8.3.1 Specifying General Printer Capabilities
The fGeneral dialog box identifies printer capabilities such as
double-sided printing, multiple-copy printing, font rotation capabilities,
bitmap rotation capabilities, and so on. The following illustration shows
the fGeneral dialog box:
bitmap: fgeneral
The following list describes each of the controls in this dialog box.
Control Description
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MD_SERIAL Specifies that the output must be sorted
sequentially in the y-direction, because the
printer cannot scroll backwards.
MD_PARAMETERIZE Specifies that the printer supports Hewlett-Packard
Printer Control Language parameterized escape
sequences.
MD_ROTATE_FONT_ABLE Specifies that the printer can rotate hardware
fonts to match the current paper orientation. Fonts
supplied by Windows (TrueType, bitmap, and vector)
are always available in both orientations.
MD_COPIES Specifies that the printer supports multiple-copy
printing.
MD_DUPLEX Specifies that the printer supports double-sided
printing.
MD_NO_ADJACENT Specifies that the printer cannot fire adjacent
pins on the print head in all resolutions. If
adjacent pins can be fired in some resolutions but
not others, this should be indicated for each
resolution.
MD_LANDSCAPE_GRX_ABLE Specifies that the printer can rotate a graphic
image (or bitmap) to match the current paper
orientation. If the printer is unable to rotate
graphics, the Universal Printer Driver will perform
the graphic rotation.
MD_ALIGN_BASELINE Specifies that the printer aligns text output on
the baseline rather than the top of the character
bounding-box. (The default alignment is the top of
the bounding box.)
MD_FONT_MEMCFG Specifies that the memory available with this
printer is reserved for downloaded fonts only. If
this box is not checked, the memory is available
for bitmaps as well. For more information about
printer memory configuration, see Section 8.5,
Printer-Memory Configuration.
MD_LANDSCAPE_RT90 Specifies that the printer rotates 90 degrees in
the counterclockwise direction for landscape output
(this means that the right side of a page or image
is printed first). If this control is not set, the
default rotation of 270 degrees in the clockwise
direction is assumed. Only set this control if the
printer supports a set-orientation command.
MD_USE_CURSOR_ORIG Specifies that the cursor origin is calculated
using the values entered in the cursor origin
controls of the Paper Sizes dialog box. If the
MD_USE_CURSOR_ORIG is not set, the cursor origin is
the upper-left corner of the printable region.
Diconix 150 Plus
For the Diconix 150 Plus printer, the MD_SERIAL box is checked.
HP LaserJet IIP
For the HP LaserJet IIP printer, the MD_PARAMETERIZE, MD_COPIES,
MD_ALIGN_BASELINE, MD_LANDSCAPE_RT90, and MD_USE_CURSOR_ORIG boxes are
checked.