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- From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
- Subject: Re: LaserJet II Driver doesn't work anymore - why?
- Message-ID: <jcmorris.715019659@mwunix>
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- References: <robert.714961361@swanee>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:34:19 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- robert@swanee.ee.uwa.edu.au (Roberto Togneri) writes:
-
- > [Windows 3.1, originally had a LaserJet II printer driver installed
- > (which worked properly); deleted the LaserJet from Windows and later
- > reinstalled it.]
-
- >I then later decided to retry the LaserJet again and used the Add and Install
- >options from the Printer Control Panel but now the LaserJet under WinWord 2.0
- >no longer correctly prints equations (misses out some things) and doesn't
- >print graphs, drawings at all.
-
- Any chance the Windows setup parameters are out of step with the hardware?
- For example, how much memory does the printer have, and does the Windows
- setup dialog for the printer reflect that memory size? (And is it the same
- amount of memory you had when the printer was working?)
-
- Does the printer have font cartridges installed, and are they reflected in
- the dialog? Are soft fonts available *and known to the printer driver*?
-
- (Note that you install PCL soft fonts to a specific printer. Deleting the
- printer from Windows does not erase the font files from your disk, but
- merely reinstalling the printers from the Control Panel -> Printers
- dialog does not re-intstall the fonts to the printer because the list
- of fonts no longer exists. This is exactly the opposite of the way
- TrueType works; its font selection is global across all printers.)
-
- Are you using TrueType or PCL fonts? Remember that if you installed Word
- for Windows V2 *before* you installed Windows 3.1 you've got PCL fonts for
- the equation editor. To get the TrueType fonts for Fences and MT Extra
- you need to re-install the Equation Editor.
-
- (If you do re-install the equation editor, don't for get to fix the problem
- with font nomenclature by using the Control Panel -> FONTS dialog to:
-
- - Delete all FENCES and MT EXTRA font files *without* deleting the
- files from disk, and
- - Add back in FENCES (TrueType) and MT Extra (TrueType) from the
- c:\windows\system directory.)
-
- Joe Morris / MITRE
-