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Q121407: List of Printers Supported by PRINTER.SYS

Article: Q121407
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.3,4.x,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 3.3, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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The following list of printers support the code-page switching provided in
PRINTER.SYS:

Type          Printer
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4201          IBM Proprinter II and III Model 4201
             IBM Proprinter II and III XL Model 4202
4208          IBM Proprinter X24E Model 4207
             IBM Proprinter XL24E Model 4208
5202          IBM Quietwriter III Model 5202

Although other printers can emulate the ones listed above, code-page support is
usually not available for such printers.


MORE INFORMATION
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The following examples represent typical usage of PRINTER.SYS:

CONFIG.SYS
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device=c:\dos\ansi.sys
device=c:\dos\display.sys con = (ega, 437, 2)
device=c:\dos\printer.sys lpt1 = (type, 437, 2)     NOTE: Type will vary
                                                   depending on the
                                                   attached printer.
country = 048,,c:\dos\country.sys

AUTOEXEC.BAT
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nlsfunc
mode con cp prep = ((850, 852) c:\dos\ega.cpi)
mode con cp select = 852
mode lpt1 cp prep = ((850, 852) c:\dos\type.cpi)    NOTE: The particular
                                                   *.CPI file will change
                                                   depending on mode lpt1
                                                   select = 852 the
                                                   attached printer]

chcp 852
keyb pl,,c:\dos\keyboard.sys

Without the functionality provided in PRINTER.SYS, many of the language- specific
characters used in non-English languages are not available. The characters may
show up on the screen, but they may not print correctly.

Additional query words: 3.30 4.0 4.00 4.0a 4.00a 4.01 4.01a 5.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330
Version           : MS-DOS:3.3,4.x,5.0

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