options Page
Γûá Color Job Options
Typical Job Properties are:
Γûá Orientation (e.g. Landscape or Portrait)
Γûá Paper Size (e.g. Letter or Envelope)
Γûá Print Quality (e.g. 300 dpi or Draft Quality)
Γûá etc.
Note: Job Properties can be changed to change the format for each printout
if desired. (i.e. One printout can have Job Properties set to format for
Landscape Orientation and the next for Portrait).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. IBM Trademarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following are trademarks of the IBM Corporation:
IBM
PS/2
OS/2
IBM OS/2 Omni Printer Driver
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Non-IBM Trademarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk (**) in this information, are
trademarks of other companies as follows:
AST is a trademark of AST Research, Incorporated.
Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Adobe Type Manager is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Digital Research is a trademark of Digital Research, Inc.
Epson is a trademark of Seiko Epson Kabushiki Kaisha.
Excel is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Helvetica is a trademark of the Linotype Company.
HP and Hewlett-Packard are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
LaserJet is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
Lotus is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation.
Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Times New Roman is a trademark of the Monotype Corporation, Ltd.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Device Information Page
This page contains basic information about the printer or plotter device and
the driver you have installed.
This page contains the following fields:
Device Name shows a descriptive printer model name.
Device Class describes the technology of the device.
Available technologies are:
Γûá Vector Plotter
Γûá Raster Camera
Γûá Raster Printer
Γûá PostScript
Driver Vendor shows supplier of device driver support.
Driver Version shows the level of device driver support. This is useful for
determining if you have the most recent copy of the driver.
About This Device... displays a dialog that provides unique information about
your printer model and driver when the information is provided by the Device
Vendor.
Installed Memory This field is available on printers that allow additional
memory to be installed in them. Initially, the base memory size shipped in
the printer is shown. This value may be adjusted upwards to reflect any
additional memory installed. This value can help the driver decide how much
data can be sent to the printer.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Form Connection Page
This page is used to view Form Connections for your printer. A Form Connection
is a combination of a Tray, a Paper Size, and a Media Type.
Some devices allow you to create new Form Connections. When this feature is
available the "Add Form Connection" and "Remove Form Connection" buttons will
be enabled.
To create a new Form Connection select a Tray, Paper Size, and Media Type from
the lists on this page and hit the "Add Form Connection" button.
To remove a Form Connection you have created, select it from the Form
Connections list and hit the "Remove Form Connection" button.
This page contains the following fields:
Trays: lists all paper trays defined for this printer
Paper Sizes lists all paper sizes (forms) defined for this printer
Media Types lists all medias types available for this printer
Form Connections lists all defined combinations of Tray, Paper Size, and Media
Type for this printer
Add Form Connection Creates a new form connection using the currently selected
Tray, Paper Size, and Media Type
Remove Form Connection Removes the currently selected Form Connection
Form Connection Usages:
The printer driver also uses Form Connection information to determine whether
or not to allow a print job to be printed.
Example:
Let's say your printer has 2 Form Connections:
Upper Tray : Letter : Plain Paper
Lower Tray : Letter : Transparency
But you send a printout from an application formatted for a Paper Size of
"Monarch Envelope".
Your print job will be held in the queue and you will be informed of a
"Forms Mismatch" since no tray indicates you have "Monarch Envelope" sized
paper installed in any tray.
To resolve the "Forms Mismatch" you simply create another Form Connection
that looks like:
Upper Tray : Monarch Envelope : Plain Paper
This confirms that you really did install Monarch Envelopes in the Upper
Tray and the print job will be sent to the printer.
This is valuable since if you forgot to change the Letter paper to Monarch
Envelopes in the Upper Tray paper could have been wasted.
Likewise, mismatches occur if the Media Type selected by an application
does not match one of the installed Media Types. These mismatches can be
resolved in the same manner as for Paper Size mismatches.
Note: When the Form Connection Page is selected the following two tabs
appear:
Trays Used to turn to the Paper Tray subpage
Paper Used to turn to the Paper Size subpage
Note: Some devices allow you to define new paper trays and/or paper sizes.
If so, this may be done in the Paper Size and Paper Tray subpages in this
notebook.
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Paper Tray Page
This subpage is used to view information on all supported Paper Trays for the
current printer or plotter.
This page contains the following fields:
Defined Trays: lists all paper trays defined for this printer.
Tray Name lists name of Tray currently selected in the "Defined Tray" list.
Command Shows ASCII representation of command that will be sent to the printer
to select the Tray highlited in the "Defined Tray" list.
Tray Type
Γûá Automatic: Is checked when forms fed from the currently selected tray
need no manual intervention.
Γûá Manual: Is checked when forms fed from the currently selected tray
require manual intervention. The user will be prompted with a dialog
before each print job to insert a piece of paper.
Γûá Built-in Is displayed when the tray selected is one that is
permanently defined for this printer.
Γûá User-defined Is displayed when the tray selected is one that has been
defined by you or another user.
The Trays dialog has the following buttons:
Add Used to create user-defined Trays from information currently
displayed in the this page.
Modify Used to modify the currently selected user-defined tray from
information currently displayed in this page.
Delete Used to delete the currently selected user-defined tray.
Paper Tray Page Notes:
Note: The Paper Tray Page will not appear if no trays are defined.
Note: The Add, Delete, and Modify buttons will appear only if the printer
supports user-defined trays.
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Paper Size Page
This subpage is used to view information on all defined Paper Sizes for your
printer or plotter.
This page contains the following fields:
Defined Paper Sizes: lists all paper sizes defined for this printer.
Form Name lists name of paper size currently selected in the "Defined Tray"
list.
