Star Micronics LC-20 User Manual page 89

I youprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbe advantageous
to createa printersetupfde. Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeach
time, you can compIete the setup with a single command from your
computer.For example,you can createa file containingprintercommands
to selectnear letter quality,and selectelite pitch with the Standardmode.
You can find the commandsin Chapter4. We suggestthe following:
~ Near letter quality
<ESC> "l"
Elite pitch
<ESC> "!"
<1>
<ESC>"!" <1> is a powerfulcommandthat, in additionto selectingelite
pitch, cancelsunwantedfeatures such as underliningwhich might be left
from previous commands. The angle brackets around the cl> indicate
charactercode 1, which is a controlcode,not the printabledigit"l".
You may want to place additionalcommandsin this file, such as left and
rightmargins,linespacingandbottommargincommands.Oryoumaywant
to create a variety of setupfdes with a differentset of commandsin each.
To avoidexcessline feeds,you shouIdpIacethe commandson one line in
thesetupfile.Youmayor maynotbe ableto generatea setupfilewithword-
processing software;it dependson whetheryour softwarelets you enter
controlcodes.If yoursystemincIudesthe fileEDLIN.COM,however,you
can easilycreate a setupfile with the DOS line editor.
An appropriatenamefor this setupfile wouldbe NLQELITE.DAT. T o use
theDOSlineeditor,typethecommandEDLINNLQELITE.DAT, t hentype
the underlinedpactsof the followingdisplay.Press RETURNat the end of
eachline. Don'ttypethe symbol"A". T his symbolmeansto holdthe CTRL
keydownwhilepressingthenextkey:forexample,'V meansto typeCTRL-
V. whichindicatesthe end of the input.
A)EDLIN NLQELITE . DAT
... _ ————.— ——. ...-..—.. —.,-
New f i le
'V indicatesthat the
*.X1X1
"'v [:"VA
—......—. .——_.—
*"C
—
followingcharacteris a controlcode. 'V[ enters the
<ESC>code. <ESb has charactercode 27, and "[" is the 27th character
fromA inASCIIsequence.Similarly,'VA entersthecontrolcode<1>.See
your DOS manualif you need furtherinformationaboutEDLIN.
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