Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 90

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And to turn off DisplayFunctions,send this commandat the end of the
displayedprint data:
<ESC>Z
That EscapeZ sequenceitselfprintsas a blank followedby a Z.
Font control
TheFontControlcommandhastwomainfunctions:defininga font'sstatus,
and deletingfonts.
You can make a fonteitherpermanentor temporarywith the Font Control
command. T hishelpsyoucontrolwhichfontsyoudelete,aspermanentfonts
do not get deletedwhen you resetthe system.The permanentor tcmporary
statusyougiveto a fontwillapplyonlyto the fontyoulast specified,using
one of the font ID commandsdescribedabove.
Whenyour printer'smemorygets stuffedwith fonts,you can alsousc this
command to delete some of them. You can only delete fonts you've
downloaded,as internaland cartridgefontsare neverdeleted.No text will
get lostwhenyoudeletea font,evenwhenthat fontis on an unprintedpage
in the pnntcr's memory.
To controlfonts you send this command:
<ESC>
*C n
F
For n enter one of the numbersfrom this tableof functions:
FUNCTION
n
Deleteall temporaryand permanentfonts
O(zero)
Deleteall temporaryfonts (anotherway to delete 1 (one)
ail temporaryfontsis to send a resetcommand)
Dclctcjust the font with the most recentlyspecilicdID 2
Deletejust the last characterof the font you have
downloaded
3
Make the currentfont ID temporary 4
Make the currentfont ID permanent
5
Makea temporarycopyof the currentfont
6
A bit of explanationaboutthatlast function6: Whenyou givea fontID to
any font youfirstneed a temporarycopyof that fontin memory.Thatcopy
is alreadytherefordownloadedfonts.Butyouwillneedfunction6 to create
a temporarycopy of an internalor cartndgc font.
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