When uninstalling TinyTERM Plus from Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP or Vista, you can’t uninstall NetUtils while CenLPD is running. CenLPD runs as a service on those versions of Windows. Only a user with administrator rights can stop the service so it can be uninstalled.

To shut down CenLPD, do the following:

1. Right-click on the “hammer-and-wrench” icon in the task bar. This will be next to the system clock.
2. Select “Stop CenLPD” from the pop-up menu.
3. Right-click the icon again, and select “Exit.”

Once this is done, you should be able to uninstall NetUtils. If it shows the service as running still, you’ll need to stop it from Control Panel:

1. In Control Panel, open the Administrative Tools and double-click Services.
2. In the list of services, double-click CenLPD.
3. Click the Stop button, then click OK.
4. Close the Services panel.

Uninstall will work normally after this.

CR 577, LPD uninstall instructions added to Quick Start Guide in TinyTERM Plus 4.40

Using TinyTERM on Windows 95 or Windows 98 , when you print the Windows printer setup screen may come up and lock up TinyTERM. To fix that, do the following in TinyTERM:

1. From the File menu, select Printer Setup.
2. Select Direct to Device.
3. Set the device name to the printer port, usually LPT1:.
4. Check the “Flush output buffer to printer” box.
5. Click OK to close the Printer Setup window.
6. From the File menu, select Save Session.

Any version of TinyTERM or TERM for Windows can use a Windows-only printer, provided the driver is installed. As with USB printers, the specifics depend on which version of TinyTERM you have.

TinyTERM 3.x and earlier, also
Any version of TERM for Windows
The specified printer must be the Windows default printer. Set TinyTERM to use PRINTMNGR as its printing device. TinyTERM will then send all printer output to that printer.

TinyTERM 4.00 – 4.12
Select the “To Windows Printer” option in TinyTERM’s Printer Setup dialog. Then click the Setup button to choose the Windows printer.

TinyTERM 4.13 and newer
Select the “To Windows Printer” option in TinyTERM’s Printer Setup dialog. Use the drop-down list to select the desired printer. Do not set the “Use printer fonts” or “Bypass printer driver” option.

Unlike USB printers, there may be a hardware port such as LPT1: associated with a Windows-only printer. However, Windows-only printers require a Windows printer driver to function at all. Bypassing the printer driver will usually cause all print jobs to be lost.

Using TinyTERM on Windows 95 with an HP LaserJet printer, the fonts don’t always print correctly. However, they do print correctly in TinyTERM for DOS on the same PC.

In Windows 95, most HP LaserJet printers install a printer monitor program in the system tray, next to the clock on the task bar. If you remove this, the font problem will be solved. The program that needs to be ended is HPPROPTY.EXE.

You may run into a situation where transparent printing works for a few pages of text, then gives a print error. After that the job may fail, or it may print one line per page.This is a flow control issue. Disable flow control on both the PC and the server port. Printing should work properly after that.

Using TERM for Windows 7.2, transparent print jobs have correct line feeds, but no carriage returns. Printer output vanishes off the right edge of the page after about the third line. To fix this, you must add the PN and PS entries to the /etc/termcap entry for your terminal emulation.

Using TinyTERM 3.3 on Windows NT 3.51, you can use any network printer available to Windows. To set that up, do the following:

1. In TinyTERM, go to the Configure menu.
2. Select Printer or Data Capture/Printer.
3. In the printer section of the resulting dialog, enter the full path to the network printer as the “Printer file or device name.”
4. For the “Printer device,” use PRINTMNGR if it’s the default Windows printer. Otherwise, use DEVICE.

This error comes up from TinyTERM Plus 3.2 on Windows 98 when installing LPD. It happens despite the directory C:\Century clearly containing the necessary information.

To get rid of the error, do the following:

1. Remove the Marlpd icon from the system tray by right-clicking it and selecting Exit.
2. Type Ctrl-Alt-Del and end all marlpd tasks that show.
3. Go into the Century directory and run marlpd manually.

Using TinyTERM Plus or TERM Professional in Windows 95 or Windows 98, if the LPD server will not start, do the following:

1. Right-click on the hammer-and-wrench icon in the system tray, next to the clock on the Start bar.
2. Select Exit from the pop-up menu.
3. Right-click on Network Neighborhood.
4. Select Properties.
5. Select Century Internet Services.
6. Click on the Properties button.
7. Click on the Options tab.
8. Remove the check from the box in front of “Start Internet Services at Windows startup.”
9. Click OK and OK again.

You will now be able to configure the LPD server and use it.

Using TinyTERM 3.3 on Windows 95 or 98, printing the screen may require you to press the reset button on your printer before other applications can use it. To fix this, configure TinyTERM to print to PRINTMNGR instead of DEVICE. This will allow Windows to manage the printer, eliminating the need for you to reset it.