Ifyou do not usethese commands or thepanel controls, the printer will printstandard-size,
Tms Romn characters.
The printer supportsvarious commands in addition to the above, such as quadruple-size
printing.
Mostof these other commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters
or numbers.
Ifyour softwareenables youto placetheescape code inyour files,or ifyouare ableto define
this as auser option during installation,you can also embed these escape sequences.
PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS
Ifyour systemincludes thefilePRINT.COM you canuse themain DOS printing command.
Simplytype the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print. To print
afile 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 1ist dev ice [PRN] :
If your computer is connected to only one printer, press RETURN to select the default
choice [PRN).
Printing willbegin and the A> prompt will reappear. You can execute other commands or
programs while the file isbeing printed.
AsinglePRINT command can print two or morefiles. List the filenames consecutively on
the same line, oruse 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
aprintingjob in progresswith them option. (Theprinter may not stop printingimmediately
as there may be considerable data stored ahead in its buffer.)For the /T option, type:
A>PRINT/T
Seeyour DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command. If your system
doesnot include PRINT.COM, youcan print filesby using the PRNdevice name in COPY
or TYPE commands such as the following:
A>COPY README. DOC PRN
A>TYPE README. DOC >PRN
COPY andTYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing.
If you want aparticular font, or printpitch, you can make these settings from the control
panel before you start printing. See Chapter 4.
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