Xerox Elixir PrintDriver for NT User Guide

EE

Elixir PrintDriver

for NT

User Guide

June 1999

Version 4.00

Elixir Technologies Corporation
P.O. Box 1559
Ojai, CA 93024

Copyright © 1999 by Elixir Technologies Corporation.
All rights reserved.

June 1999
Version 4.00
Printed in the United States of America

Trademarks and Service Marks/Company:
Adobe Type Manager/Adobe Systems Incorporated

Ami Pro/Lotus Development Corporation
Elixir/Elixir Technologies Corporation
HP, LaserJet+/Hewlett Packard Company
IBM, Personal Computer, AT, AFP, and all other IBM
products mentioned in this publication are trademarks
of International Business Machines.
LapLink/Travelling Software, Inc.
Logitech/Logitech, Inc
MS-DOS, Word, Windows/Microsoft Corporation

All other product names and trade names used herein
are trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and
matters of copyrightable material and information now
allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter
granted, including without limitation, material gener­ated from the software programs which is displayed
on the screen such as icons, screen display looks,
etc.

Changes are periodically made to this document.
Changes, technical inaccuracies, and typographic er­rors will be corrected in subsequent editions.

Table of contents

1. Introduction 1-1

Supported applications 1-1
PrintDriver overview 1-2

Printing and AFP printers 1-2
The PrintDriver solution 1-2

Customer support 1-3

Elixir Web site support 1-4
Elixir training 1-5
Hardware and software requirements 1-5

Hardware 1-5

Software 1-6
Who should use this guide 1-6
Conventions 1-6

Display conventions 1-7

Typographical conventions 1-7

Mouse operations 1-8
On-line Help 1-9
Using Online documentation 1-10

Accessing online guides 1-10

Navigating in online guides 1-12

Word find 1-12
Page scrolling 1-13
Zoom in/out 1-13

Printing online guides 1-14

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Organization of this guide 1-14
Using PrintDriver with Elixir Desktop 1-15
Before installing 1-16
Release notes 1-16
Product Registration 1-17

Elixir Product Registration screen 1-18
Using the internet 1-18
Registering as a new customer via

the internet 1-19
Downloading via the internet to a

non-Elixir PC 1-20
Contacting Elixir (no internet

connection) 1-21
Soft key customers running Win-

dows for Workgroups 3.1 or 3.11 1-22

Installation 1-22

Installing Elixir applications 1-23
Full installation 1-24
Custom installation 1-25
Adding applications 1-26
Adding newly licensed applications 1-26

Activating the Elixir PrintDriver 1-27

Adding the Elixir PrintDriver to your
system 1-27

Checking installation 1-28
Checking the Services 1-28

2. Elixir PrintDriver basics 2-1

Elixir PrintDriver design 2-1

Accessing the PrintDriver setup dia­log box 2-1

Elixir PrintDriver setup 2-2

PrePrint options 2-2
META setup 2-2
AFPDS setup 2-6
FSL/FRM (Xerox only) 2-8

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OGL Setup (AFP only) 2-9

OGL extended options 2-11
Image services 2-13
Text services 2-14
Color Services (Xerox only) 2-17
Font generation 2-18
Font Mapping 2-19
Messages to file 2-20

3. Font options 3-1

Overview of font options 3-1
Converting TrueType and ATM fonts 3-2

Font Generation 3-3

Mapping TrueType and ATM fonts 3-4

Editing the AFP font mapping table 3-4
Editing the Xerox font mapping table

3-7

Using the mapping table 3-9

4. Using Elixir PrintDriver 4-1

Creating a print file 4-1

Setting options in Elixir PrintDriver 4-1
Selecting Elixir PrintDriver 4-1
Selecting fonts 4-2
Adding lines, boxes and shapes 4-3
Adding graphics 4-3

Embedding bit-mapped

graphics 4-3

Referencing graphics 4-4

Starting the conversion 4-4

Uploading files to a production
printer 4-5

5. File transfer (Xerox) 5-1

Moving online Xerox-labeled files 5-2

Configuring the file transfer package

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Moving and printing online metacode files 5-11

