Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Programming The Printer With Dos Commands

To switch printer output off, press CTRL-PRTSC or CTRL-P again. Each time you press this key combination, hard copy toggles from on to off or from off to on.

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

If your system includes the file PRINT.COM you can use the main DOS printing command. Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print. To print a file named README.DOC, for example, type:

A >PRINT README. DOC

The computer may respond with the following message, asking which printer to use:

Name of list device [PRNI:

If your computer is connected to only one printer, press RETURN to select the default choice (PRN). Printing will begin and the A> prompt will reappear. You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed.

A single PRINT command can print two or more tiles. List the file names consecutively on the same line, or use wild-card characters (* and ?). Each file will be printed starting on a new page. The PRINT command also has control options. For example, you can terminate a printing job in progress with the /T option. (The printer may not stop printing immediately; it may have considerable data stored ahead in its buffer.) For the /T option, type:

A>PRINT/T

See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command. If your system does not include PRINT.COM, you can print tiles by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following:

A >COPY README. DOC PRN

A >TYPE README. DOC > PRN

COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing.