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but instead ask some questions about what your printer can do.
The answers to the “most asked” questions are: Yes - this
printer can do a “backspace”, and this printer can do a “hard-
ware form feed”.
With these questions answered, you are ready to start print-
ing. Read the manual that came with your commercial software
and the next Chapter to see how to make it send information for
this printer to print. This is all you need to know to use this
printer as a regular printer. But this printer isn’t just a regular
printer. This printer has many capabilities that your commercial
software isn’t aware of. We will see what it takes to use some of
the printer’s advanced features with commercial software in the
next section.
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WORD PROCESSING WITH THE PRINTER
Not many word processing programs directly support all of
the advanced features of printers. They usually provide a
method for using a few of the more common print features such
as boldface and underlining. But as you are probably beginning
to see from this manual, this printer can do much more than
that.
As a result, most word processing programs provide a way of
sending special codes to a printer. The actual codes used (as
well as the method of entering them) will vary different soft-
ware. The theory behind these methods, however, is basically
the same.
This section discusses two word processing programs and one
spreadsheet program most used by printer owners. The pro-
grams also provide a variety of ways to enter the codes
necessary to use the advanced features of this printer. These
concepts can be applied to many other programs besides those
detailed here. The programs are:
EasyWriter II
WordStar
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If your software program is not included in this Chapter, you
should still study the different techniques used. Then, with the