SELECT PRINTER

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FILENAME(S): SELECT PRINTER

FILE TYPE(S): SEQ

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DISK TITLE	FILENAME	FILE TYPE	COLLECTION	TRACK	SECTOR	ACTIONS
GEOS FORUM	SELECT PRINTER	SEQ	Radd Maxx	30	16	DOWNLOAD FILE
Q LINK PRGS	SELECT PRINTER	SEQ	Radd Maxx	17	0	DOWNLOAD FILE

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000005C0: 3E 20                                             |>               |

 ENDING CONFUSION ABOUT SELECT. PRINTER.
.. SELECT PRINTER HAS GENERATED. SOME CO
NFUSION.  HERE, THEN, IS. THE BEST WAY T
O AVOID PROBLEMS. AND GET GEOWRITE AND G
EOPAINT TO. PRINT PROPERLY THE FIRST TIM
E,. EVERY TIME.... THE THEORY: WHEN GEOS
 BOOTS, IT. WILL LOOK THROUGH THE DESKTO
P. NOTEPAD FOR PRINTER DRIVERS AND. MAKE
S THE FIRST DRIVER IT FINDS. THE DEFAULT
 DRIVER.  WHEN YOU. OPEN YOUR WORK DISK,
 GEOS DOES. NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOOK FOR T
HE. PRINTER DRIVER YOU PUT ON IT.. (MAYB
E IT SHOULD, BUT SEARCHING. FOR A PRINTE
R DRIVER EVERY TIME. YOU OPEN A DISK IS 
JUST ONE MORE. THING  TO SLOW THE SYSTEM
 DOWN).. THUS WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR WORK. D
ISK, GEOS WILL STILL BE USING. THE DEFAU
LT DRIVER ON THE BOOT. DISK UNTIL YOU DO
 A "SELECT. PRINTER" FROM THE FILE MENU 
ON. THE DESKTOP.... IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE
 PRINTER. (LIKE MOST OF US) THE  FINAL. 
CONFIGURATION YOU WANT IS TO. HAVE THE C
ORRECT PRINTER DRIVER. AS THE FIRST PRIN
TER DRIVER ON. THE ORIGINAL GEOS "BOOT" 
DISK.. THIS SHOULD BE THE SAME DRIVER. A
S THE ONE AND ONLY PRINTER. DRIVER ON YO
UR WORK DISK.  I. WILL EXPLAIN WHAT "FIR
ST ON THE. DISK" MEANS BELOW.  THE. FOLL
OWING IS A VERBOSE BEGINNER. LEVEL DISCU
SSION ABOUT HOW TO. GET TO THIS CONFIGUR
ATION. MOST. Q-LINK USERS KNOW ENOUGH TO
 BE. ABLE TO CREATE THIS. CONGFIGURATION
 WITHOUT HAVING TO. READ FURTHER.... 1. 
DO A COMPLETE BACKUP AS. DESCRIBED IN TH
E USERS MANUAL. CPTR 1.... 2. REMOVE WRI
TE PROTECT TABS.... 3. BOOT GEOS....<PRE
SS F7 AND SELECT "GET NEXT ITEM">

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