Moving and printing offline metacode 5-26

Uploading files to the host 5-2

Uploading Xerox-labeled
files with IBM 3270 or IRMA
FT/3270 5-3

Uploading files with IRMA
FT/TSO 5-4

Downloading files from the host to
the printer 5-5

Uploading the
ENDFILE.END file 5-6

Preparing the JCL 5-6
Using the HOSTCOPY

utility 5-7
Using the DJDE FILE

command 5-10

Uploading metacode files to the host

5-12

Uploading with IBM 3270 or
IRMA FT/3270 5-12

Uploading with IRMA

FT/TSO 5-13
Setting up default online JSL 5-14
Using the METSTA.JSL or

METSTC.JSL 5-16
Setting up Elixir online JSL 5-16

Preparing online black and

white JSL 5-17

Preparing online color JSL 5-20
Compiling the JSLs on the printer 5-23
Copying metacode files to the

printer 5-23

Copying files from the host

using a JCL file 5-24

Copying files using a Data-

Ware card 5-25

Preparing offline ELIXIR.JSL 5-26

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ELIXIR.JSL 5-26

Preparing offline ELIXIC.JSL 5-29

ELIXIC.JSL 5-29

Uploading with 871 5-34

Printing offline Xerox-labeled files 5-34

Using diskettes to move .MET files 5-35
Using tape to move files 5-35

Offline control files 5-36
Mounting the tape 5-36
Compiling FSL files 5-36
Printing FRM files 5-36

SPUR 5-37

6. File transfer (AFP) 6-1

PC-to-MVS host file transfer 6-1
Installation 6-2
Pre-transfer considerations 6-2

Uploading with IBM 3270 or IRMA
FT/3270 6-2

Uploading with IRMA FT/TSO 6-2
Output directory information 6-3

Using IBM 3270 or IRMA FT/3270 6-3

Uploading text files 6-4

Using IRMA FT/TSO 6-5

Uploading files with FT/TSO 6-5

Parameters for uploading
object-format AFP files 6-6

Uploading the file with
FT/TSO 6-6

Converting the host file to

VBM format 6-7
Converting FB to VBM format 6-8
PC-to-IBM AS/400 file transfer 6-8

Creating a host library and file 6-9
Create a PC file descriptor file and

path 6-9

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Uploading files 6-11
Processing uploaded files 6-12

Fonts 6-12
Page segments 6-13
Overlays 6-13
AFPDS 6-13

7. Elixir utilities 7-1

Using the utilities 7-2
ElixiDisk Utilities (Xerox only) 7-2

XDIR 7-3
XCPY 7-5

Copying from hard disk to

Xerox-format diskette 7-5
XDEL 7-7
Limitations/Conditions 7-7

DISP 7-9
DSK2TAP 7-10
HPEDIT 7-11
IC 7-12
MAKEKRNE 7-14
MET2871 7-14
METACOMP 7-15
PACK 7-15
SHOWBLOK 7-16
SPUR 7-17

SPUR utility 7-17
Using SPUR for online metacode

files 7-18
Using SPUR for Xerox 128-byte

header files 7-18

STRIP 7-19

A. Limitations and solutions A-1

Application compatibility A-1
Reverse text A-3

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Rotated text A-3
Xerox font orientation A-3
Circles and diagonal lines A-3
Color text strings A-4
Underlined text A-4
Typographers quotes A-4
Graphics formats A-5
Using large fonts A-5
Font support A-6
White objects on black objects A-6
Converting multi-color graphics (Xerox) A-7
Converting colored text (Xerox) A-7

B. Operational and error messages B-1

C. AFP Text mapping C-1

Mapping files C-1

Country Keyboard maps C-1
Default code page C-2

Glossary GLOSSARY-1

Index INDEX-1

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1. Introduction

This user guide describes Elixir PrintDriver for NT edi­tion, one of many Elixir products that support the con­version of Windows application documents to AFPDS
(IBM's Advanced Function Printing (AFP) datas­tream), Xerox metacode, and Elixir pages.

Their are two Elixir PrintDriver for NT products. Elixir
PrintDriver (NT) for Xerox and Elixir PrintDriver (NT)
for AFP.

