This is PrinterDM, version 0.82 (14-Dec-88)

Documentation on how to use PrinterDM can be found in Edition 2 of the
Archimedes User Guide.

The following remarks should be noted about this version of PrinterDM and
its documentation.

Text printing is applied to files of types Text, Command, and Obey. For
anything else, the application checks if other applications know how to
print the file. If this fails it checks with the user whether to print the
file.

You can override the application's treatment of a particular type file by
setting system variables of the form Alias$@PrinterType_xxx, where xxx is
the appropriate type. If the variable exists, then the application performs
*@PrinterType_xxx <filename> before doing anything else. It then checks for
the existence of <Printer$Temp>. If this exists then it is printed. You can
therefore print via a print utility program by setting Alias$@PrintType_FFF
to the macro *PrintUtil <%0> -to <Printer$Temp>.

Clicking SELECT on the icon produces a window with data about the current
printer driver settings. Clicking on the name field steps through the
printers and page sizes enumerated in the file PrData. It also allows control
of the end-of-line control character sequence used in text printing, which can vary
between printers.

The printer driver module allocates buffer workspace in the module area for the
duration of the print job. The speed of graphics printing is partially
proportional to the amount of buffer memory available, so a way of speeding
up a print job is to use the Task display to move more free memory to the
module area before the print job starts. Note that some free memory should
be left, since otherwise under some circumstances a "No room in RMA" message
may arise.

Which dump types work on which printers:
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All LQ dumps work on the EPSON LQ-850. Note that some LQ-compatibles and
early versions of the LQ-850 may not support 360 dpi dumps.

All FX dumps work on the EPSON FX-80 and FX-850.

All LQ dumps except 360 by 360 dpi work on an EPSON LQ-800.

The NEC PinWriter P6plus is as the LQ-850, except that the 360 by 360 dump
is slightly different; a P6plus-specific alternative is provided.

The FX dumps also work on a Brother M-1409.
