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- This is PrinterDM, version 0.82 (14-Dec-88)
-
- Documentation on how to use PrinterDM can be found in Edition 2 of the
- Archimedes User Guide.
-
- The following remarks should be noted about this version of PrinterDM and
- its documentation.
-
- Text printing is applied to files of types Text, Command, and Obey. For
- anything else, the application checks if other applications know how to
- print the file. If this fails it checks with the user whether to print the
- file.
-
- You can override the application's treatment of a particular type file by
- setting system variables of the form Alias$@PrinterType_xxx, where xxx is
- the appropriate type. If the variable exists, then the application performs
- *@PrinterType_xxx <filename> before doing anything else. It then checks for
- the existence of <Printer$Temp>. If this exists then it is printed. You can
- therefore print via a print utility program by setting Alias$@PrintType_FFF
- to the macro *PrintUtil <%0> -to <Printer$Temp>.
-
- Clicking SELECT on the icon produces a window with data about the current
- printer driver settings. Clicking on the name field steps through the
- printers and page sizes enumerated in the file PrData. It also allows control
- of the end-of-line control character sequence used in text printing, which can vary
- between printers.
-
- The printer driver module allocates buffer workspace in the module area for the
- duration of the print job. The speed of graphics printing is partially
- proportional to the amount of buffer memory available, so a way of speeding
- up a print job is to use the Task display to move more free memory to the
- module area before the print job starts. Note that some free memory should
- be left, since otherwise under some circumstances a "No room in RMA" message
- may arise.
-
- Which dump types work on which printers:
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-
- All LQ dumps work on the EPSON LQ-850. Note that some LQ-compatibles and
- early versions of the LQ-850 may not support 360 dpi dumps.
-
- All FX dumps work on the EPSON FX-80 and FX-850.
-
- All LQ dumps except 360 by 360 dpi work on an EPSON LQ-800.
-
- The NEC PinWriter P6plus is as the LQ-850, except that the 360 by 360 dump
- is slightly different; a P6plus-specific alternative is provided.
-
- The FX dumps also work on a Brother M-1409.
-