Creating And Using A Postscript Header File - NEC 1760 - SilentWriter B/W Laser Printer User Manual

Creating and Using a PostScript Header File

You can create a PostScript Header file and then use it to
send PostScript instructions to the printer each time you
turn the computer on. Or you can include it in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file (if you do this, you must turn on
the printer before you turn on your computer.)
Creating a PostScript Header file
1. Select the appropriate settings in each property
sheet of the PostScript printer driver.
2. In the Output tab, select Send to File and type a file
name and location in the field provided.
3. Press the Send Header Now button.
Sending a PostScript Header File to the Printer
Once you have created a PostScript Header file, you can
send it to the printer once when the printer is turned on,
instead of each time a job is printed. Follow these steps
to send the header to the printer.
1. In the Main program group in Windows, double-
click the MS-DOS icon to launch it.
2. Copy the header file to the port. For example, type
copy c:\windows\psprint.txt lpt1
(where psprint is the name of the header file).
3. When the header is sent, the printer issues a page
with the message, "Windows PostScript Header
Downloaded."
4. On the Output tab of the printer driver, deselect the
Send Header with Each Job button and click Apply
or OK. This saves printing time.
Adding a PostScript Header File to the
AUTOEXEC.BAT File
If your printer is local, you can add an MS-DOS copy
command to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file of your system
that will automatically send the PostScript header when
you start your computer. For example, type
copy \b <filename> lpt:
(where filename is the name of your PostScript
header file).
To work, the printer must be turned on and initialized
before you turn on your computer. Otherwise you must
send a PostScript header using one of the methods
discussed above.
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