Laser Printer User Manual

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Whenyou starta newemulationyou alwaysstarta newpage.
Note:alwayssendCarriageReturnandFormFeed(controlcodes<CR>and
-@F>)just befo~ yougivethisChangeEmulationcommand.Theseforce
theprintertoprintanypartialpageinitsmemoryandstartanewpagewith
thenew emulation.If youforgetto issuethesecontrolcodesfirstthe Star
LaserPrinter4willdothemforyou-but yourChangeEmulationcommand
willjust resetthe printer’sparametersto theirinitialdefaults,andnot give
youtheemulationyou askfor.
You issue the ChangeEmulationcommandwith the followingEscape
sequence:
<ESC>[ E n
For thevalueof n youentera numberfromthistable:
n
EMULATION
O(zero)HPLaserJetUP
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2.5.4 TheSelectOrientationcommand
TheSelectOrientationsupersetcommandletsyouchangethe“attitude”in
whichthe StarLaserPrinter4 prints.
Tochangefmmoneorientationto theotheryousendthisSelectOrientation
Escapesequence:
<ESC>[ O n
For thevalue n youput O(zero)forportraitorientation,
or 1 (one)for landscapeorientation.
When you send this commandto print in landscapemode, the printer
automaticallyrotatesits currentfontso thatit printsas landscape.
The spotor linewhereprintingstartson thepageis sometimescalledthe
origin orfop offonn. The originchangeswhenyou switchorientations.
Thatstartingprintpositionis in theupperleftcomerforapcmraitpage,but
in thelowerleft comerfor a landscapepage.
Youprobablywon’twanttochangeorientationallthatoften.Everytimeyou
do,theStarLaserPrinter4alsoresetsthepagemarginsto itslimits,andalso
howit defineslinesandcolumns.So wheneveryougivethe SelectOrien-
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