The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11
SUMMARY
You can have two different instances of a printer driver in the
Control Panel of Microsoft Windows version 3.0. For example, you can
have a PostScript driver configured as a NEC LC 890 on COM2 with legal
size paper, and a PostScript driver configured as a QMS PS-810 on LPT2
with letter size paper.
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You may want to have the two printers listed separately so you won't
need to change all printer settings each time you want to send a print
job to the other printer. You can install a second configuration of
the same printer as follows:
- From the Main group of Program manager, choose Control Panel.
- From Control Panel, choose Printers.
- From Printers, select the Add Printer option.
- From the list of printers, choose the new printer desired and
select the Install option.
- From the dialog box, choose current printer driver.
- Configure the new printer for the port, status, and settings desired.
The above process uses the same printer driver file for multiple
printer configurations. You may prefer to have separate printer
driver files for each printer configuration. To do this, create a
second copy of the printer driver under a different name as follows:
- From the Main group of Program manager, select the MS-DOS prompt.
- From MS-DOS, change to the SYSTEM subdirectory where the printer
drivers is located. For example, type "CD\WINDOWS\SYSTEM"
(without the quotation marks) to change to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory.
- At the MS-DOS prompt, make a copy of your printer driver. For
example, "COPY PSCRIPT.DRV PSCRIPT2.DRV" (without the quotation
marks) will make a copy of the PostScript driver file named
PSCRIPT2.DRV.
- Type "EXIT" (without the quotation marks) to return to Windows.
- In Windows, use a text editor such as Notepad or SysEdit to
edit your WIN.INI file as follows:
[PrinterPorts]
Generic / Text Only=TTY,LPT1:,15,45
PostScript Printer=PSCRIPT,COM1:,15,45
Alternate Printer=PSCRIPT2,LPT2:,15,45
[devices]
Generic / Text Only=TTY,None
PostScript Printer=PSCRIPT,COM1:
Alternate Printer=PSCRIPT2,LPT2:
Alternate Printer refers to the second copy of the printer driver.
- Exit Windows and restart it so Windows will reread the WIN.INI
file and cause these entries to appear in Printer Setup under the
Control Panel.
NOTE: Although you can add a different name for a printer driver, you
may not see the expected Setup dialogue box. For example, after adding
a name for a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet IIIsi PostScript driver,
the Apple Laser Writer Plus Setup dialog box may appear instead of
HP's.
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