Star Micronics Radix User Manual page 63

Using Radix With Graphics Programs
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double will work. We suggest that you select double until you are
more familiar with the program.
The next thing that you must specify is the "Plotter Interface"
that you are using. Move to this selection and enter P if you are
using the parallel interface on the Radix, or S if you are using the
serial interface.
Your entry of S or P will affect your next entry also. Depend-
ing on which you have selected, a different section of the menu
below will be highlighted. Here you need to specify which printer
number the Radix is. Generally, printers are connected as printer
number 1, so if you don't know any differently, enter 1. Then, if
you are using a serial interface you must enter the values that
reflect the way that you set the DIP switches on Radix. If these
settings are not consistent with the way the switches are set then it
will not work.
Once these selections are made, enter /G G S to save your
selections to disk so that you won't have to make these selections
every time that you want to print a graph.
Now you are ready to print a graph. Create a graph using the
/View command, and when it is in the form that you like, press the
F9 key to print the graph on Radix.
By using the /Global Graphics Fonts command you can
change the style of letters that are on your graphs. SuperCalc" has
eight different fonts available and you can use any or all of them
on any graph.
You can change the size and placement of the graph on the
page by using the /Global Graphics Layout command. This com-
mand allows you to put up to four graphs on a page.
BPS Business Gmphics
BPS Business Graphics is a program that changes groups of
numbers into graphs. It is a very flexible program and can
produce many different kinds of graphs.
BPS Business Graphics prints graphs by first creating the
graph on the screen and then making a copy of the screen on the
printer. This means that your computer must have the ability to
do graphics on the screen.
Before you can print a graph you must have the proper device
driver installed. Use the INSTALL DEVICES B: command with
the device installation disk in drive B:. If you do not find RADIX in
the list of available devices, please ask your Star dealer for an alter-
nate printer selection. You only need to do this installation once;