in the Auto Bold Off string to restore the original font after the bold text is printed.
switches back to the last unrestored for which was saved by
a causes the Shift Out of Font
but no swapping of character tables is performed.
in the Auto Italics off.
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Special Text Markings
Double Underline Character Code
This is usually 61-the equal sign. Enter a zero if your
printer performs automatic double underlining.
Move Down/Up for Double Underline Character
You must enter codes to move the carriage down or up if your
printer does not do its own double underlining. You may also
need to shift in and out of an alternate character set to use the
character code entered for the double underline character.
Strikeout Character Code
This is usually a 45-the dash. Enter zero if the Strikeout
Printing On/Off strings cause the printer to perform its own
strikeout.
Strikeout Printing On/Off
If your printer does automatic strikeout printing, enter the
codes for it here and enter zero for the Strikeout Character
Code. If you select a strikeout character, strikeout will occur
on a second pass. Depending on the chosen character, you may
need to enter codes here to move the print head up and down. You
may also need to shift in and out of an alternate character set
to use the character code you selected. Alternatively, you could
select a colored ribbon or print in a different font.
Redline Character Code
Enter zero if your printer does its own redlining or if you
want to print a vertical bar in the left margin. If you select a
non-zero character, it is printed in the left margin or it is
used to redline on a second pass, depending on the strings
entered for Redline On/Off.
Footnote Line Character Code
This is usually 32-the space character. This character is
printed when footnote lines are created. The character is
underlined when it is printed unless you answer "yes" to Omit
Underline While Printing Footnote Line?
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Omit Underline While Printing Footnote Line?
The answer is usually "no". You may want to answer "yes" if
you select a Footnote Line Character Code Other than 32.
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Pitch/Miscellaneous
Set 10, 12, 15 Pitch
Leave these blank if your printer supports HMI or
microspacing. If your printer does not support HMI or
microspacing, enter codes here to select specific pitch settings.
Forward/Reverse Printing On
If your printer does automatic bi-directional printing,
leave these strings blank. Some printers are able to do bi-
directional printing only if they are told when to print forward
and when to print backward. Enter the proper codes here if your
printer fits this description.
Auto Proportional Spacing On/Off
These strings are sent to the printer whenever you answer
"yes" to use proportional spacing (in the Format-Pitch/Font menu)
or whenever defines character width for a font on a printer which uses
microspacing. Must be followed by a binary code equal to
ten times the pitch value.
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The HP LaserJet-B printer definition uses microspacing
to perform right justification. In order to right justify
the non-proportional Courier font at variable pitches, the
software must know the width of those characters. Since
this is a 10 pitch font,
<100> has been entered in the
Shift Into Font string. (Note: This will only work properly
if the character width works out to be an integral number of
microspacing units.)
represents a Microspace value in binary form.
A microspace value of 12 is sent as <12> if is used
in the Perform Microspace command string.
, or or to define the
width of the character in this font.
Shift Out of Font
These can usually be left blank if you defined your Shift
Into Fonts correctly. However, some printer features such as
expanded or compressed printing may still need to be turned off
in these strings.
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Selecting Character Tables
Character Table for Font
Use this to select the character table which corresponds to
the font you have selected. These character tables define
character widths for proportional spacing. They also translate
characters from the screen into characters or strings to be sent
to the printer.
Examine or Edit a Character Table
This option allows you to examine the character tables.
Selecting this option will allow you to create, delete, rename,
or edit character tables just as if you had selected that option
from the main menu.
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CHARACTER TABLES
Character tables perform two important functions. First,
they contain character widths and relative positioning
information for proportional spacing. Second, they translate
characters from the screen into character or strings to be sent
to the printer. Each font defined in a printer definition must
be associated with a character table.
Character tables may be used to create your own characters
on many printers. For an example of this, refer to the
explanation for the String Sent to Printer under "Editing
Character Tables." There are two kinds of character tables:
1. HMI with Adjust Factors. These character tables are
for use with HMI-controlled printers. Each table
contains character widths in units which are assumed to
be the same as the HMI Unit entered in the printer
definitions which use it (usually 1/120ths of an inch).
In addition, these tables contain adjust factors.
2. Microspace. These tables are for use with
Microspace-controlled printers. Each table contains
only character widths, but the units are specified when
the table is created and may be different from the
Microspace Unit entered in the printer definitions
which use it.
Character tables may be created, deleted, renamed, or edited
by selecting option 4 from the main menu.
Creating a Character Table
With the cursor or mouse, Select a character table to use as
a pattern (ASCII/Backspace and Standard ASCII are good patterns
for Microspace and HMI respectively).
Next, select the (C)reate option from the menu to the left
of the list of character tables. A bar will appear below the
list of character tables for you to enter the name of the new
character table. Enter the new name and press ENTER. A copy
will be made of the character table you select, and this will
become the starting point in defining the new one.
