50 Configuration

ADJUSTING THE PRINTER’S PERFORMANCE

The best method for adjusting the printer’s performance to match your needs is to:

1.Make interface changes (physical printer connections).

2.Make emulation changes (printer behavior: IBM, Epson, or DEC).

3.Make other changes (software and printer configuration menu settings).

The subsections that follow discuss the options and setting selections available through the configuration menu.

Some configuration menu settings are more crucial to printer performance than others.

The printer drivers within a software application often change the printer's status to suit the document being printed; that is, the software temporarily changes the printer’s configuration settings. (See Page 33.) For example, if EPSONFX is selected as the printer driver in MS Word 97, Word 97 might need to change the printer's default value of 10 pitch (10 character per in.) to 12 pitch to match your Word 97 character format requirements.

Because of the software’s dominance over the printer’s settings, it is unnecessary to adjust every setting in the configuration menu unless you intend to print unformatted text, such as Pine or Eudora e-mail messages or .BAT files.

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Epson 4100 manual Adjusting the PRINTER’S Performance