Printer Parameters

PRINTER=type[/resolution[/port#]]

Defines your printer setup. The SSTOOLS.INI file is a REAL handy place to put this option, so that it's available whenever you have that sudden, irresistible urge for hard copy.

Printer types:

• IB IBM-compatible (default)
• EP Epson-compatible
• HP LaserJet
• CO Star Micronics Color printer, supposedly Epson-color-compatible
• PA Paintjet
• PS PostScript
• PSL Postscript, landscape mode
• PL Plotter using HP-GL

Resolution:

• In dots per inch.
• Epson/IBM: 60, 120, 240
• LaserJet: 75, 150, 300
• PaintJet: 90, 180
• PostScript: 10 through 600, or special value 0 to print full page to within about .4" of the edges (in portrait mode, width is full page and height is adjusted to 3:4 aspect ratio)
• Plotter: 1 to 10 for 1/Nth of page (e.g. 2 for 1/2 page)

Port:

• 1, 2, 3 for LPT1-3 via BIOS
• 11, 12, 13, 14 for COM1-4 via BIOS
• 21, 22 for LPT1 or LPT2 using direct port access (faster when it works)
• 31, 32 for COM1 or COM2 using direct port access

COMPORT=port/baud/options

Serial printer port initialization. Port=1,2,3,etc. Baud=115,150,300,600,1200,2400,4800,9600 Options: 7,8 | 1,2 | e,n,o (any order). Example: comport=1/9600/n81 for COM1 set to 9600, no parity, 8 bits per character, 1 stop bit.

LINEFEED=crlf|lf|cr

Specifies the control characters to emit at end of each line: carriage return and linefeed, just linefeed, or just carriage return. The default is crlf.

TITLE=yes

If specified, title information is added to printouts.

PRINTFILE=filename

Causes output data for the printer to be written to the named file on disk instead of to a printer port. The filename is incremented by 1 each time an image is printed - e.g. if the name is FRAC01.PRN, the second print operation writes to FRAC02.PRN, etc. Existing files are not overwritten - if the file exists, the filename is incremented to a new name.

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