Printer User's Manual

chapter 6

MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER

When usingyourprinterwithanIBM PC,PC-XT,orPC-AT orcompatible,

youwillprobablybeusingPC-DOS orMS-DOS asanoperatingsystem.A

numberofsoftwaretricksmaybe usefulhere.Thischapterisnot,however,

asubstitutefortheoperatingsystemmanualssuppliedwithyourcomputer.

To learnhowto printfdes, etc.it is bestto readthe relevantpartsof these

manuals.

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH

YOUR PRINTER

When installingapplicationsoftware,youmay findthatyourprinterisnot

specificallymentionedinthelistsofprintersgivenforinstallation.How-

ever,thisshouldpose no problem.Read thissection,and guidelines

providedwithyoursoftwareon printerinstallation.

If youhaveyourprintersetup instandardmode,thenchooseanEpsonLQ-

860as yourprinterto be selected.

Ifthisisnotmentioned,chooseoneofthefollowing(inorderofpreference):

StarXB24-10Color,StarLC24-10,EpsonLQ-850.

If youhaveyourprintersetup with the EDS switchesto emulatean IBM

ProprinterX24E,simplychoosethisfromthelistofprintersavailableinthe

applicationsoftwarelist.

If the IBMProprinterX24Eis notmentioned,selectthePropnnterX24.

Ifyoursoftwarepackagedoesnotmentionprintersbyname,butasksinstead

what featuresyourprinteris capableof, the most commonquestionsare:

“Can yourprinterperforma backspace?”and“Canit do a hardwareform

feed?”.You shouldanswer“Yes”to boththesequestions.

Othersoftwarepackagesmayallowyoutoinstallspecificfeatures.Spread-

sheetprogramswill often ask for the maximumnumberof columnsto be

printed.This is givenbelow.