HP Paper Policy

The HP Paper Policy property sheet lets you determine how the printer should handle a page-size request that cannot be satisfied with the current tray or trays.  To make your selection, simply click on the radio button next to the policy that works best for you, then click OK.  The default setting is Prompt user for the correct paper tray.  The printer will abide by your selected option until you change it or restore the default.

The Paper Policy Options are:

Prompt user for the correct paper tray -- Displays a prompt to load the paper tray needed by the printer to complete the requested print job.

Select nearest size and adjust image to fit -- The printer will select an available paper size and print the document centered and adjusted to fit the page.

Select nearest size and do not adjust image -- The printer will select an available paper size and print as much of the document as will fit on the page.


Paper Policy Options

This box contains the options that govern what the printer should do when a requested paper size isnt available.  The default selection is Prompt user for the correct paper tray.  Make your selection, then click OK.


Prompt user for the correct paper tray.

When you select this paper policy, the printer control panel will display a prompt telling you to load a specific paper tray, which contains the specific paper size requested by the print job.


Select nearest size and adjust image to fit.

This paper policy selection tells the printer to choose the paper size currently available in the printer that most closely matches your print request.  Your print job will be printed from the tray the printer selects.  The image will be centered and adjusted to fit the page.


"Select nearest size and do not adjust image."

This paper policy selection tells the printer to choose the paper size that most closely matches your print request.  Your print job will be printed from the tray the printer selects, without making any adjustments to the printed image.  If the image exceeds the paper size, only the amount that fits on the page will be printed.


ColorSmart

ColorSmart is a tool for optimizing color when colored objects (text, graphics, or photos) are printed.  Choose from the following ColorSmart options:

•	Automatic -- Color is optimized based on the type of data being sent to the printer.  This option automatically selects the appropriate color settings for the document you are printing.  This provides you with vivid color output without any changes to the printer driver.

•	Manual -- Lets you change the color and halftone settings for printed text, graphics, and photos.  Select the settings you prefer by clicking on the radio buttons.

•	PANTONE -- Lets you print PANTONE-certified colors on your documents using the factory-supplied settings in the printer.

•	Off (Application will Halftone) -- Allows your software application to perform the halftone processing on any scanned images in your print job. If your application does not download its own halftones, the printer will use the default smooth halftone settings.

•	Print as Grayscale -- Prints a color file in black and white (grayscale).  To enable grayscale printing, select the Print as Grayscale check box.  This option can be used with either the Manual or Automatic option.  When Automatic is selected, halftone settings for Automatic are applied.  When Manual is selected, you can modify the halftone settings using the Halftoning options in the Manual Color Options dialog box.

To select your ColorSmart choice, simply click on the radio button next to the option that best suits your color printing needs.  If you select Manual, the ColorSmart settings are activated for you to adjust as needed.  Click on the ColorSmart settings you desire, then click OK to retain them.  All other options have preset ColorSmart choices.  You will not be able to change them.

Press the Restore Defaults button at any time to return ColorSmart to its default settings of Automatic color selection with manual choices disabled.

For detailed information on the ColorSmart settings, use the Whats This? feature.

NOTE:  If you are printing on Legal, Tabloid, or A3 paper, the Print as Grayscale option may be selected automatically if your printer cannot print color on those pages.


ColorSmart Logo

This is the ColorSmart logo, your guarantee of rich, vivid color printing.


Automatic ColorSmart Option

Select Automatic to let the printer driver optimize the color settings for text, graphics, and photos.  This is the setting that is best for most applications.  The color for each item will be determined by the type of data being sent to the printer.  The ColorSmart Settings section of the property sheet is disabled, preventing manual adjustments to the color values.  However, the settings display the automatic values.  The printer driver makes those adjustments for you.

NOTE:  Automatic will print in color on Letter, A4, and Executive paper sizes only.


Manual ColorSmart Option

Select Manual to adjust the color printing settings yourself.  When you select Manual, the ColorSmart Settings section on the property sheet becomes activated.  You can then select the Color Control and Halftoning values for text, graphics, and photos by clicking the radio button next to the selections you desire.  After you have made your selections and clicked OK, ColorSmart retains those settings until you change them.


Print as Grayscale Checkbox

Activate the Print as Grayscale checkbox to override your color settings and print your documents in black and white (grayscale).  The halftone settings are still active.  When a checkmark appears in the Print as Grayscale box, ALL your documents will print as grayscale until you remove the checkmark.

NOTE:  Legal, Tabloid, and A3 paper sizes will not support color printing.  These sizes will always automatically print as grayscale.


PANTONE ColorSmart Option

This option lets you print PANTONE colors using the factory-supplied settings.  PANTONE-certified colors have RGB (red/green/blue) values in the PANTONE color-matching system.  If your application supports PANTONE colors, this option must be selected to print all screen colors in the PANTONE system as PANTONE colors.

To use PANTONE settings, select the PANTONE checkbox.  To turn off PANTONE settings, clear the checkbox.

Four variables will affect the quality of the PANTONE colors you achieve with your printer:

*  The type of paper you print on.

*  The type of ink film in your printer.

*  The effective final resolution you set.

*  The dot structure (halftones) you use.

NOTE:  To use this option, your application must support PANTONE colors.  To learn how to load the PANTONE color table calibrated for this printer into your desktop publishing program, see the PANTONE ReadMe file included with this printer driver.


ColorSmart Settings

If you select the Manual ColorSmart option, you can manually adjust the ColorSmart settings (Color Control and Halftoning) on text, graphics, and photos.

Color Control:

*   Vivid -- Produces bright, sharp colors using full 24-bit color.  The vividness of the color output is optimized based on the type of data being sent to the printer.  This setting usually produces the best output.

*   Screen Match -- Uses the drivers color-matching feature to make the color output on your documents match the colors on the screen.  This device-independent color space feature produces consistent colors on different color printers.

*   No Adjustment -- Prints the colors specified by your application using the current halftone settings and full 24-bit color.

Halftoning:

*   Detail -- Renders documents at a crisp resolution of 300 lpi (lines per inch).  Documents with complex synthetic graphics or photographic images containing intricate detail are best printed using this setting.  In addition, color text appears as a solid color when printed using this setting.

*   Smooth -- Renders documents at a smooth resolution of 150 lpi.  Documents with color transitions spanning from one edge of the page to another, such as gradient fills or full-page photographic images, are particularly well-suited to this halftone setting.

*   Basic -- Renders documents at a resolution of 100 lpi.  Use this setting when very smooth gradients are needed and crisp detail is not required.


Off (Application will Halftone)

Select Off to disable the printer driver's control of the color settings and let your applications control the color output settings.


Text Column

The Text column displays the Color Control and Halftoning values for text. These values are determined by the ColorSmart option you selected, or you can set them manually when you select the Manual ColorSmart option.


Graphics Column

The Graphics column displays the Color Control and Halftoning values for graphics.  These values are determined by the ColorSmart option you selected, or you can set them manually when you select the Manual ColorSmart option.


Photos Column

The Photos column displays the Color Control and Halftoning values for photos.  These values are determined by the ColorSmart option you selected, or you can set them manually when you select the Manual ColorSmart option.


Color Control Settings

The printer has three color-control modes available.  The Color Control options allow you to change attributes of the text, graphics, and photos in the color file you send to the printer.  You can set the following options:

*   Vivid

*   Screen Match

*   No Adjustment


Vivid Color Setting

This setting produces bright, sharp colors on your text, graphics, and photos using full 24-bit color.  The vividness of the color output is optimized based on the type of data being sent to the printer.  This setting usually produces the best output.


Screen Match Setting

This setting uses the drivers color-matching feature to make the color output of your text, graphics, and photos match the colors on the screen.  This device-independent color space feature produces consistent colors on different Level 2 color printers and gives results closer to colors seen on the screen.

NOTE:  Using this option increases the time it takes to print a document.


No Adjustment Setting

This setting prints the colors specified by your application using the current halftone settings and full 24-bit color.  This option prevents the printer driver from adjusting the colors that you specify within your application.


Text/Vivid

When this radio button is turned on, colored text will be printed with Vivid color.


Graphics/Vivid

When this radio button is turned on, colored graphics will be printed with Vivid color.


Photos/Vivid

When this radio button is turned on, colored photos will be printed with Vivid color.


Text/Screen Match

When this radio button is turned on, colored text will be printed with Screen Matched colors.


Graphics/Screen Match

When this radio button is turned on, colored graphics will be printed with Screen Matched colors.


Photos/Screen Match

When this radio button is turned on, colored photos will be printed with Screen Matched colors.


Text/No Adjustment

When this radio button is turned on, no color adjustment will be made to colored text.  Colors specified by your application will use the current halftone settings and full 24-bit color.


Graphics/No Adjustment

When this radio button is turned on, no color adjustment will be made to colored graphics.  Colors specified by your application will use the current halftone settings and full 24-bit color.


Photos/No Adjustment

When this radio button is turned on, no color adjustment will be made to colored photos.  Colors specified by your application will use the current halftone settings and full 24-bit color.


Halftoning

The printer uses many small, colored dots to represent the light and dark areas of an image.  This is called halftoning.  The available halftone options are:

*   Detail

*   Smooth

*   Basic


Detail

This halftone option renders documents at a crisp resolution of 300 lpi (lines per inch).  Documents with complex synthetic graphics or photographic images containing intricate detail are best printed using this setting.  In addition, text appears as a solid color when printed using this setting.


Smooth

This halftone option renders documents at a smooth resolution of 150 lpi.  Documents with color and grayscale transitions spanning from one edge of the page to another, such as gradient fills or full-page photographic images, are particularly well-suited to this halftone setting.


Basic

This halftone option renders documents at a resolution of 100 lpi.  Use this setting when very smooth gradients are needed and crisp detail is not required.


Text/Detail

When this radio button is turned on, text will be printed with detailed halftones.


Graphics/Detail

When this radio button is turned on, graphics will be printed with detailed halftones.


Photos/Detail

When this radio button is turned on, photos will be printed with detailed halftones.


Text/Smooth

When this radio button is turned on, text will be printed with smooth halftones.


Graphics/Smooth

When this radio button is turned on, graphics will be printed with smooth halftones.


Photos/Smooth

When this radio button is turned on, photos will be printed with smooth halftones.


Text/Basic

When this radio button is turned on, text will be printed with basic halftones.


Graphics/Basic

When this radio button is turned on, graphics will be printed with basic halftones.


Photos/Basic

When this radio button is turned on, photos will be printed with basic halftones.


Color Spaces

There are two color spaces available in PostScript: device-independent and device-dependent.

When Screen Match is selected, device-independent color space is used.  Color is specified using a coordinate system that is independent of any printer.  This means that the colors printed closely match the colors on the screen, producing colors that are consistent on different color printers by using the TRUMATCH color-matching system.  For example, if red is specified in a device-independent color space, two printers will always produce the same result, even though they may have to specify different amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) inks.

When Screen Match is not selected, device-dependent color space is used.  The RGB screen colors are sent directly to the printer and are rendered using the selected halftone and CMYK values specific to the color printer.  Device-dependent color spaces are relative to the printers native rendering mode.  For example, if red is specified in a device-dependent color space, two printers will combine the same amounts of CMYK inks to produce the color, but the results will be different because of the different ink properties.

NOTE	The Primary blue displayed on a monitor is not equal to the Process Blue of the printer.  For this reason, blues that appear on the monitor may have a purplish tint when printed.  To correct the purple color, select Screen Match on the ColorSmart tab.


Grayscale

Grayscale means shades of gray, starting with white and ending with black.  When a color document is printed to a black-and-white printer, colors are converted to their grayscale equivalents, which means that different colors are represented as different shades of gray.


