Oki MICROLINE 320 Turbo Handbook

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48 Working with SoftwareEmulationsIn order to eliminate hundreds of different sets of printer commands, most printersemulate, or imitate, one of several general printers; i.e., they accept all of that printer’scommands and behave as though they were the emulated printer.Your printer has three emulations:• IBM Proprinter III (factory default)• Epson FX• Oki MicrolinePrinter DriversMost of the time, your printer will be controlled by standard commercial softwarepackages such as Lotus® 1-2-3® , WordPerfect ®, and Microsoft ® Windows.Commercial software packages use printer drivers to control the appearance of printeddocuments. A driver is simply a list of printer commands tailor-made to cause theprinter to perform various functions at the request of the software, producing docu-ments with the correct format. The availability of different drivers makes it possiblefor a program to function roughly the same way no matter which printer is beingused, so long as you select the correct driver for the printer you’re using. If you don’tselect the correct driver, you’ll get strange symbols, incorrect fonts, etc., being printedinstead of a great-looking document!When you use your printer with a software package, you need to select a driver com-patible with your printer in order to have the software send the people printer com-mands to instruct your printer as to how to format and print the document.A Printer Driver Diskette is not included in your package. If you have any questionsor need further information about Printer Driver, please contact the dealer where youpurchased your printer.