•
Parallel
or
Serial
Connection.
If
your printer
is
attached to the
parallel connector on the Amiga, select the gadget labeled Parallel at
the upper left
of
the screen. If it
's
attached to the serial connector,
select the gadget labeled Serial.
•
Paper
Size. There are four preset sizes you can select from:
US
Letter
(8
-1/2 inches wide,
11
inches tall) ,
US
Legal (8-112
in
ches
wide,
14
inches tall), Narrow Tractor (9- 1/2 inches wide, II inches
tall), and Wide Tractor (14-7/8 inches wide, II inches tall).
You can use other sizes
of
paper by selecting Custom. When you
select Custom, you must also specify the number
of
lines that
fit
on
the size
of
the paper
you're
using. To do this, select the gadget
labeled Length just below the paper sizes, then type
in
th
e number
of
lines.
Sometimes when printing
in
graphics mode on Epson® and other dot
matrix printers, narrow blank lines appear across the printout. Select-
ing Custom for paper size may eliminate this.
•
Left
and
Right
Margins.
You indicate the width
of
these marg
in
s
by
specifying numbers
of
characters from the left-hand edge
of
the
paper. To specify the width
of
the left marg
in
, select
th
e gadget to
th
e
right
of
the words Left Margin, then type
in
the width,
in
characters,
of
the left margin. To specify the width
of
the right margin, select the
gadget to the right
of
the words Right Margin, then type
in
th
e width,
in
characters, for the distance from the left-hand edge
of
the paper to
where the right margin begins.
•
Paper
Type.
Select Fanfold if you're using continuous- feed paper.
Select Single if you'
re
printing on individual sheets.
•
Quality.
For faster but lower-quality printing, select Draft. For
higher-quality printing, select Letter.
•
Pitch.
You use this to select the size
of
the characters that a
re
printed. You can select from among
10
pitch ( "
pica")
,
12
pitch (
"
elite"),
and
15
pitch ( " fine
").
•
Spacing.
This lets you select how closely lines are printed on the
page. Select either 6
or
8 lines per inch ( "
Ipi
"
).
6-12
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