| Stephen Quinn 2004-06-18, 3:55 am |
| hpy_awad
This posting from my archives may help if your on Win2K/XP
- you can find the full thread on google groups (~Jan2001)
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That's exactly the trick! With what I learned from folks here, and you,
has enabled me to conquer the problem. I had to set up the port as
TCP/IP, then go back and reconfigure it as an LPR report. Win2K
documentation doesn't have this right, so you have to poke at it a bit.
And I discovered the printer queue name is "AUTO", and that has to be
set up in the LPR section ...
(By the way, this is a great printer for color printing, for anyone who
needs one. It's fast and the colors are brilliant. It's a solid ink
printer. If you print 2,000 pages a month or more (it's rated at 65,000
pages a month), Xerox is giving them away free (retail value $5100) to
offices in the US at http://www.freecolorprinters.com ... You need to
know Program ID #239008.)
Now I can print from my Clipper program to this printer, and I can get
rid of my old LaserJet II.
For anyone else who needs to configure this printer for Win2K, I typed
out my whole procedure so I don't have to figure it out again; here it
is:
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Setting Up the Tektronix 850DP Color Printer
Start>Settings>Printers
Add Printer Wizard
Select Local Printer
Leave Automatically Detect clear
Next
(If you have not created a Tek850 LPR Port...)
Click Create a New Port
For "Type" select "Standard TCP/IP"
Click the Next Button
The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard:
IP Address: Enter your printer's IP Address. Mine is: 192.168.1.3
Port Name: What you want to call the port: Tek850
Click the Next Button
Click the Finish Button
Click "Use the following Port"
Select your Tek850 port
Click the Next Button
Select the Printer Driver by Manufacturer and Model
(Tektronix, Phaser 850DP -- or DX or N)
If not listed, load from Tektronix CD in Windows 2000 folder
Click "Keep Existing Driver (Recommended)"
Click the Next Button
Give the Printer a Name (TekColor)
Click Default Printer, Yes or No, as desired.
Click the Next Button
Give it a Share Name: TekColor (Remember This)
Location: Optional; You may leave this blank
Printing a test page is optional. Try it to test your printer.
Click the Finish button
The printer has been set up in Windows, but must now be customized.
Select the New Printer from the list. Right Click, then click
Properties.
Click the Ports Tab (If you created a new port)
Click "Configure the Port"
(The IP Address is already set.)
Click LPR
Add Queue name: Auto
(Auto is the automatic queue for the Tektronix 850)
Click "OK"
Click the Advanced Tab
Click "Printing Defaults"
Set your desired printer defaults.
I generally set: Device settings: Optional Extra Trays: I have One
Lower Tray: Letter
Layout: Print on Both Sides (or not)
Paper Quality: Tray Selection, Paper Source
Tektronix Features: Print Quality
Click "OK"
Click "OK" to save and close Properties
Okay, you're done, click Close
Now, you may want to set up your printer several more times, each with
different Printing Defaults. I think it's easier to select the "Printer"
with the desired defaults tahn to go into printer setup everytime I
print something. I set up five printers. I named each printer as
follows, and made the share name the same as the printer name:
TekColor Standard Printing, 1-Sided
Tek2Sides Standard Printing, 2-Sided
TekColor-Fast Fast Color Printing, 1-Sided
Tek2Sides-Fast Fast Color Printing, 2-Sided
TekColor-Enhanced Enhanced Printing, 1-Sided
To set up "additional" printers with different defaults, repeat the
above procedure. You will not need to create a new port for the
"additional" printers, just select the one you created the first time
(Tek850).
Now, set up the LPT1 redirection. Open a Command Window. Enter:
net use lpt1: \\<mycomputer>\<sharename> /persistent:yes
Where <mycomputer> is the Network ID of your computer
and <sharename> is the Share Name you set for this Printer
(TekColor)
The persistent setting should make this setting permanent, even the next
time you start up your computer..
To remove a setting, enter:
net use lpt1: /delete
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Rich Hamilton
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HTH
Steve Quinn
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