PANTONE Colors

PANTONE(R)-certified colors have red/green/blue (RGB) values in the PANTONE color-matching system. Four variables will affect the quality of the PANTONE colors you achieve with your printer:

*  The type of paper your print on.

*  The type of ink film in your printer.

*  The effective final resolution you set.

*  The dot structure (halftones) you use.

To use the PANTONE settings, select the PANTONE Colors checkbox on the ColorSmart tab.


Halftoning

The process by which the printer uses many small colored dots to represent the light and dark areas of an image.


PostScript Printer Driver Help Contents
PostScript® Printer Driver Help Contents

To view all help topics, scroll down. To view help text, click the underlined topic.

Product Overview

About the Adobe® Printer Driver

Setting Up Your Printer

Installing PostScript Printers From PostScript Printer Description (PPD) Files

Setting Printer Features

Defining Custom Paper Sizes

Specifying Margins

Adjusting Printer Memory

Setting Up and Printing a Document

Changing Print Settings

Setting Paper Options

Enlarging or Reducing (Scaling) a Document

Printing Watermarks

Printing a Document

Printing With Fonts

Printing With Fonts

Sending TrueType™ and PostScript Fonts

Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts

Handling PostScript Files and Advanced Options

Printing to a PostScript File

Creating an Encapsulated PostScript File

Setting PostScript Options

Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format

Setting Up the Printer to Accept Binary Data

Adjusting Performance

Reducing Printing Time

Creating Portable PostScript Files

Setting PostScript Time-outs

Managing PostScript Headers

Downloading the PostScript Header Once per Session

Specifying Graphics Settings

About Halftoning

Setting Image Color Matching and Resolution Specifications

Troubleshooting

About Troubleshooting

Printer Fails to Print

Network Printer Fails to Print

Printer Stops Printing

Courier Prints for Other Font

Wrong Font Is Displayed on Monitor for Printer Font

Too Many Copies Print or Copies Are Uncollated

Windows® 95 Reports Printer Not Responding

Page Image Cropped (Edges Cut Off)

Placed EPS Image Too Small

Rotated Landscape Doesn't Work

Problems Using a Network Spooler

Paper Size or Paper Source Box Does Not Reflect Configuration

Considerations for Printing Watermarks and Multipage Layouts

Application Does Not List Installed Fonts

Applications That May Be Incompatible With Driver Features

Using the Error Handler to Troubleshoot Printing Problems

Missing ICC Profile

Managing User Interface Conflicts

Duplex Pages Do Not Print in Collated Copies


Troubleshooting Help Topic Index

To view troubleshooting information, click the desired underlined topic.

About Troubleshooting

Printer Fails to Print

Network Printer Fails to Print

Printer Stops Printing

Courier Prints for Other Font

Wrong Font Is Displayed on Monitor for Printer Font

Too Many Copies Print or Copies Are Uncollated

Windows 95 Reports Printer Not Responding

Page Image Cropped (Edges Cut Off)

Placed EPS Image Too Small

Rotated Landscape Doesn't Work

Problems Using a Network Spooler

Paper Size or Paper Source Box Does Not Reflect Configuration

Considerations for Printing Watermarks and Multipage Layouts

Application Does Not List Installed Fonts

Applications That May Be Incompatible With Driver Features

Using the Error Handler to Troubleshoot Printing Problems

Missing ICC Profile

Managing User Interface Conflicts

Duplex Pages Do Not Print in Collated Copies


About the Adobe Printer Driver

The Adobe Printer Driver, also called AdobePS 4.1, works with Adobe PostScript language printers, allowing your application programs to communicate with your printers and print documents. The following guidelines can help you navigate through this product:

•	The driver provides reasonable default settings, or properties, for most applications and printers. You will probably want to change these properties only if you are installing a new printer option, such as an envelope feeder or more memory, or setting a specific feature.

•	The Adobe Printer Driver provides six possible printer properties dialog boxes: Fonts, Device Options, PostScript, Paper, Graphics, and Watermarks. The Windows 95 operating system provides other possible properties dialog boxes, such as General, Details, Sharing, and Capture Settings. The printer properties dialog boxes available to you depend on your printing configuration. For example, if you do not use a PostScript Level 2 printer, the Watermarks properties dialog box is not available.

•	A limited number of properties tab buttons can fit in a dialog box. Windows 95 provides a
scroll feature that lets you access tab buttons not now shown in the dialog box. If you suspect tab buttons are missing, click any tab button to start the scroll function.

•	To complete your requests for property changes, use either the Apply button or the OK button. The Apply button activates your changes without closing the properties dialog box.
The OK button activates the changes and closes the properties dialog box.

Related Topics

Printing a Document

Changing Print Settings

Setting Printer Features


About Halftoning

The halftoning feature is recommended only for advanced users with experience working with halftone settings.

In the process of halftoning, colors and shading are approximated by a pattern of pixels capable of only a limited number of discrete colors. A good example is a newspaper photograph that renders gray tones with only black-and-white pixels. Devices that can render colors exactly—called contone or continuous-tone devices—do not need to halftone at all.

Many halftone options are based on the use of a halftone screen. You define a screen by conceptually laying a uniform rectangular grid of halftone cells over the device pixel array. Each pixel belongs to one cell of the grid, and a halftone cell usually contains many device pixels. The Screen Frequency value shows the number of cells per inch in the grid. The Screen Angle value shows the angle at which all cells are positioned on the grid. Other halftone options use other methods. The Adobe Printer Driver allows advanced users to control halftone frequency and angle when that method is used.

The halftoning process is, by definition, device dependent. Typically, when an application provides its own halftone specifications, it sacrifices document portability. Every printing device (except contone devices) has an appropriate halftone definition for most applications. Only relatively sophisticated applications require their own halftone definitions to achieve special effects. The default for the Halftoning feature is the Use Printer’s Settings option; use it unless your application requires adjustment to the halftoning definition.

To adjust the halftoning definition, see Setting Image Color Matching and Resolution Specifications.

Related Topics

Setting Image Color Matching and Resolution Specifications


About Troubleshooting

When the Adobe Printer Driver detects a problem, it displays an alert message describing the problem and advising how to correct it. If you get an alert message, follow the instructions displayed.

If your problem does not produce an alert message, look for a description of the problem in the Troubleshooting Help Topic Index. If you see a topic that describes your problem, read the topic and follow its instructions.

If you can't find a troubleshooting topic describing your problem, contact the dealer from whom you purchased your printer or your printer manufacturer for assistance.

Related Topics

Using the Error Handler to Troubleshoot Printing Problems


Printing a Document

The main function of the Adobe Printer Driver is to allow you to print a document according to your specifications.

To print a document:

1.	Open the document from the application.

2.	Choose File > Print.

3.	Select a printer.

4.	Change basic print options, such as number of copies and page range, as needed. When a print option is available in your application’s Print dialog box, set it with your application. Use the Adobe Printer Driver properties dialog boxes only to change print settings unavailable in your application’s Print dialog box.

5.	Open the printer properties dialog box and change the driver print settings, as needed. Most applications provide a Properties, Options, or Printers button on the Print dialog box for accessing the printer properties. For more information, see Changing Print Settings.

6.	Click OK.

Related Topics

Changing Print Settings


Changing Print Settings

You can change print settings by choosing the File > Print or Print Setup option from most applications, or by using the Properties command from the Printers folder.

The method you use to change a setting determines the scope of the change. If you change a setting from within an application, the change typically applies only to that document. If you change a setting from within the Printers folder, the change applies to the selected printer and globally to all print jobs sent to that printer. If you change a print setting for a single document from the Printers folder, remember to change the setting back to its original value before printing other documents, if necessary.

Some tasks require that you use a specific method for changing settings. For example, you must make all changes to font settings from the Printers folder, not from within an application. Also, if your application does not allow you to change print setup, use the Printers folder.

Several dialog boxes provide the print options for a document. For details about each print option, use the What’s This? feature, or jump to the desired information in Related Topics.

To change print settings for the current document:

1.	Within your document application, choose File > Print or Print Setup, then click the button that displays the printer properties dialog box. The sequence of steps to open the printer properties dialog box varies according to application.

2.	Select a printer.

3.	Select the document printing properties that you want. For more information, see Related Topics.

4.	Click OK.

To change settings for all documents sent to a printer:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Select the printing properties that you want. For more information, see Related Topics.

4.	Click OK to apply the settings, close the properties dialog box, and return to the Printers folder. Click the close box to return to the Start menu.

Related Topics

Setting Paper Options

Enlarging or Reducing (Scaling) a Document

Setting Color and Resolution Specifications

Setting Printer Features

Defining Custom Paper Sizes

Specifying Margins


Setting Paper Options

You can use the Paper properties and More Options dialog boxes to specify paper printing options. For information on the Paper options, use the What’s This? feature.

To set paper options:

1.	In the printer properties dialog box, click the Paper tab button.

2.	Adjust the values for the Paper Size, Layout, Orientation, Paper Source, and Copies options, as desired.

3.	To specify custom paper sizes, see Defining Custom Paper Sizes.

4.	To adjust the printer margins, see Specifying Margins.

5.	To change settings for page border, duplex printing (not available on all printers), paper type, or paper bin, if available, click More Options. Change settings, as desired, and click OK to return to the Paper properties dialog box.

6.	Click OK.

Related Topics

Defining Custom Paper Sizes

Specifying Margins


Setting Printer Features

You might need to adjust the values assigned to your printer features, or install currently uninstalled printer features. You can adjust the values for some printer features from within Windows applications, but Installable Options must be installed from the Printers folder.

To adjust printer and installable features, use the Device Options properties dialog box. This properties dialog box also lets you set the memory available on the printer. For more information, see Adjusting Printer Memory.

To adjust features:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Click the Device Options tab button.

4.	In the Printer Features box, click the name of the feature whose value you want to change, then click the new value on the Change Setting For menu.

5.	In the Installable Options box, click the name of the printer feature you want to install, then click the initial value for that feature on the Change Setting For menu.

6.	Click OK.


Printing With Fonts

The Adobe Printer Driver provides a number of different options for printing text with the desired fonts.

To print text with TrueType fonts, you can either let the Adobe Printer Driver substitute the best PostScript font or printer-resident font for the TrueType fonts used in your document, or you can send the TrueType fonts to your printer in the desired form.

For printing text with PostScript fonts, you can either send the fonts in Type 1 format or choose not to send the fonts at all.

The following options specify how to print with the desired fonts:

•	The Font Substitution Table generally lets you choose the best option for your situation. For more information on using the Font Substitutions Table, see Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts.

•	You can choose always to map a TrueType font to a printer-resident font. In this case, the required font is never sent to the printer, which usually ensures the fastest performance but frequently sacrifices typographic quality. To choose this option, click Always Use Built-in Printer Fonts Instead Of TrueType Fonts in the Fonts properties dialog box.

•	You can choose always to use TrueType fonts sent from your computer, rather than a printer-resident font. This option tells the driver to use the TrueType font you specify in the Send Fonts As dialog box. In this case, if the Font Substitutions Table lists a suggested substitution, the driver ignores it. For more information, see Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts and Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts.

•	If the Font Substitutions Table does not provide the desired substitution font, however, you can choose the format in which to send the TrueType font yourself by using the Send Fonts As option. For more information, see Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts.

•	To use PostScript fonts, see Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts.

Related Topics

Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts

Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts


Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts

You use the Send Fonts As dialog box to send the TrueType fonts and PostScript fonts
used in your documents from your computer to your printer. Consider factors of performance, portability, and typographic quality in choosing the format in which the fonts are sent.

