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  • Page 1 APPLICATIONS MANUAL 80821860...
  • Page 2 LaserPrinter 4: StarMicronicsCo., Ltd. PageMaker: Aldus Corporation BitStream, Zapf Humanist: BitstreamInc. Canon: CanonInc. HP, LaserJet ffP: Hewlett-Packard Company LaaerControl: Insight Dcvelcpment Inc. IBM PC: Intematicmal B usiness MachinesCorp. Optim~ Century Schoolbook: Linotype Corporation Lotus 1-2-3: Lotus DevelopmentCorporation MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC, Window%Word: Microsoft corporation MultiMate: Multimatcfntematicnal Epson, FX-8SO:.%&o...
  • Page 3 About this manual This Star LaserPrinter4 ApplicationsManual gives you the information you need to programthe Star MicronicsLaserPrinter4. Why wouldyou read this book? Mostpeopleusing a laser printerjust run softwarepackageswithbuilt-inprinterdrivers,whichlookaftereverything theircomputerssendtheirprinters. Butmanyofus- smallbusinesspeople and home computerusers, not to mention the wizards who write those softwarepackages—wanttobenefitfromallthenewfeaturesofferedbyour pnntem.
  • Page 4 For most of us, the “Fonts”chapterwillbe useful: how to use the fonts built into the LaserPrinter 4, plus those that come on cartridges or computerdisks. You may neverlook at chapters4 and 5, whichcover Star LaserPrinter 4 commands.
  • Page 5 Conventions Incidentally, o neof thoseTechnicalSupplementtablessuggestsa coupleof typographicconventionswe’lluse. Baseten (decimal)numberswillgener- ally be used here; if we have to use base sixteennumbers(hexadecimal) we’ll expresslysay so. Andsecond,thelowercaseL ispracticallyidenticalto thenumberone(1ver- sus 1). BecauselowercaseL is used in manycommanddescriptions, w e’ll use the character/to avoidconfusion. The Star LaserPrinter4 OperationsManual Thismanualisthecompanion to theStarLaserPrin?er4 OperatwnsiWanuaZ that camewithyourprinter.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER1 GETTINGTO KNOWYOURSTAR LASERPRINTER4 1.1StarLaserPrinter 4 Hardware ..1 1.2StarLaserPrinter 4 Software ...-5 CHAPTER2 CONTROLLING YOURPRINTER 2.1Printer Parameters ..O... 13 2.2Controlling t hePrinter ... 16 2.3Controlling t hePage...20 2.4Controlling t hePrinting ... 25 2.5TheStarLaserPrinter 4 SuWmet...26 CHAPTER3 FONTS 3.1FontTerminology ...31...

  • Page 7: Chapter1 Gettingto Knowyourstar

    Getting to Know Your Star LaserPrinter T& chapterintroducesboththe hardwareand softwareaspectsof the Star LaserPrinter4’s personality,from fonts and print engine to ASCII and Escape sequences. 1.1 STARLASERPRINTER 4 HARDWARE 1.1.1 Versatility YourStarMicronicsStarLaserPrinter4workswithpracticallyall commer- cial softwareprogramsandcomputers.Withfeaturesthatgo beyondStar’s easy, affordable9-pinand fast, quality-printing 24-pindot matrixprinters the Star Laser Printer is the logical next step in the series of fine Star Micronicsprintem.
  • Page 8 TheStarLaserPrinter4isidealfordesktoppublishing. T hepagesitproduces makeperfectphotocopyor instant-printmasters.And all the main desktop publishingsystems,includingAldusCorporation’s PageMaker andXerox VenturaPubisher,worksplendidlywiththeStarLaserPrinter4.With“page makeup”programsliketheseyou willbe able—maybefor the firsttime— to delivercommunicationswith the impactof top-notchgraphics. 1.1.2Font options Youcan print with an amazinglywidevarietyof typefontsand sizes.The Star LaserPrinter4 comeswith seven built-infonts, which can be printed from 8.5 pointsto 12pointsin size (apoint is about 1/72of an inch).
  • Page 9 The serial interfaceacceptsjust one bit at a time from your computer.A parallelinterfacecanhandlea wholebyteatonce,bymovingdatabitsside- by-sidealongseparatewires.Youchoosewhichinterfacemethodyouwant to useby selectingit on the controlpanel,as explainedin yourStarLuser- Printer4 OperationsManual. 1.2.4 TheStar LaserPrinter4 is a computer The StarLaserPrinter4 firstmaps the charactemto be printedinto its own randomaccessmemory(RAM).Thatis, theprinterbuildsa “picture”in its memorycorresponding to thepageyouwantto print.Whenthat’sdonethe printercan reproducethepageontopaperon itsown,lettingyourcomputer get on with other work.
  • Page 10 1.2.5 ThePrint engine It’s the print engine that-formsthe actual charactersand graphics.The enginedirectsitslaser,apinpointstreamof lightpulses,throughmirrorsand lensesonto the surfaceof a positively-charged rotatingdrum. Photosensitive drum Asthelaserscans,it “draws”thepage-mapstoredin yourprinter’smemory. Wherevera lightpulsestrikes,that tiny part of the drumdropsto a neutral electricalcharge. That spot then attracts fine toner powder as the drum rotatespast the powdercompartment.

  • Page 11: Starlaserprinter 4 Software

    1.2 STARLASERPRINTER 4 SOFTWARE 1.2.1 Binaryand hexadecimalarithmetic 1fyou already know what hexadecimalnumbers are, you can skip this sectionand go aheadto read aboutASCII. The decimalnumber systemwith which we’re all familiaris a positional counting system. There’s the “ones” position, the “tens” position, the “hundreds”positionandsoon.
  • Page 12 Thateight-bitbinarystring,or byte,canbe brokenintotwohalves.The left or high-orderpart containing0100is calledthe zoneportion;the rightpart holdingthe 1010iscalledthedigitsportion.Andinthehexadecimal n umber system, the zone and digit parts of that byte are representedas 4 and A respectively(lookthem up in the list above). So the laser printerunderstandsthe symbolJ as 01001010, whichwe can also representas the decimalnumber74 or the hexadecimalnumber4A.
  • Page 13 o x 27 = o 1 x 26 = 64 25 = o 24 = o 23 = 8 x 2’ = o 1x 21 = 2 0 x 2° = Q 74 Decimal zone digits 0100 1010 Binary The ASCII table in the TechnicalSupplementshows all these equivalent ~presentationsfor the symbolsyour laser printer understands.The table organizesthemin ascendingorder.In fact,ASCIIis organizedin a waythat actuallymakessense.
  • Page 14 <ESC> control code has a special meaning: <ESC> means “the next characterspecifiesa command,not somethingto be printed”. Thereforeif you sendjust the character4 to the printerit will print a 4 and that’sall. Butif yousendthe cESC> codejustbefore the4 thentheprinter (in FX-850 mode) will switch over to italics text. Extendingthe control codesthis way givesyou manymorecommandsto controlyourprinter.In...
  • Page 15 WordPerfect a ndMicrosoftWord a~ strongatthis,butareby no meansthe only good font manipulator. If you have troubleusing a particularprogramwith yourStar LaserPrinter 4, you’ll probably get answers most quickly by asking your software supplierhow the programinteractswith yourprinter. Inthismanualwe referto programs,fontsandotherproductssoldby several companies. P leasemalizethatmentioningtheseproductsdoesnotmeanStar Micronicsendomesthem in any way.
  • Page 16 WIDTHstatementas shown.That lets us print over the wholepage area. The <BEL>controlcode— ASCIIcode7 —is sentin BASICas CHR$(7). ThecESG codeitselfis CHR$(27).Andbecausewe’reusingthecharacter 4 as part of an cESC> command,we type CHR$(52)insteadof “4”. So if you start BASICand type thesecommands: 10 ‘ EXAMPLE 20 WIDTH “LPT1 :“,255 30 LPRINTCHR$ (7) 40 LPRINTCHR$ (27) ;...
  • Page 17 Most programminglanguages,and someversionsof BASIC,let you treat the printeras a file to whichyou can senddata.Whenyou write a program withoneof theselanguagesyou“open”theprinterfile,printintoit, andthen “close”the file whenyou’redone.This programming jargon soundsfunny if you’renot used to it— but it works. A fewprogramminglanguageslet yousendcommandsto theprintera third way. Applesoft BASIC is one. With it, you can switch between printer outputand screenoutput.
  • Page 18 MEMO...

