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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:39:00 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Creating a printer object (was The Flying Dutchman, etc.)

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Steven Levine wrote:

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>In <419589AF.5000807@adelphia.net>, on 11/12/04
> at 08:12 PM, Colin Campbell said:
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>>The only way I could successfully create a new printer object was by
>>using the Templates icon on my desktop. I did a Shift + Drag-and-Drop to
>>put a Printer template on my desktop, and when I say to "Create", I do
>>not see the new printer object on the Desktop, but I still see the
>>"Printer" template.
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>>
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>Just RMB-Drag the Printer template to the Desktop and give the new object
>a more useful name.
>
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>>When I print, the properties show 600 x 600 DPI resolution. The text
>>printed OK, but the graphic at the top of the page looks as if it has
>>numerous squares with white space in between.
>>
>>
>
>I vote for a wrong printer driver selection.
>
Yes, I already downloaded a later version of the driver, and it had
support for a Canon i850. The newer driver works, and the Properties
dialog is much cleaner than what came with eCS 1.1, too.

>
>
>>All of the times I've attempted to set up a printer show up in the Print
>>Dialog of Acrobat. I have i860 (my best version up to now), Canon i860c,
>>Canon i860 (twice!), and Canon i-860. I'd like to get rid of those other
>>tries.
>>
>>
>
>You appear to have one or more not quite shredded printer objects. Use
>prndrv.exe to clean them up. They may or may not be part of your problem.
>If you don't already have a copy , do a Google for:
>
> prndrv.zip os/2
>
>The CDS site that was the original home for this app is gone.
>
>HTH,
>
>Steven
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>
>
Steven,
The only place I found the program was on the OS/2 BBS. Is it worth my
spending $24 for 6 months or $39 for a year to get this utility?
Colin

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