QMS Printing Notes for MS-DOS Applications: WordPerfect Below are hints for printing from specific applications on both QMS-PS laser printers and QMS ColorScript thermal-transfer printers. Instructions are for both types of printers unless otherwise indicated. The first few sections of these notes cover general information about printing from a PC. The remaining sections address printing from specific applications. Configuring the Printer at the Control Panel Some QMS printers can be configured through their control panels. These printers have LCD message windows that display configuration menu options, and configuration (arrow) keys that allow you to navigate the configuration menu. If your printer can be configured from its control panel, you can access many printer functions, including some PS Executive Series Utilities functions, through it. The PS Executive Series Utilities The PS Executive Series Utilities software included with your printer shipment allows you to access printer features easily from your host computer. Included are utilities for communication setup, printer hard-disk management, font downloading, and other routine functions. If you have not installed this software, we strongly recommend that you do so now (but it is not required for printer use). The utilities documentation explains how to use and install the software. About Printing Modes If your printer supports ESP (Emulation Sensing Processor) technology, and if you are in an environment where different printer languages are used (for example, PostScript and HP PCL), you should make sure the printer is in ESP mode. This allows the printer to select the appropriate printer language (from those installed on the printer) by analyzing file data sent from most popular, commercially available applications. If you are in an environment where only one printer language is being used, you can configure the printer for only that language if you wish (as long as that language is installed in the printer). You can set the printer mode through the printer's control panel (if your printer is configurable from its control panel) or through the PS Executive Series Utilities software, which came with your printer. About HP PCL and HP-GL Emulations Most QMS printers support either HP-GL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) or HP PCL (Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language) or both. Check your printer or emulation documentation to find out exactly which plotters, LaserJet printers, and PCL levels your printer supports, and how to use them. Printer Drivers Having the correct printer driver installed in your application is an important part of achieving trouble-free printing. A printer driver file converts generic printer commands from applications into printer-specific commands. Before the printer can communicate fully with an application, the proper printer driver must be installed in that application. Many applications have drivers built in, making printer selection a simple matter of choosing a driver from a menu. If you already use a PostScript printer, the driver defined for that printer may work with your new QMS printer. If your application does not offer a driver for any QMS printers, you may be able to use a LaserWriter driver (if you are working in PostScript) or a LaserJet driver (if you are working in HPPCL). However, if you have new features such as additional resident fonts, you may want to install a new driver capable of handling these features. If your application does not offer a multiple-tray printer driver, it may not support paper tray selection. Likewise, if the application does not offer a color printer driver, it may not support color printing. Sometimes drivers are available from application manufacturers. Drivers for QMS printers are also available through the QMS bulletin board and through CompuServe; see þQMS Customer Support,þ below, for information. QMS Customer Support You have several sources of help, depending on the type of help you need: 1.Call your QMS printer vendor. Your local vendor (the one from whom you bought the printer) is best equipped to help you. The vendor has specially trained service technicians available to answer questions, and the equipment to analyze your problems. 2.Call your application vendor. Often, þprintingþ problems have more to do with the application than with the printer. 3.Use the QMS bulletin board [(205) 633-3632] or CompuServe, if you have access to a modem. The bulletin board operates at 1200/2400 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. For general questions that do not require an immediate response, simply leave your questions on e-mail addressed to the Sysop. (Turn-around time for answers on the board is typically one business day). The bulletin board is not designed to replace the Customer Technical Support offered by QMS. If you use CompuServe, type GO DTPVEN to enter the DTP forum. QMS is section 3 of that forum. CompuServe is not staffetechnical support people, but the QMS library section contains printer drivers, utilities, and announcement files. 