Elixir PrintDriver is a tool that allows you to convert a
Windows-based document into AFPDS and metacode
formats simply by selecting [Print] from a supported
Windows application with Elixir PrintDriver set as the
printer. The document is then ready for transferring
and printing on a high-speed AFP or Xerox printer.

Supported applications

Elixir PrintDriver supports the following applications:

Microsoft Word 7.0 and 97
Corel WordPerfect 7.0 and 8.0
Corel Ventura 7.0
Lotus Ami Pro 3.0 and 3.1
Adobe PageMaker 5.0 and 6.5
Lotus WordPro96
Adobe FrameMaker 5.0 and 5.5

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Elixir PrintDriver may also be used with other applica­tions, however, it has not been fully tested for com­patibility. We are continuing to test other software
packages and will add to this list in future releases.

See the "Limitations and solutions" appendix for infor­mation about using PrintDriver with supported applica­tions.

PrintDriver overview

The following section provides a brief overview of AFP
and Xerox printing and Elixir PrintDriver.

Printing and AFP printers

Previously, creating and editing documents for printing
on AFP or Xerox printers was the responsibility of ap­plications personnel working on mainframe computers
who defined elements using Overlay Generation Lan-
guage (OGL) or Forms Source Language (FSL).
These languages describe the location of line, shape,
text and image elements as well as page size and
layout.

Limitations to this approach are:

Defining and revising an OGL/FSL document is
complicated and time-consuming.

Changes to the document are not apparent when
adding OGL/FSL statements.

The completed OGL/FSL file must be compiled
and proof printed on the high-speed printer.

The PrintDriver solution

With Elixir PrintDriver, anyone who can use a Win­dows application such as Microsoft Word or Ami Pro,
can convert a Windows-based document into AFP or
Xerox printer format directly from a Windows applica­tion menu.

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The user installs PrintDriver, depending on the prod­uct purchased, composes a document in a Windows­based documentation package, and selects the [Print]
option.

Elixir PrintDriver generates:
Xerox fonts, IMG, LGO, FSL, FRM, and metacode
AFP bounded and unbounded fonts, OVE, OGL,

AFPDS, and PSEGs
Elixir format fonts, images, and forms
Elixir PrintDriver saves each resource in a separate

directory providing easy access for transfer to a host
environment, Xerox printer, or AFP printer.

Customer support

If you have purchased your Elixir product directly from
Elixir Technologies then contact the support center for
your region at the number listed below.

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North and South America:

[phone] ext. 3

Asia Pacific
[phone]

Europe
[phone]

The U.S.A. Elixir Customer Support Center provides
telephone technical assistance for Elixir users Monday
through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time.

If you have any problems running or using Elixir Print­Driver or associated Elixir applications, contact the
support center in your region for help. An Elixir prod­uct specialist will answer your call and ask for the fol­lowing information:

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your name, organization, telephone number and
address.

the name and version number of the Elixir
application.

a complete description of the problem, including
any error messages displayed on your monitor or
printed at your printer.

You can contact Elixir support by accessing the Elixir
World Wide Web page (and selecting [Contact Sup­port]) at http://www.elixir.com. Please complete the
question form.

Elixir Web site support

The Elixir Web site at http://www.elixir.com offers the
following resources:

Raise a question for Elixir Support.
Find answers in the list of Frequently Asked

Questions.
Review the latest Tips and Techniques for in-

creasing productivity using Elixir software.
Download new releases and the latest patches.
View Release Notes for the latest available

features.
Learn in the user newsgroup how others are us-

ing Elixir products.
Sign up for an Elixir Learning Program.

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Elixir training

Elixir Technologies Corporation offers training for the
full range of Windows-based products. For more in­formation, contact:

Elixir Learning
[phone] ext. 6

Hardware and software requirements

The following sections describe hardware and soft­ware requirements for running Elixir PrintDriver.

Hardware

Recommended PC configuration: Pentium (or

100% compatible), with at least 133 MHz processor
(or the fastest commercially available processor); 32
MB RAM, 500+ MB hard drive, one CD-ROM drive.

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Additional hardware requirements:

any monitor with driver software supporting Win­dows in VGA or SVGA.

any Windows compatible mouse.

