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See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command.

If your system does not include PRINT.COM, you can print files by using

the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following:

COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the

file is printing.

If you want a particular font, or print pitch, you can make these settings

from the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 4.

If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be advantageous

to create a printer setup file. Then instead of setting font style etc. manually

each time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your

computer. For example, you can create a file containing printer commands

to select letter quality, and select elite pitch. You can find the commands in

Chapter 8. We suggest the following:

• Letter quality <ESC> “x” “1”

• Elite pitch <ESC> “!” <1>

<ESC> “!” <1> is a powerful command that, in addition to selecting elite

pitch, cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left

from previous commands. The angle brackets around the <1> indicate

character code 1, which is a control code, not the printable digit “1”.

You may want to place additional commands in this file, such as left and

right margins, line spacing and bottom margin commands. Or you may want

to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each.

To avoid excess line feeds, you should place the commands on one line in the

setup file. You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word-

processing software; it depends on whether your software lets you enter control

codes. If your system includes the file EDLIN.COM, however, you can easily

create a setup file with the DOS line editor.

An appropriate name for this setup file would be LQELITE.DAT. To use the

DOS line editor, type the command EDLIN LQELITE.DAT, then type the

underlined parts of the following display. Press RETURN at the end of each

line. Do not type the symbol “^”. This symbol means to hold the CTRL key

down while pressing the next key: for example, ^V means to type CTRL-V.

^C means to type CTRL-C, which indicates the end of the input.

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