Displays the name of the printer or device you are using. To change printers, open the list, and then click the printer you want. You can add or remove printers by clicking Add New Model or Remove Current Model near the bottom of the dialog box.


Specifies device codes to be sent to your printer.


Adds a printer to the list of printers. You may want to add a printer in order to specify different control codes for a particular type of print job or a different printer.


Removes the selected printer and its associated commands from the list of printers. The first printer model name in the list cannot be deleted.


Provides a space for you to type a name for your new printer. This printer will be added to the list of printers you have set up.


The device code you specify here is sent to the printer at the beginning of a print job. For example, you can enter a RESET escape code, which configures a printer to your requirements before you send any documents to it.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


The device code you specify here is sent to the printer at the end of a print job. You can use this device code to reset a printer to its default mode at the end of a print job.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


The device code you specify here notifies the printer of the size of paper you want to use.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


The device code you specify here notifies the printer which paper tray or paper source to use for printing.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Help is available for each item in this group. Click [image], and then click the item on which you want information.


Prints 10 characters per inch. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Prints 12 characters per inch. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Prints 16 or 16.7 characters per inch. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


 Starts double-width font printing. For example, if you have a control code for 12 cpi, you could add a control code here to enable you to print at 6 cpi. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Ends the double-width font mode. If you have turned on double-width font printing in your document, you must also turn it off at the end of the double-width font section. Otherwise, text that follows may not print correctly. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


 Starts printing of bold text. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Ends bold text printing. If you have turned on bold text in your document, you must also turn it off at the end of the bold section; otherwise, text that follows may not print correctly. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Starts printing of underlined text. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Ends underlined text printing. If you have turned on underlined text in your document, you must also turn it off at the end of the underlined text section. Otherwise, text that follows may not print correctly. If you want to use this option for your documents, type the control code here as it is described in your printer manual.

You can specify control codes in symbol characters, control-letter sequences, or decimal digits. If your printer manual specifies control codes using ASCII mnemonics or hexadecimal numbers, you must convert them. To enter the control code, press ESC on your keyboard and then enter the code.


Specifies how to convert extended characters in the Windows character set (displayed on your screen) to your printer's character set (actual printed character).


Specifies the printer codes for the extended characters you want to print in your document.

In the On screen list, click the extended character you want to use. Then, in the On Printer box, type this character's equivalent code for your printer. Some special characters may not be available on your printer. For more information about the characters supported by your printer, see your printer manual.

If you have selected the Code page 437 or Code page 850 option, you do not need to specify the extended characters.


Prints extended characters based on your printer's character-code table.

Use the On screen list to select the extended character you want to use. Then, in the On printer box, type this character's equivalent code for your printer. All changes you make are saved to a file and are displayed each time you select this option for your current printer.


Converts the Windows character set to the code page 437 character set for printing. The escape codes for the code page 437 character set cannot be modified.


Converts the Windows character set to the code page 850 character set for printing. The escape codes for the code page 850 character set cannot be modified.


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2	Click the icon for the printer you are using.

3	On the File menu, click Properties.

4	For Help on an item, click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the item.


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