Select DOS Printer
This window titled Select DOS Printer will display all the printers which have been defined in your IBS System. All of the reports, checks, invoices, etc. generated in the IBS Windows software will print through the Windows operating system to laser printers. Many of our customers, however, use multi-part, continuous-feed forms which must be printed on a dot-matrix printer. Therefore, our programmers have retained limited DOS-printing capabilities in our new IBS Windows programs. In order to print through DOS, you must set up your printers in the IBS DOS Printer Control File (IBSDP1.TPS) with the appropriate printer decimal codes. The printer decimal codes can be found in your printer manual or you can obtain these codes from the manufacturer of your printer. NOTE: Direct Systems does not have the printer decimal codes for all types of printers. We also do not guarantee that you will be able to print to all types of printers. You should be able to successfully print using Epson, Panasonic, Okidata, or IBM printers (or printers which emulate these types).
Printer Name: The name of the highlighted printer will be displayed in this field.
[ Select ] Press this button to select the highlighted printer.
[ Insert ] Press this button to open a window titled Adding a DOS Printer which enables you to add a new printer to the DOS Printer File (IBSDP1.TPS). All fields in this file will automatically default to -0- (zero) which is not a valid printer decimal code. Please note that you must add the appropriate printer decimal codes for the printer you are adding to this file.
[ Change ] Press this button to open a window titled Changing a DOS Printer which enables you to change the Printer Name, Default Printer Port, and/or Printer Decimal Codes for the highlighted printer.
[ Delete ] Press this button to open a window titled Deleting a DOS Printer which enables you to delete the highlighted printer from the DOS Printer File.
[ Close ] Press this button to close this window and return to the previous window.
[ Help ] Press this button (if available) or the F1 key to view the Help text for this window.
