This is the README.TXT file for Version 4.00 of MarkVision for
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 by Lexmark International Inc.
This set of diskettes contains MarkVision and printer drivers for the
Microsoft Windows 95/98 Operating System for these Lexmark Printers:
- Lexmark 4039plus Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra plus Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra E Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra Ep Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra C Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra N Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra S Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra SC Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra K Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra Color 40
- Lexmark Optra Color 45
- Lexmark Optra Color 1200
Refer to the READMEPS.TXT for information on the Lexmark PostScript
printer driver, and the README.PCL for information on the Lexmark PCL
Driver.
This set of diskettes also contains MarkVision for the Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 Operating System for these Lexmark Printers:
- Lexmark 4039plus Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra plus Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra E Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra Ep Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra C Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra N Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra S Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra SC Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra K Laser Printer
- Lexmark Optra Color 40
- Lexmark Optra Color 45
- Lexmark Optra Color 1200
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README.TXT TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- MarkVision for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 Overview
- Diskette Contents
- Compatibility and System Requirements for Windows 95/98
- Network System Requirements for Windows 95/98
- Compatibility and System Requirements for Windows NT 4.0
- Network System Requirements for Windows NT 4.0
- User Tips and Recommendations
- Problem Determination
This text file provides additional information to help you understand
and use the Lexmark MarkVision Printer Management Utility for Windows
95/98 and Windows NT 4.0. If you need further technical assistance,
contact your point of purchase or your Lexmark country representative.
For Lexmark worldwide support contacts, refer to the MarkVision online
help topic "Contacting Lexmark."
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MARKVISION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 AND NT 4.0 OVERVIEW
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MarkVision for Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 by Lexmark International, Inc. (Lexmark)
provides an advanced network printing solution that enables users to easily
install, configure, query and troubleshoot local-attached and network-attached
printers from their desktop.
MarkVision features include:
1) A main MarkVision Printer window that offers a significant amount of
information about each printer at a glance. It is also very configurable
offering several view modes and columns that you can sort and eliminate
(in the details view).
2) Multiple printer windows so that you don't have to keep all your
network printers all in one printer window. You can open multiple
printer windows and have some printers in one window and other
printers in another. You can create as many printer windows as you
need. You can manually setup these printer windows, or apply filters
to a window and let MarkVision select which printers go in which
printer window based on the filter you define. Be sure to check out
this new MarkVision feature! We think you will find it very useful.
3) A graphical status view of multiple printers. You can open as many
views as it is reasonable to see on your particular screen. You can then
minimize them all and create an icon on the Taskbar for each printer.
You can configure the icon to change or automatically open when an error
occurs.
4) Multiple network protocols. If you are running more than one network
protocol on your Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 workstation you can manage
printers attached through all of them in MarkVision. You can also use
MarkVision to manage your parallel attached printers, and peer-to-peer is
supported on Windows 95/98. This allows you to view and control a printer
connected to a peer workstation from your workstation using MarkVision!
5) The "State" pull down in the Status View allows you to see all of the
error conditions that currently apply to the printer.
6) The "Features" view inside the Status View displays code levels and
installed options, plus other printer and protocol information.
7) Remote Operator Panel, Job Statistics, and Resource Management views too!
8) Each individual printer or adapter icon in the main view has its own
individual Network Settings and Adapter Settings views. You can control
how the network is searched for printers by using the Configure pull down
in the main MarkVision printer window.
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DISKETTE CONTENTS
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If you are installing from diskettes, there are five diskettes that
make up the MarkVision package for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0. Be
sure to start with DISK 1 and run SETUP.EXE from this diskette.
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COMPATIBILITY AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS 95/98
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The SETUP Utility is designed and tested to operate on IBM (or 100%-
compatible) personal computers or personal systems with a hard drive.
All the utilities were designed and tested for the Microsoft Windows 95
System Version 4.00.950 or greater.
System Requirements:
- To run SETUP, you need at least 1.5 MB of free hard disk space.
This disk space will be freed when SETUP is complete.
