The FormTrap print logic does not use the Windows
printer drivers, other than for physical location of the
printer. This allows it to function identically in both
Unix/Linux and Windows environments. The Print Logic runs in
PCL5, PCLXL (PCL6) and PostScript modes where it outputs complete
documents in those languages without any reference to Windows printer
drivers. Printer language is controlled by the printer driver
in use at the time of building the project, and the project is
identified in the Spooler as being one of these three types (the red X
indicates PCLXL):
Windows drivers are used by FTDesign to establish
the printer models available and for each model, their paper selection
and paper tray selection commands. This is done by printing
small GDI files and parsing the driver output. Values for
each of the available trays are stored in registry settings. This may
result in "dummy" drivers such as "PDF Creator", "PDF995" and other
similar drivers being selected, you should ignore "dummy" drivers.
For the form designer, this means you should have
a printer driver available for each model of laser printer that uses
other than the
standard paper trays, so FTDesign can include those
values in the form when you want to print using alternate
trays. For all printers that are “standard” you can use the
one driver. We recommend an HP driver.
For user-defined paper tray selections, please
look here.
For Canon printers, please see the Knowledge Base,
keyword “Canon”.
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