1. Custom features can be accessed in two ways:
a) responding to the "print-time" dialog that shows up for every print job
b) using the "PocketJet 3plus" Control Panel applet that is accessed via "Start:Settings:Control Panel" and then double-tapping the "PocketJet 3plus" icon.
On each (a and b), the default choice of "Show this dialog at print time" will be enabled. At print time, this dialog will come up after the PocketJet 3plus print driver has been selected from the main print dialog and OK has been selected. If the "Show this dialog at print time" box is “unchecked”, then the same settings last used will be used for all future print jobs. Use the Control panel to change settings or to re-enable showing the dialog at print-time.
1. The WinCE driver has some other controls not used by the other drivers.
a) Halftoning
· Options are “Mixed Text and Graphics” and “Text Only”
· The “Text Only” mode provides a slight performance increase when printing only text data. But, it will not look good when printing graphics.
· “Mixed Text and Graphics” can be used in all cases of text or graphics
b) Serial Handshaking
· This ONLY applies to the SERIAL port. It is N/A for use with Irda or USB.
· It is provided for use with the PocketJet 3plus printer ONLY for use with a Serial->USB converter cable that might be developed in the future. Currently, it has no use.
c) Port Buffer Size
· This control allows the user to select the amount of data that is sent to the port, for ALL port types.
· The default value is 128 with settings as low as 1 or as high as 1024 bytes.
· Depending on the cable and CE device, it may be necessary or desirable to lower or raise this value to increase reliability or to increase print speed.
· Pentax recommends a setting of 1024 for use with the USB cable.
· Pentax recommends a setting of 128 or higher when using Irda. Note: Setting buffer size to 1024 will yield the fastest print speed.
d) Perforated Roll Paper
· If selected, this control reduces the printable area of the selected paper size to be consistent with Perforated Roll Paper usage.
See also:
Custom Features (General Info)