  • Page 19: Chapter2 Controlling Yourprinter

    The specificcommandsyou can sendto yourprinterto makeit emulate,or work like, other printers are described in chapters 4 and 5. The most importantfact aboutprintercommands,though,is that you may not even needto knowhowto use them.If yoursoftwaresystemsincludetheirown printer drivers, you may want to read only this chapter and skip all of chaptem4 and 5.
  • Page 20 [TEST/>]buttonforthrecsecondhandreleaseitjust afterSTATUSSHEET is displayedwhenthe laser printeris offline,it finishesprintingthe current page and then feedsin and prints a statussheet. Somebuttonson the panellet you performtwo functions.Holdingone of those buttons down, rather than quickly pressing it, selects a different operation.For example,holdingdown the [TEST/>]button for over six secondsafter STATUSSHEETis displayedmakesthe Star LaserPrinter4 print its test pattern.
  • Page 21 On the otherhand,yoursoftwarewillprobablychangethe currentsettings many times withinthe samedocument,with every changeof font or print style. 2.1.4 How to changeparameters With the printeroffline,if you press the [PROGRAM]buttonthe printer goesinto“program’ ’mode. Youcanthenstepthroughthelaserprinter’sfour levelsof programmenu to configureyourprinter(see page46-48,opera- tionsManual).That’stheprocessofchangingcertainprintersettingssoyour...

  • Page 22: Controllingthe Printer

    It’s actuallyprettyeasy. Flippingthroughand settingparametersfrom the panel is describedin detailin the StarL.userPrinter 4 OperationsManual. Basically,all you do is press the [ < ] or [ > ] buttonsto scrollthroughthe sequenceof possibleparametersandvalues,whichis clearlyshownon the paneldisplay.Youpress [ v ] whenyouwantto go downandscrollthrough a lower menu level. And you also press [ particularmenu item as the valuefor a currentparametersetting.
  • Page 23 Serialinterface:rate If you askfor the Serialinterfaceyou’llhaveto tell yourprintermoreabout how the datawillbe comingin-in particularits rate and unit size and the meaningsof any specialbits. The Rate parameterspecifieshow fast data will be arriving,measuredin baud(namedaftertheFrenchcommunications e ngineerJeanBaudot).Pick any of the followingdata transferrates: 300 baud 600 baud 1200baud 2400baud...
  • Page 24 Somepmgrammem calltheXONand XOFFcontrolcodes“kisson andkiss off’ otherscallthesameprotocolDC1andDC3(fordevicecontrol).Either way,thesecodeslet yourprinterrunthe show,tellingthe computerwhento start and stop sendingdata. Yourprinterasksto havedata held back when its memoryis nearlyfull or when it sensesan ERRORcondition. DTR (DataTerminalReady)protocoldoes the same thing slightlydiffer- ently.The printersendsa continuoushigh-voltagesignaloverthe cableas long as it can accept data, but drops the voltage to say “whoa” to the computer.
  • Page 25 You selectwhichemulationyou want eitherby selectingit from the print programmenuon the StarLaserPrinter4’s controlpanel,or by sendingthe printerone of the supersetcommandsat the end of this chapter. 2.2.4 Whatare the emulatedprinters like? Mostof thetimeyouwillprobablychooseHPLaserJet11P emulation, w hich is the defaultwhen you turn on the Star LaserPrinter4. That’sbecausethe LaserJetIIP, like the Star LaserPrinter4, is a laserprinter.This emulation...

  • Page 26: Controllingthe Page

    2.2.6 Hints: Thehex dump To make your Star LaserPrinter4 ‘printin hexadecimalratherthan the usualASCIIsymbols,pressthecontrolpanelbuttonsthatput the printer offline and in PROGRAMmode. Moveto the EMULATIONparame- ter’s HEX DUMPsettingand selectON. SomecontrolorEscapecodescanbeproblemson a fewcomputers;those computemchangecertaincodeswhensendingthemto the printer.If you thinkyou havethisproblemyouneedto see exactlywhatyourprinteris receiving. W erecommendyouruna shortprogramthatloopsthroughand printsthe ASCIItable.Print in hexadecimalratherthan theusualASCII symbols.
  • Page 27 2.3.2 Hints:Paper, labels and transparencies The best paperfor the StarLaserPrinter 4 has a smoothfinish and is of 60to 105g/m2weight.Anypaperdesignedforphotocopiers shoulddothe trickthough;Xemx4024andCanonNP printnicely. Highqualitycotton bondpaper,whichcontainsupto25percentcottonfibres,workspassably well with even heavierweights.
  • Page 28 If you frequentlychangepaperweights,you will probablyget skewing problems—lines that print at an anglebecauseof misfeeding.For best results,whenyourStarLaserPrinter4is firstsetup havethepaperfeeder “squared”for paperof at least 60 grams.Lighterpaper,thoughcheaper, isn’t reallythe way to economize. Wantto printon yourown preprintedletterhead?Fine—so long as your logo’isn’t thermographed. T hick coloredink may look luxurious,but it can also windup stuckalloveryourprinter’sroller.Stayawayfrom any inksthatsoftenat relativelylowtemperatures;...
  • Page 29 2.3.3 TheLAYOUTparameter The layoutor@mat or setup of a page refersto how text is positionedon the page. Layout includespage orientation,margins and the spacing of charactersacrossand lines down the page. You can controlthese with the LAYOUTparameter. You probably won’t use the LAYOUT parameter on the front panel’s piograrnmenu very much though.Mostof the time you’lleitherleavethe Star LaserPrinter4 with its defaultsettings,or look after page formatting with commandsyou send fmm your computer.
  • Page 30 Line Feed code,usuallywhenit bumpsinto the right margin. You’llprobablylet yourcomputerprogramset thelinedepth.Butfromthe panelyou can set the VMI value in incrementsfrom 1/48to 255/48of an inch. 2.3.4 Movingtheprint position:a preview Wh.h dot-matrixanddaisywheel p rinters,youpickwheretoprintonthepage eitherby movingtheprintheadbackandforthor bymovingthepaperitself. Laserpnntemdon’thaveprintheads, b uttheprincipleremainsthesame:you haveto sayexactlywhereon thepageeachpictureandstringof textisto go, so each page can be constructedin the printer’smemory.

