Emulations; Printer Drivers - Oki MICROLINE 320 Turbo Handbook

Emulations

In order to eliminate hundreds of different sets of printer commands, most printers
emulate, or imitate, one of several general printers; i.e., they accept all of that printer's
commands and behave as though they were the emulated printer.
Your printer has three emulations:
• IBM Proprinter III (factory default)
• Epson FX
• Oki Microline

Printer Drivers

Most of the time, your printer will be controlled by standard commercial software
packages such as Lotus
Commercial software packages use printer drivers to control the appearance of printed
documents. A driver is simply a list of printer commands tailor-made to cause the
printer to perform various functions at the request of the software, producing docu-
ments with the correct format. The availability of different drivers makes it possible
for a program to function roughly the same way no matter which printer is being
used, so long as you select the correct driver for the printer you're using. If you don't
select the correct driver, you'll get strange symbols, incorrect fonts, etc., being printed
instead of a great-looking document!
When you use your printer with a software package, you need to select a driver com-
patible with your printer in order to have the software send the people printer com-
mands to instruct your printer as to how to format and print the document.
A Printer Driver Diskette is not included in your package. If you have any questions
or need further information about Printer Driver, please contact the dealer where you
purchased your printer.
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