- To install MarkVision for Windows 95/98, requires approximately 11 MB
of PC hard disk space.
In order to manage a locally parallel attached printer to a workstation
(including Peer-to-Peer local parallel attached printers) using
MarkVision, the workstation must have an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel
port controller and parallel cable, and LPT.VXD version 4.00.503 or
version 4.00.951 or later.
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NETWORK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS 95/98
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You can use MarkVision to control remote printers in two ways:
1) Peer-to-peer shared printers by parallel attached printers to
workstations
2) Printers directly attached to the network by a Lexmark Network
Printer Adapter
===> Workstation Requirements:
- Peer-to-Peer shared printers by parallel attached printers
- Lexmark network adapter connected printers:
- Microsoft's IPX/SPX Client
- Microsoft's LAN Server Client
- Microsoft's NT Server Client
- Microsoft's TCP/IP Client
- Novell's Client32 NetWare Client
===> NT Server 3.51 System Requirements:
- Version 4.x of MarkVision Server for NT Server (Intel Platforms
Only)
- See the README.1ST on the MarkVision Server Disk for NT and NT Server
supported versions.
===> NT Server 4.0 System Requirements:
- Version 4.x of MarkVision for Windows NT 4.0 with the MarkVision
Server Agent installed.
===> OS/2 Lan Server System Requirements:
- Version 5.x of MarkVision Server for LAN Server
- See the README.1ST on this MarkVision Server Disk for OS/2 and LAN
Server supported versions.
===> OS/2 Warp Server System Requirements:
- Version 3.x of MarkVision for OS/2 with the Lexmark Network Port
Driver Version 3.x installed.
- Warp MarkVision Server Version 6.x
===> Lexmark Network Adapter Firmware Revision Levels
The minimum firmware revision levels for the Lexmark MarkNet XL and
MarkNet XLe Network Adapters are:
- MarkNet XL ... 79.123.01 or greater
- MarkNet XLe ... 4.117.01 or greater
You can find the latest version of all the Lexmark software and
firmware on the Lexmark BBS, ftp site, Compuserve, and World Wide Web
site. See the "Contacting Lexmark" topic in the MarkVision online help
for details on any of these electronic distribution locations.
NOTE: Be sure to read the Windows 95 section of the "Network Printer
Utility Guide" that comes with the Lexmark MarkNet XL and XLe
Network Adapters. You will find an abundance of useful
information on using, configuring, and installing your MarkNet
adapter with MarkVision.
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COMPATIBILITY AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS NT 4.0
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The SETUP Utility is designed and tested to operate on IBM (or 100%-
compatible) personal computers or personal systems with a hard drive.
All the utilities were designed and tested for the Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 System Version 4.00.1381 or greater.
System Requirements:
- To run SETUP, you need at least 1.5 MB of free hard disk space.
This disk space will be freed when SETUP is complete.
- To install MarkVision for Windows NT 4.0, requires approximately
11 MB of PC hard disk space.
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NETWORK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS NT 4.0
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You can use MarkVision to control remote printers directly attached to
the network by a Lexmark Network Adapter.
===> Workstation Requirements:
- Lexmark network adapter connected printers:
- Microsoft's NT Server Client
- Microsoft's TCP/IP Protocol
- Microsoft's DLC Protocol
- Novell's Client32 NetWare Client
===> NT Server 3.51 System Requirements:
- Version 4.x of MarkVision Server for NT Server (Intel Platforms
Only)
- See the README.1ST on the MarkVision Server Disk for NT and NT Server
supported versions.
===> NT Server 4.0 System Requirements:
- Version 4.x of MarkVision for Windows NT 4.0 with the MarkVision
Server Agent installed.
===> OS/2 Lan Server System Requirements:
- Version 5.x of MarkVision Server for LAN Server
- See the README.1ST on this MarkVision Server Disk for OS/2 and LAN
Server supported versions.
===> OS/2 Warp Server System Requirements:
- Version 2.x of MarkVision for OS/2 with the Lexmark Network Port
Driver Version 2.x installed.
