Xerox Phaser 540 Leaflet
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Modifying Printer Operations
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Phaser 540 Drivers and Utilities
Enabling and disabling bi-directional status reporting
These utility files are provided for support of future operating systems and
applications that are capable of bi-directional status reporting with a printer
connected to the parallel port. This feature uses the IEEE specification, and
supports the Nibble Mode protocol.
applications that are capable of bi-directional status reporting with a printer
connected to the parallel port. This feature uses the IEEE specification, and
supports the Nibble Mode protocol.
You do not need a special cable; refer to the Phaser 540 Color Printer User
Manual for information on ordering the standard parallel cable available
from Tektronix.
Manual for information on ordering the standard parallel cable available
from Tektronix.
Note
Windows 3.0 and 3.1 do not support bi-directional status
reporting.
reporting.
The printer is shipped with the uni-directional mode enabled.
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Use the BIDIR.PS file to enable bi-directional status reporting on a
parallel port.
parallel port.
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Use the UNIDIR.PS file to disable bi-directional status reporting.
1.
Locate the BIDIR.PS file and the UNIDIR.PS file in the PHSR540
directory on the Tektronix Windows 3.1 Driver and Printer
Utilities diskette.
directory on the Tektronix Windows 3.1 Driver and Printer
Utilities diskette.
2.
Copy the files to your hard disk, or use the files from the diskette.
3.
Use one of the following methods to send the desired file to the
printer:
printer:
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PC users: Use the DOS COPY command, or the Copy command in
the Windows File Manager, to send the file to the printer. See page
3-20 for instructions.
the Windows File Manager, to send the file to the printer. See page
3-20 for instructions.
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Workstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any
PostScript file.
PostScript file.