Star Micronics 4111 Applications Manual page 4

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What's in this manual?
In "Getting to Know Your Star LaserPrinter 4111" we provide a list of the
features that make this a splendid printer, to help you choose which
features you want to exploit. There's a bit on how laser printers work,
inside and out. The chapter then explains software in general terms,
including how to write control and Escape commands to make those
features work.
'&Controlling Your Printer" examines the parameters you give the Star
LaserPrinter 4111 to direct precisely how you want it to behave. These let
you control the printer, manage page formats, and specify what you want
printed.
For most of us, the "Fonts" chapter will be useful: how to use the fonts built
into the LaserPrinter 4111, p lus those that come on cartridges or computer
disks.
You may look at chapters 4 and 5, which cover Star LaserPrinter 4111
commands. Your LaserPrinter 4111 emufates (imitates) Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet 111 by accepting the same commands they do.
If you want to write or modify a program that uses the Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet III, chapters 4 and 5 show how your Star LaserPrinter 4111 can
emulate to accordingly.
The chapter on "Printer Control Language" is longer and more detailed
than the other. That's because you are more likely to use laser printer
comtiands than commands for vector graphics.
The final "Technical Supplement" containing the command and character
reference tables will m-obablvget thumbed the most.
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