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• Parallel or
Serial Connection. If your printer is attached to the
parallel connector on
the
Amiga, select
the
gadget
labeled Parallel
at
the upper left
of
the
screen.
If it
's
attached
to the
serial
connector
,
select
the
gadget
labeled Serial.
•
Paper Size.
There are
four preset
sizes
you can
select
from
:
US
Letter (8-1/2
inches wide
,
11
inches
tall)
,
US
Legal
(8-112 inches
wide
,
14
inches
tall), Narrow Tractor
(9-
1/2
inches
wide
,
II
inches
tall)
,
and
Wide
Tractor (14-7/8
inches
wide
,
II
inches
tall).
You
can
use
other
sizes
of
paper by
selecting Custom
.
When you
select Custom,
you
must
also specify
the number
of
lines
that
fit
on
the size of
the paper
you're
using
.
To do this
,
select the
gadget
labeled Length just below the paper
sizes,
then type in
the
number
of
lines.
Sometimes when printing in
graphics
mode
on
Epson®
and other
dot
matrix printers
,
narrow blank
lines appear across
the printout.
Select-
ing Custom for paper
size
may
eliminate
this.
•
Left and
Right
Margins. You
indicate
the
width of
these margins
by
specifying
numbers
of characters from
the left-hand
edge of the
paper. To
specify
the width
of
the left margin
,
select
the
gadget
to the
right of the words Left Margin
,
then type in the
width,
in
characters
,
of
the left margin. To
specify
the width
of
the right margin
,
select
the
gadget
to the right
of
the words Right Margin
,
then type in
the
width
,
in
characters, for
the distance from the left-hand
edge of
the paper
to
where
the right margin begins
.
• Paper
Type. Select Fanfold if
you're
using
continuous- feed
paper.
Select Single if
you
'
re printing
on
individual sheets
.
• Quality.
For
faster
but lower-quality
printing
,
select Draft.
For
higher-quality printing
,
select
Letter.
•
Pitch. You use thi
s
to
select
the
size of
the
characters
that are
printed
.
You
can select from
among 10 pitch
(
"
pica")
,
12 pitch
(
"
elite"), and
15 pitch
(
"
fine
").
•
Spacing.
This lets
you
select how
closely
lines
are
printed on the
page
.
Select
either
6
or 8
lines per inch
(
"
Ipi
"
).
6-12
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