Optional requirements

Any PC-to-mainframe or communications board
that supports binary file transfers (such as IBM
PC3270, IRMA FT/3270, or AS/400 PC communi­cations packages).

For users with compatible PCs, the ElixiDisk utili­ties described in the "Stand-alone utilities" chap­ter also allow transferring Xerox metacode files
between your PC and Xerox production printers.

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Software

Due to hardware and BIOS differences, PS/2 sys­tems and some IBM-compatible PCs do not sup­port this function.

AFP or Xerox production printer
Tape unit for offline Xerox transfers

Software requirements:

or later.
While we make every effort to ensure the proper op-

eration of our software, some problems cannot be re­solved due to differences in the operating systems.

Who should use this guide

This guide is intended for users familiar with Windows
and with AFP or Xerox printer and font management
operations.

Users should be familiar with PC peripherals and have
access to reference manuals for PC software and
hardware, and for the AFP or Xerox printer(s) used.

Conventions

This section describes the following:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

display conventions
typographical conventions
mouse operations.

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Display conventions

Elixir PrintDriver adheres to Microsoft Windows con­ventions for using menus, menu commands, dialog
boxes, command buttons, icons, and a mouse. See
your Windows manual for more information.

Typographical conventions

The following typographic conventions are used
throughout this guide.

Keystrokes are shown enclosed in < >(angle
brackets). For example, <Enter>.

Key combinations are denoted by a plus sign be­tween keys. For example, <Shift> + <F1> indi­cates to simultaneously press the <Shift> and the
<F1> keys.

Menu titles are shown in bold. Menu options are
enclosed in [ ] (square brackets). For example,

Pull down the File menu and select [Print].

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Command buttons that you press are also en­closed in [ ] (square brackets). For example,

Click on [Job Print Ticket].
Commands, options, actions, and parameters

that require description are shown in bold fol­lowed on the next line by the description. For ex­ample:

drive

Specify the output drive for the resources.
Steps in a procedure are shown in numbered bold

paragraphs. For example:

1. Click on [Resources] in the Conversion
Properties dialog box.

Comments relating to a step (such as this para­graph) are shown in regular text following the bold
paragraph.

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Mouse operations

You can perform most operations in Elixir applications
by using the mouse. The terminology is similar to
other Windows-based applications.

Most operations are performed using the left mouse
button.

The following mouse-related terms are used in this
guide:

click

to momentarily press and release the left mouse but­ton once.

double-click

to click the left mouse button twice in rapid
succession.

Commands you enter at the DOS prompt are
shown in larger text. Within DOS commands,
variable names are shown in italics. For exam­ple:

CD \ELIXIR <Enter>

object

a selectable item on the screen.

open

to point and double-click on an object. The effect of
this operation depends on the object.

point

to move the mouse to position the screen pointer on
an area of the screen.

select

to point to an object and click the left mouse button.
This usually highlights the object.

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On-line Help

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Elixir software uses the Microsoft Windows Help pro­gram to provide on-line Help for Elixir PrintDriver
functions.

For more information about Windows Help, select the
[How to Use Help] option in the Help menu, or see
your Microsoft Windows documentation.

The Help files included with your Elixir software in­clude graphics which were created using screen driv­ers with large fonts. If you use a screen driver with
small fonts, the Help file graphics may not display
clearly. For optimum graphics display, use a screen
driver that uses large fonts (also called 8514 fonts).

Using on-line Help

You can access on-line Help by clicking on the [Help]
button in a dialog box to view an associated Help
topic, or click the right mouse button on an option in a
dialog box to display Help about that option.

Help pop-ups and jumps

Within Help topic text, words or phrases underlined in
green are pop-ups or jumps. When you click on a
pop-up topic, a box displays within the current Help
topic with additional information. When you click on a
jump, a different, associated Help topic displays.

Help hypergraphics

Hypergraphics are special graphics within Help files
that contain "hot spots". Hot spots are either pop-up
topics or jumps. Hypergraphics in Elixir Help are most
commonly dialog boxes with option hot spots (pop-up
definitions).

