Printing From An Ms-Dos Application; Print Setting From The Ms-Dos Prompt - Sharp AL-1000 Series Operation Manual

DOS Emulation
A PCL4 DOS Emulation setup program can be started by clicking the Setup button. This is an
independent program that configures the PCL4 DOS emulation.
DOS Emulation Setup
DOS copies
DOS orientation
DOS paper source
DOS paper size
DOS A4 width
DOS lines per page
DOS font
DOS font size
DOS symbol set
About
There are no settings on the About tab page. This page displays the installed printer driver
version and copyright statements.

PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION

You can execute printing from an MS-DOS application which has been executed from the MS-
DOS prompt in Windows.
This printer can only print from applications run from the MS-DOS prompt in
Windows. It cannot print when running in native MS-DOS mode.

Print setting from the MS-DOS prompt

Windows 95/Windows 98 has the item, "Spool MS-DOS print jobs" in the port settings. If this
setting is not selected, the printer will not operate properly. Use the following procedure to
check the setting.
SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER
Specifies the number of sets to be printed. Any number from 1 to
99 can be selected. (default setting: 1)
Sets the page orientation. Portrait or landscape can be selected.
(default setting: portrait)
Specifies a paper feed station in the printer. (default setting: Tray
1)
Specifies the size of paper to be printed. (default setting: letter
or A4 depending on the countries or regions)
Specifies the number of columns in a line in the width direction of
A4 size. (default setting: 77 columns)
Specifies the number of lines per page. (default setting: 60 lines
or 64 lines depending on the countries or regions)
Specifies the font to be used for printing. (default setting: Courier
Regular)
Specifies the font size. (default setting: 10 CPI)
Specifies the symbol set to be used for printing. (default setting:
Roman-8)
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