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Appendix D
Printer Escape Codes
There are many types of printers you can use with an Amiga. Most are mentioned
in Chapter
8.
Your Amiga dealer can advise you about others for botQ general
purpose and specialized applications.
You use the Preferences tool to tell the Amiga which printer you
'
re using and to
change a number of settings that affect printers. To learn about Preferences, see
Chapter 6
.
Printer Escape Sequences
The Amiga printer device accepts standard escape sequences that are translated
into escape sequences specific to the printer selected in Preferences. When using
the printer device or printer handler (PRT)
,
use these standard sequences to
implement special printer features.
If the feature is not supported by your printer or driver, the sequence will be
ignored.
To send a command to the printer from
CLI,
follow the steps below.
1. Redirect the keyboard to the printer by typing the
following:
copy
*
to prt:
2. Wait until disk access
stops.
Printer Escape Codes
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