Move the cursor over a hypergraphic until a hand dis­plays, then click on this hot spot to display a pop-up
topic, or a "jump". To close a pop-up topic, click the
mouse button. To return to the original Help topic
from a jump, click on <Back> in the Help file menu.

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Searching for a different topic

If you want to jump to a Help topic that is not dis­played on your screen, click on the [Contents] button
at the top of the Help screen to display a list of avail­able topics and make your selection. You can also
click on the [Search] button at the top of the screen
and select a related topic.

Using Online documentation

This section describes how to use PDF online docu­mentation, including navigating through the online
guides and printing the guides. Acrobat Reader is
provided with the online documentation. Information
about using the Acrobat Exchange program is in­cluded for users who have licenses for that program.

Accessing online guides

The PDF online documentation is copied to the
drive:\Elixir\help\pdf directory during the installation. If
you didn't choose to copy the PDF online documenta­tion during the installation, you can view a complete
list of the files by clicking on the Windows [Start] but­ton and selecting Programs>Elixir Applications>Elixir
PrintDriver for AFP. Once the application is launched,
click on the Help menu and select Release Notes.
Wordpad displays a current list of supporting docu­ments and the directories where they can be found on
CD-ROM.

When the appropriate PDF file is accessed the Acro­bat Reader program is launched and the List of Online
Guides is displayed. Click on a guide to view its table
of contents and jump to individual chapters.

The following list of PDF files and associated docu­ment names are installed in the drive:\Elixir\help\pdf
directory.

StartAFP.pdf - AFP Getting Started Guide
StartXRX.pdf - Getting Started User Guide

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DeskAFP.pdf - Elixir Desktop and Converters for
AFP User Guide

DeskXRX.pdf - ElixiSys Desktop User Guide
FormAFP.pdf - ElixirForm User Guide
FormXRX.pdf - ElixiForm User Guide
FontAFP.pdf - ElixirFont User Guide
FontXRX.pdf - ElixiFont User Guide
ImageAFP.pdf - ElixirImage User Guide
GraphXRX.pdf - ElixiGraphics User Guide
PdAFP.pdf - Elixir PrintDriver for AFP User Guide
PDXRX.pdf - Elixir PrintDriver User Guide
PdNT.pdf - Elixir PrintDriver for NT User Guide
PHXRX.pdf - PageHandler User Guide
DTAG.pdf - DocuTag User Guide
DMerge.pdf - DataMerge User Guide
AppVIPP.pdf - Elixir AppBuilder for VIPP User

Guide
AppAFP.pdf - Elixir AppBuilder for AFP User

Guide
Transfmr.pdf - Elixir Transformer Suite User

Guide
Viewer.pdf - ElixirViewer User Guide
Elxscan.pdf - ElixiScan User Guide

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Navigating in online guides

After loading a PDF document in Acrobat Reader or
Exchange program (as described above), you can
navigate through the online guide by clicking on the
following:

TOC chapter titles - jumps to the beginning of the
chapter indicated.

[Next Page] or [Previous Page] in the Toolbar - jumps
to the next or previous page of the online guide (alter­natively, you can use the <Page Up> and <Page
Down> keys).

[Go Back] in the Toolbar - returns to your previous
location.

[First Page] in the Toolbar - returns to the opening
screen of the online guide.

Word find

This option finds a key word or phrase in the current
document.

To use Word Find in a document:

1. Click on the [Find] icon in the Toolbar.

2. Enter the desired search text and click on
[Find].

The Acrobat Find dialog box closes and the first
occurrence of the text is highlighted.

3. To find more occurrences of the same text,
click on the [Find] icon in the Toolbar and
then click on [Find Again] in the Find dialog
box.

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Page scrolling

You can move a document on the screen to view por­tions of it not visible in the window, or read a docu­ment which contains article threads by clicking the
mouse to scroll through the document without using
the scroll bar.

To move a document on the screen for viewing (func­tional only when the document displays wider than the
document window):

1. Click on the [Hand] icon in the Toolbar.

2. Hold down the mouse button and drag the
cursor in the desired direction.

To follow the flow of text in a document that contains
article threads (automatic text flows):

1. Click on the [Hand] icon in the Toolbar.

2. If the document contains article threads, a
“down” arrow displays on the Hand icon.

3. Position the hand-shaped cursor over a
paragraph and click on the paragraph to begin
reading.

4. Continue clicking to follow the flow of text.

Zoom in/out

To magnify the size of the page display, click on the
Zoom icon in the Toolbar, then click in the Work area.
Each click resizes the view by a factor of two.

