Emulation menu

Use the 6. Emulation menu to configure printer language emulation.

Item

Explanation

 

 

Emulation

Values: Auto, PCL, PostScript, EPSON,

Type

HEXDUMP, PS3, IBM ProPrint

The printer language defines how the computer communicates with the printer.

If you select Auto, your printer can change the printer language automatically.

Setup

Values: PCL, PostScript, EPSON

 

See the following tables to configure properties of the printer language.

PCL

This menu sets the PCL emulation configuration. You can set the font type, symbol type, lines per page, and font size.

Item

Explanation

 

 

Typeface

Values: PCL1 ~ PCL54

 

You can select the standard font to be used in PCL emulation.

PCL1~PCL7’s interval between letters is fixed, and PCL8~PCL45’s interval is proportional to the font type and font size. You can adjust the font size of PCL1~PCL7 using the Pitch item, and PCL8~PCL45 can do using Point Size item.

PCL46~PCL54’s interval and font size are fixed.

Symbol

Values: ROMAN8 ~ PCCYRIL

 

This item selects the symbol set to be used in PCL emulation. The symbol is the group of numbers, marks, and special signs being used when printing letters.

Depending on the Typeface setting, available symbol sets vary.

Point Size

Values: 4.00 ~ 999.75 (0.25 unit)

 

When you select one between PCL8 and PCL45 from the Typeface menu, you can determine the font size by setting the height of the characters in the font.

Courier

Values: Regular, Dark

 

This item lets you select the version of Courier font to use.

Item

Explanation

 

 

Pitch

Values: 0.44 ~ 99.99 (0.01 unit)

When you select one between PCL1 and PCL7 from the Typeface menu, you can determine the font size by setting the number of characters that will print in one horizontal inch of type. The default value, 10 is the best size.

Lines

Values: [5 ~ 128]:64

 

This item allows you to set vertical spacing from 5 to 128 lines for the default paper size. The default number of lines may differ according to the paper size and printing orientation.

PostScript

This menu provides you with the Print PS Error menu item.

Item

Explanation

 

 

Print PS

Values: On, Off

Error

 

You can select whether or not your printer prints an error list when a PS error occurs.

Select On to print PS 3 emulation errors. If an error occurs, the job stops processing, the error message prints, and the printer flushes the job.

If this menu is set to Off, the job is flushed without an indication of the error.

EPSON

This menu sets the EPSON emulation configuration.

Item

Explanation

 

 

Font

Values: SANSERIF, ROMAN

You can select the default font will be used in EPSON emulation.

Character

Values: USA, FRANCE, GERMANY, UK,

Set

DENMARK1, SWEDEN, ITALY, SPAIN1, JAPAN,

 

NORWAY, DENMARK2, SPAIN2, LATIN

This item allows you to select a character set of the desired language.

Character

Values: ITALIC, PC437US, PC850

Tab.

 

This item selects the character set.

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Sharp ML-4550 manual Emulation menu, PostScript

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