Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 83

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Selecting the current or default symbol set
Yourprintercan use eitherthe primaryor the secondaryfont as its current
font. And that current font has its current symbol set. Your printer also
remembemits defaultfontand symbolset, whichare CourierwithRoman-
8 (unlessyou'vechangedtheir initialparametervalues throughthe front
panelmenu).
The followingcommandlets you selectone of thosesymbolsets for your
primaryfont.
<ESC>( n @
For n enter one of the followingselectionvaluesfor yourprimaryfont:
n VALUE SELECTION
O(zero)or 1 (one) Selectsthe defaultsymbolset
2
Selectsthe currentfont'ssymbolset (this
forcesthe printerto selectits best match-
ing font)
3
Selectsall of the default font's attributes
(notjust symbolset)
Similarly,youcan selecteitherthedefaultor thecurrentsymbolsetforyour
secondaryfont. You also may want to use the same symbolset for both
primaryand secondaryfonts.
To do these tasks, you can send the followingcommandto select which
symbolset you want for yoursecondaryfont:
<ESC>) n @
For n enter onc of the valuesfromthis table:
n VALUE SELECTION
O(zero) Selectsthe defaultsymbolset
1 (one) Selectssame symbolset as primaryfont
2 Selects' t he currentfont'ssymbolset
3 Selects all the default font's attributes (not just
symbolset)
Example: Symbol set commands
Let'stakea shortlookathowyouusethesecommands.Here'sthescenario:
Youare alreadyusingtheTms Romntypeface,but wantto use theGerman
symbolsetas youarewritinga reportfor yourBerlinofficeandneedumlaut
charactersfor severalnamesin the report.
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