Laser Printer User Manual

What’sin thismanual?
● In “Gettingto KnowYour StarLaserPrinter4“ we providea list of the
features that make this a splendidprinter, to help you choose which
feahues you wantto exploit. There’sa bit on howlaser printerswork,
insideandout. The chapterthenexplainssoftwarein generalterms,in-
cluding how to write control and Escape commandsto make those
feahues work.
● “Controlling Your Printer” examines the parameters and “superset”
commandsyougivetheStarLaserPrinter4 to directpreciselyhowyou
wantittobehave.Theseletyoucontroltheprinter,managepageformats,
and specifywhatyouwantprinted.
● Formostof us, the“Fonts”chapterwillbeuseful: howto use thefonts
built into the LaserPrinter4, plus those that come on cartridges or
computerdisks.
● You may neverlook at chapters4 and5, whichcoverStarLaserPrinter
4 commands. YourLaserPnnter4 emulates otherprinters: it imitates
otherprintersby acceptingthe samecommandsthey do. Just thinkof
yourStarLaserPrinter4 as two printershidinginsideoneunit.
Ifyouwanttowriteormodifyaprogramthatusesoneoftheseprinters—
the Hewlett-PackardLaserJet11Por EpsonFX-850- chapters4 and5
show how your Star LaserPrinter4 can emulateto accordingly. The
chaptersfirstdescribehowtocontroltheprinterandtoformatpages,then
howtqmovetheprintposition,andfinallyhowtousefontsandgraphics.
The chapter on the LaserJet IIP is longer and mom detailedthan the
others.That’sbecauseyouaremomlikelytouselaserprintercommands
thancommandsfordotmatnx printers. (If youhavesoftwa~ designed
only for dot matrix printers,you may havemanualsfor those printers
anyway.) We recommendyou use LaserJet HP emulationwhenever
possible,withFX-850emulationas yourbackupmode.
c The final“TechnicalSupplement”containingthe commandandcharac-
ter mfextmcetableswillprobablygetthumbedthe most.