Printers

Cool Info FX allows you to view the properties of the installed printers in one easy place. 
To view this section in Cool Info FX, select Printers from the View Menu and click on the printer you wish displayed.

You may notice other items in the printer section that are not actual printers. Many companies write printer drivers for their own programs that perform certain functions. For example WinFax creates a printer driver that allows you to print a document to WinFax (the program), which in turn converts the document to a faxable format. Another example is Adobe Acrobat. When you print to the Acrobat printer, the document is converted into a PDF file. The properties for these ‘printers’ can be viewed as well, but not all the listed properties may apply.

• Manufacturer – Displays the manufacturer of the printer.
• Default – Displays whether the selected printer is the default printer for the system.
• Resolution – Displays the currently selected Resolution.
• Server Name – Displays the Server Name of the Workgroup the printer belongs to. 
• Shared Name – If the selected printer is shared, the Shared Name is displayed. The shared name is entered by a user to help identify the printer on a LAN.
• Scale – Displays the currently selected Scale information. 
• Separator File – Displays information on the Separator File.
• TrueType Printing – Displays True Type Printing capability. 
• Orientation – Displays the Orientation information.
• Priority – Displays the priority status.
• Comment – Displays a comment made about the printer by the person who installed it.
• Default Priority – Displays the Default Priority Status.
• Dithering Quality – Displays the selected Dithering Quality.
• Average Pages Per Minute – Displays the average number of pager printed per minute.
• Location – Displays the location of the printer. This is a comment field that is entered by whoever installs the printer to help others locate the printer on a LAN.
• Status – Displays the current working status of the printer.
• Color – Displays whether the printer is color capable.
• Documents – Displays the number of documents waiting to be printed. 
• Driver Name – Displays the name of the driver being used for the selected printer.
• Driver Version – Displays the current Driver version.
• Port – Displays the Port the printer is currently set to. Printers typically use LPT1 or LPT2. Applications, such as WinFax and Acrobat (mentioned above), create their own port in Windows and therefore display their own non-standard Port information.
• Duplex – Displays whether the system is capable of transmitting information in both directions over a communications channel. See Duplex 
• EMF Compliant – Displays whether the printer is EMF compliant.
• Print Processor – Displays the default Print Processor used to communicate with the selected printer. 
• Transmit Retry – When the system fails to connect with the printer, the Transmit Retry is the length of time between each additional attempt.
• Data Type – Displays the Data Type for the printer. Generally the Data Type is RAW.
• Bi-Directional Enabled – Displays whether Bi-directional is enabled on the port.
• Queue Enabled – Displays Whether the printer Queue is enabled or not. 
• Not Selected Timeout – Displays the timeout period for the selected printer. If the printer does not respond within the allotted time, an error message is returned to the system describing the problem.
  
  To open the Printers section:
  
  From the Cool Info FX View Menu, click on Printers and select a printer to view.