Note: You cannot specify font settings from within Windows applications. You must use the Printers folder.

To send TrueType fonts:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Click the Fonts tab button, then click the Send Fonts As button.

4.	In the Send TrueType Fonts As menu, choose the format in which to send the TrueType fonts in your document:

•	To send TrueType fonts as scalable outlines, choose Outlines. The driver uses TrueType character outlines to create PostScript Type 1 fonts. Use this option for high-resolution printers and documents using point sizes of 10 or more. This option provides a compact solution, especially when several sizes of the same font are used in the document. This option might not be the best choice for very ornamental fonts, however, unless they are used in large point sizes.

•	To send TrueType fonts as bitmaps, choose Bitmaps. The driver uses TrueType character outlines to create bitmapped PostScript Type 3 fonts. Use this option for low-resolution printers and documents using smaller point sizes. This option is very accurate and also provides a compact solution at small point sizes of 14 or less. If you are printing to a file and are concerned about file portability, however, do not choose this option; bitmaps are not portable to printers with different resolutions.

•	To send TrueType fonts as Type 42 fonts, choose Type 42. Type 42 fonts are TrueType fonts that can be printed on a PostScript printer. Use this option for printers that support Type 42 fonts. This option might provide the closest representations of your TrueType fonts. Note, however, that not all printers support Type 42 fonts; when you print to an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file or designate files for archiving, Type 1 fonts provide the best results.

•	To have the printer driver rely on the printer or network spooler to supply TrueType fonts, choose Don’t Send. This option is useful only if you have a spooler in your system configuration that can supply these fonts. Don’t Send does not substitute printer fonts for TrueType fonts. When a TrueType font is not available, the default printer font, usually Courier, is used. Use this option only if you have experience using spoolers.

5.	To adjust the font size at which the driver should switch between sending TrueType fonts as bitmap fonts and sending outline fonts, type the desired value in the Threshold box. Set this option only if you chose Outlines in step 4. This value varies according to the printing resolution. A value of zero means outline fonts are always sent. Use 100 for typical textual font usage, or increase to 200 if you are using ornamental fonts, for example.

6.	To use a system TrueType font instead of a PostScript font when a font of the same name resides on both your computer and your printer, click Favor System TrueType Fonts.

7.	Click OK.

To send PostScript fonts:

1.	From any properties dialog box, click the Fonts tab button.

2.	Click the Send Fonts As button.

3.	Choose one of two options:

•	To send PostScript fonts to the printer in their native format (Type 1), in the Send PostScript Fonts As menu, choose In Native Format.

•	To not send PostScript fonts, choose Don’t Send in the Send PostScript Fonts As menu. This option is useful only if you have a spooler in your system configuration that can supply these fonts. Don’t Send does not substitute printer fonts for PostScript fonts. When a PostScript font is not available, the default printer font, usually Courier, is used. This is an advanced feature that only users experienced with managing fonts should use.

4.	Click OK.

Related Topics

Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts


Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts

The Adobe Printer Driver can substitute any available PostScript font for the TrueType fonts in your document. You can let the driver automatically choose the best PostScript font, or you can choose the font to substitute yourself.

The PostScript fonts available to a PostScript printer include the following:

•	The fonts resident in the printer ROM (built-in printer fonts)

•	The fonts in any device attached to the printer, such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM drive

•	All Type 1 fonts you have installed with ATM® (Adobe Type Manager)

You use the Font Substitution Table to select a PostScript font to substitute for a TrueType Font. The Font Substitution Table provides the most useful substitutions for the 35 PostScript fonts permanently installed in most PostScript printers. For example, Helvetica is normally used for Arial, and Times is normally used for Times New Roman. Unless you have extensive experience substituting fonts and know the exact match between TrueType and PostScript fonts, use the default settings on the Font Substitution Table.

Note: When you substitute PostScript fonts for TrueType fonts, printed characters might not look exactly like the characters on your computer screen, but line lengths do not change. If you are not substituting a PostScript font for a TrueType font, you must specify a special format for the font, as described in Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts.

To let the driver automatically choose the PostScript font:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Click the Fonts tab button.

4.	Choose one of the following options:

•	Select the Font Substitution Table option to tell the driver to refer to the Font Substitution Table for either the PostScript font to substitute for the TrueType font or the Send TrueType Fonts As selection from the Send Fonts As dialog box. This option generally provides the best match for commonly used Windows fonts.

•	Select the Always Use Built-in Printer Fonts option to tell the driver to use the font matching rules to choose the best printer-resident font to substitute for your TrueType font. This option provides the fastest performance, but frequently does so at the expense of typographic quality.

•	Select the Always Use TrueType Fonts option to tell the driver to use your Send TrueType Fonts As selection, and not the Font Substitution Table, when printing fonts. This option provides the closest equivalent between fonts on the screen and in the printed document, but might slow down performance.

5.	Click Apply or OK.

To select the PostScript font to use for a TrueType font:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Click the Fonts tab button.

4.	Click the Edit the Table button.

5.	Select a TrueType font.

6.	Select a printer font from the Printer Font For menu.

7.	Click OK to return to the Fonts properties dialog box.

To restore the default PostScript font substitutions, choose Restore Defaults.

8.	Click Yes, then OK.

Related Topics

Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts


Setting PostScript Options

You use the PostScript properties dialog box to set PostScript options.

To set PostScript options:

1.	From any printer properties dialog box, click the PostScript tab button.

2.	In the PostScript Output Format menu, click the desired format:

•	In general, to print a document, choose PostScript (Optimize for Speed). Choosing this option reduces printing time but might not allow the full use of some of the features in some network spoolers.

•	To create a PostScript file that conforms to the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (ADSC), choose PostScript (Optimize for Portability). Choosing this option ensures that each PostScript page is independent of all other pages in a document. These self-contained page objects help documents print successfully on network spooler-based printers as well as on remote printers. Choose this option if you intend to print to a sophisticated spooler.

•	To create EPS files of single pages in one application and place them in the documents of other applications, choose Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). Use this option if you want to include the file as a high-quality image in another document that will be printed from a different application.

•	To improve file portability, choose Archive Format. This option improves file portability because it suppresses many of the printer settings that might prevent the file from printing. Choose this option only if you want long-term storage or intend wide distribution of a file that might be printed on unknown destination devices.

•	To notify a PJL-based printer that the document is being printed in PostScript, choose PJL Archive Format. Use this option only if you know your printer supports both PostScript and PJL.

3.	In the PostScript Header box, choose a header value. For more information, see Managing PostScript Headers.

4.	To change whether the error handler is sent with the PostScript job, select or deselect the Print PostScript Error Information option, as desired. Use this option only if you are having problems with your printer.

5.	In the PostScript Time-out Values box, set the time-outs, as desired. For more information, see Setting PostScript Time-outs.

6.	To specify data encoding and format, click Advanced. For instructions on setting data communication protocol and format, see Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format.

7.	Click Apply to apply your settings.

To restore the PostScript or PPD defaults, choose Restore Defaults.

Related Topics

Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format

Managing PostScript Headers

Setting PostScript Time-outs


Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format

You use the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box to set data communication protocol and format. The driver defaults for these settings optimize printer performance and should be changed only after careful consideration. Do not use the options on this dialog box unless you know exactly what you want to do.

The Advanced PostScript Options dialog box also lets you request that the driver display an alert message when you use applications that might be incompatible with certain driver features, such as n-up and watermarks. The Show Alert for Applications Incompatible With Driver Features options is turned off by default. To turn it on, click that option. For more information, see Applications That Might Be Incompatible With Driver Features.

To set data communication protocol and format:

1.	In the PostScript properties dialog box, click Advanced.

2.	In the PostScript Language Level box, change the PostScript language level, if necessary.

The Adobe Printer Driver automatically chooses a default PostScript Features value based on the selected printer. The PostScript Level 2 Features option is available only if you have installed a Level 2 printer. This option is not available if you have a PostScript Level 1 printer.

Select Use PostScript Level 1 Features only when archiving documents or creating PostScript files or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files that might be printed on a PostScript Level 1 printer. When you print to a Level 2 printer, the Adobe Printer Driver uses some Level 2 features if the currently selected printer is a Level 2 printer, even when this option is not selected.

3.	In the Bitmap Compression box, change bitmap compression, if necessary. Use this advanced feature only if you are using a Level 1 printer that is connected through a COMn port.

4.	In the Data Format box, specify the format in which to send data to the printer. Note that not all printers support all formats.

•	Use the ASCII Data option to send all data in Adobe Communication Protocol. ASCII Data format allows the file to print on any printer.

•	Use the Binary Communications Protocol option to send all data except special control characters in binary (8-bit) format. You can send this format over parallel or serial communications ports faster than sending data in ASCII format. Printers that support binary communications protocol can accept both ASCII and binary data. The Send Mode button lets you set up the printer to receive binary data. Binary mode then remains in effect until you turn off or reset your printer, at which time the mode returns to ASCII data format.

•	Use the Tagged Binary Communications Protocol option to send all data except special characters in binary (8-bit) format over parallel or serial ports. With this option, you do not need to use the Send Mode button to set up the printer to receive binary data.

•	Use the Pure Binary Data option to send all data in pure binary format. This is the fastest format for printing, but can be sent only over AppleTalk® or Ethernet.

If your printer supports binary communication and you are using the Archive Format option or creating an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file that might be printed on a printer that does not support binary communication, binary communication should be turned off. The Adobe Printer Driver does this automatically for you for the duration of the print job.

5.	If after selecting a Data Format option you see a Send Mode button, click the button to switch your printer to the selected data format for future jobs.

6.	In the Data Format box, adjust when the reset-memory code CTRL+D is sent to the printer, if necessary. This option might be important for batching or troubleshooting situations. The default option Send CTRL+D After Job is usually the better choice for most cases.

7.	Click OK to apply your changes and return to the PostScript properties dialog box.

Related Topics

Applications That Might Be Incompatible With Driver Features


Setting Up the Printer to Accept Binary Data

If your printer is set up to receive binary data, you can significantly reduce the time it takes to print documents. Not all printers can receive binary data. Check your printer documentation to see whether your printer can receive binary data.

The method you use to set up your printer to receive binary data depends on your printer model. Some printers require that you set printer switches or front panel menu options to receive binary data; others do it automatically. Check your printer documentation about this, too.

To set up the printer to receive binary data:

1.	Follow the instructions in your printer documentation to prepare your printer to receive binary data.

2.	Click the PostScript tab button in any printer properties dialog box.

3.	Click Advanced.

4.	In the Data Format box, click the proper type of binary protocol for your printer. For information on data formats, see Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format.

5.	If you chose the Binary Communications Protocol option, click Send Mode.

6.	Click Apply.

Related Topics

Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format


Printing to a PostScript File

As an alternative to printing a document to a printer, you can save a PostScript language description of your document as a disk file. You can use PostScript language descriptions of your documents for creating archives and for printing documents on remote printers (such as printers at a service bureau).

You can instruct the driver to print to a file in two ways: from the application, or from the driver itself. If your application does not have a Print to File option in its Print dialog box, you can temporarily set up the driver to print to a file. If you create PostScript files for a remote printer frequently, you can save time by creating a permanent printer setup for the remote printer. If you set up the driver to print to a file, you must restore the original driver settings after you have finished.

If you want to archive, before you print to a file, you might want to set up the driver to create a file that prints successfully on many different printers. For instructions, see Creating Portable PostScript Files.

