Graphics - Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual

You can turn off the underliningwith eitherof thesecommands:
<ESC>R <ESC>X
Suppress printing
Bysendingthecommandto suppressprintingyoucanmaketheLaserPrinter
8 printspacesinplaceof anyprintablecharactersyoulaterscnd—in effect,
just move the printposition.
On the Diabloitself you might suppressprintingto skip over a bit of text
you'dbe fillingin later,perhapswith a differentprintwheel.Or you could
findthefeatureusefulin designingforms:thetextskippedovercouldbe the
maximumallowablefor that blank spaceon the form.
Suppressingprintisn'tmuchuseon a laserpnntcr, but WC'VC includedthis
commandfor full Diablocompatibility:
<ESC>7
To restartnormalprintingagain,youjust send the <CR>controlcode.
GRAPHICS
Diablo graphics are rudimentary
Daisywheel p rintersweren'tdevelopedwithgraphicsin mind.Not thatyou
can'tproducegood simplecharts and imageswith daisywheelgraphics—
many peopledo.
Butthe Diablographicscommandsdon'tgiveyou the ease and sophistica-
tion you find with Epson or Proprinter graphics commands, let alone
LaserJet11graphics.That'swhy not many softwarepackagesbotherwith
Diablographics.
WewillexplainbrieflyherehowDiablographicsworks.Butforyoutomake
goodgraphicsuseof yourLaserPrinter8,pleaseusethoseotheremulations.
HyP/ot coordinates
Diablographicsmodeis calledHyPlof. The principlebehindHyPlotdot
addressingis simple.
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