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CHAPTER 3
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can make your printer print in data processing mode, with
a character pitch of 10 characters per inch (cpi), and with
line spacing of 6 lines per inch.
If you want to take advantage of all the special features of
these printers, like correspondence quality mode, different
character sizes, different printing styles (emphasized, en-
hanced, superscript or subscript), etc., you have to
~
ither
find
software packages, such as word processing software, that
allow for these features, or learn some basic programming
so you can instruct your printer to perform its
tricks.
Don't be alarmed! You don't have to become a programmer,
but you've probably realized that computers don't under-
stand human languages
.
Computers are marvelous tools, but
they won't work unless you know how to communicate
your wishes to them. If you've had your computer system
for a while or just purchased it, you're learning how to
operate it by translating your instructions into its particular
programming language
.
Like your computer, the Microline
92 and Microline 93 printers only understand instructions
or commands that are written in a certain way
.
To learn
how to
communica
te with your printer, read Chapter 4
.
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