The Windows API print driver is used by most Windows programs
when printing documents and graphics. It provides extensive formatting,
graphics, and printer control capabilities. This is the default setting
for BlueZone Printer Emulators.
When to use
- Use with any EBCDIC printer data stream when auto-sizing the font
and a nearly perfect fit is required.
- Use when printing a Windows True Type Font.
- Use by default when the target printer is unknown. Check the
Use Default Windows Printer on Startup check box.
When not to use
- When exact font size is necessary to print on preprinted forms.
Windows scales True Type fonts to the nearest pixel resulting in
slight misalignments when compared to fixed CPI fonts resident in
the printers.
- Draft mode printing on dot matrix printers.
- ASCII Transparent Printing
- iSeries Host Print Transform
Required emulator settings
Settings required
in the Print Setup property sheet (choose from
the menu bar) necessary to properly configure the emulator for this
feature.
Click the Passthrough tab,
clear the Send all Data Directly to the Printer check box.
Ignored emulator settings
All ignored settings
are disabled when the required settings are set properly.