To print to a file from an application:

1.	Start your application, and open the document from which you want to create a PostScript file.

2.	Choose File > Print.

3.	Select the Print to File option.

4.	Click any other print options you want, then click OK.

5.	Type the pathname and filename of the file you want to create. If you don't enter a pathname, the file is created in your application's default directory.

6.	Click OK. The PostScript file is created.

To set up the driver to print to a PostScript file:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Click the Details tab button.

4.	In the Print to the Following Port list, click FILE.

5.	Adjust any print options and printer controls, if necessary, before printing to a file. (For instructions on how to set up the driver to create files that will print on any PostScript printer, see Creating Portable PostScript Files.)

6.	Click OK. Your computer is now set up to print to a file. Until you change your printer setup, every time you choose the Print command you will print to a file.

Related Topics

Creating Portable PostScript Files


Installing PostScript Printers From PostScript Printer Description  (PPD) Files

You might need to install a PostScript printer using a PPD that was not included with the Adobe Printer Driver installation, or change the printer description associated with a printer.

To install a PostScript printer from a PPD file:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Programs > AdobePS 4, then choose AdobePS 4 Setup Utility.

2.	Click Next.

3.	Specify whether your printer is attached locally or through a network by clicking Local Printer or Network Printer, then click Next.

4.	Choose one of two options:

•	If your printer is attached locally, choose the drive and directory that contain the PPD to install, then choose a PPD from the Printer Descriptions Available list, and click Next. In the Local Port Selection dialog box, from the Available Ports list, choose an LPTn port for parallel connections or a COMn port for serial connections. For serial connections, click Configure Port; change the port settings to match the serial communications requirements of your printer, as described in your printer documentation. Click OK, then Next.

•	If your printer is attached through a network, type a network pathname for your printer. To view the available printers, click Browse, select the server, and log into it, if necessary. According to the type of selected server, choose one of these steps:

•	If your network printer uses the Adobe Printer Driver, click Next and proceed to step 5.

•	If your printer is not configured for the Windows 95 operating system, choose the drive and directory that contain the PPD to install, choose a PPD from the Printer Descriptions Available list, and click Next.

•	If your printer is configured for Windows 95 but is not using the Adobe Printer Driver, you must use the Add Printer Wizard to connect to that network printer using the current driver and correct the configuration settings. Otherwise, choose a printer that uses the Adobe Printer Driver.

5.	In the Add Printer dialog box, adjust the settings, as desired. You can change the printer name, make this printer the default printer, or request a test page, which is recommended.

6.	Click Add Printer.

7.	Make changes to the default printer property settings, as desired. For more information, see Changing Print Settings. Then click OK.

8.	Choose one of these options:

•	Click Add Another to install another printer.

•	Click Exit to exit from the installation procedure.

Related Topics

Changing Print Settings


Creating an Encapsulated PostScript File
Creating an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) File

You can produce EPS files of single pages created in one application and place them into the documents of another application. The contents of the page can include any combination of text, graphics, and images. Not all applications can place EPS files in their documents. Check your application documentation to see if your application supports Encapsulated PostScript files.

If you can set up your application to print EPS files, it is best to use your application to create EPS files. If you cannot set up your application to print EPS files, you can set up the Adobe Printer Driver to create EPS files. The EPS files created by the Adobe Printer Driver, however, do not include on-screen preview images. When placed in a document, EPS files created by the driver appear as blank spaces, as black boxes, or as boxes with X’s, which are placeholders for the image. The EPS image will appear on the printed page as expected.

To create an Encapsulated PostScript file:

1.	Start your application, and open the document to the page containing the image for which you want to create an EPS file.

2.	Choose File > Print Setup or File > Page Setup, depending on your application.

3.	Click the button that allows you to reach the printer properties dialog boxes, usually Properties, Options, or Printers.

4.	Click the PostScript tab button, and in the PostScript Output Format menu, choose Encapsulated PostScript.

5.	Continue to click OK until you return to your application.

6.	Choose File > Print, specify the page you want to print, and select the Print to File option.

Note: If your application’s Print dialog box does not have a Print to File option, you can set up the driver to print to a file. For instructions, see Printing to a PostScript File.

7.	Click OK.

8.	Select the directory and type the name of the file you want to create. If you don't specify a directory, the file will be created in your application's default directory.

9.	Click Save. The PostScript file is created, and you are returned to your application.

Related Topics

Creating Portable PostScript Files

Printing to a PostScript File

Placed EPS Image Too Small


Managing PostScript Headers

The PostScript header contains instructions that the printer needs to print correctly. The header must be sent to the printer at least once each time you use the printer. The Adobe Printer Driver ignores PostScript Header settings, however, if the PostScript format is Encapsulated PostScript, Archive Format, or PJL Archive Format.

Consider the following points when setting PostScript Header options:

•	By default, the Adobe Printer Driver sends the header with each job. This option is appropriate if you are sharing a printer on a network or if you are printing to a file for later printing at a service bureau. It might also be required if your printer can switch between printer languages, such as PJL and PostScript.

•	If you switch off or reset your printer after downloading the header, the header will be losteven if your computer is still running. After your printer is switched on, you have to download the header again.

•	Sending the header through a serial communication port can add as much as 20 seconds to each print job. (The delay is much less for a parallel port or network connection.) If your printer is connected directly to your computer, you can speed printing by downloading the header just once when you first switch on your printer. Use this option, however, only if you are an advanced user and your printer is connected through a COMn port.

The PostScript Header options in the PostScript properties dialog box control whether or not the driver sends the PostScript header with each document you print.

To control the PostScript header:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then click Properties.

3.	Click the PostScript tab button.

4.	Choose among the following options:

•	Use the Download Header With Each Print Job option to send documents to the printer with the PostScript header. This is the recommended option unless you are an advanced user with experience working with PostScript headers.

•	Use the Assume Header Is Downloaded option to send documents to the printer without the PostScript header. Use this option only if you are an advanced user with experience working with PostScript headers.

•	Use the Send Header Now option to send the PostScript header to the printer and select the Already Downloaded option.

Related Topics

Downloading the PostScript Header Once per Session


Downloading the PostScript Header Once per Session

If your PostScript printer is connected directly to your computer, you can save printing time by downloading the PostScript header just once every time you switch on your printer.

Note: Don't use this technique with a network or shared printer. You should download the PostScript header with every document that you print to a network printer. Keep in mind, too, that if other users are also sending headers separately from the job, printer memory might be used up quickly.

To set the header option:

1.	Make sure that the printer is switched on and warmed up.

2.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

3.	Right-click the desired printer, then click Properties.

4.	Click the PostScript tab button.

5.	Click Send Header Now. A dialog box appears, asking you if you want to download the header.

6.	Click OK. The driver downloads the header to your printer and automatically selects the Assume Header Is Downloaded option.

Related Topics

Managing PostScript Headers


Using the Error Handler to Troubleshoot Printing Problems

If you are experiencing printing problems, you can use the PostScript error handler to help diagnose them.

Often, when your printer encounters an error, it stops printing at the page containing the error, without any indication of what caused the problem. When you send the error handler to the printer, however, the printer prints as much of the failing page as has been processed without error, and then prints a page with an error message. This can help you determine what the problem is and where it occurred.

To send the error handler to your printer with every print job:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

3.	Click the PostScript tab button.

4.	Select the Print PostScript Error Information option.

5.	Click OK.

You have just set up the driver to download the PostScript error handler each time it prints a document. After you diagnose your printing problem, return to the PostScript properties dialog box and deselect the Print PostScript Error Information option.

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About Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Help Topic Index


Defining Custom Paper Sizes

This topic explains how to define the custom paper sizes for use with the Adobe Printer Driver and your applications. Some printers support page sizes that you can define by specifying page dimensions in addition to choosing a predefined option. The Adobe Printer Driver knows whether your printer supports custom paper by checking the printer’s PostScript Printer Description (PPD). If your printer does support custom paper, in the Paper properties dialog box, the Paper Size box contains three possible custom paper icons, and a Custom button is available for defining the custom size.

Printers can be divided into two groups of paper devices: roll-fed and cut-sheet. The dimensions of custom paper vary according to the type of paper device. The Adobe Printer Driver also learns your printer type by checking the PPD, and displays only those options that apply to your printer type.

For roll-fed devices, such as imagesetters supplied by a roll of film, no margin dimensions are necessary because the imageable area is the same as the requested page size, and the margins are fixed at zero. You specify the paper width and length and the width and length offset values for custom paper relative to the direction at which the media is fed into the device.

For cut-sheet devices, you don’t need to consider media feed direction when defining custom paper. Cut-sheet devices accept individual pages of different sizes, which you usually provide in a paper tray that adjusts to different sizes. The requested page size is the same as the physical page size, and you need to specify width and height dimensions of the physical page, as well as the four margins.

To define the custom paper you wish to use:

1.	In the Paper properties dialog box, click one of the three custom paper icons at the end of the list of paper sizes, then click Custom.

2.	Specify the name of the custom paper (up to 63 characters) as you wish it to appear in the Paper Size box of the Paper properties dialog box.

3.	Select either Inches or Millimeters as the unit of measure for the width and length of the paper.

4.	Enter the dimensions of the paper in the Width and Length boxes.

Note: The values you set for width and length are specific to the Portrait orientation. The relative width and length of a page might appear to change if you set the Orientation value to Landscape or Rotated Landscape, where the Landscape length reflects the Portrait width value and the Landscape width reflects the Portrait length value.

5.	To rotate the document 90 degrees, select Transverse. If you rotate the page when printing, you might save paper.

6.	If your printer is a roll-fed device, specify paper placement values, as needed.

To define where on the page your document starts, specify the page offsets. In the Offset Perpendicular to Feed Direction box, type the number of units from the edge of the roll of paper that is perpendicular to the feed direction. In the Offset Parallel to Feed Direction, type the number of units from the edge of the roll of paper that is parallel to the feed direction. Specify how far away from each of these edges to place the document page.


Enlarging or Reducing (Scaling) a Document

You can enlarge or reduce a document by setting a print option.

Consider the following points when setting the scaling option:

•	Some applications include their own scaling features (typically in the Print, Print Setup, or Page Setup dialog boxes). Always use the scaling feature in your application if it is available. Setting scaling values in both the application and the Graphics properties dialog box can cause the settings to combine in unexpected ways.

•	If you enlarge an image beyond a size that will fit on a single page, image cropping might occur. In this case, the upper left part of the image is printed.

•	Unlike the scale setting in many applications’ Print dialog boxes, the percentage enlargement or reduction you set with the Graphics properties dialog box frequently remains in effect until you change it.

To enlarge or reduce a document:

1.	In your application, open the document you want to scale.

2.	Choose File > Print and take the necessary steps to open the printer properties dialog box.

3.	Click the Graphics tab button.

4.	In the Scaling box, type the amount to enlarge or reduce the document.

A value of 100% means no enlargement or reduction. A value of 50% reduces the printable image to half its normal size. A value of 200% doubles the size of the image. You can scale a document from 25 to 400%.

5.	Click OK.

Related Topics

Changing Print Settings


Specifying Margins

The Unprintable Area dialog box lets you specify the margins of the page. The settings you specify in this dialog box apply to all documents printed on the selected printer.

Use this feature when the actual physical margins set on the printer do not match the unprintable area specified in the PPD for your printer. When this occurs, information might be clipped on your printout, for example. To correct the problem, use this feature to adjust the margins specified in the PPD to match the physical margins on the printer.

To specify the margins of a page:

1.	In the Paper properties dialog box, click Unprintable Area.

2.	In the Units box, specify the unit of measurement by clicking Inches or Millimeters.

3.	Specify values for the right, left, top, and bottom margins by entering the number of units from the corresponding edge of the paper that you want the unprintable area to extend. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

4.	When you have entered all the dimensions, click OK.

To return the values on this screen to the minimum margins allowed by your printer’s PPD, click the Restore Defaults button.