- Warp MarkVision Server Version 6.x
===> Lexmark Network Adapter Firmware Revision Levels
The minimum firmware revision levels for the Lexmark MarkNet XL and
MarkNet XLe Network Adapters are:
- MarkNet XL ... 79.123.01 or greater
- MarkNet XLe ... 4.117.01 or greater
You can find the latest version of all the Lexmark software and
firmware on the Lexmark BBS, ftp site, Compuserve, and World Wide Web
site. See the "Contacting Lexmark" topic in the MarkVision online help
for details on any of these electronic distribution locations.
NOTE: Be sure to read the Windows NT section of the "Network Printer
Utility Guide" that comes with the Lexmark MarkNet XL and XLe
Network Adapters. You will find an abundance of useful
information on using, configuring, and installing your MarkNet
adapter with MarkVision.
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USER TIPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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- SERVER SETUP
The Server Installation method allows the network administrator to
place all the MarkVision and Driver files onto a shared network drive
location for use in two ways:
1) Allow users to run MarkVision from this remote location, thus
minimizing the amount of workstation hard drive space required to
run MarkVision from a workstation.
- OR -
2) Allow users to install MarkVision and Lexmark printer drivers to
their local workstation without using diskettes. This method makes
local installation of drivers and/or MarkVision as easy as an
"email" note informing users where to access the SETUP utility.
The users can run SETUP from their workstation without the need
for the actual diskettes.
- MISSING PRINTERS IN MARKVISION
A "missing" printer (as listed in the "status" column of the details
display) is a printer that was listed in a previous MarkVision
session, but is not found on this session. The first time you start
up MarkVision, you will NOT find any "missing" printers. A "missing"
printer had to be listed at least once on a previous session of
MarkVision.
A printer can be "missing" for several reasons:
1) The most common reason is that the printer has been turned off.
Once the printer is turned back on, and MarkVision is either
restarted or a refresh operation is performed, the printer status
changes from missing to a known state: like "Ready."
2) Another reason is that a printer has been replaced with a printer
of another manufacturer or type since MarkVision was last invoked.
Through the Configuration menu, you can elect not to show these
missing printers. Another way to delete missing printers is to select
Delete from the (usually Right Mouse Button) pop-up menu.
You can also turn off "Save Individual Printers" through the View
menu. This causes MarkVision to save all window settings- such as
which columns are visible, window position, window size - but
not record which printers were in the window when it was closed.
The next time this MarkVision window is opened any printers found
which match the windows filter settings will be shown in the window.
Note: When you individually delete missing printers from a MarkVision
printer window, you must exit MarkVision to save this
information. Otherwise missing printers unexpectedly return
when the MarkVision screen is refreshed.
- PREPARING FOR A WINDOWS 95/98 MARKVISION INSTALL ON SYSTEMS THAT
CONTAINED MARKVISION FOR WINDOWS 3.1
The MarkVision application written for Windows 3.1 was not designed
to run in the Windows 95/98 environment. For locally attached printers,
it may appear that MarkVision does indeed work. However, you will
notice that when MarkVision is running, you are unable to print, due
to communications port device conflicts. These conflicts are due to
the LEX01.386 VxD that is loaded. In addition, there are a variety of
problems as well for network attached printers.
To avoid this problem:
- Remove the LEX01.386 and VPD.386 invocations from the SYSTEM.INI
file. (Delete the DEVICE=LEX01.386 and DEVICE=VPD.386 lines in the
[386Enh]section of the SYSTEM.INI file in the \WINDOWS
subdirectory.
To free up some hard drive space:
- From a DOS Prompt, DELTREE the subdirectory where you installed the
Windows 3.1 version of MarkVision.
(For example: DELTREE C:\MarkVis).
- From a DOS Prompt, DELTREE the subdirectory which contains the Windows
3.1 network utilities.
(For example: DELTREE C:\NETPRINT).
You will find all the necessary functions that you had with the
previous version of MarkVision and Toolkit available with the new
Windows 95/98 utility.
