Multi-Font Printer User Manual

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Thesoftwarewillnotknowthatthesearecommands,soyoucannottrust
yoursoftwareto giveyou thecorrectlinewidth.Theprintedlinemaybc
considerablyshorterthanthelineonthescreen;theextraspacebeingthe
spacethatwas occupiedby thecommands.
Onewayto handlethelastproblemistoprepareyourdocumentwithoutthe
commands,theninsertthemasa finalstep,withthemarginsreleased.The
find,replace,andcopyfunctionsofword-processingsoftwarecanbehelpful
here.
Ifyoudonotusethesecommandsorthepanelcontrols,theprinterwillprint
standard-size,Romancharactem
The printersupportsvariouscommandsin additionto the above,such as
quadruple-sizeprinting.Mostoftheseothercommandsconsistofthecscapc
codefollowedby oneor morelettersor numbers.
If yoursoftwareenablesyoutoplacetheescapecodein yourfiles,or if you
areabletodefinethisasauseroptionduringinstallation,youcanalsoembed
theseescapesequences.
PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS
COMMANDS
If yoursystemincludesthe file PRINT.COMyou can use the main DOS
printingcommand.SimplytypethewordPRINTfollowedbythenameofthe
fileyou wantto print.To printa filenamedREADME.DOC,forexample,
type:
A>PRINT README. DOC
The computer may respond with the followingmessage,
printerto use:
Name of 1i st device [PRN] :
asking which
If yourcomputerisconnectedto onlyoneprinter,pressRETURNto select
the default choice (PRN). Printing will begin and the A> prompt will
reappear.You can executeothercommandsor programswhilethe lilc is
beingprinted.
A ~in~epRINTcommandcan
printtwo or morefiles.Listthe filcnames
consecutivelyonthesameline,or usewild-cardcharacters(* and?). Each
file willbe printedstartingon a newpage.ThePRINTcommandalso has
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