  • Page 31: Controllingthe Printing

    The commandsthatmovethe printpositionin all theseways are described in chapters4 and 5, with the specificprinteremulationyou wantto use. 2.4 CONTROLLINGTHE PRINTING 2.4.1 TheEMULATEATTRIBUTES parameter TheEMULATEATI’RIBUTES parameterdefinesf&t attributesand setup values(if any) for each of the Star LaserPrinter4’s two emulationmodes.
  • Page 32 Strokeweightdefineshow bold a typefaceprints. Finally, typt$aceitself means the artisticdesign of a font. Your printer’s internaltypefacesinclude,LinePrinterand Courier.With the Star Laser- Printer 4 you can also use Helvet, Gothic, Script, Caslon, Orator and hundredsmom typefaces,whichyouload intothe printerfrom cartridgeor computerdisk. Whenyou enablefontsetupparameterson the controlpanel,it meansyou startoff with particularfontattributesas defaultswhenyou first choosean emulatioq.WiththeFX-850emulationyoucanenableproportional s pacing...
  • Page 33 2.5.3 The ChangeEmulationcommand YoucanthinkofthesupersetChangeEmulationcommandasthekeyto your Star LaserPrinter4. The ChangeEmulationsupersetcommand lets you switchfmm one set of printercommandsto another“on the fly,” through software. ThisisthecommandthatdefineswhatothercommandstheStarLaserPrinter 4 will accept.WithChangeEmulationyouindicatewhichprinteremulation programyou wantthe printerto use. [ so you can quicklyspot...
  • Page 34 <ESC> [ E n For the value of n you enter a numberfrom this table: EMULATION O(zero)HP LaserJetUP EpsonFX-850 2.5.4 The Select Orientationcommand The SelectOrientationsupersetcommandlets you changethe “attitude”in whichthe Star LaserPrinter4 prints. To changefmm oneorientationto theotheryousendthisSelectOrientation Escape sequence: <ESC> [ O n...
  • Page 35 tationcommandyoumaywantto followit withEscapesequencesto change thesideandtopmarginsandpaperlengthsettings.(Alternatively, y oucould put the printerofflineand reset these fmm the controlpanel, as described underLAYOUTearlier.) 2.5.5 ThePaper Size command The Paper Size supersetcommandlets you changethe papersizein which the Star LaserPrinter4 prints. This is the commandthat defines what size the Star LaserPrinter4 will accept.
  • Page 36 For the value of n you enter a numberfrom this table: PAPER FEEDER Multi-purposetray Multi-purposetray optionalcassette Optionalcassette Optionalcassettefor onesheet,thenswitchesto theMuM- purposetray Thiscommand,if givenatthebeginningof a page,controlsthefeederof the sheeton which to printthat page. If the commandis notatthebeginningof thepage,it willforcea FormFeed and controlthe feeder of the sheet on which to print the new page which follows.

  • Page 37: Chapter3 Fonts

    tie fontsyouuse determinewhatyourpageswilllooklike. In this chapter we’ll first clari~ the meaningsof wordspeopleuse when they talk about fonts. Next we’ll examinethe threekindsof fonts(internal,cartridgeand down- loaded) that you can use on your Star LaserPrinter4. We’ll cover the particularsets of symbolsyou can choosefor those fontstoo. Finally,we’ll find out how to load the printerwith your selectionof fonts.
  • Page 38 Italiccharacters(sometimescalled“oblique”)are slanted.Ordinaryupright charactemm oftencalled“reman”.YourStarLaserPrinter4 comeswith a built-inupright Couriertypeface.Moreover,from any of the Star Laser- Printer 4’s built-intypefacesyou can select a subset of upright symbols calledRoman-8. Afont is a completeset of charactersin a particularsizeandtypeface.In the worldof laserprintm, thethreevariablesmentionedabove—weight,width and style—are a few~ontattributes(sometimescalled “font characteris- tics”).
  • Page 39 The o has beenkerned closer to th- A font is a complete characters in a particular size and type[ ace. Uu Proportional spacing L;ading is tho baselineto baseline m~asuremcnt. 3.1.3 Font spacingandpitch You probably first heard the word pitch in connectionwith typewriters. Typewntersnonnallyusemonospacedspacing: t heygiveeachcharacterthe same amountof spaceon the line.

  • Page 40: Howthestarlaserprinter 4 Stores Fonts

    Everysizeofprintyouwant,pluseveryitalicorboldfacevecsion, h asitsown bit map and is normallyconsidereda separatefont. It takesa gooddeal of printermemoryto hold all the fontsyoumightwant at any givenmoment. Star Las&Pnnter 4 fonts can be grouped into three categories:internal, cartridge,and downloadablefonts. 3.2.2 Internalfonts The StarLaserPrinter4 has sevenbuilt-ininternulfontsthat resideperma- nently in its read-onlymemory (ROM).That’s why these are sometimes...
  • Page 41 3.2.3 Cartridgeand downloadedfonts YourStar LaserPrinter4 can use two otherkindsof fonts,alongwiththose built into the printer. Curtridgefonts,like the internalones, are permanentlystored on ROM chips.The differenceis thatthoseROMsarein removablecartridges.Your Star LaserPrinter4 has a slot for one font cartridge. A cartridgemay hold anywherefrom half a dozen to two dozen fonts, all differingfmm the internalfontsin size, style,strokeweightor symbolset.
  • Page 42 Outlinefontsdemandawesomecomputingpowerof the printerthough, so they’ve been available only on laser printers considerablymore expensive than the Star LaserPrinter 4. Now, with programs like Fontware,your Star LaserPrinter4 can turn out elegantprintin any size withoutthat high price. Don’t hesitateto ask your Star dealerwhere you can buy cartridgeand downloadablefonts.

