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Jewelry Shopkeeper and Printing with Windows ’95

 

  • General Notes
  • All printer drivers must be installed. To check this, from the Windows ’95 Desktop:

    t Select Start, Settings, Printers. Confirm that each of your printers should has an printer icon to represent it.

    t Confirm the Set as Default selection is check-marked on the default printer. (Press the right mouse button to see this Default question.)

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    Troubleshooting

    Printing is too slow or doesn’t print

  • t Go to the Windows ’95 Desktop, (press Ctrl-Escape if you’re not already at the desktop). Click the Start icon, then click Settings, then Printers. Each of your printers should have a printer icon to represent it.

    t Click the right mouse button on the printer icon

    t Choose Properties

    t Choose the Details tab

    t Choose the Port Settings button

  • t There should be a line which reads SPOOL MS-DOS JOBS. Make sure the check box next to this line is NOT checked. Choose OK a few times to get back to the box of printer icons
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    • t Repeat the steps for all the other printer icons

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    Print jobs take 45 seconds before they start printing

  • Your computer consultant/helper can make these changes which Microsoft says should speed up printing under Windows 95.

    If these sections don’t already exist, add these AFTER the [386Enh] section in the SYSTEM.INI

    [Network]

    PrintBufTime=10

    [IFSMGR]

    PrintBufTime=10

    Note that if you have a network, you should make these changes to all windows 95 computers on the network.

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