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1. "Printer setup examples"
2. "Printer Setup in Multitasking Environments"
3. "How to Turn Off Printer Spooling in Windows 95"

1. This setup screen puts a HP Laserjet II, III, or IV printer into Landscape mode for both Normal and Wide reports.
   Wide reports of up to 127 columns are accomodated with the selected 12 Character/inch font. This setup also uses the double and single line graphic characters ("ÍÍ" and "ÄÄ") instead of the equals sign and dash ("==" and "--"). To enter these graphics characters from the keyboard: A. For the double line: i. Hold down the 'Alt' key. ii. On the numeric keypad, type '205' while still holding down 'Alt'. iii. Release the 'Alt' key. B. For the single line:
   • i. Hold down the 'Alt' key.
   • ii. On the numeric keypad, type '196' while still holding down 'Alt'. iii. Release the 'Alt' key.
   
   

   PRINTER #2 DEFINITION Printer Port Printer Type Lines/Page LPT1: Laser 45 Heading Character Separator Character ========== ---------- Normal Setup String |(10U|(s0p12.00h10.00v1s0b3T|&l1O|&a1c1R Wide Report Setup String |(10U|(s0p12.00h10.00v1s0b3T|&l1O Restore Normal Operation String |E

2. The following setup supports Wide reports in Portrait mode by changing to a 16.67 character/inch font. This allows printing 132 column reports on 8.5" wide forms.

   PRINTER #3 DEFINITION Printer Port Printer Type Lines/Page LPT1: Laser 60 Heading Character Separator Character ========== ---------- Normal Setup String |E Wide Report Setup String |(10U|(s0p16.67h8.5v0s0b0T|&l0O Restore Normal Operation String |E

3. This setup is appropriate for an "Epson-compatible" dot matrix printer.

   PRINTER #3 DEFINITION Printer Port Printer Type Lines/Page LPT1: dot Matrix/other 66 Heading Character Separator Character ========== ---------- Normal Setup String |0| Wide Report Setup String |15| Restore Normal Operation String |18|

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