  • Page 43: Symbolsets

    3.3 SYMBOLSETS summarizebriefly,to put the subjectof symbolsets in context. Let’s The attributesof a font determinewhat that font will look like when it is printed. We covered all but orientationat the start of this chapter, and orientationin the last chapter.A font’sattributesinclude: orientation(portraitor landscape) symbol (whichwe’ll look at next)
  • Page 44 Youprobablywon’tchangesymbolsetsveryoften,unlessyouneedspecial symbolsfor your tradeor regularlywritein a languageother than English. Whenyoudoneedthem,though,inoneoranotheremulationmodeyourStar LaserPrinter4 supportssymbolsets for all these countries: U.S. (ASCII) UnitedKingdom Germany Italy Spain Besidestheseyourprintersupportssetscontaining just symbols,suchasthe Greek alphabet(13), logicsymbols(S), arrows(t), the qjistered trademark symbol(@)and so on. 3.3.2 Each emulationhas symbolsets Yourlaser printer worksby emulatingor followingcommandsdeveloped originallyfor otherprinters.One of the StarLaserPrinter8’s advantagesis thatit offefi youa choiceofseveralbuilt-insymbolsetsforeachfontineach emulation.

  • Page 45: Managingfonts

    If you wanta characterthat’snot in the font you’reusing,don’thesitateto grab it. Just sendthe Escapesequencesthat selectyourdesiredsymbolset, print with it, then go back to your originalfont. 3.4 MANAGINGFONTS You can see whichfonts are currentlyselectedon your Star LaserPrinter4 by printinga statussheetin offlinemode,as mentionedat the beginningof this chapter.AnotherTESTmodemenu item,describedin the StarLuser-...
  • Page 46 A few of today’scomputerprogramslet you see severaldifferentfont sizesandtypefaceson yourcomputerscreen.Thatcapabilityisnecessary if you wantto see on-screenexactlywhatwillprint on yourStar Laser- Printer 4. Desktoppublishemcall this capabilityWYSIWYG—“what you see is what you get”. Whenyou designyourpages,don’tvary fontsizejustto fit text intothe spaceavailable.Go with a size that’seasy to read and be consistent.
  • Page 47 Optjonalfonts 7 t 1 p 3.4.4 Usjngcartrjdgefonts t a f o a c 2 u e D n i 3.4.5 How to downloadfonts t d i c o a c o o t t u t C...
  • Page 48 3.4.6 Downloadinga font:exampleone i f a c f t f w b t s 3.4.7 Downloadinga font: exampletwo “ y k i an P o T ( t b y h Y o N f y t u d...
  • Page 49 “ f a t a f c Y f y o a y 3.4.8 Hints:Managingmemory 4 i y i H L o f f i t c...
  • Page 50 i i t w i y u a p A a g t t i i a m i a c i h t s i a n i n a o a n...

  • Page 51: Hplaserjet I Ipcommands

    HP LaserJetIIP C o m m a n d s ‘ i H L 1 i a l A t e 4.1.1 Whatdo LaserJetIIP commands/ooklike? E f r < i a s C i t 1 i a e a w d i C “...
  • Page 52 < i a a < & 6 M 4.1.2 CombiningEscapesequences a < ( 2 ) ; “ & ; “ w t s o i a B i c “ “ t b i A c b c b o r...
  • Page 53 < < < < (S 1s 4.2.1 Self test < t z i l i i m i i d botiface Cowzkr. 4 i p i t o I t p o a t u i y...
  • Page 54 4.2.2 Set numberof copies u t 9 c < & X t d i c 4.2.3 Set feed selection c d i p Y u t < & F n e 4.2.4 Reset t s a y < b i t...
  • Page 55 4.2.5 Example:Printercontrols < < < A a B i i i w i i d Youcan n w p t & “ : “ , ; “ Z “ ( 2 ) ; “ ; “ a i p o a l i i m “...
  • Page 56 4.3.1 Page Length < & n i t n a “ a a p o a p o a p o t p i c b a n o t 6 l p i a t h t l t “...
  • Page 57 < & w g o yous “ 4.3.2 Side margins Executive & o i p n @ L s o p o a c O B 1...
  • Page 58 < 4.3.3 Topmargin o a l t s t ‘ < & 4.3.4 Textlengthand the bottommargin f n y n t b t c t “ o a “ i t c n t b t n “...
  • Page 59 < & t s t < & B i y 4.3.5 Example:Page formatting top margin=8 Iirme { len length. 100 lines bottom margin 4 lines – ( “ t d i t column 10 column 70 ,,, . ,:.: occasional footnotes...
  • Page 60 A i p s w c < & 1 & 1 & < 4.4.1 Many ways to move Y c m t o u o b s o a p t b i m t t s 4 t m...
  • Page 61 4.4.2 Linesper inch < & F n y o 4 I y 4.4.3 Definingthe spaceand column o t l i t w i i m a t C i 1 u < < & n H o a t w...
  • Page 62 4.4.5 Definingline depth b i i o a i < &/n C 4.4.6 Movingthe PRINTpositionhorizontally t “ o a “ t s t t “ i a l Ot 3 I n i z w b p o a i...
  • Page 63 4.4.7 Horizontalmoves:by columns,decipoints and dots & n C f n y S t m & 4 B t m < & + < & n H f n y b a+ o s Y c m < * n X f n y b a + o –...
  • Page 64 < t d t 4.4.8Moving theprint position vertically A i y m 4.4.9 Verticalmoves:bylines, decipointsand dots < & n R < & 4 B t m & + < & n V a a t i n p o t p...
  • Page 65 < * n Y f ny p e b a + o – s S t m < < * – 4.4.10 Combiningmove commands A w m < < & + 4.4.11 Backspace < a + o u o d...
  • Page 66 4.4.12 Carriagereturn <cFb 4.4.13-Linefeeds o a l < asc> = < & 4.4.14 Form feed This a i s <m i s b t –.5 t < b a t u t l y t a n...
  • Page 67 < & n G F n e < < < o < < 4.4.16 Autowrap w g u < < a < a < a < a < < & 2 G f e...
  • Page 68 &snc I f n B i f n y f a w 4.4.17 Pushingand popping theprint position “ c “ i o t w t k o u t 2 p t t l i n w...
  • Page 69 1 t p Font selection a t f b i a i S i y t p i t 4.5.2 Selectingprimary or secondaryfonts O t t Y c d i t f < o b f i a E...
  • Page 70 < < <so> Assigningfont ID numbers w t d a < < a I n t a i a I n *C n < i b u i t p i T m n a s...
  • Page 71 Selectingdownloadedfonts w t s i a y < ( n X n i y < ) n X Font attributes w t s i y d just zips b c g i t u f “ a I n u < o <...
  • Page 72 ’ 4 i m a i m <Esc> & f n y Y u t s f y h a a o a p Ot g p o 1 t g l s i R a t c...
  • Page 73 first < F n e 3 o 9 s f t...
  • Page 74 < f n s < ( n @ F n e VALUE o 1 ( a o t o t c a i c s f y...
  • Page 75 T d t < ) n @ F n e VALUE s a y n o t g t i R < ( I @ < s a p t u a p o al w d t j t u t G...
  • Page 76 B i y (S n < f n y i ah < o 1 1 o 1 (S n < f ny p i h < ( 1 H w p < Y c u a d < & n S ( 3 t p f a f t g m...
  • Page 77 F n y 1 c ( (S n < < (S n < f n y < i a r o a f a f i n a Oi y o 1 i y o 1 d a u t I a p...
  • Page 78 < i t p I ap < F n e – ( t g t b 4 d < & n H t b u 4 d o a t m t + ( I a m o t d...
  • Page 79 < o a m w o f t < < < < )S Op < t t s 0 O O i a e i a r o o r t p t...
  • Page 80 Underline < & n D f n y < & How to print Escapesequencesand control codes t s e ( 2 ) : “ ) s n a f a a p t g f o 3 t g f a i t a i i s –...
  • Page 81 T u T < & n X F n y n a s i o T t < < Font control d n g d t a f < a a b o t t b a Z i o a u...

