Afewinstallation programs may ask you not to select aprinter but to
describewhat your printer can do. The answers to the most often asked
questionsare: Yes, this printer can do abackspace; and Yes, it can do a
hardware form feed.
Selecting(or describing) aprinter is the main step in the installation
processand frequently the only step necessary. If you selectedthis printer
or any Star, Epson or IBM printer you should be able to use software
commands for all the standard printer functions, including bold or dou-
ble-strike printing, underlining, subscripts, superscripts, margin control,
line-spacingcontrol, and graphics.
Printer command options
Besidesthe standard printer functions,however, your printer has some
capabilities your software may not be aware of, including double- and
quadruple-sizeprinting and the printing of special characters assigned to
controlcodes. Some softwareenables you to definethesecapabilities asuser
optionsin the installation process. Read your software manual to find out
whetheryou can do this and if so, how.
Themost useful thing you can do is to defineaway to enter the escape
code <ESC>, which is the control character with decimal character code
27(hexadecimal IB).This code usually cannot bekeyed in directly(pressing
the ESC key willnot work). As an installation option, however, you may
be able to assignit to afunction key or aspecial key combination. Doing
so willput the full power of the printer at your disposal.
Type styles
Some word-processing software has commands that enable you to
change type stylesin the middle of adocument without aprinting pause.
To usethese commands you must generally define the printer’s type styles
(fonts)during installation, by assigning them numbers for example. Read
your softwaremanual for details, and refer to Appendix Bfor the relevant
printer commands.
Page width
Spreadsheetprograms in particular may ask you to specifythe printer’s
column width. The column width of this printer dependson the character
pitch used: Pica 80columns
Elite 96columns
Condensedpica 137 columns
Condensedelite 160 columns(Standard mode only)
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