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printing

    31-Oct-89 08:32:19
Sb: printing
Fm: Barry Hart 72347,1651
To: ALL
I've had my Amiga for a while, but I'm new to printing. What does the Amiga do with printer commands if you try to send them directly to the printer? I've tried with both Amiga BASIC and Wordwright to send commands such as ESC-E to change settings on the printer, but they seem to be ignored completely. How do these things work? Is there a generic printer command for bold, underline, etc. which the printer driver is supposed to translate or whut? Help!