Laser Printer User Manual

PREFACE
About thismanual
This StarLaserPrinter4 ApplicationsManual gives you the information
youneedto programthe StarMicronicsLaserPrinter4.
Whywouldyoureadthisbook? Mostpeopleusinga laserprinterjust run
softwarepackageswithbuilt-inprinterdrivers,whichlookaftereverything
theircomputerssendtheirprinters.Butmanyofus- smallbusinesspeople
and home computerusers, not to mentionthe wizards who write those
softwarepackages—wanttobenefitfromallthenewfeaturesofferedbyour
pnntem.
Doyouwantcompletecontroloverthecharacte~andimagesyouprint?Do
youwantto makeyourStarLaserPrinter4 worklike someearlierkind of
printer? Thismanualprovidesthe softwarehelp youneedto getthe most
fromyourLaserPrinter4.
Thoughthis ApplicationsManual is reallyintendedfor intermediateto
advancedcomputerusers,we’vetriedtoaccommodaterelativenovicestoo.
The informationis organizedso you can walkthroughthe generaltheory
underlyingprinterprogrammingbefore dancinginto specificdetails. It
makessense,therefore,to readthe firstthreechaptersbeforejumpinginto
themiddle.
There’sagoodreasontoreadeachchapterfromitsstarttoo.Peoplelearning
howto useanew printeroftenfindtheterminologya barrier. Soinsteadof
buryingwhatmaybenewjargonin a Glossaryat theback,wedefineeach
newtermthefirsttimeitappears.Thewholefirstpartofthechapteronfonts,
forexarnple,definesdifferentaspectsofafont (acollectionofcharactersof
the samesizeandstyle).