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Initialization

Like many word processors, some spreadsheet programs also send out an initialization command to reset the printer before printing.

This initialization, or reset command, is sent to ensure that unknown settings do not influence the information the program sends to the printer. Usually this shouldn’t cause any problems. However, some programs may send a command that also resets SelecType settings (or settings made with a programming language).

For example, you may load a SelecType macro to print a spreadsheet in draft, condensed, with a right margin of 136. However, when printing begins, the program sends an initialization command that cancels the macro and resets the printer to the program’s default values.

Although many word processors allow you to modify an initialization command, most spreadsheet programs don’t. For these programs, you will have to rely on the programs own print features to send the proper commands.

If your spreadsheet is not printing the way you think it should, check both the LQ and your spreadsheet program, and review this checklist:

If the program asks you to select a printer, be sure you have selected the correct one.

lMake sure the SelecType settings are correct.

If the program is ignoring your SelecType settings, try sending print commands with the program’s print facility

If you’re using the program’s print facility recheck the LQ’S Command Summary to make sure you’re sending the correct commands.

If you’re still having difficulty printing, check the troubleshooting section in your spreadsheet programs manual, or in Appendix D of this manual.

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