The table may now be edited:
1. Remove any characters which are not in your printer's
character set. Select option A (String Sent to
Printer), Press CTRL-DEL to clear all the codes, and
enter a space; then enter the width of a space
character under Character Width and enter 0 for the
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Adjust Factor (if any).
2. Make sure that the code sent to the printer matches the
code recognized by your printer for each printable
character. If your printer will print characters which
your monitor cannot display, try to assign them to
display character which look similar. This helps
improve readability of documents which use those
characters.
3. If your printer has an alternate character set (see
Shift Into Alternate Character Set), don't forget that
you must use the code to get at these characters.
The different categories of information which need to be
entered are explained under "Editing a Character Table."
Deleting a Character Table
With the mouse or cursor, select the character table to
delete. Next select the option to (D)elete a character table (in
many cases it may be necessary to delete all printer definitions
which use that character table first, then delete the character
table).
Renaming a Character Table
With the mouse or cursor, select the character table to
rename. Next select the option to (R)ename a character table. A
bar will appear below the list of character tables for you to
enter the new name. You may type up to 14 characters and press
ENTER.
Editing a Character Table
With the mouse or cursor, select the character table to
edit. Next select the option to (E)dit a character table.
If the table is for use with Microspace printers, the widths
of the characters will be displayed and the units will appear at
the bottom of the screen. Tables for use with HMI printers will
show character widths and adjust factors. The HMI table widths
are assumed to be the same as the HMI unit entered in the printer
definitions which use it (usually 1/120ths).
String Sent to Printer
The code(s) entered here will be sent to the printer every
time the indicated printer is printed. This string should
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contain a space if the character is non-printable. It may also
be used to create characters which are not ordinarily supported
in a printer's character set. For example, the C character could
be created by printing a C, a Backspace, and then a comma. The
ASCII Backspace character table contains a large number of such
"compound characters." Characters created this way are assumed
to be exactly one column wide.
Character Width
Enter the width of each character from your printer manual
here. If the widths are not in your printer manual, check with
the printer manufacturer. These widths are only used when
printing proportionally spaced text. For HMI character tables,
the units in which widths are specified are assumed to be the
same as the HMI UNIT entered in the printer definitions which use
the character table (usually 1/120ths of an inch). The units are
fixed for Microspace character tables and are displayed at the
bottom of the screen. Valid character widths range from 0 to 15
(for HMI tables) or from 0 to 255 (for Microspace tables).
Adjust Factor
This option appears only when editing HMI character tables.
Adjust factors are used to position characters relative to each
other when printing proportionally spaced text. Valid adjust
factors range from -8 to +7. The units of adjust factors are the
same as those for the character widths.
To determine the adjust factor, print page 2 of the PS.TST
file (on the Learning disk in WP). Before printing make sure the
adjust factor for capital N is zero and you have assigned your
new character table to one of the fonts on your printer. Font 3
is preferable since the document will print in font 3, 13 pitch,
proportionally spaced, unless you change it.
Make sure that the capital N's have just enough space
between them to look good. If you need to or want to change the
way the N's are printed, change only the width, not the adjust
factor.
Look at the entire character set. Change the adjust factor
of each character so that its left edge is close to the N before
it. A positive number will move the character right and a
negative number will move the character left. The gap between
each character and the N to its left should be about the same as
the gap between consecutive N's.
Print pate 2 once more. Change the width of each character
so that its right edge is close to the N after it. The gap
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between each character and the N to its right should be about the
same as the gap between each character and the N to its right
should be about the same as the gap between consecutive N's.
Print page 1 on the PS.TST as a test of the finished
product.
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Sheet Feeder Definitions
Sheet feeder definitions allow control of automatic sheet
feeders to be separate from printers. This is helpful since some
sheet feeders may be attached to a number of different printers.
You can create, delete, rename, and edit sheet feeder definitions
by selecting option 5 from the main menu.
Creating a Sheet Feeder Definition
With the mouse or cursor, highlight a Sheet Feeder to use as
a pattern. Next choose option (C)reate from the options to the
left of the list of Sheet Feeders.
Deleting a Sheet Feeder Definition
With the mouse or cursor, highlight the Sheet Feeder to
delete. Next choose option (D)elete from the options to the left
of the list of Sheet Feeders.
Renaming a Sheet Feeder Definition
With the mouse or cursor, highlight the Sheet Feeder to
rename. Next choose option (R)ename from the options to the left
of the list of Sheet Feeders. A box will appear at the bottom of
the screen to enter the new name. Enter the name of the Sheet
Feeder (up to 14 Characters) and press Enter.
Editing Sheet Feeder Definitions
With the mouse or cursor, highlight the Sheet Feeder to
edit. Next choose option (E)dit from the options to the left of
the list of Sheet Feeders.
When you are editing a Sheet Feeder definition you will see
strings for ejecting a sheet from the sheet feeder and for
inserting a sheet from up to seven bins.
