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Using the tektronix printer driver for windows 3.1 – Tektronix 560 User Manual

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Printing Basics

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User Manual

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Using the Tektronix printer driver for Windows 3.1

To select printing options, follow these steps:

1.

From the

Control Panel

, double-click the

Printers

icon.

2.

In the

Printers

dialog box, choose your printer from the list of installed printers, then click the

Setup

button.

A dialog box appears with the name of the printer you selected across the top.

3.

From the

Setup

dialog box, click the

Options

button to see the

Options

dialog box. Refer to your

Microsoft Windows documentation for details on the options in this dialog box.

Make sure that the

Color

check box is

on

to print in color.

Select

one

of the following header options:

Make sure that the

Send Header with Each Job

check box is

on

(checked) to download

PostScript header information with each print job. This is the recommended setting.

Click the

Send Header

button. In the

Send Header

dialog box, select either

Printer

or

File

, and

click the

Send Now

button. This saves the PostScript header information in the printer. This

option makes print files a little smaller and faster, but you need to click the

Send Now

button

every time the printer is turned on.

4.

From the

Options

dialog box, click the

Advanced

button to see the

Advanced Options

dialog box.

Make sure the

Use PostScript Level 2 Features

check box is checked

on

.

Note

The

Use PostScript Level 2 Features

option affects the print time of bitmapped (raster) images by

improving the image transfer time from the computer to the printer, and by improving the image
processing time in the printer. This option is only available to applications that use this Tektronix
driver with Tektronix PostScript Level 2 printers. When this box is checked, the

Compress Bitmaps

option is unavailable (grayed-out).

5.

Click

OK

to return to the

Options

dialog box.

6.

In the

Options

dialog box, click the

Printer Features

button to see the

Tektronix Printer Features

dialog box. Make color correction, print quality, and other selections as desired. Use the

MP Manual

Feed Media

menu to select specialty media or double-sided printing. Click

OK

to return to the

Options

dialog box.

7.

Click

OK

to return to the dialog box that lists your printer’s name across the top. Make the following

printing selections:

Paper Source, Paper Size

,

Orientation

,

Copies

.

Note

You may want to set the number of copies from your application because the number of copies in the
Setup dialog box remains the same until you change it again. Also, if you are printing multiple pages,
make sure that the

Transmission Retry

(described on page 4-11) is set for at least 600 seconds

(10 minutes).