List of Printers Supported by PRINTER.SYS (121407)

SUMMARY

The following list of printers support the code-page switching provided in PRINTER.SYS:

Type          Printer
-----------------------------------------------------

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

The following examples represent typical usage of PRINTER.SYS:

CONFIG.SYS

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

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.