  • Page 82: Controlling F Onts

    F n e A b o e o a i Example:Controllingfonts i t s t a i 6 t c i a I n 6 I y...
  • Page 83 “ ( 2 ) ; “ ; “ ” ’...
  • Page 84 Example:Assigningfont numbers d a p “ “ “ t a c ; “ ( : “ ( ( 1 ) : ( 2 ) : “ c I ) : “ C6 ; “ ( : “ (...
  • Page 85 4.6.1 Font designis tedious i a f a e o o a f 4.6.2 How to downloadyour own fonts i a a i s t t d t i t a t s i y o t m o u t 2...
  • Page 86 I t y a I t y “ < i t p < a‘ < i a n t b s a I n I i i t o i a t b c w b d < T g y...
  • Page 87 <ESC> 103E And immediatelyafterit you sendthe bits thatmakeup the characterg. 4) Describing each character in your font The next step is to describeeach of yourcharacters,“mapping”whereyou wanteach dot to go. Send this commandbeforeeach character: <ESC>...
  • Page 88 to describe and map your character. Sixteen bytes are needed for the description;the bit-map takes as many bytes as you’ve put into each charactercell—perhapstwo or tie As withthe fontheader,eachbytein the characterdescriptionis a number, sent as the symbol at that positionin the ASCII table. Codingcharacter descriptionsis tricky too, so again we recommend you ask your Star Micronicsdealer for help.

  • Page 89: Graphics

    1) Definethe resolution 2) Set the orientationof the graphicimage 3) Issue the commandto start graphics 4) Issuethe commandto set the compressiontechnique(if any)of the graphicaldata 5) Send the commandswhichtransferthe graphicsdata 6) Send the commandto end graphics Beforegraphicsare sent to the printer,the resolutionmust be set. This is achievedusing the followingcommand: <ESC>*t n R...
  • Page 90 If the first byteof thepairis equalto zero,thedatainthesecondbyteis notrepeated. Where n=2,the data to followis in TaggedImage File Format (TIFF) confofrningto RV.4.O standards.The demandsof spacedo not allow a detailed discussion of TIFF standards here, but briefly, TIFF files combinefeaturesof non-encodedandnon-encoded. f des. Manyproprie- tary graphicspackagesuseTIFFencodingwhenstoringandtransmitting graphicdata.
  • Page 91 Definingthedimensionsoftheareayouwantto filljust meansindicatingthe horizontalandverticalsizeofthepattcm,or therule’slengthandthickness. You can indicatedimensionsin eitherdotsor decipoints(tenthsof a point). At 300dotsor 720decipointsto the inch,decipointmeasurementsaremore accurate.The printer converts decipointvalues into dots, using 2.4 de- cipoints to the dot. It rounds up fractions to the next integer. So 1225 decipointswouldworkoutto510.4dots,andthepnnterroundsthisupto511 dots.
  • Page 92 Alternatively,to show the verticaldimensionin decipoints,you send this command: <ESC> *c n V in whichn is thenumberof decipointsin therule’sthicknessor thepattern’s verticallength. 4.7.4 Choosingand printinga rule or pattern Youneedbothof the nexttwo commandsto chooseandprintthe particular patternyou wantto fill yourdefinedarea.Thesecommandsworktogether. WiththePrintPatterncommand(whichactuallycomessecond)youspecify whetheryouwantto fillyourrectangularareawithasolidblackrule,a finely dotted gray-scale pattern, or a predefine linear pattern.
  • Page 93 patternyouwant.Youalwayssendthe SpecifyPatterncommandbefo~ the PrintPatterncommand,even if you want a solidblack rule. To indicatethe particularpatternyou want, send the followingcommand. The general meaning of the n value you enter actuallydepends on the commandyou put afterthis: <ESC> *C n If youwant a solidblackruleit doesn’tmatterwhatyouput in for n, as the printerignoresit.
  • Page 94 If you want a linearpattern,for n you enterhere a patternnumberbetween 1 ~d 6 inclusive,identifyingone of the linearpatternsbelow. You always send the followingPrint Pattern command after Patterncommand.This PrintPatterncommandidentifieswhetherthe area youhavedefinedis tobefilledwitha rule,dottedgray-scalepattern,orlinear pattern: <ESC> *C n For n enter a valuefrom the followingtable.(If you selecta linearpattern here, but a dotted pattern in the previous SpecifyPattern command,the printerwill ignorethis Print Patterncommand.) n VALUE...

  • Page 95: Macros

    4.Z5 Examples:Patterngraphics To specifya blockfiveincheswideyoucoulduse ahorizontaldimensionof 1500dots (5 inchestimes 300 dots).That commandwouldlook like this: <ESC> 1500A To print that area with a 25 percentgray-scalepattern,the commandsyou send wouldbe: <ESC> <ESC> Butto printanareafilledwiththehorizontalbar pattern,thecommandsyou send wouldbe: <ESC> <ESC> (Youcouldcombinethesecommandsas <ESG *c lg 3P .) 4.8 MACROS...
  • Page 96 For examplesay you wantto deletea macronumbered80.You wouldfirst selectthatmacrowiththecommandcESC>&f80Y. Thenyouwoulddelete it with the Macro ControlcommandcESC> &f 8X as describedbelow. 4.8.2 Macro Control The Macro Control command performs several jobs for you, such as defining,mnning and deletingmacros. To manage macros you send the followingcommand: <ESC>&f n X...
  • Page 97 Deletelast specifiedmacro. Makelast specifiedmacrotemporary. Makelast specifiedmacropermanent. 4.8.3 Examp/e:Macros The followingprogramloads and runs a macro.The macrumovesan inch and a half rightand downthreeinchesfromthe top left comer of the page, whereit prints a 25 percentgray-scalebar. It then ejectsthe paper. 100 LPRINT CHR$ ( 27) ; “&f6X”...
  • Page 98 Lines500 through700 selectthe 180-dotdeep and 7200-dotwidepattern andprintit. Line 800doestheformfeedthatforcesthe actualprinting.Line 900 endsthe downloadingprocess. At the two line we selectour macro and actuallyrun it.

