Printing with the PCL mode

As mentioned before, the PCL emulation gives you the ability to print from a DOS application running under Windows, and from the MS-DOS command line from within Windows. While this is similar to the PostScript mode, it is, however, slightly more complex. You can select PCL from many Windows applications use the following steps in the Control Panel in Windows to select the PCL mode.

Printing in PCL mode from a Windows application

Note: While the WinType 4000 can print Windows applications in PCL mode, we recommend printing Windows applications via Windows Direct (GDI) mode. This mode ensures the best and most efficient printing.

Steps:

1.Switch to the Program Manager. You will see a group titled Main.

2.Double-click on the Main group icon to open this window.

3.Double-click on the Control Panel icon in the Main window.

4.Double-click on the Printers icon in the Control Panel window.

5.Double-click on the Star WinType 4000 PCL on WTPCL. This will select the PCL mode as your default printer.

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Star Micronics 4000 user manual Printing with the PCL mode, Printing in PCL mode from a Windows application