Commodore PC - Graphics

62 MS-DOS User's Reference
Graphics
The Graphics printer
options
Graphics
Purpose:
Lets you print a graphics display screen on a printer when you are
using a color or graphics monitor adapter.
Syntax:
graphics [printer] [/r] [/b]
Comments:
The printer option may be one of the following:
COLOR1 Prints on an IBM Personal Computer Color
Printer with black ribbon.
COLOR4 Prints on an IBM Personal Computer Color
Printer with RGB (red, green, blue, and black)
ribbon.
COLOR8 Prints on an IBM Personal Computer Color
Printer with CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow, and
black) ribbon.
COMPACT Prints on an IBM Personal Computer Compact
Printer.
GRAPHICS Prints on an IBM Personal Graphics Printer.
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The Graphics
switches
If you do not specify the printer option, graphics defaults to the
GRAPHICS printer type.
The It switch prints black and white (as seen on the monitor) on
the printer. The default is to print black as white and white as
black.
The /b switch prints the background in color. This option is valid
for COLOR4 and COLOR8 printers.
To print the screen, press the shift and printscreen keys at the
same time. If the computer is in 320 x 200 color graphics mode,
and if the printer type is COLOR1 or GRAPHICS, graphics prints
the screen contents with up to four shades of gray. If the com
puter is in 640 x 200 color graphics mode, graphics prints the
screen contents sideways on the paper.
Note This command increases the size of ms-dos resident in
memory.
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