Star Micronics XB24-15, XB24-10 Graphics Hard Copy, Setting UP the Printer from the DOS Prompt

GRAPHICS HARD COPY

On a PC-compatible computer running under MS-DOS, you can use the

mand @t!$$J keys on the computer together to obtain a printout of a text screen. To print out a graphics screen, you will have to run the program GRAPHICS.COM. See your MS-DOS manual for further details.

Continuous echoing of text output to the screen to the printer can be toggled

on and off by use of them- (PrtSc)orm- @ key combinations.

SETTING UP THE PRINTER FROM THE DOS PROMPT

The PRINT command can be used to transmit control codes and escape sequences from a file to the printer in order to set up various parameters. For instance, if you want to set up letter quality printing, the command is <ES0 x 1 (1Bh 78h 31h).

A file must therefore be created using these three characters. Though the MS-DOS line editor EDLIN can be used, there is a small difficulty in inputting the <ES0 character. This is achieved with the following se- quence:

aI%ima

and then the ASCII “xl” can be input. The file is then saved, and output to the printer. The session can therefore be something like the following:

A>EDLIN LQ.DAT 'NEWFILE

*1

l:**v[xl

2:**c

*E

Of course, if you have a text editor or word-processor which allows you to input characters such as the <ES0 character, this is probably preferable to using EDLIN. For full details of how to use EDLIN, consult your operating system manual.

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