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Printing

SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER

DOS Emulation

A PCL4 DOS Emulation setup program can be started by clicking the Setup button. This is an independent program that configures the PCL4 DOS emulation.

DOS Emulation Setup

DOS Copies

Specifies the number of sets to be printed. Any number from 1 to

 

50 can be selected. (default setting: 1)

 

 

DOS Orientation

Sets the page orientation. Portrait or Landscape can be selected.

 

(default setting: Portrait)

 

 

DOS Paper Source

Specifies a paper feed station in the printer. (default setting: Paper

 

Tray)

 

 

DOS Paper Size

Specifies the size of paper to be printed. (default setting: Letter

 

or A4 depending on the countries or regions)

 

 

DOS A4 Width

Specifies the number of columns in a line in the width direction of

 

A4 size. (default setting: 77 Columns)

 

 

DOS Lines Per Page

Specifies the number of lines per page. (default setting: 60 lines

 

or 64 lines depending on the countries or regions)

 

 

DOS Fonts

Specifies the font to be used for printing. (default setting: Courier

 

Regular)

 

 

DOS Font Size

Specifies the font size. (default setting: 10 CPI)

 

 

DOS Symbol Set

Specifies the symbol set to be used for printing. (default setting:

 

Roman-8)

 

 

About

There are no settings on the About tab page. This page displays the installed printer driver version and copyright statements.

PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION

You can execute printing from an MS-DOS application which has been executed from the MS- DOS prompt in Windows.

This printer can only print from applications run from the MS-DOS prompt in Windows. It cannot print when running in native MS-DOS mode.

Print setting from the MS-DOS prompt

Windows 95/Windows 98 has the item, “Spool MS-DOS print jobs” in the port settings. If this setting is not selected, the printer will not operate properly. Use the following procedure to check the setting.

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