Category : Databases and related files
Archive   : HR30S.ZIP
Filename : PRHLP.TXT

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*** PRINTER INSTALLATION HELP ***
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* Selecting Your Printer *
If your printer type is not displayed, press F)ind and return to get a listing
of the printers in the file. If your printer is listed, highlight the printer
using the arrow keys and press return. Your printer will then be displayed on
the Printer Installation Screen. Next press S)elect and the printer codes will
be recorded for use by Household Register.

If your printer is not listed, its necessary to add a printer definition for
your printer. To add a printer its necessary to enter the printer name, the
printer control codes for normal, compressed, bold/emphasied, underlined and
whether you will enter the codes in decimal, hex or ASCII.

To enter your printer definition, press A)dd, and fill in the following fields:
(1) PRINTER TYPE - the name you give your definition so you can recognize it in
the future, example Epson RX-80. (2) Enter D, H, or A to (decimal,hex, ASCII)
indicate with which you want to enter the control code instructions. The ID
and Description fields for the first four entries cannot be edited by you.
You can edit these fields after the first four fields, but the entries will not
be used by Household Register. ** Please Continue To The Next Page **
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To use all the printing features of Household Register you must enter the On
Codes and Off Codes for Normal, Compressed, Bold and Underline. The codes that
are used to implement the different instructions can usually be found in your
printer manual, they may be listed in decimal, hex, ASCII or all three.

For example the instruction characters to make an Epson MX/RX/FX/LQ print bold
are the "ESC" character followed by an "E". Each of the following correctly
define this sequence:
DECIMAL 27 69
HEX 1B 45
ASCII ESC E
or ASCII ^[ E

After entering the on/off codes for your printer press F10 to exit the data
entry. Next press S)elect and your printer definition will be written to a
file for use by Household Register.



** PLEASE REFER TO MANUAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEDDED **

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