Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 27

Printer emulations
OK, you'vegot your pnntcr and computerconncctcdproperly.Now Ict's
focuson how yourpnntcr works.
Your Star LaserPrintcr 8 understands and uscs the same commands as
several earlier kinds of pnntcrs. Your printer works by emulating onc of
these:
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet series H Xerox Diablo 630
Epson EX-800 c IBM Propnntcr
Otherlaserprintersmayoffer suchemulationstoo, butoften requireinstal-
lation of a ncw circuitboard for each emulation.Star Micronicshas built
these four emulationsinto the Star LaserPnntcr8.
You
select which emulation you want either by sclccling it from the print
program menu on the Star LascrPnnter 8's front panel, or by sending the
pnntcr onc of the supcrsct commands at the
cnd of this chapter.
What are the emulated printers like?
Mostof the timeyou willprobablychooseHPLaserJetseries11emulation,
whichis thedefaultwhenyouturnontheStarLaserPrintcr8.That'sbecause
the LaserJetseries H, like the Star LaserPrinter8, is a laser printer.This
cmulationmodegivesyouthebestcontrolover yourpnntcr's features,and
works with most popularapplicationsprograms.
The EX-800emulationis quitepowerfultoo. It includesall the dot-matrix
pnntcr commands (includinggraphics) used by hundreds of programs.
Mmtly, you'llchoosethisoptionwhenyourun a programthatcannotsend
laser printercommands.
TheProprintcr,a dot-matrixprinterliketheEX-800,has asimilarcommand
set. You likelywillopt for Proprintcremulationonlywhenyouwantto use
computer programs spccilically designed for the Propnntcr and IBM
computerenvironment.
Whenyou wantto emulatea daisywheelpnntcr you will preferthe Diablo
emulation.You may also choose this if you use an older text processing
programthat can'tccntcr or justify its printing;Diabloprintercommands
can look after thosethingsfor you.
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