  • Page 99: Fx-850 Commands

    IBM PersonalComputer,which was marketedwith a modifiedEpson printer,thousandsof softwarepro- grams alreadywork with Epsonprintercommands. If youhaveaprogramthatdoesn’tworkwithlaserprintercommands, y ou’ll ahnostcertainlyfindit willworkwiththecommandsintheStarLaserPrinter 4’s FX-850emulationmode.YourStarLaserPrinter4willprintany docu- ments you createwith standardEpsoncommands. We followthe samesequencein this chapteras we did in earlierchaptem: first someprintermanagementandpagesetupcommands,thenwe’llcover commandsthatmovetheprintposition,andfinallywe’llprintourdocument with our choiceof font attributes.
  • Page 100 Butsomecommandsincludetwo nvariables,whichamshownas nl andn2. Thesenormally~pmsent bytesto be addedtogetherto produceonesum,in whichnl representssingleunits and n2 represents256-unitgroups. Finally, a few commandscan have many n variables(such as tab stops), which am listed the same way. And one or two includea second kind of variable,whichaR shownin thischapteras singlelowercaseletters,suchas c or m.

  • Page 101: Controlling T Heprinter

    left-to-right(unidirectional) p rintingcontrol<ESC>U print quiet (half speed) print immediate (“incremental”or “typewriter”mode) 5.2 CONTROLLINGTHE PRINTER 5.2.1 Puttingtheprinter onlineor offline You can send <XOF- and <XON> controlcodes (describedin Chapter2 under“SerialInterface”)to putyourprinterofflineandthenonlineagain.If youareusingaparallelinterface,anydatayourcomputersendsafteryouput the printerofflinewill not be printed. To put the printerofflinesendthis controlcode: <XoF~(sometimes shownas cDC3>) To puttheprinterbackonline,eitherpressONLINEon the controlpanelor send this command:...

  • Page 102: Formatting P Ages

    5.3 FORMATTINGPAGES 5.3.1 Page /ength You can definepagelengthin eitherinchesor lines-a matterof personal preference.WhenyoufirststartFX-850emulationyourprintersetsthepage lengthto 11 inchesand 66 lines. The deftition of a “line” dependson the lines-per-inchspacing. If you changeline spacingafter you set the page length,the page length won’t change. Andif youprintpagesactuallylongerthanthe installedpapertray, the Star LaserPrinter4 will printthem on two sheetseach.
  • Page 103 For example,say you have set the pagelengthto 84 lines (legalsize paper at 6 linesper inch),with the top-of-page8 linesdown.You then send: <ESC>N16 Thiswillgiveyou81inesoftopmargin(impliedbyyourtop-of-page setting) and 8 linesof bottommargin.Theprinterknowsyou want84-16=68 lines Qftext, so it printsthose,skips8 linesat thebottomof the firstpage,plus 8 mo~ lines at the top of the nextpageto makeup the totalperforationskip of 16lines.
  • Page 104 Samerules applyfor the rightmargin:you sendthis command: <ESC>Q n in whichn is the columnnumberfor the rightmargin. 5.3.4 How to centerorjustify text If your text processor won’t center or line up text for you, your Star LaserPrinter4 candothejob. Ymtifiedtextprintsflushagainstoneorboth side marginson both the rightand left sidesof the page.

  • Page 105: Moving Theprintposition

    LINE SPACING 1/8inch 7f72inch 1/6inch incrementsof 1/216inch incrementsof 1/72inch 5.4 MOVINGTHE PRINTPOSITION 5.4.1 Space easiestcommandfor movingthe print positionto the right acrossthe pageisjust the spacecontrolcode,the samecharactersentby the spacebar on a keyboard: <Sl% The actualdefinitionof a space(whichcan also be thoughtof as the width of a print column)is set by the pitch.
  • Page 106 <m 5.4.5 Line feed commands line spacingcommandsdefinewhat a “line”means for the following commands.The defaultverticalspacingis six lines per inch. Youuse this Line Feedcommandto movethe printposition,not to the left margin,butjust down the page one line: <LF>...
  • Page 107 To turn on left-to-rightprintingforjust one line, this is the command: <ESC>< 5.4.8 Movinghorizontallyfrom the left margin Two horizontalmotion commandssend the print positionto a particular positionon the line.Thesecommandsare basedon FX-850dots.Unfortu- natelythe FX-850offers only 60 or 120dots per inch, ratherthan the Star LaserPrinter4’susualdensityof 300 dots.
  • Page 108 Confused?Hem’s an example.This command: <ESC>$141 moves14+ (256x 1)=270 incrementsfromtheleftmargin.Thatworksout to 270/60inches,whichis four and a half inches. 5.4.9 Movinghorizontallyfrom the currentposi- tion The other horizontalmovecommand,whichmovesawayfrom the current printposition,comesin smallerincrementsof 1/120inch.Tomovethisway, firstdecidewhetheryouwantto moverightor left,andby howmany 1/120 inch increments.Then send this command: cESC>\ nl n2...
  • Page 109 <HT> 5.4.11 Verticaltabs Verticaltabs work much the same way. When you send the VerticalTab Movecommand,theprintpositionmovesdownto thenextverticaltab stop. No tabs are set when you first start FX-850emulation.

