FUJITSU Printer Driver Help Index

The FUJITSU printer driver help is divided into two main parts, one for each part of the Printer Driver. Both sections also contain some common questions and answers.

Basic Mode

Main Dialog

Main Dialog Settings

Context Sensitive Help

Expert Mode

Questions and Answers

Expert Mode

Basic Mode

Settings (Hardware Settings)

Maintenance

Papers

Print Mode

Softfonts

Overlays

Defaults

Save/Delete Paper Formats

Status Print


Main Dialog


Hardware Settings
 Settings (Hardware Settings)

The Hardware Settings... window controls accessories that can be added to your FUJITSU printer and other general driver settings related to the printer type. The range of available options changes with each printer. The list below gives some of the options available.

Use the Hardware Settings... window to inform the Print Manager that additional options for your printer have been either installed or changed.

Printer

Displays the currently installed printer type. No selection is possible here. Use the Printer Driver Installer to select your printer type. If you want to select a printer type different to the one currently installed, please re-run the supplied Printer Driver Installer and choose the model you would like to have instead.

Memory

Allows you to select the size of buffer memory currently installed in the printer.

Page Protect

VM800, VM4 and VM8 support this option. If checked, in the printer memory is reserved as page buffer in the size necessary for the selected page format. With this you can make sure that pages of any complexity can be printed. It does, however, limit the memory available for download fonts or macros. The option is only available, if supported by the selected printer and if the memory in the printer is sufficient.

Feeder

Allows you select an optional feeder if installed on your printer. For the installation of an optional feeder please follow the instruction of the printer manual carefully.

Smoothing (FEIT)

FEIT is Fujitsu´s Enhanced Image Technology. By this technology the contours of objects appear smoother then with the printers resolution. You can turn this function on or off.

BiDi-Mode

VM4 and VM8 support this option.With BiDi-Mode on these printers report status and actual settings to the driver who than updates it and also informs the user. If you don´t like this you can suppress it by setting BiDi-Mode to off.

Font Cards

If the printer supports here you can select the installed font card. Please ensure that the selected font card is inserted into the font card slot of your printer. Otherwise the fonts of the selected font card will be available in your Windows application but not in the printer. The resulting printout will therefore be incorrect.

Banding Beep

When you select this check box the driver informs you acoustically (beep) when the calculation of one printing band has been completed. This informs you that your printer driver is still active.

Fixed sizes

This check box enables you to distinguish between printers which have scaleable fonts included and printer with fixed pitch fonts only. The box is allways checked for the Fujitsu RX 7100, RX 7200, RX 7300 and VM 2200. It ensures that the available resident fonts are loaded to the Windows application in the correct size.

For VM600, VM800, VM4 and VM8 which have scalable fonts you can select if these fonts shall be reported to the application as scalable (box not checked) or in discrete sizes (box checked). Normally the box should not be checked. However, some application have problems to handle scalable fonts. In that case you can use this option.

Print True Type fonts in graphics

Here you can choose whether the True Type fonts shall be sent to the printer in graphics format or as downloaded fonts. In most cases it is not necessary to print the True Type fonts as graphics because it is slower. Therefore you do not need to fill in this check box. If you experience any problems in the correct downloading of the True Type fonts fill in the check box and print the document again.

Maintenance

This button opens another window offering functions needed for the maintenance of the printer.


 Status Print

Status Printer

This button causes the printer to the settings.

Status Driver

If you press this button the Windows NOTEPAD will come up and will display a text file which contains all the information regarding the current driver settings. You can print this information using NOTEPAD.

Test Print

This button causes the printer to print a test document listing all installed fonts.


 Papers (Paper Formats)

In this window you can control the driver settings for the different paper formats you want to use. You can define the physical dimension of the paper and the maximum margins on each side. The driver will report these settings to the application to be used in the page setting and formatting functions of the application. The relation of the driver settings to the application settings depends on the application.