Command Shows ASCII representation of command that will be sent to the printer
to select the paper size highlited in the "Defined Tray" list.
Form Width width of currently selected paper size
Form Height height of currently selected paper size
Form Left Clip left clip margin of currently selected paper size
Form Right Clip right clip margin of currently selected paper size
Form Top Clip top clip margin of currently selected paper size
Form Bottom Clip bottom clip margin of currently selected paper size
Form Type displays one of the following tyeps:
Γûá Sheet Paper
Γûá Continuous Paper
Γûá Envelope
Γûá Postcard
And also one of:
Γûá Built-in Is displayed when the paper size selected is one that is
permanently defined for this printer.
Γûá User-defined Is displayed when the paper size selected is one that has
been defined by you or another user.
Units of measurement changes all measurements to use one of the following
units of measurement:
Γûá Inches English system of measurement
Γûá Centimeters Metric system of measurement
The Trays dialog has the following buttons:
Add Used to create user-defined Paper Sizes from information currently
displayed in the this page.
Modify Used to modify the currently selected user-defined Paper Size from
information currently displayed in this page.
Delete Used to delete the currently selected user-defined Paper Size.
Paper Size Page Notes:
Note: The Paper Size Page will not appear if no paper Sizes are defined.
Note: The Add, Delete, and Modify buttons will appear only if the printer
supports user-defined Paper Sizes.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Media Types Page
This subpage is used to view information on all supported Media Types for the
current printer or plotter.
Examples of some common Media Types are:
Plain Paper
Tranparency
Glossy
Film
Note: The Media Type Page is currently not available.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Printer Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Device Fonts Page
This page is used to view what device Fonts are available or installed in your
printer or plotter.
Examples of some common Device Fonts are:
Courier
Letter Gothic
Times Roman
Note: The Device Fonts Page is currently not available.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Job Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Common Job Options Page
This page is used to set and view commonly set Job Options to apply to a print
job.
This page contains the following fields:
Print Quality: Selects the quality to apply to printouts.
Examples of some common Print Quality settings:
Draft, Normal, Presentation
300 dpi, 600 dpi
Low, Average, High
Print Mode: Typically sets Color or Monochrome print mode.
Examples of some common Print Modes:
Color, Monochrome
Color Only, Black Only, Color and Black
Default Font: Selects what device font is to be realized as the default font
for text printing (when available).
Default Form Connection: Selects the correct Paper Tray, Paper Size and Media
Type to print to.
Orientation: Selects between Portrait or Landscape orientation.
Form Feed Control: Selects how Form Feed should be handled to non-OS/2 print
jobs.
ΓûáConditional Ensures a Form Feed is present at the end of the job
ΓûáNone Preserves any Form Feed control at the end of the job
ΓûáCompulsory Always adds a Form Feed at the end of the job
Note: When "Conditional" is selected, it is possible that print jobs may have
imbedded Form Feed control characters or commands the driver can not always
detect.
Uncollated Copies: Selects number of copies to print of each print job (when
available).
Note: The higher the quality of the printout, the longer time it takes the
driver to complete the print out.
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Monochrome Job Options Page
This page is used to set and view Job Options to apply to Monochrome print
jobs.
This page contains the following fields:
Monochrome Colors: Allows you to select what colors should be used for
foreground and background if you have a color printer. Currently available only
on Paintjet printers.
Γûá Foreground: Sets foreground color
Γûá Background: Sets background color
Mirror Image: When set the driver will create mirror images of all printouts
(like for iron-on transfers). Currently available in Portrait orientation only
on Paintjet printers.
Monochrome Adjustments:
Γûá Darkness: Controls the degree of Darkness of monochrome printouts. The
control adjusts from a value of 0 (default darkness); where positive values
make printouts increasingly darker and negative increasingly lighter.
Note: If your printer model does not have any Monochrome Job Options this
page will not appear.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Job Properties ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Color Job Options Page
This page is used to set and view Job Options to apply to Color print jobs.
This page contains the following fields:
Color Adjustments:
Γûá Hue: This control adjusts the hue of color printouts. The default value of 0
degrees preserves the meaning of RGB colors for printouts. The hue value can
be increased or decreased from 0 degrees causing a RGB color shift for all
colors in a printout.
Γûá Saturation: Controls the amount of color ink used on color printouts. This
control adjusts from 0% (default saturation) where positive adjustments
increase the amount of color and negative adjustments decrease the amount of
color.
Γûá Darkness: Controls the amount of black ink (or ink mixes that simualate the
color black) used on color printouts. This control adjusts from 0% (default
Darkness) where positive adjustments increase the amount of black and negative
adjustments decrease amount of black.
Color Dithering:
Γûá Algorithms: Sets sithering method to apply to color printouts.
Γûá Level: For dither algorithms that use a numeric level this field will be
active. The range for level is 0-255, representing the decimal range for RGB
color.
Note: Be careful when increasing saturation or decreasing brightness as more
ink will be applied to your paper and may cause paper to become over-saturated.
Note: If your printer model does not have any Color Job Options this page
will not appear.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Vector Plotter
A device technology that draws or prints objects as a series of lines
(polylines, splines, etc.) or graphic primitives (squares, circles, polygons,
etc.).
Vector Plotter technology devices also draw relative to a single "pen"
position on the page. The pen is used to draw all lines and graphics. The
pen's color can be changed at any time.
The concept of a pen is inherited from the original vector plotter devices
that physically used pens to draw on paper.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Raster Camera
A camera device that inputs data in the form of a full page image or bitmap.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Raster Printer
A printer device that inputs data in the form of a full page image or bitmap.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
PostScript
A device that inputs Adobe PostScript language data that is used to describe
text and graphic data.