Product updates

Northlake provides product updates containing revisions to the PrintKit software, and printer model supplements containing new printer model definitions. New model definitions are typically released in a preliminary model supplement and moved to a regular supplement as they are validated.   >>>

Updates your existing PrintKit software to support new printer models as they are validated by Northlake.   >>>

Provides early access to models that have not yet been fully validated.   >>>

Issued between major releases of the software to provide timely corrections to problems, and to update the printer model definitions supplied with the software.   >>>

Updates that have been superseded by newer revisions, provided for users requiring compatibility with older versions of the PrintKit software.   >>>

Technical notes

Notes on managing your PrintKit software to minimize OpenVMS support costs, while keeping up to date with corporate printing resources.   >>>

Describes how to define combinations of print attributes and select them using generic queues.   >>>

Describes how to configure PrintKit queues to use the OpenVMS autostart facility for failover within a VMScluster.   >>>

Do you need help with an unusual printer configuration? PrintKit's database of model definitions supplies correct queue configuration settings for printers in standard network configurations. However, a printer configured with non-standard network interface or accessed through a server system may need different settings. These examples discuss common special configurations.   >>>

Describes how to configure the PrintKit software for printing to limited-function printers, such as those providing only ASCII, PCL3, or specialized data types. Essentially, disabling most of PrintKit's functionality allows data to pass “transparently” to the printer, without interpretation.   >>>

PrintKit queues configured for TCP/IP communications do not have an associated device for use by software that writes output to the queue using a virtual device. This note describes how you can create such a virtual device for a PrintKit queue.   >>>

Outlines the basic procedure for creating a printer model definition for use with PrintKit, and points out some of the considerations in configuring a new definition.   >>>

Delves into the technical details of PrintKit forms overlays, including step-by-step instructions on creating and installing Form resources.   >>>

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