Specifications

Chapter 5 Restrictions

Restrictions

ThischapterdescribestherestrictionsthatapplytotheAPD.

OS Settings

1. WhenconnectingWindowsXP/VistatoaprinterusingserialI/F,printingmaynotoperate

correctlydependingonthecomputerandprintercombination.Insuchcases,disableFIFOin

theWindowsCOMportdetailedsettings.

2. Withaserialconnection,whentheOSrecoversfromasleeporhibernatestatus,theprinter

mayprintʺ??.ʺ

3. WithWindowsXP/Vista,use[Enableadvancedprintingfeatures](EMFspool)intheprinter

driverProperties‐[Advanced]tabsettoON.Settingotherwise(RAWspool)appliesthe

followingrestrictionstotheGDIfunctions:

•RasteroperationcannotbeprintedasspecifiedbyStrtchBlt()/BitBlt().

•When transferring bit information from display device context to the printer device

contextusingStretchBlt(),theGDIfunctionreturnsʺFailureʺandpreventsthedriver

fromprinting.

4. Whenprintingmultiplepages,ifyouchangethepaperorientationfromonepagetoanother

and/orothersettingsusingResetDC(),theprintresultmaybeincorrect.Insuchcases,set

RAWspool(withWindowsXP/Vista,set[Enableadvancedprintingfeatures]toOFF)

althoughsomerestrictionsapply.Seethepreviousparagraphfor

therestrictions.

5. WhenprintingdevicefontswithMicrosoftWord,converttheapplicationtoʺMicrosoft

Word6.0/95ʺbyselecting[Tools]menu‐[Options]‐[Compatibility]taborchecktheʺUse

printermetricstolayoutdocumentʺoptiononthesametab.

6. IfyouprintmorethanoneExcelsheetatthesametimewhendifferentprintsettingsareset

foreachsheet,thesettingforthelastsheetiseffective.

7. WhenprintingwithMicrosoftACCESS,thetextintheprintresultmaybemisalignedor

alignleftmaynotbepossible.

8. OperationinaWindowsXPmulti‐userenvironmentisnotguaranteed.