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Formatting Your Document
There are several ways to provide font and formatting
instructions for your document. Which method you use
depends on your computer system and your own
preferences.
Software Application Commands
Most often, you select fonts and format characters using
the menus and commands of your software application.
The page and character formats that you select within
the software application may be all that is necessary to
print your document. Your software application manual
can provide more information about how to format
your document.
Printer Driver Settings from Your Computer
You may wish to use the Silentwriter printer drivers to
provide page formatting and printing instructions,
particularly for accessing printer features not available
from your software application. Chapter 2 provides
instructions for using the Silentwriter printer drivers in
Windows, or the Print Navigator in MS-DOS, to select
formatting options.
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User's Guide
Operator Panel Menu Selections
You can also use the operator panel on your printer to
specify default font attributes. This is most often used in
the MS-DOS environment, or with applications that do
not provide formatting commands. Chapter 3 provides
instructions for making operator panel menu selections.
Programming Printer Commands
Most software applications allow you to select fonts and
formatting options using menu commands and then
automatically send printer commands to the printer for
you. However, if your software application does not
automatically send printer commands, you can insert
them within a document to provide formatting
information.
Printer commands are codes (also known as escape
sequences or setup strings) that you insert into the text
of your document to tell the printer which tasks to
perform or which fonts to use.
The Silentwriter 1760/65 supports commands in
PCL 5e, PostScript Level 2, and HP-GL/2. See "Related
Publications" on page 9-5 for a list of reference books
that provide information about PCL and PostScript
programming.
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