- DOWNLOADING FONTS/MACROS/DEMOS DOES NOT SUPPORT LONG FILE NAMES
When selecting paths and/or file names for fonts, macros, overlays,
or demos to download to printer FLASH or DISK, it is still necessary
to use conventional 8.3 directory and filename format. This function
is shared between the Lexmark printer drivers and MarkVision; so this
restriction applies regardless of where you access the download
utility.
- LEXMARK 4079plus NOT SUPPORTED
MarkVision for Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 does not support the 4079plus.
- INSTALLING LEXMARK PRINTER DRIVERS AFTER A SERVER INSTALLATION
When you perform a Server Installation, you not only copy all the
MarkVision files onto the server directory location that you
specified, but you also copy both the PCL and PostScript Lexmark
Printer drivers to this same location. For example, if you chose the
server directory to be "X:\LEXMARK" both MarkVision and the Lexmark
printer drivers would be installed to this subdirectory.
When you are ready to install the printer drivers to your local PC,
you need to remember this network location of "X:\LEXMARK." To install
printer drivers, execute X:\LEXMARK\DRIVERS.W32\SETUP.EXE
- INTERNET ACCESS
With the release of MarkVision 4.0, support was added for Internet
access. This access will launch the user's desired browser from
within MarkVision and take them to the Lexmark web site to get the
latest drivers, technical support, register their printer or a number
of other activities. A button on the status page will take you to
information directly relating to that family of printers and menu
items will take you to general areas of interest for all printers.
LIMITING ACCESS OR CHANGING DEFAULT URLS
If you are an administrator you may want to restrict or eliminate
internet support from within MarkVision. MarkVision ships with a
sample access file called URL.INI which must be edited and renamed to
MVURL.INI if changes to the default actions are desired. In this
file, the various values that MarkVision normally uses are listed.
You can edit this file and define your own URLs or eliminate internet
access. To eliminate access add the key=value pair of WEB_SUPPORT=0
in the [CONFIGURE] section. MarkVision will generate URLs that follow
the format: AREA_PREFIX/AREA/LANGUAGE or
AREA_PREFIX/AREA/LANGUAGE/PRINTER.
Example:
MarkVision would normally generate the URL
http://www.lexmark.com/NA/drivers/5/1
to access the driver page in Danish for the Optra S printer. If
MVURL.INI was modified as follows:
[AREA_PREFIX]
DRIVERS=http://www.myCompany
[AREA]
DRIVERS=myDriverArea
[LANGUAGE]
5=Universal
[PRINTER]
1=BestPrinter
then MarkVision would generate the following URL:
http://www.myCompany/myDriverArea/Universal/BestPrinter
Note the trailing /'s are not included in the values and that http://
must appear at the start of the URL if you are defining an internet
web page. This file needs to reside in the same location as MV.EXE.
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PROBLEM DETERMINATION
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- MARKVISION DOES NOT WORK FOR A SERIALLY CONNECTED PRINTER
MarkVision cannot establish bidirectional communications to a printer
connected to a serial port of your PC workstation. You need either to
attach your printer to the LPT port of your PC, or connect directly
to a LAN by means of a Lexmark Network Adapter.
- CANNOT PRINT TO THE LOCAL PRINTER WITH MARKVISION RUNNING
There are several possibilities why when MarkVision is running, you
will not be able to print to a local, parallel port connected printer
without getting Windows Port Device Conflict messages:
1) The Windows 95/98 Spooler Settings MUST be set to "Enable
bidirectional support for this LPT port." Click on the "Details"
tab found in the Property Sheet of the printer driver. Click
"Spool Settings..." to check the status of the "Enable
bidirectional support for this printer" check box. Be sure this
setting is selected, or you will not be able to print from a
Windows application when MarkVision running.
2) Also check the "Spool MS-DOS Print Jobs." This setting can be
found by selecting the "Port Settings..." button in the "Details"
tab of the printer driver's Property sheet. Be sure this setting
is enabled in order to allow printing from a DOS Prompt or DOS
Application with MarkVision running at the same time.
