Laser Printer User Manual

● Hewlett-PackardLaserJet11P

● EpsonFX-850

Otherlaserprintersmayoffersuchemulationstoo,butoftenrequireinstal-

lationof a new circuitboard for eachemulation.StarMicmnicshas built

thesetwo emulationsintothe StarLaserPrinter4.

You selectwhichemulationyouwanteitherby selectingit fromtheprint

programmenuonthe StarLaserPrinter4’s controlpanel,or by sendingthe

printeroneof thesupersetcommandsat theendof thischapter.

2.2.4 Whatare theemulatedprinterslike?

MostofthetimeyouwillprobablychooseHPLaserJet11Pemulation,which

is thedefaultwhenyouturnon theStarLaserPrinter4. That’sbecausethe

LaserJetIIP, liketheStarLaserPrinter4, is a laserprinter.Thisemulation

modegivesyouthebestcontroloveryourprinter’sfeatures,andworkswith

mostpopularapplicationsprograms.

TheFX-850emulationis quitepowerfultoo.It includesallthedot-matrix

printer commands(includinggraphics)used by hundreds of programs.

Mostly,you’llchoosethisoptionwhenyourunaprogramthatcannotsend

laserprintercommands.

2,2.5 TheEmulationparameter

The Star LaserPrinter4’s Emulationsetting defines which printer it is

imitating:Hewlett-PackardLaserJet11Por EpsonFX–850.

MostoftheotherEMULATIONvaluesbelowcanbe changedwithEscape

codesas well as fromthe panel.

AfewcomputerschangecertaincontrolorEscapecodeswhensendingthem

totheprinter,whichnaturallycausesconfision.Moreover,manyprogram-

mersprefertoseehexadecimalprintoutwhentheyaredebuggingprograms.

To helpwiththesesituations,you canmakeyourStarLaserPrinter4 print

inhexadecimalratherthantheusualASCIImodebyswitchingONtheHEX

DUMPparametersetting.