
chapter 6
MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER
WhenusingyourprinterwithanIBMPC,PC-XT,orPC-ATor compatible,
youwillprobablybeusingPC-DOSorMS-DOSas anoperatingsystem.A
numberof softwaretricksmaybe usefidhere.Thischapterisnot,however,
a substitutefortheoperatingsystemmanualssuppliedwithyourcomputer.
To learnhowto printffles,etc.it is bestto readthe relevantpartsof these
manuals.
INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH
YOUR PRINTER
Wheninstallingapplicationsoftware,youmayfindthatyourprinteris not
specificallymentionedin the lists of pnntemgivenfor installation.How-
ever, this should pose no problem. Read this section, and guidelines
providedwith yoursoftwareon printerinstallation.
Ifyouhaveyourprintersetup in standardmode,thenchooseanEpsonFX-
1050or EX-1OOOas yourprinterto be selected.
If neitherof thesea~ mentioned,chooseone of the following(in orderof
preference):StarNR-10/15,StarND-10/15,EpsonFX86e,EpsonFX286e.
If you haveyourprintersetup with the DIP switchesto emulatean IBM
PropnnterXL, simplychoosethis fromthe list of printerxavailablein the
applicationsoftwarelist.
If the IBMProprinterXLis notmentioned,useProprinterII or Propnnter.
Ifyoursoftwarepackagedoesnotmentionpnntembyname,butasksinstead
what featuresyourprinteris capableof, the most commonquestionsare:
“Canyourprinterperforma backspace?”and“Canit do a hardwareform
feed?”.You shouldanswer“Yes”to boththesequestions.
Other softwarepackagesmay well allow you to install specificfeatures.
Spreadsheetprogramswilloftenaskforthemaximumnumberof columns
to be printed.This is givenbelow.
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