Virtual Printer Prints to Wrong Application
This article applies to:
-
Kurzweil 1000, version 6.0 and later
-
Kurzweil 3000 for Windows, version 6.0 and later
Symptoms
If you have installed both Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil 3000
for
Windows, Virtual Printer prints to one or the other (not necessarily
the
last one you installed). For example, open a document in
Microsoft Word and print to to the KESI Virtual Printer, and either
Kurzweil 1000 or Kurzweil 3000 launches and accepts the printed
document.
Cause
This is the way Virtual Printer is intended to work, but you
can
choose which application you would like Virtual Printer to print to if
neither Kurzweil 1000 or Kurzweil 3000 is running. If one of
these
applications is running when you print to the KESI Virtual Printer, the
Virtual Printer document will always be sent to the running application
regardless of the product you've selected.
Solution
The solution is to change a setting in the Printer Properties
dialog
box. Changing printer properties is slightly different
depending
on the operating system.
On Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME:
From the Start button's menu, choose "Settings", then
"Printers and
Faxes". A list of installed printers will appear.
Right-click on "KESI Virtual Printer" and choose "Properties" from the
pop-up menu. A tabbed dialog will appear. Select
the
"Application" tab. Click the "Configure..." button.
In the
dialog box that appears select either Kurzweil 1000 or Kurzweil 3000
from the "Default Application" list then click the "OK" button.
On Windows 2000 and Windows XP:
From the Start button's menu, choose "Printers and
Faxes". A
list of installed printers will appear. Right-click on "KESI
Virtual Printer" and choose "Properties" from the pop-up
menu. A
tabbed dialog will appear. Select the "Device Settings"
tab. Click on "Application...", then the "Setup..."
button.
In the dialog box that appears select either Kurzweil 1000 or Kurzweil
3000 from the "Default Application" list then click OK.
Note that not all users will have rights to change the Virtual
Printer's device settings. An administrator may grant the right to
change printer settings to a user. To do so, log in as an
administrator. Go to the Virtual Printer's property page as
described above. Select the "Security" tab. Add the user's name to the
list and select it (or select an entire group, such as "Everyone") and
check the box labelled "Manage Printers". Click OK. The selected
user(s) will now be able to change the device settings for the Virtual
Printer. The choice of which application to run will affect only the
user who sets it, so that different users may use different settings.
History
Creation Date: April 1, 2003
Last Modified: March 8, 2006
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