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- <Chapter 12: Installation>
- Before you can run ORCHIS, you need to answer two questions about
- your hardware configuration:
-
- 1. What kind of a printer do you have and
- 2. How does your computer send data to your printer?
-
- To supply this information to ORCHIS, run the installation utility,
- INSTALL.EXE. INSTALL is a simple, menu-driven program, and you should have
- no difficulty in using it.
-
- If you have a hard disk, begin by making a directory for ORCHIS and
- copying the contents of your ORCHIS disk into that directory. Then run
- INSTALL. If you do not have a hard disk, you can run INSTALL on a diskette
- drive. In that case, you should start by making a backup copy of your
- ORCHIS disk.
-
- When you start up INSTALL, you are presented with a short series of
- menus. Each menu item begins with a digit. Type the digit of the item you
- want to select, and the next menu appears. At any point, you can use the
- escape key to cancel the last choice and return to a prior menu. When you
- have finished specifying your hardware configuration, INSTALL displays the
- choices that you have made and gives you the option of installing those
- choices or restarting from the beginning. Later, if you change your
- hardware configuration, you can just run INSTALL again. Then you will be
- able to use ORCHIS with the new configuration.
-
- After installing ORCHIS, you will probably want to add the ORCHIS
- directory to your DOS path. (Running INSTALL does not change your
- CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files). Putting ORCHIS in your DOS path makes
- it more convenient to keep org chart data files in directories other than
- the ORCHIS home directory.
-
- <Section 12.1: What kind of a printer do you have?>
- ORCHIS supports seven kinds of printer: the HP DeskJet, the HP
- LaserJet, the Canon Bubble Jet, the Postscript printers (such as the Apple
- LaserWriter), the Epson printers (FX80 or later), the IBM graphics
- printer, the IBM color printer, and any printer compatible with one of
- these.
-
- <Section 12.1.1: DeskJet>
- If you specify a DeskJet printer, you also need to choose whether to
- produce color or black and white output.
-
- If your printer does not support color output, you must choose the
- second option (black & white only). Attempting to print in color would
- produce unpredictable results. Otherwise, you may choose either option.
- Choose the black & white option to convert all colors to black. Printer
- output is substantially faster in this case, and a darker black is
- produced if your ink cartridge contains a true black ink. If you choose
- the color option, the 16 display colors are mapped into 8 printer colors.
- (Green and lime, for example, will print as the same color.) Black
- elements are printed using a composite of three different inks.
-
- Remember that you can always run INSTALL again to change your
- selections, for example, if you change the type of ink cartridge in your
- printer.
-
- <Section 12.1.2: LaserJet>
- The registered version of ORCHIS offers enhanced printing for the
- LaserJet III and IV. If you specify a LaserJet printer, you will be asked
- whether you have an earlier version (LaserJet I or II), or a more recent
- version (LaserJet III or IV). The latter printers use compression
- techniques that speed the transfer graphic data from the computer. The
- driver for these printers also includes an extra resolution option that
- enables 600 dot per inch output for the LaserJet IV. These LaserJet
- enhancements are available in the registered version only.
-
- <Section 12.1.3: PostScript>
- If you specify a Postscript printer, you also have an additional
- choice. You need to choose whether to produce color output or black and
- white output. Black and white Postscript printers will render colors as
- various shades of gray using halftone screens. This is seldom desirable
- when printing org charts. If you choose the black and white option here,
- the color information is removed before the chart is sent to the printer
- so that the entire chart will be printed in solid black. If you use color
- in your charts for display purposes, but want to print them in black and
- white, you can choose the black and white option here even if you have a
- color printer.
-
- <Section 12.1.4: Epson>
- If you specify an Epson printer, you have an additional choice. There
- are two types of Epson printer: 9 pin and 24 pin. The 24 pin printers
- offer higher resolution and faster printing speed. If you choose the 24
- pin option, ORCHIS will print at 180 dots per inch resolution. If you
- choose the 9 pin option, ORCHIS will print at 144 by 120 dots per inch
- resolution. If you have a 24 pin printer, you should select the 24 pin
- installation option. (However, you may select the 9 pin option if, for
- some reason, you wish to print at the lower resolution.) If you have a 9
- pin printer, you must choose the 9 pin option.
-
- <Section 12.2: How does your computer communicate with your printer?>
- If your printer is connected directly to your computer by either a
- parallel or a serial port, specify which port is used. ORCHIS will send
- printer data directly to that port, bypassing DOS for maximum printer
- speed. Alternatively, you can choose to output via DOS to the printer
- device, PRN. You can also choose to capture printer data to a file. If you
- choose this option, each time you print from ORCHIS, the print data will
- be turned into a file named PRINTER.OUT. You can later copy this file to
- your printer.