Printing Watermarks

The Watermark feature of the Adobe Printer Driver lets you print text, independent of that provided by the printing application, across the first page or every page of a document. This feature is available only for PostScript Level 2 printers.

From the Printers folder, you can view and change all watermark options. The New and Edit options allow you to define watermarks. The watermark definitions you specify in the New and Edit dialog boxes can be used for all printers and all documents. The selections you make in the Watermarks properties dialog box apply only to the current document.

Note: Not all applications support watermark printing.

To create a new watermark:

1.	In the printer properties dialog box, click the Watermarks tab button, then click New.

2.	Specify the text, font, size, and style for the watermark. The preview box in the upper right corner shows how the page will look when the specified watermark is printed.

3.	On the Angle box slider, specify the angle of the watermark by sliding the arrow to the desired degree.

4.	In the Position box, specify in what position the driver prints the watermark relative to the center of the page. You can instruct the driver to center the watermark automatically, or specify values for the x and y axes of the page relative to the center.

5.	In the Color box, specify the color in which the driver prints the watermark. If you know the exact RGB values for the color you wish to use, enter them in the Red, Green, and Blue fields. If not, click Choose Color, which displays a standard Color dialog box that lets you view and select a color.

6.	Click OK to return to the main Watermarks properties dialog box.

To edit an existing watermark:

1.	In the printer properties dialog box, click the Watermarks tab button.

2.	In the Watermarks properties dialog box, choose a watermark in the Select a Watermark box, then click Edit.

3.	Set the new properties.

4.	Click OK to return to the main Watermarks properties dialog box.

To delete a watermark:

1.	In the Watermarks properties dialog box, choose the desired watermark in the Select a Watermark box, then click Delete.

2.	In the Delete Watermark dialog box, click OK.

To specify a watermark for a document:

1.	Open the document for which you want to specify a watermark.

2.	Take the necessary steps to open the printer properties dialog boxes.

3.	Click the Watermarks tab button.

4.	Click the name of the desired watermark in the Select a Watermark box.

5.	In the Print Watermark box, decide how the watermark is printed.

Watermarks are generally printed on all pages of a document. To print the watermark only on the first page, click On First Page Only.

Depending on the graphics in your document, you might choose to print the watermark in the background or as an outline only. To do so, click the appropriate option. For more information, see Considerations for Printing Watermarks and Multipage Layouts.

6. Click OK to return to the Print dialog box.

Related Topics

Considerations for Printing Watermarks and Multipage Layouts


Setting Image Color Matching and Resolution Specifications

This topic explains how to use the Graphics properties dialog box to set color, if it is available, and resolution values for your printer.

If you are using a printer and have a color profile for it installed, the Adobe Printer Driver lets you define how to match colors. The color of any file the driver creates can be corrected using the options described in this topic. Certain black-and-white printers also let you use these settings to achieve better halftone rendering.

If you do not see the Color Control feature in the Graphics properties dialog box, your printer vendor might not have included an ICC profile with your installation disk. If you can obtain an ICC profile for your printer, you can install it by right-clicking the icon and choosing the Install in Place option or the Install to Color Directory option, which copies the profile to your computer disk.

Image Color Matching (ICM) lets you provide consistent color output across printing and viewing devices by matching device-dependent colors in your devices to international color standards.

With ICM, colors used in applications are tied to international color standards. The Adobe Printer Driver performs the proper color conversions to map the device-independent color representations to the colors the device supports.

To specify color and resolution values for your printer:

1.	In the Start menu, choose Settings > Printers.

2.	Right-click the desired printer, then click Properties.

3.	Click the Graphics tab button.

4.	To change your printer resolution, choose the desired value from the Resolution menu. This menu displays only the valid resolution values for the selected printer.

5.	If you have selected a printer with a color profile installed, a Color Control box is available. Decide whether to use the Image Color Matching feature by selecting the appropriate option in the Color Control box.

6.	If you select Use Image Color Matching, click Choose Image Color Matching Method to specify how you want the colors adjusted. Select the Image Color Matching method and Rendering Intent value appropriate for your working environment, then click OK.

To match colors, choose from these options in the Image Color Matching dialog box:

•	The Host Image Matching option tells the source computer to calculate for color matching before sending the document to the printer. This option gives you the closest color matching, but with slower system performance. Note that no host color matching is possible for placed Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files or for applications that send their own PostScript through the driver. This is the only option available for Level 1 printers.

•	The Download Image Color Matching option tells the printer to calculate for color matching according to the color-rendering rules that the driver creates and downloads to the printer. The printer uses these rules to adjust colors in the document. This option provides better system performance and is available only for Level 2 printers.

•	The Printer Image Color Matching option is similar to the previous one. It tells the printer to calculate for color matching according to the color-rendering rules that already reside on the printer. If no color-rendering rules reside on your printer, do not use this option. This option is available only for Level 2 printers.

Note: Only use this option if you are sure that the color-rendering rules reside on your printer, or if you are creating a file that you expect to print on multiple printers. Use the Download Image Color Matching option to provide better printing performance if your computer is generally slower than your printer.

•	The Rendering Intent option specifies how to create your color images to provide the best image on the printed page for applications that do not tell the driver how to correct colors directly. For charts or images using fully saturated, bright colors, choose Saturation. For photographs or pictures where the colors blend together, choose Contrast. For an exact match, when you are sending the document to a printer that supports that specific color of ink, choose Colorimetric.

7.	In the Halftoning box, to specify new frequency and angle values to use for halftone screens (if necessary), click Use Settings Below and type the new values. The default printer settings work best in most cases; change these settings only if you know exactly what you want to do. For more information, see About Halftoning.

8.	In the Special box, if desired, specify how to adjust the black-and-white and space coordinates to print a negative image or a mirror image.

9.	In the Scaling box, to adjust scaling, type a new value or click the scroll arrows to select a new setting. If a scaling option is available through your application, use the application to set scaling. For more information, see Enlarging or Reducing (Scaling) a Document.

Related Topics

About Halftoning

Enlarging or Reducing (Scaling) a Document


Setting PostScript Time-outs

The Adobe Printer Driver provides printer and Windows time-outs. The printer time-outs include a job time-out and a wait time-out. Windows provides a transmission retry time-out.

A job time-out indicates the maximum number of seconds your printer will spend printing a single document. If a document fails to print in that number of seconds, the printer stops printing and prepares to receive a new document. This time-out protects against error conditions that might cause inconvenient interruptions, especially in shared environments.

A wait time-out indicates the maximum number of seconds your printer waits to receive data from Windows when printing. After a print job begins, if the printer has to wait more than that number of seconds to receive data, it cancels the print job and prepares to receive a new document. The driver provides this time-out to allow a printer to recover from a computer malfunction. For network-shared printers, be sure to set a reasonable time-out value that prevents your computer from using excessive amounts of printer time when it malfunctions.

A transmission retry time-out indicates how many seconds Windows waits for the printer to be ready to print before reporting an error. This option is useful when the printer is not working and you wish to be notified of error conditions.

To set PostScript time-outs:

1.	In the PostScript properties dialog box, specify a value between 0 and 999 in the Job Time-out field.

A value of 0 means the job never times out. If your printer is connected directly to your computer, you can specify a value of 0. If you share a network printer, you should use a time-out value that prevents your computer from using excessive amounts of printer time.

2.	Specify a value between 0 and 999 in the Wait Time-out field.

A value of 0 means the printer waits for data indefinitely. The default wait time-out of 120 seconds works in most situations. If your printer is connected directly to your computer, you can use a very large wait time-out value.

3.	Click OK, then click the Details tab button.

4.	Specify a value between 0 and 999 in the Transmission Retry field.

5.	Click OK.


Reducing Printing Time

If your printer takes an unusually long time to print a document, you can take steps to reduce printing time before sending a print job. Binary communication, via the Tagged Binary Communications Protocol option, for example, is faster than ASCII communication. In general, portability considerations dictate what you download from the computer with your documentsuch as fonts, the PostScript header, or error handler; downloading also affects printing time. Printing a document optimized for a Level 1 printer on a Level 2 printer is slower, as well.

This topic describes the steps that you might take to enhance printing performance, if applicable to your document needs and system environment.

To reduce printing time:

1.	In the printer properties dialog box, click the PostScript tab button.

2.	Choose from the following options in the PostScript Output Format menu:

•	Choose the PostScript (Optimize for Speed) option. Note that this option might not fully support all of the features of some network spoolers. Don't use this option when printing to a file for subsequent printing that uses a spooler. If you have print spooling software with features such as page reversal and partial document printing, file portability might be lost when selecting this feature.

•	Deselect Print PostScript Error Information. Sending the error handler with each print job takes time.

3.	Click Advanced.

4.	Choose these options, if applicable:

•	Choose the Use PostScript Level 2 Features option. This option is dimmed when your printer does not support PostScript Level 2. When printing to a file or creating an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file that will be printed on another printer, select this option only if you are sure the destination printer supports PostScript Level 2.

•	Change the data format to binary communication by selecting one of the binary communication options (Binary Communications Protocol, Tagged Binary Communications Protocol, or Pure Binary Data). Your printer must support binary communication and might need to be set up to receive binary data; otherwise, this data format change might cause printing errors. Don't use this option when printing to a file that will later be sent to a printer that cannot accept binary data. For information on which binary data format to choose, see Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format.

5.	Click OK, then click the Fonts tab button.

6.	If the document contains TrueType fonts and printouts of the highest quality are not needed, select the Always Use Built-in Printer Fonts option. Substituting the default PostScript fonts for TrueType fonts is much faster than sending TrueType fonts. Use this option only if you have experience using built-in printer fonts.

7.	Consider downloading the PostScript header just once when you first turn on your printer. For instructions, see Downloading the PostScript Header Once per Session. Use this advanced option only if you have experience with PostScript headers.

Related Topics

Setting Up the Printer to Accept Binary Data

Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format

Downloading the PostScript Header Once per Session


Creating Portable PostScript Files

When you create a PostScript file that will be printed on a different printer, make sure that no printer setting will prevent the document from printing. For example, if a document is set up for duplex printing and you try to print it on a printer that does not support duplex printing, printing is not possible. A PostScript file that successfully prints on different printers is called a portable PostScript file.

Similarly, when you create an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file to move artwork from one application to another, you make sure that no selected printer setting prevents a successful transfer. You want your EPS file to be portable.

In addition to the file-portability options that you can control, the Adobe Printer Driver automatically changes the data format on the PostScript and EPS files you create to ASCII Data. ASCII Data format allows the file to print on any printer.

To create a portable file:

1.	In the PostScript properties dialog box, choose among these options from the PostScript Output Format menu:

•	Choosing Archive Format improves file portability because it suppresses many of the settings that might be specific to a particular printer and might therefore prevent the file from printing. Choose this option only if you want long-term storage or intend to widely distribute a file that might be printed on unknown destination devices.

•	Choosing Optimize for Portability ensures that each PostScript page description is independent of all other pages in a document. Independent page descriptions are needed for files to print successfully on printers supported by some spoolers or other software, which adds features such as reverse page printers or font management. Choose this option if you are not printing directly to your printer, or intend to print over a sophisticated spooler.

•	Choosing the Download Header With Each Print Job option of the PostScript Header feature ensures that the document prints on any PostScript printer attached to any kind of computer. Disable this advanced option only if you have experience working with PostScript headers.

