THE Reference - SET Commands

SET PRINTER - define printer spooler name
Syntax:: [SET] PRINTER spooler|[OPTION options]
Description:: The SET PRINTER command sets up the print spooler name to determine where output from the PRINT command goes.; The options can be one of the following: CPI n (characters per inch) LPI n (lines per inch) ORIENTation Portrait|Landscape FONT fontname (name of fixed width font); No checking is done for printer options. ie. You may specify a font that THE doesn 't know about, and the printing process may not work after that.'; The defaults for page layout for Win32 are: CPI 16 LPI 8 ORIENTation Portrait FONT LinePrinter BM; options are only valid for Win32 platform. Printer output for the Win32 platform ALWAYS goes to the default printer. Therefore, the spooler option is invalid on this platform.
Compatibility:: XEDIT: N/A; KEDIT: Compatible. THE adds more funtionality.
Default:: LPT1 - DOS/OS2, lpr - Unix, default - Win32
See Also:: PRINT
Status:: Complete.