Installing the Docutech135 Printer Driver for Windows
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Installing a new printer for Windows for the first time can be pretty
daunting. This section explains how to install the printer driver after
you've downloaded
the driver from Xerox's website. Once you have installed the printer driver,
you'll be able to save your document as a Postscript
file for printing on the Docutech.
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You may want to print out this guide for reference.
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Download the printer driver installation file from Xerox's website. Click here if you need help downloading.
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Once you have downloaded the PPD (Postscript Printer Description) file, we need to install it. From Windows Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers.
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The Printers folder will open and display the printers currently installed on our computer along with the Add Printer icon. Double-click on the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard. Click Next > to continue.
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Select Local Printer but do not select the auto detect option. Click Next > to continue. Next, scroll down the list of printer ports and select File: Print to File. (Don't worry if another printer is listed as already using this port. You can have several printers set up to print to file on your computer.)
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When asked to select the manufacturer and model of your printer, choose Have Disk. The Install From Disk dialogue box will open. Browse to locate the PPD and INF files you downloaded from Xerox and click OK.
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Select the Xerox Docutech 135 printer. If there are PCL and PS versions of the PPD, make sure that you've selected the PS version. You can either keep the default printer name shown or change it as you wish. (You will probably not want to make the DT135 your default printer but you should have it selected during the design of documents intended for output on the DT135. If you change to the DocuTech printer after design, check carefully on screen for changes in line breaks, page breaks and text reflow before creating your PostScript print-ready file.)
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Printer Sharing: Select Do not share this printer. Print Test Page: Select No. When you click Next > this time, the actual driver installation will proceed.
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That completes this part of the installation. Click Finish.
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You might get a Digital Signature Not Found message. Click Yes to proceed.
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Now that the printer is installed, we need to configure some of its default properties. Click on Start, Settings, Printers to show a list of all installed printers. Right-click on the Docutech135 printer and select Properties.
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Click on the Device Settings tab and open the Font Substitution Table by clicking one on the + sign. By default, the print driver is set to substitute roughly equivalent printer fonts for the TrueType ones that come with Windows. In order to make sure that your document looks exactly as you designed it, you do not want to allow this substitution. To prevent it, scroll through the list of fonts, and wherever there is a font name listed on the right, select it and change it to <Don't Substitute>. Don't forget Symbol and Times New Roman.
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Next, click on the General tab. Click on Printing Preferences. In the next window, click on Advanced.
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Under Graphic, change TrueType Font: Substitute with Device Font to Download as Softfont in order to prohibit font substitution within your graphics as well as in the body text of your document. Next, under Document Options, click on the + sign to the left of PostScript Options to show that listing. Change the PostScript Output Option from its default setting of Optimize for Speed to Optimize for Portability and change the TrueType Font Download Option from its default setting of Automatic to Native TrueType. Click OK.
- You are now ready to print to a Postscript file from your Windows applications.
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