How to Set Up Separate Printers for the Same Physical Printer

Creating multiple installations of the same printer allows you to have separate printer queues for printing jobs sent by different applications.
It also is useful to preserve customized margins and other print settings for use with various distinct types of print jobs. Although HTMLPrint can change the printer settings according to the specifications in its configuration file, it takes a short time to do so, it is faster to print directly to a printer already configured.

HTMLPrint always monitors the Windows printing queue for the selected printer and waits until the last printing job was received entirely in the printing queue before sending another document or before shutting down after a printing job is done.
If other applications print to the same print queue, HTMLPrint will wait until all jobs are sent completely to the printing queue, so if new jobs are added continuously, the wait may be never-ending.
Creating multiple installations of the same printer, and assigning one printer to HTMLPrint alone, allows you to avoid this problem.

SETUP INSTRUCTIONS

The following are instructions for setting up an additional installation of an existing printer:

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP

Windows 7

The procedure for setting up an additional installation of a printer on a Windows Vista computer depends on whether the printer itself is a local printer (i.e., attached directly to the computer) or a network printer (i.e., attached to another computer on the network).

Setting up an additional installation of a local printer on Windows 7

Setting up an additional installation of a network printer on Windows 7

Windows Vista

The procedure for setting up an additional installation of a printer on a Windows Vista computer depends on whether the printer itself is a local printer (i.e., attached directly to the computer) or a network printer (i.e., attached to another computer on the network).

Setting up an additional installation of a local printer on Windows Vista

Setting up an additional installation of a network printer on Windows Vista

Windows XP

The procedure for setting up an additional installation of a printer on a Windows XP computer depends on whether the printer itself is a local printer (i.e., attached directly to the computer) or a network printer (i.e., attached to another computer on the network).

Setting up an additional installation of a local printer on Windows XP

Use one of the following sets of procedures to set up an additional installation of a local printer. The procedures vary depending on whether the Windows XP computer is configured to use the default Windows XP Start menu or the Standard Start menu.

• If the Windows XP computer uses the default Windows XP Start menu:
  1. Select Start | Printers and Faxes.
  2. Right-click the printer you want to duplicate, and choose Properties.
  3. Click the Ports tab and note which port is selected.
  4. Click the Advanced tab and note the contents of the "Driver" field.
  5. Click Cancel.
  6. Click Add Printer in the "Printer Tasks" section.
  7. A printer wizard will assist you with adding an additional printer. When asked if you would like to keep the existing driver or use the new one, select to keep the existing driver. When prompted for a printer name, we recommend changing the default name to a printer name that will help you remember what this printer is used for (e.g., HTMLPrint Printer 1). When asked if the new printer should be the default for Windows-based programs, select No.
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• If the Windows XP computer has been configured to use the Standard Start menu:
  1. Select Start | Settings | Printers and Faxes.
  2. Right-click the printer you want to duplicate, and choose Properties.
  3. Click the Ports tab and note which port is selected.
  4. Click the Advanced tab and note the contents of the "Driver" field.
  5. Click Cancel.
  6. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
  7. A printer wizard will assist you with adding an additional printer. When asked if you would like to keep the existing driver or use the new one, select to keep the existing driver. When prompted for a printer name, we recommend changing the default name to a printer name that will help you remember what this printer is used for (e.g., HTMLPrint Printer 1). When asked if the new printer should be the default for Windows-based programs, select No.

Setting up an additional installation of a network printer on Windows XP

Use one of the following sets of procedures to set up an additional installation of a network printer. The procedures vary depending on whether the Windows XP computer is configured to use the default Windows XP Start menu or the Standard Start menu.

Note: Each additional installation must first be set up at the print server connected to the printer. If that print server also uses Windows XP, the instructions for setting up an additional installation of a local printer can be used to set up the printer on that machine. Other Windows XP workstations can then add that additional installation using the following steps:

• If the Windows XP workstation uses the default Windows XP Start menu:
  1. Select Start | Printers and Faxes.
  2. Click Add Printer in the "Printer Tasks" section.
  3. A printer wizard will assist you with adding an additional printer. When asked whether you would like to add a local printer or a network printer, select to add a network printer. When asked if the new printer should be the default for Windows-based programs, select No.
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• If the Windows XP workstation has been configured to use a Standard Start menu:
  1. Select Start | Settings | Printers.
  2. Double-click Add Printer.
  3. A printer wizard will assist you with adding an additional printer. When asked whether you would like to add a local printer or a network printer, select to add a network printer. When asked if the new printer should be the default for Windows-based programs, select No.