Black Box 5250 User Manual

• 17 to 15 Pitch Correction: Most PC printers do not support 15-pitch

printing, but host systems use 15 pitch in many applications. If the
printer supports 17 pitch and you would like to print 15 pitch, select
this option by moving the cursor to the option and pressing [ENTER].
You will be prompted for the number of the printer session to modify.

Be aware that your printer might print very slowly in 15 pitch.
You can also be turn this option ON and OFF from the Printer-

Control Screen (see Section 7.6.1).

• Auto Printer Sharing: When Auto Printer Sharing is enabled, you can

print from either the host or the PC. Like pitch correction, you can
turn this option ON and OFF from the Printer-Control Screen (see 
Section 7.6.1

).

• Orientation (3812 only): Use this option to select the default print

orientation. Your choices are Computer Output Reduction (COR),
Portrait, or Landscape. You will be prompted for the number of the
printer session to modify.

• APO (3812 only): Use this option to enable or disable Automatic Page

Orientation. When enabled together with COR orientation (see the
preceding paragraph), landscape orientation will be automatically
selected if the page is wider than it is high. Portrait will be selected if
the paper is higher than it is wide. (See Section 8.2 for more
information.) You will be prompted for the number of the printer
session to modify.

• Paper Size: Use this option to select the size of paper used in the

printer as follows:

Normal:

Letter size: 8.5 x 11 in. (216 x 280 mm) or
Legal size: 8.5 x 14 in. (216 x 356 mm)

A4:

A4 size: 8.27 x 11.69 in. (210 x 297 mm)

No Size:

Whatever size is loaded in the printer

You will be prompted for the number of the printer session to modify.