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CHAPTER 3
USING THE PRINTER
WITH COMMERCIAL
SOFTWARE
Subjects covered in Chapter 3 include-
* Using commercial software
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Controlling the printer with the Panel mode
USING COMMERCIAL
SOFTWARE
Many of you purchased
this printer to use with commercial
software. You made a good choice because this printer is com-
patible with most commercial
programs,
from word processing
programs to spreadsheet
programs
to accounting
programs.
Many of these programs
have a routine for describing
your
printer.
These routines
are often in "installation
programs".
They typically give you a choice of printers or printer types to
pick from. Some typical descriptions
that you might pick for
this printer are: "TTY type printer with backspace",
"IBM-dot
matrix printer",
"Centronics-type
printer",
"Dot matrix ASCII
printer"
or "Epson LQ-1000". This printer
should work fine
with any of these descriptions.
Some printer lists are not very clear, and may not include
anything
that you think describes
this printer.
If you can't
decide which description
best fits this printer, we recommend
that you narrow the list to two or three choices (you can quickly
eliminate
all the daisy-wheel
printer
types) and then experi-
ment. You won't hurt anything if you guess wrong; it just won't
work correctly.
This should quickly tell you if your guess is
right. If all else fails, though, your printer dealer will be happy
to give you some advice.
Some programs
don't ask you what kind of printer you have,
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