Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 28

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The Command parameter
The Star LaserPrinter 8's Emulation setting defines which printer it is
imitating:Hewlett-PackardLaserJet series II, Xerox Diablo 630, Epson
EX–800or IBMPropnnter.
Mostof the other COMMANDvaluesbelowcan be changedwith Escape
codesas well as from the panel.
As the
Number of Copies setting suggests, the Star LaserPrinter 8 can print
citherjust one copy of each page sent to it, or multiple copies up to 99. Most
word processingand other packages,however,let you look after multiple
copiesof a documentwithoutusingthis command.You may consequently
preferto leavethis at the default(onecopy),changingit only as necessary
throughsoftwarecommands.
Two settingsarc onlymeaningfulwhenyou are usingHP LaserJetseries11
commands.First,if youenableMacroOverlay,fromzeroto 99 macroscan
be active.
Second,mostof the time you'llwantto print acrossthe widthof the page,
butoccasionally youmaywanttoprintupthelengthofthepage.Unlikemost
other laser pnntem, your Star LaserPrinter8 lets you rotate fonts to print
eitherway—you don'thaveto buy separatefontsto print sidewayson the
page.
Your printernormallyfeeds a new form when you rotate a font, to avoid
accidentallyprintingbothorientationson the samepage.Butif you wantto
intermixorientations, j ust changethe valueof FF on Rotateto NO. (Font
orientationisexplainedin moredetailbelowwiththeLAYOUTparameter.)
A fewcomputerschangecertaincontrolorEscapecodeswhensendingthem
to theprinter,whichnaturallycausesconfusion.Moreover,manyprogram-
merspreferto scchexadecimal p rintoutwhentheyaredebuggingprograms.
To help with these situations,you can make your Star LaserPnntcr8 print
inhexadecimalratherthantheusualASCIImodebyswitchingONtheHEX
DUMPparametersetting(see the sidebarbelow).
The last threeCOMMANDvaluesconcernthe physicalmachine.You can
set the intensityof the printer'sLCDdisplayfrom 1(faint)to 7 (bright);its
default setting is 4. You can enable or disable both the beeper and the
WarningAlarm (whichsoundscontinuously).
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