Paper sizes

Select a Paper Size:

In the Combo box Paper Format you can select one of the already defined paper sizes. The paper dimensions are shown below the Paper Size box. It is not possible to change the size of a predefined Paper Format.

Margins

Here you can select the top, left, right and bottom margins which you require. These margins define for the application the printable area. In no case the application can print outside of this area. Please note that the printer has what are called hardware margins. If you enter a value for a margin which is below the minimum hardware margin, the value defaults to the minimum hardware margin.

The margin setting is valid for the physical page as it is fed through the printer. Thus, the margin position is allways the same regardless which printing orientation is selected, i. e. the top margin setting affects the printing start position which is top in portrait and left in landscape.

Enter values in (Measurement Units):

You can specify all measurements in the units selected in the Combo box. The available units are Inch, cm, Pixel, Pica, Point.

Related topic´s:	Save/Delete a new paper size

Define a new paper size

Restore a new paper size


Save/Delete Paper
 Save/Delete Paper Formats

Define a new Paper Format:

You can define new paper formats to match with the paper you want to use. The required procedure is the following:

1. Assign a new descriptor by editing the string in the paper formats box. For your convenience before that you can select the format most close to the Format you want to define.

2. Using the TAB key or by selection of another field with the mouse you activate the new descriptor. Now you can modify the settings for size and margins by editing the related fields.

Note:	You should consult the printer´s manual to find out which formats or physical dimensions of paper are supported and what limitations are given.

Note:	for the tray you cannot modify the size. So, before creating a paper format for the tray you should select a format using the right tray size and modify it.

3. If you exit the Window by OK your settings are stored and the new format is available for selection in the main window of the driver and from the application. Cancel discards all settings.

Delete Paper Formats:

You can delete selected user defined formats with this button. This function is useful to limit the list of selectable formats to what you actually need. With this delete you just remove the format from the list of selectable formats. The format settings are still available and can be restored if needed later. You cannot delete the standard formats..

Restore Paper Formats:

You can restore deleted formats by this button. The driver will recall all formats stored. You then can again customize the formats list by deleting.

Note:	Restoring a paper format overwrites an eventually created new format with the same name. Therefore you should carefully assign names to the formats.


 Print Mode

Selection

Here you can select a predefined print mode or create a new print mode. To create a new print mode you first type in the name and then change the settings. After you have made your changes, press the OK-Button to save the new print-mode.

To modify a print-mode select the print-mode, make your changes and press the OK-Button to save the changed print-mode.

To delete a print-mode select the print-mode and press the Delete-Button. The print-mode will be deleted. You cannot change or delete the print mode "DRIVER DEFAULT".

Resolution

Here you choose the resolution for printing graphic images. The measurement of the resolution is Dots Per Inch(DPI). The possible selection depends on the printer type.

Saturation Control

The grading from light to dark is different between screen and printer particalarly in the case of gray scaled or colored images. With this saturation control to some extent you can adjust the print outs. It works similarly to the blackness control on a copier.

Image Control (Dithering/Sreening)

This is an additional method to control the image printing. Dithering uses the standard Windows patterns for gray levels and is suitable for lower resolution. Screening rasters gray or color like in a news paper, creating better results in case of high resolution or color flows.

Burst Mode

This is an advanced function of the driver. With Burst Mode on the driver first receives and buffers all objects of the document to be printed and then in the background renders the page image and prints the document while you can continue working on the application. However, in the case of a small count of objects this might cause the document to be completely printed later then in the case of normal printing. You, therefore, can turn burst mode off. In "auto" the driver tries to decide itself if for the total throughput it should be better to use or not to use burst mode.

Delete

You can delete selected user defined formats with this button. This function is useful to limit the list of selectable formats to what you actually need. With this delete you just remove the format from the list of selectable formats. The format settings are still available and can be restored if needed later. You cannot delete the standard formats..


 Maintenance

Status Printer

This button causes the printer to the settings.

