User's Manual

Graphics
The dot graphics mode allows your printer to produce pictures,
graphs, charts, or almost any other pictorial image you can create.
Because many commercial software programs use graphics, you
may be able to print pictures and graphs like the ones on this page
and the next by simply giving your software a few instructions.
The quickest and easiest way to print graphics on your printer is to
use a commercial graphics program. With such programs you
usually create an image on your monitor then give a command to
send the image to the printer.
If you use commercial software that produces graphics, all you need
to know about dot graphics is how to use the software. The
application program will take care of the printer. (Some programs
call this bit image printing.) On the other hand, if you wish to do
your own programming or merely wish to understand how this
printer prints graphics, read on.
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Software and Graphics