3) Port Conflicts can be caused if a Lexmark printer driver has never
been installed for this port AND you print through a non-Lexmark
printer driver. For example, you installed MarkVision to manage
your local printer, but you use non-Lexmark printer drivers to
print to this printer. Even if you intend to print through a
non-Lexmark printer driver, you need to install at least one
Lexmark printer driver and configure it for this same LPT port.
- LOCAL PRINTER APPEARS AS NON-BIDIRECTIONAL IN MARKVISION MAIN
PRINTER WINDOW
Some common reasons for this problem:
1) The parallel port driver, LPT.VXD, that ships with the original
version of Windows 95 does not correctly support bidirectional
communications on many PC's. If the version of LPT.VXD in your
\windows\system directory is 4.00.950, you should upgrade it by
copying the version of the LPT.VXD that's in the
\drivers\printer\lpt directory of the Windows 95 CD to the
\windows\system directory on your PC.
2) Your PC's Parallel Port needs to be configured as NORMAL or placed
in COMPATIBILITY mode in your PC's BIOS Setup. EXTENDED or other
settings such as this, may not work with the version of LPT.VXD
that ships with Windows 95.
3) Your Parallel Printer Cable is not an IEEE 1284 compliant cable.
4) Your printer is attached to your PC through a switch box that
allows for sharing of your printer with other PCs. Frequently
these switch boxes do not "switch" all of the Centronics Parallel
signals; therefore the inherent bi-directional capabilities of the
cable are lost.
5) On some computers, the parallel port mode set to "Standard" will
not allow MarkVision to establish bidirectional communications.
However, if these computers have an ECP parallel port mode, change
it to ECP mode and retry MarkVision.
6) If you have a Lexmark WinWriter 150C or a Lexmark Color
JetPrinter 1020 or a Lexmark Color JetPrinter 2070 printer driver
set to output to the same local LPT port that your 4039plus or
Optra is attached to, MarkVision will not be able to establish
bidirectional communications with that port. You will need to set
the Lexmark InkJet printer driver output port to FILE or another
port.
- MARKVISION NOT FINDING ALL NETWORK PRINTERS THROUGH THE IPX PROTOCOL
If your computer has more than one network card active at the same
time with IPX being the only client, it is a known Windows 95/98
limitation that will only allow MarkVision to find printers through
only one of these network cards.
- MARKVISION NOT FINDING ALL NETWORK PRINTERS THROUGH THE IPX OR
NETWARE PROTOCOL
If you sometimes fail to find printers on your network, you may need
to increase the number of receive buffers available to your
computer's network card. In the Control Panel, select Network, then
select your network adapter card, and click on Properties. Select
Advanced, and highlight Receive Buffers. Typical values are between
2 and 10. Try increasing the value to 10 or more, if possible.
- SERVER INSTALLATION OF PRINTER DRIVERS FROM AN HPFS FORMATTED DRIVE
NOT WORKING
When the Printer Wizard is launched from SETUP, there is a known
problem in the Microsoft Printer Wizard that it cannot find the .INF
or associated printer driver files on an HPFS formatted drive. This
is unique to HPFS and is not a problem with any other disk format.
- DOWNLOADED FONT, DEMO, OR MACRO GOES TO UNEXPECTED PRINTER
It is possible to associate more than one printer with a network
queue, so more than one printer appearing in MarkVision may be using
the same queue. When you select "Download" from the printer's popup
menu the font, demo, or macro is sent as a print job to the queue.
The first printer using the queue that finds this job will accept it.
This may not be the printer selected in MarkVision.
- OPTRA E/Ep SETTINGS PAGES DO NOT APPEAR IN PRINTER NOTEBOOK
The Font/Paper, Presentation, and Advanced settings property pages
will only appear in the printer notebook when the Optra E/Ep is
connected through a local port or through a redirected local port.
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Windows, Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
PCL is a U.S. registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
IBM and OS/2 Warp are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
Lexmark, MarkVision, MarkNet, LexLink and Optra are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Lexmark International Inc.
END OF README.TXT