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The Change Emulation command
YoucanthinkofthesupcrsetChangeEmulationcommandasthekeyto your
Star LaserPrinter8. The ChangeEmulationsuperset command lets you
switchfrom one set of printercommandsto another"on the fly," through
software.
ThisisthecommandthatdefineswhatothercommandstheStarLaserPrinter
8will accept.WithChangeEmulationyouindicatewhichprinteremulation
programyou wantthe printerto use.
When you start a new emulationyou alwaysstart a new page.
Note:alwayssendCarriageReturnandFormFeed(controlcodes<CR>and
<FF>)just beforeyou givethis ChangeEmulationcommand. Theseforce
the printerto printanypartialpagein its memoryand starta newpagewith
the new emulation.If you forgetto issue thesecontrolcodes first the Star
LascrPrinter8willdothemforyou—butyourChangeEmulationcommand
willjust reset the printer'sparametersto theirinitialdefaults,and not give
you the emulationyou ask for.
You issue the Change Emulationcommand with the following Escape
sequence:
<ESC>[ E n
For the valueof n you entera numberfrom this table:
n<
EMULATION
O(zero)HP LaserJetII
J (one) Diablo630
2
Epson EX-800
3
IBM Proprinter
30
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