Microsoft KB Archive/64893

Printing Graphics with GRAPHICS.COM and GRAPHICS.PRO PSS ID Number: Q64893 Article last modified on 09-24-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS

4.00 4.01

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Included in MS-DOS is a GRAPHICS utility that allows you to do a print screen of a graphics image. Until MS-DOS version 4.00, the GRAPHICS utility would only print CGA images; however, MS-DOS 4.00 also allows the printing of EGA and VGA images.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The GRAPHICS utility is a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) program that must be installed before doing a printscreen. There are several options that you can use when invoking the GRAPHICS utility, which are described on page 83 of the version 4.0 “Microsoft MS-DOS User’s Reference.”

Along with the GRAPHICS.COM utility, there is a GRAPHICS.PRO file that contains printer information for six IBM printers. If you have one of these printers, the printer type can be specified when installing the Graphics utility. This will enable the Graphics utility to print the best picture it can for that type of printer.

Only the aforementioned printer definitions are included with MS-DOS; however, you can define a custom printer definition file (.PRO file) to achieve the best results from your printer. There is an Application Note titled “GRAPHICS.COM and Graphics Profiles” that outlines the procedures to do this.

Application Notes can be obtained by calling Microsoft Product Support Services.

This application note can be found in the Software/Data Library by searching on S13024. This file was archived using the PKware file- compression utility.

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