The strings entered in the sheet feeder definition are only
sent to the printer if you indicate a sheet feeder is attached to
your printer. This is done by using the Select Printers option
in the WordPerfect program.
Eject Page
This string is sent to the printer at the end of every printed
page before the next page is inserted.
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Select Bins and Insert Page
An Insert bin string will be sent to the printer before each
page is printed. The bin number selected is determined by the
current Sheet Feeder Bin Number selected.
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Index
Adjust Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Advance 1,2,4,8,16 Microspace Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Advance Paper 1/24th Inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Alternate Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Special code for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Use in character table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Auto Bold On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Auto Double Underline On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Auto Proportional Spacing On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Auto Underline On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Automatic Carriage Return with Line Feed . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automatic Line Feed with Carriage Return . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Backspace
Alternate method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Beep
For font changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bi-directional printing
Defining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bias factor, definition of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bold
Getting darker bold text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Special code for changing method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bold/Italics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cancel, use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Carriage Return/Backspace Control, questions explained . . . . 7
Changing Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Character Table for Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Character tables
ASCII/Backspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chaining tables together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Conserving space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Definition of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Examine or edit while editing a printer definition . . . 17
Pre-defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Character tables for Fonts, questions explained . . . . . . . 17
Character Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Characters
Creating your own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Defining in terms of other characters . . . . . . . . . . 3
Charater tables
Standard ASCII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Compound characters, creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3, 19
Diablo printers
Proportional spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
VMI settings for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Does Printer Have Backspace Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Does Printer Have Backspace Capability? . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dot matrix printers, special printer type . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Double Underline Character Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Down loading files to a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Eject Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Examine or Edit a Character Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Font change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Footnote Line Character Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Forward/Reverse Printing On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 11
character table type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
definition of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Microspacing and HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
special code for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
when to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HMI or MS Bias Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HMI Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Initialize Printer at Start of Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Initialize Printer before Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
laser printers, bold fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LaserJet Printer
Microspacing and non-PS fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Proportional Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reason for multiple definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Line Spacing and VMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Line Spacing, changing and restoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Maximum HMI or MS Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maximum VMI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Maximum/Minimum Width of Space Character . . . . . . . . . . 15
Microspace Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Microspacing
Character table type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Combined with HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compared with HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sendin a Microspace Value to the Printer . . . . . . . . . 3
Special code for character width . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
When to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Microspacing and HMI, questions explained . . . . . . . . . . 11
Move Down/Up for Double Underline Character . . . . . . . . . 14
Move Print Head to Center of Platen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEC Printers, proportional spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Omit Underline While Printing Footnote Line . . . . . . . . . 14
Overstrike, printer inability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Perform 1/2 Line Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Perform Carriage Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Perform Line Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Perform Reverse 1/2 Line Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Perform Reverse Line Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Pitch, changing and restoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pitch/Miscellaneous, questions explained . . . . . . . . . . 15
Print Bold Text on a Second Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Print wheels, changing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Printer definition
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Printer definitions
Creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
pre-defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Purpose of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Recommended steps for changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printer Errors
Code for removing extra error checking during printing . . 3
Printer Initialization, questions explained . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printer problems
Bold text prints slowly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 13
Bold won't print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bolding appears too dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Broken underlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Double underline uses wrong character . . . . . . . . . 14
Excessive print head motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Footnote line is missing or unattractive . . . . . . . . 14
Justified text looks funny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Microspace printer won't right justify text . . . . . . . 3
No spaces between words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Overstriking won't print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Print head rips paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Printer requires CR's to be matched with LF's . . . . . . 7
Shadow printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Space fill between words is uneven . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Top of form changes if 6/8 lpi is mixed . . . . . . . . . 9
Unable to print with hand-fed forms . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Underline text won't print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
WP won't print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Printer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Proportional spacing, special code for . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Qume printers, proportional spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Redline Character Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Redline On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reset Printer at End of Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Right justification
Controlling the appearance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
How it is done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Role of HMI and microspacing in . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Select Bins and Insert Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Set 10, 12, 15 Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Set 6 Lines/Inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Set 8 Lines/Inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Set HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Set VMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shadow Printing, possible method for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Sheet Feeder Definition
Creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sheet Feeder Definitions
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Purpose of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Shift Into Alternate/Back to Normal Character Set . . . . . . 15
Shift Into Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Shift Out of Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Space Fill, definition of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Space width, control of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SPECIAL CODES
Explanation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How to enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Special Text Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Start/End Second Pass for Bold Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Strikeout Character Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Strikeout Printing On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
String Sent to Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Subscript On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Superscript On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Superscript, printer inability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Superscript/Underline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tandy DWP IIB, special code for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tandy DWP IIB, special printer type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Typesetters, bold fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Underline, printer inability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Use Microspacing for Proportional Spacing only . . . . . . . 11
VMI
Definition of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Special code for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VMI Bias Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
VMI Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Wait for "Go", special code for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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