Selecting No Port - Formatting Documents For

DocumentID: 628621
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:42:31 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer has a dot-matrix printer ,but wants to format documents for a laser printer. When the customer did this, a problem occurred. The customer was unknowingly sending some documents formatted for the laser printer to the dot-matrix printer and vice versa, which produced a lot of wasted paper. The customer wanted a way to set the laser printer definition at home, and the dot-matrix definition at work so that if the customer tried to print to them, WordPerfect would return an error message. Solutions: The way to do this is to not have a port selected. To deselect a port, do the following: 1. Go into Printer: Edit, and select Port (Shift-F7, S, 3, 2). 2. Select 8 for Other, enter anything (e.g., xxx). If asked, answer No to "Network Printer?" 3. Reselect 2 for Port, 8 for Other. It should say xxx. Press Ctrl-End to erase it, then press Enter. The port line will then be empty. When the customer tries to print to this printer after deselecting the port, one of two messages will display depending on the release date: "Printer Selection Not Properly Set Up" or "Port Not Set Up In Printer Selection."

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