2.	Click Advanced.

3.	Turn off Use PostScript Level 2 Features, if desired.

To ensure that the file prints on a Level 1 printer, you can turn off the Use PostScript Level 2 Features option. If this option is selected, the PostScript file will print only on printers that support PostScript Level 2. Files created for Level 1 printers will print on Level 2 printers, although possibly more slowly.

4.	Click OK to return to the PostScript properties dialog box. Then click OK again.

Related Topics

Printing to a PostScript File

Creating an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) File


Adjusting Printer Memory

The Device Options properties dialog box lets you install additional printer memory and adjust the size of memory available to your printer. If you install additional printer memory, you must use the Installable Options feature to tell the driver how much memory you now have. This feature automatically sets the Available Printer Memory option when you select the correct Installable Options value. For more information on changing the installable options, see Setting Printer Features.

Also, sometimes your printer’s PPD might not indicate how much memory is available to the printer. In this case, you must read your printer documentation and set the correct value in the Available Printer Memory field.

The amount of memory available to your printer can affect printing performance. If you have trouble printing and receive messages that the printer is short of memory, you might need to lower the Available Printer Memory value.

To change the Available Printer Memory value:

1.	In the Printers folder, right-click the desired printer, then choose Properties.

2.	Click the Device Options tab button.

3.	Enter a new value in the Available Printer Memory field.

4.	Click OK.


Printer Fails to Print

A number of problems can cause your printer to fail to print:

•	Your printer is not switched on.

•	Your printer is not connected to your computer correctly.

•	Your printer is not selected in the Printers folder (displayed from the Start menu).

•	The port you selected in the Details properties dialog box is not the port to which you connected your printer.

•	For printers connected to a serial communications port, the printer setup does not match the Windows setup. (For example, your printer is set up to operate at 1200 Baud and the Windows Port Baud Rate is set to 9600 Baud.) To adjust the setup, use the Port Settings option in the Details properties dialog box.

•	A driver printer control setting, such as the Tagged Binary Communications Protocol option from the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box, does not match your printer setup.

•	You leave the PostScript Output Format option set to Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) after creating EPS files.

•	You specify the default printer incorrectly. You can set a default printer in several different places, including the Add Printer dialog box of the AdobePS 4 Setup utility, the Add Printer utility in the Printers folder, or an application's Print Setup or Print dialog box.

•	Your printer is inoperable.

Check for these problems in the above order, working down the list from top to bottom. Then follow these steps:

1.	Carefully repeat the installation instructions in your printer documentation.

2.	Carefully check the Adobe Printer Driver printer control settings to make sure they match your printer setup.

3.	Contact your printer dealer, printer manufacturer, or system administrator for help if you cannot correct the problem.

Related Topics

Printer Stops Printing


Network Printer Fails to Print

The following problems can cause a network printer to fail to print:

•	Your network is failing or is down. Nobody can print.

•	Your Windows network setup is incorrect.

•	Your print job has been redirected to a printer connected through an AppleTalk network, but the printer driver is not set up to work with an AppleTalk network.

Contact your network administrator for help with the first two problems.

If you suspect the third problem, choose Pure Binary Data or ASCII Data as the data format in the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box.

Related Topics

Specifying Data Communication Protocol and Format


Printer Stops Printing

The following problems can cause your printer to stop printing:

•	More disk space than is available is needed to print the job.

•	Your printer encounters an error when trying to interpret the PostScript language description of your document.

•	Your printer requires more memory than is available to print a complicated page.

•	The printer control settings of the Adobe Printer Driver do not match the printer setup. When this happens, the printer prints a page with a short description of the problem.

A driver alert message or a printed error page (if you are using the PostScript error handler) indicates the type of problem.

If the problem is too little disk space, you can create more disk space by deleting unused files or by purchasing an additional hard disk drive.

If you suspect that your printer requires more memory than is available to print a complex page, lower the estimated value for Available Printer Memory in the Device Options properties dialog box. For instructions, see Adjusting Printer Memory. You can also print the job in smaller pieces; simplify the page by using fewer fonts or, if the page contains a drawing, by using fewer objects to build the drawing; or purchase more memory for your printer.

If you suspect a problem, download the PostScript error handler with the document that is failing to print. For instructions, see Using the Error Handler to Troubleshoot Printing Problems.

If you cannot correct the problem, contact your printer dealer or printer manufacturer for help.

Related Topics

Setting PostScript Options

Adjusting Printer Memory

Using the Error Handler to Troubleshoot Printing Problems


Courier Prints for Other Font

When you print a document containing a font unavailable to your printer, your printer uses Courier. Three conditions can cause this situation:

•	You manually download soft fonts to printer memory, then switch off your printer, and after you switch on your printer, you don’t download the fonts again. Once you manually download soft fonts, the driver assumes that the fonts are available to your printer. To correct this problem, manually download the fonts again.

•	You used a TrueType font, for which the driver is not set up, to substitute for a PostScript font. In the Send Fonts As dialog box, the Send TrueType Fonts As value is Don't Send. The Don't Send option is for users with network or print management software that performs TrueType font substitution. If you are not using this kind of software, TrueType fonts assigned the Don't Send option print as Courier. To correct the problem, you have two options:

•	Change the Send TrueType Fonts As value in the Send Fonts As dialog box to send the desired TrueType font, as described in Substituting Printer Fonts for TrueType Fonts.

•	Set up the driver to substitute a PostScript font for the TrueType font using the Font Substitution Table dialog box, as described in Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts.

•	You wanted to send a PostScript font but chose a Send PostScript Font As value of Don’t Send. To correct the problem, send the PostScript font in native format.

Related Topics

Substituting PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts

Sending TrueType and PostScript Fonts


Wrong Font Is Displayed on Monitor for Printer Font

Most PostScript printers come with at least 13 or 35 PostScript fonts permanently installed in the printer ROM (read-only memory). These fonts usually appear in your application’s font menus if you have the Adobe Type Manager (ATM) program, and you can print them in your documents.

Two conditions, however, might prevent the correct font from displaying on the monitor:

•	Unless you have the ATM program, Windows displays text on your monitor using substitute fonts for your PostScript printer fonts. For example, Windows displays Times New Roman for Times, and Courier New for Courier.

•	You can use a font downloading utility or font cartridges, for example, to install other printer fonts that might not have matching PostScript fonts on your system for ATM to display.

Windows matches PostScript fonts as best it can, and for Helvetica, Times, Courier, and Symbol, the substitute fonts match closely. But for other PostScript fonts, Windows might substitute a font that does not match very closely. For example, Windows might substitute Times New Roman for Palatino, New Century, and Bookman, and Helvetica for Helvetica Narrow. The poorest match is for Zapf Dingbats, for which Windows substitutes Wingdings.


Too Many Copies Print or Copies Are Uncollated

If you set the number of copies to print in both your application's Print dialog box and the Paper properties dialog box, too many copies will be printed.

To solve this problem, enter a value of 1 in the Copies box of the Paper properties dialog box, and set the number of copies to print in your application's Print dialog box.

Some applications (such as Microsoft® Word for Windows) print collated copies. Setting the number of copies with the Paper properties dialog box produces uncollated copies on a PostScript printer that does not support collation. Printing uncollated copies is usually faster than printing collated copies. If enhanced performance is needed, set the Copies feature in the Paper properties dialog box to obtain uncollated copies.

Note: Select the number of copies you want in either the Print dialog box or the Paper properties dialog box, but not in both. Specifying a number of copies in both dialog boxes might cause the settings to combine in unexpected ways.

Unlike the Copies settings in most applications” Print dialog boxes, the number of copies you set in the Paper properties dialog box frequently remains in effect until you change it.


Windows 95 Reports Printer Not Responding

Some PostScript printers might require an extended amount of time to print a complex page. When the time your printer spends printing one page exceeds the Transmission Retry time-out value, Windows 95 displays a message telling you that the printer is not responding and is stalled. The printer might have canceled the print job and might be preparing to receive another document.

Similarly, if your Job Time-out value is less than the amount of time needed to print your document, the printer stops printing.

If this situation happens often, you might want to increase your PostScript time-outs in the PostScript or Details properties dialog boxes.

Related Topic

Setting PostScript Time-outs


Page Image Cropped (Edges Cut Off)

The edges of the print image can be cropped (cut off) for either of two reasons:

•	You have enlarged the print image with the Scaling option to a size larger than will fit on the page.

•	You are using an application that requires the unprintable area to be set to zero.

If you have enlarged the print image with the Scaling option, reduce the percentage enlargement and print again.

If you are using an application that requires you to change the driver setting for the unprintable area, display the Unprintable Area dialog box, via the Paper properties dialog box, and change the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right values to zero, if possible. (For other applications, you might have to change these values back to the defaults using the Restore Defaults button.)

Related Topics

Enlarging or Reducing (Scaling) a Document

Specifying Margins


Placed EPS Image Too Small

Some applications do not provide the driver with enough information to create EPS images correctly. When images created with these applications are placed into the documents of other applications, the images might appear too small. Sometimes the picture itself is only a small part of the page; other times, it is an application problem. You cannot correct this problem. However, future revisions of the application might correct the problem.


Rotated Landscape Doesn't Work

Not all applications support the rotated landscape feature. For example, when you use the rotated landscape option with some applications, text is rotated correctly but Encapsulated PostScript images are not rotated correctly. You cannot correct this problem. However, future versions of your application might support the rotated landscape feature.


Problems Using a Network Spooler

If you are using a network spooler and are having trouble printing, the problem might be caused by one of the following conditions:

•	The Data Format option is set to an improper value for your configuration. ASCII Data works for all printers, but might be slower than other options. Binary Communications Protocol and Tagged Binary Communications Protocol work only if the printer is connected over its own parallel or serial port. Pure Binary Data works only if the printer is connected over AppleTalk or Ethernet. You set the Data Format option in the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box.

•	The PostScript Output Format option is set to PostScript (Optimize for Speed). Change the option to PostScript (Optimize for Portability−ADSC), and try printing again. You set the PostScript Output Format option in the PostScript properties dialog box.

•	The spooler might not be able to handle output sent in two printer languages, PostScript and PJL, for example. You might not be able to set the PJL Archive Format option of the PostScript Output Format menu.

Related Topics

Setting PostScript Options


Considerations for Printing Watermarks and Multipage Layouts

Some applications have features that might affect the printing of watermarks, multipage layouts, or other driver features.

For example, if you are running applications that paint the entire page to create graphics, such as Adobe Photoshop®, you might be unable to print watermarks in the background. To resolve this problem, choose from these options:

•	Cancel printing and change printing settings to eliminate watermarks or multipage layouts.

•	Cancel watermark or n-up printing, but continue printing the rest of the document.

•	Attempt to print the document with the original watermark and layout settings.

Specific Watermark Printing Considerations

Some applications paint an entire page with a specific color before drawing text. If you are using such an application, consider these tips when printing documents with watermarks:

•	If you print the watermark in the background, it might be obstructed. Consider printing it in the foreground.

•	If you print the watermark in the foreground, consider using the Print Outline Only option. If you do not, the watermark might obstruct too much of your text and graphics.

Specific Layout Printing Considerations

Not all page-setup options work effectively with n-up layouts. Consider the following points when printing a document with layout specifications:

•	When your application allows you to combine layout, orientation, and scaling settings and to assign different settings for these options to various parts of a document, n-up pages will print out as expected, as shown in the following graphic.

4-up Layout With Orientation Change

•	If you request a different resolution, page size, or paper source, or if you request duplex settings for different pages of a document while using the n-up option, the Adobe Printer Driver completes the previous request and then starts a new page, applying the currently requested page-setup settings. The order of the layout remains the same, although virtual pages of an n-up layout might appear to be missing. This is because the Adobe Printer Driver starts the next set of instructions on a new sheet of paper.

