Installing The Printer Driver For Os/2 Version 2 - Tektronix Phaser 300i Service Manual

Installing the printer driver for OS/2 Version 2

Under OS/2 Version 2.0 printing is managed through printer object icons.
Object icons represent a printer set up, and are associated with a port, a driver,
and a queue, if appropriate. These object icons replace the earlier Print Manager
functions. Normally, a printer object icon is installed during the initial OS/2 2.0
installation. A single printer object on the desktop may represent more than one
printer. A printer object on the desktop is a "generic" object that can be
configured to point to any printer by changing settings in the settings notebook
for this object. You may NOT have more than one printer object pointing to the
same I/O Port. Port designations for each printer object must be unique. Before
new printers are installed, existing printer object assignments must be changed.
Note IBM suggests that printer objects be named to represent available
printer ports rather than printer names or printer drivers. This
avoids the confusion of a specific printer name being associated with
an object that is using a driver for a different printer.
Check existing printer object port assignments before installing a new printer to
be sure there is no conflict. Once you are familiar with existing printer objects
(drivers and ports associated with these objects) you can install a new printer.
In the procedure below, the printer remains associated with LPT1, and you will
set up a new printer object for LPT2. Following are the steps to create the LPT2
PRINTER object:
1.
Check all existing printer objects to be sure that they do not point to
LPT2. Make any necessary changes to the settings for these printer
objects.
2. Locate the original OS/2 Print Driver Diskettes (1-5).
3. Find and open the TEMPLATES folder and locate the Printer
Template.
4. Using the mouse, point to the Printer Template, hold down the right
mouse button, and drag the object onto the desktop and release the
mouse button.
5. The Create a Printer dialogue box will be displayed. In the name field
type: LPT2 PRINTER. This is the only opportunity to assign this name
and it cannot be changed. The first 8 characters (except spaces) will
display in all printer selection menus, so the printer will be listed as
LPT2PRIN.
6. Scroll through the printer drivers listed to locate the proper Tektronix
printer driver name. If it is listed, select it, otherwise, point the cursor
to any other driver listed and click the right mouse button. Click
Install from the menu options.
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