Sharp IQ-8920, IQ-8900 manual Printing the current display

Is

Printing the current display

(see your printer’s manual regarding the emulation modes it supports).

If your printer does not support any of the printer models listed, touch MORE EMULATIONS and select OTHER (US CHARACTERS) to print U.S. character codes or OTHER (INTERNATIONAL) to print other character code sets. The “OTHER” settings make use of the unit’s “all-purpose” printer driver. Only text can be printed; graphic images cannot. In addition, because of the way in which code sent by the unit is converted to characters on the printer, information in the final printed copy may not appear exactly as on the unit.

•The SET PRINTER PATH feature in the GLOBAL SETIINGS menu lets you set the printer path before printing, which tells the unit how data is to be sent to a printer. VIA INFRARED PORT is the default setting. While VIA DIRECT CABLE and VIA OTHER are also listed under the SET PRINTER PATH submenu, these features are for possible future peripherals-they have no current function-so it is not necessary to change from the default VIA INFRARED PORT setting.

•To cancel printing, press (ONj. All other key operations are inoperative.

•To print secret entries, the unit must first be unlocked (see p. 278). If you try to print a group of entries or all entries when the unit is locked, only the non-secret entries will be printed.

•Entries are printed in the same format as for their View mode. For example, a collapsed Outline entry would be printed without its hidden subtopics, etc.

•When printing graphics, if there is a transfer problem or the print job is canceled while it is in progress, for example, the printer might not function properly until it is turned off and turned on again.

Virtually any display on the unit can be printed as it appears. Exceptions to this are confirmation prompt (Yes/No) displays, messages, etc. Printing of graphic

224