Status Driver

If you press this button the Windows NOTEPAD will come up and will display a text file which contains all the information regarding the current driver settings. You can print this information using NOTEPAD.

Test Print

This button causes the printer to print a test document listing all installed fonts.

Reset

By pressing the RESET button the printer will be reset. The printer settings are set to power-on default values.


 Main Dialog Settings

This dialogue contains the controls used in the day-to-day activities. It allows you to change the Paper Source settings (Tray or Manual), the Paper format settings, the Print Mode selection, the assignment of copies and the orientation.

Paper Source

Here, please, select the paper source you want to use. The different paper sources available to you depending on your printer model.

Examples:

 Manual  	-  Paper is inserted into the Manual feed slot (Single Sheet guide) of the printer.

 Tray 1  	-  Paper is fed from the Paper tray.

If the manual feed is selected the print manager will display a message when it is ready to print to ensure that paper has been inserted into the manual feed tray of the printer.

Paper Format

Please choose the paper size you want to use. There are several paper sizes available. These depend on your choice of previously selected Printer and Paper Source. For more information please check the help for the Papers function of the Expert mode.

Print Mode

In the driver, the settings Resolution, Saturation, Image mode and Burst mode are preset to the most commonly used parameters. This is called the Default Print Mode. If you wish to customise these settings please use the Print-Mode function in the Expert Mode of the driver. With this function you can save your settings under your own name to be reactivated later.

Number of copies

Here you can choose the number of printed copies you require.

Note:	Some Windows applications can also handle values for 'number of copies'. Please make sure that you either use the 'number of copies' function in the Windows applications (in which case you should use 'number of copies = 1'  in the driver) or use the number of copies in the driver (in which case you should use 'number of copies = 1' in the Windows applications). A mix of both increases the number of printed copies.

Orientation (Portrait - Landscape)

The Portrait button can be changed to Landscape just by clicking on the button. This rotates the printout by 90 degrees.


 Softfonts

Here you can install additional soft fonts.

Add fonts

Here you can add additional soft fonts which are located on disk and are currently not installed..

Copy port

Here you can select the output port which the printer is connected to and from which the fonts will be downloaded.

Add

Here you can add the fonts which are listed in the available fonts window above the ADD and the MOVE button.

Edit

Here you can edit the font characteristics.

Delete

Here you can remove a font from the list of installed soft fonts.

Temporary

Here you set the characteristic of the selected font to temporary.

Note:	A temporary font is one that it is deleted from the user memory of the printer during a printer reset.

Permanent

Here you set the characteristic of the selected font to permanent.

Note:	A permanent soft font is one that it is deleted from the user memory of the printer whenever the printer's power is turned off.


 Installing Softfonts

If you want to use soft fonts in your Windows applications you need to install them. Most soft-font packages come with their own installation programme. It is recommended that you use this programme to install the fonts.

However, if you are using a Fujitsu page printer and your fonts are in the correct PCL format, you can install them by using Font Installer. If you are not sure what format your fonts are in, refer to the documentation that came with your fonts package.

To install soft fonts by using Font Installer

1.	In the printer set-up dialogue box, choose the SoftFonts button in the Expert Mode.

The Font Installer dialogue box appears.

2.	Press the ADD fonts button.

3.	Choose the driver and directory in which the fonts are located.

4.	Add the fonts you want to use.

5.	Choose the Exit button in the Font Installer dialogue box.


 Overlays (Overlay Manager)

Overlays are page image data which is mixed with the actual document during printing. The overlay method can be used for example for logos, letterheads, page backgroungs or as electronic forms. The Overlay Manager is an advanced function of the driver to create, store, manage and print overlays.It works independantly from any particular application and the overlay creation and printing can be done with any Windows application and does not require special functionality in the application.

