Printer User's Manual

A)COPY README.DOC PRN

A)TYF’E README.DOC }PRN

COPYandTYPEdonotpermityouto executeothercommandswhilethe

file is printing.

Ifyouwantaparticularfont,orprintpitch,youcanmakethesesettingsfrom

the controlpanelbeforeyou stantprinting.See Chapter2.

IfyouprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbeadvantageous

to createaprintersetupfile.Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeach

time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your

computer.For example,youcancreatea filecontainingprintercommands

toselectletterquality,andselectelitepitchwiththeStandardmode.Youcan

findthe commandsin Chapter4. We suggestthe following:

● Letterquality

<ESC>

“X” “l”

● Elitepitch

<ESC>“!” <1>is a powerfulcommandthat, in additionto selectingelite

pitch,cancelsunwantedfeaturessuch as underliningwhichmightbe left

frompreviouscommands.Theanglebracketsaroundthecl> indicatechar-

actercode 1,whichis a controlcode,not theprintabledigit” l“.

You may wantto placeadditionalcommandsin this file, such as left and

rightmargins,linespacingandbottommargincommands.Oryoumaywant

to createiavarietyof setupfileswith a differentset of commandsin each.

To avoidexcesslinefeeds,youshouldplacethe commandsononelinein

thesetupfile.Youmayormaynotbeabletogenerateasetupfilewithword-

processingsoftware;it dependson whetheryour softwarelets you enter

controlcodes.If yoursystemincludesthefileEDLIN.COM,however,you

caneasilycreatea setupfile withthe DOS lineeditor.

AnappropriatenameforthissetupfilewouldbeLQELITE.DAT.Tousethe

DOSlineeditor,typethecommandEDLINLQELITE.DAT,thentypethe

underlinedpartsofthefollowingdisplay.PressRETURNattheendofeach

line.Donottypethesymbol“A”.ThissymbolmeanstoholdtheCTRLkey

downwhilepressingthenextkey:forexample,‘V meansto typeCTRL-V.

‘C meansto type CTRL-C,whichindicatesthe endof the input.

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