Star Micronics 4111 Applications Manual page 3

I
PREFACE
About this manual
This Star Lu.~erPrinter4111 Application.~Manual gives you the information
you need to program the Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4111.
Why would you read this book? Most people using a laser printer just run
software packages with built-in printer drivers, which look after everything
their computers send their printers. But many of us — small business people
and home computer users, not to mention the wizards who write those
software packages — want to benefit from all the new features offered by our
printers.
Do you want complete control over the characters and images you print?This
manual provides the software help you need to get the most from your
LaserPrinter 4111.
Though this Applications Manual is really intended for intermediate to
advanced computer users, we've tried to accommodate relative novices too.
The information is organized so you can walk through the general theory
underlying printer programming before dancing into specific details. It
makes sense, therefore, to read the first three chapters beforejumping into the
middle.
There's a good reason to readeach chapter from its start too. People learning
how to use a new printer often find the terminology a barrier. So instead of
burying what may be new jargon in a Glossary at the back, we define each
new term the first time it appears. The whole first part of the chapter on fonts,
for example, defines different aspects of afhzt (a collection of characters of
the same size and style).