User manual EPSON FX-980

[. . . ] ® 9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. [. . . ] Right-click your printer icon, and click Properties. The screen displays the Properties window, which contains the Paper, Graphics, and Device Options menus. These menus display the printer driver settings. To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of the window. See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. 4 Printer driver settings overview Your printer driver has three menus: Paper, Graphics, and Device Options. The printer driver settings on each of these menus are described below. To open the menus, see the previous sections on accessing the printer driver. When you finish making your printer driver settings, click OK to apply the settings, or click Restore Defaults to return the settings to their default values. Using the Printer Software 4-5 Paper menu R Paper size Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you don't see your paper size, use the scroll bar to scroll through the list. If your paper size is not included in the list, click Custom and enter the paper size in the dialog box that appears. Click the paper source you want to use. R Orientation R Paper source 4-6 Using the Printer Software Graphics menu 4 R Resolution Click the printing resolution you want. The higher the resolution you select, the more detailed your printout will be; however, increasing the resolution slows printing. You can leave this option set to Fine, which is the default setting, or select another dithering pattern depending on the kind of printout you want. The display to the left of the dithering options shows the effect of your selection. Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker. R Dithering R Intensity Using the Printer Software 4-7 Device Options menu R Print quality Select a print quality option from the Print quality list. Selecting a high quality option produces more detailed printouts at a slower printing speed. Once you've checked your printer driver settings and changed them if necessary, you are ready to print with continuous paper as described in Chapter 2, or with single sheets as described in Chapter 3. 4-8 Using the Printer Software Using the Printer Driver With Windows 3. 1 You can access the printer driver from your Windows applications or from the Control Panel. When you access the printer driver from a Windows application, any settings you make apply only to the application you are using. See "Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications, " below. When you access the printer driver from the Control Panel, the printer driver settings you make apply to all your applications. See "Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel" on page 4-11. To check and change printer driver settings, see "Printer driver settings overview" on page 4-11. Note: While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver, some do not, so you must verify that the printer driver settings match your requirements. 4 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications To access the printer driver from a Windows application, follow the steps on the next page. [. . . ] See also draft and near letter quality. interface The connection (via a cable) between the computer and the printer through which print data is transmitted to the printer. initialization Returns the printer to its default settings (a fixed set of conditions). landscape Printing that is oriented sideways on the page. This orientation gives you a page that is wider than it is high and is useful for printing spreadsheets. See also portrait. line feed (LF) A control panel button and control code that advances the paper one line space. micro adjust A printer feature that allows you to precisely adjust the tear-off and top-of-form positions. near letter quality(NLQ) The print mode used by your printer when you select Roman or Sans Serif as the font. Printing with near letter-quality fonts provides better readability and appearance at a reduced print speed. [. . . ]