•	In the following example, the first page of the document prints on company letterhead and the remaining pages on standard paper stock from a different paper source.

4-up Layout With Paper Source Change

•	Some applications let you use only one of the landscape orientations—landscape, not rotated landscape. If a document uses multiple orientations, n-up pages might not print as expected.

•	Some applications might be incompatible with the Adobe Printer Driver’s ability to combine n-up printing with collated copies. This combination of features might produce unexpected print results.


Applications That Might Be Incompatible With Driver Features

Sometimes an application might be incompatible with the Adobe Printer Driver. With those applications, you will be unable to use some Adobe Printer Driver features. For a list of incompatible applications, see the Adobe Printer Driver ReadMe file.

If you turned on the Show Alert option in the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box, the Adobe Printer Driver displays an alert message providing options when driver features (such as N-up, Watermarks, Negative Image, Mirror Image, or Scaling) are incompatible with the application you are using. You can choose among these options:

•	Attempt to print the document using the current driver settings, despite incompatibilities.

•	Turn off the current driver settings for this print job only and proceed with printing.

•	Cancel the print job.


Paper Size or Paper Source Box Does Not Reflect Configuration

Sometimes when you install an optional paper tray, the Paper Source and Paper Size boxes of the Paper properties dialog box do not reflect the presence of the tray. To see the tray in the Paper Source box, and its size in the Paper Size box, change the setting for that paper tray to Installed in the Device Options properties dialog box.


Application Does Not List Installed Fonts

Sometimes you might know that you installed a font, but it does not appear in the application’s list of available fonts. In these cases, you use the Update Fonts option to automatically inform the driver of the fonts you have installed.

To inform the driver of the installed fonts:

1.	Exit from the application that is not listing the correct fonts; some applications check the driver for fonts only when they start up.

2.	In the Fonts property sheet, click Update Fonts.

3.	Restart your application. The list of fonts available to the application is now updated.


Missing ICC Profile

To use the driver’s Color Control feature, you must have installed an InterColor Consortium (ICC) color profile for this printer. Otherwise, the driver ignores your color settings. If you do not see the Color Control feature in the Graphics properties dialog box, your printer vendor might not have included an ICC profile with your installation disk. If you can obtain an ICC profile for your printer, you can install it by right-clicking the icon and choosing the Install in Place option or the Install To Color Directory option, which copies the profile to your computer disk.

If you are missing an ICC color profile, contact your printer vendor or system administrator.


Managing User Interface Conflicts

Sometimes you might select an option that conflicts with your current configuration. For example, this happens when you select an option with a red circle with a bar through it or an option that causes other selections in the dialog box to be invalid. When this occurs, a dialog box explaining the conflict appears. The Conflicts dialog box suggests how to resolve the conflict and provides other options.

To manage selection conflicts:

When the Conflicts dialog box appears, choose among the following options:

•	Click OK to resolve the conflict as the driver suggests.

•	Click Cancel to go back to the previous selection or dialog box, and make the necessary correction.

•	Click Ignore if you know the next selection will resolve the conflict. Note, however, that the driver will not allow you to use the Apply or OK buttons until you obtain a consistent configuration.


Duplex Pages Do Not Print in Collated Copies

Some applications do not allow collated copies to be printed in duplex format. When using such applications, if you select both duplex printing and collated copies, you might get unexpected results.


binary communication

Data is sent from your computer to the printer with eight-bit characters. Binary communication contrasts with ASCII communication where data is sent to the printer using only seven of the eight bits available in each character. Parallel ports (such as LPT1 and LPT2) require no special setup to support binary communication. Serial ports (such as COM1 and COM2) must be set up to send eight data bits to support binary communication.


collated copies

Copies printed as complete documents instead of groups of repeated pages. For example, if you specify 5 copies in the Word for Windows Print dialog box, Word prints pages 1 through 5 five times.


complicated print jobs

Print jobs that require a lot of printer memory to process. Documents that contain many fonts make complicated print jobs.


download

To send data or instructions from your computer to your printer. For example, soft fonts are downloaded from your computer hard disk to your printer memory.


font disk

A hard disk drive that is attached to a printer to store fonts. Fonts stored on a font disk are always available (and do not have to be downloaded to the printer). Not all printers support font disks.


grayscale

Shades of gray, starting with white and ending with black. When a document with color specifications is printed on a black-and-white printer, colors are converted to their grayscale equivalents, which means different colors are represented as different shades of gray.


PostScript header

A file that contains instructions that a PostScript printer needs to print correctly. If the printer you use is connected directly to your computer, you can save printing time by sending the PostScript header just once each time you switch on your printer. If you share a network printer, however, the PostScript header should be sent to the printer with every document you print.


PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file

A file that describes all the features your printer supports and the fonts permanently installed in the printer. The Adobe Printer Driver uses the information in the PPD file to set up printer controls for the printer automatically.


soft font

A font that can be installed in a computer’s hard disk and that is sent (downloaded) to the printer when needed to print a document; sometimes called a downloadable font.


spooler

A program that saves document print jobs as disk files and prints the documents while you continue working with your application. Spoolers let you keep working while a document prints, although they sometimes do not support advanced features such as page reversal. The Windows Print Manager is a spooler.


Type 42 font

A Type 42 font is a TrueType font that has been converted to a format that can be printed on a PostScript printer. However, not all PostScript printers can print Type 42 fonts.


type cartridge

A device that is inserted into a printer, thus making fonts available for your documents. Fonts stored on a type cartridge are always available (and do not have to be downloaded to your printer). Not all printers support type cartridges.


uncollated copies

Copies printed one page number at a time. For example, if you specify 5 copies of a five-page document, the driver prints five page 1’s, five page 2’s, five page 3’s, and so on.

Some applications (Word for Windows, for example) print collated copies.


sophisticated spooler

A device that provides for page reversals, font substitution, single-page reprinting, collation, and other advanced printing features.


ICC profile

The Intercolor Consortium profile associated with a printer that allows you to set the color values for the printer using the Adobe Printer Driver.


Displays version information for this product. Click this button for copyright information.


Displays the paper or envelope sizes supported by your printer. Click the size you want to use; use the scroll bar beneath the Paper Size box to display the paper size choices. If your printer supports custom paper sizes, three custom icons appear. You can click one and then click the Custom button to specify a custom paper size.

Note: If you see a red circle with a bar through a paper icon, it means that you can choose that paper size, but there is some other setting that you must also change before your printer can print on that size of paper. The other setting might be in this dialog box, such as a paper source setting. It might also be a setting on your printer that you should make on the printer and update the Device Options properties dialog box to reflect. A driver alert message tells you what needs to be done.


Specifies how many pages of your document to print on one piece of paper. For example, 1-up prints one page of your document per piece of paper, and 2-up prints two pages on one piece of paper, dividing the paper in half. You can arrange between 1 and 16 document pages on a single piece of paper.

This option is ignored if you make an EPS file because an EPS file is always one page.

For more information, see “Considerations for Printing Watermarks and Multipage Layouts” in the online help.


Determines how the document is positioned on the page. Portrait prints text and images on tall pages. Landscape prints text and images on wide pages. Rotated also prints text and images on wide pages but reverses the top and bottom of the page. Click Portrait, Landscape, or Rotated to view examples.

To view the current dimensions of the page (the paper size and the unprintable margins), place the mouse pointer on the page icon, and then press and hold down the mouse button. Shift-click for dimensions in alternative measurement units.


Specifies where the paper you want to use is located in the printer. Different printer models support different paper sources, such as the upper tray, envelope feed, and manual feed. Open the menu and click the paper source you wish to use.

If you click AutoSelect Tray, which is unavailable for some printers, the printer uses the paper tray that supports the paper size you've chosen.

Note: If you see a circle with a red bar through it to the left of a Paper Source name, you can choose that paper source, but there is some other setting that you must also change before your printer can use it. The other setting might be in this dialog box, such as a Paper Size setting, or it might be a setting on your printer; an alert message will tell you.


Sets the number of copies you want printed. You can print from 1 to 999 copies. You can type a new value or click the scroll arrows to select a new value. If you make an EPS file, this option is ignored.

Note: Some applications override this value. Use the driver setting for copies only if your application’s Print dialog box does not allow you to set copies.


Displays the Custom-Defined Size dialog box. Click this button to specify a custom paper size. To use this feature, you must first click one of the three Custom paper icons in the Paper Size box.


Displays the Unprintable Area dialog box. Click this button to view the area of the page that is unavailable for printing.


Displays the More Paper Options dialog box. Click this button to specify more options for how your documents are printed.


Sets the values of all options in the current dialog box to the driver standard defaults or the default values specified in the PPD.


Provides a space for you to type a name for this custom paper size. You can define up to three custom sizes for each printer. This name will appear in the Paper Size box in the Paper properties dialog box.


Provides a space for you to type the width of the custom paper. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Provides a space for you to enter the length of the custom paper. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Rotates the document 90 degrees when printing on a roll-fed or a cut-sheet device. Depending on the size of the printed page and how your printer model functions, you might save paper if you rotate the page when printing.


Specifies a unit in which to measure a dimension. Click the desired value.


Provides a space for you to enter the number of units by which the paper is offset perpendicular to the feed direction. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

This measurement determines the placement of the page as measured from the edge of the paper. For example, you might not want the edge of the document placed on the edge of the roll of paper. Specify how far away the page should be placed.


Provides a space for you to enter the number of units by which the paper is offset parallel to the feed direction. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

This measurement determines the placement of the page as measured from the edge of the paper. For example, you might not want the edge of the adjacent document pages placed exactly next to each other. Specify how far away the page should be placed.


Provides a space for you to enter the number of units from the left edge of the paper you wish the unprintable area to extend, and specifies the left margin of output pages. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Provides a space for you to enter the number of units from the right edge of the paper you wish the unprintable area to extend, and specifies the right margin of output pages. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Provides a space for you to enter the number of units from the top edge of the paper you wish the unprintable area to extend, and specifies the top margin of output pages. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Provides a space for you to enter the number of units from the bottom edge of the paper you wish the unprintable area to extend, and specifies the bottom margin of output pages. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Specifies whether and how the printer should print the document on both sides of the paper. When you print on two sides of the page (duplexing), your document reads differently depending on how it is printed. For example, you could have the pages of your document turn like a book or like a calendar. Click Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge for a preview of how the printed document will look. This feature is not available for devices that do not support duplex printing.


Specifies whether the driver prints a black border around the logical pages for the Layout feature. Check the box to request the black border in your layout. This feature does not apply to 1-up printing.


Specifies the type of paper medium to use, such as paper or transparencies. Do not select Transparency when printing on regular paper. This might waste ink and cause smearing. You can open the list and click the paper type you want.


Specifies which output bin to use for your printed document. Some printers have more than one output bin you can use for sorting your documents. You can open the list and click the output bin you want.


Specifies the amount of available printer memory. The driver uses this information when performing printing tasks, such as sending fonts or color-rendering dictionaries from the computer to the printer.

If the value here doesn't match the amount of memory on your printer and printing problems arise, you might need to change the memory setting.


Displays settings specific to your printer. You can change the settings by clicking the setting and then specifying a new value in the Change Settings box.


Specifies installable features for the selected printer. For more information on the features, see your printer documentation.

You can change the settings by clicking a setting and then specifying a new value in the Change Settings box.


Tells the driver to use the value specified in the Font Substitution Table to determine which PostScript fonts to substitute for TrueType fonts. Instead of sending all TrueType fonts to your printer, this option substitutes a PostScript printer font for the common TrueType fonts used in your document. This can speed up printing.