  • Page 110: Controlling Fonts

    To removeall venical tab stops,send this command: <ESC>B dW.JL> 5.4.12 Veflical tabs in channels This next pair of commands,whichlets you storeanduse severaldifferent sets of vertical tabs, is rarely used. They’re mostly for putting data into prepriritedforms,or for unusualreportsthat need differenttab settingson differentpages.
  • Page 111 To choose between access to italics or to character graphics, send this command: <ESC>t n in whichfor n if you enter 5.5.4 /international c haracters Monmver,you can overlaythe symbolset with particularcountry-specific symbols.To choosewhichinternational s ymbolsyouwishto overlay,send thiS command: <ESC>R n...
  • Page 112 Spain I Japan Norway DenmarkU Spain II Latin America 12 The particularsymbolsthe commandwill give you are shownin the chart below. (xxJNTRY US (ASCII) France Germany England Demk Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Ncmay DenrnarkII SpinII Latin America 35 36 64 91 92 91 94 96 123124125126 #$@[\l #$~~ouA,aoufi E$@[\]...
  • Page 113 You shouldalwayshaveaproportionally spacedfontselectedwhenyousendthis command.Also, you can’t condenseproportionallyspacedtext. To turn proportionalprintingon or off, send this command: <ESC>p n in whichif n is anevennumbersuchas 2 or 4 yougetproportional p rinting, andif nis anoddnumbersuchas 1or 3yougetthelast-selected monospaced pitch.
  • Page 114 5.5.7 Characterspacing FX-850 emulation lets you control the amount of space inserted after charactm, sometimescalled the oflset. You might want, for example,to justify a line of print yourself. With the CharacterSpacingcommandyou can add to the distanceeach characteradvances,in incrementsof l/120th inch.The commanddoesnot affectthe selectedpitch.
  • Page 115 To shift into condensedprint, send eitherof thesecommands: <S1> or Condensedprintwill stayon untilyou selecta differentprintmodeor send the followingCancelCondensedprint controlcode,whichreturnsprinting to the 10-pitchdefault: <DC2> 5.5.10 Extendedprint Extendedprint is wider than it is high; FX-850 owners sometimescall it “double-width”print. Extendedprint looks good in headings. Selecting extendedprintmeansselectinga fontwithwidercharacters.Youcan select extendedprint eitherfor one line or for several.
  • Page 116 5.5.12 Style FX-850 emulationlets youuse italicscharactemwithoutdefiningitalicsas a separatefont, sinceit can store italicsin the upperhalf of its symbolset. To selectitaliccharacters,sendthis command: <ESC>4 And to return to uprightcharacters,send this command: <ESC>5 Note: in neitherof thesecommandsdo you sendthe actualnumber4 or 5. Instead,use the ASCIIsymbolsfor thosenumbers.
  • Page 117 5.5.14 Typeface The Star LaserPrinter4 uses Courierfont as its defaultFX-850font. You use the Select Emulationsupersetcommandto switch into another emulationto selecta cartridgeor downloadedfont,but youwon’tbe ableto bring that font back into FX-850mode.That’sbecauseFX-850emulation alwaysstarts with Courieras its defaultfont. 5.5.15 Underline The underlinecommandunder FX-850 emulationputs underlinesunder spaces as well as characters.To turn underlineon or off you send this command: <ESC>–...
  • Page 118 An example:Proportionalboldextendedlooksgoodas a title.To getit you addup then valuesforthosethree(2 + 8 + 32= 42),andsendthecommand: <ESC> ! 42 5.5.17 Subscriptsand superscripts Subscriptmodeprintscharactersat half of the normalheightiin the lower partoftieline space.Superscript m odeprintscharactersathalfofthenormal height,but in the upperpart of the line space.Youmay wantsubscriptsand superscriptsfor foomote numbers or mathematicalformulas.

  • Page 119: Graphics

    GRAPHICS If you are using a commercialgraphicsprogram,such as Lotus 1-2-3, you won’tneed to use the commandsin this section.Usuallyyou’lljust draw your imageon your screenand then send it to the printer. Shouldyouwantto sendyourowngraphicscommandsinFX-850emulation mode, though, it’s best to start off knowing a little binary arithmetic.If you’re rusty on binary you can reviewcomputerarithmeticin Chapter 1.
  • Page 120 That translatesto 150+ (Ox 256)= 150columns. Buttoprint260columnsofgraphicsatthesamedensity,youwouldsendthis command: <ESC>K 4 1 This one translatesto 4 + (1 x 256)= 260 columns. Rememberto put exactlythe Otherwise you’ll inadvertentlyuse text as graphics data, or vice versa. Anotherhint:in BASIC,theWIDTHstatementcanhelpyoukeepunwanted carnage returnsfrom messingup your graphics.
  • Page 121 II (double density) MODE # O MODE # 1 MODE # 2 MODE # 3 MODE # 4 MODE # 5 MODE # 6 MODE # 7 You’vealreadyseenanexampleofthefirstcommand,<ESG=K nl n2.The nextthreecommands- withL, Y andZ followingthecESC> code—work exactlythe same way.
  • Page 122 Sothis’’all-purpose” g raphicscommandmeansyoucandoourfirstexample two differentways: <ESC>K 1500 and <ESC>* O1500 5.6.4 Changinga command’sdensity Youcan actuallyswitchthedensitythatagraphicscommandnormallygives you. Why would you want to do that? If you have a programcontainingmany <ESC> K commandsand want to switch to double-densitycESC> L, it couldmean changinga lot of commands.It’s easierto sendone command...
  • Page 123 256-columngroupsof data you are sending(betweenOand 4). And nl is the numberof leftovercolumns(Oto 255). Why can n2 indicateup to 4 groups, when the limit is 3 with eight-dot graphics? Because you send twice as many data bytes with nine-dot graphics.
  • Page 124 MEMO...

  • Page 125: Chapter6 Technicalsupplement

    Technical Supplement l%is final chapterin your Star LaserPrinter4 ApplicationsManualholds two main sections.The first on willhelp you with yourprogrammingjob, whilethe last providesthe symbolset tables. We’vesummarizedallcommandsin ASCIIorderhere.You’llfindthemor- ganizedby functionin chapters4 and 5. The StarLaserPrinter’ssymbolsetshavebeenincludedso thatyou can see exactly what charactersare availableto you. Roman-8includesstandard ASCII and is the defaultfor all emulations.

