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Note Use this procedure if the OS/2 desktop does not have a printer object. A system can have this configuration if no printer was selected during OS/2 installation, or if all the print objects have been deleted from the desktop. 1 Open the templates folder that is located in OS/2 system folder after OS/2 installation. 2 Click the Printer template. Press and hold the right mouse button. 3 Drag the template to Desktop. 4 Release the right mouse button. 5 Type a name for the printer in the Name field. 6 Select a port to which the printer is connected. 7 Click Install new printer driver. A window appears with a list of the printer drivers that are shipped with OS/2. 8 Click Other printer driver. 9 Point to the downloaded printer drivers. 10 Click Refresh. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers. 11 Select a driver by clicking the left mouse button over the driver that you want. 12 Click Install. Installing a printer in OS/2 with pre-existing printer object on desktop To install a new printer driver using an existing printer object, use the following procedure: Note If the 16-bit HP LaserJet driver is installed on a system, delete it before installing this driver. Use these directions if a printer object exists on the OS/2 desktop, but you do not have the correct printer driver installed on the system. This could happen if a different printer has been added to the system. 1 Right-click the Printer object. 2 Click Settings. 3 Click the Printer Driver tab. 4 Right-click one of the Printer Driver objects. 5 Click Install. 6 Click Other OS/2 printer driver. 7 Point to the downloaded printer drivers. 8 Click the Refresh button. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers. 9 Click the driver that you want to use. 10 Click Install. Additional information about the OS/2 drivers is included in the readme files that come with each driver. Font support Note Fonts can be downloaded to the printer by using the Font Installer feature of the printer driver. • Albertus • CG Times Italic • Symbol • Albertus Extra Bold • Clarendon Condensed Software Technical Reference Installation for Macintosh, IBM OS/2, and Linux operating systems 183

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Note
Use this procedure if the OS/2 desktop does not have a printer object. A system can have this
configuration if no printer was selected during OS/2 installation, or if all the print objects have been
deleted from the desktop.
1
Open the templates folder that is located in OS/2 system folder after OS/2 installation.
2
Click the
Printer
template. Press and hold the right mouse button.
3
Drag the template to Desktop.
4
Release the right mouse button.
5
Type a name for the printer in the
Name
field.
6
Select a port to which the printer is connected.
7
Click
Install new printer driver
. A window appears with a list of the printer drivers that are shipped with OS/2.
8
Click
Other printer driver
.
9
Point to the downloaded printer drivers.
10
Click
Refresh
. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers.
11
Select a driver by clicking the left mouse button over the driver that you want.
12
Click
Install
.
Installing a printer in OS/2 with pre-existing printer object on desktop
To install a new printer driver using an existing printer object, use the following procedure:
Note
If the 16-bit HP LaserJet driver is installed on a system, delete it before installing this driver.
Use these directions if a printer object exists on the OS/2 desktop, but you do not have the correct printer driver
installed on the system. This could happen if a different printer has been added to the system.
1
Right-click the
Printer
object.
2
Click
Settings
.
3
Click the
Printer Driver
tab.
4
Right-click one of the
Printer Driver
objects.
5
Click
Install
.
6
Click
Other OS/2 printer driver
.
7
Point to the downloaded printer drivers.
8
Click the
Refresh
button. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers.
9
Click the driver that you want to use.
10
Click
Install
.
Additional information about the OS/2 drivers is included in the readme files that come with each driver.
Font support
Note
Fonts can be downloaded to the printer by using the Font Installer feature of the printer driver.
Albertus
CG Times Italic
Symbol
Albertus Extra Bold
Clarendon Condensed
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