Printer Setup

To print pages, the printer to be used is selected from a drop-down list, see Printing. When the 'Print' dialogue is opened, the printer name that is displayed initially is the "default" printer.

To change the default printer

Further printer options may be set up in the 'Configuration' dialogue: see Setting the printer defaults.

Notes:

Most (well-behaved) printer-drivers take in-file printer configuration instructions in their stride. Consequently, the following printing parameters are normally taken from the PCL file, not the 'Printer Setup...' dialogue:

Paper  type
Orientation
Input Bin
Output Tray
Simplex/Duplex

The default number of copies is set up in the dialogue from what was in the PCL file, or was specified on the command line via the /COPIES option.

These parameters are taken from the 'Print' dialogue:

Collation
From/To page numbers

Other parameters can be given default values which apply if nothing is specified in the PCL file:

Paper  type
Orientation

Some of the parameters in the PCL file can be changed using EscapeE's Configuration | Printer 'override' options:

Input Bin
Output Tray
Simplex/Duplex

Some printer-drivers, however, are not well-behaved. Consequently the paper type, duplexing and bin selection that you have applied in the 'Printer Setup...' dialogue will be used throughout the print run. If the original PCL file redefines these parameters during the print run the printer-driver ignores them. The command-line option for this is /DRIVERDEFAULTS: see EscapeE configuration symbols.

If your printer supports PCL, PDF, Postscript or XPS formats you may avoid such printer-driver problems by using the EscapeE Direct printing option.