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Printer Preferences Editor:
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The Printer Preference editor lets you select a printer driver, the printer port, and various text options.
The Printer Type scroll gadget displays a list of available printer drivers currently installed in the Devs/Printers drawer.
Select a printer driver by pointer to its name and clicking the selection button. The selected driver is shown in the display box underneath the scroll gadget.
Note: If you are setting up a PostScript printer using the Printer Preferences editor, the text and graphics settings made in the Printer Preferences and PrinterGfx Preferences editors are overridden. However, you must still select a Printer Port here.
If a driver for your printer is not in the Devs/Printers drawer or the Storage/Printers drawer, select Generic.
For many printers, this allows you to print plain text without graphics or other type styles, such as italics or boldface.
The Printer Preferences editor window contains the following gadgets:
Printer Port:
Specifies the Amiga port where the printer is attached: Serial or Parallel.
Print Pitch:
Specifies the pitch, which is the number of characters printed per inch (cpi) horizontally. The higher the number, the narrower the characters. Choose between Pica, Elite, and Fine.
Print Spacing:
Specifies the number of lines of text that are printed in one vertical inch of space. Select 6 lines per inch (lpi) or 8 lpi; the higher the number, the less space between the lines.

Print Quality:
Determines the quality of the printout. Selecting Draft produces lower quality printouts with faster printing. Selecting Letter produces higher quality printouts with slower printing.

Paper Type:
Specifies the type of paper used. The options are Continuous (tractor feed paper) or Single (individual sheets).
Paper Format:
Specifies the size of paper used. Selecting Custom as the paper size eliminates printing problems that occur with dot matrix printers. If Custom is selected, be sure to specify in the Paper Length gadget the correct number of lines that fit on the paper.
Paper Length:
The total number of lines on the page, including top and bottom. For example, 11-inch paper with six lines to an inch is 66 lines to the page. To change the default value, select the gadget, delete the existing value, type in the new number, and press Return.
Left Margin:
The width, in numbers of characters from the left edge of the paper to the starting text position. The pitch of the type (number of characters in a horizontal inch) affects the size of the margin. For example, a one inch margin is equal to 10 when 10 pitch type is used. To change the default value, select the gadget, delete the existing value, type in the new number, and press Return.
Right Margin:
The width, in numbers of characters, from the left edge of the paper to the position where the right margin is to begin. To change the default value, select the gadget, delete the existing value, type in the new number, and press Return.


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