Star Micronics NX-1000, User Manual

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T o sw itc h p r in te r o u tp u t off, p re ss C T R L - P R T S C o r C T R L - P a g a in .
E a c h tim e y o u p re ss th is k ey c o m b in a tio n , h a r d c o p y to g g le s f ro m o n to
o f f o r fro m o f f to on.
PR O G R A M M IN G THE PRINTER WITH DOS C O M M A N D S
I f y o u r sy stem in c lu d e s th e file P R I N T .C O M y o u c a n use th e m a in
D O S p rin tin g c o m m a n d . S im p ly ty p e th e w o rd P R I N T fo llo w e d b y th e n a m e
o f th e file y o u w a n t to p rin t. T o p r in t a file n a m e d R E A D M E .D O C , fo r
e x a m p le , ty p e:
A>PRINT README.DOC
T h e c o m p u te r m a y re s p o n d w ith th e fo llo w in g m e ssag e , a s k in g w h ich
p r in te r to use:
Name o f l i s t d e v i c e [ P R N ] :
I f y o u r c o m p u te r is c o n n e c tc d to o n ly o n e p r in te r, p re s s R E T U R N to
select th e d e fa u lt c h o ic c (P R N ). P rin tin g w ill b eg in a n d th e A > p r o m p t
w ill re a p p e a r . Y o u c a n e x e c u te o th e r c o m m a n d s o r p ro g ra m s w hile th e file
is b ein g p rin te d .
A single P R I N T c o m m a n d c a n p r in t tw o o r m o re files. L is t th e file n am es
c o n se c u tiv e ly o n th e sa m e line, o r use w ild -c a rd c h a ra c te rs (* a n d ?). E ac h
file w ill b e p r in te d s ta rtin g o n a new p ag e. T h e P R I N T c o m m a n d also h a s
c o n tro l o p tio n s . F o r e x a m p le , y o u c a n te rm in a te a p r in tin g j o b in p ro g re ss
w ith th e /T o p tio n . (T h e p r in te r m a y n o t s to p p rin tin g im m e d ia te ly ; it m a y
h a v e c o n s id e ra b le d a ta s to re d a h e a d in its b u ffe r.) F o r th e /T o p tio n , type:
A>PRINT/T
See y o u r D O S m a n u a l fo r f u rth e r in f o rm a tio n a b o u t th e P R I N T
c o m m a n d . I f y o u r sy stem d o e s n o t in c lu d e P R I N T .C O M , y o u c a n p r in t files
b y u sin g th e P R N device n a m e in C O P Y o r T Y P E c o m m a n d s su ch a s th e
fo llow ing:
A>COPY README.DOC PRN
A>TYPE README.DOC > PRN
C O P Y a n d T Y P E d o n o t p e rm it y o u to e x e c u te o th e r c o m m a n d s w hile
th e file is p rin tin g .
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