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Controlling the Appearance
of Your Printed Documents
You can change the printer settings in any of the four ways described below.
Using your software application is the easiest and most recommended method. In general, settings made through your software application supercede settings made with the other three methods.
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| This method: | these types of settings: | When to use this method |
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| Your Software | Typeface style and size. | Whenever possible. Your software |
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| Application (in | Placement of text, graphics, and | settings will override the front |
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| conjunction with a | margins. | panel settings. |
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| Printer Control | Print quality. | When your DOS software does | |||||||||
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| Panel Buttons | :Page orientation. | not allow you to make these |
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| Pitch of internal fonts. | settings. The next section "Using |
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| explains how to use these buttons. |
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5. Printing & Copying
MENU: | Printer Settings in | Character sets. | |||
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| Printer | the HP OfficeJet LX | :Text lines per page. |
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| Menu | Top and bottom margins. | |
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When printing ASCII files directly from DOS. Refer to chapter 6 for a map to the printer settings in control panel menu system.
Ec . . . | Printer Commands | Some |
(PCL) | usually found in software | |
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| applications, such as stroke weight |
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| control, and so on. |
When your DOS software application allows you to customize the printer software. The HP DeskJet 500 Series Technical Reference Guide will be a helpful reference (refer to chapter 8 for ordering information).