Sharp AL-840 Printing from AN MS-DOS Application, Print setting from the MS-DOS prompt, About

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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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