4.Call QMS Customer Technical Support We are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central Standard Time, at (205) 633-4500. You can also fax questions to us at (205) 633-3716. Please indicate whether you would like a faxed or a phoned reply. For support outside the US, contact your nearest vendor or QMS branch listed in your printer documentation. WordPerfect 5.1 Printing Notes Before you begin, make sure that the printer is either in PostScript or ESP mode. WordPerfect 5.1 PostScript Setup To set up WordPerfect 5.1 for PostScript printing use the following procedure: 1.Press Shift-F7 for the Print menu. 2.Press S for Select Printer. 3.Find the appropriate printer driver, highlight it, and press S for Select. (You may have to press A for Additional Printers to find the appropriate printer driver. If your printer is not in the Additional Printers list, choose O for Other Disk to specify a directory or drive where .ALL filesþfiles containing information about additional printersþare located.) 4.The selected printer filename appears. Press enter to confirm your choice. 5.A Printer Helps and Hints screen appears. Press Shift-F3 to see a Sheet Feeder Helps and Hints Screen, and then press Shift-F7 to exit. 6.A Select Printer: Edit screen appears. Here you can designate which port you are printing to, select a sheet feeder (if your printer has more than one paper tray), select the cartridges or fonts you plan to use, choose an initial base font, tell WordPerfect where to look for downloadable font files, and tell WordPerfect whether to print to a hardware port (we recommend you leave this option set to No). Multiple-Tray Printers If your printer has more than one tray, select a sheet feeder when you install WordPerfect so you can access all trays: 1.Press Shift-F7 to get to the printer menu, and then S to select a printer. 2.Highlight the appropriate printer and press E to edit. 3.Press S to select a sheet feeder. 4.Highlight the appropriate QMS printer as your sheet feeder and press S to select it. A Sheet Feeder Helps and Hints screen appears. Note the bin numbers of the printer trays, then press F7 four times to return to the document screen. Then, to select trays within a particular document, 1.Press Shift-F8 to select format. 2.Press P to go to the format page menu. 3.Press S to format paper size and type. Here you may select the location of your forms. 4.Highlight the appropriate paper type and orientation. 5.Press E for edit. 6.Press L for location. 7.Press B for bin number. 8.Type the bin number and press Enter. 9.Press F7 three times to return to the document screen. Using Extended Characters in 5.1 In addition to the characters on your keyboard, you can print many other (extended) characters with WordPerfect. See þWordPerfect Charactersþ in your WordPerfect manual to see what characters are available and what their grid numbers are. See þPrinting a Hard Copy of the Extended Characters,þ below, to produce a hard copy of character set 12, Zapf Dingbats. Use the Compose (Ctrl-V) feature to insert extended characters in your document: 1.In your document, place the cursor where you want the extended character to appear. Then press the Ctrl key and hold it down while you press the V key. 2.At the Key = prompt, enter the character grid number. The grid number is the map number (1 through 12) followed by a comma, followed by the number of the character. (To get the character number, add the character's row number to the character's column number.) For example, to access the extended character ‚, type the grid number 1,41 (character map 1, character number 41) at the Key = prompt. (Depending on your monitor, an extended character may be displayed on your screen as a box, but it will print correctly.) Some commonly used extended characters may be produced without typing the character and map numbers. For instance, another way to produce ‚ is to type 'e after pressing Compose (Ctrl-V). See þComposeþ in your WordPerfect documentation for a list of these characters and for more information. Printing a Hard Copy of the Extended Characters in 5.1 It may be useful print out your own copy of the extended character sets to see the Zapf Dingbats (character set 12) and their grid numbers. In WordPerfect, before you begin, press Shift F7 and set Graphics Quality to Do Not Print. This allows the printer to skip any characters it must create as graphics and print only characters in resident fonts, which speeds up print time. Otherwise, this print job could take from 5 to 15 minutes. Use the following procedure to print your own hard copy of the extended character sets: 1.Retrieve the CHARMAP.TST file from your WordPerfect directory. 2.Press Shift-F8 for the Format menu. 3.Press D for Document. 