Microsoft KB Archive/42279

Incomplete Print Merge with DayStar Card

PSS ID Number: Q42279 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

If you use the Print Merge command in version 4.0 or 5.0 of Microsoft Word for MS-DOS to print a multiple-page merged document or mailing-address list to an AppleTalk Network PostScript printer through a DayStar Digital LT200 PC Interface board, only one page of the merged document is printed.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This problem was corrected in version 5.5 of Word for MS-DOS with the PSNET.PRD and PSNET.INI files. This .PRD file must be used with Word 5.5 to correct the problem.

Use the following steps to work around this problem:


 * 1) Load the main document in Word.
 * 2) Choose Print Merge Document. In the “filename:” field, type a new filename. This step creates a new merged document.
 * 3) Choose Transfer Load, and enter the name of the merged file specified in step 2.
 * 4) Choose Print Options, and select the appropriate PostScript print driver in the “printer:” field. In the “setup:” field, select the LPT: port assigned to the network printer by the DayStar SETLPT utility.
 * 5) Choose Print Printer.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The DayStar Digital printing software requires a modification to the PostScript printer initialization process normally used by Microsoft Word. The initialization file (POSTSCRP.INI or POSTSCRL.INI) must be renamed and copied to the LPT: port, and empty initialization files must be created using the MS-DOS COPY CON command.

These changes affect the PostScript printer’s ability to process the separate PostScript print jobs created during the print merge process. The Print Merge Document command creates a single print job instead of separate print jobs for each page.

KBCategory: kbprint kbnetwork KBSubcategory: kbmerge Additional reference words: 4.00 5.00 5.50

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