Tektronix 560 user manual Using the Tektronix printer driver for Windows

Printing Basics 4

Using the Tektronix printer driver for Windows 3.1

To select printing options, follow these steps:

1.From the Control Panel, double-click the Printers icon.

2.In the Printers dialog box, choose your printer from the list of installed printers, then click the Setup button.

A dialog box appears with the name of the printer you selected across the top.

3.From the Setup dialog box, click the Options button to see the Options dialog box. Refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation for details on the options in this dialog box.

■Make sure that the Color check box is on to print in color.

■Select one of the following header options:

■Make sure that the Send Header with Each Job check box is on (checked) to download PostScript header information with each print job. This is the recommended setting.

■Click the Send Header button. In the Send Header dialog box, select either Printer or File, and click the Send Now button. This saves the PostScript header information in the printer. This option makes print files a little smaller and faster, but you need to click the Send Now button every time the printer is turned on.

4.From the Options dialog box, click the Advanced button to see the Advanced Options dialog box. Make sure the Use PostScript Level 2 Features check box is checked on.

Note The Use PostScript Level 2 Features option affects the print time of bitmapped (raster) images by improving the image transfer time from the computer to the printer, and by improving the image processing time in the printer. This option is only available to applications that use this Tektronix driver with Tektronix PostScript Level 2 printers. When this box is checked, the Compress Bitmaps option is unavailable (grayed-out).

5.Click OK to return to the Options dialog box.

6.In the Options dialog box, click the Printer Features button to see the Tektronix Printer Features dialog box. Make color correction, print quality, and other selections as desired. Use the MP Manual Feed Media menu to select specialty media or double-sided printing. Click OK to return to the Options dialog box.

7.Click OK to return to the dialog box that lists your printer’s name across the top. Make the following printing selections: Paper Source, Paper Size, Orientation, Copies.

Note You may want to set the number of copies from your application because the number of copies in the Setup dialog box remains the same until you change it again. Also, if you are printing multiple pages, make sure that the Transmission Retry (described on page 4-11) is set for at least 600 seconds

(10 minutes).

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