INSTALLING A PRINTER TWICE FOR SPECIAL PRINT SETTINGS

If you routinely print two different kinds of documents, each

requiring its own printer settings, you've probably found it

cumbersome to have to reenter all the printer properties every time

you change documents. You might find it easier to actually install the

same printer twice, but with different names and settings. This way,

you can simply select the "printer" (actually the group of print

settings) that you like the next time you execute your print job.

To install the printer with new print settings, select Start,

Settings, Printers, then click the Add Printer icon. Install the

printer as you would normally, inserting the driver disk if you have

it. When you come to the screen where you give your printer a name,

name it something that differentiates it from your default printer and

lets you know what the printer settings are. When you finish,

right-click on your new printer and select Properties. Enter the print

settings for your new printer icon and click OK. Now, when you want to

print using the new printer settings, you can just select the name

from your program's Print dialog box.

PRINTING FONT SAMPLES

These days, most computers come pre-installed with a bounty of printer

fonts. Knowing how they will all look when they print can be tough.

There's an easy way to print samples of the fonts on your computer. Go

to Start, Settings, Control Panel and double-click the Fonts folder.

Hold down the Ctrl key and select the fonts you want to print by

clicking with your mouse. Next, right-click on one of the selected

fonts and choose Print. You'll have to click OK in dialog boxes for

each font you selected, but once you do that, your printer will go to

work printing sample pages for each font.