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FactorysettingsarcprogrammedintotheStarLascrPnntcr8whenit is built
at the factory.Yourprinterkeepsthe factorysettingsfor iLsparametersin
ROM;theyncvcrchangc.Youcancopythcmiruothecurrentsettingsor any
other settingsas needed. But the only way you can return to the factory
dcfaulLs i s fromthe frontpanel;no commandsdo this.
A few
factory default settings arc as follows:
Itcm
Factory default setting
Emulation
HP LaserJet series II
Fccdcr
Paper cassctle
Number of'Copies 1
Oricntatim
Portrait
Font
1(1-pitch12-point
Councr (intcmal)
Lines/inch
6 linesper inch
The
power-on settings arc the normal default settings.The printer keeps
thcmevenwhenyouturnoff thepower.Whenyouturnon the pnntcr,these
power-onsettingsget copiedintothe initialandcurrentpararnctcrsctlings.
Youprobablywillnot of'tcn changethe StarLaserPrinter8's initialsettings
(sometimescalled"sessionsettings").You'lllikelyonlychangethcmwhen
you want to use a different pnntcr cmulationthan normal. These initial
settingsstay the same as the power-onsettingsuntil you changethcm.
On the otherhand,yoursoftwarewillprobablychangethe currentsettings
manyJimcswithinthe samedocument,with every changeof fontor print
style.
How to change parameters
Withthepnntcroffline,if youpressthePROGRAM buttontheprintergoes
into "program"mode. You can then step throughthe laser printer's four
ICVCIS of programmenu to configureyour prinlcr.That's the processof
changingcertainprintersettingsso yourcomputerandprintercan commu-
nicate properly.
It's actuallyprettyeasy. Flippingthroughand settingparametersfromthe
panelis dcscnbcdin detailin the StarLuserPrintcr8 OperationsManual.
Basically,all you do is press the
NEXT
or
PREV1OUS
buttonsto scroll
throughthe scqucnccof possibleparametersand values,which is clearly
shownon the paneldisplay.Youpress
ENTER
whenyouwantto go down
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