  • Page 126: Command Summary

    COMMAND SUMMARY LaserJet11P EmulationPrinter Commands 6.1.1 HP Command CBS> -m-r> <LF> . <m <m <so> <S1> <ESC>&a n C 4E3SC> &a n H <ESC>&a n L <ESC>&a n M cESC> &a n R cESC> &a n V <ESC>&d@ <ESC>&d n D <ESC>&f n S <ESC>&f n X <ESC>&f n Y...
  • Page 127 Command <ESC>( n @ <ESC>( n X <ESC>(s n B cESC> (s n H <ESC>(s n P d3SC> (s n S <ESC> (S n <ESC> (S n <ESC> (S n <ESC>) n <ESC>) n @ <ESC>) n X <ESC>)s n B <ESC>...
  • Page 128 Command <ESC>Y *SC> <ESC> [ C n <ESC> [ E n <ESC> [ O n <ESC>[ S n <ESC> EpsonFX-850EmulationPrinter Commands 6.1.2 Command <BEL> <BS> <HT> cLF> <VT> <m <cm <so> <Sb <S1> <DC1> <DC2> <DC3> <DC4> <CAN> <DEL> dxc> <s0>...
  • Page 129 Command <ESC> CEsc> 5 <ESC>< CEsc> = <ESC>> <ESC>? <ESC>@ <ESC>A n <ESC>B nl n2.. .cNUL> Set verticaltab stops <ESC>C -dWJL>n <ESC>C n <ESC>D nl n2.. .@IUL>Set horizontaltab stops <ESC>E <ESC>F <ESC>G <ESC>H <ESC>J n <ESC>K nl n2 <ESC>L nl n2 <ESC>M <ESC>N n <ESC>O...
  • Page 130 Command 43SC> 6n <ESC> <ESC>t n <ESC>w n Function Set left margin Select./cancel proportionalspacing Selectcharacterset Select/canceldouble-height c haracters Page...
  • Page 131 SYMBOL SETS This sectiongivestablesof the symbolsets for the Star LaserPrinter4. The decimalcharactercode of each characteris shown in an inset to the lower rightof the character. Thehexadecimal c odecanbe foundby readingtheentriesat thetop andleft edgesof the table.For example,the character“A” is in column4 and row l: soitshexadecimal c haractercodeis41.
  • Page 132 ID Number Symbol Name 60: Norwegian...
  • Page 133 Symbol Name ID Number Roman Extension...
  • Page 134 ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 25: French <us> <S1>...
  • Page 135 Symbol Name ID Number HP German...
  • Page 136 ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 15: Italian 01234...
  • Page 137 Number Symbol Name JIS ASCII...
  • Page 138 ID Number Symbol Name ECMA-94 Latin 1...
  • Page 139 Symbol Name ID Number ECMA-94 Latin 1 (cont.)
  • Page 141 ID Number Symbol Name cNULJ <oCl> ..,.-. <Et+ <FIT> -,,.. US-ASCII 24 ‘ I 40 I 88 I104 1120...
  • Page 142 ID Number Symbol Name <NULJ I I-3i 61: Norwegian...
  • Page 143 ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 UK...
  • Page 144 ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 69: French...
  • Page 145 ID Number Symbol Name <HT> (EM> <M> <SUB> <VT> cESCJ 11[ I 271 I 43!‘ 1 591 I 751 <W> — 151 I 31!‘ 1 471 21: German I 72 I 56 I 24 ‘ I 40 K— +— : — —...
  • Page 146 Number Symbol Name HP Spanish 15! I 31]‘ I 47] I 631 I 791 —1 95...
  • Page 147 Symbol Name ID Number Chinese...
  • Page 149 ID Number Symbol Name — ‘1 — 1S0 IRV I 6[ I 181 I 341 1 501 191 “’I 351 I 51] 1 671 1 301 1 461 I 62] I 71...
  • Page 150 ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 10: Swedish...
  • Page 151 Symbol Name ID Number ISO 16: Portuguese...
  • Page 152 ID Number Symbol Name — , . . , I I 141 I I 33] I 65[ ‘~ I 18] m–m 301 I 46] rd ‘“m...
  • Page 154 Number Symbol Name Roman-8...
  • Page 155 Symbol Name ID Number Roman-8 (cont.)
  • Page 156 ID Number Symbol Name IBM-PC(US)
  • Page 157 ID Number Symbol Name IBM-PC(US) (cont.)
  • Page 158 Symbol Name ID Number IBM-PC (Denmark/Norway)
  • Page 159 ID Number Symbol Name IBM-PC (Denmark/Norway) (cont.)
  • Page 160 ID Number Symbol Name PC-850...
  • Page 161 ID Number Symbol Name PC-850 (cont.)
  • Page 163 FX-850mode,113 HP LaserJetHPmcde,51-52 commandparameter, 14-16 compressedprint 108-109 FX-850 m ode, condensedprint,32 FX-850mode,108-109 configuration, configuration settings,16 continuous-form paper,20 controlcodes, 7-8,45-46 printing,74-75 control panel, 13-14,39, 104 coronawire,4 Courierfont,34,39,111 currentsettings,15 DC1/DC3protocol,18,95 defaultsettings,15 density,graphics FX-850mode,Z14-117 descenders, 3 2 desktoppublishing, 4 0 DIP switches,14 DisplayFunctionscommand,75...
  • Page 164 3 9-44 optioml,41 outline,36 primary,63-64 secondary,63-64 sourcesfor,35-36 fontselection, 3 9 FX-850mode,104 HP LaserJet mode,63-64 font storage,34-44 fontstylecommands.See style commands formfeedcommand,20-21 FX-850mode,100 HP LaserJetHPmode,61 frontpanel,13-14,39,104 FX-850emulationmode,19,20,26, 93-117 fontcontrolcommands,104-112 graphicscommands,IZ3-117 pageformattingcommands,96-99 control printer c ommands,95 printpositioncommands,99-104 symbolsets,38 unsupported commands, 9 4-95...
  • Page 165 FX-850mode,101-103 horizontalmotionindex.See HMI horizontalprintposition,60,62-63 horizontaltab commands FX-850mode,102-103 HP LaserJet IIP emulationmode, 19, 45-92 fontcontrolcommands,63-82 graphicscommands, 8 3-89 macrocontrolcommands,89-92 ‘pageformattingcommands, 5 0-54 printercontrolcommands, 4 7-49 printpositioncommands, 5 4-63 symbolsets,36,66-70 interfaceparameter,14,16-18 internalfonts,34 international c haracters FX-850mode,105-106 italics.See stylecommands justification FX-850mode,98 kerning,32 labels,21-22 landscapeorientation.
  • Page 166 FX-850mode,108 HP LaserJetIIP mode,65, 70-71 plottergraphics,115 pointsize,2,24,25,32 poppingprintposition HP LaserJetHPmode,62-63 portraitorientation. S ee font orientation primaryfonts,63-64 printdensity,22 printdirectioncommands,111 printdrum,4 printengine,4 printercontrolcommands,13-30 FX-850mode,95 HP LaserJetIIP mode,47-49 printerdrivers,6,9,27 printerparameters,13-30 PrintPatterncommand HP LaserJetIIP mode,85-88 printpositioncommands,21,24-25 F’X-850 mode,99-104 HP LaserJetHPmode,54-62 printspoolers,44 PROGRAMbutton,15...
  • Page 167 FX-850mode,112 superscripts, 3 7 FX-850mode,112 supersetcommands, 2 6-29 symbolsets,20,37-39,65 FX-850mode,105 HP LaserJetHP mode,66-70 tab commands FX-850mode,102-104 HP LaserJetHPmode,58 templates, 4 0 TESTbutton,14 TextLengthcommand HP LaserJetIIP mode,50-51 top margincommands FX-850mode,96-97 HP LaserJetIIP mode,52 tmnsparencies, 2 2 Transparent p rintcommand,75 typeface,26,31-32,65 typefacecommands...
  • Page 168 I-YJ verticalmotionindex.See VMI verticalprintposition,58-59 verticaltab commands FX-850mode,103-104 VMI,24 HP LaserJetIIP mode,55 L!Y.-l WYSIWYG,40 XON/XOFF prot(xol,...
  • Page 169 Consumer Response Star MicronicsCo., Ltd. invitesyour suggestionsand commentson your printerand this manual.Pleaseaddressyourcorrespondenceto: WorldwideHeadquarters: STARMICRONICSCO., LTD. .194 Nakayoshida Shizuoka,JAPAN422-91 Attn:ProductManager AmericanMarket: STARMICRONICSAMERICA,INC. 420 LexingtonAvenue,Suite2702-25 New York,NY 10170 Attn:ProductManager EuropeanMarket: STARMICRONICSDEUTSCHLAND GMBH WesterbachstraBe 5 9 P.O. Box 940330 D-6000Frankkrt/Main 90 F.R. of Germany Attn: ProductManager U.K.Market: STARMICRONICSU.K., LTD.
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