Epson 1000, 1500 4.Select Setup, 3.Select Options, \027\038\108\049\079, ESC*c10A ESC*c1200B ESC*c0P, For example, to specify landscape orientation, you type the following:

3.Select Options.4.Select Setup.

5.The Lotus prompt says “Enter setup string:.” Begin the string with a backslash, and type the decimal values corresponding to the command.

For example, to specify landscape orientation, you type the following:\027\038\108\049\079

Microsoff Word 5.5

The Word software package lets you modify Word’s printer driverfile,afilewiththeextension.PRD,tocreateyourown driver file. By modifying the printer driver file, you can perform certain global functions: for example, remapping the charactertablesothatwheneveryouenter &onthekeyboard, the printer prints ®.

Word’s Printer Information for Microsoft Word manual describes this procedureindetail.Briefly,tomodifythe.PRDfile,you run a Word program called MAKEPRD. (The file MAKEPRD.EXE must be in your directory.) The MAKEPRD programconverts the.PRDfileintoanASCIItextfile,andyou cantypethenewprinter controlcommandsastextinthisfile. Whenthetextversionofyour .PRDfileismodifiedtheway youwantit,yourun MAKEPRDagaintoconvertthefileback into a printer driver file.

Within the Microsoft Word program itself, you also can key in commandstringsastext andsendthemtotheprinteraslongas thecommandstringisnot interruptedwithWordformatting codes. Forexample,youcouldtypethefollowinglineintoa text-onlyfileandsendit totheprinterwithMicrosoftWord:

ESC*c10A ESC*c1200B ESC*c0P

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