Star Micronics lC-10 User Manual page 43

When you use these commands there are several points to note:
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The type style ((F)) and italic ((I)) commands are ignored if the NLQ
Type Style switch was held down when power was switched on.
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The bold command ((B))l gives double-strike printing. In draft mode
you may prefer to use emphasized printing, which requires a software
command or escape sequence.
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A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line.
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Software does not know that these commands are commands, so you
cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width. The printed
line may be considerably shorter than the line on the screen; the missing
space is the space that was occupied by the commands.
One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without
the commands, then insert them as a final step, with the margins released.
The find, replace, and copy functions of word-processing software can be
helpful here.
If you do not use these commands or the panel controls, the printer
will print standard-size, black, draft, non-bold, non-italic characters.
The printer supports various commands in addition to the above, such
as quadruple-size printing. Most of these other commands consist of the
escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. If your software
enables you to place the escape code in your files, or if you were able to
define this as a user option during installation, you can also embed these
escape sequences. See Appendix B for further details.
After printing the first page of a long job, you may want to pause to
check that the printing is correctly formatted. Press the On Line switch,
setting the printer off-line. Printing will stop immediately. To resume
printing, press the On Line switch again.
If you need to abandon a printing job before it is finished, your software
should provide a command for this purpose. Another simple expedient is
to switch the printer's power off.
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