COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the
file is printing.
If you want a particular font, or print pitch, you can make these settings from
the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 2.
If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be advantageous
to create a printer setup file. Then instead of setting font etc. manually each
time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your
computer. For example, you can create a file containing printer commands
to select near letter quality, and select elite pitch with the Standard mode.
You can find the commands in Chapter 4. We suggest the following:
l Near letter quality <ESC> “x” “1”
l Elite pitch <ESC> .
“,” <l>
&SC> “!” <l> is a powerful command that, in addition to selecting elite
pitch, cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left
from previous commands. The angle brackets around the <l> indicate char-
acter code 1, which is a control code, not the printable digit “1”.
You may want to place additional commands in this file, such as left and
right margins, line spacing and bottom margin commands. Or you may want
to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each.
To avoid excess line feeds, you should place the commands on one line in
the setup file. You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word-
processing software; it depends on whether your software lets you enter
control codes. If your system includes the file EDLIN.COM, however, you
can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor.
An appropriate name for this setup file would be NLQELITE.DAT. To use
the DOS line editor, type the command EDLIN NLQELITE.DAT, then type
the underlined parts of the following display. Press RETURN at the end of
each line. Don’t type the symbol “A”.
This symbol means to hold the CTPL
key down while pressing the next key: for example, “Vmeans to type GIRL-
V. *C means to type CTRL-C, which indicates the end of the input.
ASEDLIN NLQELITE.DAT New file "1. 1: *'-V[Xl"V[!'VA 2:*-c -
*E 99