Star Micronics NX-15 user manual Using the Printerwith Easywriter

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USING THE PRINTERWITH EASYWRITER II

(Note: If you have not read the “General Concepts” section in this chapter, you should do so before continuing.)

This printer can be used with most of the standard print func- tions available with your EasyWriter II word processing pro- gram. These functions require no special adjustments to the printer or your program. They include:

1.Printing from the Print List Form screen.

2.Setting margins, tabs and lines per inch in the ruler line of your document. (The pitch settings, however, should be adjusted to obtain maximum use. They will be discussed later in this chapter.)

3.Print settings in the System Parameter function which are either default or new settings edited by you.

You can also redefine the print functions of EasyWriter II to take advantage of many of the printing capabilities of your printer. You may already be familiar with reconfiguring the printer driver from Appendix B of your EasyWriter II IJser’s Manual. If not, don’t be nervous; it’s not as hard as it sounds. We will show you how to make changes in your program specifically to help you print with this printer.

By changing the pitch settings, you can use the document ruler line to print pica, elite and condensed width pitches. In ad- dition, you can use a similar method to print in near letter quali- ty.

The print control codes can be redefined to enhance the final product of your document. The boldface, underline, superscript and subscript functions require only a slight “recoding” of infor- mation in the printer driver. And we have some suggestions for changing the characteristics of the other print control codes to use italic, expanded, emphasized and italic-underline print. With these options, you will have even more flexibility printing with this printer.

■Redefining pitch settings and print control codes

In order to change the settings used in the document ruler line and the print control codes, it is necessary to edit ASCII code decimal values in the System Functions portion of your EasyWriter II program. (For more details about ASCII codes, please refer to Chapter 4.)

Your printer is considered a Type B printer by the