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The StarLaserPrinter8 emulatesthe operationof fourwidelyused
printers:
cHP LaserjetPlus,a laserprinter
Diablo630, a daisywheelprinter
EpsonEX.800,a dot matrixprinter
IBM Proprinter,
a
dot matrixprinter
Withthiscapability, t heStarLaserPrinter8 willoperatewitha wide
range of applicationsprogramson the market,both old and new.
Chapter7 in thismanualprovidesthecharactercodesthatwillallow
your Star Laser to emulate each of these printers (for detailed
instruction on usingthisinformation, p leaserefertotheApplications
Manual). Chapter8 providesthe informationthatwillallowyouto
useyourprinterwithfourpopularapplications p rograms:
L otus 1-2-
3, WordPe~ect, Microsoft Word,
and
Microsoft Windows.
Chapters9 and 10 describethe maintenanceand troubleshooting
operationstokeep yourStarLaserworkingin "likenew"condition.
LASER PRINTING
Beforeyoubeginlearningaboutyournew StarLaserPrinter8, you
may findit helpfulto knowsomethingaboutlaserprintingitself.
A laseris actuallyabeam oflightofjust onewavelength
(Laser
is an
acronymfor
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radia-
tion).
Suchabeamoflight,describedasintenseor<'highlycoherent,"
can be focusedverysharply.Lasers,generatedby gases,liquids,or
semiconductors, a re widelyused in applications rangingfrom sur-
gery to the visualarts.
Laser printingis a processthat uses a laser beam — in this case,
generatedby a semiconductor — to activateportionsof an electri-
cally chargedsurface. These activatedparts ~present the words,
numbers,or graphicsbeing sent from the computerfor printing.
Otherpartsof theprintertransferthisimagetopaper,thencleanthe
surfaceand prepareit to receivemoreinformationto be printed.
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