Microsoft KB Archive/60754

Word 5.00: Printing Documents with DayStar Printing Software

PSS ID Number: Q60754 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The DayStar LocalTalk interface board and Workstation Printing software, available from DayStar Digital, can redirect print output designated for the LPT3 printing port from within Word version 5.00 to an AppleTalk-compatible PostScript printer.

To print documents from Word 5.00 using DayStar Workstation Printing software through LPT3, do the following:

  Load the DayStar DSLPT.SYS device driver from the CONFIG.SYS file, using the following syntax: DEVICE=DSLPT.SYS @ Example: DEVICE=C:.SYS “LW - Building 1”@SALES   Load the DayStar LocalTalk network driver DTALK.EXE from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or the DOS command prompt.   Configure a printer to accept printing from LPT3 by running the DayStar SETLPT.EXE utility. The syntax for SETLPT is as follows: SETLPT @ Example: SETLPT “LW - Building 1”@SALES   Rename the Word 5.00 PostScript initialization file (POSTSCRP.INI) to LW.INI. Use the DOS Copy command to copy LW.INI to LPT3. For example: COPY LW.INI LPT3: Note: If the PostScript printer is turned off or reset, LW.INI must be recopied to LPT3. This file will remain in the printer’s virtual memory until it is turned off or reset.   Create an “empty” POSTSCRP.INI file by using the DOS Copy Con command: COPY CON POSTSCRP.INI    The message “1 File(s) copied” will appear after pressing CTRL+Z. 

Start Word 5.00 and load the document to be printed on the network PostScript printer. Choose the Print Options command. Set the “printer:” field to POSTSCRP and the “setup:” field to LPT3. Choose Print Printer to print the file.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Because of the modifications required to Word’s PostScript printer initialization file, it is not possible to do the following when printing to the PostScript printer through LPT3:

  Combine landscape and portrait orientations in the same document. You must print the portrait and landscape pages in two separate print jobs. </li>  Perform a print merge. Use the Print Merge Document command to create a merged file on disk, then load the merged document into Word to print it. </li></ol>

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