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"Printer Selection Not Properly Setup"
DocumentID: 647453
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:21 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: When WordPerfect 5.0 documents are retrieved into WordPerfect 5.1, users may want to say "Yes" to the option "Format Retrieved Documents for Default Printer" in Setup (Shift F1, 4, 4). This should eliminate any possible when the 5.0 .PRS file name matches the 5.1 file name, but the printer name does not. If there is not a match for both of these, the user will probably receive the error message "Printer Selection Not Properly Set Up" when printing is attempted. This error message is discussed in Memo ID:33_WP50 in the !WP50 folio infobase

To give an example of how this might happen:

WordPerfect 5.0 had one Apple Laserwriter driver, the Apple LaserWriter Plus/IINT/IINTX. In WordPerfect 5.1, there are four drivers: Apple LaserWriter, Apple LaserWriter IINT, Apple LaserWriter IINTX and Apple LaserWriter Plus. The name of the .PRS file for this single driver in 5.0 is APLASPLU.PRS. This is the same name used by 5.1 for the Apple Laserwriter Plus driver.

If a user defines the Apple Laserwriter Plus in 5.1, and then retrieves a file created in 5.0 using the Apple LaserWriter Plus/IINT/IINTX driver, WordPerfect sees a match for the .PRS file name, but no match for the printer name, so it places a selection for the old printer file name in the Print: Select Printer menu, and selects this printer (the printer name is marked with an asterisk). When the user tries to print, he receives the error: "Printer Selection Not Properly Set Up." This scenario and the error message can be eliminated if the "Format Document for Default Printer" option is selected. (Again, please see Memo ID: 833_WP50 if you need further clarification of how and why this works.)


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