# [Printer]

<- Property Sheets On this sheet, you can set the characteristic properties for the printer or its driver.
The adjustments are saved in the Registry by [Save] and are applied to the current session by [Apply].
When the values saved in the [REGISTRY] become the defaults at start-up, all of the corresponding options are checked by [Auto Load] in the [REGISTRY] sheet and [Save]d on the [REGISTRY] sheet. (By default, all of the saved options are loaded as the defaults at start-up.)
-area:(Use default area for system driver) When a Windows printer driver is used, this driver's defaults are used and the following settings for the widths of the unprintable areas are ignored.
-LM: Width of the unprintable area on the left side of the paper
-TM: Width of the unprintable area at the top of the paper
The origin in a TeX dvi file is located one inch to the right from the left end of the paper and one inch from the top. Usually, the printer cannot print from the top left edge of the page. If these unprintable areas are not corrected, the origin on pages might be offset to right downward.
If the Windows defaults is not proper, remove the check for -area:, then adjust -LM: and -TM:. The dvi file for printing position adjustment is provided with dviout. The origin of this dvi file should be correctly positioned (cf. Adjusting the Print Position).
If these values are increased, the printing position on the paper is shifted to left or upward. (These parameters are used to correct the position difference between in Printing and in Preview.)
Note: If a built-in dviout driver is used, the -LM: and -TM: settings are always enabled.
Note: If you want to temporarily shift the printing position, use -OX: and -OY: and not -LM: and -TM:.
-RM: Width of the unprintable area on the right side of the paper
-BM: Width of the unprintable area at the bottom of the paper
Note 1: Since -RM: and -BM: are processed in Windows 95 (by the printer driver), usually they do not have to be set. These values do not affect the printing positions.
Note 2: If landscape is selected by [Paper], since the images rotated 90 degrees clockwise are printed, the TeX dvi origin is adjusted by -TM: and -RM:.
(When returning to the correct orientation (rotating the paper 90 degrees counterclockwise, specifically placing the TeX dvi origin at the top left), increasing -TM:, moves the origin to left, while increasing -RM:, moves the origin up.)
Only when the built-in dviout LIPS III/IV and ESC/Page drivers are employed, the position is adjusted by -LM: and -TM: with landscape being the same as portrait.
--- Printing without Windows printer drivers (-dviprt: setting) ---
dviprt is default: The default is to follow the -dviprt: setting and not use the Windows printer driver in the printing dialog (corresponding to a checked dviprt in the printing dialog).
follow default dpi: When the specified built-in dviout printer driver is used, the default dpi of the built-in driver is used and not the dpi set by dviout.
[CFG file]: This button specifies the configuration file when printing uses an external printer configuration file in the built-in dviout printer driver.
-dviprt: This specifies the process and the parameters when the console dviprt or dvips etc.is called to print or the built-in dviout driver is used (This is the case when Windows printer drivers are not used for printing).