Psion Teklogix netBook, 32M/64M manual Printing to a serial printer, Using PsiWin to print via a PC

Printing to a serial printer

You can print to a serial printer using the Docking cable supplied and a Serial Printer Converter to connect to the printer. To set up your netBook to print via a serial printer:

1.Select the Printer icon from the Control panel in the System screen, or the Print setup command from the Printing commands on the File menu in the program you want to print from.

2.If necessary, press the Printer button. Select the printer model and select ‘Serial port’ as the method via which you want to print.

You can change the settings for the serial port and handshaking by pressing the Settings button.

Using PsiWin to print via a PC

You can use PsiWin to connect your netBook to a PC using the Docking cable. You can then print files from your netBook to almost any of the printers installed in Windows on your PC, whether directly connected, or networked to your PC.

1.Select the Printer icon from the Control panel in the System screen, or the Print setup command from the Printing commands on the File menu in the program from which you want to print.

2.If you are printing from within a program, press the Printer button.

3.Select ‘Printer via PC’ as the method via which you want to print.

You can now print a file using PsiWin to print via a PC. Refer to the PsiWin on-line help for more information.

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Printing to a file

You can use the netBook to print a document to a file. To set up your netBook to print to a file:

1.Select the Printer icon from the Control panel in the System screen, or the Print setup command from Printing commands on the File menu, in the program from which you want to print.

2.If necessary, press the Printer button. Select the printer model and select ‘File’ as the method via which you want to print.

3.Press the Settings button to specify the name of the file, and the folder and disk to which you want to print. Press OK to redisplay the Printer setup dialog.

When you print the file it will be saved in the file you specified in the Print to file dialog.

Important: Ensure that you use the correct filename, folder and disk drive. If a file of the same name already exists it will be deleted and replaced with the new file which you are printing.