Pc: Dos And Setting Up Ports - Tektronix Phaser 340 User Manual

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Getting Set Up
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Phaser 340 Color Printer

PC: DOS and setting up ports

Check the list of supported printers in your DOS application for support of
your Phaser 340 printer. If the list does not include this printer, check to see
if other Tektronix Phaser series printers are listed and choose one of those.
Otherwise, use a generic color PostScript driver. Refer to the Phaser 340
Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for more information.
Note Generic PostScript printer drivers do not have information about
this particular printer, for example, its page sizes or its image area
size. Using a standard Letter- or A4-size media selection should
produce acceptable results.
Setting up the parallel port
If you are using the printer's parallel port, disable timeouts on your
computer's parallel port to make sure that large files will print, even if data
transmission is slow.
Use the DOS command to disable timeouts on your computer's
MODE
parallel port.
1. Type the following command at the DOS prompt (if LPT1 is not
available, use LPT2):
MODE LPT1:,,P
See your DOS documentation for details on the
2. You can add the
MODE
that it takes effect every time you turn on your computer. (Refer to
your PC user documentation.)
Setting up optional interface ports
For instructions on setting up any of the optional PhaserShare interface
ports, refer to the PhaserShare Network Cards and Software System
Administrator Manual.
When you are done setting up the interface port, refer to "Installing optional
fonts" on page 2-52.
command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, so
command.
MODE