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5.
If, in Device Manager,
your LPT port still registers
as ÒPrinter Port,Ó double-
click on the Printer Port
line, select the Driver tab,
and click on the Change
Driver button. Then, select
the Show all devices option
and choose the ECP Printer
Port option from under
Models as shown here. This
will force Windows 95 to
recognize your parallel port
as ECP.
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locate the parallel port option and change it to ECP.
When changed, save the BIOS settings and reboot
(some computers require you to reboot twice).
Then, as described in steps 1-3, go back to Device
Manager in Windows 95, and verify that the LPT
port registers as ECP and that a DMA channel is
available.
6.
If, in Device Manager, your LPT port registers
as ÒECP Printer PortÓ but an available ÒDirect
Memory AccessÓ channel is still not showing under
the Resources tab, you will not be able to use the
32-Bit Print Spooler. Instead, leave your parallel
port set to ECP, and print with the Write Direct To
Port option selected within the Color Sign PrinterÕs
printer driver (see Part E of this section for more
printer driver information).
Since the process of verifying and/or changing your
computerÕs parallel port to ECP is largely dependent on
your brand of computer, please refer to your appropriate
computer documentation or contact the computer
manufacturer for more information on this process.
7.
Once you are sure that your computerÕs
parallel port mode is set to ECP and that a DMA
channel is available, you are ready to print with the
32-Bit Print Spooler. Before printing, select the Fast
32-Bit Spooler option from within the printer
driver setup window along with all other
appropriate printer driver options (see Part E of
this section for more printer driver information).
8.
If your printer does not seem to print properly
with the 32-Bit Print Spooler even after you have
properly setup your computerÕs parallel port, you
may have an outdated parallel port driver. For this
reason, the latest Microsoft
on your printer driver diskette. To install this new
driver, simply insert the printer driver diskette into
your computerÕs disk drive, open the Windows 95
port driver is included
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