Dot Matrix Printer Users Manual

IfyouprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbeadvantageous
to cn?ateaprintersetupfde.Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeach
time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your
computer.For example,youcancreatea filecontainingprintercommands
to selectnear letterquality,and selectelitepitchwith the Standardmode.
Youcan find the commandsin Chapter4. We suggestthe following:
ANearletterquality
<ESC>
“X” “l”
● Elitepitch
<ESC> “!”
<1>
<ESC>“!” <1>is a powerfulcommandthat,in additionto selectingelite
pitch,cancelsunwantedfeaturessuch as underliningwhichmightbe left
from previous commands.The angle brackets around the <1> indicate
charactercode 1,whichis a ccmtmlcode,not theprintabledigit“l”.
You may wantto placeadditionalcommandsin this ffle,such as left and
rightmargins,linespacingandbottommargincommands.Oryoumaywant
to c~ate a varietyof setupfdes with a differentset of commandsin each.
To avoidexcesslinefeeds,you shouldplacethecommandson onelinein
thesetupfile.Youmayormaynotbeabletogenerateasetupfdewithword-
processingsoftware;it dependson whetheryour softwarelets you enter
controlcodes.If yoursystemincludesthefileEDLIN.COM,however,you
can easilycreatea setupfile withthe DOS lineeditor.
An appropriatenameforthissetupfilewouldbeNLQELITE.DAT.To use
theDOSlineeditor,typethecommandEDLINNLQELITE.DAT,thentype
theunderlinedpartsof the followingdisplay.PressRETURNattheend of
eachline.Don’ttypethesymbol“A”.Thissymbolmeanstoholdthe CTRL
keydownwhilepressingthenextkey:forexample,‘V meanstotypeCTRL-
V.
AC mem5 to type CTRL-C, which indicatestheend of the input.
A >~DLIN NLQELITE DAT
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New f
i 1e
*2.
AVindicatesthatthe followingcharacteris a controlcode.‘V[ entersWe
<ESC>code.cESG has charactercode27, and“[” is the 27th character
fromA inASCIIsequence.Similarly,‘VA entemthecontrolcode<1>.See
yourDOS manualif youneedfurtherinformationaboutEDLIN.
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