Star Micronics LC-15 MS-DOS and Your Printer, Installing Application Software with Your Printer

chapter 6

MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER

WhenusingyourprinterwithanIBMPC,PC-XT,or PC-ATor compatible, youwillprobablybe usingPC-DOSor MS-DOSas an operatingsystem.A numberof softwaretricksmaybe usefidhere.This chapteris not,however,

asubstitutefor the operatingsystemmanualssuppliedwithyourcomputer. To learn how to print ffles,etc. it is best to read the relevantparts of these manuals.

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER

Wheninstallingapplicationsoftware,you may find that yourprinteris not specificallymentionedin the lists of pnntem given for installation.How- ever, this should pose no problem. Read this section, and guidelines providedwith your softwareon printerinstallation.

If youhaveyourprintersetup in standardmode,thenchoosean EpsonFX- 1050or EX-1OOOas your printerto be selected.

If neitherof these a~ mentioned,chooseone of the following(in order of preference):StarNR-10/15,StarND-10/15,EpsonFX86e,EpsonFX286e.

If you have your printer setup with the DIP switchesto emulate an IBM Propnnter XL, simplychoosethis from the list of printerxavailablein the applicationsoftwarelist.

If the IBMProprinterXL is not mentioned,use ProprinterII or Propnnter.

Ifyoursoftwarepackagedoesnotmentionpnntembyname,butasksinstead what featuresyour printer is capableof, the most commonquestionsare: “Can yourprinterperforma backspace?”and “Can it do a hardwareform feed?”.You should answer“Yes” to boththesequestions.

Other softwarepackagesmay well allow you to install specificfeatures. Spreadsheetprogramswill often ask for the maximumnumberof columns to be printed.This is givenbelow.