User manual EPSON LQ-570E

[. . . ] ® 24-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. [. . . ] Turning Hi-speed off will return the printer to uni-directional printing mode. Printing speed will decrease, but printing precision will improve. Default printing uses the settings stored in the printer. 4 Intensity Control Print quality 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. Using the Printer Software 4-15 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4. 0 You can access the printer driver from your Windows applications or from the Start menu. 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 Start menu, the printer driver settings you make apply to all your applications. See "Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu" on page 4-18. To check and change printer driver settings, see "Printer driver settings overview" on page 4-18. 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. Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications To access the printer driver from a Windows application, follow the steps on the next page. Note: The steps on the next page provide general guidelines on accessing the printer driver. How you access the printer driver may differ depending on your application. See your application manual for details. 4-16 Using the Printer Software 1. Select Print Setup or Print from the File menu of your application software. The Print or Print Setup dialog box appears. 4 2. Make sure that your printer is selected and then click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of these buttons. ) The Document Properties window appears, and you see the Page Setup and Advanced menus. These menus contain the printer driver settings. Using the Printer Software 4-17 3. To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of the window. See "Printer driver settings overview" below, for detailed information about the settings. Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu To access the printer driver from the Start menu, follow these steps: 1. Click the Start button, and then point to Settings. Right-click your printer icon, and click Document Defaults. The screen displays the Default Document Properties window, which contains the Page Setup and Advanced menus. [. . . ] This orientation gives you a page that is wider than it is high and is useful for printing spreadsheets. See also portrait. letter quality (LQ) The print mode used by your printer, printing with letter-quality fonts provides better readability and appearance at a reduced print speed. See also draft. 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. paper positions There are three paper positions for continuous paper printing: standby, tear-off, and top-of-form. For single-sheet printing, there is only the top-of-form position. [. . . ]