Microsoft KB Archive/67897

Printing Documents with the Cordata/Corona LP300

PSS ID Number: Q67897 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

To print Word documents on a Cordata LP300/Corona LP300 Laser Printer, do the following:


 * 1) Install the printer interface board in an available slot on an 8086- or 8088-based computer (IBM PC, PC/XT or compatible).
 * 2) Load the memory-resident printing software program LP.COM, version 3.14 or later. When loaded, LP.COM will take up approximately 113K of system memory, including a 64K print buffer whose size cannot be adjusted. The default printer port used by LP.COM is LPT1, unless a different LPT port is specified.

To work properly and print documents, Word 4.00 requires at least 256K of available system memory when you start the program. Word version 5.00 and 5.50 require at least 384K of system memory upon startup.

If there is not enough memory after loading the LP300 printing software and fonts for Word to start or print a document, Word may generate an “insufficient memory” message.

To free memory, try the following:


 * Save any modified documents, style sheets, or glossaries.
 * Remove any unnecessary memory-resident software.
 * Reduce the number of buffers specified in the CONFIG.SYS file.
 * Boot your computer from an earlier version of DOS that requires less memory.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following is a list of commands that can be used with the LPMODE.COM utility provided with the LP300 Laser Printer. This utility cannot be invoked unless LP.COM is resident in memory.

Command Result ——- ——

LPMODE LPTx: = LASER Assigns the port LPTx to the LP300

LPMODE LPTx: Removes/detaches the LP300 from the printer port LPTx

LPMODE FONT DEFAULT = fontname Changes the default font to fontname (COURR9 is the default)

LPMODE /I Reinitializes font memory, empties print buffer, loads COURR9 as the default font

If an “insufficient memory” message results when you are printing from within Word, enter the LPMODE /I command and try to print again.

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