Create an Overlay

How to create an Overlay:

1.	Activate the Define new Overlay Check box.

2.	The menu items Overlay Name and Filename now become available.

3.	Fill in the name and the filename of the new Overlay.

4.	Press Exit. When there is no valid overlay directory (when you first use the Overlay Manager) a dialogue box appears with the name of the default overlay directory. By pressing OK you accept this default name. If you do not want this name just overwrite the name and press Exit.

5.	When the directory you specified is not available the Overlay Manager will ask you if you want to create the specified directory.

6.	If you did accept the creation of the directory, a final dialogue box appears on the screen with the message: Next printout will be saved as "NAME" into file "FILENAME". Click OK to confirm or Cancel to go back.

7.	If you have confirmed the NAME and FILENAME, an overlay file will be created and printed during the next print job.

8.	Now you can take any Windows application (e.g. Windows Write, Windows Paintbrush) and create your overlay. In printing the file using the standard print function, which contains the overlay, the overlay will be recorded and is available for further usage.

9.	If the Overlay creation was successful, a dialogue box with the message: "The new overlay was successfully programmed" will appear after you have sent the data to the printer.

Delete an Overlay

How to delete an Overlay:

1.	In the left-hand box select the Overlay you want to delete.

2.	When an Overlay is selected the Delete Overlay push-button becomes active.

3.	When you push the Delete Overlay push-button a dialogue box appears to ask you to delete the corresponding disk file.

4.	Press Yes to delete both the Overlay and the corresponding disk file. The Overlay is now removed from the list.

Select an Overlay

How to select an Overlay:

1.	In the left-hand box select the Overlay you want to use.

2.	In the right-hand box select the page(s) on which you want to print the overlay.

3.	Press the button Set Overlay to connect the selected Overlay to the selected page(s).

4.	If you want to use different overlays on different pages, repeat steps 1 to 3.

5.	On the next print job the selected Overlay(s) will all be printed together with the selected pages.

Deselect an Overlay

You deselect an overlay for a page by selecting "NONE" for that page.

Note:	The overlay manager is using the burst mode for overlay printing. Thus, if you turn off burst mode the overlay function is disabled.


 Defaults

The settings' box allows you to save the settings that have been selected to a file of your choice. Type any 8 characters, numbers or letters and then press SAVE.

Save

The current settings of all available driver options will be saved under the name which is listed in the NAME combo box.

Delete

The name listed in the NAME combo box will be deleted, as will all settings which are assigned to that name.


 Basic/Expert Mode

Here you can toggle between the two modes (Basic, Advanced).

Most of the time you need only Basic Mode to configure a printer.

 OK	Cancel	Help	About

You may however want to customise driver settings. Expert Mode offers the following options:

 Settings	Papers	Print Mode 	Softfonts	Overlay	Defaults


About
Show copyright notes and logo


Help
Invokes driver Help


Cancel
Reject settings and exit


OK
Accept the used settings and exit


Context Sensitive Help

The text which is displayed at the bottom of each window gives you additional help about the button or combo box you are currently working with.


Questions and Answers

Q:	What are the differences between the drivers that Microsoft supplies and the FUJITSU Printer Driver?

A:	The FUJITSU Printer Driver is a special driver developed by FUJITSU which is superior to the Microsoft drivers in the following ways:

Full support for FUJITSU Machines with Multilingual Dialogue boxes.

Screen support for internal fonts, both normal and scaleable.

Full range of paper support

Q:	How can I tell the difference between a Microsoft driver and a FUJITSU driver?

A:	When installed in the Control Panel the FUJITSU driver is in capitals "FUJITSU". The Microsoft driver uses "Fujitsu".

Q:	Why should I use the internal printer fonts and not the fonts supplied by Microsoft?

A:	The printer internal fonts are of a high quality and enable your printer to print faster because they do not have to be sent in graphics mode (like the True Type fonts). This frees your PC quicker so that you can be more efficient.

Q:	What is the influence of the "fast print to port" setting ?

A:	In general fast print to port ON provides faster printing. However, if special TSRs are being used or you are experiencing problems printing over a network, disabling this option might correct these problems.