To reduce the size of the page display, click on the
Zoom icon in the Toolbar, then hold down the <Ctrl>
key and click in the Work area.

You can also click on the [%] button at the bottom of
the screen and select a zoom percentage from the
pop-up list.

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Printing online guides

You can print individual chapters or an entire book to
PostScript or HP printers:

1. Open the file.

2. Select File>Print.

The Print dialog box displays.

3. Select your printing options and click on [OK].

Organization of this guide

This user guide contains the following chapters and
appendices:

Chapter 1, "Introduction," provides an introduction to
PrintDriver, describes the contents of this user guide
and explains the installation process.

Chapter 2, "Elixir PrintDriver basics," describes how to
set the options and defaults when using Elixir
PrintDriver.

Chapter 3, "Font options," describes how to convert
and map TrueType and ATM fonts, and how to import
AFP, Xerox, and Elixir format fonts for use in a Win­dows document.

Chapter 4, "Using Elixir PrintDriver," describes how to
create a document in a Windows application and print
to a file using Elixir PrintDriver.

Chapter 5, "File transfer," describes how to upload
files from your PC to a host environment for process­ing and subsequent delivery to AFP or Xerox printers.

Chapter 6, "Stand-alone utilities," describes how to
use the stand-alone utilities provided with Elixir
PrintDriver.

Appendix A, "Limitations and solutions," describes
limitations of PrintDriver and provides solutions to
some common problems.

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Appendix B, "Operational and error messages," lists
all the operational and error messages issued by
PrintDriver.

Appendix C, "Text mapping," provides a list of country
keyboard mapping files and AFP default code pages.

Glossary
Index

Using PrintDriver with Elixir Desktop

If you already have Elixir Desktop on your PC, please
note the following:

If you have a PrintDriver Option ElixiKey and you
also connect your Elixir Desktop ElixiKey, you can
output files to production printer and other for­mats. See the ElixiKey section in this chapter for
more information about ElixiKeys.

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If you want to view and edit resources created by
Elixir PrintDriver, make sure you install Elixir
PrintDriver on the same drive as your Elixir Desk­top

Backup your .EXE and .DLL files before installing.
If you custom installed Elixir Desktop on a drive

other than drive:\ELIXIR, replace drive:\ELIXIR
with your custom program directory whenever you
see drive:\ELIXIR mentioned in this guide.

Before installing

Complete the software licensing process (See the
"Product Registration" section).

Log on to your NT system as the local administrator
(not the network administrator) so that you can

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activate and start the Elixir PrintDriver you install after
the software.

If you plan to use any other Elixir products with Elixir
PrintDriver, make sure you know the drive where they
are installed. This is the drive where you must install
Elixir PrintDriver.

Caution: If you have a previous version of Elixir Print­Driver installed on your computer, make sure it is not
set as the default printer when you install the new
version.

To avoid any possible conflicts, exit all other applica­tions while installing Elixir PrintDriver.

Release notes

Release notes appear at the beginning of the Elixir
software install process, so that you can review each
entry before performing the complete installation.
Once the software is installed, release notes can be
accessed from the Help menu of the application. Re­lease notes are formatted for viewing in Notepad or
Wordpad. They have a txt file extension and are
found in the drive:\ELIXIR \RELNOTES directory.

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Product Registration

Elixir products no longer require ElixiKey hardware de­vices attached to your parallel port. Elixir products
now utilize soft key technology. This new licensing
process validates your license agreement with Elixir
and places a file (password.epw if an Elixir customer,
or License.dat if a Xerox customer) on your
workstation.

Version 4.00 implements Elixir's new licensing proc­ess and discontinues use of the current hard keys. All
customers must register/re-register software licen­se(s) by using the Elixir registration program provided
with the software.

