Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 54

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Optional fonts
Manyoptionalfonts availablefor your StarLaserPrinter8 complementits
internalfonts.Thesecangiveyoumorevarietyin symbolsets,spacing,font
height,style and strokeweight.To your Courieror Tms Romn fonts, for
example,youmightadditalicsandbold,legalor mathsymbolsets,andsizes
rangingfrom 7 to 14points.
Optionalfontsofferdifferenttypefacestoo.AskyourStarMicronicsdealer
aboutcartridgesor disks for the following:
Helvet line drawingfonts
Letter Gothic presentationfonts
Bar codes opticalcharacter~ader fonts
universalproductcode
Using cartridge fonts
To gain accessto a font on a cartridge:
1) press the ON LINE buttonto put the printeroffline,
2) slidethe cartridgeyouwantintooneof thecartridgeslotson the front
of the printer,
3) pressthe ON LINE buttonto put the printerback online,
4) use eitherthe frontpanelmenuor a commandfrom yourcomputerto
select the font you want (explainedfor each emulationin following
chapters).
Note: Do
not insertor pullcartridgesout of the printerwhilethe printeris
online.
You can use fontsfrom both cartridgeslots withinone document.
A coupleof intcrcslingnotes aboutdefaultcartridgefonts: First, say you
haveselcctcdon the frontpanelmenua cartridgefont as yourdefaultfont.
Lateryouturnofftheprinter.Ifyouslipthecartridgebackin beforeyouturn
on the printeragain,that font will still be yourdefaultfont.
Second,somecartridgescontaintheirowndefaultfont.Thatmeansas soon
as you slide such a cartridgeinto the printer,that cartridge'sdefault font
becomes the printer's new default font automatically.To change the
printer'sdefaultfromthatonthecartridgeyoumustselectanotherfontfrom
the front panel.
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