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Thesoftwarewillnotknowthatthesearecommands,soyoucannottrust
yoursoftwareto giveyou thecorrectlinewidth.Theprintedlinemaybc
considerablyshorterthanthelineonthescreen;theextraspacebeingthe
spacethatwasoccupiedby thecommands.
Onewaytohandlethelastproblemistoprepareyourdocumentwithoutthe
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 oneormorelettersor numbers.
If yoursoftwareenablesyoutoplacetheescapecodein yourfiles,orif you
areabletodefinethisasauseroptionduringinstallation,youcanalsoembed
theseescapesequences.
PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS
COMMANDS
If yoursystemincludesthe file PRINT.COMyou can use the mainDOS
printingcommand.SimplytypethewordPRINTfollowedbythenameofthe
fileyouwantto print.To printa filenamedREADME.DOC,for example,
type:
A>PRINT README. DOC
The computer may respondwith 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,orusewild-cardcharacters(* and?).Each
file willbe printedstartingon a newpage.ThePRINTcommandalsohas
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