Star Micronics LaserPrinter 8 Operator's Manual page 65

To get into theProgramMode,you mustperformtwo actions:
cPress[ON LINE] untilthe lightgoesof, then
Press [PROGRAM]
The screenwillrespondby displayingthephrase
PROGRAM MODE
The orderof the maincategorieswithinProgramModeis:
CHARACTER
LAYOUT
PAPER FEED
COMMAND
INTERFACE
SET INIT. VALUES
SET POWER-UP
LOAD FACTORY SET
Youmovefromoneitemto thenextinthislevelbypressing~EXT].
Pressing[ENTER]displaysthenextitemof thenexthigherlevel. If
no suchitemexists,ENTER] displaysthevaluethatis tobe selected
with @ added. [ON LINE] ends the program mode. Pressing
[PREVIOUS]returnsthedisplaytothelastitemat thesamelevelyou
are currentlyin. Pressing[EXIT] displaysthe last item at the next
lowerlevel.
Here'showthisworksinreallife,usinga portionof theCOMMAND
grouphierarchy.Taketheprinterofflineandpress[PROGRAMIso
the displayreads
PROGRAM MODE
Press [NEXT] untilthe displayreads
COMMAND
Thenpress [ENTER] untilthedisplayreads
EMULATION
Pressing[ENTER] willdisplayoneof the following:
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