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CHAPTER 3
USING THE PRINTER
WITH COMMERCIAL
SOFTWARE
Subjectscoveredin Chapter3 include–
● Usingcommercialsoftware
● Controllingthe printerwith the Panel mode
USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE
Many of you purchased this printer to use with commercial
software. You made a good choice because this printer is com-
patible with most commercial programs, from word processing
programs to spreadsheet programs to accounting programs.
Many of these programs have a routine for describing your
printer. These routines are often in “installation programs”.
They typically give you”a choice of printers or printer types to
pick from. Some typical descriptions that you might pick for
this printer are:
“TTY type printer with backspace”, “IBM-dot
matrix printer”, “Centronics-type printer”, “Dot matrix
ASCII
printer” or “Epson FX series”. This printer should work fine
with any of these descriptions.
Some printer lists are ,not very clear, and may not include
anything that you think describes this printer. If you can’t
decide which description best fits this printer, we recommend
that you narrow the list to two or three choices (you can quickly
eliminate all the daisy-wheel printer types) and then experi-
ment. You won’t hurt anything if you guess wrong; it just won’t
work correctly. This should quickly tell you if your guess is
right. If all else fails, though, your printer dealer will be happy
to give you some advice.
Some programs don’t ask you what kind of printer you have,
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”.