Each product installed is assigned to a specific pc.
This pc number, your customer number, and pass­word are required. This information is provided when
you purchase Elixir software or when you upgrade to
version 4.00 of Elixir products.

If you are an Elixir customer, registration can be com­pleted automatically if you have an internet connection
on your workstation. If you are a Xerox customer you
must contact Xerox to register your products.

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This section describes the registration process for
those customers who have purchased their Elixir
products form Elixir Technologies.

The following scenarios describe the registration
process for Elixir customers. Xerox Corporation will
provide a separate document that describes register­ing your products with Xerox.

you are a new customer and will use Soft Key
registration

you are an existing customer and will change to
Soft Key registration

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Elixir Product Registration screen

Make your selections according to your needs and go
to the appropriate section for further procedures.

Figure 2-1. Elixir Product Registration screen

Using the internet

You can register and download all registration files via
the Elixir Product Registration program. There are
two ways to register your products using the Internet:

down load the product registration file directly to
the Elixir PC via the Internet (see "Registering as
a new customer via the internet")

download the product registration file to another
machine and move it to the Elixir PC (see "Down­loading via the internet to a non-Elixir PC")

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Registering as a new customer via the internet

You will receive a "Customer Activation Letter" with
your product(s) ordered. The registration process
should be completed before installing your software.
The installation CD will launch and install the Registra­tion Program.

To install the registration program on your Elixir PC:

1. In the Software Registration screen, click on
[Next].

2. Select the drive and click on [Next].

3. In the Start Registration Process screen, click
on [Install].

The password file will be installed and your sys­tem configured.

To complete registration:

1. In the Elixir Product Registration "Welcome"
screen, select [Next].

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Your machine serial number displays.

2. Enter your customer number (from Activation
Letter), then click on [Next].

3. Enter your password and the PC number you
want to register, then click on [Next].

4. Select [Prepare and download my initial
product license registration. This workstation
or another pc is connected to the internet]
from the Registration Option menu, then click
on [Next].

5. In the Download Password screen, click on
[Yes].

The system displays your customer information
and you must verify that it is correct.

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6. When the screen displays the registration
information, click on [Save]. You may also
print this screen for reference or to send to
Elixir.

The application installation process will begin, see the
"Installation" section.

Downloading via the internet to a non-Elixir PC

You will receive a "Customer Activation Letter" with
your product(s) ordered. The registration process
should be completed before installing your software.
The installation CD will launch and install the Registra­tion Program.

To install the registration program on your Elixir PC:

1. In the Software Registration screen, click on
[Next].

2. Select the drive and click on [Next].

3. In the Start Registration Process screen, click
on [Install].

The password file will be installed and your sys­tem configured.

To complete registration:

1. In the Elixir Product Registration "Welcome"
screen, select [Next].

Your machine serial number displays.

2. Enter your customer number (from Activation
Letter), then click on [Next].

3. Enter your password and the PC number you
want to register, then click on [Next].

4. Select [Prepare and download my initial
product license registration. This workstation
or another pc is connected to the internet]
from the Registration Option menu, then click
on [Next].

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5. In the Download Password screen, click on
[No].

6. In the How to Contact Elixir screen, click on
[Print] and take the printout to the pc
connected to the internet.

7. Access the Elixir Web site at
http:\\www.elixir.com. and click on [Product
Registration].

8. In the Customer Information screen, enter
your Customer Number and Password, then
click on [Submit Form].

9. In the Elixir Customer Menu, click on
[Download a New License File].

10. In the Customer Information screen, enter
your PC Number and Machine Serial Number,
then click on [Submit Form].

11. In the Elixir Technologies screen, click on
[Click here to download your password].

12. Save the password.epw file to diskette and
copy it to your Elixir PC in the \ELIXIR
directory.

The application installation process will begin, see the
"Installation" section.

Contacting Elixir (no internet connection)

If you have no internet access at your site you must
contact Elixir and provide the serial number of the pc
where you will install the Elixir software. Elixir will pro­vide a registration file (password.epw) that you must
copy to the Elixir pc.

Copy the password.epw file to \Elixir and start the
installation.

Select [Prepare my initial product license registration.
This workstation is not connected to the Internet] from
the Registration Option menu, then click on [Next].

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