4.Press F for Initial Base Font. 5.Highlight the desired font. Press S for Select. 6.Type in the point size (12 is the default) and press Enter. 7.Press F7 to return to the document. 8.Press Shift-F7 for the Print menu. 9.Press F for Full Document. (If you only are interested in seeing the Zapf Dingbats, return to the document, scroll to the end of the document, Press Shift-F7, and press P for page.) WordPerfect 5.0 WordPerfect 5.0 does not support all features of printers with ESP technology (features such as additional fonts and paper tray selection). If you are working in WordPerfect 5.0 and have trouble using these features on your ESP printer, make sure the printer is in the emulation mode you are using (for example, PostScript), instead of in ESP mode. WordPerfect 5.0 PostScript Setup QMS ColorScript users should note that WordPerfect 5.0 does not support color PostScript. 1.In WordPerfect, press Shift-F7 for the Print menu. 2.Press S to Select Printer. 3.Move the cursor to the appropriate printer name. 4.Press E for Edit. 5.Press P for Port. Select the appropriate printer port. 6.If communicating serially, enter 9600 for baud, None for Parity, 1 for Stop bits, 8 for Character Length, No for XON/XOFF. (Enter Yes if using XON/XOFF protocol. ) 7.Follow the instructions given above (þMultiple-tray Printersþ) for selecting a sheet feeder in WordPerfect 5.1. 8.Press F7 enough times to return to the document screen. Printing Extended Characters in 5.0 To make extended characters available, WordPerfect supplies 12 character maps. Each of these contains certain characters for each font. These tables work in conjunction with the Compose feature to access extended characters. To print extended characters in 5.0, follow the same procedure described above for version 5.1. Paper Handling in 5.0 The default forms available in WordPerfect 5.0 are landscape and portrait letter (A4) size. To use other paper sizes, you must first create forms for those sizes. Examples below are for envelope and legal paper sizes: Printing Envelopes in 5.0 WordPerfect 5.0 does not have a driver that supports envelope feed for PostScript printers. If envelope is selected, text ends up on the incorrect edge of the printable region. Therefore, you must set up a landscape form with very large margins to accommodate envelope printing. 1.Open a new file. 2.Move the cursor to the very beginning of the file. 3.Press Shift-F8 to select format. 4.Press 2 to select format page. 5.Press 8 to select paper size. 6.Select standard landscape. 7.Adjust margin settings until text is in the correct position on the envelope. Printing Legal Size Documents in 5.0 To print to a legal size document, use the following procedure: 1.Press Shift-F7 to get to the print menu. 2.Press S to select printer. 3.Press E to edit the printer file. 4.Press 4 for forms. 5.Press 1 to add a form. 6.Press 2 for bond paper. 7.Press 1 for form size. 8.Press 3 for legal portrait. 9.Press Enter twice. 10.Press F7 four times to return to document. 11.Press Shift-F8. 12.Press 2 for page setup. 13.Press 8 to select paper size. 14.Select legal. About Line Draw WordPerfect has created a driver called PostScript 2 that provides access to Line Draw. To obtain this driver, contact WordPerfect. Make sure that the font selected is either Courier Line Draw 8, 10, or 12 point. WordPerfect 4.2 WordPerfect 4.2 PostScript Setup To set up WordPerfect version 4.2 for a QMS printer, use the following procedure: 1.In WordPerfect, press Shift-F7 for the Print menu. 2.Press 4 for Printer Control. 3.Press 3 for Select Printers. 4.Enter the number corresponding to the LaserWriter Times Portrait driver. (Other drivers available: LaserWriter Times Landscape, LaserWriter Helv Portrait, LaserWriter Helv Landscape) 5.Enter the appropriate Printer Port. 6.If communicating serially, enter 7 for a baud of 9600, 0 for a parity of none, 1 for stop bits, 8 for character length. 7.Enter Continuous for Type of Forms. 8.Press F7 to exit the printer selection menu. 9.Press F7 to exit the printer menu. Creating a Legal Driver for WordPerfect 4.2 It is necessary to modify the WordPerfect 4.2 PostScript driver in order to print a legal page properly. 1.Run the Printer Program by typing at the DOS prompt: c:\wp\printer 2.Press 3 for Printer Definitions. 3.Press A for Create. 4.Enter the new printer driver name (for example, LaserWriter Times Portrait Legal). 5.Enter the printer to use as a pattern (for example, LaserWriter Times Portrait). 6.Press 1 for Printer initialization. 7.Press 2 to initialize printer before print job. 8.At the end of this line, replace 3300 with 4200. (This changes the page length from 11" (11 x 300) to 14. 5" (14. 5 x 300)). 9.Press Enter to exit to the main menu. 10.Exit the Printer Program. 11.To use this driver, follow steps outlined in the WordPerfect 4.2 PostScript Setup section above, substituting the new driver name entered in step 4. 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