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1 1 Log in using an account with the authority to change system settings (e.g. Administrator). 2 2 Click the Start button, place the cursor on Settings, and then click Printers. 3 3 Right-click the printer icon in the printers window, and select Properties in the dropdown menu. The dialog box for the printer properties appears. NOTE In Windows NT 4.0, setting the properties depend on the log-in accounts. This section describes properties to be specified by an administrator (system manager). See "Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (User)" for details of user properties. Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) General Tab Comment Enter comments to the properties, if any. If another user sets up this printer on his or her computer when sharing the printer, the comment specified here will also appear on that computer. However, the comment displayed for a user already set-up will remain unchanged even if the comment is modified later. Location Specify the printer location. Driver Displays the printer driver type. Specify the printer being used or a printer model that can be emulated with the printer being used. New Driver... button Either updates or modifies the printer driver. Separator Page... button Inserts a separator page for every document to be printed. This feature is useful when multiple users share the same printer or when printing multiple documents at one time. Enter the separator page file name in the Separator Page dialog box or Click on Browse... to specify the file (.sep) to be used as the separator page. Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) Print Processor... button Specify the processor to be used for printing (Print Processor) and the data type (Default Data type). The processor and data type affect the manner in which the printer functions in Windows NT. Normally they do not need to be modified. However, modification might be necessary when the printer is used with a special application. Print Test Page button Prints a test page. This allows you to verify if the printer is installed properly. Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) Ports Tab Print to the following port(s) Displays a list of available ports for printing (Port), their status (Description) and printers that are connected to these ports (Printer). Delete Port...Add Port... / button Adds/deletes a new port or a new network port. Configure Port... button Configures the selected port. In case of a parallel port, Transmission Retry should be specified. Enable bidirectional support On a printer, this setting enables reception of configuration data and status data from computer. Be sure to check this checkbox when installing status monitor. Printing may be disabled without checking on the checkbox. Enable printer pooling Printer spool allows outputting data from one logical printer to two or more printers. With printer spool enabled, a transmitted printing job is output to the first printer that allows printing. NOTE Specify time (seconds) waiting for the printer to be ready for printing. If a printer is not ready for printing after the specified time has elapsed, an error message is displayed. If a timeout error occurs frequently upon printing a large size document, specify a larger value here. Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) Scheduling Tab Available Schedules the printer for operation. Specify operating hours when From-To is selected. Priority Sets printing priority. The slider allows the priority to be adjusted from 1 through 99. Spool print documents... / Print directly to the printer Specify how documents should be sent from the application to the printer. Hold mismatched documents The spooler compares document settings against printer settings and holds printing of a document if its settings (Paper Size, Orientation, and so on) do not match the printer settings. Print spooled documents first Always prints spooled documents first regardless of printing priority. Keep documents after they have printed Holds documents in the print queue even after they have been printed. These documents can be printed again directly from the queue regardless of the state the application is in. Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) Sharing Tab Not Shared/Shared Select whether to display or use this printer on or with other computers. Share Name Specify the name of the shared printer. The displayed name can be used as it is or a new name may be entered. The name specified here will be displayed when other users on the network view information about the printer. Alternate Drivers Specify the operating systems of other computers that might share this printer. NOTE When sharing a printer on the network, the print driver is installed on one print server, other computers will automatically copy and use that driver. For this reason, the print server must be ready with printer drivers for all the operating systems of all computers that will be sharing the printer. Installation and Configuration (Windo...
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