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A)COPY README.DOC PRN
A)TYF’E README.DOC }PRN
COPYandTYPEdonotpermityoutoexecuteothercommandswhilethe
file is printing.
Ifyouwantaparticularfont,orprintpitch,youcanmakethesesettingsfrom
the controlpanelbeforeyou stantprinting.See Chapter2.
IfyouprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbeadvantageous
to createaprintersetupfile.Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeach
time, you can completethe setup with a single command from your
computer.For example,youcancreatea filecontainingprintercommands
toselectletterquality,andselectelitepitchwiththeStandardmode.Youcan
findthecommandsin Chapter4. Wesuggestthe following:
● Letterquality
<ESC>
“X” “l”
● Elitepitch
<ESC> “!” <1>
<ESC>“!” <1>is a powerfulcommandthat,in additionto selectingelite
pitch,cancelsunwantedfeaturessuch as underliningwhichmightbe left
frompreviouscommands.Theanglebracketsaroundthecl> indicatechar-
actercode 1,whichis a controlcode,nottheprintabledigit” l“.
You may wantto placeadditionalcommandsin this file, suchas left and
rightmargins,linespacingandbottommargincommands.Oryoumaywant
to createiavarietyof setupfileswith a differentset of commandsin each.
To avoidexcesslinefeeds,you shouldplacethecommandson onelinein
thesetupfile.Youmayormaynotbeabletogenerateasetupfilewithword-
processingsoftware;it dependson whetheryour softwarelets you enter
controlcodes.If yoursystemincludesthefileEDLIN.COM,however,you
caneasilycreatea setupfile withtheDOSlineeditor.
AnappropriatenameforthissetupfilewouldbeLQELITE.DAT.Tousethe
DOSlineeditor,typethecommandEDLINLQELITE.DAT,thentypethe
underlinedpartsofthefollowingdisplay.PressRETURNattheendofeach
line.Donottypethesymbol“A”.Thissymbolmeanstoholdthe CTRLkey
downwhilepressingthenextkey:forexample,‘V meansto typeCTRL-V.
‘C meansto type CTRL-C,whichindicatesthe end of theinput.
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