Using the Printer Interface

Print Setup

Layout Settings

Layout Tab

Spacing ----

Spacing settings are used for two purposes; during LU1 print jobs to tell the emulation when to insert form feeds; and during font auto-sizing to instruct the printer emulator how to scale the font to fit the page.

• Lines Per Page: Tells the emulation or font auto-sizing how long the page is in lines.

• Lines Per Inch: Sets the number of lines per inch to set for the printed output if not specified by the host or overridden by the user.

• Characters Per Line: Sets the maximum characters printed on a line before the emulator inserts a carriage return/line feed.

• Characters Per Inch: Sets font size based on characters per inch.

NOTE  Characters per inch combined with lines per inch determines how many characters will fit on a line and how many lines to a printed page.  

• Double Space Lines: If checked, BlueZone will double space between lines when printing.

• Override Host Spacing Settings If checked, BlueZone is forced to ignore spacing settings sent from the host and use these spacing settings.

Presentation ----

• Print Quality:  Select Draft mode or Near Letter Quality mode when in Pass Through Mode using a printer definition file that supports draft or NLQ modes.

• Duplex Mode: Select to control single or double-sided printing.  Only works in Windows API mode.

• Override Host Presentation Settings If checked, BlueZone is forced to ignore presentation settings sent from the host and use these presentation settings.

Print Scaling ----

• Scale Factor: This Edit Box allows enlarging or reducing the printed output by the selected percentage.  Only works in Windows API mode.

• Auto-Size Fonts to fit the Paper Size: If checked, BlueZone fits the font to the page based on the spacing settings set by the host or set by the emulator.

• Scale Fonts to Closest Point Size: This feature is useful when auto-sizing fonts yields different font sizes for normal and bold text.

TIP  In Windows API mode, the auto-size font option scales to fit the page exactly.  In Pass through mode, a printer definition file is required, and will scale to the nearest fixed font size supported by the printer.