CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
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Features
This printer has the following features:
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300 dpi Resolution and 6ppm Printing Speed
300 dots per inch (dpi) with microfine toner and six pages per minute
(ppm) printing speed (A4 or Letter paper).
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Versatile Paper Handling
The printer has a multi-purpose sheet feeder and straight paper path
mechanism. Using this mechanism, you can load A4, letter, legal, B5,
A5 and executive sizes of paper, and various types of paper including
envelopes, postcards, organizer paper, and your custom paper size.
The multi-purpose sheet feeder also allows manual paper loading, so
you can also use labels and transparencies.
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Windows
®
Printing
The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™-compatible fonts for
Microsoft
®
Windows 3.1 are available on the floppy disk supplied
with your printer. You can easily install them into your Windows
system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique
compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows
applications, and allows you to set various printer settings including
economy printing mode, custom paper size and sleep mode settings.
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Remote Printer Console Program for DOS
The utility program, Remote Printer Console (RPC), is available on a
floppy disk supplied with your printer. When you operate your
computer in the DOS (Disk Operating System) environment, this
program allows you to easily change the default settings of the printer
such as fonts, page setup, emulations and so on.
This program also provides a status monitor program, which is a
Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. It can monitor the
printer status while running in the background and report the current
status or errors on your computer screen.
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Popular Printer Emulation Support
This printer supports three printer emulation modes, HP LaserJet IIP,
Epson FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL. When you use DOS
application software or Windows version 3.0 or earlier, you can use
any of these emulations to operate the printer. The printer also
supports Auto-emulation switching between HP and Epson or HP and
IBM. If you want to set the printer emulation, you can do it using the
Remote Printer Console Program.
