Laser Printer User Manual

Controlling
YourPrinter
YoucancontrolyourStarLaserPrinter4intwoways,eitherthmughcontrol
panelparameters or throughsoftwarecomrnana!s.In this chapterwe will
considerprintercontrolsmostlyfromtheperspectiveof thecontrolpanel.
However,we’llalsomeetfourspecialcommands,the StarLaserPrinter4
superset.
Throughoutthismanualweapproachparametersand commandsthe same
way:overallprinter-levelcontrolsficst,thenpage-levelcontrols(layoutand
printpositionmovements),and finallycharacter-levelcontrols(fontsand
graphics).We’lldiscussthesein generaltermsin this chapter.
Thespecificcommandsyoucansendto yourprintertomakeit emulate,or
work like, other printers are describedin chapters 4 and 5. The most
importantfact aboutprintercommands,though,is that you may not even
needto knowhowto use them.If yoursoftwaresystemsincludetheirown
printer drivers, you may want to read only this chapter and skip all of
chaptem4 and5.
2.1 PRINTERPARAMETERS
2.1.1 Thecontrolpanel
The easiestway to controlyourStar LaserPrinter4 is throughits control
panel,as explainedin moredetailin yourStarLzserl%nter 4 Operations
Manual.
When your printeris online(connectedto and underthe controlof your
computer),its controlpanel display shows you the printer’s status. For
example,the READYlight blinks when the printeris warmingup. The
DATAlightcomeson whenevertheprinterisholdingdataithasn’tprinted
yet.
Whenyoupressthe [ONLINE]button,theprinterchangesfmmnormalto
ofline modeandcannotacceptdatafromyourcomputer.Whentheprinter
is offlineyoucanusetheotherpanelbuttons.Forinstance,if youpressthe
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