Printer Settings Are Not Being Saved - Leica Geosystems

Printer Settings Are Not Being Saved
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SYMPTOMS:
Last updated: May 9, 2000
Article ID: K0112
When setting the printer driver options, the selected options are not saved and always return to the previous settings.
CAUSE:
This is caused by the user not having the appropriate privileges to enable them to change the default setting for the
printer driver. LISCAD requires the user to have administrative permissions on the printer to modify the printer
settings. This problem is most common when a Windows NT workstation computer is using a network printer on which
user does not have the appropriate permissions.
RESOLUTION:
Allow the user to connect to a printer driver for which they have administrative permissions. This can be achieved by
granting administrative privileges to the user for the existing printer driver or by installing a new printer driver over
which the user has administrative privileges.
The following procedure installs a Microsoft printer driver locally on an Windows NT 4.0 workstation and then redirects
its output to a network printer connected to a server. This enables a user to use a local printer driver to print to a new
network printer.
1. Run the "Add Printer Wizard". ("Start/Settings/Printers" and select the "Add Printer" icon)
2. Select "My Computer" and click on "Next".
3. Select an existing available "Local Port" by checking the appropriate port .(for example LPT1:) and click on
"Next".
4. Select the type of printer you want to add, by first selecting from the "Manufactures" list, then the "Printers"
list, then click on "Next".
5. Enter the printer's name, or accept the default name. Select whether you wish this printer to be your default
printer, then click on "Next".
6. Set "Not shared" then click on "Next".
7. When prompted with "Would you like to print a test page?", select "No" (there is no printer connected yet) and
then click on "Finish".
8. Ensure the installation disks are available and if necessary "Browse" to the required files.
9. Right click on the printer driver icon you have just installed and select "Properties".
10. In the "Properties" dialog box select the "Ports" tab and then press the "Add Port" button.
11. Select "Local Port" from the list of port types and then press the "New Port" button.
12. Type in the name of the server the printer is connected to and the share name of the network printer in the
form \\ServerName\PrinterShareName and click on "OK"
13. You can now use this local printer driver to print to a network printer.
STATUS:
This has been confirmed to be a problem in the products listed above and is currently being investigated. This article
will be updated when the problem has been resolved.
Additional Keywords: landscape, portrait, parallel, network
Article Type : kbprob

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