By default, common TrueType fonts are substituted with their PostScript look-alikes when printing, but those with no PostScript look-alike are sent to the printer in the format specified in the Send TrueType Fonts As box of the Send Fonts As dialog box. Click Edit the Table to customize which TrueType fonts get sent and which printer fonts should be substituted for which TrueType fonts.

Note: If you substitute the wrong printer font for a TrueType font, the printed document will not match the look of the document on the screen.


Displays the Font Substitution Table dialog box. Click this button to view or edit the Font Substitution Table.


Tells the driver to ignore the Font Substitution Table and to use font-matching rules to find the best PostScript font to substitute for TrueType fonts in your document. TrueType fonts will not be sent when your document is printed. This can speed up printing, but the printed fonts might not match the fonts on your screen.


Tells the driver to send TrueType fonts to the printer when your document is printed. This ensures that your printed document uses the same fonts as those on your screen, but printing might take longer. The TrueType fonts are sent in the format specified in the Send TrueType Fonts As box of the Send Fonts As dialog box.

Click the Send Fonts As button to specify the format for the TrueType fonts.


Displays the Send Fonts As dialog box. Click this button to specify how to send TrueType or PostScript fonts.


Lets you view a list of all TrueType fonts installed on your system and lets you select which, if any, PostScript font is substituted for each TrueType font. Click the TrueType font you want to change, and then open the list below and click the new substitution.


Updates the list of installed PostScript fonts so that the driver prints them correctly. Click this button to update the fonts list. This option applies only to PostScript Type 1 fonts.


Specifies in what format to send TrueType fonts that are not substituted with their PostScript equivalents. For scalable outlines (Type 1), which are best for large point sizes, click Outlines; note that the driver might automatically switch to bitmaps if the point size is too small. For bitmaps (Type 3), which are best for small point sizes, click Bitmaps. For Type 42 format, click Type 42, which is available on some Adobe PostScript printer models. If you specify Don’t Send, no TrueType fonts are sent; this option is recommended only for advanced users using sophisticated print spoolers.


Specifies the size of the font (in pixels) at which the PostScript driver should switch from sending TrueType fonts as outline (Type 1) fonts to sending them as bitmap (Type 3) fonts. Use this option only if you have selected Outlines in the Send TrueType Fonts As menu of the Send Fonts As dialog box. The most efficient threshold value varies depending on the font complexity. For example, at 600 dpi, it becomes more efficient to start sending TrueType fonts as outlines when non-ornamental fonts are about 14 points or larger.

If this value is 0, outline (Type 1) fonts will always be sent.


Specifies whether to use system TrueType fonts instead of printer fonts when the same font is found on both the computer and the printer. By default, the printer fonts are used.

Using printer fonts can speed up printing because the driver does not have to send the TrueType fonts. However, the fonts in the printed document might not exactly match the fonts on your screen.


Specifies whether to send PostScript fonts to the printer. If you click Native Format, the PostScript font files are sent to the printer before your document is printed. If you specify Don't Send, no fonts are sent. This option is recommended only for advanced users using sophisticated print spoolers or installed font cartridges.

Note: This option does not affect the sending of TrueType fonts.


Specifies the resolution you want for printing, in dots per inch (dpi). Higher-resolution settings produce higher-quality printing; however, your documents might take longer to print, and other options might be unavailable. The resolutions available depend on your printer's capabilities.

Open the menu and click the desired resolution.


Specifies whether you want the colors in your document to be adjusted before printing so that the printed page more closely matches the colors you see on your screen.

If you choose to use the Image Color Matching feature, click the Choose Image Color Matching button to specify exactly how you want the colors adjusted.


Specifies that the calculations for color matching be performed on the computer from which the document is being sent before the document is sent to the printer. Color matching, however, is not performed on EPS images or for applications that create their own PostScript. Using this option might require more system resources than the other Image Color Matching options, and it might take longer for the system to return to the application. This is the only option available for Level 1 printers.


Specifies that the calculations for color matching be performed on the printer. A set of rules for mapping the colors will be created and then sent to the printer. The printer will use these rules to adjust the colors in the document.

This option is available only for Level 2 printers.


Specifies that the calculations for color matching be performed on the printer. This option assumes that a set of rules for mapping the colors already resides on the printer, and does not create or send them again. Use this option in all cases for archiving color documents or printing to multiple printers. If you have only one printer and are unsure whether the color mapping rules reside on the printer, use the Download Image Color Matching option.

This option is available only for Level 2 printers.


Specifies values for the number of lines per inch (frequency) and angle of the pattern that you want to use for halftone screens. If you are getting a moire pattern when you print graphics such as photographs or detailed images, you might want to adjust these settings. However, the default printer settings should work in most cases.

Note  Some applications might be incompatible with the halftoning feature and might ignore any values you specify. Also, some printers might use halftoning procedures that do not use the frequency and angle values you specify. Do not change these settings unless you have experience using halftones and are familiar with the requirements of your application and printer.

If you do change these settings and want to return to the default settings, click Use Printer's Settings.


Prints a negative of the image by complementing the RGB values or reversing the black-and-white values. This feature is useful only for black-and-white or coarse RGB images. Click this option to view an example.


Prints a mirror image of your document by reversing the horizontal coordinates. Click this option to view an example.


Provides a space for you to type the size of the image to print. Scaling lets you shrink or enlarge the print image by the specified percentage, from 25% to 400% of the original size. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting. If your application provides a scaling feature, adjust scaling through your application, not through the driver.


Displays the Image Color Matching dialog box. Click this button to specify exactly how you want the colors on your screen adjusted before printing.


Specifies how you want your color images created to produce the best-looking image on the printed page. If your application does not have direct access to Image Color Matching features, this option lets you control color from the driver. If you are printing a chart or using fully saturated, bright colors, it's best to choose Saturation. For photographs or pictures where the colors blend together, use Contrast.

If your document has a color that you need an exact match for, and you are sending the document to a printer that has that specific color of ink, specify Colorimetric.


Specifies the format for the PostScript files. In general, use PostScript (Optimize For Speed) for printing a document.

To create a file that conforms to the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (ADSC), click PostScript (Optimize for Portability). Each page of the document will be a fully self-contained object. This option is useful when your computer system and printer communicate through a sophisticated spooler.

To include this file as a single-page image in another document that will be printed from a different program, click Encapsulated PostScript (EPS).

To create a PostScript data stream that gets stored in a file that you can use later, click Archive Format. This option suppresses many printer device features, making it useful for archiving files that will be printed on unknown printers.

If you have a printer that supports both PostScript and PJL, you might need to choose PJL Archive Format. This notifies the printer that the document being printed contains printer feature settings in another printer control language in addition to the PostScript language.


Specifies whether to send header information to the printer each time you print a document; this is an advanced feature to use only if you have experience working with headers.

If you print to a local printer, you can save printing time by sending the header information to your printer only once. However, sending header information each time you print a document is sufficient for most types of printing, and is especially recommended if you print to a shared network printer.

This setting is ignored for EPS and Archive formats.


Immediately sends the PostScript header to the printer, where it resides until you restart the printer. When you click Send Header Now, the Adobe Printer Driver automatically selects the Assume Header Is Downloaded and Retained option.


Specifies whether to send a special PostScript error handler with every document that you print. The error handler prints an extra page with PostScript error messages when a document fails to print.

The PostScript printer driver can detect certain errors that Windows cannot. If you are having printing problems, click this option. This information might help you, a system administrator, or a product-support representative determine what caused the problem.

An error handler is not available when you select Encapsulated PostScript format.


Provides a space to type in the maximum number of seconds that the print job can take to get from the computer to the paper before the job is canceled. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

A value of zero means that the job is never canceled. If your printer is shared, do not specify a value of zero.


Provides a space to type in the maximum number of seconds that the printer will wait for the computer to send data before canceling the job. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.

After the specified time passes, the printer will stop trying to print the document and will print an error message. This option prevents the printer from stalling if your computer stalls.

A value of zero means that the job is never canceled. If your printer is shared, do not specify a value of zero.


Displays the Advanced PostScript Options dialog box. Click this button to view and change advanced PostScript settings. Only use this option if you are an advanced user with experience working with PostScript.


Specifies which level of PostScript language to use. Some printers support both Level 1 and Level 2. If your printer supports Level 2, it is probably best to use Level 2. For printers that support PostScript Level 2, the Use Level 2 Features option speeds up printing.


Specifies whether to compress graphics before sending your document to the printer. If you are using PostScript Level 2, or if you are using PostScript Level 1 and a printer connected to a serial port, click Compress Bitmap Images. For PostScript Level 1 and a printer connected to a parallel port or a network printer, click No Bitmap Compression.


Sends data in ASCII format (7-bit), which might take longer to print but can be sent through any i/o channel, such as a serial, parallel, or network port.


Sends all data except special control characters in binary (8-bit) format. This format can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports only and is faster than sending data in ASCII format.

If you select this option, click Send Mode to switch your printer to Binary Communications Protocol (BCP) for future print jobs. If the printer is turned off, check the printer documentation to determine whether you need to reset or resend any other information.


Sends all data except special control characters in binary (8-bit) format. This format can be sent over parallel or serial communications ports only and is faster than sending data in ASCII format.


Sends all data in pure binary format, which is the fastest format to print but can be sent only over AppleTalk or Ethernet.


Sends a CTRL+D to notify the printer that the current job has finished printing and to reset the printer. If you are printing over a UNIX-based network, such as Banyan Vines, AT&T StarGroup, or Sun, you might need to clear these settings.

You cannot send Ctrl+D messages when the data format is set to Pure Binary Data.


Determines whether the driver displays an alert message if a running application might be incompatible with some driver features. To show the alert message, check the box by clicking it.


Sends a message to the printer to turn on the selected protocol (Binary Communications Protocol) for future print jobs.


Lists the available watermark definitions. You can click an entry in the list to select it for editing or deleting. If you click None, no options on the Watermarks properties dialog box are available. The display area to the right of the list shows a 1-up, portrait image of how the page will look when printed.


Displays the New Watermark dialog box, which lets you add a new watermark to the Select a Watermark list, makes <New> the current selection, and fills in the Watermark Text defaults.


Deletes the watermark definition selected in the Select A Watermark list.


Prints the watermark on only the first page of the current document.


Specifies whether to print the watermark in the foreground or the background (the default). In some applications, graphic images might cover up watermarks printed in the background.

If you cannot view the watermark on the printed page, deselect Print in Background.


Prints only the outline of the watermark and does not fill in its characters. Choose this option if the watermark is covering up graphic images in your document.


Shows the text for the watermark definition currently selected in the Select a Watermark list and lets you edit the font, style, and size of the text.


Shows the text of the watermark selected in the Select a Watermark list and lets you edit it.


Lists the fonts available on all printers and the fonts that you can display on your computer monitor. Open the menu and click the value you want.


Provides a space to type in a new setting for the font size. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting. A font size can be between 7 and 600 points.


Lists styles for the watermark. Open the menu and click the value you want.


Provides spaces for you to type in the red, green, and blue values for the color in which the watermark is printed. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Displays the Color dialog box. Click this button to view and select a color for the watermark.


Specifies the position of the watermark. Automatically Center centers the watermark on the page. Position Relative to Center provides spaces for you to type new settings for the x and y coordinates for the watermark relative to the center. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting.


Adjusts the angle at which the watermark will display on the page.


Displays the Edit Watermark dialog box, which lets you change the features of a watermark in the Select a Watermark list.


Displays a preview of the watermark as it will appear on the printed page.